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 ====== McNaughton, Charles ======
- (May 1845-15 May 1934), craftsman. Born in Dominionville area, GC, probably on his parents’ farm. Parents: James McNaughton and his wife Isabella Robertson. Charles McNaughton worked in sawmills at Dominionville and Greenfield as a young man; then he moved to Maxville about 1885, and built a carding mill there, which he operated for many years. During the last three years of his life, he lived in the Finch area, where he owned a farm, and it was in the Finch area that he died. (one child) Baptist. He was married to Mary Ferguson. Charles McNaughton was a machinist and craftsman, and in his earlier years had a photography business at Dominionville. For the quarter century 1898-1923 he was the postmaster of Maxville (T. W. Munro, who wrote his life in the “I Remember” series, states that the postmastership was a reward for his work as a Liberal), and his brother John R. McNaughton (1839-1919) was postmaster of Dominionville for many years. Also, see the entry for John P. McNaughton for a Peter McNaughton who as postmaster of Notfield was, in effect, postmaster of the future Dominionville.
+ (May 1845-15 May 1934), craftsman. Born in Dominionville area, GC, probably on his parents’ farm. Parents: James McNaughton and his wife Isabella Robertson. Charles McNaughton worked in sawmills at Dominionville and Greenfield as a young man; then he moved to Maxville about 1885, and built a carding mill there, which he operated for many years. During the last three years of his life, he lived in the Finch area, where he owned a farm, and it was in the Finch area that he died. (one child) Baptist. He was married to Mary Ferguson. Charles McNaughton was a machinist and craftsman, and in his earlier years had a photography business at Dominionville. For the quarter century 1898-1923 he was the postmaster of Maxville (T. W. Munro, who wrote his life in the “I Remember” series, states that the postmastership was a reward for his work as a Liberal), and his brother John R. McNaughton (1839-1919) was postmaster of Dominionville for many years. Also, see the entry for [[mcnaughton_james_p|John P. McNaughton]] for a Peter McNaughton who as postmaster of Notfield was, in effect, postmaster of the future Dominionville.
 <tab>Velma Franklin has written about Charles and John R., “it was in woodworking that these men excelled. In homes in the district are their fine old desks, cabinets and chests of drawers, and they were also responsible for the finest examples of decorative graining on doors, window frames and panelling to be seen in the area. They designed a beautiful bannister for their own home and made it from birds’ eye maple–a tree in the neighbourhood they had been keeping an eye on. John R.’s masterpiece was a grandfather clock with a splendid dial carved from a single piece of basswood– numerals, scrollwork and leaves.”