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\WCKNOW:::,,.... ...:.:;
trom Durham to Kincardine.
In 1850 J. Eli Stauffer, John
and William Shelton, Thom-
as Hodgins, Mankin Mere-
dith, and Samuel Colwell
Ntrere the first to settle on the
"Free Grants" in Kinloss.
They were able to get work
and money chopping trees
and "causewaying" across
the low areas on the first
road in the county. Thomas
Hodgins opened the first
store and was the first post-
master. William Shelton op-
ened the tavern which he
called the "Black Horse".
By the time of the "big"
land sale in Southampton
September 27, 1854, nearly
every parcel of suitable
farmland was taken. Kinloss
had a store, post office,
tavern and saw mill. Settlers
in the south of the township
went to St. Helens or Belfast
for mail and groceries. To
satisfy local demands the
Government offered 200 ac-
res on special terms to
anyone who would establish
a mill on the Nine Mille River
near where it crossed the
Huron -Bruce boundary. The
application of J. Eli Stauffer
was accepted. He was of
German origin and had
come to the Black Horse
where he established the
township's first saw mill. No
one had taken the south
halves of lots 57, 58, 59 and.
60 on the 1st concession of
Kinloss so they were avail-
able for ten pounds.
During the summer of
1858, Mr. Stauffer sold the
mill and the two hundred
acres to James Somerville for
four hundred pounds. Mr.
Somerville had been born in
Dunfermline,. Scotland, and
had come to Canada in 1841.'
He moved to Wawanosh in
1851 and built a sawmill
between St. Helens and
Belfast. When he bought the
Stauffer property he gave his
occupation as millwright. He
laid out the village and gave
it the name of Lucknow; after
Lucknow in India. The names
of the streets were the names
of outstanding officers serv-
ing in India at that time.
'James Somerville is rem-
embered as the founder of
Lucknow. Malcolm Campbell
arrived shortly after the lots
were surveyed. He opened
the first store and was made
the first postmaster during
the winter.. of 1858-59.
Daughter Mary Campbell
was postmaster when I went
to High School in 1914. How
sorry we were when she left
to move to Winnipeg after
marrying Harry Pearce! I
never head of any complaints
of the postal services during
the more than 50 years the
Campbells looked after the
mail.
Malcolm Campbell was
also the first Reeve of
Lucknow. in 1874. The Coun-
cillors were Alex . McIntyre,
Walter Treleaven, Thomas
Lawrence and Charles Moon-
ey. As half the village was in
Huron County, the other half
in Bruce County, the Act of
Incorporation did not settle
this controversial topic. At
the second meeting of the
Council the following resolu-
tion was passed:
"Moved by Councillor
Lawrence, seconded by
councillor Treleaven, that the
Clerk be instructed to write
to the Governor in Council to
have the Village of Lucknow
annexed to the County of
Huron for mu,picipal purpos-
es, as this council considers
the village disfranchised un-
der present circumstances" -
Carried.
Meanwhile people in Hur-
oh and ' Kinloss townships
who did their trading at
Lucknow were up in arms.
Howcould the merchants
who had been built by their
trade suggest severing from
their county of Bruce unite
with another! The Warden of
Bruce, Robert Baird, • and
Reeve Purves of Kinloss
went to Toronto to support
the Bruce claim. Lucknow's
outstanding citizens seemed
to have been about equally
divided in 1874. Reeve
Campbell, Robert Graham,
and future Reeve, Dr. Mac-
Crimmon, favoured Bryce.
James Somerville, and Coun-
cillors Lawrence and Treleav-
en favoured the Huron
County connection. It did not
take as long then as it does
now to settle controversial
questions. The first Lucknow
Council meeting was in Jan-
uary 1874. On June 11th,
1874, the Lieut. -Governor
issued a proclamation annex-
ing the incorporated village
of Lucknow to the county of
Bruce.
Mary Connell Cleland,
now residing at Pinecrest, is
a granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Somerville.
Mary entered high school in
1913, the year before I did.
She won the Bruce County
gold medal which was award-
ed to the student passing the
"entrance" examswith the
highest ` marks. . Later her
brother, Dr. William Con-
nell, and his bride carne to
Lucknow to practise meiliic-
ine. They made many friends
there, and later in Wingham.
Mrs. Connell will always' be
remembered for designing
the attractive "You are in
Luck now" signs which are
admired as you enter the old
Sepoy town. Mrs. William
Connell resides in Wingham.
When Lucknow was 100
years old an excellent booklet
was prepared by a local
committee and published by
The Sentinel. Mrs. Campbell
Thompson was the convener
of the committee, and Camp-
bell wrote a very good
historical article. The last
time. I was in Lucknow, I
went to see Mrs. Thompson
in the hope that I might be
able to buy a copy. She
smiled and told a typical
story. Then, as now, printing
costs seemed high. How
many copies could they
expect to sell? Not more than
500 seemed to be the
consensus. After T,hompsons
assured them that they
would not lose if they
printed 1,000 this was the
number approved by the
committee. The Thompsons
printed an extra 1000. The
book has been out of print for
years. I believe funding
would be available to match
local funds if some of the
local organizations would like
to see this important history
reprinted and made available
for another generation.
Give yourself a break.
Take a walk.
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