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Number of persons from 21 to 60 years of age,
1,764.
Days of statute labor, 4,570.
Persons in families, 4,183.
Number of cattle, 5,284.
Number of sheep, 3,913.
Number of hogs, 1,257.
Number of horses, I,3II.
Number of persons assessed, 1,500.
Taxes imposed by Municipality, $2,000.
Taxes imposed by Counties, $3,200.
C. M. CHURCH, LYN.
This church, built of brick, has an area of 60x84
feet, with a tower 12 feet square. It was erected in
1857, and is situated on part of Lot No. 30, in the
3rd Concession. The original site was a gift from
Richard Coleman, Sr.
congregations, viz., those of Lyn, Caintown, Mal¬
lorytown, and Rockfield. The total membership
is 300, of whom 80 belong to the Lyn charge.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LYN.
The Presbyterians commenced holding services
at Lyn, about the year 1811. The present church
1872. It is built of stone, the
style of architecture being Gothic. Cost, about
$5,000. The sittings number 200, and the society
includes the congregation at Caintown, as well
as at Lyn.
was erected in
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, LYN.
Through the efforts of the late James Coleman,
assisted by a few other churchmen, funds were
secured for the organization of an English Church
at Lyn. The erection of the present church was
commenced in 1860, Bishop Lewis, then Rector of
Brockville, taking the deepest interest in the under¬
taking, the good work being continued by the Rev.
John Stannage, Rev. R. L. Jones, and the present
rector, the Rev. Henry Austin. The building is of
stone, Gothic style of architecture, and contains
about 300 sittings.
STAFFORD McBRATNEY.
This gentleman was born in the County Down,
Ireland, and emigrated :to Canada with his parents
in 1823, his father settling in Elizabethtown, where
he purchased a very large farm. In 1856, Mr. Mc¬
Bratney was elected a Township Councillor, and in
1858, Deputy Reeve for the municipality, holding
that position until 1861. In 1865, he was elected
Reeve. He has held the important office of Warden,
and has long been regarded as one of the most
efficient members of the Counties’ Council. A
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has ever been actuated by a spirit of liberality
which won for him many warm friends in the
Reform ranks. I
THE MANHARD FAMILY.
Among the earliest records of the District of
William Manhard was born March 27th, 1777, and
emigrated to Elizabethtown in 1784. Daniel Man¬
hard at an early date kept a store one mile back of
Brockville, on a farm now known as the “ Emery
Place.” David had five sons and three daughters.
The sons were Peter, William, Henry, David, and
George. Peter and George removed to the Western
States; Henry, William, and David settled in the
vicinity of Brockville.
William Manhard had five sons and five-daughters.
Henry resides near Brockville; William died in
1878. Seaman, born in 1813, married a daughter of
eleven children; his second wife is a daughter of
the late George Murray Bates.
JOHN EARL.
The subject of this biography resides in the 6th
Concession of Elizabethtown. He was born in June,
1835 ; and married, in December, 1856, Ann, daugh¬
ter of John Barnard, of the same township. He has
six children, viz.: Reuben, born September 14th,
1858; Albert Ernest, born April 24th, 1862; Adda
Louisa, born September 25th, 1868; John, born
June 26th, 1871 ; Jennie Maud, born October 14th,
1874; and Ida May, born May 31st, 1877. The
residence shown in illustration was erected in 1877.
THE FULFORD FAMILY.
Jonathan Fulford, Jr., was born in Wallingford,
Connecticutt, in 1771; and died in Elizabethtown,
in 1834. His wife, Nancy, daughter of the late
Nathaniel Brown, a U. E Loyalist, of New York,
was born in 1780, and died in 1855. Jonathan, Jr.,
came to Canada with his parents when quite young,
Jonathan, Sr., dying in 1829, at the residence of his
grandson, at the advanced age of 90 years. He was
a U. E. Loyalist, and was born in 1739, his wife
being Thankful, a daughter of Phineas Doolittle,
of Connecticut. Levius S. Fulford was born in
1814, in the rst Concession of Elizabethtown. His
father was Jonathan Fulford, Jr. In 1835, Levius
married Phoebe L., daughter of the late Henry
Mr. Ful¬
ford is a hale and hearty old gentleman, and one of
the oldest and most respected citizens of Elizabeth¬