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I AND SATURDAY MORNINGles.layhintiesbeSellte.myforur-iteron-ianubtirs.redayiys‘,aveep,ereyedoneon ast top see tz’s oke the ,vas 3 re. ops an-, e a ice. y— sf I go-itry ing oui; out and ood ,nt-lay,1 to ood ved rts, fel-fter are and our ?nt, 3 tty ave Ibut•uldUV-all has i e rn d a it I thisncillurt ' 28An Essa PioneerLast week’s Alliston Herald had the following obituary notice of Samuel McMann, father of Mrs. Hobt. Whiteside, Barrie.The death of Samuel McMann, which took place at his home on the.fourth line of Essa on Satur-(day, May 26, removes one of the ^ last of the original pioneers of the township. Mr. McMann had been there for more than three-quarters of a century. Born in West GwiHimbury in 1837 his father- two years after his birth came over to Essa township and purchased a farm on which stood the primeval forest which had covered it for hundreds of years. *°r i Here Samuel McMann received 1 1 his first impressions of life and itwas here a few years later that he became acquainted with the grim realities of life for when he was but twelve years old his father died leaving him and a younger brother the only support on which their mother could put any dependence on a farm which had a clearing no larger than was agiple to insure enough potatoes for the winter’s use. But Samuel McMann was determined, energetic Kgnd resourceful and at the age of thirteen or fourteen he had bv hard experience become a man. And he succeeded, with the help of his brothers, in clearing the entire farm and putting it under cultivation. On that farm today Thos. Whiteside resides. Later Samuel McMann helped to clear and bring under cultivation the farm on which he died. Mr. McMann was a specimen of a sturdy type of men who have now all but passed away. His strength was no greater than that of any other boy of his age, yet he succeeded: his resourcewas not more marked than that of other young fellows, yet it was equal to any emergency; though miles from a school he somehow obtained the rudiments of an education and became a man possessed of considerable knowledge; without capital he forged ahead and was able to spend his declining years in comfortable relaxation. In 1861 he married Frances Gain, who shared hMs vicissitudes for more than half a century. She predeceased him eight, years ago. Mr. McMann was a man of sterling quality, a staunch and true friend and a cautious but sound counsellor. For 65 years he had been a member of the Orange Order and for even longer he had been an uncompromising Conservative. He was also a faithful and unwavering member of the Methodist church and for very many years was one of the foremost men in the church at Elm Grove. He is survived by a family of eight daughters and one son: Mrs. Josiah Hayes, Mrs. T. ,T. Hoath and Mrs. R. B. Hoath in Saskatchewan: Mrs. HenryWhiteside. Alliston: Mrs. H. R.Whiteside. Elm Grove; Mrs. Robt,. Whiteside. Barrie; Mrs. John Walters. Ravana; Mrs. Robt. Farrar, in California: and Herbert McMann, on the homestead.
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Barrie Examiner
Barrie, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jun 07, 1917
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