A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. Various

A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time - Various


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Mr. Stockton for a number of years took an active interest in military affairs, and held a commission as captain in the militia of the province at the time of the union in 1867. He is a past master of the Masonic order, and a member of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick. He is also prominently identified with the temperance reform movement. In religious matters he is a member of the Methodist denomination, and has always belonged to that church, and at present is one of the trustees of the Centenary Methodist Church in St. John. He was married on the 5th September, 1871, to Amelia E., second daughter of the Rev. Humphrey Pickard, D.D., of Sackville, N.B., who was for over a quarter of a century president of the educational institutions at Sackville, and one of the most prominent educationists of the Maritime provinces of Canada.

      DR. A. M. ROSS.

      For his steadfast strength and courage

      In a dark and evil time,

      When the Golden Rule was treason,

      And to feed the hungry, crime.

      For the poor slave’s hope and refuge,

      When the hound was on his track,

      And saint and sinner, state and church,

      Joined hands to send him back.

      Blessings upon him!—What he did

      For each sad, suffering one,

      Chained, hunted,


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