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Sprowl family Halton pioneers The Acton Free Press Wed November 1976 John was born in 1810 In Bonnie Scotland He came lo Canada in 1829 from Paisley Scotland and eventually settled near Peru In fcsquesing Township Peru is a small settlement situated on the First Line between the Town of Milton and the Kelso Conservation Area On June John married a widow Susanah Moore Anderson who had four children from her previous marriage This would be considered a big responsibility for a young man aged but not for John This marriage resulted in a fur eight children John and Susannah lived on a acre farm near the village of Peru now situated immediately south of highway A family letter relates the farm soil was of a heavy clay without a stone In sight After a rain a spike roller was used to break the hardened soil The farm was covered with a dense white pine Apparently some deciduous trees existed as the letter reveals that trees had to be cut to enable animals to eal the leaves Susannah died giving birth to her child John married his second P wife Jane on April 7 She was from Nelson Township and apparently met with some family opposition con tht proposed marriage to Sprowl A story is told hat Jane ran away in a horse and wagon to marry This wedlock resulted in a family of jo children Jane Cumming Sprowl was a woman of great force of character She thought nothing even at years of age of walking Acton a distance of over four miles A deeply religious woman she read her Bible dally She was a member of the United ROBERT STEVENSON SPROWL poses with a team hitched to a sled water shortage in 1936 she located two underground streams near an implement shed after two unsuccessful attempts by professionals In 1945 John and wife com a well drilling business which is presently operated by a son Calvin Itobert Mclsaac Mac Sprowl was born November the Third Line farm Mac like his ancestors has taken a sincere interest in the community From 1959 to 1664 he served on Ihe Township of School Board and sought the local Tory nomination federally in 1957 and in The have always been staunch Conservatives A son of John Sprowl once had a dog named Tory Mac succeeded Andy Frank as Sheriff of County and has served in the Sheriff office for almost 13 years The Sheriff is responsible for processing and serving divorce papers title searches and jury duty letters The Sprowl farm on the Third Line was Sketches by john Mcdonald He purchased the Third Line Esquesing farm in which remained in in the Ruben corporation and the Sprowl family until 1968 A subdivision complex is now slated for the very zealous of her John and family moved from the farm near Peru to a farm immediately south of Acton in 1856 This form is sit on the Second Line Highway Speystde Public School occupies one comer of the farm Mrs Lome Mull in descendant of John Sprowl still resides on the old Sprowl homestead The Sprowls worked the farm and had large herds of beef cattle and some sheep John Alexander Sprowl a descendant or John S was instantly killed by a falling tree on January 1908ot on his farm which was reputed lo be the best farm between Acton and Milton Thirty five years earlier James Byers was killed a falling tree on the same farm Evidence of dogs attacking sheep is recorded in minutes of the Township of Esquesing One entry reads April 26 1878 paid value of sheep and lamb to John Again on June 15 1891 Sprowl received for two sheep killed At one lime farmers were responsible for maintenance of the roads fronting their property Sprowl received on January 1868 for road repairs and on July 16 1888 for building a culvert John S died on January 1887 and is buried with his first wife Susannah Anderson at Boston Church His second wife Jane Cumming passed away July 12 and is buried Cemetary in Acton In 1895 Robert Stevenson Sprowl the child of John S and Jane Sprowl purchased the farm of William Anthony on the Third Line Immediately south east of Acton Robert Sprowl was born September 10 18G2 at the Sprowl homestead on Highway On March J 1892 he married Amanda Griffin in Erin Kobe I supplied stone used for the found of Ihe present Knox Presbyterian Church in Acton In 1900 purchased Ihe farm which sat immediately south of his farm on Ihe Third Line During Ihe 1870s this property was a busy industrial settle ment known as Glen Lawson It sat in the hollow near Dolly on the Third Line H T Arnold of glovemaking fame once operated a tannery here and the Glen grist mill once attracted early pioneer farmers from as far as fcnn The were one of the first far to thresh in the Acton area on August In Robert Sprowl had one of Ihe largest barns in the area erected The barn measured feet and was ruined by fire in In 1914 Robert purchased Ihe acre Kennedy form on the Fourth Line This firm was eventually operated by his eldest son William Griffin who had a large dairy herd sup plying milk to the area He sold the form in 1951 to Clifford Slorey and moved to Acton to do carpentry work John second son of Robert was born February 1902 on the Third Lint farm On March 192G he married Beatrice Isabella Mrs is one of the few diviners When Ihe Sprowl farm suffered a hiatal for a subdivision complex The family has contributed to the agricultural development of Ihe area for almost years and each generation has shown an interest in the community scr on school boards and various organ Several descendants of John S live in the area loduy too many to list in this short chapter Mat Sprowl has however compiled an interesting book on the Clan which was written years after the birth of John S A local history would not be complete mention of the family early pioneer farmers of area JOHN S SPROWL 1810 1887 came to Canada in 1829 and has left several descendants who have contributed to the agricultural development of the area FOR HALTON LIBERAL ASSOCIATION FEDERAL Post Redistribution BEING HELD Thursday November ROBERT LITTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Main St North Acton pm to pm TOE SPROWL FAMILY pose for a likeness in a typical gallery scene Back row r Jane Margaret Elizabeth William Rebecca Front row centre Ann Alexander John James Robert and Mary Front SPECIAL 50 A SPECIAL RACK OF WINTER SUITS OFF Pant Suits Skirt Suits with Vests boutique 124 Mill St Acton 853 HOUSE HUNTING Check the Real Estate Marketplace in todays issue ot If iThc A WEDDING PICTURE of Sprowl and Jane Cumming They were married on April 7 1845 She apparently met with some opposition and ran away in a horse wagon to get married She died July 12 at age 93 Funds cut off but HSC continues Human Services Council will continue to ate as a volunteer body with a view to coordinating human service in the region despite an absence of funding During a recent meeting the council elected Dorothy Craig and Ron Coupland as chairman and vice chairman of the council Miss Craig is Nursing Director at Regional Health Unit and Mr Coup- land is Director of Children Aid Society The council was formed about two years ago and was funded by five provincial ministries and the Halton Re gional Council Recently Regional Council refused a request to allow the HSC to use that was allocated to the council but not spent within the 18month specified lifetime of the ell Need funds During the recent meeting of the members dis cussed the need for access to the 7 While members seemed to agree with some of the criticisms levelled at the they continued to feel that the balance of the alloc ated funds should be released bo prepared reports could be distributed and the workings of the council completed During the meeting mem discussed the possibility of working in concert with the newly formed District Health Council Members of the committee have recognized that the Dis Health Council has a mandate that HSC never had but which would have made its task considerably easier Human Services Council Is made up of people many of them Involved In the delivery of human services in the re gion Policy makers Pounding chairman of Hal ton Human Services Council John Graham told the council and Son construction of has been awarded the Job of in stalling sewers on Churchill Road North Monday night Hills council awarded the contract to which was the low bidder for the work at 25 that members would have to find a way to convey its goals and ambitions to the policy makers in the region He noted that this something that had not been done in the past and he felt It was one of the factors limit ing the success of the group As it stands the group has no official source of funding and is operating as a strictly volunteer body SKATE X CHANGE Trade in your used on brand new SKATES Bauer or good reconditioned SKATES WE BUY USED SKATES SKATES Trada in as many pairs as you Dish Used reconditioned skates for sale p Tack Togs St No A RflMrve Right to Limit Quantit food values a plenty here BHLi PRICES EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 17 19 20 Monarch 7 lb Bag Cake ft Pastry FLOUR Lynn Valley 14 Tint Save CUT GREEN BEANS 99 61 Senna don lZozPkg Save 30c OLD MEDIUM COLBY MOZZARELLA CHEESE Pantry Shelf 28 Tin Save PEACHES Grade A Med urn EGGS Can No Salted lb FRESH CREAMERY BUTTER 79 Maxwell Houje lb Bag Save COFFEE White Granulated SUGAR 69 Sealteit 3 qt Bag or Jug 2 MILK Sunlight Pkg Save LAUNDRY DETE 48 Tin Save GRAPE DRINK Kleenex of Save 20c FACI TISSUE Puritan 24 T IRISH MEAT BALL STEW 79 SHOU ROAST BUTT ROAST BUTT CHOPS Fresh Mndium Formerly Ground Chuck GROUND BEEF SIDE SPARE RIBS PP SWEET SOUR RIBS lb MINI SIZZLERS SchnlJVs i HEAD CHEESE BOWLS 79 or inkers SIDE BACON FRESH PRODUCE LETTUCE POTATOES Sunkist 113 Size ORANGES Fancy Mcintosh APPLES 3 lb Bag 39 79 69 DURING MILL ST RECONSTRUCTION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE REAR ENTRANCE TO STORE IF FRONT IS BLOCKED PHONE ORDERS WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED AND DELIVERED GRAVEL ROAD BED SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEEKEND MILL ST I ACTON