Michael Hamilton Foley (1820-April 8 1870) was a lawyer and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Sligo in the Republic of Ireland in 1820 and came to Port Colborne in Upper Canada with his parents in 1822. He began work as a school teacher but later worked as a journalist on several newspapers while studying law. He was called to the bar in 1851. Wikipedia
FOLEY , MICHAEL HAMILTON , journalist, lawyer, and politician; b. 1820 at Sligo (Republic of Ireland); he and his wife Katherine had eight children; d.8April1870 at Simcoe, Ont. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38549&query=
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