Samuel Drennan

Samuel Trangott Drennan (November 20, 1819 – 1882

He was born in the Moravian settlement, County Tyrone, and left Ireland as a boy, moving to Scotland with his father. Drennan was educated in Scotland. In 1841, he came to Kingston, where he worked as a clerk in a dry goods store. Drennan next worked as a purser on a steamship. He then, with a partner, opened his own dry goods store; after the partnership was dissolved, he continued operating on his own. Drennan married Annie Boyd. He then became a furniture manufacturer. For a time, his furniture was being built by convicts at the Kingston Penitentiary.

His son William Melville Drennan also served as a mayor of Kingston.