(1834-12 Feb. 1923), contractor. Born in the 3rd Concession of Lancaster Township, GC. Parents: John McBean, Sr., and his wife Susannah Curry. His Cornwall Standard obituary said, “In his boyhood days he went to California and spent a number of years in the gold mining districts, afterwards going to Australia. He was for over thirty years a prominent contractor in Toronto, being largely engaged on civic work. He built the first concrete sidewalk in Cornwall, on Pitt Street, which is still in good condition after thirty years’ service.” He and his wife settled in South Lancaster about 17 years before he died. He died at his home in South Lancaster. He was married to Mary A. McLeod (1851-1923). With regard to his California period, it may be asked whether he was one of the “Macbeans” who seem to have accompanied John Rae on part of his journey to California.

Cornwall Standard & The Montreal Daily Star, both 15 Feb. 1923, Glengarry News 16 Feb. 1923 * Fraser, Gravestones, II, 215 * MacLeods, i, 400, ii, 456 * W. Warren James, John Rae (1965), I, 103.