(21 June 1866-9 Dec. 1950), municipal official. (J. A. McDonell) Born in Toronto or in Lindsay, Ont. Parents: Donald McDonell, a grain merchant, and his wife Marjorie Kennedy, who was from Munroes Mills in GC. When John Alexander was aged two, his mother died, and he was sent back to the family farm on Lot 28 in the 5th Concession of Lochiel Township, GC, to be looked after by his grandparents. He lived on that lot for the remainder of his life. At the time of his death, he had been treasurer of Lochiel Township for 44 years. Also, he was treasurer for the Quigley Cheese Factory and was auditor for the Glengarry Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Roman Catholic. (one child) In 1897 he married Marybel (Mary B.) Morris, whose father was the storekeeper at the hamlet of Lochiel. She predeceased her husband by a few months, on 23 July.

Glengarry News 15 Dec. 1950 * Butternuts and Maple Sugar 198-199, with portrait