Milo McCarger
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Milo McCarger was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
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He settled in South Gower Township and then Mountain Township. He served in the local militia and fought at the Battle of the Windmill
. He served as coroner in the Johnstown District. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
for Grenville
in a 1839 by-election after Hiram Norton
resigned from his seat.
He died in Kemptville
in 1860.
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
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He settled in South Gower Township and then Mountain Township. He served in the local militia and fought at the Battle of the Windmill
Battle of the Windmill
The Battle of the Windmill was a battle fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriot insurgents based in the United States.-Background:...
. He served as coroner in the Johnstown District. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
for Grenville
Grenville County, Ontario
Grenville County area is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Secretary of State in 1790. The First settlers were Loyalist from the United States...
in a 1839 by-election after Hiram Norton
Hiram Norton
Hiram Norton was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Vermont around 1799 and settled in Prescott. In 1833, he became a justice of the peace in the Johnstown District. He represented Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1831 to 1838 as a Reformer...
resigned from his seat.
He died in Kemptville
Kemptville, Ontario
Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Southern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville...
in 1860.