Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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McCone, William , Farmer, Windsor. Mr. McCone was born in 1865, at Carrick-fergus, County Antrim, Ireland. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Auckland” in 1880, and was brought up to country life by his father, who is a farmer in the Otiake district. Mr. McCone started farming and contracting in that neighbourhood in 1888, and was subsequently engaged in cropping on his own account for two years. In 1900 he became one of the first selectors on the Elderslie estate, drawing a section of ninety-six acres, under a lease in perpetuity. He has erected a cottage on his property and has effected considerable improvements. Mr. McCone was married, on the 7th of September, 1898, to a daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Moreton, of Staffordshire, England, and has two sons and one daughter.