Background
His father, a private in the New York militia, was killed fighting the British in 1777. His mother moved with the family to Canada in 1790 and they began farming in the Stoney Creek area.
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James Gage
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Lumber merchant, miller. James gradually took responsibility for the farm and in 1796 married. He later opened a general store and became a successful merchant.
In May 1796, Gage received a land grant.
He died in Hamilton, Ontario and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery. Gage Avenue and Upper Gage Avenue in the city of Hamilton, Ontario are named simply because the avenue below the mountain brow is located along the western border of the park named after the Gage family.
The parkland was sold by lawyer Robert Russel Gage a direct descendent of the William Gage, the uncle of James Gage. The wounded were treated inside their homes and they were both awarded compensation for it by the government.
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February 15, 1854 (aged 79)