1892: E.L. Sutherland

E.L. Sutherland, West Zorra

Ebenezer L. Sutherland served as Reeve for the Township of West Zorra from 1890 to 1892 and was elected Warden in 1892. He would also serve as Reeve for the Village of Embro in 1914. From 1894 to 1909, Mr. Sutherland serve as Clerk for the Township of West Zorra. 

He was also associated with the Western Farmer’s Insurance Company, and was the captain of the Zorra tug-o-war team that pulled itself into world fame in Chicago in 1893. Affectionately known as “Little Abe”, he was more than six feet tall.