Stormont
County is a historic county in the province of Ontario. The townships
within the county were: Cornwall, Finch, Osnabruck and Roxborough. In
1850, Stormont County merged with Dundas and Glengarry Counties to form
the United Counties of
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board
| HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD |
| DONALD HART |
 ONALD
HART was born November 8th, 1897, in Osnabruck Township. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hart. His wife's maiden name was Blanche
Harth. Mr. Hart is a Presbyterian in religion and a Unionist in
politics. His farm consists of 145 acres, a great part of which is under cultivation. Among the farm products are 1,000 bushels of grain, 100 tons hay, 500 bushels potatoes, and 16 acres corn. The live-stock equipment is 46 head of cattle, 6 horses, 20 swine and a large number of fowl. Mr. Hart, although but four years a member of the Cheese Board, has been farming all his life and delivers to the Farmers' Lea Factory, daily during the season, 450 pounds milk. He annually produces 500 pounds butter. The Hart family have done their bit for King and Country, Mr. Hart's brother Walter having been killed in action in France, April 9th, 1917, at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Hart's farm is located 1/2 Lot 13, Second Concession, Third Range, Cornwall Township. |
| ____________________________________ THOS. J. McLENNAN |
Thos.
J. McLennan   HOMAS
J. McLENNAN was born January 25th, 1867, on Lot 29. Ninth Concession,
Charlottenburg. His parents were John K. McLennan and Ellen Drummond,
and his wife's maiden name was Mary J. McNamara. He has two sons
and two daughters. He is a Presbyterian in religion and a Unionist
in politics. He owns a well-stocked 100- acre farm, being East 1/2
Lot 12, Fourth Concession, Cornwall Township. He has a herd of 20
cattle, including a pure Ayrshire bull, and sends an average of
360 pounds of milk to the Farmers' Lea Factory. He has spent his
life in pursuit of farming and has been for twenty-one years a patron
of the Cheese Board. Mr. McLennan's farm yields annually 700 bushels
of grain, 70 tons hay, 300 bushels potatoes and 3 acres of corn.
He also has a splendid orchard. |
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