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Pioneer - MATTHEWS, David
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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MATTHEWS, David
(d.), came to Guelph from Perthshire, Scot. He had taught school in Scot., and
went to the U.S.A. some time before 1820, settling at Caledonia, New York. He
came to Dumfries Tp. about 1825, and to Guelph in 1828. He taught school for
about fifteen yeas in the Canada Company's stone school building. During this
time he purchased a farm of 52 acres, consisting of four thirteen acre lots,
which are now in the city limits, at $1.25 per acre, where he died.
From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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