(died 8 April 1950, in his 60th year), veterinarian. (Dr McLeod, A. W. McLeod, Alex Willie; evidence for sp MacLeod about equally strong) Born at McCrimmon, GC. Parents: Duncan A. McLeod and his wife Bella Rachel Clark. He attended Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute and the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), and received in 1923 the degree Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Toronto, the granting body at that time for the OVC degree. (Glengarry News 11 May 1923) After a brief period of practice at Dalkeith and Vankleek Hill, Dr McLeod practised as a veterinarian in Alexandria, during the 26 years preceding his death. At the time of his death he was applying for an upgrade (in accordance with current practice) of his BVSc degree to a DVM–a transaction misreported in his Glengarry News obituary as the claim that at the time of his death he was about to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Toronto. By custom, of course, veterinarians were known anyway by the Dr title, whether they had the formal degree or not. He was married at least twice, (1) at Skye, GC, 17 July 1912, to Christena Isabel McLeod (Tena Belle McLeod), of Skye (d. 1917), and (2) to Clara Gravill or Gravell, of London, Ont. There is said to have been a marriage earlier than these, to a wife whose name has since been lost. He died at his home in Alexandria, four children surviving him. The burial was at Kirk Hill West cemetery.
Glengarry News 14 April 1950 * Lochinvar to Skye, 176, 286 * MacLeods, ii, 312, * marries: Cornwall Freeholder 26 July 1912, Kenyon Church Report 1912 * his parents’ Golden Wedding celebrated at Alexandria, GN 22 Sept. 1939 * degree upgrade: information from University of Toronto Archives * 1937 Alexandria phone book, “MacLeod, Dr A W Vet Surg Kenyon” [sp, title, sic]