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Ruth Burrows established The Volunteer Bureau in August 1966 as part of United Community Services (United Way). The Bureau provided services such as driving services, a housing registry, a furniture exchange , clothing depot, English for Newcomers, Seniors' drop-in centres and literacy programs. It became an independent agency with a board of directors in 1970 and was incorporated in 1972. In 1997 the Bureau established information and referral services and became known as Volunteer and Information Quinte (VIQ). Website: http://viq.ca/

Florence (Carr) Lennox was a lifelong resident of Belleville, Ontario. She was an artist who took up painting at the age of 50.

Rollin Corrobus Benedict was born in Vermont in 1812. He published the Hastings Times and Farmer's Journal in Belleville, Ontario, in 1833. He died in Kingston, Ontario on 22 January 1879.

Joseph Wilson was the publisher of a newspaper called Wilson's Experiment in Belleville, Ontario, in 1848.

Stephen Washburn was born in Potsdam, New York. He published the Victoria Chronicle newspaper in Belleville, Ontario between 1843 and 1849. He died in Seabright, New York, in 1906.

Langley & Burke was an architectural partnership based in Toronto, Ontario. The two partners in the firm were Henry Langley and his nephew, Edmund Burke.

Edgar Tumak is an architectural historian and former resident of Deseronto, Ontario. He served as a Councillor for the Town from 2006 to 2014.

Almonte Douglas Alkenbrack was a lumber merchant and politician. Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Alkenbrack

Gagen & Fraser was a firm of photographers which was active at 79 King Street, Toronto, Ontario between 1878 and 1896.

Louise Rathbun was born in Deseronto, Ontario, on March 16th, 1859, daughter of Hugo Burghardt Rathbun and his wife Louise (Storm). She married Edward Clement French on October 22nd, 1884 in Deseronto. He died on April 23rd, 1895 in Deseronto. She married Frederick W. Powell on June 30th, 1896 in Deseronto. He died December 3rd, 1915 in Ottawa. She died in Ottawa on September 7th, 1922.

The Deseronto High School was designed by architect Thomas Hanley. The Rathbun Company was awarded the construction contract and work began in June 1889. The school opened in January 1890 and was in operation until 1963.

Harold McMurrich Rathbun was the child of Edward Wilkes Rathbun and his second wife, Bunella McMurrich. He lived all his life in Deseronto, Ontario. He married Nora Stoddart (1903-1996).

Reginald John Lickfold was a resident of Belleville, Ontario, who served as a sergeant in the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment during the Second World War.

Aaron Bell is a graphic designer and videographer from Belleville, Ontario.

William Clarence 'Bill' Sharpe was born in Deseronto, Ontario on 30 November 1919, the child of Arthur Sharpe and Ethel Cole. He served in the Second World War and married Edith Parr in Surrey, England in August 1945. He died in Camberley, Surrey, on 31 January 2015.

Dana Valentyne worked as the Economic Development Officer for the Town of Deseronto, Ontario.