Eric O. McMurtry, born in Montreal, was a grandson of wealthy businessman and politician Alexander Walker Ogilvie. After graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, he enlisted as an officer with the infantry in the Royal Expeditionary Force but later transferred to the Flying Corps attached to the 23rd Battalion. He had the rank of major when he was shot down and killed while piloting a B-29 bomber on patrol near Houdain in France.

Dr. Allan McMillan was a physician and surgeon who worked in Trout River, Franklin County in New York State and mostly in Huntington, Quebec, towards the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century.

Aeneas McMaster was born in Scotland, and emigrated to Canada in 1874. In 1875, he became the Director of the Glasgow Canadian Land and Trust Company, which operated in Compton County, Quebec, among other places. In 1876, he was Mayor of the Municipality of Hampden (which at the time included Hampden Township and the the town of Scotstown). By 1884, he was School Commissioner in Scotstown.