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Stephen Sylvester Main (1874-1937) was born near Sheffield in Beverly Township, Wentworth County, Ontario, the son of Stephen Main (1830-1912) and Rosetta Culham (1836-1917). A carpenter by trade, Main was also a farm labourer, wheelwright, cheesemaker, electric railway conductor, poultry enthusiast, and rural photographer. He married Margaret Ann Harvie (1878-1962) in 1913.

Sir Alexander Malet (1800-1886), 2nd Baronet, the eldest son of Sir Charles Malet (1752-1815), was an English diplomat and writer. Born in Wiltshire, England, he was educated at Winchester College and at Christ Church, Oxford before entering the diplomatic service as an attaché in St. Petersburg in 1824-1825. He later held posts in Lisbon, The Hague, Vienna, and Württemberg. In 1849, Malet became a minister to the Germanic Confederation at Frankfurt, and there formed a close friendship with Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). On the fall of the Germanic confederation in 1866, Malet retired on a pension. He died in 1886.

Diz Marsh was a costume and set designer for theatre as well as movies. She has designed for many Canadian theatre companies including the Shaw Festival, Phoenix Theatre, Toronto Free Theatre, Young People's Theatre, Theatre Plus, and Factory Theatre.

Edith Louise Marsh (1870-1960) was an author and local historian from Clarksburg, Grey County, Ontario. Her publications include: Where the Buffalo Roamed: The Story of the Canadian West (1908), The Story of Canada (1912), Birds of Peasemarsh (1919), With the Birds for Little Folks (1929), With the Birds in Field and Garden (1929), A History of the County of Grey (1931), and Trillium Hill (1955).

Harold Campbell Mason (1895-1976) was born in Straffordville, Ontario and was the son of Thomas H. Mason, who was one of the first students to attend the Ontario Agricultural College in 1874. H.C. Mason followed his father’s footsteps and entered the OAC in 1913 as a member of the Class of 1917. After serving overseas during the First World War, he graduated in 1920 with a B.Sc. degree. The author and editor of numerous books and articles, including in the OAC Review as a student, Mason lectured at the OAC and served as farm editor of “The London Advertiser” for over a decade and was later the head of the Agricultural Department of The James Fisher Company of Toronto. He later farmed near Wilton Grove (London), Ontario.

Matthews is Cree from the Sachigo Lake First Nation.

Ellamanda “Ella” Krauter Maurer (1891-1974) lived on a farm in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region. She was the daughter of Albert Krauter and Mary Metz and was the sister of Edwin, Emmerson, Allen, and Edna Krauter. She married Walter J. Maurer and they had one son, Vernon.

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John Verner McAree was born in 1876. He was educated in Toronto, Ontario and would grow his career working at The Toronto Star, the Mail and Empire, later known as the Globe and Mail. He published three books: “The Fourth Column”, “Culled from our Columns”, and “Cabbagetown Store”. McAree passed away in 1958.