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BINGHAM, Robert
(d.), b. Co. Tyrone, Ire., 1815, d. 1891, age
76. He entered the constabulary at the age of fifteen, and
served a term of four years. He m. in his nineteenth year, Mary
A. Lowdon of the Co. of Armagh, Ire., who d. in 1892. They
came to Canada about 1835, and set. in Toronto Tp. He followed
rafting and stave making for some time, enduring many
hardships, usually sleeping in a bed of hemlock boughs. He
afterwards worked as a farm laborer, cradling, mowing and
flailing grain, for which he received only one peck of wheat
per day, which he had to carry on his back to Oakvilhe. He then
rented farms in Trafalgar, one of which being the Tolton farm
which he held during the Russian war, when wheat brought a
very big price, about $4 per bushel. Here he gained a fine
start, and in 1855 purchased lots 14 and 15, con. 6, Erin.
This he cleared and improved, building a good stone house, in
which he lived during the remaining portion of his long and
useful life. Mr. Bingham was a strong Methodist, and a leading
temperance man. He was a quiet, unassuming, but strong minded
man, of strict integrity, whom nothing could swerve from his
resolve, when he knew he was right. He was, for some time, the
only Conservative in the neighbourhood, having to poll his own
vote in the face of threats. Mr. Wm. Taylor, Clerk of
the Court, had to order the mob not to interfere with Mr.
Bingham, and he was never after molested. His family
consisted of twelve children, eight of whom are living, viz:
Mrs. F. Forrest, Hepworth; Mrs. Wm. Dabbin, Chesley; Mrs.
Robert Bennett, Acton; John, Toronto; Robert, Sault Ste. Marie;
Thomas, William, and Samuel, Erin Tp.
Thomas, m. Phoebe Anderson. Issue: William, Joseph, Thomas, John, Wesley, Fred, Mrs. William Delevey, and Mrs. George Keeler, Erin. He has been very successful in life, and now owns 350 acres. He is a leading member of the Disciples Church, and a strong Conservative. William, b. 1851, moved to Peel Co. and after four years sold out at a good advance, and returned to Erin. Buying Edward Tolton's homestead in 1904. This farm is one of the best in Erin, and contains fine improvements. He is a strong temperance man, of pronounced convictions; a Methodist and a Conservative. In 1880 he m. Miss Bennett. Issue: Robert L., Thomas E., Hattie B., Mary A. and Edna. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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