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JAMES BATTLE
(Thorold, Ont.)
Born in Thorold, November 29th, 1865, educated in Thorold Separate School and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, finishing in Upper Canada College; entered the contracting business, and, with his brother Joseph, carried out many public improvements of great importance. Among his construction achievements are: White Horse Rapids dam in Niagara River, government dock at Sault Ste. Marie, Goderich Breakwater, Twelve Miles on C.P.R., Toronto to Sudbury line, introduced electric power into Thorold and turned first sod for erection of Ontario Paper Mill, Beaver Board Plant, Pilkington Bros. Glassworks, and Exolone Company, involving outlay of three million dollars. Married Miss Mary Conlon, Thorold, daughter of Thomas Conlon of that town. There are three sons, two of whom went overseas in the World War. Was president Thorold Branch Canadian Patriotic Fund, was tendered and refused nomination to Parliament in 1904, was member Thorold Council, 1890-1891, and was reeve in 1892. Member Separate School Board, Public Library Board, Thorold Agricultural Society and president of Board of Trade. Was chairman Mother’s Allowance Board for Welland county. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Passed away in 1930 at Thorold.
A.E. Coombs
History of The Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal
1930
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