An old and respected resident of
Simcoe died here at one o'clock on Wednesday morning in the person of Mr.
James T. Chadwick. His death took place at the residence of his
son-in-law, Mr. E. H. Jackson, with whom he has [sic] been living for some months
past.
Mr. Chadwick was born February
3rd, 1830 at the home of his father, Samuel Chadwick, in the township of
Windham, just above Colborne village, in the house immediately south of
Old Windham Methodist Church. He has lived all the intervening years in
this community save that of late he has spent a portion of his time with
one of his daughters in Montreal.
For a considerable time Mr.
Chadwick carried on a highly successful livery business in the town and he
owned and conducted a line of stage coaches running between Simcoe and
Paris. At a comparatively early age he acquired a competence and retired
from active business pursuits -- but for many years he acted as License
Inspector for the county, retiring from that position on the passing of
the Scott Act.
For over thirty years the deceased
was a member of the Board of Education of the Town of Simcoe.
Mr. Chadwick's wife predeceased
him; she was a Miss Aitken, of Simcoe. She died some three years ago. The
surviving children are Mr. C. A. Chadwick and Mrs. E. H. Jackson of
Simcoe, and Mrs. Black of Montreal. Two brothers, Samuel and B. F., of
Simcoe, and two sisters, Mrs. Bell and Miss Chadwick, of Toronto, and two
half-sisters Miss Fanny Chadwick, of Colborne, and Mrs. F. D. Collver, of Waterford, also mourn his loss.
The funeral took place on Friday
afternoon from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. E. H. Jackson, to
Oakwood Cemetery, and was largely attended. Rev. W. J. Dey, M.A., pastor
of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, officiated at the house and at the
grave.
