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Pioneer - COGHLAN, Stewart
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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COGHLAN, Stewart
(d.), b. Queen's Co., Ire., 1793, where he was brought up and m. Mary
Mitchell. They came to Canada with their first child, then an infant, who
afterwards became Mrs. George Eggerton, arriving in Guelph in 1827. They took
part in the festivities of the first settlement of Guelph, and stopped for a
while in the old Priory building. He soon purchased his farm of 150 acres
from the Can. Co., about three miles out, on what afterwards became the
Eramosa road, but was at that time only a "blazed" path which they followed to
the log shanty that Mr. Coghlan had erected, and here they cornmenced the
active life of home-making in the bush. At that time the wolves and bears
were both numerous and troublesome, and even at a much later period, Mr.
Thomas Coghlan, the eldest son of the late Stewart Coghlan, mentions seeing
deer at different times, in the near vicinity of their log house. The
Coghlans set. on their farm before a mill had been built in Guelph, and the
late Stewart Coghlan made periodical trips to Waterloo, a distance of about 19
miles, for flour, which he brought home on his back. The Coghlans and Orrs
were the pioneers on the road.
The late Stewart Coghlan was a progressive man, and a good citizen. His first log house was soon replaced by a more pretentious one, and a few years later he built a frame house, now occupied by Mr. Thomas Coghlan. The late Stewart Coghlan raised fine horses, which ran in one of the first races ever held in Guelph. He is said to have owned the first team of horses in the neighborhood. He d. in 1850, age 50, while his wife d. at the age of 74 years. They had the following issue: Mrs. George Eggerton, Thomas, Mrs. Daniel Heffernan, Mary (d. unm.), George, John (d. unm.), Mrs. William Smith, Frederick, and Mrs. Daniel Cummings. Thomas was b. on the Guelph Tp. farm in 1829, where he was brought up and has always resided, and for many years has owned. Mr. Coghlan is one of the most respected men in the community. He is a man of strict integrity, courteous, genial and kind, one of the old school, of whom but very few are left. He is a successful man, and has educated and assisted his family, who are representative citizens of the community. He m. Jane Sweetnam. Issue: George, who died in Cal.; Mrs. Michael Murphy, Frank, Frederick, Joseph, Mrs. Joseph P. Downey, Lillie, and John. Of this family, Frank, unm., owns a farm near the homestead. Frederick m. Miss Hazleton. He and his brother Joseph (who is unm.) are dentists in Guelph City. John, unm., manages the homestead farm. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, and in politics are Conservatives. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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