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Charles Platt Treadwell was the son of Nathaniel Treadwell and Margaret Platt. He returned to Canada in 1823 and after prolonged negotiation repossessed his father's property in Longueil. He made his home at L'Orignal, married Helen Macdonnell, and raised a family of four daughters. A strong Presbyterian, he donated land for a church, built of stone of which he was a trustee.
In 1834, Mr. Treadwell was appointed High Sheriff of Prescott and Russelllife. He was a pioneer in agricultural improvements, religious reform and in railway projects. He is said to have been the first Canadian to advocate for a Pacific Railway. He died at 71 years of age in 1873.

Charles Andrew Tupper was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, in 1914. He lived in Foxboro, Hastings County and worked for Canadian National Railways, writing poems in his spare time. He died on December 20th, 1990 and was buried in the Black River Bridge Memorial Cemetery, South Marysburgh, Prince Edward County.

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The United Empire Loyalist Butter and Cheese Company, Limted was founded in Adolphustown, Ontario, in 1897.

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Professor Walker (1907-1992) was born at Toronto. He received his B.A. from University College, University of Toronto in 1928. After a brief period as a Wall Street "Runner" Professor Walker returned to his studies, receiving an Honours B.A. in English in 1931 and a M.A. in 1943 from Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1941 to 1944 he lectured at the Ordnance School, Barriefield, emerging with the rank of Major in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. In 1944 he joined the staff at Queen's University as an instructor in the English Department, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. While at Queen's he served as Commander of the Canadian Officers Training Corps, and was Queen's representative on the Military Studies Committee, National Confederation of Canadian Universities. He also worked closely with the Ontario Ministry of Education in the 1950s and 1960s concerning Grade XIII studies and examinations.

Robert Charles Wallace was born in Scotland in 1881. He was educated in Scotland graduating from Edinburgh University and taking a Ph. D. from Gottingen University. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Manitoba from 1912 to 1928. From 1918 to 1921, he was a Commissioner of Northern Manitoba, and from 1926 to 1928 was a Commissioner of Mines and Natural Resources. That same year, he took overhe accepted the Presidency of the University of Alberta, a posiiton he held until 1936, at which time and until his retirement in 1951, he served as Principal of Queen's University. Dr. Wallace was a president of the Royal Society of Canada and of the National Conference of Canadian Universities. He was a member of the National Research Council of Canada, and a past president of the Research Council of Ontario. He was also an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Institute, and was the first Canadian member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 1947, he was the only Canadian universtiy head selected by the Prime Minister to represent Canada at the London Conference that created UNESCO. In retirement, Dr. Wallace was Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of America, a consultnat to the Ontario Goverment on university problems, and a member of the Defence Research Board of Canada.
Dr. Robert Charles Wallace, died 29 January 1955, and is buried in the 'Queen's Plot' at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.

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