James William Bryson

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Immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1821 (on board the Earl of Buckinghamshire) and lived in Ramsay Township, Upper Canada until 1835. He then launched out in the production and trade of the squared timber and logged timber in the Outauais Valley, in Lower Canada. He was also the postmaster of Fort Coulonge when it was established in 1857-1858.

George was the Mayor of the Mansfield and Pontefract Townships, 1855 to 1857 and 1862 to 1867 and again in 1877-1878. Prefect of the Pontiac County in 1862 and 1863. Elected as a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembley for Pontiac in a by-election on October 17, 1857, but the Legislative Assembley was dissolved in 1858 before he could take his seat. Named representing division of Inkerman to the Legislative Council on November 2, 1867, oath given on December 27; on August 17, 1887 he resigned. George generally supported the Conservative Party.

George's other associations were as a Co founder in 1870 of Upper Otawa Improvement Company; a landowner with farms; one of the promoters and administrators of the Bank of Ottawa; the spokesman of Quebec limited Holder's Association attached to the government; Justice of the Peace of the District of Ottawa and a Member of Dalhousie Masonic Lodge of Ottawa.

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?b?Obituary - Honourable George Bryson 1813-1900
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Ottawa Citizen - January 15, 1900 - Hon. Geo. Bryson Dead - One of the Most Prominent of Ottawa Valley Pioneers Passes Away

One of the most successful and widely known pioneers of the Ottawa valley has passed away at Fort Coulonge on Saturday in the person of Hon. George Bryson. Deceased was a familiar figure in political life, while his extensive interests in the lumbering industry has made the family name a familiar one.

Hon. George Bryson was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1813 and came to Canada in 1821. His early years were spent in Ramsay, Lanark County, from which place he removed to Pontiac County, Quebec, where he resided up to the time of his death.

Deceased possessed to a marked degree many of those commendable characteristics that distinguish the Scotchman the world over. He was frugal, industrious, shrewd and cautious, and, while engaged in farming operations on first settling in the Pontiac, he early recognized that the wealth of forest land furnished a better field for his energy, and accordingly he turned his attention to the lumber industry. His foresight and faith were amply repaid, and so successful were his operations, that he soon became recognized as one of the leading operators in the Ottawa district. The late Mr. Bryson worked his limits for square timber principally, and old lumbermen still refer to the time, twenty years ago, when twelve and fifteen immense rafts were cut off the Bryson limits and floated down to Quebec in the one season for export to Great Britain.

In all his lumbering and other business ventures, the late Mr. Bryson's word was recognized as being equally as good as his bond, and in no instance was he known to take unfair advantage of another to further his own ends.

His lumbering operations were carried on along the Coulonge and Black Rivers and later along the Kippewa also. Mr. Bryson did much to develop these districts, to which end he also promoted the Pontiac and Pacific junction railway. The Town of Bryson, formerly known as Havelock, was renamed in honor of the Bryson family.

Deceased was also associated with other leading lumbermen in the formation of the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company, which did much to facilitate lumbering operations in the district watered by the Ottawa, Coulonge and other streams.

Mr. Bryson was also one of the founders of the Capital's successful monetary institutions, the Bank of Ottawa. He was a director of the bank, and regularly attended the meetings til recently. Deceased also took an active interest in municipal matters and for several years he held the office of mayor of Mansfield. He was also warden of Pontiac county for four consecutive terms.

In political life he was as successful and prominent as he was in business life. He was a moderate Conservative, and from the year 1867 to the year 1887, represented Pontiac in the Quebec legislature. In the latter year he retired in favor of his son, George, who at present represents the constituency.

Deceased had a family of four, three sons and a daughter. His sons were the late John W. Bryson, who represented Pontiac in the Dominion house from 1887 to the year of his death, 1896, George Bryson, representative of Pontiac in the Quebec legislature and James Bryson, a well-known and successful farmer of Bryson. Mrs. Albert Boulter of New York is the only daughter of the deceased. The family is also widely connected about Ottawa, where the sons have taken up extensive business interests, the inception of which was the work of the shrewd, conscientious and industrious Scotchman just deceased.

The funeral will be held tomorrow morning, and to give the many Ottawa and other friends of the family an opportunity of attending the obsequies of the deceased, a special train will be run leaving Aylmer at 8 am.

George married Robina Cobb in 1845 in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. Robina (daughter of John Cobb and Margaret Dilkes Cannon) was born on 5 Sep 1815 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 17 Jun 1894 in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Jun 1894 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery, Fort Coulonge, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

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Plots B120 to B149 Stone 293, 294 and 295

293 James BRYSON, native of Scotland died 1847 aged 77 yrs
294 Jane COCHRANE relict of the late James BRYSON died Nov 13, 1874 aged 89 yrs 8 mos
296 John BRYSON died June 14, 1868 aged 69 yrs

James married Jane Cochran on 17 Oct 1813 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Jane (daughter of John Cochrane and Janet Erskine) was born on 16 Nov 1792 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Nov 1792 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1874 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1874 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jean Cochran
• Name: Jean Cochrane
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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

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At Appleton, on the 13th Inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr Andrew Wilson, Jane Cochrane, relict of the late James Bryson, Esq., and mother of the Hon. George Bryson, in the 86th year of her age. [Name on stone: Jane COCHRANE]

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Plots B120 to B149 Stone 293, 294 and 295

293 James BRYSON, native of Scotland died 1847 aged 77 yrs
294 Jane COCHRANE relict of the late James BRYSON died Nov 13, 1874 aged 89 yrs 8 mos
296 John BRYSON died June 14, 1868 aged 69 yrs

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

John married Margaret Dilkes Cannon in 1839 in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Dr. William Cannon and Margaret King) was born about 1820 in Hastings, Sussex, England; was christened in 1820 in St. Clements, Hastings, Sussex, England; died on 29 Oct 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Janet Erskine on 3 Jun 1790 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Robert Erskine and Jean Lochhead) was born on 3 Jan 1762 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet Ereskine
• Name: Janet Erskin

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Plots A13 to A24 Stone 25 pg 2

William CANNON surgeon Royal Navy, departed this life at Ramsay Canada June 6, 1841 age 51 yrs.
Also his wife Margaret KING a native of Glasgow Scotland, died July 1870 age 82 yrs.
Andrew CANNON born Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Nov 1832, died Oct 1836 The first person to be interr'd in this cemetery.
William CANNON their eldest son born in Eclesham Renfrew Scotland, Oct 1816 died at Almonte July 1st 1893.
John Malcolm CHAPMAN born Jan 17, 1898 died July 11, 1952
His wife Dora Briggs CANNON born Aug 14, 1900 died Jan 22nd. 1980

William married Margaret King. Margaret was born in 1788 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jul 1870 in Beachburg, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1870 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Plots A13 to A24 Stone 25 pg 2

William CANNON surgeon Royal Navy, departed this life at Ramsay Canada June 6, 1841 age 51 yrs.
Also his wife Margaret KING a native of Glasgow Scotland, died July 1870 age 82 yrs.
Andrew CANNON born Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Nov 1832, died Oct 1836 The first person to be interr'd in this cemetery.
William CANNON their eldest son born in Eclesham Renfrew Scotland, Oct 1816 died at Almonte July 1st 1893.
John Malcolm CHAPMAN born Jan 17, 1898 died July 11, 1952
His wife Dora Briggs CANNON born Aug 14, 1900 died Jan 22nd. 1980