was chiefly through his exertions that Markham secured a grammar school.
He has long been connected with the militia, and has held the rank of
lieutenant-colonel of the reserve since 1866. He was appointed returning
officer for the East Riding of York, July, 1854. In the more extensive
region of politics Senator Reesor has not been less true to his
principles, or less active as a general advocate of measures that tend
to the public good, than when in the limited sphere of township
councillor he supported and directed local improvements. He represented
King’s division in the Legislative Council of Canada from 1860 until the
confederation of the provinces, when he was called to the Senate by
royal proclamation, October 23, 1867. At the time when the confederation
scheme was under discussion in the Legislative Council, he moved a
resolution, which, had it been passed, would have made the office of
senator elective; but it was defeated on a division. He is a Liberal in
politics. Senator Reesor is a member of the Methodist church, and every
good cause obtains from him a hearty and willing support. He was for
many years president of the Markham Bible Society. In February, 1848, he
married Emily, eldest daughter of Daniel McDougall, of St. Marys,
Ontario, and sister of Hon. William McDougall, C.B. They have five
children, four daughters and one son, two of the former being married.
Marion Augusta, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Dr. Colburn, of
Oshawa, and Jessie Adelaide, the wife of John Holmes, of Toronto.
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=Read, Rev. Philip Chesshyre=, M.A., Professor of Classics, Bishop’s
College, Lennoxville, Quebec province, was born on the 4th March, 1850,
at Woodend, Hyde, Cheshire, England. His father, Rev. Alexander Read,
B.A., late scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, was a descendant of an
old Scotch family from Ayrshire, who settled in North of Ireland, in