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John Haviland |
| The man who by years of patient toll and persevering labor, has converted
a hundred acres of the virgin forest into a fair and fruitful farm, and has erected
substantial buildings, has lived to some purpose and has conferred more benefit upon his
country than a score of would-be statesmen whose lives are devoted to agitation, and whose
mission seems to be to convince a happy and contented people that their rights and
liberties are being invaded by the dishonest occupants of the treasury benches. Although Mr. Haviland has never been, nor aimed to be a public man in the ordinary sense of the term, he has left his mark on the country in which he was born, and has contributed his full share toward the improvement of his Township. He has never sought for, nor filled any public office, still
he has done as much as any one man could do toward reclaiming the wilderness of fifty
years ago, and making it as it now is, pleasant to the eye and a source of wealth to the
fortunate population. Mr. Haviland, at the age of twenty-three, made a clearing on his present farm large
enough to afford room for a log house, and since that time has continued to clear and
improve his land until the present time. He now has two hundred acres of the finest land
in the County of Norfolk, and has built a substantial and handsome house and other farm
buildings. He has been married twice; first to Amy Johnston, of Southwold, by whom he has four
children. He was afterwards married (in 1847) to Harriett Malcolm, of Oakland, who is
still living; by his second marriage he has had nine children. |
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| From page 83 of the Mika re-print of
1877 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Norfolk County Copyright 1998-2012 John Cardiff |
