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Daniel A. McCall |
| Mr. McCall was born near Vittoria, in the Township of Charlotteville, in 1831, and is
a son of Major Daniel McCall. At the age of thirteen, Mr. McCall entered the store of
Peter E. Young, at Vittoria, as a clerk, where he remained eight years and where he
acquired the business training which has made his subsequent life a success.
In 1853 he
opened a general store at St. Williams on the town line between Charlotteville and
Walsingham, where he still carries on business. In 1863 he embarked in the lumber
business, at first dealing in staves, spars and square timber, and in 1870 he entered into
partnership with William McBurney and built the steam saw mill at present owned and
operated by the firm McBurney and McCall. They are also owners of the Schooner "Bay
Trader" which they built a few years ago. Mr. McCall still carries on a general store
and in that branch of the business is in partnership with his brother Francis McCall.
Mr. McCall has been a member of the Township Council of Charlotteville for nearly thirteen years, during eight years of which period he was Reeve or Deputy Reeve. In addition to his store and saw mill Mr. McCall owns and carries on with his partners an extensive carriage and furniture shop and a steam factory for making turned work, shingles and a variety of wooden articles. In the various enterprises with which he is connected, employment is furnished to over
forty men. Mr. McCall's kindness and courtesy has made him deservedly popular. Mr. McCall's tasteful and hospitable home is one of the chief attractions to the visitor in the pleasant village of St. Williams. |
| From page 64 of the Mika re-print of 1877 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Norfolk County Copyright 1998-2012 John Cardiff |