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_ROSE’S NATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES. II._

A CYCLOPÆDIA

OF

CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY:

BEING

CHIEFLY MEN OF THE TIME.

A COLLECTION OF PERSONS DISTINGUISHED IN PROFESSIONAL AND POLITICAL LIFE; LEADERS IN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF CANADA, AND SUCCESSFUL PIONEERS.

_EDITED BY_ GEO. MACLEAN ROSE.

T o r o n t o : R O S E P U B L I S H I N G C O M P A N Y . 1888.

Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, by HUNTER, ROSE & CO., at the department of Agriculture.

PRINTED AND BOUND BY HUNTER, ROSE & CO., TORONTO.

PREFACE.

It has been too long a custom to regard as proper subjects for biographical literature only persons who have figured in political life. In preparing the present work, any man or woman who has, in any conspicuous way, contributed to the moral, intellectual, industrial or political growth of the country, has been deemed a suitable person for these pages. To the heroism and uncomplaining industry of the men who hewed out homes in the wilderness, and little by little overcame the obstacles of nature, are we indebted now for our thriving cities, and for our wide stretches of cultivated lands; and to omit a record of their labors, and select only for permanent record the deeds of those who came upon the scenes when the rugged work was done, would be singularly unjust. We have had, and still have amongst us, men of great genius in engineering skill, and in mechanical contrivance; and it was fitting that a brief record of their lives, and what they accomplished for the community, should be handed down in the history of our common country. The same may be said of men prominent in every branch of commerce, of our notable divines, our eminent judges, our great lawyers, our talented medical men, and those who have contributed to the educational growth of the country. These it was considered were worthy of place side by side with the men who chose political careers, and have won more or less distinction therein. There is to be said in justification of all these records, that even the history of the man in an obscure village is a portion of the history of the country, and the aggregate record of “Representative Canadians” may be regarded in a young country like Canada, as a full historical account, in every sense, for the period covered by the biographical matter in the volume. Men are forever drifting down the slow stream, and most of their deeds like themselves, pass into oblivion; it is well while the opportunity is at hand to save as much of the record as possible for posterity. The labor, the time, and the pains spent in securing data for the sketches herein contained have been greater than would be believed; and the more so since accuracy of statement of fact, and the chronological order of incidents, have been so rigidly aimed at. Dates and facts have all been verified either by reference to the best published authorities, or to the persons themselves. For the most part, the call for the coöperation of the public in furnishing data for the records has been cordially responded to. As for the literary portion of the work, no pains have been spared to make that equal to the other features. To make the volume complete in the historically “representative” sense, memoirs of the most illustrious of the dead of this country will be found in its pages. The enterprise has been tedious, laborious and expensive; but if it will supply a record that the country should not let die; if it preserves the names of worthy men and women whose deeds deserve to be remembered, it surely will have well repaid the time, the anxiety, and the pains that have been expended upon it. A work of this kind could not be else than tedious; and, therefore, since its commencement, several changes have taken place: some of the persons in its pages have died; others have passed from one office to another, and dropped from public places; but with these latter exceptions and some other minor ones, each memoir, it is believed, will be found to be an accurate record up to the present date.

GEO. MACLEAN ROSE. TORONTO, March, 1888.

Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook.

INDEX.

PAGE. Addenda 815

=A=

Adam, G. M., Toronto, 759 Adam, L. A. S., Sheriff, St. Hyacinthe, 490 Adams, Aaron A., Coaticook, 376 Adams, Hon. Michael, Newcastle, 230 Adams, Rev. Thomas, M.A., D.C.L., Lennoxville, 403 Aikins, Hon. James Cox, P.C., Lieut.-Governor, 609 Winnipeg, Aikins, William T., M.D., LL.D., Toronto, 797 Alexander, Rev. Finlow, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., 300 Fredericton, Allan, Hon. G. W., D.C.L., Toronto, 781 Allard, Joseph Victor, Berthierville, 483 Allen, Hon. John C., Fredericton, 261 Allison, Charles F., Sackville, 50 Allison, Charles, Yarmouth, 312 Allison, David, M.A., LL.D., Halifax, 719 Allnatt, Rev. F. J. B., D.D., Lennoxville, 497 Alward, S., A.M., D.C.L., M.P.P., St. John, 101 Amherst, Lord Jeffery, 513 Anderson, Alexander, Charlottetown, 54 Anderson, Captain Edward Brown, Sarnia, 179 Angers, Hon. Auguste Réal, Quebec, 242, 815 Angus, Richard Bladworth, Montreal, 465 Antliff, Rev. J. C., M.A., D.D., Montreal, 251 Archambault, Urgel-Eugène, Montreal, 36 Archibald, Abram Newcomb, 211 Archibald, Hon. Sir Adams Geo., K.C.M.G., D.C.L., 164 P.C., Q.C., Halifax, Archibald, Peter S., Moncton, 257 Archibald, John S., Q.C., D.C.L., Montreal, 526 Armour, Hon. John Douglas, Judge, Cobourg, 654 Armstrong, Hon. James, Q.C., C.M.G., Sorel, 325 Armstrong, Rev. W. D., M.A., Ph.D., Ottawa, 49 Aubrey, Rev, François Fortunat, St. John’s, 586

=B=

Baby, Hon. L. F. G., Judge, Montreal, 192 Badgley, Rev. E. I., M.A., B.D., LLD., Cobourg, 366 Baillairgé, Chev. C. P. F., M.S., Quebec, 166 Baillairgé, Louis de G., Q.C., Quebec, 252, 815 Bain, James William, M.P., St. Polycarpe, 603 Ball, George, Nicolet, 769 Baptist, George, Three Rivers, 771 Barbeau, Henri Jacques, Montreal, 427 Barclay, Rev. James, M.A., Montreal, 124 Barclay, Rev. John, D.D., Toronto, 320 Barker, Frederic Eustace, M.A., D.C.L., Q.C., M.P., 207 St. John, Barnard, Edmund, Montreal, 710 Barrett, M., B.A., M.D., Toronto, 160 Barry, Denis, B.C.L., Montreal, 723 Baudouin, Philibert, St. John’s, 582 Baxter, Robert Gordon, M.D., Moncton, 103 Bayard, William, M.D., St. John, 23 Bayly, Richard, B.A., Q.C., London, 38 Baynes, William Craig, B.A., 371 Beaton, Alexander H., M.D., Orillia, 187 Beaubien, Hon. Louis, Montreal, 631 Beckwith, A. G., C.E., Fredericton, 86 Beckwith, Hon. John Adolphus, 88 Beek, James Scott, Fredericton, 218 Begg, Alexander, Dunbow Ranch, N.W.T., 350 Bégin, Rev. Louis Nazaire, D.D., Quebec, 177 Belanger, Louis-Charles, Sherbrooke, 673 Bélanger, Rev. François Honoré, Quebec, 274 Bell, Andrew Wilson, Carleton Place, 109 Bell, J. H., M.A., M.P.P., Summerside, 269 Belleau, Sir Narcisse, K.C.M.G., Q.C., Quebec, 347 Benson, Rev. Manly, Toronto, 59 Bentley, Hon. G. W. W., Kensington, 259 Bergeron, J. G. H., B.C.L., M.P., Montreal, 438 Bernier, Michael Esdras, M.P., St. Hyacinthe, 595 Berryman, Daniel Edgar, M.D., C.M., A.R.S., St. 268 John, Berryman, John, M.D., M.P.P., St. John, 674 Berthelot, Hon. J. A., Judge, Montreal, 43 Bethune, J. L., M.D.C.M., M.P.P., Baddeck, 285 Bethune, R. H., Toronto, 764 Bingay, Thomas Van Buskirk, Yarmouth, 550, 815 Binney, Irwine Whitty, Moncton, 42 Binney, Right Rev. Hibbert, D.D., 699 Blackadar, Hugh William, Halifax, 706 Black, Charles Allan, M.D., Amherst, 474 Black, J. Burpee, M.D., Windsor, N.S., 549 Black, Thomas R., M.P.P., Amherst, 733 Black, William Tell, Windsor, 808 Blair, Frank I., M.D., St. Stephen, 352 Blair, Hon. A. G., Fredericton, 440 Blake, Hon. E., P.C., Q.C., M.P., Toronto, 690 Blanchet, Hon. Jean, Q.C., M.P.P., Quebec, 431 Blanchet, Hon. Joseph Goderic, Quebec, 107 Boak, Hon. Robert, Halifax, 682 Boire, Louis Henri Napoleon, Three Rivers, 430 Boivin, Charles Alphonse, St. Hyacinthe, 646 Borden, F. W., B.A., M.D., M.P., Canning, 317 Boswell, G. M. J., Judge, Cobourg, 131 Botsford, Hon. Bliss, Moncton, 603 Boulton, Lieut.-Col. D’Arcy E., Cobourg, 769 Bourgeois, G. A., M.D., C.M., Three Rivers, 766 Bourgeois, Hon. Jean Baptiste, Three Rivers, 646 Bourinot, John George, LL.D., Ottawa, 326 Bowell, Hon. Mackenzie, M.P., Belleville, 701 Bowser, Rev. Alex. Thomas, B.D., Toronto, 473 Branchaud, Moise, Q.C., Beauharnois, 104 Bresse, Hon. Guillaume, Quebec, 583 Bridges, Henry Seabury, Fredericton, 749 Brock, Major-General Sir Isaac, K.B., 113 Brock, Rev. Isaac, M.A., D.D., Halifax, 480 Brodie, Robert, Quebec, 374 Bronson, Erskine Henry, M.P.P., Ottawa, 153 Brooks, Hon. E. T., Judge, Sherbrooke, 766 Brown, H. B., Q.C., LL.M., Sherbrooke, 499 Brown, William, 577 Bruce, Rev. George, B.A., St. John, 202 Brymner, Douglas, Ottawa, 806 Bryson, Hon. George, Senr., Fort Coulonge, 470 Buchanan, Wentworth James, Montreal, 744 Buller, Frank, M.D., Montreal, 172 Bullock, Joseph, St. John, 41 Burland, George B., Montreal, 441 Burns, Rev. Robert Ferrier, D.D., Halifax, 40, 815 Burrill, James, Yarmouth, 716 Burrill, William, Yarmouth, 720 Burwash, Rev. Nathaniel, S.T.D., Cobourg, 90

=C=

Cabana, Hubert Charon, Sherbrooke, 602 Cadman, James, C.E., Quebec, 565 Cairns, George Frederick, Smith’s Falls, 57 Cairns, Thomas, Perth, 57 Call, Robert Randolph, Newcastle, 121 Cameron, Allan, M.D., Collingwood, 807 Cameron, Charles, Collingwood, 333 Cameron, Sir Matthew, Toronto, 156 Cameron, Wm., M.P.P., Sutherland River, Pictou, 333 Campbell, F. W., M.A., M.D., L.R.C.P., Montreal, 321 Campbell, George W., A.M., M.D., LL.D., 205 Campbell, Hon. Wm., Park Corner, 473 Campbell, Rev. Kenneth A., Orillia, 202 Campbell, Rev. R., M.A., D.D., Montreal, 132 Campbell, Sir Alexander, K.C.M.G., Lieut.-Governor, 531 Toronto, Cannon, Lawrence Ambrose, Quebec, 400 Carbray, Felix, Quebec, 499 Cardin, Louis Pierre Paul, M.P.P., Sorel, 688 Cargill, Henry, M.P., Cargill, 272 Carignan, Onesime, Three Rivers, 525 “Caris Sima” (Clara H. Mountcastle), Clinton, 292 Carleton, John Louis, St. John, 100 Carling, Hon. John, London, 680 Caron, Hon. Sir Jos. Philippe Rene Adolphe, 663 K.C.M.G., B.C.L., Ottawa, Carrier, Charles William, Levis, 421 Carson, Rev. W. Wellington, Ottawa, 556 Carswell, James, Renfrew, 478 Cartier, Jacques, 17 Cartier, Sir George Etienne, 569 Casavant, Joseph Claver, St. Hyacinthe, 590 Casavant, Samuel, St. Hyacinthe, 590 Casgrain, T. C., Q.C., LL.D., M.P.P., Quebec, 278 Castle, Rev. J. H., D.D., Toronto, 768 Chabot, Julien, Quebec, 381, 815 Chagnon, Hon. H. W., Judge, St. John’s, 633 Chamberlain, David Cleveland, Pembroke, 242 Champlain, Samuel de, 612 Chapleau, Hon. J. A., Q.C., LL.D., M.P., Montreal, 634 Chapman, Robert Andrew, Dorchester, 263 Charland, Hon. Justice Alfred N., B.C.L., St. 721 John’s, Charlebois, Alphonse, Quebec, 607 Chauveau, Hon. Justice Alexander, B.C.L., Quebec, 213 Chênevert, Cuthbert Alphonse, Berthierville, 751 Chesley, John Alexander, Portland, 138 Chicoyne, Jerome Adolphe, Sherbrooke, 369 Child, Marcus, Coaticook, 647 Chisholm, Mrs. Addie, Ottawa, 604 Chisholm, Peter J., Truro, 408 Choquette, P. A., LL.B., M.P., Montmagny, 341 Church, Hon. Charles Edward, Halifax, 171 Cimon, Hon. M. H. E., Judge, Fraserville, 377 Clarke, Edw. Frederick, M.P.P., Toronto, 525 Clarke, Henry Edward, M.P.P., Toronto, 746 Clark, Rev. W. B., Quebec, 279 Clemo, Ebenezer, 349 Clinch, Robert Thomson, St. John, 581 Cloran, Henry Joseph, B.C.L., Montreal, 342 Cluxton, Wm., Peterboro’, 63 Coburn, George H., M.D., Fredericton, 206 Cockburn, G. R. R., M.P., Toronto, 600 Coldwell, Albert Edward, M.A., Wolfville, 506 Coleman, Arthur Philemon, Ph.D., Cobourg, 196 Colfer, Lieut.-Col. George William, Quebec, 448 Cook, Rev. John, D.D., LL.D., Quebec, 578 Cooke, Richard S., Three Rivers, 767 Cooke, Right Rev. Thomas, Bishop, 779 Cooke, Thos. Vincent, Moncton, 127 Cooley, Rev. John W., Hamilton, 740 Corning, Thomas Edgar, Yarmouth, 549 Costigan, Hon. John, Ottawa, 709 Coté, Louis, St. Hyacinthe, 588 Coursol, Capt. C. J. Q., St. John’s, 563 Courtney, Right Rev. Bishop Frederick, 586 Cowperthwaite, Rev. H. P., A.M., St. John, 260 Craig, James, B.A., Renfrew, 55 Cram, John Fairbairn, Carleton Place, 117 Creed, Herbert Clifford, Fredericton, 106 Creelman, Hon. Samuel, M.L.C., Round Bank, Upper 306 Stewiacke, Crinion, Rev. James Eugene, Dunnville, 248 Crisp, Rev. Robert S., Moncton, 125 Crocket, William, A.M., Fredericton, 123 Cross, Hon. Alexander, Judge, Montreal, 165 Currey, Lemuel Allan, M.A., St. John, 89 Currie, John Z., A.B., M.D., Fredericton, 90 Curry, Matthew Allison, M.D., Halifax, 627 Cuthbert, Edward O. J. A., Berthierville, 191

=D=

Daly, Thomas Mayne, M.P., Brandon, 316 David, Laurent Oliver, M.P.P., Montreal, 290 Davidson, Hon. Justice C. P., Montreal, 562 Davie, George Taylor, Levis, 728 Davis, D. W., M.P., Macleod, 783 Dawson, Sir J. William, Knight, C.M.G., LL.D., 598 F.R.S., Montreal, de Cazes, Paul, Quebec, 378 de La Bruère, Hon. P. B., St. Hyacinthe, 424 de Lottinville, J. B. S. L., Three Rivers, 809 de Martigny, Adelard Le Moyne, Montreal, 147 Denoncourt, N. L., Q.C., Three Rivers, 541 Derbishire, Stewart, 487 Desaulniers, D. B. W., M.D., Nicolet, 561 Desaulniers, F. S. L., B.C.L., M.P., Yamachiche, 348 DesBrisay, Theophilus, Q.C., Bathurst, 181 Deschenes, G. H., M.P.P., St. Epiphane, 774 Desilets, Joseph Moise, Q.C., Three Rivers, 746 Desjardins, Dr. Louis Edouard, Montreal, 115 Desjardins, Lieut.-Col. L. G., M.P.P., Levis, 472 De Sola, Abraham, LL.D., 97 Dessaint, Major A., LL.B., Kamouraska, 773 Dessaulles, George Casimir, St. Hyacinthe, 483 De Wolfe, C. E., Judge, Windsor, N.S., 397 Dickson, George, M.A., Toronto, 760 Dickson, William Welland, M.D., Pembroke, 116 Dionne, N. E., S.B., M.D., Quebec, 256 Dobell, Richard Reid, Quebec, 421 Dobson, Rev. William, Fredericton, 335 Doney, Charles, Ottawa, 328 Dorion, Hon. Sir A. A., Knight, Montreal, 641 d’Orsonnens, Lieut.-Col. the Count Louis Gustave 596 d’Odet, Doucet, Laman R., Sheriff, Bathurst, 405 Doutre, Joseph, Q.C., Montreal, 305 Dowdall, James, Almonte, 122 Drolet, Jacques François Gaspard, Quebec, 364 Drummond, A. T., B.A., LL.B., Montreal, 311 Drysdale, William, Montreal, 794 Duchesnay, Lieut.-Col. H. J. J., 775 Duclos, Silas T., St. Hyacinthe, 775 Duhamel, Most Rev. J. T., Archbp., Ottawa, 683 Dunbar, James, Q.C., Quebec, 724 Duncan, John, St. John, 496 Dunn, Timothy Hibbard, Quebec, 542 Dunnet, Thomas, Toronto, 304 Duplessis, L. T. N. Le N., Three Rivers, 745 Dupré, Rev. L. L., Sorel, 608 Dymond, A. H., Brantford, 809

=E=

Earle, Sylvester Zobieski, M.D., St. John, 229 Edgar, James David, M.P., Toronto, 594 Edgar, William, Montreal, 664, 815 Edwards, William Cameron, Rockland, 345 Elliott, Andrew, Almonte, 92 Elliott, Edward, Perth, 370 Elliott, George, Guelph, 629 Ellis, James, Toronto, 813 Ellis, William, St. Catharines, 121 Ellis, Wm. Hodgson, B.A., M.B., L.R.C.P., Toronto, 662 Emmerson, H. R., LL.B., Dorchester, 500 Emmerson, Rev. Robert Henry, 498 Evanturel, Francis Eugene Alfred, LL.B., M.P.P., St. 323 Victor d’Alfred,

=F=