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Botsford, Amos Edwin b. September 25, 1804 d. March 19, 1894
Political Figure. The Hon. Amos Edwin Botsford was Speaker of the Senate of Canada. His grandfather, father and brother represented Westmoreland in the New Brunswick House of Assembly, each serving in turn as Speaker. Mr. Botsford was born in Saint John and educated in Sackville where he settled and took up farming. In 1833, he was appointed to the Legislative Council where he sat until Confederation. He served as senior Judge of Common Pleas for Westmoreland and held the rank of lieutenant...[Read More] (Bio by: RK)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Chipman, Ward b. July 30, 1754 d. February 9, 1824
Ward Chipman, a Loyalist, was appointed New Brunswick's attorney general, then its solicitor general, after he was exiled to England at the outset of the American Revolution. He sat in New Brunswick's first House of Assembly. He drew up the Charter for the city of Saint John and he designed Saint John's corporate seal, still in use today. In 1806 he became a Legislative Councilor, and in 1809 he was appointed to the New Brunswick Supreme Court. The sixth child of John Chipman and Elizabeth...[Read More] (Bio by: RK)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Foulis, Robert b. 1796 d. 1866
Engineer and Artist. A partner in a iron foundry, he competed a survey of the Saint John River from Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Grand Falls, New Brunswick, in 1826, designed a steam powered boat used on the Saint John River, started a school, and was one of the founders of the New Brunswick Museum. A noted inventor as well, Foulis is the true inventor of the fog horn. The first one ever was erected on Partridge Island, New Brunswick, but credit of the invention went to an American named...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Hazen, John Douglas b. 1860 d. 1937
Canadian Politician. Hon. Sir John Douglas Hazen, of Hazen Castle, who after a University career, was called to the bar in 1881, and in the following year was elected mayor of Fredericton. He was the Conservative premier of New Brunswick between 1908-1911. He became Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister Naval Service to the Sir Robert Borden Canadian government of 1911-1917. He was "Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George cr. 1918." Hazen left politics in...[Read More] (Bio by: RK)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
King, George Edwin b. October 8, 1839 d. May 8, 1901
Canadian Premier. Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Justice. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on October 8, 1839, the son of George King and Mary Ann Fowler. He was educated at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and articled in the office of Robert Leonard Hazen in Saint John. He was called to the bar of New Brunswick in 1865. In 1867, he was elected to the House of Assembly of New Brunswick. He served as premier of the province for a short time, from 1870 to 1871, when he was...[Read More] (Bio by: RK)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Munroe, John A. b. 1839 d. February 15, 1870
Murderer. Munroe was a noted architect in New Brunswick. Although married he began to have an affair with Maggie Vail, who later had his child. In 1868 Maggie Vail and her child were both murdered on Black River Road in Saint John, New Brunswick. The remains of the two victims were found a year later and Munroe was arrested and charged with the murders. Munroe was later found guilty and sentenced to death. After a plea to the Governor General, and a petition from 2,000 people was presented, and...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Phillips, George Fredrick b. March 8, 1862 d. June 4, 1908
Spanish-American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Navy during the War with Spain as a Machinist First Class. He was awarded the CMOH for his role in the intentional sinking of the "USS Merrimac" at the entrance to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, on June 2, 1898. His citation reads "Despite heavy fire from the Spanish batteries, Phillips displayed extraordinary heroism throughout this operation". His Medal was awarded to him on November 2, 1899. (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Steeves, William Henry b. May 20, 1814 d. December 9, 1873
Politician. Father of the Canadian Confederation, Senator, and Merchant. In 1846, he served in the New Brunswick colonial house of assembly. When the compact government was defeated in 1854 by a new reform administration, he was named the surveyor general. In 1855 Steeves became the first minister of public works and he served a second term from 1857 to 1863. He was a delegate to the Charlottetown conference in Prince Edward Island. Representatives from the colonies of British North America met...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Tilley, Samuel Leonard b. 1818 d. 1896
Politician. A father of Canadian Confederation, Tilley was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, in 1818. He served as Minister of Customs from 1867 to 1873, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1873 to 1878, and 1885 to 1893, and Minister of Finance from 1878 to 1885, mainly under John A. MacDonald who died in 1891. (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Turnbull, W. Rupert b. 1870 d. 1954
Inventor. Turnbull was an aeronautical engineer, who is noted for building the first wind tunnel in Canada in 1902 at his private laboratory in Rothesay, New Brunswick. At his lab, Turnbull collaborated with inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and J.H. Parkin. He also invented the variable-pitch propeller, which was first tested in flight in 1927. He later licensed it for manufacture and it was used worldwide. The propeller is now on display in the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Young, John Frederick b. 1871 d. October 13, 1890
Songwriter. Young was a noted for writing the song, "My Own Canadian Home." (Bio by: K)
Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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