American Immigrants to Pre-Confederation Canada - Laura Secord, Philemon Wright, Casimir Gzowski, Wilson Ruffin Abbott, Joseph B. Hagey, George Halsey Perley, Barnabas Bidwell, Samuel Smith, Loring Woart Bailey, Malachy Salter (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Laura Secord, Philemon Wright, Casimir Gzowski, Wilson Ruffin Abbott, Joseph B. Hagey, George Halsey Perley, Barnabas Bidwell, Samuel Smith, Loring Woart Bailey, Malachy Salter, Hiram Capron, John Rochester, William Pearce Howland, Samuel Lount, Ezra Butler Eddy, Abraham Law, Richard Cartwright, John O'Connor, Charles Dewey Day, Moss Kent Dickinson, Joseph Merrill Currier, James Miller Williams, Marshall Spring Bidwell, Delino Dexter Calvin, Thomas Ingersoll, Jonathan Belcher, John Stevenson, John Adams, Bowman Brown Law, George Rykert, Edwin Atwater, Henry Franklin Bronson, George Benjamin, Braddish Billings, Timothy Ruggles, John Brown, Oliver Simmons, Josiah Burr Plumb, Ebenezer Washburn, George Strange Boulton, Thomas Dorland, Erskine Henry Bronson, Lewis Campbell, C. W. Bangs, Philip Dorland, Theodore Davis, William Sexton, Charles Nelson Tripp, Isaac Fraser, Ruggles Wright, George Jervis Goodhue, Charles Frederick Henry Goodhue, Charles Morris. Excerpt: Laura Ingersoll Secord (September 13, 1775 - October 17, 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for warning British forces of an impending American attack that led to the British victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams. Laura Ingersoll was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in 1775. Following the aftermath of the American Revolution, her father, Thomas Ingersoll, who had supported the loyalists, moved his family to Canada in 1795, reportedly in hopes of regaining his lost family fortune. In 1797 Laura married a United Empire Loyalist, James Secord, son of an officer of Butler's Rangers. The couple resided in Queenston, Upper Canada (present-day Ontario), while her family went on to settle present day Ingersoll, Ontario. After helping carry Isaac Brock's body from the battlefield during the Battle of Queenston Heights, James Secord...