The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 82 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. SLAVEN, Henry Bartholomew, was bornnear Picton, Ontario, Oct. 19, 1853, son of PatrickSlaven, a farmer and stock raiser, descended fromancestors who wer
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 82 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. SLAVEN, Henry Bartholomew, was bornnear Picton, Ontario, Oct. 19, 1853, son of PatrickSlaven, a farmer and stock raiser, descended fromancestors who were members of the learned profes-sions, statesmen and business men. Henrys earlyeducation was obtained at the common schools. Atthe age of thirteen he left the farm, obtaining a sit-uation as druggists assistant, working in the day-time, and attending school atnight. At the age of seventeenhe was graduated from the On-taiio college of pharmacy, andwent to Philadelphia to studymedicine, attending the univer-sity for nearly two years, but be-ing too young to graduate, ac-cepted a situation in a large whole-sale drug establishment. In 1873he took the sole management ofa large wholesale and retail drughouse in Canada. Early in 1876he was with a party of engineersto the British Northwest, going byway of the lakes to what is nowPort Arthur, and thence to Win-nipeg, Manitoba. This long andhazardous voyage over an unex-plored region, inhabited
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