Information from Gustus Family Genealogy, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 782-783:
Charles McIntosh, a retired millwright, carpenter and joiner of Dresden, Ont., came to that place in May, 1864, from Florence, County of Lambton. His birth occurred in Dover township, Feb. 1, 1832, and he is a son of Lochlin and Esther A. (Scarlet) McIntosh, of Nova Scotia and Camden, respectively.
The parents were married in County of Kent, and resided on the River Thames, where the father engaged in farming, until he went to California in 1849, and was never again heard from. He was born in 1808. The mother died in the County of Lambton in 1881, aged seventy-three years; she was a member of the Presbyterian Church, while her husband was a Methodist, in belief. The children born to this union were: Charles; Henry, a farmer and carpenter of Dresden; Jane, who married Joshua Bobier, and died in Michigan; Mary, who married William Scarlett, and died in London, Ont.; Amelia, who married D. D. Willerson, and died in Dreden; and Winnefred A., who died at the age of four years.
On April 17, 1861, in Florence, Ont., Charles McIntosh married Emma Moore, who was born in that town, a daughter of James and Sarah (Wells) Moore, of Ireland and Ogdensburg, New York, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were married in New York, but came to Canada in 1831, locating in County Elgin, near St. Thomas, where the father was a farmer. In 1838 they removed to Florence, and there died, the father in 1890, aged eighty years, and the mother in 1891, aged eighty-six years. They were members of the Church of England and the Methodist Church, respectively. The children born of this union were: Martha, of Michigan, who married William McDermont; George, of Florence; Mary, who died young; James, of Oil Springs, Ont.; Emma; Eliza, of Detroit, Michigan, who married Charles McDermont; Mary A., deceased, who married Nicholas Wheelihan; and Sarah who died young.
Charles McIntosh remained on the farm only four years, when he was taken to Chatham, and until he was seventeen, attended school and clerked in a grocery store for William Winters. He then went to County of Lambton and for ten years worked on farms during summers, and in lumber camps in winter. Removing to Florence, in the same county, he continued there until 1864, was engaged in a grocery business for a year, also conducting a general store, and then built a grist mill, but did not quite complete it, when he became involved in the financial panic that spread over the country. His trade of cabinetmaking, which he had learned at odd moments, it coming naturally to him, stood him in good stead at this time, and he followed it as a business, until in 1864, when he removed to Dresden, there for two and one-half years working in a store. For another year he clerked in a different establishment, and then once more resumed working at his trade, still being engaged in that line to a certain degree, although he has practically retired. In politics, he is a Reformer, and has held nearly all of the town offices. He attends the Presbyterian Church, and gives liberally towards its support. Although somewhat advanced in years, he is very active, and takes great interest in local affairs.
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Jane McIntosh 1835-1891
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