G EO. STEWART GOODWIL LIE, M.A., barrister, solicitor, etc., Georgetown, Ont., was born there, April 12th, 1842. His parents were George and Eliza (Forbes) Goodwillie. His father was a native of Vermont, and his mother of New York, U.S., both being of Scotch descent. His mother was descended from a noted Forbes family, who were forced to flee the country after the battle of Culloden. His father was from a noted Fifeshire family. After completing his course in the public schools, Mr. Goodwillie was placed under the tutorship of the late Rev. Charles Dade, a distinguished Church of England scholar of Cambridge. He entered Toronto University in 1861, and after carrying off scholarships in mathematics and general proficiency, graduated B.A. in 1865, and M.A. in 1866. He then entered the law office of Morphy, Sullivan & Fenton, of Toronto, where he remained three years. After completing his law course, he was for several years engaged as classical tutor and registrar of University College. In 1876, he began the practice of his profession at Georgetown, Ont., where he has built up a large and remunerative practice. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, also of the A.F. & On N ICHOLAS HOPKINS YOUNG, reeve of Blyth, Huron county, Ont., salt and stave manufacturer, under the corporate name of the Gray, Young & Sparling Co., was born March 18th, 1839, in the township of Bastard, Leeds county. His parents were William and Sarah (Hazlewood) Young, who came from Ireland to Canada about the year 1816. Mr. Young, the subject of this sketch, came to Huron county, from Leeds county, in the year 1863, and settled on a farm, in the township of Howick. He remained there about eight years. In 1871 he removed to Seaforth and engaged in the manufacture of salt, in company with his brothers-in-law, Wm. M. Gray and F. G. Sparling. After remaining in Seaforth about eight years, they extended their salt works to Blyth, with Mr. Young in charge. In 1887, they also started Salt works in Wingham. The same year, such was the extent of operations, they organized themselves into a joint stock company, of which Mr. Wm. McD. Gray, whose biography appears in vol. I, page 370, is president. It is well understood by the trade that this company holds the leading position in the salt business of the Dominion. The firm manufacture their own barrels and staves, and the extent of their facilities for the manufacture of salt will be apparent from the fact that they have a capacity of over 100,000 barrels per year. Mr. Young is a member of the Blyth Methodist Church, also trustee, Sun day School superintendent and recording steward. He has also been a delegate to the annual conference since the Union, and to the first general conference after the Union. He was school trustee for eight years previous to 1890, when he was elected to the village council, holding that position for two years. In 1893, he was elected to his present position of reeve. In politics, he is a Reformer, and takes an active part in the affairs of his party. He was married, May 31st, 1870, to Eliza J., second daughter of Christopher Sparling, of Seaforth. They have one son and one daughter. OUIS NAPOLÉON DELORME, M.D., Montreal, Que., was born October 12th, 1863, at St. Jacques de l'Achigan, Montcalm county, Que. His parents are Louis and Odile (Archambault) Delorme, who are farmers, and are still living (1893). Dr. Delorme was educated at the College of Joliette, Que., one of the largest colleges of Lower Canada. He entered this institution of learning in 1873, and graduated in 1880. He began the study of medicine in 1882, at the Laval University, Montreal. He obtained his degree of Bachelor of Medicine in 1884, and that of Medical Doctor in 1886. In The same year that he graduated M.D., he was appointed resident physician in the Notre-Dame Hospital, and in 1889, he was called to the Chair of Anatomy at Laval University, Montreal, and has continued to lecture there since. religion the doctor is a Roman Catholic. He is a member of the following societies: I.O.F. Order of Catholic Foresters, Society of the French Canadian Artisans, Society of St. Joseph's of Montreal, and Society of St. Vincent Martyr. He is also the medical examiner of these societies. Oct. 2nd, 1888, he married Marie Philomène, daughter of C. H. LeTourneux, iron merchant. H ENRY SAMUEL STAFFORD, editor and proprietor of the Courier, (Conservative), Morrisburg, Ont., was born in Leeds county, Ont., October 11th, 1858. He is a son of the late Wm. Harrison Stafford, and at the age of five years removed with his parents to Athens, Ont., where he attended the public and High schools. At the age of fourteen, he entered the office of the Renfrew Mercury, and served three years apprenticeship to the printing business. He subsequently worked on the Brockville Recorder, Montreal Star, Montreal Herald, and was for five years the parliament ary reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and was one year secretary of the press gallery. He remained with the Gazette until September, 1890, when he purchased the Morrisburg Courier. Mr. Stafford was Associate Press correspondent in Montreal, and correspondent for the New York Tribune, New York Times, Boston Herald, Chicago Times, Minneapolis Tribune. The Courier has become widely known and deservedly popular. He is a member of the A.F. and A.M., and in religion, is a Presbyterian. He was married, May 18th, 1880, to Sara A., fourth daughter of the late Robert Kent, of Montreal. R. L. GOSNELL, barrister, solicitor and Police Magistrate of Blenheim, Ont., was born in Orford township, Kent county, May 17th, 1863. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Salter) Gosnell are still living (1893), and are among the most widely known and highly esteemed pioneers of Orford. The former located there on coming from Ireland about 1830. He is a life-long Methodist, an ardent Reformer, and an earnest, consistent advocate of the temperance cause. He is one of a large family, whose united history forms a considerable portion of the history of the township. Mr. Gosnell received his primary education at the public schools in Kent Co., after which he taught a few years in Orford and Howard townships. Latterly he attended the Ridgetown Collegiate Institute, from which he matriculated in 1884. After a short term in the law office of N. Mills, Ridgetown, he entered the legal firm of Foy & Kelly, Toronto, where he remained three years. In 1889, Mr. Gosnell passed his final examination as barrister and solicitor, was admitted to practice and located in Bleuheim in January, 1890, where he has already secured a fine practice, paying particular attention to wills, administrations, general commercial law, and since his appointment as Police Magistrate, to criminal law. This latter appointment in 1891, was made at the special request and petition of the town council. Mr. Gosnell also does a large amount of work for monetary institutions, among others the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He is an adherent of the Methodist Church, and a member of the Select Knights of Canada and the I.O.O.F. orders, and is noble grand in the latter. In politics, he is a staunch Liberal, and takes an active interest in the local organizations of his party, being secretary of the Blenheim and South Harwich branch of the Reform Association for the county of Kent. He is still a young man with a bright outlook. He was married, March 2nd, 1892, to Miss Lillie, daughter of Wm. Tape, of Howard, Ont. |
