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About Abraham Law
- Abraham Law (October 13, 1806 - February 14, 1885) was the first Reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario.
- Law was married to Elizabeth Klinck, with whom he fathered thirteen children.Law was born in Pennsylvania.
- In 1824 he came to Upper Canada with his parents, who settled outside of Stouffville.
- Law came to Richmond Hill in 1826.
- In Richmond Hill he took up employment as a general merchant.
- He soon came to own a tannery where he worked as a tanner.
- In 1827, he purchased a lot at the corner of Yonge Street and today's Richmond Street, where he built an estate he named "Richmond Villa" in 1833.
- In the 1850s, Law worked as an assessor for Vaughan Township. On January 6, 1873, Law was elected the first reeve of the newly incorporated village of Richmond Hill.
- The biggest issue that faced the Richmond Hill Village Council during his term was the need for a new high school for the village.
- Money was raised for the school and its construction was completed in November 1873.
- Law served only a single year as mayor, and was replaced in 1874 by William Harrison.
- Law died in Richmond Hill in 1885 and was buried in the Presbyterian church cemetery.Law crescent in Richmond Hill was named in his honour.
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