First, I want to give a shout out to the good people at Waterloo Generations who have a lot of great information on many of our historical settlers. This post is on two of them, Ephraim Munson and his wife Lucy. As is referenced on the Generations' website, the couple are mentioned in James Young's History when they play host to Absalom Shade and possibly an Indigenous Guide, in July of 1816. According to the story, Shade was checking out the recently purchased land of William Dickson and encountered their home somewhere in the south east end of the township. He had supper at their place and spent the night. What many people might not realize is that the Munsons remained in the area for many years afterwards and Ephraim is now buried in the Old Sheffield Cemetery. Also, their land appears on a number of early township maps and are recorded in Dickson's ledgers which can be found at the Cambridge Archives. My main reason for mentioning them here is to highlight that here are two people whose whole history may not yet be explored and that there may yet be more to say about them and the family they started in our region.
First, I want to give a shout out to the good people at Waterloo Generations who have a lot of great information on many of our historical settlers. This post is on two of them, Ephraim Munson and his wife Lucy. As is referenced on the Generations' website, the couple are mentioned in James Young's History when they play host to Absalom Shade and possibly an Indigenous Guide, in July of 1816. According to the story, Shade was checking out the recently purchased land of William Dickson and encountered their home somewhere in the south east end of the township. He had supper at their place and spent the night. What many people might not realize is that the Munsons remained in the area for many years afterwards and Ephraim is now buried in the Old Sheffield Cemetery. Also, their land appears on a number of early township maps and are recorded in Dickson's ledgers which can be found at the Cambridge Archives. My main reason for mentioning them here is to highlight that here are two people whose whole history may not yet be explored and that there may yet be more to say about them and the family they started in our region.