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  • Notes:
    From Forests and Clearings, History of Stanstead County, b
    y BF Hubbard:

    John McCnnell born in Hatley 20 May 1799. HIs early traini
    ng had been limited to the very defective schools of the se
    ttlement, but possessing of a clear and discrimiating mind
    , he acquired a good amount of knowledge and was well acqua
    inted with jurisprudence and the politics of our country. I
    n 1844 e was elected to represent Stanstead county in the P
    rovincial Parliament and in 1847 was returned by acclamatio
    n. His political career was a propsperous one. He has sust
    ained the office of magistrate for many years, has filled s
    uccessively the office of sergeant, ensign, lieutenant, cap
    tain, major, and lieut colonel, in the militia and has bee
    n active in the unicipal and educational interestof of th
    e township and county. At the age of 21 he married Alice, d
    aughter of Jesse Wadleigh.


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