Final Resting Place: Beechwood Cemetary

In 1891 when Moss was 69, he tried to get the proposed railway, which was to run from Kingston to Ottawa, routed through Manotick, which would have enhanced property values. Marlborough and North Gower were able to prevent that happening.

When he was 71, still trying, he acquired an interest in a mill site on the Red Deer river.

He hoped to sell it at a profit, to apply to his debts. It came to naught. In1897 on July the 19th Moss Kent died at the age of 75, owning nothing. He had held off his creditors for 20 years. No mean feat! However, George and William were able to carry on until 1928, when they both died.

Charlotte died in 1927 and Elizabeth sold the house to Aleck Spratt and moved to Ottawa to live with a cousin, in 1929. None of the children married and there are no longer any Dickinsons’ in Manotick, but the legacy of Moss Kent Dickinson, is the village, his dream.

In 1891 when Moss was 69, he tried to get the proposed railway, which was to run from Kingston to Ottawa, routed through Manotick, which would have enhanced property values. Marlborough and North Gower were able to prevent that happening. When he was 71, still trying, he acquired an interest in a mill site on the Red Deer river.

He hoped to sell it at a profit, to apply to his debts. It came to naught.

In1897 on July the 19th Moss Kent died at the age of 75, owning nothing. He had held off his creditors for 20 years. No mean feat! However, George and William were able to carry on until 1928, when they both died. Charlotte died in 1927 and Elizabeth sold the house to Aleck Spratt and moved to Ottawa to live with a cousin, in 1929.

None of the children married and there are no longer any Dickinsons’ in Manotick, but the legacy of Moss Kent Kent Dickinson, is the village, his dream.