Adna was born in 1816. He is the son of Stephen Pherrill and Elizabeth Russell. Adna & Mary Ann were married by Thomas Phillips D.D. at St. James Anglican Church in Toronto.[1]
"Adna Pherrill, the subject of this sketch, was born in this township (Scarborough) in 1816, and lived on the old homestead until he reached man's estate, when his father presented him with thirty acres of land wherewith to commence life. He afterwards purchased his present one-hundred-acre farm in Scarboro', for which he paid 20 per acre. He also acquired thirty-two acres in the township. He has been very successful in buying and selling farms and city property. He purchased one hundred acres at Widder, Bosanquet Township, Lambton County, which being required for town lots turned out a very profitable investment ; he afterwards bought three farms in Chatham, where two of his sons and his eldest daughter now reside ; he also purchased a fine residence in Leslieville, before it became part of the City of Toronto (for which piece of property he has been offered three times what it originally cost him). Mr. Pherrill attributes his success to the fine example set him by His honoured father, and never forgot a maxim laid down by him " My son, be honest and earnest in whatever you do." He had a brother who was a lieutenant in the Rebellion of 1837-38. In 1838 he married Miss Stewart, daughter of Captain William Stewart, by whom he has seven children living, viz. : William, Russell, Stewart, Tilmer, Elizabeth, Mary Hester and Helen. Having, by nearly fifty years of industry and hard work, amassed a considerable fortune, he retired in 1875 to enjoy the ease and comfort to which his past life entitles him."[2]
Scarborough High School was built on land purchased in 1919 from the Pherrill Estate. Laying of the corner stone for the school (later renamed R.H. King) was on June 29, 1922.[3]
In 2009, the municipality approved the naming of a private lane off of St. Clair Ave E. as "Pherrill Mews". The staff report noted that the development was on the site of the Adna Pherrill farm on Lot 25, Concession B, Scarborough. Adna is named as the son of Stephen Pherrill who came to Canada in 1805 from New Brunswick.[4]
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