MR WILLIAM DAVISON
Journal
of Education for Ontario 1874 The deceased, one of the oldest settlers
in the township of Ernestown, was a native of Carrickfergus,
County Antrim, Ireland, and came to Canada in 1819, bringing with him a wife
and two children. After working a
short time in Quebec and Montreal, he moved to Kingston. In the year 1821 he settled on lot 41, in
the 5th concession of Ernestown, then a wilderness, where he
resided till he died, respected by all with whom he came in contact. We understand that Mr. Davison was one of
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MARSHALL C. DAVY
Spent His Life in Bath Sketch of the Late Marshall C. Davy He was of Genuine U.E.L. Stock The Family Was Actively Connected With St. John's Church for a
Century Daily British Whig July 28 1900 The late Marshall Davy was a life long
resident of the village of Bath, where he was born seventy-six years ago. He
was of genuine U.E. Loyalist stock. His grandfather, John Davy, was one of
the first of the U.E.L. pioneers of that locality and the family have always
been represented among the active business men and leading citizens ever
since. His marriage to Sophey Hoffnel,
on the 22nd day of November, 1787, was the first marriage recorded by Rev.
John Langhorn in his historic old church register, and it was probably the
first christian marriage ever legally performed in the midland district, west
of Kingston. The old register, now in the archbishop's office in Kingston,
thus describes the parties: "John Davy, widower, of the Second township
of Catarakwee, called Ernesttown, and Sophy Hoffnell, spinster, of
the fourth township of Catarakwee, were married in
this church (St. John's) by banns; the witnesses being John Caldwell, Hannah
Davy and Henry Hoover." It is said that John Langhorn made his home at
John Davy's, when in Bath, for years. Peter Davy, a son of John, and the
father of the deceased, was for many years a leading citizen of Bath. He
built the large brick hotel there, then the finest of its class in these
entire counties, and continued to be so for years. He afterwards retired to
his farm, adjoining the village, where he lived and died. He was long
considered one of the foremost farmers of the county, and, indeed, among the
foremost of the province. He was for years a prominent member of the old
provincial agricultural association
and a member of the first township council of Ernesttown. The deceased was the last survivor of the
four sons of the late Peter Davy, and an elder brother of the late Benjamin
C. Davy, at one time a prominent resident of Napanee, and the first mayor of
this town. He married Miss Nugent, a daughter of the late John Nugent, Esq.,
of Ernesttown, who survives him with their two sons and five daughters. The
sons, Charles and Albert, reside on farms near the homestead. Four of the
daughters are at home; one, Miss Minnie, is a professional nurse in Boston. He was a life-long adherent and active
supporter of St. John's church in Bath, with which the family, in continuous
succession, have been actively connected since its first formation over a
hundred years ago. It is stated that the church warden's register of St.
John's does not record a single vestry meeting of St. John's from the year
1800 to the year 1900 in which the name of one or more members of the Davy
family do not appear, and generally as office-holders. We believe some
members of the fifth generation of the same family are now members of the
same historic old church - making an unbroken chain of five generations and
over a full century of continuous family membership. Few such records can
elsewhere be found in this county. In politics, Mr. Davy was a staunch
conservative, as his fathers all were. He is said to have been one of the marshalls to escort a processions of the conservative
electors from Bath to Kingston at the time of the first election for the
county of the Hon. John Solomon Cartwright. That was away back in the
thirties. The whole company were royally entertained by Mr. Cartwright at
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COL.
GEORGE H. DETLOR Napanee Express Jan 4 1884 Monday morning about 11:00, Col. Geo. H. Detlor breathed his last at
the residence of his son-in-law, James Perry, Esq. The old gentleman for the
past few years has been very infirm, but up to a few months ago he had full
possession of his faculties. He was a prominent figure in the Bay District in
his time, being a man of ability and of strict integrity. The following
sketch of his life written by himself some twenty years ago, which by the
kind permission of his relatives we print, affords a much more accurate
account of his life’s work than any we could write: - “The following passage by St. John I wish may be taken as the
foundation of a funeral sermon in my case. Selected by me in Nov. 1863, - 2nd
Timothy, 4th Chapter, 7th and 8th
verses. G.H.D.” ‘I have fought a good fight. I have finished my
course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me that day, and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.’ “And the following sketch of my life may be read on the occasion of the
funeral services at any time which may suit the minister officiating: - “The subject of this notice was born at the residence of his
Grandfather Detlor, in the township of Fredericksburgh on the 24th
day of July 1794. “In the year 1802, his father and family removed to the town of York
(now city of Toronto) where he was employed as clerk in the Inspector
General’s office and as book-keeper for a merchant from 1804 until the time
of his death which, he met in the defense of his country at the time of the
invasion of the Americans in April, 1813. “His grandfather and mother were members of the first Methodist society
which was formed by Philip Embury in the city of New York. In consequence of
their loyalty to the British Crown they were compelled to leave the United
States. After taking up their residence in Fredericksburgh their house was a
constant home for the Methodist preachers, as was likewise the house of his
father while living in the town of York. After the close of the war he
removed his mother and family to Fredericksburgh, where she owned a farm –
himself entering into the mercantile business with the late Hugh C. Thomson
of the town of Kingston, In 1818 he married the second daughter of the late
John Roblin, of Adolphustown. “The partnership with Mr. Thomson was dissolved – both retiring from
the mercantile business – Mr. Thomson engaging in printing and publishing and
he in farming and milling. In 1829 he re-commenced trading near the present
town of Napanee and eventually removed to the (then) village of Napanee. “In 1836 he was elected to the Provincial Parliament to represent, with
the late John S. Cartwright, Esq., the united counties of Lennox and
Addington. During the rebellion of 1837-38 his business became deranged to
the extent that he again retired there-from. In the year 1845, he received
employment by the District council in regulating the back assessment of
lands; in October, 1847 was appointed to the office of District Clerk, and in
May, 1848, received his appointment of Appraiser in the Customs Department at
the Port of Kingston. The first office he resigned in 1861, the latter he
occupied until March, 1872. HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE In October, 1817, he joined the Wesleyan Church under the late Rev.
Thos. Madden. In 1818 was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Quarterly
Board of the Bay of Quinte Circuit. On the death of the late Rev. D. Dunham,
he succeeded him as Secretary and Steward, which office he held down to 1838,
at which period he removed temporarily from the Circuit. On returning to
Napanee was re-appointed Steward and class Leader, resigning both in 1848 on
removing to Kingston. In 1849 in Kingston he was appointed a Class Leader and
on the return of his family to Napanee he resigned that office and was
appointed Steward and remained a member of a class in Kingston until the 8th
of October, 1865, when he joined the class under Bro. J. Hawley which met
after the Sabbath service in Napanee. “His trust in the merits of the atonement was clear and satisfactory,
having an assurance that he had a hope sure and steadfast of an inheritance
where the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary be at rest.” The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon, and considering the weather
was very largely attended. Memorial Service The funeral sermon of the late Geo. H. Detlor will be delivered in the
C.M. Church next Sunday evening by Rev. M.L. Pearson. COL.
G.H. DETLOR Daily
British Whig Jan 5 1884 Colonel's Career - Once Engaged in Business
in Kingston His Appointment Subsequently as an Appraiser. The Napanee papers contain lengthy reviews
of the life of Col. G.H. Detlor, who died last Monday, aged 90 years. From a
sketch, written by the colonel we learn that he was born in Fredericksburgh
in 1794. In 1802, with his parents, he removed to Little York, now Toronto;
where he remained until 1812. Then he went into the war and at its
termination his mother and family returned to Fredericksburgh where he owned
a farm. The colonel entered business with the late Hugh C. Thomson, of
Kingston. In 1818 he married the second daughter of the late John Roblin, of
Adolphustown. The partnership with Mr. Thomson was dissolved - both retiring from
the mercantile business - Mr. Thomson engaging in printing and publishing,
and Col. Detlor in farming and milling. In 1820 deceased re-commenced trading
and removed to Napanee. In 1836 he was elected to the Provincial Parliament
to represent, with the late John S. Cartwright, the united counties of Lennox
and Addington. During the rebellion of 1837-38 his business became deranged
to such an extent that he had to retire from it. In the year 1845 he received
employment by the District Council in regulating the back assessment of
lands; in October, 1847, he was appointed to the office of District Clerk,
and in May, 1848, received his appointment as Appraiser in the Customs
Department at Kingston. The first office he resigned in 1861, the latter he
occupied until March, 1872. He was a very religious man. His grandfather and
mother were members of the first Methodist society which was formed by Philip
Embury in New York. In consequence of their loyalty to the British crown they
were compelled to leave the United States. After taking up their residence in
Fredericksburgh, their house was a constant home for the Methodist preacher.
In October 1817, the Colonel joined the Wesleyan Church under the late Rev.
Thos. Madden. In 1818 was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Quarterly
Board of the Bay of Quinte Circuit. On the death of the late Rev. D. Dunham
he succeeded him as Secretary and Steward, which office he held down to 1838,
at which period he removed temporarily from the Circuit. On returning to
Napanee he was re-appointed Steward and Class Leader, resigning both in 1848
on removing to Kingston. In 1849 in Kingston he was appointed Class Leader
and on the return of his family to Napanee he resigned that office and was
appointed Steward and remained a member of a class in Kingston until the 8th
of October 1865, when he joined a class under J. Hawley in Napanee. |
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JOHN DIAMOND History of the Settlement of Upper Canada, Wm. Canniff,
1869 John Diamond was born in Albany, with several brothers. An
elder brother was drafted, but he tried to escape from a service that was
distasteful to him; was concealed for some time, and upon a sick bed. The
visits of the doctor led to suspicion, and the house was visited by rebels.
Although he had been placed in a bed, and the clothes so arranged that, as
was thought, his presence would not be detected, his breathing betrayed him.
They at once required his father to give a bond for $1200, that his son
should not be removed while sick. He got well, and, some time after, again
sought to escape, but was caught, and handcuffed to another. Being removed
from one place to another, the two prisoners managed to knock their guard on
the head, and ran for life through the woods, united together. One would
sometimes run on one side of a sapling, and the other on the opposite side.
At night they managed to rub their handcuffs off, and finally escaped to
Canada. Of the other brothers, two
were carried off by the rebels, and never more heard of. John was taken to
the rebel army when old enough to do service; but he also escaped to Canada,
and enlisted in Rogers' Battalion, with which he did service until the close
of the war, when he settled with the company at Fredericksburgh. John Diamond married Miss Loyst, a native of Philadelphia,
whose ancestors were German. She acted no inferior part, for a woman, during
the exciting time of the rebellion. They married in Lower Canada. They spent
their first summer in Upper Canada, in clearing a little spot of land, and in
the fall got a little grain in the ground. They slept, during the summer,
under a tree, but erected a small hut before winter set in. |
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DR. PETER V. DORLAND The
Life History of a Man Who Did Well in Belleville Weekly
British Whig May 27 1895 Dr.
Peter V. Dorland was born about sixty-five or sixty-seven years ago, of fine
old U.E. loyalist stock in the township of Adolphustown, where the family was
one of the first settlers. His father was known for many years as Col.
Dorland, and for many years on every fourth of June, drill day, drilled his
company on the commons of Adolphustown. Peter
Dorland took his degree in medicine from the old Ralph school, Toronto,
sometime in the fiftys, and shortly started for
California in search of recuperated health. There he evidenced his fearless
spirit by carrying the mails over a country that the stage could not
traverse. He
accumulated some funds in time by practising medicine and selling drugs, then
his cabin was swept away by a spring freshet, along with the rest of the
village and he started for Canada and home. He came to Belleville, where his
brother Enoch was already established in a successful practice, and the
really entered upon his professional career. There he married a lady from
near London, but after a few years a separations was agreed upon. He then
went to Savannah and there became engaged for a year as physician to a party
of gentlemen about to travel. That trip up the Nile and through the east
aggregated, according to his diary, 63,000 miles. Shortly after his return to
Savannah the civil war broke out, and he returned to Canada, afterwards
visiting Europe, and studied in France, England and Scotland, taking his
degree from Edinburgh university. He returned again to Belleville, to assume
the practice of his brother, who had died, and in a few years had the largest
practice in that district, being especially successful in his treatment of
typhoid fever, his training in the south eminently fitting him for that
disease. About this time he built the house on Front street, then popularly
known as Dorland's castle. This marked the zenith of his fortune. He built
other houses, borrowing money at ten per cent., and rented them at such rates
as to make about eight per cent, out of other people's money in brick and
mortar. He owned about thirty houses when the decay of his mental faculties
began, and his pretended friends began importuning him to endorse notes; this
with domestic troubles, caused his collapse. He lost health and property in
1874. For five years he was supported by the medical faculty, and for fifteen
by his relatives and friends. In April, last year, he was sent to Toronto
asylum, and later was removed to Kingston asylum, where he died yesterday.
His has been a checkered career. He was for many years the leading man in his
district, and it was at his house that the governor of Upper Canada would
stay when he journeyed that way. |
JOSEPH FREDERICK WILLIAM DOUGALL
Journal
of Education for Ontario 1874 JOSEPH
FREDERICK WILLIAM DOUGALL was born in New Hampshire, in March, 1787, and died
in December, 1874, aged 88. When nine
years old he emigrated to Canada with his father (the late Dr. Dougall) and
settled at Fredericksburg, on the Bay of Quinte. A few years after, the whole of the family
removed to Prince Edward, and took up land a few miles west of Picton. In the year 1812 the subject of this sketch
wandered through the wilds of Canada in search of a better locality for
settlement, and was somewhere in the vicinity of Niagara when the news of the
declaration of War reached the colonists.
In less than six hours after the news arrived William Dougall had
enlisted in the 2nd Regiment of Norfolk Militia, and the same
evening was drilling with his Company, preparatory to meeting the enemies of
his King and country, who, a few years before had driven his father from his
happy home in the old Granite State to seek a refuge in the wilderness of
Canada! Shortly after enlisting he was
attached to the Division which General Brock led against Detroit, and took
part in the engagement which resulted in the surrender of that Fort to the
British troops; for which service he
was awarded the Detroit medal, issued by order of Her Majesty in 1848. After his return Eastward, the noble band
to which he was attached were detailed to march to Queenston Heights to
reinforce their comrades then engaged in deadly conflict with a superior
force; but had the misfortune to
arrive within a few miles of the field when they were met by the sad
intelligence that the battle was over and that General Brock was killed. After his discharge from the service, in
1813, he resided for a time in Toronto (then little York) in consequence of
which he was a few years ago elected a member of the venerable body known as
“The York Pioneers.” After a short sojourn
in the west he returned to Prince Edward where he remained till his
death. William Dougall was always
noted for extreme loyalty to the British Crown, and was a man of unchangeable
views. He was one of the peculiar
class who hate the name “Conservative,” and was proud to be called a
Tory. In 1837, he voluntarily took his
team and wagon to Kingston. He was one of the earliest magistrates, and acted
in that capacity for many years. In
society, he was noted for peculiar cautiousness, in never talking of his
neighbours. It was the boast of his
last days that he was never summoned as a witness in any court in the
land. He carefully selected his
associates and was fondly attached to them.
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