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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, Mallorytown, 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 undertaking, 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. McBratney 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 { 143 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 Manhard 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, daughter 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. Fulford is a hale and hearty old gentleman, and one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Elizabeth
