William Hamilton Merritt. From the book Merritt, Biography of the Hon. W. H. Merritt, M. P., of Lincoln, District of Niagara, including an Account of the Origin, Progress and Completion of Some of the Most Important Public Works in Canada, by Jedediah Prendergast Merrrit. St. Catherines, Canada: R. S. Leavenworth, Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1875. Image courtesy of Wikipedia