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 ====== Ostrom, Isaac Brock ======
- (died 28 Feb. 1923, in his 79th year), businessman. (Brock Ostrom, I.B. Ostrom) Born, of U E Loyalist descent, in the 4th Concession of Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ont. On 31 May 1875 he was married to Margaret J. MacGregor (1851-1934) of Martintown, GC. (five children, four surviving him) Brock Ostrom was in business as a jeweller and watchmaker in Martintown for 8 years, then came to Alexandria in Nov. 1883. In Alexandria, where he was a businessman for the remainder of his life, he operated a drugstore and jewellery business. In early years the firm was known as Ostrom Bros., the brother being Byron Ostrom, a druggist of Frankford, Ont. In his later years in business, Brock Ostrom had associated with him his sons Ernest Ostrom (in charge of the drugs section) and Clarence Ostrom (in charge of the jewellery section). When the first bishop of Alexandria was consecrated, 1890, Ostrom was one of the presenters of the address from the Protestants of Alexandria and district. (DTL, //Standard Freeholder// 30 Oct. 1948) * Brock Ostrom died on the same day as Abraham Markson. Presbyterian. The //Glengarry News// obituary noted that all three of his surviving sons had served overseas in the war. See also E. J. G. MacGregor, his sister-in-law.
+ (died 28 Feb. 1923, in his 79th year), businessman. (Brock Ostrom, I.B. Ostrom) Born, of U E Loyalist descent, in the 4th Concession of Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ont. On 31 May 1875 he was married to Margaret J. MacGregor (1851-1934) of Martintown, GC. (five children, four surviving him) Brock Ostrom was in business as a jeweller and watchmaker in Martintown for 8 years, then came to Alexandria in Nov. 1883. In Alexandria, where he was a businessman for the remainder of his life, he operated a drugstore and jewellery business. In early years the firm was known as Ostrom Bros., the brother being Byron Ostrom, a druggist of Frankford, Ont. In his later years in business, Brock Ostrom had associated with him his sons Ernest Ostrom (in charge of the drugs section) and Clarence Ostrom (in charge of the jewellery section). When the first bishop of Alexandria was consecrated, 1890, Ostrom was one of the presenters of the address from the Protestants of Alexandria and district. (DTL, //Standard Freeholder// 30 Oct. 1948) * Brock Ostrom died on the same day as Abraham Markson. Presbyterian. The //Glengarry News// obituary noted that all three of his surviving sons had served overseas in the war. See also [[macgregor_eliza_jane_greenfield|E. J. G. MacGregor]], his sister-in-law.