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The Ontario Register
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Noted Ontario - Americans
Feb 12 1842- July 28, 1923) agent and
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JOHN 1\IcLAUG ' A 93
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inspecter m the n Ian ' hl' H d 28 WILLIAM MITCHELL (Nov 19, 1832- Aug 21, 1900) justice
· d 1\Iary (Prince) McLaug m . e m · J an
son of Felix an h d s· of the Minnesota Supreme Court, was born in Welland County,
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B isson of French Scotc an
1864 1\lary LoUise u ' . 1oux an- Ontario, son of John and Mary (Henderson) J\tlitchell, "both
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cestry. y w om there were several children. The1r home was natives of Scotland." He was graduated in 1853 from Jefferson
at McLaughlin, South Dakota. College, Canonsburg, Pa. He died at Lake Alexandria, Minn.
He md. (1) Sept 3, 1857 at Morgantown, Va. (now w. Va.) Mrs
JAMES McMILLAN (May 12, 1838 - Aug 10, 1902) Senator Jane (Hanway) Smith, daughter of John Hanway of Morgantown.
from Michigan, was born at Hamilton, Ont., one of three sons She died in 1867 leaving three daughters. He md. (2) July 11,

of William and Grace (1\IacMeakin) McMillan of Wigtown, Scot- 1872 Mrs. Frances (Merritt) Smith of Chicago, daughter of

land who emigrated to Hamilton in the 1830's. The paternal Jacob M. Merri tt, and they had one son William DeWi tt 1\Iitchell
grandfather was a sea-captain of Stranraer, Scotland.
He went to Detroit in 1855 where he md. 7 June 1860, Mary, CLARA MORRIS (Mar 17, 1848 - Nov 20, 1925) actress, was

daughter of Charles Wetmore a leading merchant of the city. born in Toronto, daughter of Charles and Sarah Jane (Prœtor)
Four sons and two daughters were born to them . As Sena tor, La Montagne. Her mother , Sarah Jane Proctor , was of Scotch

1\Icl\Iillan was largely responsible for restoring the L'Enfant and English ancestry. She was r escued from a mad dog by a
design as the city plan of Washington. He gave as gifts Grace French-Canadian cab-driver , Charles La Montagne, whom she

Hospital, Detroit. and a Shakespeare library at the University married. After the birth of three children, the eldest of whom
of 1\Iichigan. was Cl a ra, it was discover ed th at the marri age was bigamous.
The mother assumed the name Morrison (the maiden name of
either her mother or grandmother) and went to Cleveland, Ohio
CHARLES WESLEY MARSH (Mar 22, 1834 - Nov 9, 1918)
taking Clara with her. The other childr en were adopted: the
inventor, manufacturer and editor, was born on the family
daughter by a family in Buffalo; the son, who died at six. by a
farm near Trenton, Northumberland County, Ontario, son of
family in Cleveland. When Clara began her stage appearances
Samuel and Tamar (Richardson) Marsh. When he was eleven
she shortened the name to Morris .
the family moved to Cobourg, Ont., and when he was fifteen
She md. Nov 30, 1874, Frederick C. Harriott of New York,
mo~ed to a farm near Shabbona, DeKalb County , Illinois. He
and they resided at Riverdale, N. Y. and later in other nearby
res1ded for most of his adult life at Sycam ore, Illinois. He
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commum 1es. Mr Harr1 ·ott died 29 May 1914 at Whitestone.
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md. (1) Jan 1, 1860, Frances Wait and after her death md. (2)
L. I. [NYT, May 30, 1914, p. 11] Clar a's mother, ~arah . .r:ne.
Jan 10, 1881, Sue Rogers. He was survived by his widow and died30Aug1917, aged95, at Clara's home in Colom~l Heto~ts,
by three childlen of the first marriage His b th . l .
the DAB (see below). · r o er 1s a so m Tuckahoe, N. Y. [NYT, Aug 31, 1917, p.7] Clara.diedat,:\e\\
erty finally went to her SlSter. \\hom
Canaan, Conn. H er prop time
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WILLIAM WALLACE M Clara had been unable to trace during her own 11
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inventor and man f t ARSH (Apr 15, 1836 - May 12, 1918) From the New York Tlme s it is learned that the s1ster was
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a brother of Charles Wesl'e orn near Trenton, Ontario, M rs. E 1za P. ur lS t she did not h[n·e a family.
Sycamore illinois wh hy ~arsh (above). He resided at 1928, aged 78. It would appear tha f d to be· Ne\'ada S.
' • ere e dted H d M rris were oun ·
Mary Jane Brown of Ch· · e rn · (1) Jan 8, 1871, Four cousins of Clara 0 or e Wm Proctor and Elizabeth
Nov 9 1893 E lcago who died in 1891. He md (2) on
. ' ' mma L. Eldred · Proctor, Frank B. Proctor, Ge f h~lf-brothers of Clara l\Iorris
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Wtdow and by two chïd ge. He was survived by his Proctor Sigsbee .. Descendants and Buffalo, and from them it
1 ren of the fi rst ma rriage. were found to hve in Boston