MacLennan, Duncan B.
(died 31 May 1922, aged 81), farmer, militia officer. (Col. D. B. MacLennan) Born in Charlottenburgh Township, GC. Parents: Farquhar Ban McLennan and his wife Catherine Fraser. He was a farmer in GC until ten or twelve years before his death. In his years of service in the militia (1866-1883), he rose to the rank of major in the 59th Battalion, then was given the rank of colonel on retirement. He died at the home of his son-in-law D. J. Rayside, in Montreal. (at least six children, three surviving him) In 1870 he was married to Mary McBean (d. 1892), whose father’s name was George McBean. MacLennan’s brothers Capt. Alexander B., John Ban and Donald Ban Maclennan also appear in the present dictionary.
Cornwall Freeholder 1 & 8 June 1922, Cornwall Standard 8 June 1922, Glengarry News 9 June 1922 * obituary of his wife, GN 9 Sept. 1892, repr. Fraser Obits. 236 * Boss 43, 45, 50, 252 * on his son F. B. Maclennan, in Canadian West: CF 10 June 1910
