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 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Feb 1887, p. 3     A Melancholy Event. Mr. Jas. Haggert, of St. Thomas, who came here last week to attend the funeral of his brother John, was taken ill, and this morning death came. Last Friday he was one of the five brothers who acted as pall bearers, a week later and he is …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Feb 1887, p. 2     DELIBERATE SUICIDE. A Georgetown Young Man End's His Life By Hanging. One of those occurrences which are not rare, and yet seem unaccountable, took place near Georgetown, on Sunday. We refer to the case of a respectable, industrious young man, Ephraim Barnes, who ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Jan 1887, p. 3     - Mr. Frank Sanderson, Jr., who, it will be remembered, left town immediately after his fracas with the License Inspector last fall has since died, and was buried in Milton on Sunday last. - Reformer....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Jan 1887, p. 3     Death of Mr. Thomas Duncan. Our citizens were pained yesterday morning to hear of the death of Mr. Thomas Duncan, grocer. For some months it has been apparent that Mr. Duncan was failing in health, but until a week ago he attended his business, and even until an hour or …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Jan 1887, p. 3     Death of an Old Resident. In the death of Mr. Sprowl of lot 18, con. 3, below Acton, last Sunday morning, Halton loses a very old resident. Mr. Sprowl came to Canada in 1829 from Paisley, Scotland, and settled in this county, near Milton. Subsequently he purchased the ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 9 Jun 1887, p. 3     Sad Death. The sad news comes to us of the death of Mrs. Donald Wallace, of Passadene, California, formerly of Pilkington, Ont., which occured on the 11th ultimo. Mrs. Wallace was sister to the late Oliver Lasby Esq., of this village and has many relatives and warm friends in ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Jun 1887, p. 3     Death of a Former Editor. On Saturday last Mr. S. W. Galbraith, editor and proprietor of the Wingham Times, was called to his eternal home. For several years poor Steve has been suffering from serious lung troubles which terminated in consumption. Many, many friends mourn ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Jun 1887, p. 3     Sad Drowning Accident. On Friday last the four-year-old son and only child of Mr. Wm. H. Howes, of Auburn, Trafalgar, who had been playing in his father's house and was missed by his mother who, on going to look for him, found him lying in some water which had collected …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Jun 1887, p. 3     Killed on the Track. On Saturday afternoon Morris Williams, son of Joel Williams, Esq., of Glenwilliams, was accidentally killed on the N. & N.W. Ry. near Glenwilliams. So far as we can learn the particulars of the sad affair, the young man and several others who had been ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Jun 1887, p. 3     Death of Mrs. J. P. Allan. On Monday night Mrs. J. P. Allan, of Brampton, who has been seriously ill for some months, died in great peace. Mrs. Allan was sister of Mr. D. Henderson, banker, of this place, and with her husband and family was for a number of …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 7 Jul 1887, p. 3     Fatal Barn Raising Accident. An accident by which Mr. Thomas Dearing lost his life happened at a raising on the farm of Mr. P. J. Inglehart, near Palermo, on Tuesday afternoon. The first bent had been placed in position and the second was being raised, when, by the falling of …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 14 Jul 1887, p. 2     SUICIDE WITH PARIS GREEN. An Old Settler of Erin Township Takes This Means to End His Life. On Friday morning last Mr. Neil McPhail, aged between 60 and 70 years, a well known settler of Erin Township for over 40 years, and who resides about a mile from Everton, died …

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 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Oct 1887, p. 3     In Memory of a Good Neighbor. A most interesting discourse, and one which was highly appreciated by the entire congregation, was preached in the Methodist church last Sunday evening by Rev. R. Phillips, the pastor. The occasion was a service in honor of the memory of the late John Nelson, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Oct 1887, p. 3     Sad Death of a Fine Young Man. On Wednesday evening of last week a very sad accident occurred in Nassagaweya, by which Mr. Robert Elliott, a young farmer of that township, twenty-eight years of age, and living at home with his father, Mr. George Elliott, met with instant death. The …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Oct 1887, p. 3     - On Saturday afternoon the remains of Catharine McGregor, wife of Mr. John McCardy, and sister of Mr. Duncan McGregor, of Nassagaweya, near Acton, were brought to Acton and interred in Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. McCardy had many friends in this vicinity....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 13 Oct 1887, p. 3     Death of an Old Settler. On Sunday last Mr. Robert Richie, of Nassagaweya, one of the oldest settlers of the county, breathed his last. He came to Halton over fifty years ago, from Ireland, and has ever since been a respected resident. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 29 Sep 1887, p. 3     One of our Oldest Citizens Gone. Mr. Angus Fletcher, who died last Thursday afternoon at his residence on John street was one of our oldest citizens. His age is given at ninety years but many of his friends think he was considerably older. He came to Acton a few years …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 29 Sep 1887, p. 3     Child Scalded to Death. On Thursday last a child about a year and a half old belonging to Mr. James Harmer, near Eden Mills, was so badly scalded that death resulted Saturday. It appears that Mrs. Harmer had taken a pail of boiling water to the stable and on setting …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 29 Sep 1887, p. 3     Death of Mr. James Campbell. While the remains of the late John Nelson, Esq., were being carried to the tomb last Thursday afternoon, Mr. James Campbell, proprietor of the Royal Echange Hotel, quietly and suddenly breathed his last. For years Mr. Campbell has been suffering from dropsy, but, ...