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Caroline BUELL was the daughter of Bemslee BUELL and Lois SHERWOOD. Caroline born approximately 1818 in Ontario - probably Brockville. Caroline applied and received land as a daughter of a United Empire Loyalist by Order-in-Council 26 May 1843, Drummond Township, Lanark Co., Ont. Caroline married James ENNIS Sr. (of Drummond Twp., Lanark Co.) on 5 June 1850. They were married by Rev. SMART.

Caroline BUELL was the second wife of James ENNIS Sr., (Ellen BAKER was his first wife). Caroline and James ENNIS Sr. had the following children:

Margaret ENNIS born 8 July 1851, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ont. married 18 Jan 1869 William CODE
Margaret died 1926, Mossbank, Saskatchewan (had eleven children)
William ENNIS born about 1853, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ont.
Thomas ENNIS born about 1855, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ont.

James ENNIS Sr. was an early 1820 settler of Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario - his family originated in Killashandra Parish, Cavan County, Ireland. James ENNIS Sr. would work his land in Drummond Twp. from spring to fall, and return to Ireland for the winter months. He did this for several years before bringing his family to Canada. James' brother Arthur and David followed him to Canada in later years as well as a Cousin Arthur ENNIS.

In Carol Bennett's publication (1982) "In Search of Lanark" the following appears:
The first mill was a gristmill, built circa 1825 by James ENNIS. He was an energetic man who went on to build a saw mill and the Ennisville Hotel. The name of the village was changed to Ennisville in honor of his family, and it was not until some years later that the present spelling, Innisville, was adopted.

The family name was spelt ENNIS but pronounced Innis.

In the County Atlas of 1880 the following appears:
Innisville contains two stores, a church, a hotel, two woollen mills, a grist mill, a shingle mill and a foundry.
James ENNIS, after whom the village was later named, built the first mill - a grist mill - apparently about 1825. He later built an oat mill and saw mill and ran the Ennisville Hotel. Woollen mills were later built here by Abram and George CODE, and James ENNIS and James JACKSON.

James ENNIS Sr. died 19 August 1864, Drummond Twp., and is buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Innisville, Ont.
Caroline (BUELL ) ENNIS died 26 June 1890 in Hampden, North Dakota, U.S.A.

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