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In 1849, he married Frances, daughter ot the late Benjamin Chaffey, Esq.; she died in April, 1853.— In 1854, he married Ellen Chaffey. WILLIAM H. COMSTOCK. The Comstocks were among the first settlers of the State of Connecticut. In 1795, Samuel Comstock severed his relations with his native State, and removed to Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, where he located upon the extreme western limit of the settlement, at that time considered the "far west.” Samuel’s brother, John L. Comstock, of Hartford, Connecticut, was the author of “ Comstock’s Chemistry and Natural Philosophy,” for many years one of the standard text books in the United States. Samuel raised the following family :— Edwin Perkins, Albert Lee, Lucius Samuel, John Carlton, and George Mills. William H. Comstock, the subject of this sketch, is the son of Edwin P. Comstock. He was born at Batavia, Genesee County, New York, on the 1st of August, 1830, his father having removed to Batavia in 1828. Mrs. Edwin Comstock died in 1831, and her husband immediately proceeded to New York City, where he established an extensive drug and medicine business, the connections spreading over the entire Union. William H., having acquired a of Comstock Brothers, continuing the establishment in New York, and also opening a branch at Brockville. In 1864, the head office was removed from New York City to Morristown, New York, thus securing the personal supervision of the proprietor, who manufactures extensively for the Republic, as well as for the British Provinces. Having married Josephine, daughter of the late Billa Flint, Mr. Combecoming a British subject. An active and far seeing business man, he has devoted his energies and means to the improvement of the town, and has been instrumental in causing the erection of many of the finest and most substantial buildings. Asa member of the Town Council, he urged forward all necessary improvements with untiring zeal, his aim being to make Brockville the most beautiful town in Ontario. HON. LUTHER HAMILTON HOLTON. Mr. Holton was born in the Township of Lansdowne, County of Leeds, in October, 1817. In 1826, he removed to Montreal, where he entered upon mercantile life, and was for many years member of the forwarding firm of Hooker & Holton. Entering public life as a Liberal, he has always | distinguishéd champions in the Lower Province — He entered the Canadian Assembly as the member for Montreal, retaining the seat from 1854 until 1857, when he was defeated. He became a member of the Legislative Council for the Victoria Division in 1862, but resigned in May, 1863, upon being appointed Minister of Finance, and was returned for the present seat, which he represented until the formation of the Union. He was returned to the Commons in 1867, 1872, 1874, and 1878. He represented Montreal Centre in the Local Legislature of Quebec previous to the passage of the Act abolishing dual representation, leading the English opposition. He was a member of the Executive Council of Canada from the end to the 6th of August, in the short-lived Brown-Dorion Administration, holding the office of Commissioner of Public Works for Canada, and in the Sandfield McDonald-Dorion Administration, that of Minister of Finance. Mr. Holton is a member of the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, a Governor of McGill University, and also holds many leading positions in financial and other institutions. He has repeatedly occupied the responsible post of President of the Board of Trade for the City of Montreal. The example set by this distinguished son of old Leeds County is worthy of emulation, and should stimulate our young men to renewed exertion in the great battle of life. Mr. Holton won his success by honesty, integrity, and untiring industry. Let his example be a guiding star to all who reside in or depart from the county which has furnished such a calaxy of able judges and statesmen for this Canada of ours. JOHN H. MORDEN, M. D. John H. Morden, M. D., is the third son of the late Joseph Wilkinson Morden, Esq. His ancestors were a county family in England, their crest bearing the motto, “ Ze Ripone Pie.” At the outbreak of the American Revolution, the ancestors of the Canadian branch of the family were settled in the British Colonies of Pensylvania and NewJersey. They wereall United Empire Loyalists, several of the name serving in the King’s army.— One, who was.a non-combatant, was taken prisoner by the rebels, tried by a court-martial, condemned, and executed for giving aid and comfort to the King’s forces. At the close of the war, their property was confiscated, and they, including the great| four sons—James, Richard, John, and Joseph — from thence removed in batteaux to Upper Canada,
