The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Vi-- 10 HISTORY OF LOT 9, GONG . 1, ARRAN TOWNSHIP This farm Lot 9, Cone. 1, Arran Township, and raised a family of nine. He later Was sold by the Crown on May 29, 1854 to died and is buried at Petr'o11a. Robert McFadden. There is very little known about Thomas Robert McFadden was the youngest; son of Follis. He was married and by 1885 had Mr. and Mrs. James McFadden of' Bummer three of a family, he was a Methodist in Township, Peterborough. They were of religion. Be was born In 1852, his wife's ' Irish descent. Robert was born in name was Jane. . ,3 Dummer Township in the year 1833. w, .In 1878, of the 103 acres, 60 acres were He sold his claim on Lot 9 In June 1857 cleared. Follis had eight cattle, ten to John Brown. sheep, four hogs and two horses. -" _ _ - . - "TV-GI" '- piiataii " I? ' T" " " , r I . .. " i.,' I!" Lic(7'usr " F _ - I ' ' _ e - "one", .1 E 'ci,,." , "iisiiiiEltP"r, y , - , .. Blrr8s:',!,-:'ltis's'.:'3 - IiilllllltllEitiikc, l I 'gEialMI" q: _ I M""?" " . {if _ 'E lil" TM " ".1 , "ttall" ' , a. - ' lite ' . ' - - "a" 'sm " Bl ' 43371:»; " . » - . - ' - " " Mtre _ , IR! - .re' ' Il2gr'alk; a." a Mllll _, :9 J, .- I"? , . IBirah " "ll-ttlm - " MlillMlIlE' i' it r '1'? itil.. 7.4mm" e -- - T Mitt l "dial ' I l , 4" 'il.elR8llt - A '. ie,- 1 l, "fr-5515'" ItllllliiiiiIlllllllMiigiiiaiiiillglrllll I, .dll,.r..,liiir,,.), I 1i .." Lfrf' ttiii' 1lRllllltlliiillliit IlMglllliiiI , Pa.3r'.,rrt'.1e'ttc i i, 1 _""..".-,,','.'-, . " "Virgil?" , » I h" 2ii,'Ptekep. ", i i . t: i 937.,- ' , . -, 1.1"», l I ' - if} y ":79" ill, .' '4'...) " r " " " " I . ' "W'cr-iitgi . i 1 .-r "r.ii'tt!, 1.23%-, ' in " ' iM . I c. "Pe, Bl, tiijliilftlliiaaes',i-1f,' 7 T #72!" - 'm, _ .- ._.,., "w T ~17 . l Home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Palmer 1963 l Nothing is known about John Brown except Sometime during his possession he built a I that he-was married and had at least one log barn and a log house 24' x 28'. This _ child, a boy. Mr. Brown died and his house was occupied until 1938- By the year l widow, Jane Brown, sold the farm back to 1881 only 25 acres of bush remained and an _ «is Robert McFadden in 1864. acre of orchard had been planted. The ( '7' severe frost in 1934 destroyed all but a f An Inspection Report made in 1865 shows few of these trees. ; McFadden in residence with between 30 and E 40 acres cleared, a log house 14' x 18' In 1888 Thomas Follis and family moved to and a log barn 28' x 33_1. Attonaw, Manitoba. The farm was rented to . James Monkman for the years 1888-89. Robert McFadden got the Crown Deed on April Johnston Cordon purchased the farm from l B, 1874 and continued in possession until Follis on March 13, 1889. April 13, 1875, when he sold the farm to I Thomas Follis. He then moved to Oil On November' 2, 1893 Johnston Gordon sold to i Springs, Lambton County, where he married his son, Simon, who held possession until --__'__--.--__'_------_--44