(1855-1 May 1936), early resident. Born in Soulanges County, Que. His obituary stated that he had lived in Maxville for 50 to 60 years. “In fact, Mr. Pilon lived here before there was a Maxville, or a railroad traversing the northern part of Glengarry.” He “settled in the Indian Lands, when quite a young man, and lived to see what was then a mere hamlet, grow into the progressive town of Maxville.” Roman Catholic. He died in Montreal, where he had gone to spend the winter with his daughter. (four children surviving him) His wife Julia Lagroix, who died 14 May 1930, is said to have been the the aunt of Donald Duperron, and to have been closely related to the Dancause family of storekeepers of Apple Hill. The children of Edward Sr and his wife included Edward Jr., who was a tinsmith in Maxville, and Joe, who was a harnessmaker, also in Maxville. Edward Pilon, Sr, had a brother who was living in Wisconsin in 1936, and another brother, Oliver Pilon (1860 or 1861-Nov. 1933), had settled in Maxville about 1880 and like Edward was one of its long-term residents. Oliver Pilon was commonly known as Levi or Levi J. Pilon. He was married to Isabelle Kennedy (1862-1934) In early life Oliver Pilon was a shantyman, and he later was a barber and hotel manager (of the Ottawa Hotel, Maxville) and kept race horses.

Standard Freeholder 6 May 1936 (QF) * Maxville (1991) 784-788 (with some family illustr.), 307, 316-317 * biog. sketch of Oliver (Levi) Pilon in Munro GN 16 Dec. 1938 and Maxville (1967) 71-72