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| <tab>For some years, he operated a factory at South Lancaster for making cheese boxes, the company name being St. Lawrence Lumber and Box Company. For the GC-area manufacture of cheese boxes, see also [[coulthart|Coulthart family]]. | <tab>For some years, he operated a factory at South Lancaster for making cheese boxes, the company name being St. Lawrence Lumber and Box Company. For the GC-area manufacture of cheese boxes, see also [[coulthart|Coulthart family]]. |
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| <tab>Whether on a paid or volunteer basis, Macpherson was the caretaker of Cairn Island (see entry for Col. Carmichael) at South Lancaster from 1925 to 1940. He owned the celebrated Moose Head Inn at South Lancaster till 1948, and is said actually to have operated it as an inn; his home was next door. At the time of the death of his brother John A. in August 1953, he appears to have been living at Wales, Ont., west of Cornwall. Robert J. Fraser, who obtained information from him for his //As Others See Us// of 1959, describes him as “long known throughout the county as a man of many enterprises.” By the time Fraser was writing, Macpherson was living in Alexandria. Macpherson died in Cornwall. The burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery, Cornwall. (four or five children, two surviving him) | <tab>Whether on a paid or volunteer basis, Macpherson was the caretaker of Cairn Island (see entry for [[carmichael_lewis_or_louis|Col. Carmichael]]) at South Lancaster from 1925 to 1940. He owned the celebrated Moose Head Inn at South Lancaster till 1948, and is said actually to have operated it as an inn; his home was next door. At the time of the death of his brother John A. in August 1953, he appears to have been living at Wales, Ont., west of Cornwall. Robert J. Fraser, who obtained information from him for his //As Others See Us// of 1959, describes him as “long known throughout the county as a man of many enterprises.” By the time Fraser was writing, Macpherson was living in Alexandria. Macpherson died in Cornwall. The burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery, Cornwall. (four or five children, two surviving him) |
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| <tab>He was married to Mabel Aitken (1873-1960) of Lancaster, GC. | <tab>He was married to Mabel Aitken (1873-1960) of Lancaster, GC. |
