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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, England, 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 | 183 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 emigrants 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 comparatively 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 Several 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, succeeded in reaching Nova Scotia. In 1790, Ephraim Jones (better known as Commissary Jones, in consequence 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. Returning 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.
