Absalom Shade
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Absalom Shade
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Absalom Shade was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania around 1793 and worked as a carpenter in Buffalo, New York. In 1816, he was hired by William Dickson to manage his lands in Dumfries Township in Upper Canada. Shade operated a general store, a mill and a distillery in the area. The settlement that developed on the Grand River, originally known as Shade's Mills and later became Galt. In 1819, he built a small bridge over the Grand Riv
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Canadian politician
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2023-05-16T06:25:51Z
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