The Early History of Elora and Vicinity

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CONTENTS (Listings taken from subheadings in Cannon's text are in quotation marks; other listings are the editor's). LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS v BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ROBERT CONNON vii INTRODUCTION ix "PART 1- FIRST THINGS" 5 "TOWNSHIP OF PILKINGTON-THE FIRST SETTLERS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM" 19 "ELORA-ITS EARLY HISTORY" 46 LETTERS BY WILLIAM GILKISON 53 "HOW ELORA RECEIVED ITS NAME" 58 "THE BON-ACCORD SETTLEMENT" 64 INDIAN VISITORS 97 THE SEARCH FOR A LOST SETTLER 105 "ELORA-ITS EARLY HISTORY CONTINUED" 110 THE FOUNDING OF SALEM 123 FIRST NEWSPAPERS 136 THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE COMPANY 137 "HISTORY OF CHALMERS CHURCH" 159 A SYNOPSIS OF ELORA'S HISTORY 169 NOTES FROM CAPTAIN GILKISON'S DIARY 175 "LIST OF VOTERS WHOWERE PRESENT AND VOTED AT THE FIRST CONTESTED ELECTION IN THE TOWNSHIP OF NICHOL IN 1842." 191 "NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NICHOL FOR 1850" 192 "NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NICHOL FOR 1851" 195 "A LIST OF THE LEADING MEN AND HEADS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN ELORA IN 1853, WHEN THOMAS CONNON CAME. WRITTEN AS HE GAVE THEM FROM MEMORY. 197 111 CONTENTS (Listings taken from subheadings in Connon's text are in quotation marks; other listings are the editor's). LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS v BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ROBERT CONNON vii INTRODUCTION IX "PART 1 - FIRST THINGS" 5 "TOWNSHIP OF PILKINGTON-THE FIRST SETTLERS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM" 19 "ELORA-ITS EARLY HISTORY" 46 LETTERS BY WILLIAM GILKISON 53 "HOW ELORA RECEIVED ITS NAME" 58 "THE BON·ACCORD SETTLEMENT" 64 INDIAN VISITORS 97 THE SEARCH FOR A LOST SETTLER 105 "ELORA-ITS EARLY HISTORY CONTINUED" 110 THE FOUNDING OF SALEM 123 FIRST NEWSPAPERS 136 THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE COMPANY 137 "HISTORY OF CHALMERS CHURCH" 159 A SYNOPSIS OF ELORA'S HISTORY 169 NOTES FROM CAPTAIN GILKISON'S DIARY 175 "LIST OF VOTERS WHO WERE PRESENT AND VOTED AT THE FIRST CONTESTED ELECTION IN THE TOWNSHIP OF NICHOL IN 1842." 191 "NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NICHOL FOR 1850" 192 "NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NICHOL FOR 1851" 195 "A LIST OF THE LEADING MEN AND HEADS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN ELORA IN 1853, WHEN THOMAS CONNON CAME. WRITTEN AS HE GAVE THEM FROM MEMORY. 197 iii "LIST OF NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF ELORA FOR 1855" 198 "MEMBERS OF THE ELORA MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, ORGANIZED THURSDAY EVENING, 26THNOVEMBER, 1857" 199 "ELORA", POEM BY ALEXANDER MCLACHLIN(SIC). (McLachlan, 1818-1896, was a pioneer poet, from Scotland, whose work is still being republished. He farmed near Stratford, operated a tailor shop in Erin, and retired to Orangeville where he died). 200 "INDEX" 201 "CORRECTIONS" AND ORIGINAL PAGE 31 208 IV "LIST OF NAMES FROM ASSESSMENT ROLL OF ELORA FOR 1855" 198 "MEMBERS OF THE ELORA MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, ORGANIZED THURSDAY EVENING, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1857" 199 "ELORA", POEM BY ALEXANDER MCLACHLIN (SIC). (McLachlan, 1818-1896, was a pioneer poet, from Scotland, whose work is still being republished. He farmed near Stratford, operated a tailor shop in Erin, and retired to Orangeville where ~~. ~ "INDEX" 201 "CORRECTIONS" AND ORIGINAL PAGE 31~ 208 iv ...