Person:Sherman Boright (1)

Sherman Nathan Boright

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m. 18 Sep 1866

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Name^[1]	Sherman Nathan Boright
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[4]	11 Aug 1836	Québec, Canada
Marriage	18 Sep 1866	Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canadato Mary Elkins Olmstead
Census`^?`	1891	Sutton, Brome, Québec, Canada
Death^[1]^[2]	17 Aug 1897	Sutton, Brome, Québec, Canada
Burial`^?`	19 Aug 1897	Sutton, Brome, Québec, Canada

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
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1897 Drouin collection for Sutton Anglican, folio 7 1897 (2192):
Sherman N. Boright, farmer of Sutton died on the 17th day of August 1897 and was buried this 19th day of the same month and year, aged 61 years, by me E.T. Capel, Rector. Witnesses [signed]: M.G. Harly? & J.H. Courtice?.
Canada. 1891 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

1891 Census (2192): Sutton, BROME, QC, 54, QC, QC, QC, CofE, farmer.
↑ Guide to Archival Resources at McGill University : Private Papers At McGill University. McGill University Archives. 1985. Vol.3, p.314.

Born in Québec, Sherman N. Boright (1836-1897) was a merchant and a farmer in the Eastern Townships. He was councilor and mayor of the Village of Sutton for several terms, served with the local militia during the Fenian troubles, and was a member of the local agricultural society. He married Mary Olmstead (1848-1941) in 1866 and they had at least three children: George W. (d.1934), Sherman Henry (d.1918) and Mabel Alice.

Sherman Henry Boright graduated from McGill in 1903 with B.Sc. in Mining Engineering. He worked as a mining engineer and mine manager in Italy and Africa. ...