Reverend Alexander Wylie Mahon was born on November 6, 1855, in Nova Scotia, Canada.

After studying at Dalhousie University, he became a student at Pine Hill Theological Seminary in Halifax. In 1893, he received his Bachelor of Divinity degree and he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.

In 1895, he married Flora Cameron Macleod. He died on August 3, 1930, in Toronto, Ontario.

John Harold Magor was born on September 19, 1864, in Newton Abbot, England.

In 1882, he immigrated to Quebec, Canada. He was a merchant.

In 1889, he married Eliza Edith Ansley. He died on May 24, 1937, in Montreal, Quebec.