Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott
Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott was the first Canadian-born Black doctor in Canada. He served in the Union army as a civilian surgeon during the American Civil War and attended to President Abraham Lincoln in his last moments. Afterwards, he returned to Canada and married Mary Ann Casey.
He was a public advocate of integrated schools. He moved with his family to Dundas in 1881 where he held many prominent positions including as High School Trustee (1883) and became Chairman of the Internal Management Committee (the Board of Education) in 1885.
