A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=Ingram, George C., B.A.=, 1167 2nd Ave. N.W., Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan,
one of the well known business men of that province, was born in
Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 16, 1867, the son of James and Elizabeth
(Leith) Ingram. When nine months old his parents emigrated to Tipton,
Iowa, where the subject of this sketch spent twenty years on a farm. He
was educated in the local schools of Tipton and later took a course at
the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana, taking the
degree of B.A. In 1890 he removed to Minnesota, where he practised as a
surveyor for two years, after which he founded the Ingram Lumber Co., of
Sank Centre, Minn., continuing in business there until 1910. In the
latter year he moved to Saskatoon, Sask., as special representative of
the Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association, a post he held until 1912,
when he became General Manager, Director and Secretary of Security
Lumber Company, Limited, of Moose Jaw, a position he still holds. While
a resident of the United States he was President (1905-6) of the
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association, Minneapolis. He has served as an
Alderman and is a Liberal in politics. His recreation is golf and he
belongs to the Prairie Club, Moose Jaw, and to the A.F. & A.M.
(Shriner). On Sept. 22, 1896, he married Lulu, daughter of the late
David Wilcox, and has three children, Howard C., Hildred and George L.
Ingram.
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=Shepherd, Simpson James=, 614 11th Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta
Barrister-at-law, is a native of Uttoxeter, Lambton County, Ont., where
he was born February 6, 1877, the son of James and Mary (Dowler)
Shepherd. His father was a farmer and he was educated at Forest High
School, and later at McGill University. He had a brilliant career in the
latter institution and graduated in 1906 with the degree of B.C.L.,
capturing a Macdonald travelling scholarship in law. After graduation he
was thus enabled to spend one year in France, and later decided to
settle in the West, going to Lethbridge in 1908, when he was called to
the Alberta Bar and formed a partnership with Mr. W. C. Simmons. The
latter was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the province in
1910, and Mr. Shepherd then formed a partnership with Mr. Allen E.
Dunlop, previously of the Nova Scotia Bar. Later Mr. George A. Rice
joined the firm, which is now known as Shepherd, Dunlop and Rice. He is
a member of the Alberta Returned Soldiers Commission, and of the Chinook
and Lethbridge Golf Clubs, as well as the Masonic Order. His recreations
are golf, curling and shooting. He is a Liberal in politics and a
Methodist in religion. On September 7, 1908, he married Ethel M. S.
Dixon, daughter of Mr. John Dixon, merchant of Maple Creek,
Saskatchewan, and has three daughters, Marjorie C., Nancy D., and Joan
Douglas by name.
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