ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE
[Jan 8 1888 ~ Source: Renfrew Mercury]
William Jamieson, Esq., J.P., died at this residence in Horton,
on Monday, 8th inst., after having been confined to his bed
by paralysis for the last three or four years.
The deceased was born at Stonehouse, near Gasgow, Scotland, 67 years ago;
and emigrated to Canada when about 17 years ago.
He first worked in the township of Drummond,
and then spent some time in Utica and Rochester.
A year or two afterwards he came to Horton on a visit
to the late David Barr and late John Forrest,
who had come to Canada in the same ship with him.
He remained in Horton, working the first winter with John and Alex Martin;
and then purchasing the farm now owned by Mr. Robert Leitch.
This he sold to the late Archibald Leitch,
and purchased the property now owned by his son, John A.,
on which he lived for the remainder of his life.
He married a daughter of the late Henry Airth, Sr.,
by whom he had a numerous family.
For many years Mr. Jamieson took an active part in local public affairs,
as Councillor and Reeve;
but latterly, he gradually withdrew from them,
and participated actively only as Treasurer of the township,
as a member of the Agricultural Society,
and as President of the South Renfrew Reform Association.
Up till the time of the illness which confined him to his bed,
he was frequntly called upon to act as Magistrate;
and in that capacity was perhaps most generally known.
As one of the early settlers in the County he was widely connected,
and his funeral, which took place on Tuesday afternoon,
was probably the most numerously attended
that has ever taken place in theis section.
