Descendants of James Stewart of Ardvorlich Compiled
by Malcolm Sissons October 2006 Generation No. 1 1. JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH (ROBERT STEWART OF1) was born
1655 in Kilmadock, Perthshire. He
married ELIZABETH BUCHANAN 1682. She was
born 25 May 1651. Notes for JAMES STEWART OF ARDVORLICH: James Stewart, 4th
Ardvorlich, was born in 1655 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. James acted as Chamberlain to the Earl Moray
in which capacity he functioned as governor of Doune Castle (right). In 1690 he
was appointed Justice of the Peace for Perthshire. He was in the regiment
commanded by Lord William Murray sent to Inverary to secure the Duke of
Argyll's forfeited estates. (MacGregor) . The succession of the
governorship of Doune becomes unclear at this point and is currently being
researched. It appears presently that
David Stewart succeeded his father as Governor of Doune Castle, and that his
natural son, Donald, *MAY* have succeeded him.
In 1745 MacGregor of Glengyle was appointed by the Bonnie Prince Charlie
as temporary governor of Doune during the '45 uprising. After which David Stewart (below) was
arrested and died in prison, and his natural son, Donald, went into hiding in
Aberdeenshire. James STEWART married
about 1682 to Elizabeth BUCHANAN of that ilk.
She was baptized 25 MAY 1651 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, as the
daughter of John Buchanan, 19th Lord of Buchanan and his wife Mary Erskine,
daughter of Henry Erskine, Lord of Cardross.
James' marriage to Elizabeth Buchanan was not very popular with her
family. They charged that she had married beneath her station. However the
marriage was approved by her uncle, then the Lord of Cardross, which settled
other family members' concerns. --from Stewarts of
Balquhidder website Children of JAMES ARDVORLICH and ELIZABETH BUCHANAN are: i. MARIE3 STEWART, b. Bef. 16
June 1680. ii. ROBERT STEWART, b. 6 May 1681. 2. iii. DAVID STEWART, b. Abt. 9 April 1684, Glenfinglas, Perthshire; d.
Aft. 1746, Stirling Prison, Generation No. 2 2. DAVID3 STEWART (JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
Abt. 9 April 1684 in Glenfinglas, Perthshire, and died Aft. 1746 in Stirling
Prison, Notes for DAVID STEWART: Evidence of this David
comes from the Ardvorlich History, MacGregor, and from the Stewarts of the
South as follows: "The old Branch of Ardvorlich Family (& sometime
Macorriston) became extinct when the present Mr Stewart's father became heir -
the last branch which you may see in Duncan Stewart's History was Robert a rude
and boisterous man, he died without issue [sic - actually Ardvorlich passed
first to David's cousin, Robert, 6th Ardvorlich]. Next David, his brother, was
Tenant in Glenfinglas (and sometimes in Macorriston) was Forrester to the Earl
of Murray. He was married to a daughter
of Steward of Balled [actually she was a daughter of Stewart of Fungorth,
believed to be of the family of Balled] and widow of Campbell of Lochdochard by
whom he had one son - he was a promising youth he was slain at the unfortunate
battle of Culloden. [sic - The Stewarts of the South has confused the two sons.
See below.]" David's baptism, shown
above, is not certain. The entry in
question shows no name for the child of James Stewart of Ardvorlich and
Elizabeth whose baptism is recorded in Kilmadock. As David's birth is
unaccounted for, it is believed this entry is David Stewart. David was arrested for
his participation in the Jacobite uprising of 1745. He was imprisoned in the
tollbooth at Stirling where he later died.
He is accounted for in: Testament of David Stewart in Glenfinglas who died
in November of 1746 given up by the Earl of Moray as creditor. David married Margaret
STEWART of Fungorth, daughter of William Stewart, 2nd of Fungorth. Commissariat
Records of Dunkeld confirm that David married Margaret Stewart "sister
german to the deceased Patrick Stewart, merchant in Edinburgh, first married to
Alexander Campbell of Lochdochart, and thereafter married to David Stewart,
brother to Robert of Ardvorlich (12 Dec 1750). Children of DAVID STEWART and MARGARET STEWART are: i. JAMES4 STEWART, b. Abt.
1705, Perthshire. Notes for JAMES STEWART: Thought to have died
without issue. He is reported in the
"Stewarts of the South" to have died at Culloden but this is likely a
confusion with his natural brother Donald. 3. ii. DONALD STEWART, b. Abt. 1710, Ballachallan, Perthshire (?); d. Abt.
1770, Hythie, Buchan. Generation No. 3 3. DONALD4 STEWART (DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
Abt. 1710 in Ballachallan, Perthshire (?), and died Abt. 1770 in Hythie,
Buchan. Notes for DONALD STEWART: It appears that Donald
was an illegitimate son of David Stewart of Glenfinglas, sometimes called in
error "of Ballachallan", but not to be confused with the Ballachallan
Stewart family and David Home Stewart of that ilk. Robert Stewart Clark
of Guelph had an "In Memoriam" card as follows: In affectionate memory
of John Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart of Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
great-grandson of Donald Stuart (sic) of Ballochallan, Perthshire, Governor of
Doune Castle for Prince Charles Edward 1745.... From Stewart website: Donald STEWART b: ABT
1710 in Glenfinglas or Ballachallan, Perthshire, Scotland. Donald was a natural son, so his real mother
is unknown. Donald served in the Appin Regiment during the '45 uprising and was
recorded as having been killed at the battle of Culloden. He is shown above by "Stewarts Of the
South" as the "promising youth [who] was slain at the unfortunate
battle of Culloden". However recent
research has revealed that he in fact survived Culloden and went into hiding in
Aberdeen. His existence is not recorded
in the Stewarts of the South nor MacGregor, but is firmly asserted by his
descendant, Malcolm Sissons and a collateral line. Donald Stewart fled to Hythie in Buchan,
Aberdeenshire sometime after the "45" and eventually died in
Fetterangus, Buchan, Aberdeenshire.
Donald is recorded in the Muster Rolls of the '45 as being the son of
"David Stewart of Ballachallan", which has led to confusion with the
Stewarts of Ballachallan. Either the
Muster Rolls are incorrect or David may have resided for a time in Ballachallan
and was thus confused with the Ballachallan family. Donald Stewart had the
following children. Child of DONALD STEWART is: 4. i. WILLIAM5 STEWART. Generation No. 4 4. WILLIAM5 STEWART (DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) Notes for WILLIAM STEWART: Not much is known
about William. He also was possibly born
in Ballochallan but likely spent most of his life in Buchan. Since at least one of his children,
Alexander, was born in Aberdour (now called New Aberdour, near Aberdour Bay on
the coast, half way between Fraserburgh and Banff), it is possible that he
lived there for at least part of his life. Children of WILLIAM STEWART are: 5. i. ALEXANDER6 STEWART, b.
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire; d. 1839, Peterhead, Buchan, Scotland. ii. JOHN STEWART. Notes for JOHN STEWART: John had five sons and
a daughter. iii. MARGARET STEWART. Generation No. 5 5. ALEXANDER6 STEWART (WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, and died 1839 in Peterhead, Buchan, Scotland. He married MAY BREMNER 1795 in Strichen, Buchan,
Scotland. Notes for ALEXANDER STEWART: He is buried at
Peterhead. Children of ALEXANDER STEWART and MAY BREMNER are: 6. i. JOHN7 STEWART, b. 1
August 1797; d. 20 May 1878, Essex, England. 7. ii. GEORGE STEWART, b. 1799; d. 1882, Penton, iii. JAMES STEWART, b. 1801. Notes for JAMES STEWART: He died young. 8. iv. ALEXANDER STEWART, b. 25 June 1810, Aberdour (New), Aberdeenshire; d.
1841. v. WILLIAM STEWART, b. 1812; d. Peterhead, Notes for WILLIAM STEWART: He lived at Middle
Grange, Peterhead and is buried at Peterhead. vi. MARGARET STEWART, b. Abt. 1817. Generation No. 6 6. JOHN7 STEWART (ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born 1
August 1797, and died 20 May 1878 in Essex, England. Notes for JOHN STEWART: Robert Stewart Clark
of Guelph had an "In Memoriam" card as follows: In affectionate memory
of John Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart of Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
great-grandson of Donald Stuart (sic) of Ballochallan, Perthshire, Governor of
Doune Castle for Prince Charles Edward 1745.... He is buried in Upton
churchyard, Essex. Children of JOHN STEWART are: 9. i. CAROLINE8 STEWART, b. 1826. 10. ii. GEORGE STEWART, b. 1827; d. 1901. 11. iii. JOHN STEWART, b. Abt. 1830. 12. iv. ALEXANDER STEWART, b. 1834; d. 1899, Brentford. 7. GEORGE7 STEWART (ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
1799, and died 1882 in Penton, Hants, England. Notes for GEORGE STEWART: He is buried at
Thruxton churchyard. Child of GEORGE STEWART is: 13. i. EMMA8 STEWART, b. 1834. 8. ALEXANDER7 STEWART (ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
25 June 1810 in Aberdour (New), Aberdeenshire, and died 1841. He married AGNES WALKER 18 June
1835 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire. Notes for ALEXANDER STEWART: He owned Copland Hill
near Peterhead, now a neighbourhood on the west side of the town. Children of ALEXANDER STEWART and AGNES WALKER are: 14. i. ROBERT8 STEWART, b. 6 April
1836, St. Fergus, Buchan, Scotland; d. 16 October 1907, Guelph, Ontario. ii. ALEXANDER STEWART, b. 1838, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Notes for ALEXANDER STEWART: Died young. iii. AGNES STEWART. Notes for AGNES STEWART: Died young. Generation No. 7 9. CAROLINE8 STEWART (JOHN7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
1826. She married COOPER in
Melbourne, Australia. Notes for CAROLINE STEWART: She had two daughters. Children of CAROLINE STEWART and COOPER are: i. DAU A9 COOPER. ii. DAU B COOPER. 10. GEORGE8 STEWART (JOHN7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born 1827,
and died 1901. Notes for GEORGE STEWART: George was an artist. Child of GEORGE STEWART is: i. B. G.9 STEWART, b. Bude, 11. JOHN8 STEWART (JOHN7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
Abt. 1830. He married EMMA STEWART 1853,
daughter of GEORGE STEWART. She was born
1834. Notes for JOHN STEWART: He was a major,
inspector of military schools. Children of JOHN STEWART and EMMA STEWART are: i. DONALD9 STEWART. ii. AMY MAY STEWART. iii. ELLA TERESA STEWART. 12. ALEXANDER8 STEWART (JOHN7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
1834, and died 1899 in Brentford. Children of ALEXANDER STEWART are: i. ALEXANDER9 STEWART. ii. FRED STEWART. iii. DUGALD STEWART. iv. LIONEL STEWART. v. MILDRED STEWART. 13. EMMA8 STEWART (GEORGE7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
1834. She married JOHN STEWART 1853, son
of JOHN
STEWART. He was born Abt. 1830. Notes for JOHN STEWART: He was a major,
inspector of military schools. Children are listed
above under (11) John Stewart. 14. ROBERT8 STEWART (ALEXANDER7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born 6
April 1836 in St. Fergus, Buchan, Scotland, and died 16 October 1907 in Guelph,
Ontario. He married ISOBELLA G. WILSON 4 October
1859 in Guelph, Ontario, daughter of SAMUEL WILSON and MARGARET. She was born
12 August 1841 in Rockwood, Ontario, and died 1883 in Guelph, Ontario. Notes for ROBERT STEWART: Robert was born in St.
Fergus, about 5 miles north of Peterhead on the coast. It is probable that he grew up in the
Peterhead area. We don't know when he
emigrated but either as a youngster with his family or as a young man. He was about 23 when he married in Guelph. In the 1882-83 Vernon
Directory, Robert is listed as a carpenter, with a house at 332 Woolwich in Children of ROBERT STEWART and ISOBELLA WILSON are: 15. i. AGNES CELINE9 STEWART, b. 25 May
1861, Guelph, Ontario; d. 4 October 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba. ii. ALEXANDER W. STEWART, b. Abt. 1865; d. 12 October 1909. Notes for ALEXANDER W. STEWART: He was apparently a
clerk living in his father's house at 332 Woolwich in 16. iii. MINERVA MAY STEWART, b. 1868; d. 1935, Guelph, Ontario. iv. WILLIAM STEWART, b. Abt. 1870. Notes for WILLIAM STEWART: Willie Stewart was not married and did not
have any family. Generation No. 8 15. AGNES CELINE9 STEWART (ROBERT8, ALEXANDER7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
25 May 1861 in Guelph, Ontario, and died 4 October 1912 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba. She married WILLIAM THOMPSON RUTHERFORD 26
February 1890 in Guelph, Ontario, son of WILLIAM RUTHERFORD and CATHARINE CRAIG. He was born
11 October 1843 in Oxford Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario, and died 4 September
1904 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Notes for AGNES CELINE STEWART: Agnes Celine Stewart
was named after her father's mother, Agnes Walker, or his sister Agnes. She probably grew up in Notes for WILLIAM THOMPSON RUTHERFORD: William Thompson
Rutherford first married Anna Clark of Guelph.
It is not known how they met.
After having two children, she died. Agnes Stewart also
lived in Guelph where she would have met William. After William Rutherford and Agnes Stewart
were married, they moved to Winnipeg prior to Gerald's birth on 15 December
1890. The family home was located at the
site of the present Hudson Bay Co. parking lot on Child of AGNES STEWART and WILLIAM RUTHERFORD is: i. GERALD STEWART10 RUTHERFORD, b. 15
December 1890, Winnipeg, Manitoba; d. 15 July 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba; m. (1)
MARGARET HOPE MCRAE, 18 December 1918, London, England; b. 13 October 1892, Ottawa,
Ontario; d. 3 December 1942, Winnipeg, Manitoba; m. (2) AMY DEJARDIN, 1959,
Winnipeg, Manitoba; b. 11 June 1897; d. 20 February 1980, Hawaii. Notes for GERALD STEWART RUTHERFORD: Gerald was born in a
house on Donald St. where the Hudson Bay Co. parkade is located in downtown
Winnipeg. After his father died
prematurely when he was twelve, his mother took him to her family in Guelph and
while living there, Gerald formed a close relationship with his cousins. He and his mother visited Scotland at this
time, meeting Lord Frederic Hamilton during the voyage. Gerald and his mother
returned to Winnipeg in 1908 and lived in an apartment near the Winnipeg Winter
Club, while Gerald began his study of law at the University of Winnipeg and
graduated with his B.A. in 1911, and was called to the bar just before he left
for the war. Gerald had joined the
79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. However,
he was "taken on strength"
with 19 other officers from the Camerons in March, 1915, as a lieutenant in the 52nd "New
Ontario" Battalion, raised in Port Arthur, Ontario. They landed in England in late 1915. While in camp south of London, Gerald's friend
Lord Frederic Hamilton arranged for Gerald to meet Arthur Conan Doyle who lived
near by. Later, in 1916 while on leave,
Gerald went to tea with the Bowes-Lyon family, including 16 year old Elizabeth,
who later became the Queen (now Queen mother).
He spent most of the war in the trenches, starting as lieutenant and
listed as a machine gun officer in November 1915. He was promoted to captain on 17 October 1917
and to adjutant to Colonel Foster on 26 December 1917. His unit fought in the battles of Ypres,
Mount Sorrel, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Hindenburg
line, Cambrai and Valenciennes. Gerald
was wounded in one of the actions when he and his comrades were exposed to a
German machine gun when the fog lifted.
He was wounded in the stomach although his belt buckle took most of the
damage. He served until December 1918
and was "evacuated" 10 February 1919 (i.e. he left the unit). He was awarded the Military Cross by King
George V in 1919. Gerald continued his
contact with Col. Foster who visited the Rutherford family in Winnipeg. "Hope", as
Gerald called her, took a boat to England at the end of the war where they were
married in 1918 in London, at St. Margaret's church (since destroyed). Greta
(Jackson) and her husband, Dr. Charles Bunn, attended the couple during the
ceremony. Upon their return to Winnipeg,
Gerald did law work with the soldier settlement board helping returned soldiers
get on to farms and then started with the law firm of Aikens Loftus &
Co. During the Winnipeg General Strike
of 1919, at the request of the authorities, Gerald helped out on the rifle
range, teaching some of the older men how to shoot. Gerald and Hope lived
in an apartment at the corner of Osborne and Roslyn Road where Margaret Hope
("Babs") was born on 15 October 1919.
The young couple built a house at In 1926, Gerald
established his own law practice in the Somerset block and a few months later
joined forces with Alfred Rosevear who was practising law in the same building. They took on a couple more partners, Mssrs.
MacIntosh and Johnson, but had to dissolve the firm in about 1930 when they
could not get enough clients. During the
depression, Gerald went to work for the Debt Adjustment Board which involved
farms which were bankrupt and trying to work out ways to keep the family on the
farm. A year after he started, Gerald
became Chairman, a job which he kept until 1940 when he went to Ottawa where he
worked as counsel to the Controllers for the Department of Munitions and
Supplies. He returned to Winnipeg in
1941 to take up work as legislative counsel to the Manitoba government. He continued his association with the Cameron
Highlanders through the years. The family spent most
summers from 1932 on at the cottage they
built on Clearwater Bay, Lake of the Woods, Ontario, where they were neighbours
of the Fred Jacksons. Hope was stricken
while at camp and later died, leaving Gerald with a 16 year old Nancy-Ruth at
home. Gerald continued his
career as Legislative Counsel, and revising the statutes of Manitoba, earning
him the sobriquet of "Mr. Manitoba" among his colleagues of the
Uniform Law Conference. He was also
named Queen's Counsel. During this
period, he also served as a major in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
militia regiment. Gerald reached
mandatory retirement age (of 65) in 1955 but carried on in this capacity as a
"temporary" employee until 1968, and as Revising Officer until 1972
finally quitting at the age of 82. After seventeen years as
a widower, Gerald remarried to Amy de Jardin in 1959, and acquired a new step
family. After retirement, Gerald did
some contract work for the Government of British Columbia, revising statutes. Gerald and Amy also made a number of trips to
Hawaii, where Amy passed away in February 1980. Gerald continued to live by himself,
celebrating his 90th birthday in style at the Fort Garry Hotel, before finally
passing away at the age of 96 on 15 July 1987.
Gerald is buried in St. John's cemetary in Winnipeg, a city which he
always considered to be the finest in the land. Notes for MARGARET HOPE MCRAE: Hope was born and grew
up in Ottawa. The day of the boating
accident, she was ill and in the care of her great aunt at Mrs. Ritchie's Hotel
in Aylmer. After the drowning of her
parents and brother, Margaret Hope McRae (Hope spelled her name MacRae although
her father and grandfather generally spelled it McRae after the fashion of the
times. However, when her grandfather John
McRae first arrived in Canada, he signed for his land "MacRae".) was
initially cared for by "Auntie Gibb" (Sophia Hope Gibb), a spinster
sister of Maggie's mother, Jane Anderson Bell, née Gibb. It was her grandfather
Andrew Wilson Bell who was guardian at first.
Later, during her school years, Hope McRae was cared for by the family
of Alfred Fripp, a barrister in Ottawa (his partner was D'arcy McGee, possibly
the son of the assassinated politician) and later a senator. His wife, Clementina, was a sister of Maggie
(Bell) McRae. They lived at 407 Queen.
For some reason, Hope was raised with little contact with her McRae
relatives. Hope attended Ottawa
Ladies' College where she met Greta Jackson of Stonewall, Manitoba (who later
married Dr. Bunn of Red Deer). She went
out one summer (1912-1914?) to Stonewall, Manitoba, to visit her school friend
Greta Jackson, daughter of Ida (Clark) Jackson who was a sister of Gerald's
father's first wife Anna. She happened
to meet Gerald Stewart Rutherford, who was visiting the Jacksons, and they hit
it off. About this time, she may have
been attending art college in At the end of the war,
Hope travelled to London where she was married to Gerald. After their wedding,
the couple returned to Winnipeg and established a home. Hope was at home, coping with raising a
family during the depression. Although
Hope played piano, she sold it to buy a washing machine in the 1930's. She also did volunteer work with the Children's
Aid Society. Hope was very soft- hearted
and fond of children. Although she had
been a good golfer and enjoyed tennis in her younger years, a weak heart caused
her to give up these sports. On the Labour Day
weekend in 1942, while at camp on 16. MINERVA MAY9 STEWART (ROBERT8, ALEXANDER7, ALEXANDER6, WILLIAM5, DONALD4, DAVID3, JAMES STEWART
OF2 ARDVORLICH, ROBERT STEWART
OF1) was born
1868, and died 1935 in Guelph, Ontario. She
married WILLIAM A. CLARK 3 June 1891 in Guelph, Ontario, son of ANOTHER CLARK. He was born 1858, and died 1917 in Guelph,
Ontario. Notes for MINERVA MAY STEWART: The name May was
probably after May Bremner, her great grandmother on the Stewart side. Child of MINERVA STEWART and WILLIAM CLARK is: i. QC ROBERT STEWART10 CLARK, b. 20 March
1892, Guelph, Ontario; d. 25 September 1965, Guelph, Ontario; m. KATHARINE ALBERTA STUTT, 22 November
1930, Toronto, Ontario; b. 7 May 1894, Dundas, Ontario; d. 31 March 1986,
Guelph, Ontario. Notes for QC ROBERT STEWART CLARK: Stew Clark grew up in
Guelph and became a close friend of his cousin Gerald Rutherford, who lived
there for a period. He played the piano
and was active in theatre. He graduated
from the University of Toronto in 1912, whereupon he entered Osgoode Hall,
graduating in 1915. He then enlisted
with the 64th Guelph Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery but an injury
suffered during training prevented him from serving overseas. Upon discharge, he obtained a position as
purchasing agent with the Partridge Rubber Co.
Stew joined the staff of barrister Nicol Jeffrey, appointed a Justice of
the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1928, at which time Stew opened his own law
practice and later associated with J.K. Blair, QC. He acted for 13 years as Guelph city
solicitor and 10 years as a member of the Ontario Parole Board. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1934. He served as a Judge of Wellington County
Court for 18 years. Stew was actively
involved at one time or another in the Liberal party, the Masonic Lodge, and
various other clubs as well as being an elder of St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church. After a period of poor health,
he was reconsidering a decision to retire when he died of a heart seizure. |