. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 Pioneer Lumberman Called by Death John Charlton, Lynedoch, Ontario — Long Identi- fied with Lumber History of the Province. The Late John Charlton, Lynedoch, Ontario. Mr. John Charlton, of Lynedoch, Ont., a former member of the House of Commons and one of the best known lumbermen of Canada in his day, died on February 11th at his home in Lyne- doch. Although Mr. Charlton had suf- fered from ill-health for the last few years, it had n
. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 Pioneer Lumberman Called by Death John Charlton, Lynedoch, Ontario — Long Identi- fied with Lumber History of the Province. The Late John Charlton, Lynedoch, Ontario. Mr. John Charlton, of Lynedoch, Ont., a former member of the House of Commons and one of the best known lumbermen of Canada in his day, died on February 11th at his home in Lyne- doch. Although Mr. Charlton had suf- fered from ill-health for the last few years, it had not interfered seriously with his ability to attend to his many duties. He had been actively at work, in fact, on the day previous to his death. The im- mediate cause of death was a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Charlton was the eldest son of Adam Charlton, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. England, and was born at Garbuttsville, , on Feb. 3rd, 1829. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, , where Mr. Adam Charlton was for years the finan- cial manager for the Holland Land Com- pany, which handled a large portion of the land of western New York. John Charlton was educated at a grammar school in Caledonia, , and at the rfpringville Academy, New York. He was a widely read scholar and for a time studied both medicine and law. In 1849, when he was 20 years of age, his family moved to Canada and took a farm of 300 acres, a mile to the south of Ayr, in the township of Dumfries. After working for four or five years on the farm, John Charlton opened a general store at Lynedoch. Five or six years after this he went into the lumber business. The district in those days had a magnificent growth of white pine, and Mr. Charlton took part in the removal of the timber to market and the opening up of what is now one of the finest farming sections on the continent. He became at that time Canadian manager for a large United States lumber company, Messrs. Smith &
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