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Colonel Hurd gives the following account of the settlement of other sections :— The first settlers of Kemptville were Thomas McCarger, Asa Clothier, Truman Hurd, and David Beech. Beachburg, on the Ottawa, is named after the latter gentleman. Asa Clothier commenced the settlement at Oxford Mills, by building a grist and saw mill. Lyman Clothier and his son Asa built four sons, viz.: Asa, Lyman, Henry, and John. When Mr. Clothier commenced building the mill at Kemptville, the spot on which the village now stands was a wilderness, This was in the spring of 1814, and at that time there was not a house between Burritt’s Rapids and Kemptville. The first settlers at Bishop’s Mills were Chauncy and Ira Bishop, who built the mills about 1840. William Soules taught the first school in Burritt’s Rapids, in a small log house. The second school was held in a stable, near the residence of Daniel H. Burritt. The locks on the Canal, at the Rapids, were built by Philoman Wright & Sons. The locks at Merrickville-were constructed by two men by the name of Stephens. It is asserted that after they had paid all expenses, it required a yoke of oxen to draw the half dollars which they cleared on the contract. J. K. REID; AND THE REID FAMILY. Obadiah Reid, father of James Kempt Reid, was a U. E. Loyalist from Connecticut. He was among the first settlers of Augusta, keeping at one time an inn at North Augusta, then known as the “ Burnt Lands." Mr. Reid at an early date purchased the upper mills at Westport, which he sold to Robert Rorison. Mr. Reid discovered the lead mines, located a short distance west of Fermoy, which he subsequently developed and sold to an English Company. The mines were for several years worked extensively, but were ultimately abandoned. Mr. Reid raised the following family :—Charles, who resides at Thunder Bay; Benjamin, Spencerville ; Obadiah, Merrickville ; Hiram, Seeley’s Bay; Emery B., Frankville; James Kemp, who was named by Sir James Kempt, at Smiths Falls; John L., Spences’ Bridge, British Columbia; Russell Henry, Port Hope; Sarah, who married Henry Lake; Lydia married Charles Dart, James Kempt Reid was born June 24th, 1828, at Reid settled at Burritt’s Rapids in 1857, where he has since continued to reside. For two years he was a member of the Council for Marlborough, since which time he has been with few exceptions a member of the Municipal Council for Oxford, for many years representing the municipality in the Counties’ Council as Reeve. Mr. Reid is a Liberal Conservative in politics, and has announced his intention of contesting North Leeds and Grenville at the next general election as a candidate for a seat in the Legislative Assembly for Ontario. THOMAS A. KIDD. Mr. Kidd is the son of William Kidd, a wealthy farmer of Marlborough. Thomas was born December r4th, 1845, and married, January 2o9th, 1875, Esther Ennis, daughter of James Ennis, of Ennisville, by whom he has had one child, Edith Eveline. Mr. Kidd became a clerk in 1866, and in 1871 bought out the mercantile business of John Meikle, at Burritt’s Rapids, where he carries on an extensive general store. In 1878, he was elected Reeve of Oxford. Joining the militia in 1864, he secured a second class military certificate, and became Lieutenant of No. 3 Company, 56th Battalion, in 1868. THE WALDO FAMILY. This family is descended from Thomas Waldo, of Lyons, France, he being one of the first who renounced the doctrines of the Church of Rome in that country; and he is supposed to have been a brother of the celebrated Peter Waldo, who died in 1179. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, one of the descendants of Thomas Waldo came over from the Netherlands, to escape the persecutions of the Duke D’Alva, and settled in England. In a house belonging to the family, situated in Surrey, England, is a wainscotting on which is cut the name, “Peter Waldo, 1575,” or “3,” the last figure being dificult to decipher. One of his descendants, Sir Edwara Waldo, was born in 1632, and knighted in his own house, 1677, by Charles II., on which occasion he entertained the King, the Princess, and the Duchess of York. Many descendants have occupied high positions in England, becoming dignitaries of the church, warriors, and barristers. The coat of arms of the family is entered in the College of Arms, 1687. (See view.) A branch of the family settled in the United States in the 17th Century, Cornelius, supposed to be the first, settling at Ipsewich, Massachusetts, in 1644. Samuel Waldo, of Boston, was a Brigadier General, who raised a regiment, and went to Louisburgh in 1745, he being the third in command. He had five children, one of whom Samuel, was Judge
