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his studies in Toronto with Fitzgerald & Arnoldi.
He was called to the Bar at Easter Term, 1876, and
entered into partnership with E. J. Senkler, QO. C., of
Brockville. In December, 1877, he became the
junior member of the firm of Fraser, Richards &
Reynolds.
JOSEPH DEACON.
Joseph Deacon was born at Perth in 1832. In
1853, he commenced the study of law in the office
of his brother, John Deacon, Esq., Perth. He was
sworn in as an attorney in 1857, and called to the
Bar in 1860. Since the latter date he has resided
in Brockville. Mr. Deacon was appointed Police
Magistrate of Brockville in 1871, an office which he
retains.
WILLIAM H. JONES.
William H. Jones was born at Brockville in 1837,
receiving his elementary education at the Brockville
Grammar School. He studied law with M. C.
Cameron, of Toronto, and was called to the Bar in
1862, since which time he has practiced his profession
in Brockville. He was elected Mayor of the town
in January, 1879.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
ABSALOM JOHNSTON, M. D.
Dr. Johnston was born in Montreal, graduated at
OQueen’s College in 1862, and commenced practice
in the County of Addington. In 1863, he became a
hospital surgeon in the United States army, and in
1864, settled at Portsmouth, from which place he
removed to Brockville, where he continues to reside.
J. E. BRousE, M. D.
Dr. Brouse was born in Matilda in 1840, graduating
at McGill College in 1861. He commenced practice
in Matilda. In 1862, he removed to British Columbia,
where he resided until 1869, when he returned to his
native province, locating permanently in Brockville
in May, 1871.
WILLIAM F. Jackson, M. D.
Dr. Jackson was born at Brockville in 1852. He
graduated at McGill College in 1873. For some
time he was medical officer of the Liverpool Board
of Trade, and subsequently surgeon on the Allan
Line ofSteamships. In 1876, he settled in Brockville,
continuing the practice of his profession.
GEORGE E. GASCOIGNE, M. D.
Dr. Gascoigne was born in Stanwick Hall, Eng¬
land, in 1831. He commenced his medical studies
at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, obtaining the
degree of M. R. C. S. in 1858. For eighteen months
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he was resident surgeon of Lock Hospital, London.
Joining the army, he served in India, China, and
Canada, until 1871, when he settled in Brockville.
In 1861, Dr. Gascoigne received the degrees of M. D.
and M. C. at McGill College, Montreal.
H. E. Vaux, M. D.
Dr. Vaux was born at Kingston in 1843. In 1866,
he graduated from Victoria Medical College, Toronto,
and also from Bellevue Hospital, New York, in the
same year. He commenced practice in a village
north of Toronto, where he remained until his
removal to Brockville in 1870. He is Coroner for
Leeds and Grenville.
THE JONES FAMILY.
The Canadian pioneers of this family were emi¬
grants from the Mohawk Valley, in the Colony of
New York, then a province of the British empire.
From a manuscript in the Parliamentary Library
at Ottawa, and sketches in print, it appears that
the entire family were United Empire Loyalists of
The settlers of this
name who located at a very early date in the
Mohawk Valley were from Wales. Upon a map of
Brockville, published when the centre of the town
the most pronounced type.
was laid out in lots, the name is invariably spelled
“Joans,’ indicating the origin, even at a compara¬
tively recent period.
distinguished Loyalists of the name
played an important part in the Revolutionary War.
One Jones was hanged three times by the rebels,
and as many times cut down before life became
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extinct, in the vain hope that information relative
to the movements of the King’s forces could be
obtained from him. . This man, who appears to have
borne a charmed life, and who was hunted by the
Continental authorities. like a wild beast, after the
close of the war, made his way to New Brunswick,
and died at a ripe old age.
Ephraim Jones, a resident of the Mohawk Valley,
during the Revolution made his escape to Montreal.
Two of his brothers, at about the same time, suc¬
ceeded in reaching Nova Scotia. In 1790, Ephraim
Jones (better known as Commissary Jones, in conse¬
quence of his having charge of the supplies granted
to the settlers by the British Government) arrived
in Upper Canada. He received a grant of 300 acres
of land in the Township of Augusta, and built a
house on the farm now owned by Thomas Murdock,
situated a short distince east of Maitland. Return¬
ing to Montreal, he married Miss Coursoll, of which
family the present Judge Coursoll is a descendant.
The fruit of the union was a family of four sons and
four daughters.