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| (born 12 Aug. 1821; still alive 1884), businessman. Born in GC. Parents: William McLeod and his wife Catherine McCrimmon. He began working as a hardware store clerk in Kingston in 1840. Afterwards he lived at Peterborough, and subsequently at Port Hope, where he had a hardware store and was managing director of the Port Hope, Lindsay and Peterborough Railway. At Port Hope he served as mayor. After some years in the United States, he returned in 1877 to Peterborough, where he was a loan agent and real estate agent. He was married to the daughter of a Dr John Gilchrist. | (born 12 Aug. 1821; still alive 1884), businessman. Born in GC. Parents: William McLeod and his wife Catherine McCrimmon. He began working as a hardware store clerk in Kingston in 1840. Afterwards he lived at Peterborough, and subsequently at Port Hope, where he had a hardware store and was managing director of the Port Hope, Lindsay and Peterborough Railway. At Port Hope he served as mayor. After some years in the United States, he returned in 1877 to Peterborough, where he was a loan agent and real estate agent. He was married to the daughter of a Dr John Gilchrist. |
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| <tab>He was the uncle of Wesley McLeod. See also John Maclennan for two other GC-born hardware merchants (brothers) at Port Hope. | <tab>He was the uncle of Wesley McLeod. See also [[maclennan_john|John Maclennan]] for two other GC-born hardware merchants (brothers) at Port Hope. |
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