Mount Hope WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 1, page 8

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HISTORY OF 1,0lI? CONC. 1 ARRAN TOWNSHIP _ The Crown Deed of lot 5, issued to Chris- _ i topher Crowe, consisted of 101 acres, June } 13, 186A. 'i On January 15, 1867, Mr. Crows sold the l, lot to Duncan Munn, the Crowes going to i Manitoba. However the same Christopher . i. Crowe was Interred in the cemetery in Pais- jj, ley, Ontario, in 1887 at the age of! 61. d years. It was understood that his family F ,V "r,Vi'i,a, prospered very well in Manitoba. li". mr. Munn in April 1883 sold the same lot h to Thomas Hopper, from here oalot 5 became . 'i' pretty well involved with lot 6 across the . y sideroad. Mrs. Hopper sold to Mn. H. Grant _ji in 1901. l! The Grants dug and struck an overflowing l" well in the centre of! the farm. Mr. Angus 'ihi Taylor who was living on lot 6 at the time % did the first of his many later water . g Witching feats. The farm is now owned by A James B. Grant, grandson of Mn. H. Grant. (ri' A hardwood bush on the farm has produced i many ash, pine, rock elm as well as maple Cj" trees. #3 . o"ih" A municipal drain went through lot 5 from 't end to end in 1965. ff Written by - _jli, James B. Grant, 1967. .4 , I I! - E I? I ' I; in . It C 4

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