Builder Profile
Name: Roney, John
Birth Date: 10/14/1829
Death Date: 11/25/1905
Bio: James Roney was born in New Richmond, New Brunswick, Canada on October 14, 1829. He left there at the age of 23, traveling to Bangor, Maine, which was then considered "the lumbering capital of the world." Two years later Roney--along with numerous other residents of Bangor--followed the lumber industry west to Stillwater, arriving here on November 7, 1854. He went to work in the northern lumber camps cutting the timber, and in the spring he helped float the logs down the river to the saw mills. After a couple of years in the camps, he returned to Stillwater to continue working in the thriving lumber business. In 1863, he married Elizabeth McGuire, and together they raised a family of seven children. On October 15, 1881, the Stillwater newspaper, the Messenger, announced that James Roney was retiring at age 52:"James Roney is one of the few lumbermen who have been able to retire with a competence. After a season of almost unprecedented prosperity he has disposed of his entire logging interests, including pine lands, to Sauntry & Tozer, and will in future enjoy the fruit of his labors. He has an elegant home which commands a fine view of the lake, and a bank account which, though not sufficient to buy more than a dozen railroads, is large enough to afford himself and family every comfort during his life and a snug patrimony to his children when he shall have passed away." James Roney lived in his elegant residence another twenty-four years until his death November 25, 1905.
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