Hugh Kirby Metcalfe

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Died:
902, Friday May 9, The Almonte Gazette page 5
DEATHS
In Ramsay, May 7th, Mr Hugh Metcalfe, aged 81 years. Funeral on Friday at 2 o'clock

1902, Friday May 9, The Almonte Gazette page 8
Hugh Metcalf
Few men were better known and more highly respected than Mr Hugh Metcalf, of the 8th line of Ramsay, whose death was announced on Wednesday, at the age of 81. is death was not altogether unexpected. A decline set in last fall, from which he rallied a little this spring, but later acute indigestion seized him and finally dropsy, terminating his life. A man of sterling character and of superior education for his day, he held a foremost place among the early residents of Ramsay. e served in public capacities for several years as township councillor and school trustee. In politics he was an ardent Conservative, and in religion a Presbyterian. The deceased was born at Prescott in 1821, his parents being of English parentage. When but a year old his parents came to Ramsay and settled on the farm occupied by his brother, the late James Metcalfe. Upon attaining manhood he in 1845 married Jane McLean, youngest daughter of the late Lachlan McLean, and a year after his marriage he settled on the farm on the eighth line of Ramsay where he resided continuously up to the time of his death. His widow survives him, likewise his entire family of twelve, nine sons and three daughters. The sons are Messrs James, Robert and Henry and Dr. A.A. of Almonte; Hugh and William of Cando, Dakota; Lachlan, of Kendrick, Idaho; John on the homestead and Alexander, of Ramsay, Mrs Jas Nicholson, of Bowesmont, Dakota; Mrs Henry Eccles, of Steele, Dakota and Mrs Jas. Watt, of Lanark township, are his daughters. The funeral takes place this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Hugh married Jane McLean in 1845. Jane (daughter of Lachlan McLean and Christina Campbell) was born on 20 Jun 1824 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 May 1920 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Christina Campbell Metcalfe was born in 1845; died in 1922.
2. James Metcalfe was born in 1847; died in 1903.
3. Robert Metcalfe was born in 1851; died in 1925.
4. Alexander Metcalfe was born in 1854; died in 1941.
5. Jean Wilson "Jennie" Metcalfe was born on 15 May 1859 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1938 in Blakeney, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
6. Henry Metcalfe was born in 1861; died in 1910.
7. John Metcalfe was born in 1866; died in 1935.
8. Archibald Albert Metcalfe was born in 1869; died in 1962.