Charles_Sparrow

Charles Sparrow

Charles Sparrow

Add article description

Charles Sparrow (1808 – January 26, 1897) was the fifth mayor of Bytown.[1][2]

Quick Facts Mayor of Bytown, Preceded by ...

He was born in Quebec in 1808 and moved to Bytown while still young. Sparrow owned a general store and tannery on Sussex Street in the Lower Town part of Bytown. He was elected to municipal council in 1850 and became mayor in 1851. He is buried at Notre-Dame Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847–1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)
  2. [2]
    Mullington, D. (2005). Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948). General Store Publishing House. p. 12. ISBN 9781897113172. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  3. [3]
    Mullington, Dave (2005). Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948). ISBN 9781897113172.
  • Bytown: The early days of Ottawa, Nick and Helma Mika
Preceded by Mayor of Bytown
1851		 Succeeded by
Stub icon

This article about a mayor in Ontario is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Charles_Sparrow, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.