McGill University. Built in 1821, McGill University is the oldest university in Montreal, Quebec's largest city. The university was founded by Scottish merchant James McGill, and that accounts for the university being an English-language school. McGill covers an expanse of two campuses with 11 faculties of study and 300 disciplines.
About Boone, NC. The town of Boone sits in Watauga County atop the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of. North Carolina. Serving as the county seat and market town, Boone is also home to. Appalachian State University. Our town gets its name from the famous pioneer and. explorer, Daniel Boone.
On November 25, 1847, in New Bern, she married a freedman named James Boone (or Boon); they would have eight children. The Boone family left North Carolina for New Haven, Connecticut before the outbreak of the American Civil War; they settled into a house at 30 Winter Street. James Boone worked as a brick mason until his death in 1874 while his wife was listed in New Haven directories as a dressmaker. Sarah Marshall Boone died in 1904 and is buried in a family plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.