(2 Nov. 1885-23 March 1964), sawmill proprietor. (Jonathan MacLennan, J. K. MacLennan) Born at Dalkeith, GC. Parents: Kenneth MacLennan (1843-1895), a farmer, and his wife Christy MacKenzie (1849-1933); their farm was on Lot 9, in the 7th Concession of Lochiel Township. Jonathan MacLennan attended the primary school at Dalkeith, and was a farmer in his early years. In the winter of 1925, he began operating a portable sawmill at Spring Creek, west of Dalkeith. (Glengarry News 20 Feb. 1925) A few years later, he transferred his operations to a more permanent sawmill he built at Dalkeith, on the property where the MacLennan sawmill operated till recently, on the north side of the road where the railway track cuts through the village. He was married at Alexandria on 4 July 1923 to Harriet (Hattie) Catherine MacIntosh. Jonathan MacLennan died at Cornwall General Hospital. (children) He was a Baptist. The burial was at Breadalbane Cemetery. He was a deacon of the Breadalbane Baptist Church, and was secretary-treasurer of School Section # 4 Dalkeith (the school in Dalkeith village) for 40 years. His sawmill was continued by his son, Kenneth Maclennan.

Private information, personal knowledge * buys farm, Glengarry News 9 May 1924