John Cameron Dryden (February 3, 1893
Dryden was educated at the Manitoba Agricultural College, and worked as a farmer. He served for ten years on the municipal council of Ste. Agathe, and served overseas in World War I from 1915 to 1918 as a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers. Dryden received a military medal in 1917. In 1919, he married Luella Mary Kemp.
In the early 2000s, his nephew Murray Dryden's son, Ken Dryden, was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Martin to the federal cabinet as Minister of Social Development.