With permission, I'd like to post this to the PICTOU list that I am on, because I know there are several researchers there who follow the McPhersons... Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Bette Kosmolak <kosmo@pacificcoast.net> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:31 PM Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] McPHERSON > HUGH McPHERSON > > One of the substantial citizens of Brandon district is Mr. Hugh McPherson, > the subject of this sketch. For over twenty-five years he has resided on his > beautiful farm on Brandon Hills, and during that time has met with the > success that a man of his sterling qualifications deserves. Mr. McPherson > has seen this now populous district emerge form its native condition of > prairie into the finest wheat-growing section in Western Canada, and has > suffered and endured all the trials which the pioneer of that district had > to undergo, but through it all has never lost a particle of his estimation > for the country of his adoption, believing it to be the garden spot of the > Dominion of Canada. > > Mr. McPherson is a native of Pictou county and was born January 26, 1845. He > is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Murray) McPherson, both of whom were > early settlers of Pictou county and were there identified with agricultural > interests. > > Mr. McPherson was educated in the public schools of his native county, and > until coming to Manitoba was engaged in farming, in railroading and in > lumbering. He came to Manitoba in April, 1879, and settled on his present > farm eleven miles southeast of Brandon. Here by pre-emption and by > homesteading, which was further added to by purchase, he is the owner of one > thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land, and has also acquired six > hundred and forty acres in the northern part of the province. The principal > crop raised is wheat, and his property lies in one of the most fertile and > productive belts in the entire province. > > In 1875 Mr. McPherson married Miss Margaret E. Sellers, who is also a native > of Pictou country, and four children have been born of this union, Georgina > J, Maggie Hattie, Johnston and Angus Sellers. > > While Mr. McPherson's farming operations occupied most of his time and > attention during his residence in Manitoba, he has felt it incumbent upon > himself to take a proper interest in the governing affairs of his adopted > country, and for fifteen years acted as a councillor of Brandon district, > giving his support to the Conservative party. Both Mr. and Mrs. McPherson > are consistent members of the Presbyterian church. > > There are few men better known or more universally respected than Mr. > McPherson, and he numbers his friends by the score. As a representative man > of Manitoba he certainly deserves recognition in the history of the > province. > > A History of the Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, > published by The Canada History Company, 1906., pp. 554-555. > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Manitoba Districts - Volunteer Opportunities > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/districts.htm > >