====== McIntosh, Angus ====== (March 1834-4 Jan. 1897), merchant, moneylender. Born on his parents’ farm, near Dalkeith, GC. Parents: John McIntosh and his wife Christy MacLennan. If the evidence that Angus McIntosh attended a “college” and that he was in school till about age 17 is sound, he had a more thorough formal education that most of his GC contemporaries. From the age of about 17, he was a schoolteacher, for three years, after which he “entered into partnership with Archie (King) McGillivray, and started a general store at Laggan, but shortly after bought out the business, and, thinking Dunvegan a better stand, thirty-nine years ago [in 1857] moved to that place, there accumulating considerable wealth.” At Dunvegan, “being endowed with shrewdness, business capacity, patience and sterling integrity, he succeeded in accumulating an amount of wealth which very few businessmen in large centres of population seldom [sic] do. Latterly he did not pay much attention to mercantile pursuits, confining himself chiefly to money lending and real estate transactions. The sudden removal of Mr. McIntosh will be felt by many with whom he had dealings. He was no Shylock, and always dealt very leniently with those indebted to him. Many a man he relieved from pecuniary embarrassment, will miss him.” He was probably the vendor referred to by the McCrimmon, Ont., columnist of the //Glengarrian// newspaper (Alexandria) of 20 Dec. 1889, “Mr. J. A. McCrimmon is going into lumbering extensively this winter. He has purchased 100 acres of timber limits from Mr. Angus McIntosh, Dunvegan, and will employ quite a number of hands.” (It may be mentioned that on chronological grounds, the J. A. McCrimmon cited here cannot be the Johnny Archy McCrimmon who was later the well known storekeeper of the hamlet of McCrimmon.) An obituary referred to McIntosh as “the successful merchant of Dunvegan.” Two buildings which are believed to have housed McIntosh’s store at Dunvegan still exist: one, a log house, is the central feature of the Glengarry Pioneer Museum there, and the other a private house (used until fairly recent years for a store) on the northeast corner of the Dunvegan crossroads, is across the road from the museum. In his final illness of a few weeks, a medical consultant, Professor James Stewart from McGill University, was called in. Angus McIntosh never married. He died intestate, and the estate was divided by law among his relatives. He was buried at Kirk Hill. There does not appear to be a gravestone. His career is an intriguing one, and it would be valuable to know more about him. Given the strong connection between moneylending and politics in GC at this time (see R. R. McLennan ) it would be interesting to know if he had political interests. At any rate, he does not seem to have been strongly involved in any public or conspicuously visible way in GC politics. ---- //Vankleek Hill Review// & //Glengarry News// both 8 Jan. 1897 (QF these sources) * Donald A. MacLaurin, //Some of the Craignavie MacLaurins// (1990) 71- [79] (mainly geneal.) * Dunvegan buildings: photos //GN// 11 & 18 Aug. 1999; GHS, //Newsletter//, June 1996 * sells (1876) half lot at Skye, //Lochinvar to Skye// 445; cf 408 [<6>]