SHEATH, ISAAC BRENTNALL (1814-97) was born in England. He was a member of a flourishing firm of gunmakers (Hollis and Sheath), when he decided to emigrate, and came to Canterbury in the Chrysolite (1861). He had a sheep run in the Mackenzie country, and coal mines at Malvern. In 1869 he started woolscouring works at Woolston, and later joined R. A. Loughnan in flaxmilling at Halswell. Eventually he was in business in Christchurch as an ironmonger. Sheath was in the Provincial Council for Mt Cook (1866-67) and for Timaru (1870). He died on 19 May 1897.

Canterbury P.C. Proc.; Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1897; The Press, 21 May.

Reference: Volume 2, page 150

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