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HaLIF AX " Biography is tlie most universally pleasant, universally profitable, of all reading/'-G/r/v/^. BOSTON Biographical Review Publishing Company 15 COURT square 1900 f !036-i !'i NOTE. All ,l,e l,i,,„a,,lmnl sketches puMislu-d i„ ,l,is vnlu.ne were sul,mi„e.l , dr respective s.biccts nr ,„ ,1,. sub- scribers, fn,„, wl,o,„ the facts were prinurily „btai„e.l. for their approval „r .recti,,,, bef,„e Boi„g ,„ p,.., a„>/^^j"^ MALACIIV J'.( )\Vi;S I).\IA', K. C. M (]., Lieutenant ;;()V(.'r- niu- (if Xii\a Scdtia, was Imii-ii in ^L•l^(•hnlc)l)t, (Jucbcc, L'ei)ruarv C>, iS^f), son (it Sir J)iiniinicl< anJ Canilinc ALiria ((lore) Daly. Hi^ remote iKiternal ance.stor.s, wlio jjelnn^ed to the most re- spei-ted class of oh! Irish .<;entry, si)elled their name O'Daly. 'Lhe one who Honrished in Ireland seven generations ayo was Donoiioh O'Daly, eoncerninj; whom little is now kncjwn. Dimoiigh's son, James Daly, married .Anniston Darey. The next in this line lember i,, 1670. was ordained to the ministry at I'oint .Allerton, Nantasket, or Hull, Mass., and appointed to a church there at a salaiN of forty pounds per \ear. In Mtiy, |(')7^, lie was admitted a freeman. He was a good schcdar and penman, aiul wrote most of the wills and legal papers drawn up in Hull. He officiated at the Lord's Supper for the last time on Ma\- 2, 1725, and his death occurred Niivend)er 5, 1726. His wife, .Surah, a twin sister of .\nna Alcock, both iicing daughters of John .\lciick (H. ['. iCi^C)), of Roxburv, Mass., was baptized .May 26, 1630. The car- tract of their marriage w.is dated October 26, I 1O70. They hatl nine cliildien. JilOGKAI'UICAL REVIEW It J'lhii Whitniiiii, scvuiuli ihilil „f the Kuv. Zechiuiah ;.n,l .S;in,h Whitman, was hum in "jSH. Jkit little is known of him. save that lie was a wealthy and influential man and a IVaenn <,f the eiiurel,. He was thrice nianied. His hrst wile, lormeily .Mary Graves, died No- vember 24, 17,6, at the early a-e of seventeen years and nine months. Jle married for his •second wife Dorcas, widow of Thomas Chitt), •■"Hi dau-hter of Captain Jacob (ireen, of Charle.stown, .Mass. Siie died October iS, 171X, at the age of thirty-four. J.',,,- bis third wife John Whitman married Margaret, widow of J.ibn JJamon, of C'harlestown, Mass., and • daughter .,f the Rev. 'J-bonKis Clarke. ' She | died October . r,. i;-s, aged sixty-si.v vears. I He had one child In his first wife, two i,y lii.s .second, and four by bis third. J.-'bn Whitman, .second, otherwise kn,,wn as I'e.icou John Whitman, and the hrst chihi of John and Dorcas Whitman, was b,,ru at St,.w, Mass., September 2., ,7,;. With tortv-five others became to \,,va .Scotia, June \ ;r„ . \ in the >|oop "Cbarniing I'olly." landing at I ■\nnapolis. They brought with them their ; wives and hou.seludd effects. He had been a De.icon in the clunvb at .Stow, and both there and in his new home was a man much esteemed for his high personal character. He did ' September ,2, ,jG^^, i,,,;,,^. , considerable Pi-"Peity. He married, February G, xjj^j^ \ Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr. |-oster, of Stafford, Conn. She was born in 17.-7, 'and died December 24, i,s,,. n^.v ),ad eleven i children, of whom Abraham, the tenth, was the i Kiandfather of the subject of this sketch. I Abraham Whitman was born at Stow, Mass., September 10, ,761. The early death of hil father and the comparatively limited means of the family compelled their separation, and at an early age Abraham started out to make his own way in the world. He first went to Ilali- la.v an-■. and tor some time loll.wed the .«cm as a ^•^'l"^""- Subsequently, he .settled at Halifax h) iiii BIOGKArilKAI, RF.VIF.W where for many years he was engaged in In.si- This process has been widely adopted, and the ness as a Wesc India merchant, being also entcri.rise, in which several of his sons are largely interested m shipping and owning associute.l with him, has proved a success, many vessels. He spent his list days with his Successfid in business ant named, is the lios- 'Ihis lasted until 1.S37, in which \car he went ton representative of CoUas, Whitman & Com- t,) New Vork, where he remaine , tor twelve pany. Limited, lie married M. years, engaged in commission hu-mess In kilcl'ie. d.mghter of Judge Norman Ritchie, of partnership with hi- brotliers John and Robert. llalif..v, ami has lour children. Th.mias in iSr»j, returning to .Nova .Scotia, he setth'd at 1 )^\ iglil Whitma.n was lor .several years engaged .\nnapolis Royal, where for sometime he was in ihe lumber business ai Oakland, a sulan-h agent of the branch otTiceof '.he I'nion Hank of of .San l-,anci>co, Cal. lie retmned to An- Ilalila.v. and subsequently ol the I'.ank ot Nova napolis Royal, X.S., in iS.),,, and is now with .Scitia. Later he, witii se\eial others, estab- his lather in tlie lumber >onnnis>i,,n business. lisbed the N.)va Scotia I.lovds Mutual Maibie X'ietor is mairiger ot ihe Whitm.m drying Insurance Company of which he was mana.Lvr. onaess l.a' John I'ugh .V Son at (iloucester, Shortiv afterward^, having re'iied from bank- M.iss ing, he enga|.'d in the lumber commission oiVue birsiness, iti IS.J5 he inxeiaeil a pr.icess ol follas, Wiiitm.ni .K: fonipanv. Limited, at drvmg lish, which In has p.itentcd in all jlalita.x. lie m.nried I'dna dates, d.mghter the leadii^g h -h countries ol th'v^or'd, in o| IMw.nd ( i.ites, Sheriff o| Aimapolis County, some (;f them establishing branch agencies. , ,ind h,is two cliildren riiilip Louis and lulith. ohn I'Mser is eni|iio\cd in his father's .\illiiu' llaidleliehl \< manager for » IluN. Al.l- Kl.h 1,. jiiM.s. KIOfJRAI'lIK AL IU;VIK \V J. '"'"• ^' '■'^" ^"^i'Kvr. ul,„ «as .cl.uatcl t^WiXs Cnllcjic Wiiulsor, \.S. encc .Sr)i(Icr of St. fnlm, x, |; iiKiriicd l''l(,|-- I ,,f ill .\r, 'li^''l .Sr).icn.ber ii, ,74., ,.,t 743. at the vuncnble '""^■ty-lmir. TluT iKul ten child,- iia Jdiu's, fr nee ^I'-- Whitman is a n,en,l,e,- ,„ ul. 'l!,n„' , ' T'" "" '"' ''"" ■''"'^' "^" '""" ''^-'^ c-l-uich. [n politics he is a I ihenl I , ", '""■''-■'' -^'''-'"■' J^^i"'", •■""' t'-T i^-l r,ve children, of whon, ].:iishua -H..^ «':is the \oun-est. <'^- AI.FRI.;i) (.11 n\ I,, MS r !'''1"? •'"'"'' '"■ ^^'^ ''^ "-^'-^ ''^'ter known) - ■ -'. ■J::::A:;:vf::'';rr-'''' ""- ■«' -■ -'".-"-u:.. ..,;;„ ,„ :: v",""^- ■".'"■ "' ""i"" '- "»' .I.C- c Halifax, X.S., and lately -■ ■ - ••• i "'^.nnent. He resided I. aff; 1). b '• •'•"•' '"'" i^'C^'ly iin.innuait in public ,r,rt in W ■ , ^, ^.e mos ^'<^'i.s. was bon, in ^^•evn,„nth, X. S. S p.en. I h " " ''^'--■--"^. -> was a Jns --^. -^4. hispa,.e„.s .sec i ^IZ \ Z: ^ '': T ''''''' '''''■ ''' ^^'^^ '-inK Ciny rarlefn an.l I.-ances Mnnes) ,„„,s ^ t,nn ': '"' ""'>• ''^"' ^'^'^'l ol.l--ashioned "^ i^ a lineal descendant .f ,,..,. i""" '"""^■^■" ^'''i'''-". all b... save one, T tlio most 1 •■■"''■111! rf Lrui:, |,,|,^,,^ t "•""■ according t„ the ,ec„„ls, with his wilc 'T '" '"'''" "' ''""' '"'"^ ^^^''''-'' ^1- i"i'»^'l -iH- church in R,.xlun v, Mass h, ,6 ,0 ' ' s! ! ''' "' "'' "'''""' "' ""^ ^^^''■''' •twenty years alter the a.ri'val of the -m',.' , , ! ' '"' •^""" "" '""" '" ^'--^-'H-etts. f""wer"atI'lymonth. I.cu i. sul,.e,„cntlv ' in ' ' '"•' '^'"■^■^ "^'v,- in the American ])„.- '650. removed ,0 Uatc,t„wn Ar ... ./j.^, ''";'" "' ""' ""'^' '" "'^' ^^vohuionarv War. -'- "■"'" '<-'-v, and ah,a„ cJiJistan, iL ^^ ,'''"^7 '''''''^" ''^"■''"' '''''^'''^'^ ''' '-" '^■-"■n, whce he ,,d,„uvd the „ccupati„n ,„' X,,., . '' .- ''"""" "'- "■"■ ''^' -"- '"""'^""-■' ''y hi-viie, .,„„, „,,„„ „, ,,,,„,,':"'■'; ""■' -"-' ^" ^^Vyn„.u,h, '"^'"'-''""•'1 -as Am, „„ Anna) ' .„ ,„ ,, „, ' '''"' '" '•^■^"- '■'"• '"any yca.s he ^"'"- '''i''''-. "( "l-m,he sec,,,:, ,1,'ild and ' J " ""' ?"' "' '''■^'''- ""■ "'^' ^-mty „n ,i.,,,. ^'''-^ --vas ,„siah. ,....i. ,,.,..,,,,;;;! ''^7 '''''''f •'■''->---. I- d,vu- a,, en- \Vatert„wn, Ap.il ,,, , , ,, , j,;^ '" ""';> ">^' ""'isl, ,„vernment up to the ^'^'>' ■•■-^a.edseve,,.y4.. ..,,:" '''^''i;-';\;V''- '^^^^^^ -dcnhood -'"^'^'''i -was b„:„i„ „„„,.„, „„^^ iJ' ■"""'':7""''^^-'l-'lau,hler,.,a„.valist '"''■ ''^■--'->^'''-'na,,,a,.,\:a;,,,he,-/;;iL,'r;'"'^^ "'^^•'"•'— "i"tl,epuld,c,„., ,U,,er ^ ''''""■'-""">• n, cMMence, dn,,. a. •''—vhich place he spcn, h,sUer,,„.. iCZZ^' ^^^'^''^ '''''•■'''''''''''' '''^^ ^-'■^.••)'^l'aT,eadway, .„„,„„• .„;,,: ; | ^ l^ 7';';7;," ' a,en„wnvin, n„. ^"" '-'^''^■^'tl'^'.^'ul of one bundled and 11^ 1 If ■i ; i6 ISIOGRAl'IlICAL REVIF.W three ye; "Iheir el St c ■hiUl (illV Carleton, father of the Hon. Alfred (i. Jones. Guy Carleton Jones, maiuler of the British forces in the re colonies, Sir (iuy Carleton, was lameil for the last coni- volted Mini isterof Militia. In the year 1S78 party politics ran hij; \<'h, the issui heint; that between free trade (or tariff for revemie iilv) as repre- LMited In the Liberal party and hi-h or pro- )orii m Wev- inou th, X. S., in 1781). lie was Registrar of Deeds at Weymouth for m his last days there, dyiiii the aj;c of seventy-tive year: ces, died in 1S41. six bovs and five : any years, and spent March 10, 1864, at II is-wi fe, !■ ran- They hatl eleven children, 'iris, of whom but two now tective tariff, advoca ted bv the Conservatives. Mr. J a chan ones s pa •tv (the Liberal) be in;:; defeated tie o f administration occurred, an d hi ost hi? •at. Re-elected, however, in issri. he sat in the House of C'oni mons at Ottawa as leading. uember of the opposition, un itil survive .\lfred ('.. and C.eorge. 1 Scj I . 1S7S a member o ;.f the ( )ueeirs I'rii-y Council of Canaila. At the last Alfred Ci. Jones, who was his p; irents' sixth eiieral election. child and fou rth son, atlended school at Var- , stroii-lv to run in iS()6, lie WLis solicited very a"aiii, but oil account of poor At the aL::e of eii;hteen year: mouth Academy, he beiJian an independent career, j^oiii- health declined the noniinalioi to Hal- i takes a ^reat interest in puhlu affair: e stil how- ifax, kee[ where ler will he found employment as bonk jver, both of the I'rovince am id of Canada in L C mear. West India iiier- jral, is a stron.t;' supporter of his partv, at chant and ship-ownei II e provei .1 him^ I'ver at heal t the best interests )f the ai.able and trustworthy that in '^50 he was pco| He is in favor of tlieilnses St and most ailmitte tted as a ]iartner in the luismess ; am 1 he , friendb- relations between Canada and Cireat so con tinned lor twent\-two yean thereafter, or ' Hritain and th L'nited .Stati.: am un tl itil Mr. Kinnear's ( leath, w le present tirm < ,f .\. C hen he foi-nu: c^ & Co.. < d he lincls it in his power to do to ^i 1 dues what- lide .if iiublic sentiment in that direction. the lar-est and mo-t lliiurishin,L if its kind in Mr. |oiK-s has had some CNperieiice th. Ml tiir.e citv. tai\' matter: I'or lifteen ve:ii: lie wa^ .ntered public life in iSi,;, at the tenant-colonel o I the I'ir:! I Kemmeii 111 mill- Lieu- t of \'ol- of the confederation of the I'rovii beinLT then electei to tlir 1 lominioii I'arli meiit. 111 " hirh he held hi- se.it mi til 1 .niteei- of Halifax, aixl in 1 Sii.) he was the ni/.er of the h'irst Hri-v.ile \oluiiteer Artil- 1 a- the I-'irsl RcLii- li'iv o! Halifax, now known a In the .'uer.il cleiiion ( if that \ear he wa- ment of Canadian .\itiller\, oi which also he defeited'bva small majoritv, hut in the lol- w.is l.haitenant cohmel. lowin.^ yem-, iS;^, he was returned by a lar;;e Mr. Jones has been twice niarricl, Ihstii-t ,„,,j„,h;. He retain,.! his seat up to iSjS, wile wa- Margaret Stairs, daughter ot William ,,„,t,;i,l,;,l time bein^ a member ol the Mc Staos. o| Halifax, N.S. She died m 1S7;. Kenzie administration, entering, the cabinet as havin;^ been the mother ol seven children, ol lUOGR M M Coll ^cst. and has four diildron - Gol.lsboro, (;„v i I ,„„,„„ , '. ' "i' "^""^ '^ ^""^-'-" '^''-^Pi'^'' nt ^a.loton, ilany, and Hildrcd. H. ^: .J V""' '" ^''^ ^"""-"^ y-' i,c settled aated with his father in business. A se.nrate hi T'- ^'' '"' '''"' '''>' ^"^^-^f"' '" t"^'^''^^^^'>-^'-'-'''->'''^'''undfon!:v;n: :j;:r^^'"''' ^"'" '-- ^' ■^•■•^^ -»' ^'-vin. "--•'-1- "-'-yT. Jones is now a barris- t-m-lawinllalila., andalso,.e.istrarofthe ^'""■' "^ '■'■"'-'- '•■-nces is an artist of .quite, whose works have been exhibited in the tli^ I'irst Re" Sinec.S95hehas been .S„rKeo„ n"; i'"^'"t t-anadian Artillery, and in «--.iN,«,hewas,a.ettedasSnr,eonand ".""";"^^' ^" ^'- -'-■ year he was ao- """^ ' '-""""^ -'^' ''--■ ^'-i i-v:: I !:;'" af ^'n'r '^r'^^" '''''' -^ "- ■"- ■ laniax, Jfe has also been a """■'^ ^'^'-'X-Mc eonnnent. She is also a ^^•'"^•'•' ^"•^' lia^ just issued in J^nj;land a snK.H ^■"'"'"^"1 1-etry, ealled '•.Melodies," whieh ■•eccved most llat.erin, notices from the Kn.- 't,'""^^- ^''^'"-i-i "andet ]!annan,ore, '"^'■^■^""•. J'-'>K'a"'U>nthasnoehildren ^^'''- •'"'"•^ '"^"'i^''! '-• I'i^ M..cond wife, in | '^/r. M,ss KmmaAlhro. dau;;htero, K.l^.nl I •'"""• '"■"'"''-• ^-^^ >iy>lns union there "■' "" ''''''-''■^■"- -^l'-. and .M,s. ,,,,es . , "'^■"■"••■^"-Ki. I...u.sahe.ub. r'" ""'"'■-'"'"''l-'^l.. 1. hi.,ir>,wi,e ^ --'--t. uas born in Ibdi,,,., , ,., ,,„,,^,,, „' 1 0(14 I, ,. ■• "ncmber of the I '^""-''--d of Health sinee ,,.,,,,,,,„ ,,,,^ ! ^vo y.ns bavin, been chairnun, of the board '""^" ^: "^ -^ '--" -t— 1, and has n,anv ™ f-'"'- '■' politics he is a Liberal. ' '"■■ •'""- '"arried, (Jetober ,,0. ,,S,Sy, M;,, ;-" ^'-now. daughter of the late Robert •\'"irow, of IJalifa.v. l^r.USTVS V. .STONK.MAN. Mav ' ^annouth, .\.S., and one o,' the '""''"•" '"'■'*''>e^-^ n,en of that nlaee ■'^ ''"'•" ^'t Varn.outh, N.S.. April ^ ,,,.' ^"'; "^''-Pl. and .Mary ,i.ewis, stonen.an "' •-■i'" >^tonen,an, his father, who was born • '^■';-P".t,Hn,land. May,, ,;,,,,,„, ^„ "An,er,ea at the a,e of twenty, settling n,.t at '^':'' ^" "'^' ^'--1- Castle Se,„„d. ■,;. ,„ ' ; ; "^' ''■^■; ^'"" -'-luently at Vannouth. '^'' '-''-" at the iKditax Medieal Coll |^ i'V',;""'"'' '"' ''' "^'"- '-' '- lud ■^ "^'""'' "'^' "••"'^' "'■ ■sln-p-carpenter. After ||iBW w ^. i lohn Doull, the firsl-liorn .son and the di- -1 I (li- IhiN. I.oK.W i;. I'.AKKK BIOGRAI'HrCAI, KKVIP:\y 21 rcct subject of this sketch, accompanied his parents to Nova Scotia when four yearu of age. He attended school in I'ictou. and sub- sequently continued his studies under a pri- vate tutor. Going to Halifa.v at the age of thirteen, he was subsequently employed for eleven years as clerk in a (lry-goo\. i.oKAx 1:1. 1. IS h.\k:.;r, ,„, I'Hly years and more a prominent "'usiiiess man of \'armouth, con- nected with nian> u\ its ninsi important enter- prises, and a citizen held in high repute fur his public spirit and liberality, was born in Yar- mouth, N.S., May .3, 183,. He was the .son "f Kllis and Delina (Kenney) IJaker. His father and mother were natives of Yarmouth and .Shelburne, N..S,, respectively. On his father's side his ancestral line in America began with lulward Baker, an early immigrant to Mas.sachusetts; while his maternal ancestors were among the first settlc-s of ]5arrington. N. .S. ^ Mr. Hakerin his youth received a substan- tial educati.m in the Yarmouth Aeademv. He gained his first j.ractical knowledge of business as clerk lor W. II. Townsend, then one of the leading merchants of Yarm.nilh. In 1S55 Mr. leaker began business for himself as a general merchant. Some time later he became inter- ested in ship building in company with Mr. ]'>hn Young, the business being eanied on by them under the firm name of ^'oung & Baker. In that year the partnership was dissolved : and Mr. Baker sul)se(|Uently continued the busi- ness ainne, meeting with marked succes.s. He "■as afterwar.l interested in various enterprises; and his great activity, keen b.resight and in- sight, and a .sound, careful judgment made his name practically a synonym for success in whatever undertaking he was connected with. 'I'lie st.uy ui his ctrccr lorms a leading chapter in the history of \'armouth, so clo.sely con- nected was he with its most important in.stitu- """s and its business, social, and charitable enterprises. -\ I'rief glance at his record shows that he was president of the ^'armouth Jbnk, president "' "'^' Varinouth ln>,nance Con.panv, pre.si.lcnt mOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and {general manager of the VarnKuith Steam- [ ship Company, president of the Grand Hotel j Company, president of the Yarmouth A^^rieult- ural Society, president of the Western Coun- ties' Railway, and president of the Mountain Cemetery Company, besides beinj,^ prominently associated with many others, all successful representative concerns, ai;gregating a vast : amount of capital, and j^iving emi>l.>yment to ; many people. I'erhaps the eiiteri)rise through | which he was best known is the Yarmouth j Steamship Company, whose splendid steamers j and fine passenger service have proved so great ^ an advertisement for the ti)\vii. In fact, the great influx of summer tourists by this line , became so large as to necessitate the erection | of a new and commodious public house, the | C.rand Ibitel, of which enterprise also he was at the head. ^ j As a citizen of public sjjirit, Mr. Haker won j his way to a high place in the regard (if his ! fellow townsmen. In iS()^ he gave to the city three acres of land, worth some fue tiiousaiKl dollars, delightfully situated (m the -uinmit of the hill back of the town, overhmking llie har- bor and sound, and which is now being con- verted into a public garden that will afford a pleasant resting-place, within easy reach ol all, after the hdurs of toil are ended. .\n uhserva tory is 'n be erected lliere tiial will command a view of about twenty miles of coast. in 1872 ,Mr. liaker foiuuled a niuseinn and public liliraiy in \'armnut!i, an inst iliit iun that has been of great benefit to the city, and is much appreciated by t' -• eiti/ens. Such acts of gen- erosity show a thoughtful cnnsideiation for tiie interests of tlie community not always found in men of wealth, even wiien, like Mr. Baker, they have risen by their own efforts from small beginnings. Mr. Maker represented Yarmouth County in the Provincial Legislative Council from Feb- ruary 25, 1S7.S, till his deati). In this official cajiacitv he did much to promote tiie interests of the county and the general welfare of the Ijublie, and it may justly be said that few men, if anv, during their life-time, were more highly esteemed thnuighdut tiie rmvince. He was a Liberal in politics, and his religious affilia- tions were directly witli Trinity Church of Yarmouth, of which he was a \'estr\'man. Mr. Maker was first married, in 1S57, to Marv ]•:.. daughter of Dr. J. H. Hnnd, of Yar- mouth. She died in iSCj.S; and Mr. Baker married for his secmul wife, in 1S70, l-'rances J., daughter of II. S. I'arisli, M.I)., of Yar- mouth. She died the year folli. .ing her mar- riage. .Ml". Baker was a,i;ain married in 1.S73, to .Marv I.., ila.igliter of Cieorge H, Creighton, l-".si|. , (if Dartmouth, .\. .S. Mr. liaker died suddenly in his berth in a 1 sleeping-car on a liLiin from New \'ork to Bos- ton, on the morning ol December 31, ii^(y). He is survived bv his third wife (whom lie had just accompanied to Washington, leaving her to pursue a journey in the Southern .States), their three sons - ( leorge I'rescott, N'ictor Stanlev. and .Se_\iiloiir Ciei.^htoii and a daughter, Morence .M., born of ids first niar- liage. His daughter is the wife of the Hon. Captain W. C. Stopford, of the Koyal Navy, i Miu of the luirl of Courtoun, of luiglaiid, and lUOGRAl'IIICAL REVIEW 23 has two cl,il,lrcn-^Dnra M. I.„n,ine and ^^■alk■|• Jolin. gfON. WII.I.IAM ROCHK, a Icadin- Inisincss mail of Ffalifax and a incm- bcr of the I'rovincial j^ovcrnincnt, was born i„ Halifax, N.S,. i„ ,84^. son of \\'illiam, Sr., and Susan (Manning) Roche , His paternal Grandfather was Captain Charles ■ Kocho, a native of Cork. Ireland, at which place the family had been settled for cen- . tiirics. ) Captain Charles Roche was engaged for i someti.ne in the ICast India and Australian I trade, .sailing from London, Kngland, in the I employ of Alderman (afterward Lord Mayor) I Curtis. On one of his voyages he sailed in tlic ship with Govern<,r I'hillips, who then i cohuii.ed South Australia. During the Rev- i olution.uy War in America he went to New i York, sailing from J'ortsmouth in a transport ' wldch formed a part of ti,e fleet that carrie.l Lord Howe to th.it city with a large force of li'-itish and Hessian soldiers. Ife reuuincd ni New York .luring the liritish occupation of that city. Subsequently coming to Nova Scotia, he married at Shclliurne. a dauHiter "I William Mc.Yib. a loyalist from New York, •"id settled in that town. He had three son.s •""' ""^' ''^'".^hter. Charles, Jr.. the .second, ■smi. was ,, merchant in Halifax for .some ' years, and represented Shelbiirne in the legis- i lature for one term, i.S?o. William Roche, Sr., third child of Captain Charles Roche, was born at Shelburne, N.S., in the year r.Soo. j-or a number of years he followed the sea, rising to the position of shipmaster. Sub,scquently he became a mer- chant in Halifa.x, and was very successful in business. For some years he was president "1 the Union Marine Insurance Company, and for two terms he served his ward as Alderman, being a Liberal in politics. He did at the ag'e of eighty-eight years. His wife, who was a daughter of Walter Manning, of Corn- wallis, N.S., ,lied at the age of .seventy-five, ihey were the parents of three children — Charles. William, and Julia K. The last named is the wife of J. N. Grant, of Haliflv. Charles Roche, third, is a resident of Halifa.x. William Roche, the .lirect subject of this •sketch, son of William, Sr., received his edu- cation in the schools of Halifax. Hnterin- the employ of the Union Insurance Company as a clerk at an early age, he remained in its office for twenty years. I„ ,.874 his .energies took a new direction. He established him- ■'^cll as a coal and commission merchant, start- ing the business which he is still carrying on _ at Roche-s \Vharf. Possessing rare business I qualifications, .self-reliant and successful, he I 's modest and unassuming of manner. ! fn politics a Liberal, Mr. Roche has taken a prominent part in public affairs. Ho was at one time chairman of the Ilalitax School -anl. 'n.«N'ihewaselecte.lamemberof to House of Assembly at the general election of thatye.r, and was re-elected in the follow- >ng elections of ,890 ami ,.S94. He was a member of the l•■\•,.^n^,•,. . /- i-Mcutive Council, without portloho. 24 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Mr. Roche married Miss Clara McLean, of Halifax, (laughter of I'eter McLean. He has one child, a son — William Roche, Jr. -fu^ICHARD CRAIG, a well-known and \^\ hii^hly esteemed citi/en of Truro, for- ^^^ nierly Mayor of the city, was horn at sea on the brij; "Dlivant "' on the 6th of May, 1820, son of .Samuel and ICli/aheth ( Mc- Gowan) Crait;, his parents heinj; en mute from Antrim, Ireland, to Halifax, N.S. A few weeks after arriving at Halifax, Samuel Craig, who had been a weaver in his native land, settled at Truro, where for forty years subsequently lie followed rhe trade of a mason. He died in Truro at the age of eighty-si.\. His wife, l!!lizaheth, whom he married June 24, 18 1 7, preceded him to the grave, dying at the ago of seventy-fivo.- .She also was a native of Ireland. The father of .Samuel Craig went to Irelaml from .Scotland at the time of religious persecutions in the latter country. Richard Craig was brought by his |).irents to Truro when he was but four weeks old, and with the exception of a year or two he has since resided in Truro. In his youth he began to learn the trade of ship-carpenter, but subsequently gave it up to learn that of black- smith, which bo successfully follov.'ed fur a number of years. He afterward engaged in the grocery business, becoming the head of the firm of R. Cr.iig & .Son, He retired from this firm some years ago, his son continuing the busii 'ss in the fine new building on Prince Strict, under the name of R. T. Craig & Co. In 1S43 ;\Ir. Craig took a trip to the Upper Provinces, going by stage-coach to .Stellarton, thence eleven miles by railway, the only rail- way in the Dominion, to the lo.iding-ground, and thence by the old steamer " Unicorn " to Quebec. At that time he visited many points of interest in (juebec and Ontario. In i.Scj.S, accompanied by his wife, he made a trip to Uritisii Columbia, wheiv he visited his son Andrew. In 1.S4S he was appointeil a Justice of the Peace. He held a [losition as .Second Lieutenant in the militia in iSC)2 and Cap- tain in iS6}. He Joine.l the Sons of Temper- ance as one of the charter members of Truro Division, No. 41, in i,S4S, became a member of the Grand Division in 1S55, and joined the Good 'Templars in 1864. He is an honorary member of six societies, and has taken an ac- tive part in the ad\-ocacy of temperance for half a century, attending more teTnperance meetings than any other man in the countv. Mr. Craig is a walking compendium of his- t(U'y covering this part of the cunitrv fifty years back. To him more than to aiiv other man is due the inauguration of 'Truro's natal day, the first celebration taking place on September 13, i88j, Mr. Craig being chairman ol the committee of arrangements. To the interesting and valuable memorial pamphlet giving an account of t' I'ri.-eediiigs of that occasion he contribut'"! a V' ' ! ->. ritlei\ hi-- torica! sketch of 'Tru; ■. ', !e is the invi'utor ot a simple and ingenious de\ici- for iKingthe levels of raihv.iy tracks on curves, where the Hon. D.W 11) Ml I'lllKSoN, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 27 outer rail is always elevated, in making bi- cycle race tracks, and laying drains on farms. !\rr. Craig was si.v times elected to the Council Hoard, serving ten years as Coiineillor am! one year as Mayor. ] le lias taken a keen interest in athletics, and was one of the lead- ing spirits in securing for the T. A. A. C. the beantifu] grounds they now have in the west end of tile town. On August _'s, iSs:,, Mr. Craig was united in marriage with Christina X. .Sutherlanc laughter of Donald Sutherland. Her father came from Scotland when a young man an.l settled in Truro. .Mr, and Mr- Craig are the parents of six children -^- Alvin James, Susan, Annie, Richard Thomas, An.lrew McCol- lough, and William H. \V. "ON. DAVID McPII1.:rS0N, a for- -ler Mayor of Halifax and one of the "^•ading men of the city, was born m Shell)urne County, Nova Scotia, August f, i«3-', son of John and hilizalieth (Martin) Mc- 1'1'crson. On his father's side he comes of pure Scottish stock, whose origin is but dimly shadowed in the traditions of the past, t|„, a„. ccstral kin embracing, besides the Mci'her- •snns, „ther .ancient Scottish clans with whom tl.cy intermarried. His paternal gramlp,arents were Lauchland an,l|.;ii.abcth (Cniubart) Mc- '■'''''■""•• ''"^'' <"■ ^^1""" ^anu. „f pnuninent •Vnttrsh l.unilies. I.auchl,,nd.\lcl'hers,u, was '""■"i'"i'a^^"U-, Scotland. „r in the parish of M'ot.s, ucr thai citv. His wife, l^li.abeth, w^'^n native of Pldinburgh. After their mar- riage they came to America and settled in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, where they passed their declining years. Their son John, father of David McPher- son, was born at Jordan River. Shelburne County, N.S., March ,3, ,8or. He learned the trade of shipwright, which he followed for many years in his native place. His business gradually increasing to large proportions, he was eventually numJx.red among the most suc- cessful men of his town, fn later life he re- "'ovcd to lioston. .Mass., where he died Feb- n-y 37. ..Ss,, at the age of fifty-eight years, il'-s political principles were Liberal while he ••ema.nal a resident of his native country. In tl-e United States he favored the Republican m- His wife, I.;ii.ab,.th, was a daughter ;' J"'- and Kli.abeth (Lvle) Martin, both l"-"r parents being natives of Scotland. Her grandfath, r, John Martin, a Scotchman, mar- ■-I Agnes Russell. She w.as a sister Of John Kus.sell, who became a resident of Pivmouth, ''";•' '" '^^'^- '-<"" '-" were descended ';e 'ate Hon. William G,Rus.sel land Jud.e i'"""-Ku.s.sell, the former of whom, at the ;--'f his death a few years ago, was at the >--' "'■ the Suffolk Cotmty (Massachusetts, l^---- J.'hn and Agnes (Russell, .Martin lived .--"'l died in the parish of Shotts, Scotland. """■ ""^ •'"•'" ^■-•"<-> to America about '"'--and settled „p,n a farm in Shelburne C.H.n.y, Nova Scotia, where he died at the ase of seventy-nve years. His wife. Kli.a- '-""•>■•- Martin, lived ,0 the age of eighty- T'- , ''"'^ ^''■'''— -d Martins weL ^•-'ch Presbyteri,u,s in religion, uncompro- am lilOGRArmCM. RKVIKW I'- ! ft (. P III I mising in matters of faith and morals. They were a hardy, energetic, and hospitable race, of whom their descendants are justly proud. John and ICli/.abeth Wcl'herson were the parents of seven chidren. Three of these are now living, namely: Elizabeth, who is un- married; Davi.;, the subject of this sketch; and Ebenezer Martin. The mother died Sep- tember 3, i«78. :>g"l eighty-three years. I'.benezer M. Mcl'herson is jiresidcnt cf the Security Safe Deposit Company of Hoston, Mass., and is well known in business, social, and political circles. A Republican, politi- cally, he was for two years a member of the Massachusetts State Icgislatuie, for two years a member of Governor Ames's Council, and for three years State Commissioner of l-'oreign Mortgage Corporations, lie has done much useful work of a philanthropiv character. He has two sons, both .if whom have achieved success — r.eorge S. , as a physician, residing in Ikookline, Mass., and Henry S., as a lawyer in Boston. 13avid Mcriierson received his elementary education in the public schools of his native town. When a youth he liegau to learn liie trade of shipwright with Donald McKay, ot East Boston, Mass. Completing his appren- ticeship in iSr.o, he removed to llalilax, where he engaged in ship-building, which oc- cupation he has followed up to the present time. He has been very successful, though, owing to the decline of the ship-building in- dustry in iccent years, he is now chictly en- gaged in repairing. He is, besides, one of the principal ship-owners in Halifax. Mr. Mcl'herson's public spirit and practical business ability have been widely recognized by his fellow-citizens, antl he has been called upon to take a prominent part in local affairs. In 1S.S3 he was a member of the Hoard of Public Charities. He served as Alderman for fifteen yeans, and in 1888 was elected to the office of Mayor, which he held until iSqi. Re-elected to the same office in 1894, he served until 1896, when he resigned in order to take a seat in the I'rovincial legislature, of I which body he is still a member. I He has had some military experience in connection with the militia, serving as Cap- tain of Number Three Battery of the Second Brigade of Halifax (iarrison Artillery from 1868 to 1874; and as Lieutenant Colonel of Second Brigade llalilax (iarrison Artillery from 1874 to 1883. In i.sri^ Mr, Mcl'herson married Miss Lelitia Locke Stalker, of Lofkport, N.S. She died August 10, 1S71, having been tlie mother of two children - W i Hiam Stanley and l.etilia I.(uke. In 1876 he married for his second wife Miss Susan McDaniel, of Halifax. ()f this union liave been born tliree ihiblren-- Margaret Russell, JMvderick (i(U-- don, and lulitli. UdEl-SSOR ClIARLl.S I'RED - IIRICK I'RASi'.i'i, superintendent (if the Halifax School for the Blind at Halilax, \.S., a gentleman of wide culture and of exceptional enterprise in his chosen field of lal)or, was born at Windsiu', N.S,, BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEW 29 January 4, 1850, son of Ik-njamin DeWolf and Elizabeth (Allison) I-'raser. Ho is a lineal descendant of Thomas Fraser, of licau- fort, the twelfth I^arl I.ovat, of Scotlanar he met with an accident winch later on caused him to lose his sight' Ite was sent to the Perkins Institution for the l^l-n'l at IJoston, Mass., where he made great P>-ogrcss in his studies, and showed .so much natural ability th.at in ,8;3, when only twenty-three years old, he was appointed to h.s present position as superintendent of the School for the JJlind at Halifa.v. Since as -nning eh,arge he h.as fully ju.stified the con - fi.lcnce of the directors of the institution, anas won high rank among the educators of the •^'•"''- The effective and practical trainin<. .^'ven in the .school has ma.le it known, „oI ""ly in the United States and Canada, but ^^I«<' throughout Europe, as one of the best in- stitutions of its kind existing. That he has 'l"n^-th,.s, in -spite of the natural di.sadvanta-re r-sult.ng from his own loss of vision, is .ample proof of hi.s capacity both to acouire knowl- ^•'Iffc and to impart it to others. lli,s .si„„al success is ,lue in part to I,-, thorough de- votclness to his eho.sen work, and ^, part to l"s magnetic and .sympathetic per.s.mality. („ "';, ^''•' '^'■^'^^■■- -^'^'I'lishcl a high-class weekly journal at Halifax, called the O///.- which he conducted very succe.s.sfully for .some- years; '"'t . , therwi.se his entire time and ener- .^■les nave been given to the work for the blind alrculy mentioned. He was president of the N".th liritish .Society, which olH.e had been 'leld by his grandfather. Mr. I.>,,ser was married in ,,sv,, to Miss '•"^'•'- "'">'^''-. 'laughter of James Hunter of ^-■ioton, N.H., a l,.dy who, as a writer "for ^■'"l'l>cn, has won for her.self a literary repu- 3° niOGRAriiicAL revip:\v ^^1 I! ^ tation both in (ircat Britain and the United States. /^C I'XJRGK FRAXKLIM ALLKN, an VJ'l. enterprising 1)usiness man of Yar- mouth, manufacturer of i)oxes, fish crates, kegs, etc., was i)orn in Yarmouth, N.S., April 24, 1839, his parents being Lewis lilanchard and Hannali (Robhins) Allen. He is a lineal descendant i)f William Allen, a member of the " Durchester Com- pany," formetl at Dorchester, ICngland, in 1623, for the purpose of establishing a settle- ment on the shores of New ICngland, the prin- cipal objects of the enterprise being to engage in the fisheries and establish a fur trade with the Indians. Having raised three thousand pounds, the company, in 1624. sent out sev- eral vessels to Ma sachusetts ]?ay. and landed thirty or forty men at Cape Ann, now (ilouces- ter. One nf these was William Allen, above mentioned, a carpenter from Manchester, I'^ig- land, Subseiiuently he and fourteen nthers, with Roger Conant at their head, remo\'ed tn Naumkeag, nnw S.ilem. Mass. in i''>3i William Alle;' was admitted freeman nf the Winthroj) Colony. About seven years later he removeil to Mimchester, Mass., then known as jeffrcv's Creek, and built lor his own occu- jiation the tiist fr.ime house in the town. lie also built the first saw-mill iheie, and named the stream ovi'r which it stood S.iw Mill Brook- -a name it still retains. In i''>.45 .md 1668 he w.is .Selectman of M.mcbester. Horn in 1602. Iiedii'd May in, I'ljS. The records of Salem speak of him as "an influential and enterprising citizen." In 1629 or 1630 he married I'Llizabcth Bradley, who died in 1632. He married again in 1633, the Christian name of his second wife also being IClizabeth. Of the first marriage there were two children, of whom the younger was Samuel, the next in this line of descent. By his second wife he had three sons and three ilaughters. Samuel Allen, first, was born in 1632, and died in 1700. He was the owner of a large landed estate. In I.amson's History of Man- chester his name is in the list of Selectmen for the years 1676, 1690, and 1693. He mar- lied in 1660 Sarah Tuck, of Beverly, Mass. Samuel Allen, second, son of the foregoing Samuel, was born on August 4, 1663. He married i\Iarch 17, 1686, Abigail Williams, by whom he had three sons and six daughters. Jeremiah Allen, youngest son of Samuel and Abig;iil Allen, was born June 26, 1704, and (lied July 15, 1777. On November 14, 1727, he married I.vdia Tuck, of Beverly, Mass,, who was bmn November 18, 1705, and died January 6, 17S2. They were the par- ents of one son and throe daugbtrrs. Jeremiah .\llen, second, son of tiie forego- ing, was born at Manchi'ster, Mass., .April (>, 1728. He followed the sea in earlv m.iidiood, and from a sailoi- befoi-e the mast became a master of a vessel. He was the liist nu'mber of tlu' Allen family to come to Mova .Scotia, which he did with his familv in 1 7<'i6, set- tling .il Killy's (,"ove. V.irmoiith. where he subsecpieiuly eiig.iged in lishing, and w. is the ownei' ol several rishiiie-vessels. lie w, is one «i m |i»ll\ W. |•..\K^S. mOGKAI'IIICAI. RKVIEW of the assessors appointed at a inectinj,' of the proprietors in December, 1767. He died June 5, 1794. Jii.s .vile, Hannah, whom he married January 14, ^■JJ^^, was a dan-hter of George Rin- They were the parents of nine children, of whom the fourth was James, grandfather of the subject of tnis sifrt, I.:ivira, and .M,,rgaret, J.'or his second wile he married I'hod.e Huestis (born Ray- mond), widow 01 Xathan Huesiis. Oi this union there hav.' been no children. George iManklin Allen received his educa- tion in the schools ol \-armoulh. He then I'.-arned the earpenter's trade, which he lol- lowed lor some year.s. in 1 . SIS he established 'li-^ piesent business, which is one of the lead- ing industries of Yarmouth. ]Jesidos manu- facturing bo.xes, fish crates, and kegs, he does a large general cooperage business. He is one of the most substantial and respected citi- zens of \'armouth. Mr. Allen was married on the 2i.st of April, ,,S6r, to Miss Kmeline Hulbert, 'laughter of Abraham Hulbert, of Tusket Lakes, Yarmouth County, N. .S. ]\Ir, and Mrs, Allen have seven children _ Kmma S JIarlan P., Clara. J-Vank. Jiradlord C, Han- nah, and Alvin R. The family attend the lemple Baptist Church of Yarmouth, in which Mr. Allen has been a Deacon for the last .seven yeans. In politics he is a Liberal, like his father. OH>f WILLIAM BARSS, a retired l'usine,ss man of Woifville, N.S. was l'"ni at Liverpool, N.S., September 7 '^'-^ son of Joseph and Olive (De Wolf) 15arss. His great-gran.llather on the paternal sule was Jo.seph Hrrs.s, second, who wa.s, it is ■sa.d, a descendant of Joseph liarss, first, an early inhabitant of Barnstable. Mass. Joseph Harss, third,- who was born at Barnstable Mass., n,arried Mrs. Kli.abcth Crowell a wi'N.w whose maiden name was Dean '"sephandKli.,d,ethBarsshadalargelam- .ly consisting o, tourteen children, none of ;;■'""" ^"•'••■"-''•-■".^..'oscph, fourth, father of ' r ""•'";•' ■" "- ^'-'^". '-ving been the ^''l-. ^^"- Ins marriage the third Joseph, Krandlathero, JohnW. Iiar,.s, -.vent to liver •^'"^'- ^•^- -"id. at that tin,e was scarcely ^ 34 IJIOGRAI'IIUAI, RKVIKW ti|> I m ; 1 settled, the country arouiul being practically a wilderness. Tliere at first he applied him- self to fishin;,'. but, subsequently becoming interested in shipping and in the West India trade, he built many vessels, and became a very prosperous man. A Conservative in pol- itics, he was elected to the Provincial Legis- lature, and was as prominent in public affairs as he was successful in business. In religion he was a Congregationalist and a member of the church of that denomination at Liverpool. Joseph Harss, fourth, was horn in Liver- pool, N.S., in 177C). He received his educa- tion in his native town, and when a young man was for some time in his father's employ. During the War of 1S12 he, with some others, httcd out a vessel as a privateer, he being chosen captain. While cruising, however, their vessel was captured, and they were taken prisoners by a United .States man-of-war, and held until peace was declared, when they were released. Leaving Liver[iool in 1.S17, he purchased a farm at Kentville, where he sub- sequently resided until his death, which oc- curred at the age of forty-nine years. His wife, Olive, wlio was a native of Wolfville, died at the ailvanced age of eighty-four, having survived her husband many years. They were the parents of nine children, of whom two are now living, namely: John William, the special subject of this sketch: and Mary, who is the wife of Joshua N. i'l-eeman. of Liver- pool, N..S. John William H.irss, who w:is the fifth child, was obliged to depend largely upon his own exertions for acquiring an education, as his o])portunities for ;ittending school were very limited. After the death of his father, which occurreil when he was about twelve years old, he went to live with his maternal grandfather. Judge De Wolf, at Wolfville. On reaching the age of fifteen he became clerk in ;i store belonging to bis uncle Hlisha, a son of this grandfather; and there he worked for about ten years. He then went to Halifax, and. with only one hundred and fifty dollar.s cajiital, engaged in a commission business and as ship-chandler and broker. His in- telligence and industry, however, together with the general prosperity of the ship- ])ing interests at that time, made up for lack of initial advantages; and after a successful business career of fourteen years he in 1850 retired with the fruits of his labor to Wolf- ville. Here he became interested with sev- eral others in ship-building and ship-owning, which he carried on viTy successfully until a few vears ago, when he disposed of all his interest in shipping. He has since re- sided in Wolfville, where he is one of the most protr.inent citizens, widely known and respected by :ill. Mesiiles the interests alre;uly mentioned, he was manager of the Wolfville branch of the People's Hank of llalif;i\ for over ten years. I Ic was the first warden of Kings County, and he has been a uKigislrate of the county for many years. In politics he is a Conservative. Mr. Harss has been a lifelong frientl to educational institutions, especially to those connected with Acadia I'niversity at Wolf- ville. In isru. at ;i time of linancial crisis, * BIOORAPHICAI, RKVIKW 35 he was .ippointcd treasurer of this university, and hy his wise financial management and arduous personal work in this office for many years, all of which was entirely gratuitous, together with his own liheral donations of money, he saved the institution from total collapse: and in a few years, under his niauagenient, the endowment was increased threefold. In i.S'91 ho permanently mani- fested his interest by endowing a professorship which is known as the "J. W. Harss chair of classics." Jn addition to his gifts for educa- tional i)urpuses, Mr. Barss has always been a liberal supporter of missi(mary work both at \ home and in foreign lands; and last year he gave seven thousand dollars in aid of these objects. His gifts to benevolent purposes •luring his life-time have been upuard of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. I^arss was married in 1838 to Lydia K. Fitch, daughter of .Simon and .Sophia (De Wolf) Fitch, .if Grand I'n-, N.S. Mrs. Barss died March 3, .S,j4, at the .age of seventy-nine years. They had nine children, of 'whom seven are now living: namely, Andrew, Al- fred, William. Howard, Amelia, Mary, ;,nd ' Margarci Another son, Walter, now de- ceased, who was a liapti.st minister, married Mary K. l'hilli,,s, of Rochester, X. V. and "ad four chihlren. all of whom are now living. I An.lrew, :d,ove named, who is a physician i married ICli.i.beth. daughter of Dr. Crawley I former president of Acadia College at Wolf- I v.lle, and has one .son. Alfred Har.ss marrie.l ' Jane Rand (nowdecea.sed), and has three chil- I 'l^-. Willian, married Florence Pay^ant j (now deceased), daughter of I.ouis Payzant, of Halifa.v, X..S., and has five children. He I is a lawyer, in partnership with K. D. King, I phcrc of ! lite. .\ttractcd by the reports of tho r.ipid ! .growth of the city of Halifax fostered by the ,i;enerous financial support of the lionie -ovciil- : moMt, and conspicuous durim;' tho wai s of ; Napoleon and the second .Xini'rican w.ii- as a | n)ost impoitant and extiMisive niilitarv ami 1 iia\al station- ho took passa.:;o in the p.icket- ship, "Ihixton," in \u\\\ iSo,, to test his fortimo in a new world. .Altei an cxcitii": ' V()ya.;e of two inonlhs, m.ido remarkable bv tcn;tic storms and a succossiun of fruith.'ss chases by l''reinii fri-ates, W. X. Silver landed in Il.difax, and enleied tlie service of | W. L. Ileaviside, tho prominent dry-^^oods meichant of tho lity. .\tter some years so sjient, and a short time in tho maiiaj{emont of the very extensive tea trade of S. Cunard & Co., Mr. Silver estab- lished himself in the dry-goods business, at the prominent site now known as the Burns and .Murray Coiner. Imoui the \eiy first he was ably assisted by his scju, William ('. Sil- ver, tho .subject of the present sketch, who in 1.S40 became a partner in the firm. luer since that date .Mi. W. C. Silver has boon in active business life. Ho made the firm, of which for such a lon;^thy term of years ho has boon tho senior partner, widely and favorably known and hij;hly respected throuj,di- out tho whole province, and its name fLUiiiliar as a household word. .\lthouj;h, from tho natmeof the business, the duties of senior |>artner ha\o iiocossaiilv been very heavy, yet Mr. W. C. Silver has made ample oppoiMmities to participate prominently in public affairs, and has aiw.iys been an active promoter of tho aims of church, of temperance, educational, aj;i icultural, commercial, and othoi- kindled oii;-.mi/at ions It must be from his record in those spheres of action that a knowlodj;o of the true worth of his loiii;- life is to bo ,s;lcaned; for Mr. Silver is naturally a\'crso to the advertising;- practised so uiispar- in,-l_v by the nuidein interviowr. Ho can rest assured that his honorable place in tho history of his n.itivc city is fully establ isheil, and that his name and achievomonts in the |)romotion of objoas of public utility, of benevolence and religion, will not leadih' be forirotten. 11 '. i 4 I ..fill w 40 JtlOGRAPIIICAI, KKVIKW As to the iJiinciplcs that hiivc iiispiicd his l)iisincs.s career, he illiistiated the qualities that are invariably associated with true and permanent success — the qualities of honesty, kindled many another worker into ardor, and without doubt helped many a weaker will to overcome this most danj^erous and insidious vice. He served more than once as (Jrand Worthy energy, frugality, inte-rity, earnestness of pur- ; I'atriarch of the Sous of Te mi>erance, and pose. It was always the rule of his firm that an exact scrutiny of the quality of all goods purchased should be maintained, and that noth- ing was to induce the house to jjlace upon the worked hard in establishing the original Ilali- fa.x Temperance Society, instituted in 1831. Seldom has a lay member of the Church of England been instrumental in benefiting the market any line of goods at a variation from : church organization in as high a dcrce as Mr. their real value. ]-:very article sold was to be regarded as warranted, and every jjurchaser enabled to feel secure. In tiie conduct of business and the growth of bis lirm to promi- nence there were never any great ventures or risks. Commercial growth came as the result ol deliberate consiileration and sound judgment, by the simple practice of honest, slow-growing business methods, backed by energy and good .system. W. C:. Silver has always been alive to his Silver has dc.ne. Many have been his efforts, in the governing synod, on behalf of wise measures, of not a few of which he himself has frequently been the originator. The history of the successful struggle of tlie Church to keep its limits fidin serious contraction in the province of Nova Scotia, by reason of the withdrawal of the Ixumtiful grants of the Soci- ety for the I'ropagation of the Ciospel, is closely bound up with i\Ir. Silver's efforts. .•\baud(]ning for the time all business and duties in the public inierest, taking a h'gh and ■ other engagements, he devoted his whole time .serious view and estimate of life and the obli- i and energy for a period of several months to gallons of throwing all one's intluence and visit ing every single country parish, where la- talents against the evil tendencies of the age, ad.hvsse.l crowded meetings, made a pers.mal e-mvass, ami succeeded in creating a fund and strengthening such movements as make for righteousness and the general good. This strong bias in his chaiaclei- found scope which generously endowed the ( lunch, enab- ling her still to hold the field in remote and in early manhood in the field of temperance ' piKjr districts. effort. On the platform he was constauth i Mr. Silver was an ar.lenl svmpathi/er with heard of warring against the prevalent self- in- I the wave of patriotic freling, whicli lesulted in dulgent drinking habits of the social life of the day, which, even to ,1 gieater degree than ,it the present time, wiecked the happiness of so the establishment of the Impeiial b'eder.it inn League. On Deceudier j^, i.S.Sh, a branch was established in Halifax. The policy latch many homes and blighted s,, many promising j ad.ipted by Canada of a pielcrential tariff to: careers. llis nilluisiasm in thi- cause | Hrit ish m.umtactiue.l g Is, so .■latjf^ j,,,, ,,, lie BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 41 the Mother Country, and so fraught witli good to the whole empire, may be traced to tlie efforts of the league. I'ublic meetings aroused interest. I\Ir. Silver's speech at the Academy (if Music, on the evening of June 4, 1888, as well as the Uiterances of other prominent and representative citizens, embotlied ideas of great l)ractical value and constituted an important contribution to [)atriotic and commercial liter- ature, of interest to tiie mercantile world and the statesman. These speeches were ]iublished in ])amphlel form, and had a wide circulation. During a long term of years Mr. Silver was closely identifieil with the Institute of Natural .Science. In files of tlie Halifax newspa|)ers, e.vcursiiins to his residence at Salmon River by this society are narrated at length, from which it appears that nothing in the jiroccedings of the institute proved half so enjoyable as a long lay spent about the woods and fields under the guidance of the iiro])rietor and host. Perfect familiarity from childhood up with e\ery note- worthy natural feature of the charming environ- ment of his summer seat enabled Mr. .SiKer to jjrescnt liis guests with a bill nf fare nf geo- liigical, animal, and mineral objects of inteiesl such as is not often offered to a scientitic bod_\- on a field day, bent mi both enjo\nu'iit and in- struction. For eleven successive years Mr. .Silver tilled the post of president nf the ilalifa.x Chamber of Commerce. The annual reports of the board during his iiresiileiicv are documents still of deep interest to tlu' niercant ik' world, dealing with work relating to railwa\' matters, matters of imjiortance tn the commerce nf the city, and efforts in the directiiiii of giving Halifa.x the advantages tlue to her as the natural highway and port for, at all eveius, the winter traffic of the Dominion. His many public utterances in this capacity will long be remembered as clearly and forcibly expressed, signalized b\' sound logic and liberal views, and showing an ir.telligent foresight of events. In educational matters Mr. Silver has always interested himself. Three of his sons having graduated at King's College, W'iiulsor, it is natural that he should have a warm attachment to this university. He has been a liber.'l con- tributor to its funds, has acted as \'ice-l'resi- dent of its .Munini, and served on the Hoard of (ioveinors. He has ser\'.'d as I'resident of the Halifax .School y\ssociation, and in this capac- ity labored strenuously to advance the educa- tional interests of the city. The admirable high school system is part of the fruit of the efforts of this association, aiul tlie elTicient county academy. In a province where a large part of tlie iiat- iir;il resources are agricultural, it is not sur- jirising that a man of such an alert mind as Mr. .SiKer siiould ha\e interested himself to some effect in this branch of industry. .\t many a jirovincial exhibition he has worked on actixe committees for no reward save the satis- faction of duty performed. He fuililled the duties of president of the Halilax Western .Agricultural Society ft good a man can possibly dd to his felldws is td new hodk of tlie time long after the midnight hdurs. " I- or tlity, wliile tlicir ((inipniiinns slept. Were Ujiliny; upwards in tlie nijjlit." sings Tennysdn; and, truly eudugh, this may lie .said of all successful nu'ii. He regularly attended the lectures given under the auspices of the Institute (if Science, and necasionally contributed gleanings df scientific faet.s, mo.stly relating to the observatidii of natural ]ihenoni- ena a: is cnuntry residence. .Mr. Silver has the satisfaction of seeing a large family e.rowing and prospering around him in his declining days. Himself descended from a mother df hiyalist stock, he married on September J, 1,^40, Margaret .Anne later, the daughter df a hiyalist, licnjamin later, who left lidston to tdllow the did llag, at the cost ,-f all his property and possessions, which were ol very Cdiisiderable value, and who for some tune aitcd as aide-de-camp td the Duke of Kent, the father df Her .Majestv, (Jueen \'icloria. Thirteen children were born df this union, eleven df whom survive; while twenty- Idur gr.uidchildien are advancing to maturity. His eldest daughler, lvalues, is m.arried to .I'ilin W liay/aiit, barrister, and rresideut of cultivate himself, in order I h.it he may be ,,1 the I the Hank of Xdva .Scitia. Audther daughter greater service t(, humanitv. Wiihdut a oil- | has assisted her hu>band in establishing a suc- exleiisive niis.>,i(in to the coolies. lege education, he was inn.stanl Iv aiming in his leisure moments to increase his knowledge and improve his mind. I'm instaiuv, it was hi.s custom for several ve.iis to meet, once a week, in the evening, after a hard dav's Wdrk in the cesslul aiK or Hindus, in the isl.ind of Trinidad. Three "I bis sons ciiry on the business at the old ^'■iii'l' -^lli-^''! !■:. Silver, 1.1,. li., of il.nvard I uivcr>itv, isapromineni 1 iwver. I.ouis.M. warehdu.se, with the members ,,1 a literaiy ! SiUvr, M.li.,dt bMinbuigh Cniveisity, piac'- clul), and to pnildiig the .liscussion of some j tises his profession in the citv. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV 43 *w His youngest son, John P. Silver, also Hach- olor of Medicine of Kdinburgh, is now Sin-j,^eon ca])tain in the British army, stationed at IMtrut, North-west Province, India. Two daughters reside at Truro, N.S. , one the wife of R. A. Treniain, barrister, the other widow of a clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. Silver, at the present time of writing, althougli in his eighty-fifth year, carries his tall figure erect and straight. His "good, gray head " is known to young and old on the streets of the city by the sea. lie is able to enjoy the results of his long life of labor well jierformed, and the happiness which consists in the contem])lation of labor well done. (^OHN YOUNG PAYZANT, barrister at law, Halifa.x, N.S., was born in b'almouth, Hants County, February 9, 1837, son of Peter and Catherine Jane Payzant. He now resides in Halifa.x, where he practises his profession. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1S64, and became (jueen's Coimsel in 1890. He is president of the bank of Nova Scotia, vice-|)resiilent of the Halifax l^lectric Tram Company, and a gov- ernor of King's College, Windsor. His fam- ily for several generations have been residents of Nova Scotia. Louis Payzant, a rich merchant of Caen, in Normandy, a Ilui;uenot in religion, tied from his native land some time after the revocation of the I'AJict of Nantes to the island of Jersey. I'Vom there he came with his family to Hali- fax about 1753, bearing with him letters from Mr. Pownall, secretary of the Board of Planta- tions, to Governor Lawrence, from whom he received much consideration, together with a large grant of land at Mahone Bay. To this place he, with his wife and family and house- hold goods, removed .soon after his arrival in this country. It was a time of political trouble in Nova Scotia. The Acadian French had been deported. The l""rench in Cape Breton and Canada fostered ill feeling among the inhabitants, and Indian cruelties and mas- sacres were but too common. Payzant enjoyed his island home but a short time. He was killed by the Indians, and his widow and four children were carried prisoners to Ouebec. After the battle of Ouebec, which finally broke up P'rench dominion in Canada, the widow, Mary Payzant and her family returned to Nova Scotia, and settled in F^almouth. One of her sons, the Rev. John Payzant, was an influential preacher in (Jueen"s County. Another son, Lewis Pay: ant, who was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, con- tinued, with his numerous family, to reside in Falmouth. Mr. John Y. Pay/ant was educated at Hor- ton Academy and Acadia College, where he graduated in arts in iH'io. He studied law with the late Hon. J. W. Johnston, after- ward Judge in lupiity. After admission to the bar he jiractised with tlu' present Judge \ Johnston, in the tirni of Johnston & Pawant. I He has now associated with hitu, as law ]);irt- I ner his son, William I.. Pay/ant. 1 Mr. Pay-^ant was married on August 27, I 1868, to I'' ranees iv Silver, a daughter of 44 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV I I kill \V. C. Silver, of Halifax. Ho has ci^ht chil- dren — William I.., John Albert, Catherine J., Frederick A., Irene S., Marjorie, Horace R., and Arthur S. In politics he has always been Conservative. He is a member of the Church of Enj;land. HOMAS C. SHRKVl':. Mayor of Di-by, was horn at Guysboro, N. S. , on October 20, 1848, son of Charles J. and Harriet (Ilarts- horne) Shreve. Thomas Shreve, grandfather of Mayor Shreve, was born in Now York in 1754, He left the revolted I'rovinces, now form in j;- a ]iart of the United States, at the time of the Declaration of Independence, and, as a fugitive Lovalist, canio to Nova Scotia. In 1784 he wont to I'ingland, where he was ordained by the Angli- can bishop of London, and, returning to Nova Scotia, became the first rei'tor of I'arrshoro and suhseciuenlly rector of Lunenburg. He died at t'le age of .seventy 'years. His wife, a native of New York, in maidenhood .\bigail Gallop, died at the age of seventy-three. 'I'liey had eight children, four sons and lour daugh- ter.s, Charles J. being the youngest chilil. Sjiecial mention may be made of James, after- ward Rev. James Shreve, !).!),, who was rec^ tor of Chester and sul)se(|Ui'ntly of i)artiu(jutli ; Caleb, who was principal of tlie academy at Annapolis Royal ; 'I'lmmas, who was a Lieuten- ant in Her Majesty's na\_\ , and whose commis- sion as Captain was (ju its way from luiglaiu when ho died as the result of a heavy c
tricts ot .Monta-ue, Cariliou, Salmon Kivcr, and Killa-. In 187.; j he discovered ( under tlie most irvin- ditticul ties and discouraj;ements) the famous "Rose" lead at Monta-ue, N.S., which -ave an im- petus to the mining industry of that district and the I'rovince in ■;eneral, the effects of which are visible to-day. At Kilhi;^ he .spent seven years in the work of exploration and de- velopment, and, notwithstandiuf,' unfavorable conditions, succeeded in demonstrating the correctness of his views regarding; the richness and producing capacity of the leads in this district. .Mr. Stuart's confidence in his own work is evidenced by the fact that he has never sidicited from others any financial help in pro.seciiting his ventures in this line, but has instead preferred to stand upon his own knowledge of a particular property, and upon that basis invest his own labor and capital. This inde|)endence -'s ne of his leading trait.s ot character, and has done much to inspire C(Mifidence in any statements that he may make. In everything looking to the better- ment of existing conditions in the mining in- dustry and the welfare of thoso engaged in it, Mr. Stuart has long been a prime mover, sjjar- ing neither energy, time, nor cash in the attain- ment of his object. lie was connected with the discovery of the well-known '■Dullerin" lead at .Salmon Rivet, N.S., and an interested p:trty in the management of the propertv. His thorough practical knowledge and linancial ;d)ility were of inestimable value, and goo,! large dividends were the rule dm-ing his asso- ciation with the compan\-. Mr. Stii.nt is the present owner of large ••md valuable hoblin^'s in (n.Menville anS, at the age o| \ twenty-one. Tiie eldest son, Zacluir\-, who is I a graduate of Kin.i;ston Milit.iry College, was Adjutant of the .Ninetieth Winnipeg Uattalion, j and t'lok part in all the engagements with the Hatouche Column, under (ieneral Miildleton, during the Kiel Rebellion, and since then has held a commission in the North-west Mounted Police, and is now, with the rank of .M.ijor, commanding the Yukon JJistrict. He married Miss P'rank Daly, of Ontario, and has one child, /.achary, Jr. ]",leanor is the wife of Duncan Campbell, of .Alberta, N.W.T., and the mother of two children -- Duncan and Colin. Charles was a Lieutenant in the North Lancashire Regiment of the British army, in the war with the Boers in .South .Africa. He dietl of wounds received in a skirmish at Belmont, near Kimberlev, on November 10, I o. HARLIvS 1:DWARD HROWN, a well-known public-spirited citi.rinciples affiliated him with the l.iber.U party, and he and his wife attended the I'resbyterian church. h'ew men were better known or more (.,a'ner- ;(lly respected. His wife, Charlotte, was a dauf^hter of Dr. Richard and Mary (Mc- Kinnon) h'letcher, of \'arn)outh, and was born at Ari;yle, N.S., in i8oj. She died at the aLCe of f he was sworn in Attorney-general of Nova Scotia. This office be has since helil with the excep- tion of a short period in 1896, when he re- signed it in ordei- to run for the House of (Commons. Being defeated, be resumed, by recpiest, August 8, 181)6, the office of Attor- ney-general, having been re-elected to the Provincial legislature by acclamation. While a member of the legislature, Mr. l,(UigU'y was tlu' author of many important ,u-ts, among them that providing; lot the in- corporation of joint stock companies by letters patent, the towns incorporation act, and the act to .diolish imprisonment lor (K-bt. Ctre- Inl in lorming bis opinion, he w,is aggressive when the tiiue canu' lor action, .nid in many occasions provi'd himself a good lighter lor the rights of the people. His honcstv of pur- pose, clear and |)rogressive views and pr.icti- cal achievements in the field of politics, have gained for him in large measure the respect and confidence of the general public, irrespec- tive of party lines. Mr. I.ongley has also interested himself to a large extent in literary work, having written I many articles for British, Canadian, and I United States maga/.ines, some of which have i been published in pamphlet forni. He is the author of "Love" a book dealing with the subject in a sound and religious point of view. I He is now at work upon a novel, his first at- I temi)t at that form of literature, and is also I engaged in ])rcparing an elaborate History j of Canada which will contain .>ix or seven i volumes. I\Ir. I.ongley was married September 3, 1S77, to Miss Annie Brown, daugliter of 1 Newton and Mary (Leonard) Brown. I-'our chiUlren were born to Mr. and Mrs Longlcy. I I'rances, the third, died June 19, 1898, at the age of thirteen vears. Those now living are: Horace, who is an I'ngineer; I'aul, who is a teller in the bank of .Montreal; and Louise A., who is .ittendicg Ivlgehill, a girls" school at Windsor, N.S. Mrs. Longleydied on Octo- ber 15, |89(). Ai'iAiN ci'.ORc.b; H. i.ovi rr, a well-to-do citi/cn of ^'armoutb and toiiuerly an extensive sb.ip-owncr, but now iitiied, was born in ^'arn^(Ultb, N..S., December 18, i8.M), son of .Andrew and ICli/a- l)eth (Hunter) l.ovitt. He is ,1 liiieil de- I sccndant ol John Lo\ ill, a native of Lnghunl, I 58 lUOCRAlMIICAI, RKViKW ii l» who was the foumler of the family in this conn try. John l,()\itt was lioin in ifiio, He came to America in or abont 1639, and in |uly of that year was an inhabitant of Salem, Mass., where he had a .urant of land. His .son, lohn Lovitt, second, born about 16,^7 or 1638 at ]k'verly, then a part of Salem, Mass., married Hethia Rootes, by whom he had nine children. Benjamin I.ovitt, ei,L;hth child of John antl Hethia I.ovitt. was born at IV'verlv in 16.S0. His wife, Anna, whose maiden name cannot now be ascertained, bore him six children, of whom Israel, the next in line of descent, was the third in order of birth. Israel I.ovitt was born at Heverlv, Mass., in 1706. He married l-Ilizabeth liatchelder, of Salem, Mass.; and they had five children, of whom Andrew, j;reat--randfather of the subject of this sketch, was the eldest. Andrew I.civitt was horn at iieverlv, Mass., in 17J9. He married Lydia Thorndike. of Heverly, and had ei.-ht children, Andrew was the first <>( this family to CdUie to N'o\a Scotia, which he did in i 7r)r), l-,iinL;i 11- with liim Iiis wile, three dau-hters, and one son, and settlin- in \'armouth. where he received a .urant ol land. The son was unfurtunatel v drowned while crossin- the ri\er near the site I ol the jiresent railway station in \'arniouth. His other four children were Ixirn after the advent of the l.imily in N'aiimuith. Israel I.ovitt, secnnd, son ol Andrew ai'd I.ydia ,ind -randlalher ol Capt.iiii (;eorL;e H. I.iivitt, was bon; in N'.irmouth, NS., in 17SJ. Desides e.irryin- on a lari;e larii. noted lor its | j "handsome oxen, excellent dairy," and fine horses, he was exrensively en-a.^ed in busi- I ncss as a ship-owner, and was very successful. I He died at the a-e of eii;hty-four years. His I wife, in maidenhood Sarah IMacBain, born ip 17M2 and of Scotch descent, lived to be over I ninety years old. They had ten children, of : whom the eldest was Andrew, Captain Lov- ; itt's father. I Andrew Lovitt, second, was born in Yar- ' month in iRoo. He followed the combined occupations of farmin-- and shoemakin.i;- for some time, but eventually -ave up the latter, and turned his whole attention to aj;riculture tor the rest of his life, which closed at the a-e of ei-hty years. His wife. I'llizabcth \ Hunter I.ovitt, died in 1860, at the s.inie ai;c. I They had five children, of whojii two are now livin-, namely: Geor-e H., the eldest-borti ; and Joanna, who is the wile of Hu,L;h Cann, of Wirmouth. (ieor-e H. I.ovitt received his education in the schools of 'S'armouth. At the aj;e of ei-li- tern years he shipped before the mast, m.ikii)';- his lirsl voya-e to Irel.md. in i,S'5() he be- came master of a vessel, and sul)se(|Uentlv made m.iny Miya-cs as captain until \H6i, when lie retired Irom the sea and settled in Varmoutb. Tluie he became lar-ely infer- esied in the shijipin,:; industry durin- its most dourishini; period, buildiuL; lor liimsell nine vessels, besides bein- the owner ol many olheis. His prosperity increased until his re- tirement in i,Sci7, tlie jiossessor ol comfortable means, acciimid.Ued entirely by his own in- dnstrv ,ind intelli''etue. i M lilOGRA PI 1 1 (J AL RKVI E\V 59 Captain I.ovitt married in 1853 Margaret Jane Olive, daughter of Isaac Olive, of St. John, N.ll Five children were born of this union; and four now survive, namely: I'rank, who is in California; Jane, the wife of James ]5iirrill, of Yarmouth; I'.rastus, who is a ma- chinist; and Irving, who lives in Yarmouth, N.S. Captain I.ovitt is a Conservati\e in poli- tics. I le owns a large amount of real estate in Yarmouth and the vicinity, and is respected by his fellow-townsmen as a good and useful citizen. IM.l.S HRYANT MOORi;, M.D., who for nearly twenty years has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Kentville, was horn at that place, December iS, 1S56, being a son of Daniel and Malinda (Loreless) Moure. He is a descendant (jf Captain William !\Ioore, a native of {•"ngland and an officer in the liritish army, who was also a man of con- siderable wealth. Retiring from the army. Captain Moore settled at I'arrsboro, N. S., where he received a large grant of land. Upon this property he built an elalmrati' i'e.->i- tlence or castk, whiili was named Whitehall. Here he resided foi- many years —in fait, for the rest of his life, ii' the enjovment of his large fortune, the dispenser nt a generous hospitality to his chosen friends and acipiaint- anoes. One nf his noteworthy acts of gener- osity was the endowment of the parish of rarrsboro with a sum from which it to this ilay receives an annual income. His wife, a | native of England, was before her marriage to him a Mrs. Askew. Colonel William Charles Moore, son of Captain William Moore, was born at I'arrs- boro, N..S. He became a very prominent citi- zen of that i)lace, and derived his title of Colonel from his militia rank. He was twice married -first (April 2;^. 1791). to I'!li7.abeth, eldest daughter of .Stejihen and Amy (Harris) Harrington; and, second, tcj a Mrs. Oltr.steail, of New York. Of this latter union there were no children. Hy his first wife, who was born in 1772 and tiled .September 7, 1842, he had seven children. Daniel .Moore was the si.\th child of Colo- nel William Charles and lOlizabeth (Harring- ton) Moore, his birth taking place in Kings County in 1800. When a young man he en- gaged in business as a merchant, opening a general store in Kentville, which he conducted successfully for many years. He hatl previ- ously been clerk for some time in a shipping office at .St. Johr, N. H. Afterward, besides carrving on his store, he dealt largels' in luni- bei- and conducted an extensive milling i)nsi- ness, lie was also a large ship-owner. Hav- ing just the sort of jiersonal qualities that inv'te success, he prospered exceedingly, and became one of the most promine'iU .and re- spected inhabitants of his locality. Desired by his fellow-townsmen to participate in pub- lic life, he representetl them as a member of r.irliament for thirty-si.v years, and w.is also Treasurer of Kings Countv for manv vcars. In i)olitics he was a Conservative. He died at Kentville in 1891, His wife, Malinda, it!] II I" 60 niOGRAPHICAL REVIEW died at the age of fifty-four in 1873. They attended the Church of England. Of their seven children four are now living; namely, John D. , Klla, Willis Bryant, and Mary. Wiilis Bryant M'rederiek Hilt/, whose ancestors came to Nova Scotia from Germany in 1753, settling at Lunenburg on the Martin's River, or Narrows, of which place he was one of the pioneers. He was a ship-builder. Their children were ten in number, namely: Charles lulward: Jane Matilda, who married Charles Webber; Juliet Sophia, who married Thomas Gorman; John Alfred; Alexander IM., who married fust Sarah llvans. second Florence {•"ader; .Sarah I'Hiza, who ni.irried John A. Webber: Victoria l-llizabeth: William Fred- erick, who married Agnes Hilt/.; Hannah Adelaide; Lmmeline Mary, who married Henry A. Hilt/. Charles iCdward Church obtained his ele- mentary education in the schools of his na- tive t.iwn, and subseijuently attended the Nor- mal School at Truro, N. S., after which he taught scho(d for ten years. In 1872 he was elected representative from Lunenburg County to the House of Commons at Ottawa, and, being re-elected, sat in the Dominion Parlia- ment up to 1878. In 1882 he was elected representative from Lunenburg CouTity to the legislature of Nova Scotia, and since then has continued to represent that constituency. He was also in 1882 on the formation of a new Trovincial government, appointed Provincial Secretary, which position he held up to 1884, and upon the reconstruction of the government he received the appointment of Commissioner of Public Works and Mines of Nova Scotia, which position he still holds. In all these positions he has shown a ready capacity, and his services to his constituents and to both the general and local government were faith- fully antl efficiently performed. He is a member of the Liberal party, and is re- spected both by his political friends and ene- mies. He has filled the position of a member ot Ivvecutive Council of .\ova Scotia for a longer perioil than any other person since 1847. Mr. Church married, June 24, 1884, Miss Henrietta A. I'ugsley, a daughter of Alder- man I'ugsley, of Halifax-. Mr. and Mrs. Church attend the Wesleyan .Methodist Church. 'e)T()N. kOHICRT HOAK. one of the best known and most respected citi- zens of Halif.ix, N.S., was born at Leith, Scotland, Septend)er 19, 1822, son of Robert, Sr., and .Mary Ann (Haxter) ]!oak. 5I-S J:',! 68 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW He is a grandson on the paternal side of Will- iam lioak, a native of Newcastle, ICngland, born August 31, 1758. William Hoak, who was a merchant, spent his entire life in his native land, and died on October 13, 183S. His wife, wiiose maiden name was IJarbarn iJonkin, was horn in Kwj,- land, January J3, 1771, and dieil Auiijust J4, 1S3S. They had twelve children. Two sons, Robert, Sr. , the fifth in oi'der of birth, and William, Jr., came to America. Robert Hoak, Sr. , was horn at South Shields, I'.ngland, December 27, 1795. In 1831 he came to Halifax, N. S., as a member of the Royal Artillery, in which lie was ,1 Quartermaster Serj^'eant. Suhseciuentlv he ])ecanie connected with the C'u.stoin lionse, holding a position therein until within a few I years of his death, which occurred December | 23, 1877, when he was eighty two years old. His wife, Mary Ann lia.xter, to whom he was married .September 26, i,Si(), was hiu'ii Decem- ber 16, iSoj, and died August ,S, ]^^(>, at the I age of fifty-fonr. They were the jiarents of seven children. Of these, si.v are now living — R"l-ert, Mary Ann, lulward, S.unuel, An- drew IJ., and ISarbara D. i Robert Hoak, son ol Rolnu't, .Sr., received his elementary education at the (iairison School in Halifa.v. Apprenticed to the gro- cery business when in his lifteenth \e,ir, he served his time for live _\'eais in the establish- ment conducted hv John Ivsson. !'"i(im |S.(7 till I.S5.1 he was a member of the firm of John I'isson iK: Co. In i.S'54 Mr. lioak retired Irom that tir.n, and a new iirni was lomied wliiJi, j under th.e style of Ivsson, ]5uak & Vn. contin- I ued until the death of John J^sson in 1863. j After that event the iuisiness was conducted : for a short time muler the name of Boak & Taylor. The firm of l^oak & Taylor was then dissolved, and Mr. Boak, as Rol)ert lioak, Jr., a West India merchant, continued in business alone until 1S75, when he retired. Mr. Hoak is president of the Acadia Fire Insurance i'om])an\-, and for m.uiy years was vice-presi- dent of the Ihiion Bank, of which he is still a director, having been elected to that posi- tion in i,sr)4. He was also a director in the Nova Scotia Sugar Relining Company, of which at one time he w.is president. He is now a director of the Acadia Sug.ir Refining ( ompany. ■ > ' A Liberal in pcdilics, Mr. lioak has taken a prominent i)art in [)ul)lic allaiis, and has done good service for his party in the mari- time provinces during the last decade. He has held many important positions of trust. He was presi;lent of the Re|ieal Le.igue in iJi'Hi. In i.S^i he became a member of the Legislative Cduiieil, and since I.S^.S has been liresident of th.it body. He h.is also been a member of the government, ser\ ing ,is Tre.is- lU'cr of the province of Nnva Scotia Irom I )e- cendier, i.S;;. to ( )etoher, 1 ,S7,S'. To these high p.isitions lu' h.is .ittained s,,K.|v |,v his "wn innate loree ol ch.ir.icter, beginning his career with Od extraiu'iais .ulvant.igi's, hut de- pendent I'nlirely upon self-help. He is higlily esteemed .is a man u| strict nmiMl reetiliide, generous instincts, ami r.ire public spirit, both .1 good man and .1 good citi/en, }\ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV 69 Mr. I^oak was married first on July 1, i>^47. to Matilda S. Anderson, dauj;hter of John Anderson, of LunenburJ,^ N.S. She died in 1871, at the age of fifty years, having been the mother of nine children. Two (if this family, Minna and .Sarah, died in infancy, and six are now living: namely, Robert lUirns, Harriet Matilda, John A., Maud l')., George !■;., and Louise. Margaret 1"'., who was the tirst-born, married William 15. Williams, nT lioston, and died in 1N93. Mr. Hoak married for his second wife, ( )c- tdber 14, 1875, Anna Maria Williams, daugh- ter of Robert Hreck Williams, of ..owbur}- |)(irl, Mass. ( )f this imicin there aie no chil- dren. AMKS R()i?S()\ LAMV, who carries on a good business in flour and i^rain at Amherst, N..S., was born at Mount Wadley, Westmop land County, N. 1!., Octo- ber 13, 1S40, son of James ami Isabelle (Rob- son i Lamy. Thiec brothers bearing this surname emi- grated from Ireland to Ncwfoinidland, where one of them remained for a while, subsequently, however, removiiii; to C'ape lireton. y\nothcr of the brnthers went up the .St. Lawrence River and ni.iiiied into a I'rcnch lauiily, altei which he spelK'(l his name Lamcy. 'l"he third, who was the urandfatber of ihe subject of this sketch, scltled ,it Doi Chester, N. li.. and shiii tly alteiward was drowned in the Dor- chester kivcr. 'lie left loin' chi Idren, none ol whom are now living. Altei his death his widow went to Cape Urcton and married a .Mr. .Sampson. James Lamy, the eldest of the four chil- dren, was born in Dorchester, N. H., in iSio. brought up on a farm, he followed agriculture in early manhood, acquiring also at intervals some knowledge of seamanship, which he later put to ]iractical use when spending some years in seafaring life. .Subsecpiently he engaged in mercantile business at IMount Wadley, N.U. ; but after several years thus spent he settled in Amherst, N. S. , and became pro- ])rietor and manager of the Lamy Hotel. He died in 1S74 at tiie age of sixty-four years. His wife, Isabelle, was born in Sackville, N.H. , in 18 if). Her father, Thomas Robson, who was a native of iMigland, on coming to America settled at St. John, N.H., but subse- quently removed to Sackville. He was a ship-carpenter by trade; and in conijiany with Mr. Driver, a brother of his wife, he built two schooners, in which they carried t)n a profitable trade among the river towns. Mrs. James L.imy died in iS-j, at the age of fifty- six. She and her husband were the [)arents of eight children, of whom three are now living; namely, James Robson, I'lli/abeth l']., and Isabella Jusephine. ICli/abetb K. is the wife of C. A. Lowe, of Amherst, and h.is three children —Stanley, Maud, and Charles. Isa- bella Josephine is the wife of Jacob Jodri'y, of Amherst. .Among the eight children of James and Isabelle Lamy were two other than those already mentioned, who married and died leaving issue. These were: i'honias L. and .Marjory Jane. i he former married Mary 7° ]!IOG R.\ I'l 11 CAL REVI K\V Wi Hv fV Chapman, (laughter of Riifiis Chapman. Slie Winifred T. Tighe and ?»Iandc K. Tij,dic. died leavin- five chihlrcn — Ora, i'rani<. Mrs. I.amy attends the Roman Catholie Aubrey, Emma, and IHizabeth. Marjory : ehnrch. married David VV. Dou-las, who also is now j ■ ■ «.... deceased. They left two eliiidren -James ! K. and (;eor:;e T. \ tQicUARD J. TURNKR, president of James Robson Lamy was educated at Mcunt l^r the ])oanl of Trade of Tniro and for- Wadley, N.J?. lie l)ecame his father's part- "*- V^- „K.riy Mayor of the t\' his first wife, Han- nah, who was a dai'_i;hter of Idisiia I'jrbree, of Amherst, he had nine children, of whom lour are now lixini; - losejih l.awreiuc, .M.irv I'dizabeth. .Ann ].. and 'I'homas Ri'uben. The others weie: Robert Iv : Calvin; lierliam. wiio died y(Mnvi; ; .Abrira- anil I.uc\'. kobert I'"., married .Miss .\ir.eli.i lannv, daui;htt'r of I'disha I'.meiv', of .\n:lu'rst. He was .1 tanner, anil died at .\mherst, .Septiiubei n. 1894. Calvin wis a farmer. lie married Rebecca Travis. Thev had loui el'.ibluii. Two aie now li\-in,:;. I'|-ederick n-.anieij Mi>s ( hnieh, and owns an Ayrshiie sti.ek l.iiin in .\mlierst. I'.lfa married .Mr. Wliitmaa l''reen)an. ol Halifax. .Almira in.irried (lidr^e I.iisbv, a farmei' of Amherst. Theii- eldldri.'ii air: Insiah ; J'ldith, wife ol .\iii>by Hlack; AujMista, who is unmaiiied; and .\nnie, wife of I'rank Ulack, of Iowa. Lucy in.irried James Ayer, of Sackville, X.H , and had two children — - Mal)el and I'.mma. Joseph I,. Hlack was first married to Jane Humphrey, of Sackville, N. B. She died in 1S60, at the early age of twenty- si.\, leaving' one child, Minnie, now the wife of I'alir.und liurke, an architect of Toronto. His second wife, Mary, dauj^hter of the I'iev. John .Snowball, formerly a well-known Meth- odist minister in the Lower Provinces of Canada, bore him foui- children - Hattie, Jennie, P'rank, and Walter. Mary I'di/abeth Hlack is unmarried. Her sister, Ann J., is the wife of Jolin lient, of .Salem, N.S. Josiah Hlack married for his second wife Klizaiieth McCully, (lauj;liter ol the Rev. Samuel .McCully, a much resj)ected Haptist minister ni .Amherst. 'I'hey h.id two chil- dren, one of whom, namely, Helle, is now de- ceased, as is also her husband, the Rev. I. R. Skinnei'. They had three children — Willie, Raymond, and Robert. The survivor is the Re\-. S.imuel .McCully lil.ick. editor of the ('/// is/ill!/ .lA.v.M //^'vv iii/i/ I'isitiir of St, John. N'.H. . the Hajitist orj,'an of the Maritime rrovinces. H'; m. 11 lied V.vw. dau,i,diter of William .A. KoL;ers, of .Aiuheist, and has two children — Mar;;. net and i loi.ice. 'i'liomas R. Hlack. the direct siibject of the sketch, w,is ediicateii al the .\mhersl Grammar .Schnid. Hioii^dit up o;i his father's farm, which be peub.isiil while still a youiij; nuin, he was ti.iini'd to all the niiniiti.i of farm life in one of the most fertile and beautiful sections ul the marsh cnimtiA' al the head of the H.iy ol iMiiuly. lieie he developed f I I w. .. W,^ RIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 83 a symmetrical body, tnll, litlic, and active, expressing;- energy in all its movements, in his ])hysical niake-iij) a typical representative of the Wuenose. .Alter workini;' his father's farm a while, he sold it, and moved into the town of Amherst, where he ]nirchased real estate, and for many years enn;a,i;ed in build- ing and farming operations. He has built many residences and other buildings in Am- herst. Among them is the fine red stone block o[)pos!te the post-office on Victoria Street. The stone in this building was quarried by him on the old homestead fa'iii. Mr. Hlack at an eaiiy age made intimate acquaintance with the various industries of the country, an\ements. He takes a deep interest in the iuqirovenient of t!ie stock of the Province, and, while not a vi.sion.uv enthusiast, ccnisiders it to be capable of aliuost > indefinite improvement, and witli this object ' in view has taken the initiative in the es- tablishment of a I'roviiicial l^xl.ibit ion, of which he is one of the executive committee and saperinlendent of the horse department. Mr. Jilack's ciiiet interests may in no way be i better described than by stating that he is an advanced and progressive agriculturist and an ai)preciative lover of a fine horse. In all these various activities Mr. IJlack has evinced a degree of pul)lic spirit tliat has won for him the esteem of his fellow- townsmen in general, and he has been several times called upon to serve in an official capac- ity. (In July 4, 1884, he was elected by ' acclaiuation to the lower house of the I'rovin- i cial Parliament, to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of C. J. 'I'ownsend (who was elected to represent the county in the House of Commons), and was re-electeii to tlie .same office at the general election of 18.S6, being then at the head of the jioll. He was again I re-elected in the general elections of 1894 and : 1897, with increased m.ijorities each time, [ aiul was appointeil a member of the Murray administration on July 18, 1896. He has l)ecn , a Justice of the Peace since attaining his j majority. In ptditics he is a Conservative Liberal. He is a member of the Hoard cf ("loveiiun-s of .Acadia lFni\ersit\- and in re- ligion .1 H.iptist. being a Deacon of the church. He is iMie of the directors of the Amherst Car Works. He is a st.inch advocate of tem- perance. Mr. Hl.ick was mariied on March 20, i860, to lumice Hent, daughter of W. W. Hcnt. who re[)resented the townshi|) ol .'vinherst in the Provincial i.egislatui, lor manv vr.us. Her mother w.is in maideiduiod Hina I'reeman. Mr. ,nid .Mis. Hlack .ire tiie iiaivnts of live ciiildren, of wluun the three living are: Will- iam W., Charles C, and .Mira Jean. .Marv I i Ml 'I 84 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ^1 f ! L. died when sixteen years of iv^c, anil Kmma A. when she was ten. William W. Black is engaged in the lumber manufacturing business in Cumberland County and also in Newfoundland, and in general farm- ing and stock-raising, being owner of the finest herd of Herford cattle in the Maritime I'rovinces, a herd that has taken many prizes at the I'rovincial exhibitions. He and his father carry on probably one of the most ex- tensive farming and stock-raising establish- ments in Nova Scotia. Their stock is of pure breeds, composed of I'rench I'ercheions, Clydesdales, and hackneys, all imported and bred from, also Herfords and Jerseys. Mr. JMack married Annie Jenks, of I'arrsboro, N.S., and has four children — Robert, I.loyd, Gerald, and iMunces. Charles (".. who is engaged in mercantile business al Amherst, married Anna Christie, of Amherst, daughter of George Christie. Mira Jean is the wife of the Rev. Raljib Trotter, a Baptist niinistei- of British Columbia (brotluM- of Dr. Trotter of Acadia University, Wolfville, .\.S. ), and the mother of one child, Leonard McArthur. (SYOIIX lli;CroR MiKAV. M.D., a /^■^ I well-kniiwn physician of Tniro, was born in I'ietou County, No\a .Scotia, March 15, 1.S47, son of William and Nancy (McLcdd) McKay. lie is a i^randson of Thomas McKay, a native of Scotland, wimse wife was in maidenhood t?.itheriiie Ueaton. Thomas .McKav had five sons, of wlimn Will- iam, Dr. McKay's fatlier, was the second in order of birth. The onl ■ one now living is Hector, who is a resident of Racine, Wis., and is now seventy -eight years :>ld. William ;\IcKay was born in Sutlicrland- shire, Scotland, in 1810. In 1825, at the age of fifteen, he came to Nova Scotia, and, settling in I'ictou County, devoted his ener- gies to farming. Sui)se(|uently he engageil in the business of railway construction, and was the contractor for the Windsor & I'ictou Branch of the Intercolonial Railway and other railways. lie was a very successful man lor his (lav, and was ninch resjiected. lie dieaniel and ICdward, and their lather, William, accom|)anied by John I'lliot, afterward th'.' apostle to the Indians. William Denison sittlcd at Ro.xbury, in the Ma.ssacluisetts liay Colony. lie was a Dei>nty to the (iem.'ral Court in ifi.^J. (leorge Denison went to Pin-l.ind in 164 ;i, .md ser\ed as a cav.ilry officer in CromweH's army. .After two years' absence he returned to Roxbury, brini;ing with him his second wile, .\:in Morodell. .\ lew years later he re- *1 BIOGRAl'I IK AI, RKVI E\V 9' moved to Connecticut, and in 1654 settled in what is now Stonington. He was a magis- trate and legislator, and was known as Cap- tain Denison. His son Jolin ' married I'liebc Lay, of Saybrook, Conn.; and their son Robert,' born in 1673, married Joanna Stan- ton. Robert Dennison, son of Robert' and Joanna, born in 1(^97, saw active service at the siege and capture of Louisburg, where he was a Captain in General Roger Wolcott's brigade, and distinguished himself by his gallant behavior. .Subsequently Robert was ])ronioted througji the different grades to the rank of Colonel. lie was very popular with the British officers who took part in tliat cam- paign. He married in 1733, for his second wile, I'nuleiicc, daughter of David .Siiernian, and removed witli his family about 1760 from New London, Conn., to Horton, N..S. His name a[)pears first on the list of grantees of that township. His death took place at Hor- ton in 1766. His son, David .Slierman Dennison, tlie next in this line, was born at Horton in Au- gust, 1734. Samuel Dennison, son of David Sherman and great-grandfatiier of the subject of tliis sketcl), was i)orii in Horton, Grand I're, Kings County. He married the widow ol John R. Angus, but her maiden name is nut now known. .Samuel's son, William Antil Dennison, was born at Gnind I'rr, Kings County, De- cember 10, 1794. He followed farming all his life at Kentville, and died July 7, 1850. His wife, in m.iidenhood Mary Jane Angus, was born in Halifa.x, August 7, 1S12. Tiiey had eight children, two of whom are now liv- ing — George Albert and John Harris. The grandfather was a Conservative in politics and a Methodist in religion. His wife was a Bap- tist. John Harris Dennison, father of Harry L., was born at Kentville, N.S., in 1841. Hrought up on a farm until about seventeen years of age, he then learned telegraphy, and w:.6 one of the pioneer operators of the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Comimny. Subse- quently he was employed as clerk by the late n. H. Calkin, of Kentville, N..S., after which he was in business for himself for a short time. Not being very successful, however, he gave up his business to become one of the pioneer station agents of the Windsor & Annapolis Railway at Wolfville, N..S., and was thus employed until 187 (. Then for three years he was in the Western Union Tel- egraph Cable Company's office at Port Hast- ings, C.H. Returning home in 1874, he was appointed in tlie following year a Justice of the Peace in Kings County, the duties of which office he has since actively performed, and so efficiently that it has been said of him by one qualified to judge, "He is the nearest the bar of anyone 1 know in the Province," ami "His office is more like a well-conducted lawyer's office than that of an ordinary Justice ol the Pe.ace." In politics he is a Liberal and in religion an l^piscopalian. His wife, Phd'iie, whom he married June 14, 1865, was born in Newport, X.S,, in 1843, and is a (Laughter of William and .Sophia (.Miller) Hrison, of that place. She has been the ! I !^: all II im fl ■■' : i 1 i It 92 BIOGRAPHK'AI, REVIKW mother of four children, three of whom sur- vive; namely, Marry L., Frank Iv, and John W. Harry L. Dennison, after attending; school in Kentville, N.S., became a student at Dal- housie College, Halifax. He afterward en- tered upon the study of law with W. V.. Koscoe, O-C, of Kentville, and, I'-i'ig ad- mitted to the bar in i.S'SS, practised his pro- fession at that place as Mr. Roscoe's partner for five years, lie then established iiimself at Dij^diy, where he has since resideil, and is now one of the rising lawyers of that town. He has lieen C lown Prosecutor for the county since 1897. Popular socially, he is also a leading nieml)er of St. George Lodge, I. (). O. v., of Digby. On ( )ctol)er 25, i.S'qS, Mr. l)ennison was united in marriage with !'>a M. P'orest, ilaugh- ter of S. S. and Mary (HoUong) I'orest, of Halifax. He and Mrs. Dennison attend the Episcoi^al Church. ILLI.AM LAW. agent at Yarmouth lor tile JJoston .Marine Insurance Company anti a citizen of high standing in the community, was born at Belfast, Iieland, .\ii- gust 5, i.S'Vv son of Robert and .Sarah iliiir- rell) Law. Owing to the circumstances (A his boyhood, his early educational advantages were limited. When he w..s very young his father dieil, and he was sent to reside with his niateiiial grandfather ,il Hill II, dl, and later at IDrumbo, near Helf.tst, where, the grand- father being a manufacturer of oatmeal, he was given employment in his factory, and had very little leisure or opportunity for ac(|uir- j ing knowledge. At the age of thirteen, in I I.S46, the year of lb'- great Limine, he enii- I grated fium his n.itive land, going out as pas- I senger on a sailing-vessel owned by his Uncle 1 Hurrill, and botnid for (jucbec, where indue time he arrived. After a very brief stay at that port he shipped as cook in aiu)thrr vessel, bound for Halifax, N..S., and then from Hali- i fax as jiassenger of a thiril vessel, to l?arring- ton, N. .S., from which place he came to Yar- mouth. In N'.iiinouth he spent one yeai' ;'.t- I tending school, and then again went to sea as i cook, making llie trip to his nati\c pi. ice, " ■Hast. ■. turning to \'armoiith, \'..S. , be then wed the trade ol tailor for one vear, after : which he went to ()\lord, Mass., where he worked at his trade lor live \i',irs. While in : Oxford he married, in 1X5.), .Miss Mary A. Brown, a daughter (.1 bjiocli Brown, of Doug- las, Mass., and .it one time a prominent citi- ; zen of that ]dace, represi'u! ing tlii- town in the ' Mass.ichnsetts legisl.itme liu' .1 numbir ol years. Returning to \'.irmoutb in i.S'55, accompanied by bis wile, .Mi". L.iw brgan a lile ol gener.il activit\' as conunission niei- chant and proprietor ol a ret.iil grocery ,ind drv-g'iiiils store. In iS(')() 111' became a ship-owner. The ilutics ol his present position as agent Im the Boston .M.iriiie Insurance ( onip.my be as- sumed in 1N71): and he h.is conducted the business ol his ollice in ,1 cajiable, ]irosperous, and s.itislactory 11;. inner up to the |)resent 1 I had luir- n, in s pas- JiicIl" ay at Ilali riiu Yar- ir ;'.t- )I.ICI.', alter C 111 •y A. citi- II tlu' IT (ll s; 55. I the I th imis, WILLIAM LAW. ^•Ilt IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) V. 4^. .V '^O ^j^ :/. Ui M II 1.0 I.I 125 JfiM IIM 1^ 1^ 112.2 " lis IIM 118 1.4 IIIIII.6 ^ "^/'i <^ /^ m. ^M w ^^^\^ > .^.'^-^ /m. ^6, he suiisequently became a very prominent citizen of Ipswich, acquiring considerable wealth for those days and being greatly respected for his piety and t!.j worth of his personal character. He died November 29, 1669, and his wife on June 2, 1676. Their son, John Cogswell, second, was born in VVestbury, England, in 1622. Coming to America with his parents, he resided in Ipswich, ^lass. , for the rest of his life, and died .September 27, 1653. The name of his wife is not now known. They had three chil- dren. Samuel, youngest child of John Cogswell, second, was born in Ijiswich, Mass. He mar- ried October 27, 1668, Susanna Hearn. They had nine children, of whom Samuel, second, was the fourth -born and the second son. Samuel Cogswell, second, was born in Say- brook, Conn., August 3, 1677. He married Marcii 17, 1701, Mrs. Ann Mason Dennison, daughter of Captain John Mason, who was killed l)y the Indians in the Xarragansett fight in 1675. Their home was at Lebanon, Conn. They had eight children. After the death of his lirst wife be married again, but had no more children. He died March 21, 1752; and his second wife, Aliigiil, died on January 17, 1753. llzekiel Cogswell, third chihl and second son of .Samuel and Ann ( ogswell, was born at .Saybrook, Conn., in 170J. lie married Su- sanna Hailey, of Manstiel 1, ( onu., and resided for son;e time at llel)ron ('(unity, subse- quently at Lebanon, Conn., and still later at Cornwailis, X.S. , where he took up a tract of IJIOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 99 land and followed I'arniiiif; for the rest of his life, tljinj; at the i^reat aj^e of ninety-seven years. I lis wife attained the advanced aj^e of ninety. They were the jjarents of eleven children, the youngest son and fifth child being Mason, the next in this line of descent. Mason Cogswell was horn in Lebanon, Conn., in 1750. lie became a farmer, and, accompanying his parents to \ova Scotia, fol- lowed agriculture, spending the latter part of his life on the parental homestead at the Upper Dyke Village, Cornwallis. He was a successful man and prominent citizen, and for some time was a Captain in the Cornwallis militia. lie died December 12, 1816. He and his wife, Lydia, who was a daughter of Kzra Huntington, had a family of ten chil- dren, of whom the fourth child ant! third son was James, grandfather of Alfred C. Cogs- well, the subject of this sketch. James Cogswell was born in Cornwallis, N.S., June 17, 1779. He married in 1802 Klizal;eth IJeckwith, daughter of Dr. John Chipman IJeckwith, of Cornwallis. She died some years later, having been the mother of eight children, none of wliom are now living. | James married for his second wife luniice flaton, (kuighter of David I'laton ; and i)y her he had one child, imw deceased. He died September i.S, 1826. Winkworth Allan Cogswell, fourth child and eldest son of James and Mlj/aJjeth ( Heck- with) Cogswell, was burn in Cornwallis, X. S,, June 10, 1809. He resided fur some years in early life at the Ujjper Dyke Village, Ciiniwallis, and sul-sec|uently moved to I'ort Medway, N. S., where, besides lieing engaged in ship-building, he carried on business as a lumber merchant for some fifteen years, being very successful. In 1853 he removed to Port- land, Me., becoming a member of the firm of Sparrow & Cogswell, carpet dealers. After- ward, selling out his interest in this concern, he spent a short time in St. Louis, Mo. Then he went to Flint, Mich., where he pur- chased land and engaged in the commission business, and where he died two years later, October 10, i860, in his fifty-first year. He was a man of high personal character and a professing Christian. His wife, Caroline, a daughter of .Major 'I'imothy liarnaby, of Cornwallis, \.S., was born in 181 1, and died .September 26, i86r. They had eight chililren, of whom these are now living; namely, Alfred C, Isabel C., Alidain M. Isabel C. is the George P., and widow of Dr. J. Mclnnis and a resident of Chicago, 111. Gc.irge P. is a resident of De- troit, Mich. Clara Jane married first Jesse Hoyt, by whom she had one child, Clarence C. Mr. Hoyt died, and she married Ingalls Johnson, who also is deceased. There were no children by the latter union. Alidain P. married Mr. King, of Chicago, 111.: he died in 1899. Alfred C. Cogswell, alter acquiring his ele- mentary education, entered Acadia College at Wolfville, .\.S., which, however, on account of ill health, he left at the age of fifteen, without completing the cour.se. Taking up his residence on his father's farm in the suburbs of P,u-tland, Me., he remained there I <'' 'I J' ' ' iil'l 100 mOOKAPHICA I, RF.VI F.\V three years, 'le thc'ii entered upon the study of dentistry with Dr. luiwin i'arsnns, of I'ort- land, with whom he remained four years, lie then entered upon the worlv of his profession in I'ortland Me. and in \Valtnia-ter <<{ Charle- Kic. bard. \em ber nno, was hum m 182^1, sun ()l W th, It ti'wn, \. and William McCullv, the vnunijer, dbt Incatinn ni tlie scluMds (if 'I' lined nis iiul aftei Klizabeth (Arnold) McCnllv. ■irandfather McC'nlh' tame to \ Hi j;reat • .'hoiil be became a fanner. .\t tl ova .Scotia 111 an emigrant shi]) from and lai Onslov It llalifa.v, Loiulundcrry, Irelaiul, subsecinently settling in :\Ii-. McCully's grandfathei-, jo>eiih .Mcfnlly, w^as born a t tht II ililax. N. .s. 1 1 beca a tailor, and f(dlowed his trade for several vears in the citv of hi-- Idrtb. later period he be ])nrebased a f; It to Onsli X. S. At where irm, on whic h lu It tl age of thirlv, or about tlu' time of his mar- ie pm'chased uin at Triirt where he resided subsei|ueiitly for some fifteen years, or until bis appointiiieiit to his inesent losdion as 1 1S71. Post master ol !• ehruarv 1, dut Jle has since 'clained that ofTice, t rf: le les (if whu ibl le has pertormed 111 a \er\- capable manner and to the }. ;eneral .satisfaction if the townspeople and jiostal authorities. In le ri'- 1 politics lainder of his da\s. He li.i luc t'lulilrcn I" fath I. iheral iMllh h no Richard, William, Samnel, Caleb, and S.uali. William .McCullv, Sr. son ol josepli aiii fathei Onsh if the T , X.S., riiio |)o-tmaslei-, was bom at .'ffect tnd bc- twample, he is an ardent and Worker foi- tin- lanse of temperance longs to the leading temperance societies of eisiiiiiib icsnected liv the citizens IK lb I I. 1 ~iiJ. I! learned the trade of blacksmith at ( Inslow ami n Maitlaiu opened a lilac X.S. ksmitl Settlini T d, irking and of >teadv and temperate habits, ccessfnl for a man of he was not onlv verv su II if Tmro in general. On ( Ictober J(), iS: Mr, McCullv married to Margaret (ira\ Wilson, daughter of James Wilson, a .Scotchman, who emigrated from hi-, native land to Xo\'a .Scotia, and set- tle! It rict( bis calling, but was highly respected in tlie ; WiKon wa s a nia--on am Iter at 1 iilast llalil IX. Ml conimunit\-. IK was conspicuous lui his efforts to advance llie tempi'raiice cause, and belr jd to uKMiv societ i>. stabl ished for that Hi l-.l der 111 the Ire :h, and in politii s a Libi'ra II • byteria lis wifi li/.abe th, was iiorii in laughter of erer ol nmisiial skill in his lalling. He designed miicii of the • ihout the 1' li iiilding a t H;i fax, a ml was intrusted w' h inanv other impor- tant undertakings of t le Kim I IK was a! a man imicli <-steciiied lor the worth of bis persona i cl laracter. HIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW «0S Mr. ami Mrs. McCiilly have I)Lrn tlic |,,iicnts of five (.liildici). one ui whom, Annie, is now (IccLMsud. The four livin- are: Charles Ar- nold, I'lorcnee, J'ili^abeth Aliee, and Louise 11. Annie w.is tiie wile <4 (jeor-e Ma^'ee, o| St. John, N.H., and at her death lelt .me child, William (Icor^e Ma-ee. Charle.s .Xrmdd mar- ried Xellic ]irittoii, who died, lea\in- one ehiid, Mar-ery .\. U. MiCulIy. l'|,,renee, who survives her hushand, Ruhct ( laiks(,;i, has no children. I,ouise 11. is a rresl.yterian mis- sionary now- stationed in China. .Mr. MeCully and his family are mend)ers of the rrcshyterian church. I I' |i;rHKX (iKORCK KKXT, a pros- perous business man of Jfalifa.\, pro- ■^ prielor (.f the kitchen furniture store established by his f.nhcr nearly b.rty years a<,'o, was horn in Halifax, l)eiend)er j;, i,S-;, son of (Jeor-e and JJessie (lloUoway) Rent. His i)aternal grandfather, (ieor^e Rent, sec- ond, son of (ieor-e Rent, lir>t, who came to Xov.i .vhom she sur- vives, Eli/abeth is the wiie of Tliomas ; Blenkhorn, of Southampton. In politics Matthew SmLh was a Liberal. Charles .Smith was educated at .Sasse.v, N. H. When a young man he accompanietl his father to I'ox River, where the latter pur- chased a farm, in the cultivation of which Charles assisted until he reached the age of twenty-one. He then came into possession of the farm, and, besides cultivating it on his own account, he built vessels and carried on lumbering, also conducted a genernl store at P'ox I'iiver. Subsequently ht; opened a store at Port Vireville. In 1.S86, .after .suc- cessfully carrying on a general Uicrcantile business for a period of tiiirty-five years, he retire'! from actixe (".isiness life. In 1896 be removed to Amherst, and built his present fine residence. The competence he now enjoys is the fruit of his own foresight and long-continued diligent effort, and its ac- (piisition lias resulted in benefit to others as well ,is to liimself. In politics he is a Lib- eral. At one time he ran for the Provincial Legislatnre as Representative for Cumberland t^ounty. but was defeated by only eiglit xctes. Mr. Smith w.is married in 1856 to .Sarah M. Smith, a daughter "I Robert K. .and Mary (Mitchell) Smitli. Phough having before marriage the same surname, Mr.s. .Smith is not a blood relati(m ol her hnsband. Ti.ey have bad eleven children, nf whom three siir\i\e; n.-.melv, Mary Lli/abetb, Alice V... and Annie. \'aiy illi/abeth is the wifi' ol {'lar- ence I'ullerton. nl P.irrsbiiro, and has I'ne children /Xubr^y L., Panma, ivay. Mane, and Carmen. .Mice M. is niimairiel. Annie CIIAKI.I.S SMITH IS I'; O al: ab an (b M 1 IS an noi wli cat ■7, am wli 18; ma tiv^ in dii livi mai .hi Sai clii .MKl BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 109 is the wife of Captain Stewart Salter, of I'arrsboro anrl the mother of one child, Clare. Of those deceased, I-Imnia died at the aye of about twenty years; Jessie died at the age of about eighteen; Reynolds at the age of six; and Marry at that of two years. I'our others (besides Harry) died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Smith attend the Methodist church. [Jl^OHl'RT SARGKNT KAKINS, a suc- cessful business man of Varniouth, was born in that city on October 31, 1S40, his parents being Roljcrt Sargent, Sr., and Isabolle A. (Fletcher) Kakins. Ilisgieat- giandfatiier luikins, whose Christian iranie is not now kiioun, was a native of Scotland, from which country he removed, probably at an early age, to the north of Ireland. Thomas Kakins, son of the Scottish emi- grant, was born in the north of Irehnul in | 17-9. He was a manufacturer of tishingtacklc and similar g5 to i,S75. In the year last named was lormed the partiiershi[) of Spinn\-, Ivikins vS: Co., gi-itei'.il hardware merchants, which lasted nji to 1883. Then .Mr, biakins became interested in ie,d estate and shipping, in which i !i on. wiio is now residing in I"'ngland. Henry H. Paulin, second, was born in ICng- land in iSiq, and was educated in iiis nativi- niOGRAI'HrCAL REVIEW "5 land. lie was aijpointed by tlio imjierial ^^overnment to a position in tlu' custom-house at Halifax, N. S., where he remained for many years. Subsequently returninj; to lui^land, he died there in 1.S96, at the aj;e of seventy- seven. I lis wife, Mary, who was born in l':n^'land in 1821, died there, in 1S97, at the a.ne of seventy-six. They were adheren'ts of the Church of lui-land. They had seven iliildren, five of whom are now liviu" ; namely, John, Adelaide K., Kalherinc, Will- iam H. , and Robert. Robert I'aulin received his education in the city of Ifalifax. After his school days lie went to Windsor, and in iSSg entered the Commercial Hank of Windsor as accountant, which position he still holds. lie has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, by whom he is personally esteemed for his qualities as a man and a citizen. In jiolitics he is a Liberal. .Mr. I'aulin was married in 1879 to Mmnia I'ayzant, dau-;hter of the late (lodfrey 1'. I'ay- /ant, formerly a hi^^hly respected citi/en of Windsor and president of the Commercial Hank of that place. .Mr. and Mrs. I'aulin have two children: Xellic Kynaston, who married I'. T. I landsomhody, a native of .Mar- low, lui-land, now head master of the Cdlli;- t;inte School of Windsor, \'. S. ; and ('. II. Hradshaw. The lamily attend the Churcii of I-;n"land. son of Willian) and Catherine (] onj,f) Ta\lor. William Tavlor, wh was born in Scotland. was educated in his nati .e country, and for a while followed farmin,i; there. Subsequently he came to Nova Scotia, and settled on a farm about five miles from Wind.sor. where h the rest of his life, dyin- at the advanced :v^c of ei.i;hty-si.\- years. In politics he was a e s])ent Conservative. II is wife, Catherine, who was a native of l-"almouth, X. S. , bore him n children, of wh ine om four are now living'; namely, Robert, Mary, Geor-e, and Mar-aret. ary married for her first husband John Red- M chil- don, of Windsor, by whom she had si.\ dren. She married for her second husban( Morton Vautrhn, of W indsor, of which union there are no children. GeorLje married Han- nah Hates, and has three children — Leslie, George, and Catherine. M of John Wilson. argaret is the wife Robert Tav lor, after attend i W indsor, went to llalifa.v found cmnl l)loymcnt with i;. K. Hi Kind's Col- , where he own in the hardware business. After remainini. Mr. Hrown for twelve years, he formed a part- nership with Richard Jennett to c crockery business, under the f ntra-e with in the inn name of ||^|()HI':RT TAVI.OR, one of the Icadini; business men of Halifax, niauiifact- urer of and dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Windsor, \.S. , in 1S30, Jennett & Taylor. They conducted a store in llalif ;(x for seven years. In 1867 Mr. Taylor purchased the dealer in boot business of lulward Smith, s and siloes. hats s, caps, and other jr,„„ls (wholesale and retail), cm Crr; ville Street, wliich he sti 1869, ill connection with t in- carries on. IIS, he eiiiiaired in th e manufacture of boots ,ind sho les, iinde r thi stvl ie of Robert i'av tor Comp; and this if li i ii :i I if iji ii I lii -i ! : ri '1 ■ 1 i it '1 hi M f fljj ii6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW II u: business also he comlucts at the present time. After buyin^^ out Mr. Smith, he took his son into jjartnership with him, and he has .since remainei! a member of the firm, wliicli lias been very successful. Mr. Taylor was married in lSCio to Fannie L. Scott, daui,^hter of John \V. Scott, of Liverpool, N.S. They have had ei.^ht chil- dren, .seven of whom are now livinj; — ■ Fannie, Maud, Catherine. Mary, Robert I)., Margaret, and HIanche. Fannie is the wife of Henry Rankine, of St. John, N. 15., and the mother of two children — Zilla and Stanley. Maud is the wife of llavelock McC. Hart, and has three children — ReginaUi, Amy, and Ruth. Catherine married W. h. Taylor, of llalifa.v, and has two children — lulith and b'rank. Mary married A. I). John.son, of Halifa.\, and has three children — Uruce, Carleton, and Mona. Robert D. married 1^1 la Urown, and has one child, Arthur. Margaret is the wife of Clarence Reddon and the mother of a son, llavelock. .Mr. and Mrs. Taylor attend the Church of ICngland. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Liberal. JARRV 1MCKI:Y KKNT, a leadin- grocer of Amherst, was born cm Ajiril 20, 1857, at Tugwasii, N.S. His father, Rufus b'reeman Hent, was a grand- son of Jesse Hent, a native of Fort Lawrence. N.S. Jesse Hent married Dorothy I''reeman, of Amherst, whose father, in all prdb.ibility. was a Loyalist iinmignuit from tlv revolted New Ln^land cobmies. William Freeman Hent, son of Jesse and Dorothy, born at Fort Lawrence, became a merchant in Amherst and a partner of Will- iam ][. l)e Wolf. He married Abigail Chap- man, daughter of the late Adjutant Thomas Chapman, of Amherst, and was the father of seven children, of whom two are now living — I'armelia and (ieorge. I'armelia, who sur- vives her husband, the late James F'erguson, of Amherst, has two children — Annie and Charlotte, both of whom are married. .Annie \ is the wife of bred R. Hutcher, of St. John, I X.H. , and the mother of three children: ^ Jennie, wife of b'rank Merritt, of St. John, N.H.; Harry: and Lillian. Charlotte is the wife of Lorenzo Crosby. j Rufus Freeman Hent, son of William and his wife, Abigail, was born in Amherst, N. S., December 26, 1826. He was educated at Foit Lawrence. After leaving scho(d he was employed as a clerk in the general store of ! Robert Whidden at I'ugwash. N. .S.. and sub- I secjuently for several years was book-keeper for the late linn. H. (i. Pineo, of the same jjlace. He at length entered intu mercantile business there on iiisown account, and besides keeping a store was the invner of a vessel, his trade being largely with Prince JCdward Island. He also had an interest in the plaster (|uarries at I'ugwash. He was successful in his varii)us undertakings anil diii a large busi- ness up to the time of his death, which oc- curred ( )ctober 12, 1878. His religious affili- ations were with the Church of Fngland, and in piditi.'s he was a Ccuiservative. He is sur- I vived liv his wife, who nnw resides at Am- 1 ■ 1 In ^ 1 in t , ■ 'Ml ' i ^i ■ ! ■ ■ H . : ■- i ' \il iN |.i ui ri. iH 1 I 1 i ! 1 :;; | I'^B ■« ■ :i 1 'Ifl ,|" |l ^'Wi Ij 1 1; 1 jl y« AI.I.IA ii.\i.i:v. 'i-. HiK. niOGRAPHFC.M, REVIEW liorst. N.S. Her mnidcii name was Mnr:;arct i;ilcn (iarne Stubs. She is a dau-hter of IVter and .Mary (Dickey, Stubs and a native ol St. Stephen, N. H. Her mother was a daughter of the late Hon. Robert McGowan Dickey, formerly Judge ..r the Inferior fourt and a sister ,.f the present Senator Dickey, of Amherst. .N.S. Her father, I'eter .Stubs, was a noted barrister ot .St. John. N.l!.. born in Live-pool. Kngland, a son of I'eter, Sr. , and Margaret ( I'arkin.son) .Stub.s, both natives of Warrington. ICngland. He was the eldest of three children. This first I'eter Stubs emi- grated from Juigland t,) New Brunswick, set- tling in .St. Stephen, where he established the Charlotte Cmnty Hank, of which he was I-resident for many years, He represented the oainty in the Ifouse of A.ssembly for a num- ber of years, and was a very pr.miinent citi- zen. The family is of German origin. Four children were born to M,-. .-„ni .Mrs. Rufus F. »ent, and two of them are now living, namely: Harry Dickey, subject of this sketch; and John Ingli.s. The latter married Amanda Moran. daughter of Henjar.iin .Moran. of Dor- chester, N.H., and has one child, Lionel Harcild Stubs lient. Harry D. Kent, after atten.ling school in j I'ngwash, at the age of seventeen went to Am- ' herst, where for five years he was employed as j Herk by Dunlop Hrothers, merchants. Dur- | i'!g the uevt ten years he was a travelling ' salesman t,,r W. H. Haywo.ul. of St. |,J,n" | N.H. In i.S.sV) he formed a iiartnershij) with j Albert .Mosher, with whom, under the style of j Hent & Mosher. he conducted a general .Gro- cery business at Amherst for three years. They then dissolved partnership, and since that time (1889) Mr. Hent h.as carried on a general grocery business on his own account. He has been very successful, and is now the proprietor of one of the leading stores of that kind in the city. He belongs to several Ma- sonic organizations, being a member of Acacia I-\' occupation a laruier. Hi died at a comparati vel\ II is wife, ICIeanor Dor, rly It that [dace, her lather be lumb' erman and farmer. Sh ing e was the ler (if ten chile ren, si.x of whom a Cath erine, who re now eanor D. , lul- rancis, and Amelia 1''. is the widow of John Struther, living; namely, Catherine, K ward ]).. Mary D., I- has two children Aust nor D. is ;h in anil e wife of H. C. R I ena. HI of \' ar- m, was native of Mill Village, N..S. They had three chil- dren, of whom the only one to attain maturity was l':dwar(l D. , .Mavm- Davison's father. Ivlward 1), Da visoii was born at .Mill Village, N..S, in f.SKj. Left mouth, and the mother of t wo children d D. and Lewis R. lulwanl D. Davi second, married Alma M. Hickm an, of D 01- :hest er, N. H. d md died leaving one chil I'.llen M. Mary D Cable Tarker. and is tl le wife of the Rev. has two c an orphan when hild ren — l-"red- |uite young, he was broui ht >i|i bv an unit (a sister of his mothei ) who resided at Mill ViH- At tl where he spent most of his vouthf 111 days. age ol nineteen he b at mill building, and lu egaii to work was siibsequentlv .■ngaged in lumbering md milling at I. uiieii- hiifL l)eing vcrv successful n isr.. I) he set- tled at Hridi in limiluring ihere. lie foi the rest of h ;ewater ai id engaged extnisivelv erick and .Matt le. ./vine lia ]'., M rs. H rown- !• who is a widov rancis 1); las no cl ,1( ivisini was educated at the acad- emy in Ibuton, \.S. Upim comjdeting his studies he entered the employ of his father. and ^^l)se(|ue^t!y becam firm, the business being name of Davi.son & Se c a memlier >\ tl le coiulueted under tlu On the fat hi. death it w.is incorporated, Mr. Dav also erectiiiL I son s si'veral lowed the s active se occnpation.s mills during great success. IK lSi).|, at the a-e of meeting with liridgewater in brother being president of tl hiinsell becoming th le company, and he e president upon the deatl of the brother. I I sides holding that at tlu position present time. he IS active si'vents'-foiir. n politics in other bus ly int Liberal, he servnl due term in the House of V^seinbly, representing (Hieeiis C(Minty. •aiterprising and public-spirited, he w.is one f Hridjjewatur, mess enterprises, II ereL.tod e was the o Sled 111 gold miniiiL pro|)erty in vari(uis part.^ 122 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of the Province. He is a leading spirit in the affairs of the town, and has done much to pro- mote its best interests. A Liberal in poli- tics, he was elected the first Mayor of Hridge- water on its incorporation as a town in 1899 (the year not yet ended), and has thus far dis- charged his official duties in an en-inently sat- isfactory manner. Mr. Davison was married in 1S79 to IClla M. Fraser. daughter of Peter C. l-'raser, of Hridgewater, X.S. Five children have been born of this union, and three are now living — Louise S., Alma M., and Reginald V. ' A X I) !• OR 1) II A R R I \ C, T O \ , Pl-ILTOX. '.'.C, of Yarmouth, ' X.S., was born in Xew York City, ; September 2S, 1845, son nf Milo Sandford and Louisa Maria (Harrington) i'elton. Ills first prt)genit(>r in America was Jolin I'elton, who was born about 1616, and who came from England and settled in Hostnn, .Mass., be- tween 1630 and i'')33. This John and his wife, Susanna, wiiom he married about \C'4^, had four chiltUen. of whom .Samuel was the second in order of birth. Samuel Pelton, above mentioned, was born at Dorchestei'. M.iss., about 1^)47, and dicil thereabout 171;,. On May \C\ 1673, he m.ir- ried Mary SmitI), daughter of John Smith, a t|uartermaster in the Hritisli navy at Dorclies- ter. They had eight eliihlren, the second son being John, named for his grandfather. John Pelton, the third, son ol Samuel, a carpenter and bn.lder by trade, was burn in Dorchester, Mass., January 9, 1682. He died at the age of fifty-two years, July 15, 1735. By his wife, Jemima, whom he mar- ried in 1705, he had eleven children. John Pelton, fourth, eldest son of John, third, was born in Canterbury, Windham County, C(mn., February 29, 1708, and died January J9, 1786. lie married first l^liza- iieth Champion at Saybrook, Conn., and they had eleven children, the fifth-born being named Ithamar. l'"or his second wife he mar- ried Martha Shipman, daughter of John Ship- man, of Chester, Conn., and by her also he had eleven children. Ithamar i'elton, son of John and Fli/abeth, was born at S;iybrook, Conn, (now ICsse.x), Xovember 22, 1740. lie was a fine mechanic and builder, erecting many churches, mills, and other buildings in his native State. I*"rom .Saybrook he subse(|uently removed to Middletield, Comi., where he died .March 16, [826. His wife, Asenath Pr.itt, of lladdam. Conn., bore him nine children, Joel being the sixth son. Joel Pelton, son of Ithamar and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born at I^ast Windhnm, Conn., .August 19, 177'). lie wasai\ agriculturalist in his n.itive Sl.ite all his lile, and besides being a i)romiuent f.irmer w.ts a Justice ol the I'c.ice .ind Sheriff. lie died March jd, iSij. liv his lirsi wife, Ruth iMcld, daughter ol I )e,u on /.uhariali iMeld, he had eleven children, the sixth bi'ing Milo .Sandford. Ills second wife, in maidenhood Rosett.i I'.dw.irds. w.is the mother of thirteen children. II ^ AMiI'Mvli II. I'l I ,|i)\, II, ^ Jife ij lilOGRAPHICAL REVIEW I2S Milo Sanilfcird Pclton was born at Micklle- fiekl, Conn., February [4, 1815. From 1842 to 1847 he resided in New Vorii City, wlierc he was eiij;ageii in business as a wholesale sta- tioner and [japer deab.'r. In 1847 he removed to Ware, Mass., and engaged in the idothing business; and his last days were spent in that town, his death oecurring May 12, 1849. Ills wife, Louisa Maria, was a daughter of Daniel ami Anna Fli/a ineWolf) llarrington, of AiUigonislv, \.S. Siic was born June 10, 1S14, and died April 3, 1897, at the ago of eighty-three, having been the mother of three children namely, Sandford Harrington, George Mcl'".lwain, and Mary Louisa the first named being the only survivor of the three. On the death of his father .Sandford Har- rington I'elton removed with his mother to Nova .Scotia, and received his elementary education in tlu' grammar school at An- tigonish, X.S. , and was instructed in the higher branches of learning, including the classics, by the Rev. R. I'". Hrine, a Church of Lngland clergyman of Cape Hretnu. lie suh- se(|ucntly eng.iged lit the study of law with his uncle, Charles \'. iiairingtini, who was a member of the I'rovinci.il .Assembly from Cape Hreton for some years. Upon the death of Mr. llarrington, which occurred in 1864, Mr. I'l'lton went to .Xntigduisli ,ind completed his legal studies under llie mentorship of the 1 Ion. D.oi M.icdoii.ild 1 .1 cousin I, wiio was at cmc time Attorney (iener.il ol N'dVa .Si-oti.i. Heing admitted to the b.ir October .!_', 1867, Mr. I'eltun be-an pr.uiice in V'armoutli, whore he h.is since resiiled. lie was may Sutherland, horn > June 3, 1880, who died January 3, 1885; Rej;ina!d Victor, born October 24, 1881 ;1 Clive Milo, born .\ui;ust 24, 18S3: Lionel Keith, born April i, 1886, died Au-ust 16, ^ 1899; Guy Cathcart, born April 26, 1S87; Gerald N'incent, born May n. 18SS: and Grace Macnab, born March 2, 1892. The family attend St. John's Tresbyterian Church at Yarmouth, ol which Mr. I'ellon has been one of the trustees lor many years. rOHN KI'-ITII, a prominent b'.isiness \ ,^| man of Windsor, was bom in Halifax, N.S. , in 18,1''', s"ii "' John, Sr. , and Christina (Sutherland) Keith. His paternal o-randfather was Donald Keith, a native and lifelon- resident of Scotland, by occupation a farmer. Donald Keith died at the a,i^c of about eiL;htv years. Tiic maiden name of hi'^ wile was Christina Hrims. They were the parents ,,f four children, of whom two namely, Alex- ander Keith, late of Halifax, and J.ihn, Sr.-- came to .\,.i'.Tica. The others remained in .Scotland. I.ihn Keith, the yoini^cst son of Donald, was born in Scotland. In his early manhood he learned the trade ,,f brewer; and after iiis marria^'c, in 1834, he came to Nova Scot'a, settling' in Halifax, where be found employ- ment in a small brewery. Subsei|Uently be- cnmin<;tbe pniprielor ■>! tin- concern, he built up a large business, whicli he carried on until his death, at the a-;e of sixty-seven years. l?y his wife Christina, who was a dau,!;hter of Don- ald Sutherland, of Caithnessshire, Scotland, he had seven children, of whom four arc now livinfi; namely, Donald, John, Christina Jane, and I'.liz.ibeth. A brief account of them may be found in the sketch of Donald Keith, brother of the subject ot .this sketch, which is published on another pa<,a- of the Ki-.viKW. The mother died at the a,-e of eighty years. lohn Keith, the subject of this sketch, re- ceived his etlucalion in his native city, and later in his youth he si)ent sonic time in the United States. In 1S55 he began the manufacture of furniture in Windsor, in com- pany with his biolhe'Donald, to whom he sub- sequently .sold out his interest. He then en- j^aj^cd in the (luarrying of gypsum at Went- w(Utii, N.S. , forming a comjiany called the Wenlworth (iyiisum Piaster Conijiany, with which he was connected for fifteen years. Selling out bis interest, he then engaged in ship-building; and from that time up to the present has been more or less interested in ves- sels. Among others, he built the largest ves- .sel ever launched at Windsor, the f.mr-masted JKirkcntine, " l''.nseneda, " of one thousand tons registered tonnage, which is still afloat, and is owne.l by him. Mr Keith is a direct.ir of the Wind-'Oi I'urniturc Company and of the Wind- Mir Insurance Comiiany, and vice i)resident ol the Commercial Hank ol Windsor. He is widely respected, not only as a >ucccs-.ful busi- ness m.m, biU also as ,1 loy.il and uselul citi- zen. He was a member of the Town Commit BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIKW 127 tec for HKiiiy }-cai-s, ami lias hucn .several times ur^^ctl to accept the nomination t'oi- IVIa\-or, hut (IcclinciJ. Ill polities he is a ('onservative. A Free Mason, lie is connected hy membership with Wellsford Lo(l;h the full scope ol the most advanced mathematical curriculum of the school ; and, upon the princiiml repre- sciitiii-- to him that the teachers did not feel bound to extend the mathematical course specially for his benctit, it was arranf,^'d that, in consider.ition of his taking part in the teachir.-- of the other mathematical classes, he shoukl be given a special cour.se in applied mathematics, with the view to his education for the profession of a civil engineer. In 1S55 Mr, C.rcgory, having taken, besiiles the highest m.itheniatical prize, the Douglas inedal for highest proliciency in classics, and liaving also won the competitive scholarshii), entered the Ifiii versity of New ]?runs»vick, for- merly King's College, at I'Vederieton, where he continued his mathematical and classical studies. In 1857, through the influence of his cousin. Thoni.is Ciirrie (iregorv, who w.is the resident engineer in charge of the construc- tion of the Sariiia liianeh of the Creat Western Railway of ( an.ida, he obtained a position upon the enL,ineeiiiig staff of that railway. In ih.il emploMiient lor two ye.irs. under Mr. C.eorge I. owe Keiil, M.I.C.b;,, and two years subsei|uent cniplovnient upon the en- I '• r\ n.^i| >; i m ! ■ ir I liji 128 BlOr.RAI'HICAL REVIEW ginecring staff of the Now Hnmswick govern- ment, under Mv. Alexander I.iiders I.iglH, M.I.C'.l^., upon the luuope and North Amer- ican Railway, he actiuired professional train- ing and experiencj. He continued to pursue the profession of a civil engineer, being en- gaged as the engineer in the charge of the construction of the railway from St. John, N.H., to Mattawamkeag in Maine, which now forms part of the Canada I'acitic Railway, also of the Fredericton Hranch, the Prince ICd- w.ard Island Railway, and the Halifax and (.ape Breton Railway in Nova Scotia, now a part of the Intercolonial Railway, besides making numerous surveys and reports upon other lines of railway. In the year 1S79 his ]iursuit of the profes- sion of civil engineering was interrupted tor a time because of his becoming involved in pro- longed litigation with the Halifax and I'ape Breton Railway and Coal Company and the government of Nova Scotia, instituted hy him for the purpose ot having determined by the courts the legal effect which the pledging and subsequent transfer of tlie company's line of railway to tiiat government iiad upon the heavy pecuniary interest which he had in the property. While sucii litigation was proceed- ing, Mr. Ciregory entered upmi the study ol law, and was admitted to the bar of Nova Seotia in 1.SS4 and to the Ontario liar in l.Siji. Since his entrv into tlu- legal protes- >ion he has been emidoyed in numeioiis im- portant engineering cases, chietly as an arbi- trator or as a referee, the jirincipal one being the famous case between the Cana ! li jiM p, ' : .\.\ rilAMI I. (I KKV. 1 ■I' : ki m. m fl^J m^ SIX l);i I.r Al \'i to VC tn BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW «3i a IJbcral. II is death took place when lie was ; sixty-nine years iilii. I lis wife, luinice, was a (laiij;hter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lawrence) i l)avison, her parents l)ein^- farminj^ people of i i l'"almouth. She was horn in Falmouth, N. S., ! ill iS2^, and died in 1870, at the aj^e of forty- ' seven, having been the mother of eleven chil- j dren, seven sons and four danjjhters. Of 1 I these the following named are now livin};': Loren/o; Sarah 1).; Nathaniel, subject of the present sketch; Mark; IClias; Hessie; and Alfred. Lorenzo married Prudence llaton, of j i'ort Williams, N.S. Sarah 1). is the wife of Nelson A. Rhodes, of Amherst (a sketch of whom may be found on another paj^^e of this volume), and has one child livinj;, i".d;;ar Nel- son, Mark married Annie Lowe, of Amherst. IMias married ildith Widden, of South Fram- innham, Mass., and has two children. Scott Vernon and ICunice. Alfred married Nettie Fairbanks, and has one child, Lawrence. Nathaniel C iirry was educatetl in the pub- lic schools of Hortdu and I'ort Williams. At tlie a^e of sixteen he bei,',in an ai5prenticeshi[> to the carpenter's trade, which lasted four years. He then went to lioston, Mass., where for about eis^htcen months he followed his trade. At the end of that time he journeyed westward as far as \'irj;iiiia C ity, Nev., ; where he worked as a millwright among the ; mines for abinil a year. Thence he went to (arson City, and found i-niployment in the railway car shops. After remaining there for [ three years and a half he returned in 1876 to .Nova Scotia, and settled in .Xmherst. In the sjiriug of the following year he formed a part- j nership with his brother-in-law, Nelson A. Rhodes, under the firm name of Rhodes & furry, and established his |)resent business, one of the most extensive aiul flo 'rishing of its kind in the Province. It had scarcely been operated a year when their works were burneil ; but, purchasing land, they rebuilt their factory and workshojis on a larger scale, a wise measure, though they could scarcely then have foreseen the large pro])ortions the business was destined finally to assume. In 1893 the extensive car works establishment of J. Harris & Co., .St. John, was actpiircd; and the business was incoriiorated with Mr. Curry as the |)resident and Mr. Rhodes as vice-jiresi- dcnt, which ollicial persf^nnel has been contin- ued up to the present time. Their operations are of a most diversified nature, and include the operation of planing-mills, iath-mills, saw- mills, shingle-mills, brick works, car works, machine sliojis, and foundries. They are also general contractors and builders. .\n iilea of the extent of the business may be gained from the fact that it gives employment to about three hundred men in the .\mherst works and to an equal number scattered throughout thi' Province. The output from the car simps alone is half a million dol- lars per year. < )ne of the most important industries of .Xmherst, it reflects credit upon the town, and adds much to its jirosperity ; and its proprietors are highly respected as enter- [irising and sagacious business men and pub- lic-spirited citizens. .Mr. Curry has held various public otfices of responsibility and tiiist. liefore the incor- i] lit: f.ti i ' I l! . It 13a lUOGRAniKAL RK.VIRW poration cl the t..wn he was chairman of the ' Fire Wards Committee, served at one time as Town Counsellor, and was Mayur of Amherst in 1896 and 1S97. In politics he is a Con- servative, lleheloiiiis to the Mas.-nic order, bein.n a member of Acacia Lod-e of Amherst, of which he is a Past Master. He is also a member of the Kni-hts of Pythias, lie is a stockholder and director in the l.Nphdts Lum- ber Company of Newfoundland, ol the Sheet llarlior Lumber Company of -Sheet ilarh..r, and of the Xewville Lumber Company of Parrshoro, N.S. Mr. Curry was married in i.'^.Si to M.iry Hall, a dau-hter of Da' id Hall, of Annapolis. N.S. lie has live eliildren, namely: Victor G.,a student at the Royal Military Collt-e at Kingston, Ont. : i;ric ^^ : Leon 11.; ( .Ivan; and N. Rennie. With his family he attends the Haptist church. fOllX l'l'(;iL a well-known citi/en also the native place ot his parents, Thomas ,nul Ann (Hums, Pu-h. and his father wa. there en- naj^ed in business durin- all his active life as a sdioe dealer, 'rhomas Pu-h and hi, wilr. Ann, liatl three children, two hnys and a -irl. Of these children John, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest-born, an.l is llie only one now livin,^. Jnbn I'u-h at the a-e of eleven years left hnnie and went to sea, servin- his time as aiipreiitice lor live years. His lust Ion- voya-e was from i'ln-lan.l to Trinidad. After becoming an able seaman he m.ide many voyages between Halifax, N.S., and various foreign ports, in course of time being promoted to the position of mate. In 1S44 he became the master ol a ship called the "Idlen," owned by the hate firm of Ceorge P. Oxley & Co,, of Halifax, in which ills tirst trip was to Jamaica. Snb- seipiently he became master of the brig "Loyalist," Delonging to the late lirm of (leorge !'. .Mitchell & Co., in which during seven years he maile thirty-four voyages be- tween I hilifax anelf. In this vessel he continued to follnw the sea as commander and part owner until 1S57, when ho retired. He then engaged in business ashore as a whole- sale dealer in groceries, licpior, and wine, ' which he carried on successfully for fourteen years, ,it the end ol tluit time giving up the -nicerv trade and continuing as an im|)orter ni and wholesale dealer in wines and liepiors. l-.ventually he took hi> son into partnership with him, but. the son dying -.hortly after, he continued the liusiness .done until the present time ( 1899). .Mr. Pugli is chairman t. i. iP ] I illt ' I n' if n 134 BIOGKArHJ''AL REVIEW 20, 1832, to ^[;lry Archibald, wlio was horn at Sherbrooke, N. S., in 1812, a daughter of David and Hannah (Hlanciianl) Archibald. Her father, a farmer by occupation, was a na- tive of Londonderry, N.H., born in 1758. He died at the aj^o of sixty-five. Her mother was born in New Hampshire in 1774. and died at the a<,re nf tifty-six. David Archibald for some time was enga,i;ed in business in Truro, N.S. He subsequently remnved to .St. Mary"s (now Sherbrooke). where he died, having been for a number of years jirevious to bis death the leading business man in that [lart of the coun- try. David and Mary (.Archibald) .McCurdy hail seven children, namely: John, who is now deceased: Hannah, who is the wife of W. H. ]51anchard. of Windsor, N.S. ; (ieorgina, who is unmarried: l-Ldward W'., who married ICli/a Hart, of Haddeck, C. H. ; William I"., wiio married Klizabeth Kandick, of Halifa.\, N.S. : Henry H,. the subject of this sketch; and Arthur W., whose wife, Lucy O'lirien, of Windsor. N.S., is deceased. Mrs. .Mary Archibald McCurdy died in 1SS4. David McCurdv is now the only survi\,ir ol his father's family. His brothers M,d sisters each lived to the age of about ninety years. Henrv 11. .McCurdy obtaineil his element- ary education at Onslow, and subse(|uently at- tended the model and normal schools at 'i'ruro. After completing his studies he was eiig.iged in business with his f.ilher at H.iddeck. i H,, from isr/) to i86(i. In tlic year l.ist n.nned he went to .\ntigonish .ind opened a general store, beginning in a snudl way. He h,is since built up the leading business in the e.istein part of the Province. In 1S96, in connection with Mr. .Arthur I'orbes, he opened a branch stfire at .Sydney, C.li., under the firm name of McCurdy X- Co., which enterprise also has been very successful. In juilitics he is a Liberal. He w.is married in 1S75 to Sarah Mc- Millan, daughter of John and Isabelle (Chis- hidm) McMillan, of yXntigonisb, N.S. .Mr. and .Mrs. MeCnnly are the parents of seven children — David, John, Harry. Mary Isa- bella, Margaret, C.irnot, and .Anisley. David is a l.iw student at Dalhousie College. John and Harry, who both purpose following the mercmtile profession, are clei'ks in their f,ither"s store at Antignnish. Mie family attend the I'resbyteri.m church. They are widelv esteenied and respected as useful citi- zens and good neighbors. ki;d wdodhurv ^i'ic.xdm.w, ii |iroprieloi' o! ,1 fine stock l.irm at Kent- ville, N'..S. , was boin in lioston, M.iss., .Sep- tembiT J I , i8'ii, son ol luioch and .\bbie I.. (Woodhurvi Ste.iihnaii. lie is a descendant of John .Steadnian, who w.is ,1 resident at one time of North Kingstiui, R, I. It is not unlikelyth.it th's John Steadman was ,1 native u\ Rhode Lkind, though no delinite iiitoiin.il ion is .i\Mil,ible on th.it point. Iletheie 111 111 ie. I his fust wile, I'.il- theni.i (ii,ic\-, who came lioiii Shrewsi>ury, Monmouth County, N.J. lie iemo\'ed from place to place in New Lngland until, in i 7''iO, he came to Nnva >coti.i, settling in ("0111- ii: * 'i Kl.I) W. Ml. A DM AN. i • :,■ AB!. 184'!, Mr. lUirnhani was married to Miss Catherine Lawrence, a na- tive of Upi)er i'"alinouth, \.S., born October 22. 1824, and a daughter of l'"raiicis and ( ath- erine Lawrence. I-'our children were born ot this union. Tiie only one now living is a daughter, lilla, who is unmarried. Mrs. Burnham died April 9. ^^H- ^he was a member of the Methodist church. /?)*K()RGK H. ROBERT.SON, superin- \^T tendent of the Yarmouth Water Works, was born in Yarmouth, N. S , in 1845, son of William an«#t>wv-'Sr niOORAI'IIICAI, UF.VIF.W 141 performed. He is mucli respected as a trust- worthy public official and a man of upright character. In politics he is a Liberal Con- servative. §OII\ I'l.I.IS lU'TI.I'R, Harbor Master of the port of Halifax, was born in that city, Ajiril 37, 1S34, son of Ivtiward and J'^izabeth (De W'oll) JUitler. lie is a j^raml- son of lulmnnd lUitlcr, a native of ( onnty Tippcrary, Ireland, who came to Halifax in early life, and who was for man)- vears a la- borer in the Queen's dockyard. lulniund Sutler was favorably known as an honest n)an, a steady workman, and a ,i;dod citi/en. The niaitlen n.une of his wife was Rhunt. They had six children, three sons and three daui^ii- ters, none of whom are now livinj;. Kdward Ihitler, who was his parents' second eldest son, was born in Halifax in the year iSoo. He served his time in the ( iiieen's dockyards as a ship-tai pcnter, and continued in tJK- sci\ice of the (juccn for man\- wars. His death occurred in \Si<~. His wife, who was horn in iSo,^, died in i,S-j. They were Roman Catholics in religion, (inod, conunon- sensc people, ol kindl\' disposit inn, they were respected by all their neighlK)rs. I'hcv had eij;ht children, lour sons and four dau,i;hters, of whom four are now livin;;; namelv, John )';ilis, lulward, Ka'.hjrine, and M.ii ia. John i'lllis Mutler in his bo\hood, aftci' j,'(dnj; to sehiMil for some time in Halifax, wmkeil fur one yeai- in a dr_\-i;(iods store in that city. He then again attended schoid. When fourteen years of a,;,^^ he began an aji- prenticeshii) f" the trade of spar-making in Halifax, and subsequently followed that occu- pation for forty-six years, during twenty-six of which be was in business lor himself. A part of this time he spent in the United States. In i8()3 he was appointed to bis present posi- tion as Harbor Master of the jjort of Halifa.x, the duties of whieb he has capably performed for the last six years. Mr. lUitler was married in 1864 to .Mary A. I'eerrer, daughter of Philip S. Peerrer, of Hali- fa.x. They have had eight children, of whom six are now living; nainely, Charles C, lul- mund, Philip, Mark. I'li/abetb, and Certrude. Mr. I^utler is a widely known and much re- spected citizen. He and his family are mem- bers of the Roman Catholic church. In politics he votes for the candidate whom he considers best (pialified for office. He has been a .School Commissioner and for the last twenty-Hve years a member of the Royal Nova Scotia N'acht Squadron, of which he has served as Rear Commodure for the jxist ten vears, ami has been elected Commodore for the present year, 1900. He has designed and built many of the fastest yachts in the squadron and has been the wimier of m.uty prizes with them. fWy- y.OlU.K PHII.I.IP XIT.SON, Collec- Vf^J. tin- iif Custnnis for .he jxirt of 'I'ruro and ,1 prominent citi/en of that town, was burn at Onshiw, N.S., Seiitend)ei 11, 1 ,s'4 1 , son (if Samuel Scill and Olivia (Dickson) .Nelson. He comes nf l,ii\alist aiuestrv'. ■ i| ! i I * 142 lilOGRAril ICAL REVI KAV ln'ing a groat graiidsdi) nf Samuel Xclsmi. lirst, Dicksmi, was hum at ()nslii\v in 1S13, and was a native ot Riioclc Islam!, who settled at ('lies- a (laii.!;htei- <>{ James Dieksim, a farmer of that tcr, N.S. , at the ti if the Amerieaii Revo plaee. Iiition. native t; fat Ik if th is aiieestoi' was a drcii She ( A I lied in 1.S7J '11 ley liail six ciiil Sarah I J., Co \'\ iiiiip, Ro if .Manchester, I'".iii;l;i at least, I land .M., Samuel Scott, Jr., and Mary W. to .\ nieiica troll) tliere. Ik settled in nnie is the wile o f J. W. J oniison, o f 'J'l and, where he died. .'ind the mother of se\ en children. Of these Saimiel Nelson, second, son of .Samuel Nel- the two now livinirare: Clara, wife of C'haiies son, first, was Ikh-ii at (Chester, Halifax he learned the trade of N..S. At M unroe, o f I'ort VAiiln, N.H. 1' •M. married essie J^ W ler, and has sul)se(|uently, after working some time as a ihildren Mi Olivi and liurti tiirec .Sani- jouriie\iiian, he became the [iroprietoi' of a sad ■1 Scott rried lane M. Calfrev, of Ti dleiy .slio]) of his ov lied thus engaj;cd f days weic spent at Oiisl ,11 at 1 lalifax, and mtin- has three ehildren IIarr\-, (ieorj or manv \eai> His la.st , I'rcd .M. M; W. IS the wi and fe of (i, (). Hu- \..S. where he chaiian, of Hiitish Coliimhia, and the mother of dieil, at tl le advanced aije of niiu'tv-one. In t Wo (hi idren hh \ elsoii and I th .eopold uditics he was a (.'onservat ive, and with his vifc he attended the Methodist church. Mrs. hood was a M iss W'il- (Icoi'l;!.' r. Nelson, the direct s'lhject of this skett in his hovhood attended school s ucce^ Nel .son, wno 111 maiden sivelv at ( )iislow and in 'I'l .\fter U son, died a t thi aiie of se\eiitv. T lev liad hool he enteretl at once into I ill seven children, two sons and t\w daii.^hters, lieiiii; taken into jiartnei ship h)' his father, the of whom two are now liviiii;, iiamel\' .M.i ife of \\'illiam Jiooner, of .Sariiia, Out.; ai St vie ( f tl le tirni hein Ni on vS; .Sdii. .M:i his connection was cintiniied up to iSSo, ida, who survives her husband, William when he went to Winnipeg, wheii.' for four yeais he was in the emjilov ol the t'entral per. In i.S.S.i he Hlackhurn, and resiiles at ( )iislow N.S, .Samuel .Scott Nelson 11 ol .Saiiiuc second 'acilic Kailroiid ston was 1)0 rn at Halifax in i.S 1 aiK 1 di iiarv, 1S81, at the a^e of .si.xtv-six. h was enga-ec constructioi) woii I bv R. R. -MeC ,111 oil ceitain hut alter remainin:; with iiianhnod he followed the trades of tanner and him for a short time he ri'turiied to T ind shoemaker at Halifax. .Subse(|uentl)' he re- on M.iv 1, i.SS;, was appoinied custom lloll^e moved to ( )iislow, wlieie he eii;;ai;ed in faiiii- ollicer of tlud prnt, wliicli position he has since It Mast Mountain. Still later he became bch to .\. I'. .^ a merchant at 'rrun .md so re maineil until his .\. M., No. 41, uf which he is a I'ast Masit tl Lavina, tlie last named being tiic wife of Robert L'pham. James Ring met his death by an accident, falling from a loaded wag(ni on the street near 'Irnro. [nhn King, father of l-xlwin D., was born in Scotland in 1.^05, being the second son ol James and Janet King. He accompaniol his parents to Nova Scotia when a child, and on attaining matinity resided for many years at v)nslow, where he became a snciessiid farmer and a leading Justice of the I'eace. Later he removed to Truro, -N.S. , where he became a prominent citi/cn and held the office of Stii)eridiary Magistrate until a few years be- fore his death, which occurred when ho had attained the advanced age of eighty-four years, in politics he was a Liberal Conservative. His wife, Sarah Ann, daughter of Nathaniel and Susan (Lyons) Marsters, was horn in Onslow, N.S. , in 1811. She survived her husband but a short time, dying at the same age, eighty-four. They had a large family of children, fifteen in number. The ten surviv- ing children are as iollows: Nathaniel M. , Marv Jane, James J., Thomas M., Annie S., I'rancis L. , I'.dwin D., Richard M., Charles R., and Willard P. Hoth parents were members of the Haptist church. l'".('win D. King in his boyhood atl-nded school at 'I'ruro, and later became a student at Acadia College, W(dfville, where he graduated in 1X63, and three years later took the degree of ^Lister of Arts. .After s'uidying law with the l..te j inies Royer Smith, O.C., of llalifa.v, he was admitted to the bar in I.S67, and at once began the practice of his profession in Halifax, where he has since remained. He became connected with his |)resent partner, Mr. William I.. Harss, in \Hjh. !'!uy have worked up a large clientage together, and are nund)ercd among tlu- successful lawyers ol the city. ?*Ir. King was ajiiiointed (Jneen's Coun- sel ii. iSS.p Since that year, also, he has I '>"ei' one o| the governors of Acadia University I at Wolfville and for the last ten years has been chairni.ut of its Committee ie>i(lent (il tile Ha|)tist C'onventiiiii of the Maritime I'liiviiK'es. He is interested in Sundav-seJinnl wink, ill wiiieh he is a recognized leader, l)eing now president of the Nova Scotia Sunday- school Association and one of the vice-|)iesi- (lents of the International Sunday-school Con- vention of .America. A '^iuk\ citizen in all that the woiil implies, lie can alwavs lie de- jiended upon to lend his aid and influence in hehall of any cause or measure conducive to the moral nr jihysical hetterment of the com- niunitv. some years; and he was a Kejiresentative in the Ceneral Court in i jo.S, 1709, and 1710. He was marries. . wliere he kept an inn for 'i'hey had ten children, of whom the ninth wa.s Isaac. Isaac Higelow--or, as hv was better Known, Sergeant Isaac Higelow was born in Water- town, Mass., :\Iarcb 19, iGcji. ()„ December :!'}. 1709. he married Mary Hond. daughter of James lioral. of Watertown, Mass. They suh- seipiently removed to Colchester, Conn., where he.licd Sejitember 11, 1751, and his wife July 9. '775- He was actively interested in mili- tary affairs, and was commissioned Sergeant by the Covernor of Connecticut in 1744. He and his wife had eleven children, of whom the second-born ami eldest son was Isaac, the ne.xt in line of descent. Isaac Kigelnw, second, was b.irn in Colches- I tcr. Conn., May 4. 1713. He married Abigail ^ Skiiuierof that place, and in 1762, with s.mie <'thers, removed from Coiniecticut to Corn- wallis. N.S. Suh.scHpiently, however, they left N'ova Scotia, and went to Wmiont. They had a good old-fasiiioned family of thirteen chil- dren, of whom .\masa, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was tlie twelfth. Amasa Higelow was born in Colchester, Conn., I'ebruary i, 1755, and was about seven years old when his j.arcnts removed to Corn- , wallis, X. S., where he remained a resident. j He was a ship-builder, ,ind was killed in 1790 I while al wurk .m a vessel. Hi. wile's maiden I name w,i> k,,xan,i Cone. They had eleven I children, the third nf whom was Daniel. , ;: Ii ii Hi >^ ^ .# 148 lUOGRArilKAl, RF.VIEW Daniel Hii^elow was l)iirn in C'cirnwa His .■ntcruil intci nicican tik' business at Canso, and N.S. , in 17.S0. lie was a West India nier- ilso iiecanie connected witli the shipp .■Irant and sliip-buildcr and a very sncce^ sful tcrests. These enterprises he carried on snc- man m Wolfvilie, \.S. lie snl)se f Collc'lor of l,i,i;ht-lious 1)1 t\\ent\ one he has liccn ,1 Notarv I'nblic ; aiu and .Sci/ini; OlTiccr. .\ftcr confederation he In- was M.ij;istrate for (inysboro. t'ollcctor of Customs a t Canso for manv Kin,L;s Counties for some year^ .Sidney, and In politics veai>. holdin,;;' tli.it position u] ip to his death, he is a l.iln il. lie is a Iso a l''iee Mason, which occuncc of seventvfoiir. In 1 when h<' had 1 cached the a-e bcin- a member .11 d l'a>t M.ister of St. (ieori;e s |iolitics he w.is a i onser\a- tive. 1 1 ^ w I fe, Sarah, who was a t lan-htei of l.od,L;e, of \Voll\ille. Mr. Hi"clo\v wa-- married in |S;7 to Sarah .\braliam Wliilniaii, was born at Can-o. had live cbildren, a '1 liev I'av/ant, daiii;liter of iamc- ,iiu if whom are now livin;. r It, o! Wnlh N.S. II 1 l.ois (NichoNl id bis wifi ■Iv; lames William, the suhject of this ha\e fne children J. tch ; lanma. w bo is the wife o| 'I'homas ].-. r.mudia, l'l\s,cs C.iaiil, and llor.u 1;., 1. llo ,k; ramelia, who is tlie wife of the Kcv. The lir-t 11, lined, James •ph Kemplon, of Wolfvilie; Abiabaii! ,bo .\i lii- ,1 New Mi 14ij;elo\v, 111.11 lied i>. N. S. l.ois E. d Kale IMes, and who resides in C.ipe mairie Canso; Sadie, who is the wife of the Kc\. N.S. I 1). (Il, ill, nil W hidden, ot .\iit i,L;oiii'-b, In 11 1 1 ild.i Irene, iiid li.i-- nine 1 hill W. M.iimiii' ,1 St. lobii, N.n. ( haile- janii. W illiim I'l.L^elow ,iti|iiiiei 1 hi- w M illi.im. \-ie.l,i i;-telle, Walh^ ( .r.iliam, .\l,ii v hi^ciow. h hn t isboi ne, iaiiiice iiientary cdui.itioi; in t place. On rcichiii.L; the ,it;c o| t went) on. • he -chooK of his ii.itivt' Sar.ib. bums j-.il-ai, nu I ll.iniet Whitman. he , l.e.ih I'aincli.i i-> the wile ol 1,. Wbiddcn, and ;*i.M ! I 1 'ii ,M! F t th. iKl \\\ ! It I' ! I >^ at( I so in w TL Al.l.XANDl.K J. ll< Ol). DKIGRAPHICAI, RF.VIEW 151 the mother of six children: (iladys l^vel}!!; iMiinia luinice; IFaiohi liiu'ehnv; Chinles C.ia- ham; I.eah lii^elnw , and Ilniaee, wlio is a suecessfiil dentist of Halifax, \.S. Ulysses (i. is mana^-er of a lar.i;e hardware eonipany in Hoston, Mass. Mi'. lii,;j,eliiw and his immedi- ate family attend the liaptist ehureh. ^9 [73>TA1^KY H. SHORT, one of the lead- ing merchants of l)i,L;by, was horn at Ik'ar River, Se|itemher I, I S64, son of William and Maria (Clark) Short. William Short, the father, who was a native of Kngland, eame to .N'ova Scotia at the age of sixteen and settled at He.ir River, where for some time he followed the occnpalivin of gen- eral merchant. Later, removing to St. John. N.Ii,, he went into the Inmher husiness as a member of the firm of Short iK: I'stey, and car- ried on extensive operations in that line until within ;i few vt'ars l)ef(n-e his death, when he retired, iiaving been veiy sueci'sslul. 1 he last years of his life were s|)ent partly at Hear River and partly at Digby, in which latter place he died in iSi'iS, at the age of sixty- eight. In iK'litics he was a Conserv.itive. A member of the Masonic order, lie belonged to St. John Lodge at St. John, \.l!., and to Keith Lodge at Hear River. His wile, M.iria, who w.is a d,ui.i;hter of Willi. im Clark, w.is liorn at Hear l>;iver in iSjS, ,ind dii'd at Digby, September i.s', i,Si)5. Thcv li.id three children, two of whom are now living-- Annie M. and Harry H. I lu' f.nnily n,nne of Willi.un (dark's wife was Dunn. Harry B. Short in his boyhood attended the public schools of 13igby. After his school day.s were over, he entered the employ of the Nova Scotia .Steamship Company, whose boats ran between Digby and St. John, as agent at Digby, which position he held for fifteen years. In i.Sg^ he began business for himself in Digby as a boot and shoe dealer, and has since built up a good trade. I"or some years he served as a member of the 'I'own Council. In ]iolitics he is a Cimservative. He attends the Haptist church, and is a member of King Solomon Lodge, 1'". & A. M., of Digby. Mr. .Short was married in 1891 to Mora K. Robinson, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Messinger) Robinson, of Hantsport, N. S. L1:\.\XDI':R JOIIX hood, the vctenin Postmaster ef Yarmouth, was burn in \Vevn)outh, N..'-^. , Novem- ber V'. I'^^.vt. ^iin of John and Jcniphir (S.m- derson ) Hood. His f.ither and his paternal grandfatlu'r. S.miuel Hood, were natives .)f i'.ngl.nid; and his mother, who w.is a native of the Scilly Isl.mds in the ICnglish (Channel, was ol Luglish parentage. .Samuel Hood w.is a lifelong resident of I'lngland \'"V UMuyviars he was emp.loved in the goveinment dock yards at Devonport. Hv his wile, .sus.m. whose in.iidi'u surname is not now known, he had ten idiildren who att, lined ni.ilurily. se\ci\ sons and three d.iughters. John Hood W.IS born in tlie ve.u' 1 ,S i i . In i,Sv|. at the age ol twenty-three, he came to 152 lilOCRAl'HICAI, RKVIEW II ■'< Nova Scotia, settling at \Ve)moutli, where for some time lie was eiigajj;eci in teaciiini; .seliool, a jirofessioii that he hail previously t'ol lowed in his native land. Siibsctiuently and lor the rest of his active period he carried on busi- ness in Weymouth as a general merchant, lie lived to be eighty-four years of age. In politics he was a t'onservativc. A man of fair education and sound judgment, he served for a number of years as magistrate. His wife, who was a daughter of Richard and Jeniphir (Potter) .Sanderson, of Cornwall, | luigland, died at the age of seventy-five ; years. They iiail ten chililren, seven of whom are now living — .\le.\ander John, .\rthur, .Alfred, Samuel C, Henry .\., Mabel, and ' Kate. The parents attended the Church of l-lngland. Alexander John Hood at the ,ige of ten years began industrial life as clerk in his ' father's store. After being for a time thus employed, he went to Massachusetts, ITnited : States of America, an. ( . Iharters, of New Ibunswick, by whom she has two children — Alexander C. and Alice Joy. Mr. and Mrs. Hood attend the Church of Mnuland. / ^ijE(.)]iC,i: HARVI-A , one of the oldest, \mJ_ most prosperous, and most respected citi/.ens of Wolfville, Kings County, N.S., was born at Omagh, County Tyrone, in the north of Ireland, May i, 1810, son of Thomas and Mary (Landrani) ILarvey. I lis paternal grandfather was Robert Har- vey, a native of the same place, who followed the combined occu[)ations of farmer and linen weaver, conducting business on his own ac- count and being very successful and well-to- do. The maiden name of Robert Harv(>y's wife is not now known. They were the par- j cuts of live children, of whom Thomas, father ol the sidiject of this sketch, was the eldest. I Thomas Harvey was born at Oniagh, County i Tyrone, Ireland. He came to Nova Scotia with his wife and five children in 1816 on a sailing-vessel. Meeting with a severe storm, the shi]) w.is disabled and put in at Halifax. Here the Harveys met with friends, who ad- vised them to go In (irand I're, Kings I County, which tliey did. I'urchasing a large tract (if land there, Tbiunas Harvey ajiplied himself to farming, ami became (uie of the I sulistanli.d and respected citizens of the place. Hy his wile, !\Lu'y, who ,ilso w.is a native of j ( lin,i,.;h, in Irel.md, he had eleven children, of I whnm there ,ire tn-day three survivors — i (lcMrL;e, Is.dielle, and Lli/.dieth. Isabelle is the widow of lames llainilt"n, ,uid b^lizabeth Wl ! ' ';■ S : : HlJj. Ml i ' ' 1.1 ;i r'l! M H ■ h 1 i .t lit 1 t 'I I f ? n \ II' Mli '54 UIOGRAI'HICAI, REVIEW the wife of (icor<;e Kini;sm;in. Hotli parents lived til tlie a^'c of cigJity-eiKht years. ("leorgc Harvey in his boyhood attended school at Grand Pre. Subsequently he ^Mve his attention to farming on the old homestead, where he resided for seventy-six years, ami where h:s son Robert is now living. Hv means of industry and frugality he acquired a fair competence for his declining years. In politics he is a Liberal. He has served as a magistrate for the last fifty years, being at present .Stipendiary Magistrate for the county of Kings. I-'or thirty years he was on the Board of Commissioners of .Sewers and Dykes, and for thirteen years he was Town Collector for the township of llorton. Me was at one time interested in shijiping, and, in company with others, built many ves.sels. His success has beci deserved, as it was ac- quired through his own efforts. Though now in his ninetieth year, he is still hale and hearty, and takes an intelligent interest in town and county affairs, ready to aid with his influence the promotion of any gnod cause for the moral or ])hysical betterment n| the com- munity. He is widel)- known and respected both by the [jresent and by surviving citizens of former generations. Mr. Harvey was married in \H^f, to Mary Ann Johnson, of New York, who was born in 1830, and who died at the age of si\ty-seven i years. She was the mother of eight children i — Annie, .Margaret, Robert, Thomas, Will- iam, George, Jr., Mary, and l-'rederick. Annie is the wife of I'Mwin (diase. .Margaret is unmarrietl. Robert married Mary Ciraham, of Grand Pre, \,S., anil they reside at the old Harvey homestead in that place. Thomas married Susan Sherwood, and has one child. William married Kmeline Morse, of Annap- olis, N..S., and has two children — Marion and Gertrude. George Harvey, Jr., married Mary Curry, of Horton Landing, N. S., and has three children — Leslie, I'red, and George. Mary is the wife of William Hamil- ton, of Grand Pre. I'Vederick is practising medicine in Waterville, N.S. OR1':NZO SPKNCHR, of Tmro, mem- ler of the firm of Spencer, Turner & Logan, dealers in house furnish- ings, trimmings, and builders' materials, was born at Great Village, C(dchester County, N. S., August 27, 1853, son of Samuel George and .Mary (.McNutt) Spencer. His paternal grandfather, William Spencer, was born iu Londonderry, .\.S., and was a seafaring man most of his life. I-'or many years before his death he was a master mariner, sailing be- tween Nova Scotia and different .Atlantic ports of the United States. He tiled it the age of seventy years. His wife, whose maiden name was i'letcher, was also a native of London- derry. They were Presbyterians in religion. They had eight children, of whom seven are now living; namely, Norman, l.oupheniy, Ameii.i, .M.irgaret Ann, I'Mward, Alfred, and Albert, The eldest, now deceased, was Sam- uel (ieorgi'. Samuel G. S|>encer was born in London- derry, N..S., in 1825. He learned the trade J I : t- 4 I 1 •■ I Hi ;i i 'f^ M \i. \vi.\ rwiiK 111 i:. Kiis( OK. i' I I3I0GRA1M I ICAL RKVI FAV '57 of ;i carpenter in his native town, and subse- quently followeil it there for many years. Later he niovetl to Truro, where tiie latter part of his life was spent, his death occurring when he was tifty-eight years old. In [joli- tics he was a Liberal and in religion a I'rcsby- terian, his wife being of the same faith. Four children were born to them, and there are now three survivors — Lorenzo, John W., and Mary HeJle. John \V. married Ada lUir- rill, of Truro, and has four children — Greta, lUirrill, ICclna, anil Thomas. Mary Helle is the wife of Thomas Notting, of Halifax, N.S. , and the mother of three children — Harold, Joseph, and Gordon. Mrs. Mary McNutt Spencer is still living, and is a resident of Truro. She was born in Londonderry in 1H2C,, being a daughter of John and Mary (llastman) .McXutt, both of Londonderry, N. S., where Mr. McNutt was engaged in farming. Lorenzo .'ipencer was educated in the schools of Londonderry, N.S. lie learned the carpenter's trade under his father, and worked at it for some time, Sul)se(|uently for several years he was eu.ployed in a furniture factory in Truro, operated by the Trum Furniture Company. In 1.SS4 he established his pres- ent business, in coniiiany with his lirother John and David luriier, under the style of Spencer Hmthers vS: Turner. They engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of house fur- nishings and trimmings, also building m.iterial of every description. In 1S.15 Mr. William i'.. Logan was t,d native i)l.ice. learned the blacksmith's trade and also carriage-building, and followed these callings for many years in Musiiuodobit. Subse<|uently, however, he fountl a more lirotital)le and congenial field of endeavor as a contractor and builder, which busine^-s he has lollowed for the hist fifteen vears with great ' '■ 1! U IB tt "s ' I i6o lilOGRAPIIICAL REVIF.W :l ! I success. lie liiis excciiteil sdiiic larj;e aiul im- portant contracts, inchulinj:; public jjuililinfjs, private residences, bridges, wharves, and other structures, the work on which has been done ill such :i manner as to establish liis rep- utation as a tluirnui;hly relial)le and competent master builder. Anion;;- the structures erected by him may be mentioned the Kxposition Huilding at Halifax in iNo;, the church at Stewiacke. the Riverside Church at Mus- fjuodobit, the breakwater in Digbv Countv, the iMirna s Whittey Steamship Company's wharf at Ilalilax, William Muir, Son^tCo.'s whan and mill in Dartmouth, the I'lant Steamship Company's Wharf at Halifax, and numerous bridges in Inverness, Cuvsboro, Antigonish, Cidchester and Cumberland Counties, and Cape i^reton in fact, all over the Maritime IVovinces. Mr. Reid is also one ol the must extensive farmers in Nova Scotia, carrying on a large farm at .^[lls- quodobit, where he has a fruit orchard of over two hundred trees. In p(ditics a Liberal, .Mr. Reid has had some experience 'if the jiiddic service, having been ajiiiointed in 1S87 Insjjector of Licenses for the county of H.ilifax, which office, Imw- ever, he resigned twelve years later. lie is a memlier ni the .Sons of 'remperaiice, in which he was drand Worthv i'atri.ireli, and ,dso be- longs to the I'ree Masons. .Mr. i^eid was m.irried in i.Sr,^ to Miss .Susan McKeen, daughter of David ami Sus.in illiggins) .McKeen, of .Muscpi.Mldbit. 'i'liry have five children li\-iMg: [(iliii W. . wlin mar- ried liessie Cunn.able, ol .AFustpiiidnbit : Abi- gail H. ; David .McKeen; Sarah; and Mar- garet. The f.imily attend the I'resbyterian church. ^DW.\kD JAMi;S MORSIC, one of the leading attorneys of Windsor, was ! born in .Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Feb- ; ni.iry 5, i,S54, son of Samuel Julward and I Sarah Ann (i:iliott| AForse. He is a grand- son of Jiinathan Morse, who also was born in .Annapolis County, and who married a Miss I Longley. Jonathan .Moise was a farmer by i occupation, and all his life remained a resi- dent of his native county. lie died at the age I ot seventy years, and w.is buried in the same grave as his wife, whose death occurred within three days of his own. I'hey were Methodksts in religion and honest, conscientious jieople, who strove each day to do their full duty to God and m.iiikind, and ineulc.ited in the minds ol their children the principles of moralitv and religion, .S.imiiel Ldward Mcirse s|)eiil his life in .Ann.ipoiis County, where he was born in I. So I. I'or m.iiiy years he was engaged in schoiil teaching, but he passed his last davs on a l.irm. lie was a man of considerable at- tainiiients in matheniat its, especially algebr.i and geometry, upon which subjects he pre- jiared a treatise, wliiidi alter his death was louiid in nianiiscripl form, apparently intended lor |uiblie,ition, but which was destroyed by lire in Windsor in 1 Sij;. lie died in 1.S54. lie W.IS a (.'oiiservative in politics ami, like his wile, Sar.ih, a ll.iplist in rt ligiuii. Mrs. i| !| i .1 lif- ! :' 'i I ! ! !i 11 1 1 T ■ 1 1 i 1 1^ 1' f ■1* 1 1 ■ 1 ; !■ Ki: i)i:KU K (I KK^ . TJIOGRAPIIICAL REVIEW '63 Morse is still living, and makes her home in Paradise, N.S. They were the parents of three children, of whum the subject of this sketch is the only survivor. Edward J. Morse, alter attending school in Paradise, became a student at Acadia College, Wolfville, where he was graduated in 1.S80. . lie then studied law with J. G. II. Parker, of Bridgetown, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1891. Since then he has been en- gaged in the i)ractice of his profession in Windsor, and has shown himself to he a thor- ough and resourceful lawyer. lie was marrieil in 1S81 to Miss Jessie A. Parsers, daughter of Henry I'arsons, of Annap- olis County, Nova Scotia, and has three chil- dren — firaham Par.'^ons, Lucille l^irest, and Kmerson llibhert. The family attend the Baptist church. In politics Mr. Morse is a Conservative. ''RKDl'.RU'Is: CURRY, Registra. of Probate for Hants County, was born in Avondale, that county, November 22, iS^ri, son of I'Vederick, Sr. , and Sarah (Mosheri Curry. His paternal granilfather, Thomas Curry, was a native of Windsoi-, N.S. , and f(dlowed farmin,i,at Windscw during; the whole of his active life. 'I'he father of Thom.is c.ime from Irel.md. and on arriving; in .Nova Scoti.i settled in the vicinity of Wimlsor. Thomas Curry married a Miss ( hurch. I'hey had einht children, mine of wiiom, howeviT, pre now I i vinj;', I'l-rderick Cuirv, Sr. , son of rhon\,is, was born in Windsor in 18 13. Going to sea at an early age, he eventually became a shij) cap- tain, and .s]icnt forty-five years of his life on the ocean, being very fortunate and success- ful. He also owned many vessels sailing from Avondale and Windsor to various foreign ports. Having accumulated a good property, he retired a few years before his death, which occurred in 1887, when he was seventy-tive years old. In politics he was a Liberal, b'ew men were more esteemed or resjiected in the places where he was known. Hi.s wife, Sarah, was born in Avondale in the year 1818, and was a daughter of Nicholas and Nancy (MaiLoni) Mosher. They had six chil- dren, of whom there are now three survivors: Mary A., who is the wife of Charles M. Tyler, of Yarmouth, N.S. ; P'rederick, Jr., whose personal history is given below; and Rufus, who is the present Mayor of Windsor. P'rederick e'uiry, the direct subject of this sketch, was educated at schools in Avondale and at Mount Allison Academy, .Sackville, N. P. After leaving .school he went to .sea in one of his father's vessels, aixl subsequently was employed in his father's ship-yards at .'\vondale. Later on for a short time he con- ducted a general store in his native town. In i8()5 he was made Registrar of Probate for Hants County, which position, as already j st.ited, he still holds. He is a Liberal in politics. Mr. Curry and Miss Ada Lockhart, daugh- ter of t'.iptain Llea/.er Lockhart, of Avondale. I N.S., were married in 188,^ They have (me I child, .1 son, Ilenrv L. Cun-y. la J ! I! , I- i i il ' I 1^1 M ,ii n- I !■ . I, .if * f i;' I ill H' ir,4 mOGRAPIIlCAL RKVIEW 'l^ANCIS W. W. DOANi:, City Kn- i;inccrof Halifax, was born in Harring- ton, Shelhurne County, N.S., May 31, 1S63, liis parLMKs bein,;; Ilarvoy and Sarah W. (Cun- ningham) Doane. I lis paternal grandfathc-r, Harvoy Doano, Sr. , was a native ..I Harring- ton, N.S. ; and his grandmother Doane, whose maiden name was Sarah RIcGray, was a native of Cape Sable Island. Harvey Doane, Sr. , removed to Cape Sable, where he was light- house keeper for many years, and wiiere he spent the latter part of hi.s life. Harvey Doane, father of I-'rancis, was liorn in Harrington, N.S., in iMjr,. Choosing a sailor's life at an early age, he followed the sea lor fifty-tw.i years, during forty of which he was master. Hesidcs making many foreign voyages, he spent a considerable part of this time, especially during his latter years, in the coasting service, and was the pioneer captain of the Varniouth Steamship I. in..'. He was also the pioneer captain of the I'ishwich Steamship Line, between llalita.x and Var- "iMuth, this previnusly to his connection with ! the Varmouth line. Since his r-tirement he | has resided in Harrington, wlieie he is a much ' respected citizen. In politics he is a I.il)eral. i He is a Free Mason, having been initiated I into I'hil.iilcliihi.i Lodge at H.urington. His! wile, .Sarah, a daughter ol William Cunning- ' ham, was born on Cape .S,d)le Island in iS'v Ot the live chihlren born ol their union, three ; are now living, namely: .Sarah M., who is the wile.il (.illicit H. Shepard ;ind the mother n| two children ^Harvey W, I), .,n,l Jnsephiiu'; Francis W. \V. , the subject m this skelcli: I and Josephine Mary, wile of James C. Darby, of Jacksonville, I'la., and the mother of two children D.irothy .S, and James Harrington. Francis \V. W. Doane obtained his element- ary education in the scho.ds of his native town, and later attended the high school at llalifa.v. Then entering the office of the I'rovincial Government iMigiiieer, he was As- sistant I'lngineer from 18S3 to 1891. In the latter year he was ajipointed to his present po- sition of City I-ngineer of llalifa.v, the duties of which he has since performed in a cai)able manner. In politics he is a Liberal. A F'ree .Mason, he belongs to Acadia Lodge, No. 14. ol Halifa.\. He is a member of the Cana- >lian .Society of Civil Fngineers and vice- president ol the Institute of Science at Hal- ifax. Mr. Doane was married December 18, 1890, to .Mice 1;. Fisher, daughter of Fid ward K. I'isher, ,,f St. Juhn, \. H. He has two chil- dren-- Harvey William L. and William Ld- ward !•:. The family attend the I'resbyterian church. \\C\)f\\AAA\] OHRIbl.N, Collector of (^uslnins for the piu't ol Windsor, was born in Windsor, .\.S., .March .', i,S4r), son ol Pidw.ird ,nid Ann (Leonard) O'Hrien. lie is a descend, nit ,,1 William O'Hrien, who emigrated from Lcuidonderry, In land, his 11,1- tive place, to No\a Scti.i, in the eighteenth century, and becam.' on,. ,,l the e.irlv settler.s ol Wiudsnr, Willi.iin O'Hiien, lirsl, was a schonl te.icher lor m.iiiy ye.us. His wile, i: " ^' "SW illl I I M ii f I •'^ ; ii- .'■. ' y ^ 'i' . ?■ 1 1 ! i J 1 1 > \ , 1 I .i ^i .\K I III K l)K\.M» \|.r, ((.r lUOGRAI'IIlCAL KEVIKW 167 whom he married at Halifax, was in maiden- hood a Miss Harris. Timothy ()'15rien, son of the William just mentioned and f,'randfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Windsor, N.S. He learned the trade of carpenter in Windsor, and followed it subsequently during his life, which closed at the age of sixty-six years. He married Jane Jenkins, a native of Windsor, and they had ten children, of whom lulward was the youngest. The only one now living is Jane, the widow of John Mclieffey. lulward O'Brien, son of Timothy, was born in Windsor, N..S., in 1815. He was an auc- tioneer and merchant, and he also served as Collector of Customs in Windsor for many years, retiring from active business a tew years previous to his death. He attained much local prominence, and was one of the most respected citizens of the town. \W his wife, Ann, who was a daughter of John and Kate (McDonald) Leonard, of Windsor, he had three children, of whom there are now two survivors: Kate; and William, the pres- ent Collector of Customs. WiUi.im O'Hrien, after receiving his eilu- cation at schoids in Windsor and at the Spring Garden Academy in Halifax, followed the sea for many years, being engaged in the North .Atlantic trade up t.. 1S74. He then settled in Windsor, and, i)esides being his father's as- sistant, full.iwed fanning to some extent, and WIS also interested in shipping, being ([uite successful in these various avocations. He was appointed to his present position ot Col- K'Ctur of C'ustoni'^ l..r thei)oit()f Windsor in February, 1899. A man of high jiersonal character and public-spirited as a citizen, he enjoys in large measure the respect accorded to his father, l^esides performing the duties of his official position, he is a director in the I":iectric Light Company of Windsor. In pol- itics he is neutral. Mr. O'Hrien was married January 2, 1878, to Margaret T. Wiggins, who was born in St. John, N.H., and who is a daughter of the late George C. Wiggins, now deceased. Four children have been born to .Mr. and Mrs. O'Hrien, and three of them are now living: namely, Margaret, Charles, and Alice. The other, Kdward T., was killed June 20, 1898, on the Stikine River, in British Columbia. RTHUR DRYSDAFJ-:, (J.C., M.l'.l'.. of the well-known law firm of Drys- dale & Melnnes, Halitax, was born at Now Annan, Colchestor County. N.S., Sep- tendier 5, 1857, son of George and Margaret (Shearer) Drysdale. He is a grandson of James Drysilale, a native of Seot'.and, who came to Nova Scotia previous to his marriage. James Drysdale settled in Colchester County, where he followed fanning for many years, anil where also he [lassed his declining days, dying at an advanced age. He and Ifis wife wt're the parents nf nine chiblren, six boys and three gills. George Drysdale, third son of James, was hoiii in ('(dehester (.ounty. Biought up to agricultuial work, he was actively engaged in tillin-- the soil tioni his earliest ii.;'.nhood ill jii I ' ;f* s ^ >{■} \ ■i ■■ 1 I : T» i I :' ■ i I ' l! !:■■'! 1 i 1 ; ■ M i; . : '. 1 ' I! f I 1 68 mOGRAPIIKAL REVIEW until his death, at the a-e of fifty years, his larni adjoining that of his parents. In re- ligion he was a I'resbyterian. A Lil,e,al in ' polities, he was strongly in favor of the eon- | fedciation of the IVovinces. Geor-e Drysdale { and his wife, Margaret, reared nine ehildren, ' eight of whom are still living — James, A]- bert, Daniel, Arthur, Gordon, (ieorge, Jr., I Helle, and Annie. Mrs. Margaret Drysdale ^ now resides in Windsor, X.S. She is a na- tive of Colchester County. j Arthur Drysdale, after attending the public ' schools of his native town, studied law with i the firm of W. H. & A. Hlanchard, of : Windsor. Admitted to the bar in iSSj, he l)egan practice shortly afterwanl in Halifax as junior member of the firm of Meagher, fhisholni & Drysdale. Owing to the ek-va- tion of one to the bench and the retirement of an.ither member, the firm has undergone vari- ous changes. It now consists of Mr. Dry.s- •lale, llect(,r Mclnnes. W. II. iM.ltnn, an.I J. H. Kenny, and has grown since its original «>rgani/ation to be one of the lea.ling firms in the profession. Mr. Drysdale was ajipninted (Jueen-s ( oun.sel in i.S,.„ was George, gr.iudfatlier of Dr. Bljs-.. (icu-e Bliss was b.irn in I'-rederietcin, \. B. lie held thenllieenf Receiver-General of Xew 1^-unswick. He m.irried .Sarah W,.tm,.re, a native. if b'rc.lerict.iu and a .l.iughter of .\tt.,r- nev-Gencral \\ctm.,re, of .\ew Brunswick, They were the parents ,■! ..Jeven children. ,.f : «li..m b.urareu.iw living; namely, D.mald M., .Ic.ui, l-;mm,,. an.l Henry. |;,„„,a is the wile "I the Rev. G. (i. K,,i„.,,,, „, |,-,,,,|„,i^,,„„^ ^'■li-. an.l t!ie m..ther ..f f,„ir s,,ns Charles '■ !'■. Willi, im, Thc.i.l.ire, an.l Wvuv. of I llH' ab,,ve uame.l, Ch.n les is n.iw Professor BIOGRAPFICAI- RF.VIKW ,69 Charles (i. I). Roberts, the well-known nuthor. 'I'he Kev. Donald MeUueen Bliss was born in I'retlericton, N. H. I le j;railuate(l Master of of Arts at Kint;'s Collei;c, l-'redericton, \.B., and latei' was oidained priest in the blpiseopal ciinrch, He has been reetor of the parish of Westmoreland, N. B. , for more than forty years. His wife, Sarah, was born in Nova Scotia. Her father was the late Jud,i;e Alexander Stew- art, C.J5., Master of the Rotls ( f Xova Scotia. Her ninthei's maiden name \va> Sarah Morse, she beinj^' a ilanj;hter of A!ph« ns Morse, of Cnniberland, X. S. Jndi;e Stcvart and his wife hail five children, nanicl\ : bllizaheth, now deceased, who married the Re\'. Carman Townseiid, rector of the Ani;lican chnreh at Amherst; Mary, also now deceased, who mar- ried the Hon. Robert B. Dicke)-, now Senator from Cmnberland Connt)-, Xova Scotia; Sarah, mother of the subject of this sketcli ; Charles James (Colonel Charles James .Stewart, of li'alifaxi, who married Amelia Kin,^, of Wind- sor; and !■" ranees Wentwcirlh, now deceased, wlio maiiied Ccdnncl Hope Claik. The Rev. Donald M. .ind Sarali Bliss have five chiUlren - Alice, Mary Madeline, Donald McOueen, Jr.. I'rancis M. b',. , and (ierald Conrtn.'.ye Wentwortb. .Mice is the wife 'if Dr. 1). ilenne^sy, nf llanj;oi-. Me., and the mnthei- of eight children Harry Stewart, Catherine M., 'I'erese, Hilda I'l.mces, 1 lelen Christie, Marv Alice, Sarah M. M., and Wilfred .\. Mary Madeline, who sur\i\es ln'r hnsbaiul, John Mc.Swi'cncy, former! v "I Mifnctnn, X.B., h.is one child, bili/abeth Mar\. Donald Mc(Jneen, Jr., married MarL;aret I'lasterbrook, of Saek- viile, X.l!., and has three children— Jean W., Dorothy, and Gerald S. Cierald C. W. filiss was edncated at West- moreland Point, ISelle Air Collej,'e (Halifax), and St. Joseph's College (Mcmramcook, X. B. ). He sub.seqnently took np the .study of medicine at Jefferson Medical Colle.ne, Philadelphia Pa., where he j,q-aduated in March, i8,SS. He hen settled at Amherst, where he has since remained. With a tboroUL;h .urasp of his pro- fession, and possessed of genial manners and a pleasing personality, Dr. Bliss has been very successful, and has developed a large practice. He is one of the most popular physicians in the town, and is highly esteemed by the citi- zens and residents generally. He is a member of the Medical Society of Xova Scotia. Dr. Bliss has been twice married. Bv bis fust wife, I'dizabeth Botsford, daughter of Blair i^otsford, of Sackville, X. B., be had three children - (ierald D. , Blair B. , and Deni- son D. all of whnm ,ne now li\ing. The Doctor married fur bis secoiul wife ]•' ranees Crai.e. a daughtei- of lulgar C rane, of Ba\- \\>rte, X.B. By this m.irriage there is one child - Marv Madeline. (^01 IX lU RC.I'.SS CAI.KIX. A.M., prin- fVll '-'1'''' "' ^''i-' N'lii'nial .School, 'I'ruro, ^—^ X.S. , .1 prominent educator and author, was burn at Cm iiw.dl is, X.S., S_'S. i-v- had eleven ehildren; namely, John, J, mies, •-(unund Court. Hl Ah afterward It N •-milv, orwieh. Conn. Th d (1 larles. IK died e ne.xl in this line was lhi"l 1 s e Idest i':i 4, who mar- son, John, born in ]';n,i;hind in 16; ried Sarah Royce in 165S, and in 1663 re- '.lias Calkin, |ohn }{ nrijess 1 of Ahira and father of ( alkin, was born in New J^uns- wiek in 1; When al moved to X orwieh. Conn. wl loiit three vcars of lere lie ched m t.ie \ear i re Samuel Calkin, the third of ei,t;ht ehildren .seviyal of 1 he eame with his parents and the rest of the X. S. Subsequently lamily to Cornwall if the al )ove-mentioned John, was born at Xc lis brothers remcjved to the I'nited Stall where wich, Con th eir deseeiu n., in 1663. In 1691 he married Illias Calk lants still live. Hannah (iiffoid, wh. bore him eight ehildren. forest.- n made for himself a home in the ][ >i West { e remained a resident of Xi rwieh until 1697, setti ornwallis, remote f when he removed with his famil Conn., where he died in irjo. ement and live miles be \'ond y to Lebanon, tiie.st li mit> if tl le piiblie hii rhwa rom any the far- II e mar- Jol in Calk ukin. thi (lest ried Marey, dau-htei of Men jam in li son of Willi also. It !> Samuel, was born at Nor was (les urtress. Irom a wiel 1 719 he married Kathar 1693. In family eonneeted with the I'l he had six ehildren, the third heii ine Foster, by whom and who li\ed to the ad I zekiel nine \ear- Taki vmoiith Coloiiv, vaiKed a-e of eij;hty- iis Munii. ;reat-urai mdlalher o| the subjeet of this sketeh. forest I wife to I lis I'^zekiel Calkii 1 was horn in Lebanon, Conn iome, where their first dwUling in 172.S. At th house ol two rooms, his eailv e a^e of twent\-. 111 174.S, he was mn' i,f lianl toil ,i^ oeeupaiuy married ,it Lebanon, Conn., Ann Dew well 1-^ spirited advent- ev. IK whom lie had three ehildren. In tl he ,md his family remo\ed to .\iinapolis, X.S. , the nei-lil ere he wi e^t le ye.ir 1761) lu'inloeks, and ,il eil with the pines and the iNo with the wihl anim.ils where his wife died. He subse(|ueiitly married )oi ii)M- forests; fo, as no unusual a" a 111, and had four eliildien bv hi- wif( Al oeiuireiKe for him to III.' aroused from bis bed to do battle with a be.n that, und nielli, bad stolen f vv cover of liia Calkii, , the oiil\ loin Ills Mill oj •kiel .\nu (D and the llm ks and herds ewev C; ail to picv upon as, unpioteiled, tliev ilKiii, w,is born at I ,:,ra/.ed in the newly i leared kinds To tl ■X i ■ mOGRAPHICAT, RF.VIKW «7« family were born tho followiiifj-namal ci^lit iliililix'ii. tlic l)iitli|ihui„' iif the first five of thuiii bcinj,' tlio liij^boiisu: Carnlhic, (ioidmi Abiia, Ik'iiianiin llouc, I-ldiniind, Mary Jane, Abi,L;ail llovcy, Jtilin Hiirgcss, and 1-dias. (iordon, Hcnianiin, and I'llias arc now deceased. 'I'he nvliers still survi\c (Marcli, kjoo). All the mcnihers of this faniils were I'leshyterians, the father and three of his sons Ciordon, Ild- nuind, and John bein^- Mldcrs in the Presby- terian cluneb. The father, Mlias Calkin, died in 1.S51. at the a^e of se\'ent\-t\vo. 'I'bc mother, Marc\' Hur^css Calkin, long- surviveil her husband, dyin;^ in 1.S74, in the eij,d)ty-lifth year of her age. John Hnrgess Calkin, born in West Corn- wallis in 1S29. s|icnt his cailv \ears on his father's farm. lie received his edncation at the district school antl later under his future father-in-law, the Rev. William .Sonnnerville, i\.M., of (Jirnwallis, a clergyman of the Ke- formeil I'lcsbyterian Clu'nh, born in Ireland, and a graduate of h'.dinhuigh Ciiiwrsit v, a ripe scholar and a skilled teaihcr. .Sul)se(|uently Mr. Calkin attended the Imcc Church Cdlege, llalifa.x, for a slioit time. lie began bi> life udik as a teaihcr in the .uitnmn of 1S4S, hav- ing charge of the district school at .Shel'ticld .Mills, Kings Comitv, X..'^., for the period of six months. I'"roni iS;j to 1S30 he taught • ine ol the count \ grannnar >cliooU at Canard, Kings Count\'. With a viiw of dbt. lining a more thoKuigh knowledge of ihe piinciplo of pedagogy he then attended .1 ti'im at the I'ro viniial Xorm.d School, cst.dilislicd six months earlier at Truro, N. .S. in May, i,S57, he w,is ajipointcd as head master of the model school in connection with the Normal School at Truro, a petition which he held for seven years. On the introduction of the free .school law, in 1864, he took the iiosition of In.spector of Schools for Kinys County. In the following year he returned to Truro to take charge of the I'lnglish and classical department in the Nor- mal School; and four vears later, in May, I. sell), on the death of Alexander I'orrester, D.I)., the principal of that in.stitution, he was appointed to the vacant position, which beheld for thirty-one years, having charge of the de- partment of pedagogy and p.^ychology. At the close of the term in Jinie, 1900, after the long period of forty-seven years spent in edu- cational work, forty-two of which were in con- nection with the Normal School, he resigned bis position and letired from the institution. Mr. Calkin is widely known as the wiiter of a nundier of text-books for schouls. Among ! these hooks nia_\- he mentioned an I-'.lement- ary and an .Xdvanccd (leography of the Workl, which h,i\e been used in the public schools of No\a Scoti.i and in other Provinces for over thirty ycar>. I le is , also the author of a His- tory of Xov.i Scotia, a Ilistorv of British .\mciica, and a llislory of the ])ominion of Canada, .uid ,1 pedagogical work cntitleii "Notes on lulucition. " All these works bear the ini- prcs^ of ,1 Mholarly mind and a thorough knowl- edge of the subjects treated. In recognition of Mi'. (.:alkin',s merits as a '-cholar. .mihor, and te.icher, .\c;idia College in I .Sjii I iinlciicd on him the honorarv degree of M.ister of Arts. n- ! . c:iii-' Ij ? Hi '■ i » , 'It^ !' i : l.\ \ 'M>i li if • li 'r '7- 1!Kk;r.\1'1iic.\i, kkvikw Wliilc thus lc:uliii- a busy lito. Mr. Calkin has not beu'ii ncsli.^ont of liis diit ii's as a citi- zun ami a cluiivli nicniliLM-. He is a nicmlier (if the ]5iiar(l of ("omniissioneis of X'ictoiia I'ark, haviiii;- lield the jjositidii df iiresident (if tlie board since the death of Sir Adams (l. Archihahl; and he is superintendent of the Salihath-sehool nmnected with St. Andrew's Tresbyterian (^liurch, of wliieh church he is also an Jdder. In October. 1S54, :\[r. Calkin married Martha /.nnie Somnierville, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Somnierville and Sarah Harry Dickey. 'I'heir children who are no\^- livin^^ arc the followiiiL;- : Sar;i llury, I.illie ]5enn, William Sonuuervillc, and Carrie llii^^hina. Sara H. married Abram H. I'atterson, now deceased. She has three children (irace Harris, Dou^'las Arthur, and Jean Hovey. I.illie H. is the wife of the Kev. Cicorge S Carson, of I'ictou, X.S.. and ha^ live children Kalpli Hur<;ess, |-'i.ink Sommerville. J.ur.cs J^rittain, .\nnie Stewart, and John Hiir-css Calkin. William S. married Mar\- .\cker. of l.uncn- l)^r^^ X. S., and has one child, Dorothea IVlle. Carrie H. is the wife of (leor-e J. Wil>on, of I'ictou, and has one child, I^onald Cordon, Al.THR l.AWSON, cashier ,,f the I ommercial Hank of Windsor, was born in Halilax, X..S., April kj, i,S44, son of i;dwai(l and Isabelle ( Hest 1 I.awson. The first of the lamily in Halifax w.is Willi.im I.awson, who came out with Lord Cornwallis from Kmi- land; and his son, John I.awson, became a merchant m Hilifa.v, and die' there, Novem- ber t;, ;;-,jcS, hdvinfi; been twice married. li:v 1: 11, '.Villiam Lawson, born in 1772, died August 29, 184S, son of John and and- father of Walter, was a merchant and succes.s- ful busines- man of Halifax-. He was the first i)resi(lent of the Hank of Xova .Scotia in that city and a 1 '. mber of the Legislative Council. He marrieil I'.li/abelh Handyside, daughter of his steji-mother, and had fifteen children, of whom the onlv survivor is An.ne, now a resident of Halifa.v and unmarried. ! ICdward Lawson was born in Halifa.\ in '■ iSof). He was an auctioneer and conunission merchant in that city up to the time of his death, which occurred in i«7(j. A Liberal in politics, he took an active interest in the duties of citi/enshij), and was a man both widely known and respected ni\ account of his m.iny sterling cpialities. He was thnc times married. His tirst wife, whose maiden name was Isabelle Hest, was horn in Halifax in i.SoS, dai!:,diter of Richard Hest of the custom- house. She (lied in i«r)i, having been the mother ol (ive children, of whom two are now living, namely: l-di/abeth, the wite of t olo- nel William L. R. Scott, .1 retired ofiRccr n| the Hritish ,irmv: .-nd Walt, r, the subject of this sketch. hldw.ird Lawson married for his sec(uid wile Anna lalkin. n| which union there are no living children. b'or his third wite he married Annie De W(df, two ol whose children, survive — l.sabelle .md l-Vederick Willi.im. Walter Lawson received the greater part ol I II I m ,-ll. WALTER LAW.SON. m 1 ■I •; Ij f ^f j! i \i : ft ir. I, f iiiii' II ill I ii i "' niOGRAi'IIICAL REVIEW «7S his ctlucation in tlic old I l.ilit'ax (irammar School. When a yoiin;; man he entered the establishment t piogenilor in this country was Matthew Dickie, who was born at Belfast, Ire- land, in 17-'.'^, .ind who emigr.ited to Nina Scoti.i in 17(1^ settling first in t inubei kind ! Ciuintv. Subse(|uently Matthew Dickie le- mii\eil to Coniw.illis, Rings ('ounl\', .md on M.iicli 1 J, 171)1, purchased a laiiu, where be re-ided for the lest of bis life. One 1 of his descend, ints, Owen Dickie, a cousin I of the siilijcct of this sketch, is still living 1 on the old 1^'inesle.id. M.ittbew Dickie died ^ '•.. I I M wi'i n i ! ^1 \ 1 It jBi \% It I I 180 BIOORAPHICAI, REVIEW ■I ■ January 30, 1803. He had six children —- William, James, John, David, JcMusha, and i:iizabeth. David Dickie, Imntli son ol MnUhcw, as the names are here given, was Ijorn in Heltast, Ire- land, in 1769. lie followed farming at Ca- nard, near Canning, during his entire active Iieriod, and was a hard-woi king man and an e.\en)i)larv- citizen. De attended the Presby- terian church. His death occurred in 1X59, when he hat wile he had tonr children, none of whom aie now li\ ing. ( )i his secoiui and third unions there were no children. Charles Dickie, son of David and eldest of the four children, was horn in Canard, \. .S. , in the year i ,Soo. He was hmught up to larm- ing, which he followed on the old homestead for many years. He was a I iheral in pcditics, and for a long jieriod served as a member of the Legislative Council, resigning the office but a few years previous to ln\ death, which occurred in Canning in i,S,S^. Hi> wile, .Sirab Tnppcr Dickie, was a native of .Stewiacke, X.S., b..rn in 1 .Son. "J-lu-y were the parents ol five children I'Mwin, lXi\ id M., .Saraii, C"harles W. , and lainn.i. I-idwin Dickie, who is now deceased, m.ir- ried Kachel Il.irris, ..f (annin-, and had seven children Arthui', iMed, .\d,i, Annie, Harry, l-"raid<, and Alhv. Arthur married Ic'a .Stephen-., of '{'oiduto m, issue. I-'red, the second of these, m.nried .M.ni.i Hordcn, of Canard, and h.is two .bildirn M,ny and (iladys, Ada is the wile of tjement 15, Dickey, of Canard, and the mother of three children -^ Hugh, luiwin, and Fred. Annie is the wife of Clement H. Reynolds and mother of two children— Ada and Kdwin. Harry married lithe] (iriffin, of Canard, and has one child, Kenneth. J^ank married Blanche McDongal, of Prince I'dward Island, and has two children. Alice is the wife of Alfred Dickie, of .Stewiacke, and the mother of five children. •Sarah, daughter of Ch.u les Dickie, is the widow of the Rev. William MiuTay and the mother of fom- children — Chrissie, Charles D. , Minnie, and Kate. Chrissie iMurray is the wile of I'rofessor Goodwin, of King's Colleca-, and the mother of five children. IMinnie Mur- ray married S. 'P. Chowdin, of Kingston, Out. Pimma, the fifth child of Charles Dickie, married C. .M. Hlancluird, of 'Pruro, N. .S. , and has four children -Melville, I'thel, I\Iaud, and l-'riiest. David .M. Dickie in his boyhood attended scnool at Canard. Wluii a youufr m;,,, he en- .gagetl in the hardware and furnituie business in Canning, whidi he continued for some ye irs with good success. in iSSS, to,i;etber with three rnwallis, X..'-^. , and h.is tliicc ciiildren Heatrice, Da\ id, and Minnie. Chaib'tte is the wife of l-"ied Armaiul, of ILdifax, \. .S., and the nuither of four children - Lvclyn, W'illian, Kate, and Dickey. Au,:j,ustus W. married Xancy Co\, of Kingsport, X..S., and has four childien l.cindcr, I'.henezcr, jose|ih, and lanma K. K.ite is the wife of Ilany (.'rowe, of Tiino, .X.,S., and the mother of two chiUlren — Marjoiy and (llcnnie. Jli .'.vJ Mrs. Dickie attended the I're^lntcri.iii rjuir 11, OlIN 1-. LONGARD, an enterprising business man of llalifa.v, N..S. , mem- ber of the firm of Longard Brothers, machinists, cof persmiths, and plumbers, was born in llalifa.v, January 21, 1849, son of Ed- ward J. antl Mary (Davie) Longard. The business that he and his brothers now carry on was established in 18 12 by his grandfather, John Longard, a native of Halifax, then a young man. John Longard started in that line in 1806, and for many years conducted a business of his own, being very successful and a much respected citizen. He died at the age of seventy-seven years. John Longard and his wife had seven children, of whom four are now living: natnely. Ivlward J., .Sophia, Carol ill!-; and ICliza. I'.dward J. l.ongaro was born in Halifax in 1818. When a young man he applied himself to learn his father's trade and business; and, subsetpiently succeeding to the l)usiness, he carried it on up to 1S73, when he r tired. He is still living, and resides in Halifax, wliere lie is nuud)ered among the successful men of the city. Ii. politics a Liberal, he has taken some part in i)ublic affairs, having been one ot the first Water Commissioners of Halif.iN, in wliich position he served for many years. His wife, M.iry, who also was horn in Halifax in 1818, died in that city at the age of forty-eiglit. 'i'hey had had nine children, of whom tlier.j are now seven suivivors; namely, John 1'., f'.dward J , Jr., (icorge I'.., William T. , I'rank, C. Clarence, and .Arthur. Mr, j.oiig.ird married for his second wife Jane Kerr, who is lunv deceased. .Siie bore him ■(, lllii 1 I il ■ 1 1 1' I ^^m !i! , .1 if i. Hill 182 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW five children, two of whom are liviii" J'"annie and Mabel. John P. I.ongard was educated in his native city oi Halifax. After leaving school he gained his first industrial expc.ienco as clerk for William Stairs's Sons & Morrow, hardware dealers, with whom he remained for nine years. Subsequently he followed farming for awhile in .Annapolis, N.S. In 1S74 he re- turnetl tn llalifa.x, and, in company with his two brotiiers, George i;. and C. Clarence, as- sumed control of his father's business, the firm having since been known as I.ongard Brothers. The business has grow to large projiortions since it was estai)lishe(l by their grandfather, pjn! the concern is now (int. wlu're he has remaimd up to the jtresent time. His career has been one of marked siu'cess. not on!y as a l.iwyer, but as ,1 public man and politician. In Decendier, 1S57, he was ap- pointed to the Legislative (ouiuil )f II. 1'.. Milner, C. l".., of Nor- I ward, near London, England. Her four living children are: lulward, Winifred, Dorothy, and Robert, .'■'■he hail one other, now deceased. ICllen is the v.-ife of M. \V. Maynard, who has a position in the Deiiartment of Railways and Canals at Ottawa. She has six chiUlren — .\rthur, I'Vank, Morris, Geoffrey, i'lvelyn, and .Allan. The Hon. .\rthur R. Dickey was ed- ! ucated at Toronto L'niversity, wiiere he grad- uated in 1S74. lie then studied law under 1 Judge Townshend, of Amherst, in which place, ■ being admitted to the bar in 187S, he has since practised his profession. In politics he is a Conser\ative, and was elected Represent- ! ative from Cumberhuul County to the House of Commons in 18SS. "Tie was appointetl .Sec- I retaiV of State in the Howell .administration ' in 1894, and subsequently was Minister of Militia and Minister of Justice. In 1 S96 he was defeated at the general election. He married Myra, daughter ot R. P. Hoggs, of .Amherst, .\..S. James .\. Dickey w.is educated at Win* ^or, N. S., anil graduated at King's College in i civil engineering in iSi'iS. He then became ) i '' ll ifiUI Ifi r.U' i 1 1 I f' 184 BIOORAPHICAI. REVIFAV connected with the Intercolonial Railway en- Kineerin.i; staff, of which he remained a mem- ber until 1871. In that year he went on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey in British Columbia, being assistant engineer on the Yellow Head I'ass. Unim the completion of that enterjirise he became connected with the Hay N'erte (.'anal survey, and subse(|uentiy con- tinued in general engineering jjractice up to i«8i, when he was apjiointed (Joverinnent Insjiecting Ijigineer on the Cana.lian Pacific !:>''iiVay for one thousand miles west of Win- itipe- through the Rocky Mcmntains. lie ;otru!!ed that position until iSSVi. when the iorr.i was comjileted fmm Montreal to the I'a- C'lic. Coast. In i.SS; he had iharge of the con.'>truction ot the ( )xford & New (;ias;'ow Railway, now a branch of the Intercolonial ' Railway, completed in i.SSo: and from 1SS9 to 1892 he was contractor's engineer on the Annajwlis & Digby Railway. From iS,)_- to 1894 he was assistant engineer on the ( nin- wall Canal, and in the year f..||,,wing he re- turned to .\mherst, where he has since re- sided. In iSS/hewas eleete.l a mendier o| the Institute of Civil IJigineers <.i l.dndon, England, and in iSSS was elected a mend)er of the .^oeirty of Canadian ( ivil l.ngineers. Since returning to .Amherst he has been en- gaged chiefly in looking after his various hii.si- ness interests. He has biTii successful in life, and is generally esteemed and respedrd, not merely because ol his siicress, hut on ac- count of his i)ersonal di.UMCl.-r. He w.is elected .Mayor of .Amiierst in I-'ebrii.iry. iS.,,,. In [lolitics he is a Liberal Conservative. He j belongs to Lodge \o. S, .A. F. & .\. M., of Amherst, of which he is a Past .Master. Mr. Diekey was married in 1873 to Isahelle J. McIIeffey, voungest daughter of the late Hon. R. A. .McIIeffey, who was a member of the government of \ova .Scotia. He has two children, both born in Winnijieg — .May Hill and Grace I. With his family he attends the Church of IJigland. 7^II.AKLi:S 1)1-: \\C)LF S.MITII, a i J|^ prosjierous business man of Windsor, UKMuber of the firm of liennett Sniiih vS: Scnis, was hi.rn in Windsdr, X. S., Lebruaiy 1, 1 ,S4r,, son of Dennett and Rachel ^ (Harris) Smith. His great-great -grandfather on the paternal side was .Michael Smith, a na- tive of \',irni, l-aigland. Michael's son John, liu' next in line of de- scent, was boin in A'oikshiie, Ljigl.iml. He lame to \,,va Seuti.i with a party of emigrants, they settling in ('(unlierl.uid County and he at X''"port. Il.ints County, uheie he purchased •I bum .ah\ oeeui)ieil hinisell with agriculture l"i the re-t of hi> liie. He w.is the tiist MetiKMliM in tlul p.irl ,,| the Province. His will', ulM-e m.iiden name w.is .S.n.ih h'l iiit,,tt, ua- ,1 native ..f \'ork--hiie, l-ai-l.uid. -'"'"' Smith, .■-eiund, ..Ml, ,,f |,,hn and .S.ir.ih Smith, u.i-, Ihiii, ,it .\c.wp,,n, .\..S, He was a caipeiiter and buildei ; ,nid, besides working at his traiK', he .ilso cinied on .1 f.nin, achiev- ing a I. lir de.i.;iee of success ill Ijie, He mar- 'icd .\nii (M-.mi, daughter of J,, In, C.ianl, an officer ill the forty -sei oii,| R„val II i-lil,iiiders. ^ i| k ""^ fllAkl.l.S IM \\i III s\|| I II, 'I : I I ! 1 ! ] 11-:^ r M; |l ' ill j Ml 1 1' 1 ■1 TUOORAPFIICAl. REVIEW 187 John (iraiit .•m.:(]iiii)anic(l his irj;inHMit to New York, anil attii his c!ischaij,'e a( the close of the Rcvol ionary War he settled at Loyal Hill in ' iit^ County, where he received a lart;e j^rai of land, lie there followed farm- ing fdi the rest of hi^ (lays. His wife, whose maiden name wa.s Sarah Hergen, was of Dutch origin. John and Ann 'Grant) Smith were the parents of five sons , one daughter, none of whom are now living. Hennett Smith was horn in Windsor, N.S., in 1808. He received his education in his native town, and after leaving Svhool learned there the trade of shipbuilding, (ioini. into hu-iness for himself, he Iniilt many vessels (liiriML; the period of greatest activity in that industry, and was a very successful man, before his death becoming one of the leading citizens of Hants County. He had a great influence in making the town of Windsor what it is to-day, being a leading spirit in various usilul enter- prises bcsiticc of the IVsue for many years. In politic^ he was a I.ibei.il and in religion a Methodist. The bu^ilK■ss that he founded in I S v', is now conducted 1>\ his sons. His wife, Rachel, was a native of I.owei Hor- ton, N'.S. , and a daughter of Nathan Harris, a farmer of that place. She became the mother of ei-ht children, live of whom aie now living. namely: Sarah, wife of Captain Thomas Aly- ward; Thomas H. ; Charles iJe Wolf; John M. ; and Rachel l-".. Heimetl Smith died at the age of seventy-seven years, in 1886, leaving a large property, the accunudation of years of active industry and business tact. His wife, who was a Free Will Haptist in religion, died at the age of seventy-five. eharles De Wolf Smith when a boy attended school in Windsor. When his school days were over, he entered his father's ship-yard, where he learned thoroughly the whole busi- ness of ship-building. After having been thus employed for seven years, he md his brother, John M., were taken into partnership by their lather, the style of the firm becoming Hennett Smith & .Sons, which it has since remained, in course of time, on the decline of the ship- building industry, they added marine insurance and real estate operations to their other busi- ness, ;nd in this way maintained their prestige as leading business men of the town. They still own some vessels, and their prosper'.y as a firm has continued imabated up to the i>re.sent time. Since their father's death, in 1S86, the business has been carried on by the subject if this sketch and his brother John. Mr. Smith is president of the Shiji-owners' and Marine Insurance (Company of Windsor, and also of the Windsor IMectric Light Company. In pol- itics a Liberal, he served as Town C ouncillor for the last eight years, and has been chairman of the School Committee for tlie last ten years. He was married in 186910 blli/.abeth Wright Adams, daughter of Zachariah .Adams, of Carle- ton. .X.l'i. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had eight I J in ii^itii J. c w IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) m, A ^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 us M 2.2 2.0 L8 U 111.6 6" ^. V] <^ % /^ #' ^ <%h. ^ ^.'^ Xy^. W^ Pliotographic Sciences Corpomtion 23 W£ST MAIN STREET W£BSTER,N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 A, ,.Va'W K^ 4i /A w.. U.A ^ hi q i 1 : 1' ' !i 1 '■ \ i88 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW cliiklren. One, Nellie K., died at tlie age of two years, and seven are now living, namely: Harris S. ; Mary C, wife of Charles Uensley, of Windsor, who has two children — Nita UeWolf and John M. ; Elizabeth Adams; Ralph K. ; Dorothy W. ; Charles Chester; and Iknnett R. The family attend the Methodist church. fHOMAS RITCHIE, a leading lawyer and business man of Halifax, was born in that city, November 28, 1843, son of John William and Amelia R. (Almon) Ritchie. He is a great-grandson of John Ritchie, a Loyalist of Scotch parentage or descent, who came to Nova Scotia from New England be- fore the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, and, settling in Annapolis shortly after the evacuation by the French, carried on busi- ness as a merchant. John Ritchie married Eliza LeCain, by whom he had four childien. He died in comparatively early life. Thomas Ritchie, who was the eldest child of his parent.s, John and Eli/.a Ritchie, made chjice of the law as his profession, and he- came a leading barrister. In later life he was Judge of the Court of Common I'leas of Nova Scotia, which office he held up to the time of its abolition. Subsequently he settled on the old homestead at Annapolis, his birthi)l:icc ; and there he siient his last days. In jiolitics a Conservative, he represented the county of Annapolis in the House of Assembly for twenty years. He was three times married. Hy his first wire, a native of Nova Scotia, in maidenhood I'Llizabeth Johnston, he had seven children, of whom one was John William, the father of the subject of this sketch. He mar- ried for his second wife a Miss liest, by whom he had no children. Hy his third wife, Ann I5ond, a daughter of Joseph Norman JJond, Judge Thomas Ritchie had two children. Judge Joseph Norman Ritchie of the Su- preme Court of ITalifa.x is the only one of these two now living. He married for his first wife Annie Scafe, of Halifa.v, who bore nine children, of whom five — Annie A., Florence, Maud, Edith, and J. mes D. — are now living. He married for his .second wife Mary Cochran, of Halifa.x, by whom he had four children — Joseph N., Reginald L. D., Allen I?ruce, and Adelaide. John William Ritchie, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, was born in Annapolis, N.S., in i«o8. He was educated in Halifa.x, and studied law with the late Judge Johnston. Ai'ter his admission to the bar ho formed a partnership with the present Judge J. N. Ritchie, second 01 the name, which continued till he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court. This latter office he held until his retirement, four years previous to his death, which occurred in 1891, at the age of eighty- three years. He was a Conservative politi- cally, and was one of the first .Senators of the Dominion of Canada after the confederation. I'rominent both in his profession and socially, he was widely known and respected. Hy his wife, Amelia, he was the father of twelve children, of whom si.x are now living: Thomas, the subject of this sketch; l':iia A.; John L. : .Mary W. : hlliza; and George. 1^ -.1 ii. "i ■■■■■■■liiil j iUi BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 189 Thomas Ritchie, who was the third child of his parents, received his general education in the schools of Halifax and at Windsor, N. S. He studied law in the law school of Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass., where he graduated in 1865. In the following year he was admitted to the bar of Nova Scotia, and formed a partnership with the present Judge Ritchie and with Judge Henry, which continued until they were appointed judges. -Since then he has jiractiscd alone, and has been very successful. In addition to his law practice Mr. Ritchie has various business in- terests — namely as vice-president of the Merchants' Hank of Halifa.x, vice-jiresident of the Kascern Trust Company, director of the Starr Manufacturing Company, director of the Acadia Tire Insurance Company, and di- rector of the Nova Scotia Building .Society of Halifax. In i)olitics he is a Conservative, but has held no political office. Mr. Ritchie was married in 1874 to Miss I.sabel I'ringle, a daughter of Judge Cringle, of Ontario, Canada, 'le has had seven chil- dren, of whom si.\ are now living; namely, Thomas F. , Mary C, Jc.hn W. , Beatrice I.., ICdith I., and Illla A. Mr. Ritchie and his family belong to the Church of I'ngland, and attend worshi]) at St. Paul's Church. IIOMAS A. \VIL.^;ON, one of the lead- ing business men of ]iridi;ewator, X. S., was boin at Harrington, Shclbnnie County, .N..S., in 1S50, son ol 'I'liomas West and I.ydia (Wilson) Wil:;on. lie is a grandson of Neheniiah Wilson, also a native of Harrington, who was largely interested in the fisheries of that place, and as a business mm wns quite successful. His wife was in maidenhood a Miss Swim. Nehemiah Wilson's father, Oba- diah Wilson, who was either a native of Har- rington or else came there from Cape Cod when an infant, married a Miss Knowles. Tiiomas West Wilson was born at Harring- ton, N. S., in 181 1. He adopted a sea life as his profession, and was a shi|)-master for some fifteen years. Subsequently settling at Har- rington, he became a large ship-owner there, and also for some time acted as magistrate, being a man greatly respected. In politics he was a Conservative. His wife, Lydia, who was born in 1810, was a daughter of Obadiah A. Wil- son, of Harrington, N. S., a general merchant engaged in the West India trade and having large shipping interests, having in fact tlie largest business in the county at that time. Mrs. Wilson's fatiier at one time represented the county in the House of Assembly, being a Liberal in politics. He died in 1850, when over eighty years old. Mr. and Mrs. Tiiomas W. Wilson had three children, of whom the only survivor is Thomas A., the subject of this sketch. Tiiomas A. Wilson was eciucated in the sciiools of Harrington. His school days, how- ever, were short, as he early began to follow the sea, and became a ship-master at the youth- lul age of twenty years. During the twelve years that he spent as a sailor he made many I'oreign vovages. In 1880 he settled in Hridge- water, where lie eMcndci! Iiis siiipping interests, ll :■ : II \ I: M 8 , ii'-' ' i: ; I. M liiii Ji too mOGRAPHICAL REVIEW in which line of business he is still cngagctl, beiny one of the prosperous and substantial business men of l^iidgewater. I''or several years he kept a ^a'neral store and afterward carried on ship-building. He takes an active l)art in iiublic affairs, having served as a mem- ber of the County Council for the last four years. In i)olitics he is a Liberal. Mr. Wilson was married in 1874 to Susie ]•;., daughter of Israel antl Mliza Wilson. .She died the year after her marriage, and Mr. Wilson married for his second wife, in 1877, Anna S. Whitford, daughter of Joseph Wliit- ford, who was Postmaster of Uridgewater for many years, retaining the office up to the time of his death. Mr. Wilson has five children, two sons and three daughters; namely, Joscj)!) I,., Howard Thomas, Laura B. , Lstella L., and I'rancc!. I'",. —«-•♦••♦— Ll'XANDKR STEPHEN, ex Mayor of Halifa.x, was born in that city, Novem- ber 9, iiS45, son of Ale.xandei-, .Sr. , and Mary ((luild) Stephen. His paternal grandfather, John Stephen, li\ed in Scotland, and followed the trade of a biscuit manufact- urer. Hut little more in regard to this ances- tor is now known. He antl bis wife had sev- eral children, all of whom, however, are now | deceased. Alexander, Sr. , son of John and father of ex-Mayor Stephen, was boin in Scotland, and at the age of fifteen came to Nova Scotia, set- tling in Halifax. l"or a short time he was clerk in a grocery store in that cit). Then ho went to Musquodoboit, wlvMC he purchased a farm and married. Subsequently returning to Halifax, he formed a partnership with John lesson, under the firm name of I'^sson & Co., as wholesale grocers, in which line of business he continued for several years. In 1863 he began the manufacture of furniture, subse- c|uently taking his son, the subject of this sketch, into partnership with him, the firm name being A. Stephen & Son. He remained thus occupied for many years, or until his final retirement from active business life. He was very successful, anil his jirospciity was due en- tirely to his own efforts and .sound business ability. He died at the age of seventy years, a highly e:. teemed citizen, whose loss w^as gieatly and widely regretted. His wife, Mary, who was a daughter of Matthew Guild, of Mus- quodoboit, dietl at the age of seventy-six. They had eight children who attained matu- rity, four sons and four daughters; namely, Alexander, Aiuiie, Matthew (i., Jessie, James, William, luiitb, and Maud. Annie is the wife of I. S. Murray, later of Riverside, Cal. lulith is the wife of !•". A. I'eters, of Australia. Maud is the wife of W. V\. Tlu)ni[)son, liarris- ter, of Halifax. Alexander .Stephen, after laying the founda- tion of his educali(Hi in the public schools of Halifax and at Horton Academy, followed a more advanced course of study at Wood Private .Xcademy. He gained iiis tiist business expe- rience in the em|)liiy df his father, wl'.(.se ]xut- ner he subse(|uently became, as already stated, IJKV carrying on a general furniture business, bolli manufacluniig and retailing. After his lit II ) ' Hon. AL1:.\AXU1;K STKI'llKN. 'A B '5 ' ii ^ 1' 1 * '1 ' • i 1 i! i i ■ i ; I i! 1 5 1 1 f ' 1 I '■ I I t i ; I 'I ' i nrOGRAPIIICAL REVIEW •93 father's death Mr. Stephen cniuhietcd the inisi- ness under the old name, A. Stephen & Son, ii|) til 1892, in wliich year he turned it over to a corporation called the Nova Scotia I'urnish- ing Company, IJmited, he heing electeil presi- dent of the company. This office he still holds. The firm have lately added carpets to tjieir stock in trade, and their store is now one of the largest of its kind in the Dominion. Mr. Stephen is also a director of the Imperial Life Insurance Company. He has been very successful, and has a hi.i;h ivputaiion among the business men of the city. He has also taken an active part in politics and the affairs of the city generally. He was Alderman from Ward Three from 1880 to 18S6, during two years of that lime being chairman of the Hoard of Works, chairman of the Garden Commission, and a member of the .School Hoard. In April, 1897, he was elected to the office of Mayor, the duties of which he performed in a highly creditable manner. In 1868 Mr. Ste[)hen joined X'iigin l.ndgc. No. 3, ]•'. & A. M. He is imw a thirty-third degiee Mason, and belongs to the Supreme Grand Council of Dominion of Canada, and is Deputy for the I'lovince of Nova Scotia. He was married August 19, 'S75, to Mi>s .Sadie Cogswell, daughter of the Re\'. John Cogswell, of Canning, N. S. Mr. Stephen ami his wife are the parents of six ihildren — Charles M., Henry W., I'rank 1.., Mdward H. (deceased), lulith St. Clair, and Hilda C. C. Charles M. is Lieutenant of the l-'irst Chesh- ire l^eginient of the l?ritish army, and is now stationed in India. Henry W. is em- ployed in the branch of the Rank of Nova Scotia located at Hamilton, N. R Frank I,. is in the eni|)loy of the Nova Scotia Furniture Company. Kdith St. Clair is a student at the Ladies' College, Windsor, N.S. Hilda is at- tending the Ladies' College at Halifa.x. In ])olitics Mr. .Stephen is a Conservative. He and his family attend the Presbyterian church. ^jlTPlCRT C. .S. KACLHACH, a ris- ing attorney of Lunenburg, N. .S. , v as born in that town in 1869. His father was the Hon. Senator Henry A. N. Kaulbach, and his mother, in maidenhood lumice .Sophia Harris, only child of John Harris, Ls(|., Barrister of Thornhill, Kings County, N. .S. His fust iirogonitor in this cotuitry was Martin \'on Kaulbach, a native of Haden- Haden, Germany, who came t(j Nova .Scotia in 1752, settling at Lunenburg on an original grant of land. Martin Von Kaulbach becatiie ver_\- ])rom incut, and held an office inuler the government. tlis sou Henry, the next in line of descent, was boin at l.uncnlnng, N.S. Henry Kau' - b.uh also becinic a prominent inhabitant, being the fust Sheriff of I.imenburg Count\', appointed by Governor Wentworth in 1798. He held the office until 1828, when he re- signed and was succeeded by his son, John Heniy. His wile, whose maiden n.une was Joamia Barbara .S\\ iker, numJed out a fidl cen- tiny of existence. At the time oi her death, l'"el)ruary 1 1, 1869, one hundred and nineteen of 1 i\ ill 1 1 1 m \ : ! i ■!: i|1 I! I ^i I ' 1 1 v 1 1 ■(i i i I i h '94 HIOGRAPHICAL RKVIKW lier (Icsccndniits wore living-, furty-I'diir haviii^^ died; and the whole number included lourteen children, sixty-one grand-children, eighty- three great-grandchildren, and five great-great- grandchiklren. John Henry Kaull)ach, son of Henrv and Joanna Ibrbara Kaulbacii, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was also born in Lunenburg, X. S. As already mentioned, he succeeded his father as Sheriff of the county, which position he held for many years. He married l-'redericka Newman, daughter of Adolphus Newman; and they had four chil- dren, of whom these three are now living Sophia B., Charles lulwin, and J. Albert. The (jther sun, Henry A. X., named above, died on January S, 1S96. Sojjhia ]?. is the widow of Hugh ^r. Moyle, of Lunenburg, who was custom-house Collector at that jiort for some years. Charles Julwin is the jiresent Representative from Lunenburg County at Ottawa. He married Ada Hunt, of Lunen- burg, daughter nf the late Captain James ]{. Hunt. J. Albert, X'enerable Archdeacon of Xova Sct)tia, married .Sopliia J5radshaw, of (juebec. Henry Adoljihus Xcwnian Kaulbach, father of Rupert, was Ixirn in Lunenburg in 1S30. After obtaining his early education under the direction of private tutors, lie attended the Lu- nenburg Grammar School for a period, and then studied the classics under the tutorship of the Rev. J. C. Cochrane, D.C. L. I'pon cnm- pleting his studies with this gentleman lie went to Cambridge, Mass., and entered the law dei)artment of Harvard I'niveisitv, wheie he ; was graduated in 1857, with the degree of I Hachelor of Laws. He further i)ursucd the j study of law successively with his uncle, the Hon. John Creightun, Si., (J. C. , M.P.P., who was afterward a member of the ]-:.\ecutive '■ Council of Xova Scotia and president of the Legislative Council, and in the office of the Hon. William ^'oung (afterward Sir William Voung), a leading member of the I'rovincial government. Hcing admitted to the Ixir in 1N55, be began jiractice in Lunenburg, and soon p.roved iiimself to have a thorough grasp ot his profession. ILiving an inclination for public life, he : found no difficulty in gratifying his desires, l)eing elected in 18^3 as Representative of Luuenbuig County in the Xova Scotia House nf Assembly, ami defeating on that occasion the late Hon. Jcjsepli Howe, who was then the leader of the goveriunent. The ability of Mr. Kaulbach was pmniptly recognized i)y his C(d- Icagucs, and he wa> called upon to take a pn.minent jiart in their coimcils. He was one of those who early advocated a federal union of the Provinces. He was als(i in favor of free public schoids; and it was owing to his nd- vanced ideas on these two (|uesti(ins that he was defeated at the polls in the general elec- tion of iNh;, public sentiment in his district not then being ready either for cnnfederaticin or 'or a free public-schoul s\stem. On March :!7, iS-j, he was called to the Senate, and sat in that House until his death. Li tact, the latter e\ent nccurred while he was attend- ing a sessi'in of the House in Ottawa, January N, i^[)C>. Hi> body w.is ccnneyed home, anil %^ BIOGRArHICAL RF.VIEW '95 laid to rest in Limunhur^. lie was Lieutenant Colonel of the First Rej,'inient of LunenbiU}; County Militia and Volunteer Artillery, liav- inj; received his eonimission in i«S59. He was also a member of the N(na Scotia Central Hoard of Aj;riculture. lion. Henry A. X. Kaulixach married for his first wife lumice So|)hia Harris, only child of th'; late John Harris, of Thornhill, Kind's County, X. S. She died in 1.S79; and he mar- ried for his second wife, September 9, 18.S0, Anne, daughter of G. H. and Mary I'itt (Gore) l^lylan(i. The second Mrs. Raulbach was a sister of tjie wife of the late Sir Dominick Daly,- and was a grand-niece of Sir John Gore, K.C.R, G.C.H., and of General Sir Ar- thur Gore. Rupert C. S. Kaulbach received his element- ary education at Hishop's Collej;e School, Lennoxville, P.O., which has many honored sons. JMnishing liis preparatory education at that institution, he matriculated into the I'ni- versity of Hishop's Collei,'e in i.S,S8, and grad- uated from that university with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891. He entered the Law School of Harvard University at Cam- bridge, Mass., in i,Si)i, and graduated with the degree ol Bachelor of Laws in 1S94. He sti.died law in the office of the Hon. Mr. Jus- tice Hcnrv, Judge of the Supieme Court of N'ova Scotia, the fnni being then known as Henry Harris & Henry. He was a(hiiitted a bairister of the Supreme Coinl of Nova .Scotia in 1S91S, ;'.n(l began jiractice in his native town of Lunenburg, where he has since re- mained. He has already shown himself to be possessed of a good knowledge of his profes- sion, and gives promise of being at no distant day one of the leading lawyers of his section of the Province. In 1898 he received from the University of Hishop's College the degree of Master of Arts; and the same year the degree of Bachelor of Laws was conferred on him (.l(/ ciiiKhin i;;iaiiiiiii) by Dalhousie Uni- versity at ilalifa.v, \. S. Mr. Rupert Kaulbach married in 1896 Miss Violet Hrown, daughter of Henry Hraithwaite and Charlotte (Hligh) Brown, of Sherbrooke, 1'. (J. Her father was for many years a law- partner of the late Hon. William Bullock Ives, member of Parliament for Sherbrooke, Minis- ter of Agriculture in the late Conservative government of Canada, and President of the Privy Council. I\Ir. Brown is a |)roniinent barrister and (Jueen's Counsel of that town. They have two children: luuiice Mary Kaul- bach, born June 11, 1.S98; and Charles lulwin Newman Kaulbach, born January 5, 1900. \CA;/ILLIAM A. CHASH, .secretary and treasurer of the Varmouth Steam- ship Company of ^■armout]l, \. S., was iiorn at Bridgetown, .\nnapolis Countv, \.S. , De- cember 5, 1840, .son ,if Jdliii and Rubv W. (Woodworth) Chase. His father was born in C ornwallis, X.S.. in i8[;,. Although a self-educated man, John Chase was an earnest student, and became a Bajitist minister, preaching in various jilaces througlimit the Province for many years. He 3 t ' : I '■ f I II: S 1 ■ I,:. ilii: ^li It J ■ 96 BIOORAl'HICAL REVhaV It I ' i !■ ■Mifil! wn was widely known, and was held in high esteem both for his ability as a preacher of the gospel and for his high jieisonal character as a man. lie died at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, al.su a native of Cornwalli.s, and a daughteiof Stephen Rand, of that town, died at the advnnced age of ninety. They had eight children — five .sons and three daughters — of whom sjven are now li\ing; namely, Maria i;,, Cliarlotte i;., lulward ."\[., A. .Sawers. Willian- A., Isaac, and Charles. Maria II. is the wife of the Rev. Dr. .Sawyer, e.x-president of Acadia College at Wolfville, N. .S. William A. Chase was educated at Acadia College, Wolfvilie. After graduating from that institution in iS6o, he went to New Hrupf.wick, where he taught .school for one year. In 1S63 he went to Yarmouth, N. .S., and for some time was connected with the firm of Dennis & Doane, general merchants. Suh- sequently, in 1865, he entered the general store of :\Ir. I., i:. leaker, with whom he has since been associ Ued. Upon the formation of the "S'armouth .Sreamshi]i Comjiany, he wa.--; made its secretary and creasurer, which posi- tion he still hidds. He is popular with the patrons of the company by reason of his cour- teous treatment of all and |>r(impt attention to their want.s. He is also well known and highly esteemed in ^'armouth society. His Jioliiical principles are those of the Liberal part}-. Mr. Chase and .Miss ]-'rance.s G. C. Tooker, daughter of Charles looker, of Varmouth, were married on January jrj, i.S;^. 'I'hey have four children 1!. .\ubury, J-'. I.oui.se, .May 1., and Mabel A. Mr. Chase with his family attends the Uaptisl church. WfUAAAM DO.^HNICK FINN. M.D., Medical Iv.xaniiner for the city of Halifa.v and Dartmouth and a very jiopular physician, was born in Halifa.x, N. .S., in iSfiS, son of John and Mary (Farrell) l-'inn. He is a grandson of William Imuu, a native of Cork, Ireland, wh\vife, Matilda, who was born at Mailland, N. S. , in 1817, died at the age of se\ enty-foui'. 'I'lu'V weie the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are now living; ■lanielv, Thomas 1".., James I,., Annie L., William Henry, IV'ssie, Louise II., .Ada, I .Sarah, l-'r.nik, and I.aur.i. The first named, 1 Thomas I!., married Julia Iledlum. and lias seven children. James I,, married Harriett Konserfield, and has eight children. Annie 1.. is the wife of (Ui> Rathbone and the mother of six cbiKlren. llcs^ie married tirst .Samuel Palmeter, by whom she had two chil- (.hen - I lai I'v ami l-!\an"eline ; antl second ilfll til:' < vA ill" .' . Il I BIOGRAPHICAL K*:VIE\V : ■ ,m |S>i »t • Heniy Koscoc, by whom she has had no chil- (hcn. Louise li. is the widow of Dawson ra)n](!ter, a brother ol Samuel above-montion'.'d, and has one child. Ada is the wife of F. G. Curry and the mother of five children. Sarah has been twice married. By her first husband, Augustus Allison, she had one child; and by her second, the Kcv. H. ]'. JJoane, she has two children — Raliih and Olive. Frank mar- ried Annie Marshall, and has four children -— Georse, Hilda, Laura, a^ul Harold. Laura is the wife of ];)avid l^i^^eknv, a, id has two chil- dren. William Henry Sim.son was educated at Mount Allison Academy at Sackville and in the academy :,t ilorton Landing. After his school days were over he obtained employment as clerk with Jirown ]3rothcrs & Co., druj;f,Msts, of Halifax, for whom he worked from i860 tf) 1864. He then went tj I'hiladelphia, Pa., where he entered the Pharmaceutical College, and after the usual course of study was gradu- a'cdat tliat institution in 1866. Returnir.p- to Halifa.x, he v;as given the charge of the i)usi- ness of iJrov.'i, Brothers & Co., and continued to manage it up t(. 1880, in which year he be- came a partner i.i the concern. He thus re- j mained until 1S90, when he formed a partner- , ship with his brothc'- Frank undor the firm name of Simson Brothers & Co. rogctiier they ' carried on a drug !)usiness in Halifax laitil i 1897. In liiat year, se^vring his connection with the nrm, Vr-: .Sins.m engaged in tiie same | b>isiness .,ione, and !>,is thus continued up to < the present time, having been very .succcssTul. !n jjolitics he is a Conservative. Few citizens | among the business portion of the community are more favorably regarded or more widely respected thr.n he. Mr. Sim.son was married in 1S69 to Jessie A. Smith, daughter of Jesse and Charlotte (McKisson) Smith. They have had seven children, of whom si.v survive; namely, Will- iam A., Gertrude Blanche, Clifford S., Maud F., Robie .S., and Jessie R. Gertrude is the wife of Guy Stayner, and i\Iaud I-;, the wife of Frank W. Hart. t ! I '^'KCHDFACON JAMFS ALBFRT KAULBACH, a i)rominent church- — man and respected citi;;en of Truro, •vas born in Lunenburg, N.S., August 30, i;<39. SO" of John Henry and Sojjhia F. (New- man) Kaulbach. He is of German ancestry, being a great-grandson of fohn Martin Kaul- bach, a native of Baden-Baden, Germany, who came to Nova Scotia in 1752. sailing from Rotterdam, settled in Lunenburg on an original gmnt of land, and liccamc a very prominent man in the place, holding an olTice under the governmcnc. Henry Kaulba' h, the next in line of , hen he resigned, and was succeed, d by iiis sen, John Henry. His wife, Joanna H rbara Zwicker, BIOC?RAPHICAL REVIEW (lied I'elininry ii, il)6(j, having louiiclcd out a fidl century of existence. At the time of her death one liundrcd and nineteen cf her descendants were livinj;;, forty-four having died; and the whole !,.imbcr included fourteen cliildren, sixty-one grandchildren, eighty-tliri:e great-grandchildren, and five great-gr>,'at-grand- children. John Henry Kaulljach, .-l '-st son of Henry and fatiier of y\rchdeacoii Kaulhach, was liorn in Lunenburg, N.S., April lo, 1797. He went to Halifax in early \nuth to obtain his Juiglisli education. Subsequently returning 'to Lunenburg, he succeeded his father as Sheriff of the county, as above narrated, and held that office until his death, which took place February 25, 1.^79, when lie was eighty- two years ohl. His wife, Sophia, who was born in Lunenburg, N. S. , I'ebruary 9, i,So2, was a daughter of Adol|)hus fhristopher and Anna Magdelin-j Newman, of that town. The Newman family originally came from Saxony. 'Slrz. Kaulbach's father was a student at a (ier- man University. After serving a .short time in the army, and having lost his brother, his hit-!st surviving relative, he left LuroiK' and came to America, settling at fir.st in New \avk, whence he removed to Lunenburg, \, S. John Henry and So|)hia V. Kaulhach were the [ar- cnis of fi\e children; namely, Sophia H., V.\]/.i\ Ann, Henry .\. \. , Charles fldwiii, and James A. Sophia li., who survives her hus- band, H. M. Moyle, formerly of Lunenburg, has two children: i:ii/alnth .\. K., wife of William Cireenwood, ol Toronlo, Om. ; and Sophia r. C, widow of Captain .Alfied W'or- tell, of Ottawa, Out. Henry A. N. is now- deceased. Further mention may l)c found of him in the .sketch of his son Rupert, [jublish^d el.sewhere in this volume. Charles lulwin, who is now member of Parliament for Lunen- burg County and a highly re:,,iected citizen, married Ada IIu... He has no children. ]\Irs. John Henry Kaulhach died August 14, 1 8ears at Valley Field, he removed to Moncton, N.li., where for ten years subsequently he had charge of a cardinir-mili. In 1S98 he went to Windsor, and accepted his jiresent position as superintendent of the Dominion Cotton Mill. .Mr. Wilson wa.s married in 1897 to i;ilen Constance Vould, a cb.ughter of Willian, and i:ileii \ould, of Kentville, N.S. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson attend ihe Church of jjii^land. jCjl^^VARD CLAYTOX, an enterprising J — dry-.t;o(ids merchant of Halifax, was born ill Shrewsbury. Shropshire, lui.i^land, in 1 849, son of Genr^a- and Mary (Davies) Clay- ton. Hl is a ,!j;rands()n of James Clayton, a native of Iln-land, born at Matlock, Derby- shire, who kept a hotel at that place for many years. James Cl;:yton married l-:iizabeth Geor',a\ of .Montgomeryshire, Wales, and they resided on the estate of the liarl of I'owis, by whom Mr. Cla_\ton was employed as steward at ! LyuKiie, Montgomeryshire. Alter her hus- band's death Mrs. i;iizabeth Clayton went to live at Shrewsbury, where she died at a great age. They were the parents of si.\ children — George, lulward, James, Henjanv'n, Mary, and r.Iizabeth — none of whom now survive. George Clayton, father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Shrewsbury, Ijigla.jid, in 1823. He followed the occupation of tailor and draper in his native country until his marriage, at which time he emigrated to Nova Scotia, and, settling in Halifa.x, was for .some time engaged as a teacher in the Indus- trial .School. Subsequently he went into business as a green-grocer, and still later be- came a dealer iu clothing. The latter busi- ness he followed until his death, which oc- curred in 1869, when he was forty-si.v years old. fieorge Clayton and his wife had eight children, of whom seven are now living; namely, Celia, Lizzie, Susan, luiward, Will- iam }., Ada, and Mary. Celia is the wife of Henry Lithbridge, of ijiglnnd, and the mother of five children. Lizzie is unmarried. Susan is the wife of W. I). ^lartin, of Moncton, N. !!., and has three children — Clayton, i:rnest, and Hyron. Ada is the wife of Dr. Murdock Chisholm, of Halifa.v. and has si.\- children — Mary, j-dith, Kenneth, Stanley, Willie, and Roy. Mary is the wife of Robert Stanford, of Halifa.x, and the mother of four children. iidward Clayton was educated at the na- tional school in Halifa.x. After le.a-ing .school he was employed for about five years as a 1 1 K:.\ I, Rr.VI FAV j^q-ec of liachclor of Arts in 1889 and that of Master of Arts in 1891. In the latter year also he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws from the law school attached to the col- k'i^e. iieing admitted to the bar in 1S93, he began practice the same year in Halifax, where he has since remained, lie has a large clientage, and is numbered among the rising barristers of the city. lie was married Octo- ber 5, 1898, to I'.ugenie I",. Hart, a daughter of Levi and Jane D. (Hart) Hart, of Halifax, her father being one of the leading West Indian merchants of the city. In politics ■Mr. Allison is a Liberal Conservative. ^OLONM'L Li:vi';Ri:r i.i\'i:hi;r Jj CIIII'MAN, one of the most promi- nent and vespetted citizens of K' gs Ciuint\-, was liorn in (.'ornwallis township, that countv, October 20, 1833, son of William HeiH\ and Soi)hia A. (Cogswell) Chipnian. Uis ancesti\ can be traced back to early C; and hi^ w ife, whose name is not known, died about \<>}~. .So far as can be ascertained, they had three thildicii, of whom John w.is the only son. |ulin Chipman was born near Dorchester, l'",ngland, about Kin. He was the fust lepre- sentative of the family in America, coming to this country, it is said, in the ship "Friend- ship," of Barnstable, and arriving at lioston in 163 I. Joining the IMymoiith Colony, he re- sided at I'lyniouth until 1646, was subsecpiently a resident of Yarmouth until 1C49, and then removed to Harnstable, Mass., where he resided for thirty years. The rest of his life, a ]ieriod of nearly thirty years, was sfient at .Sandwich, .Mass., where he died .\pril 7, 1708, at the venerable age of ninety-four. A highly le- spected citizen, he served in vaiious offices of trust, and was \ery iironiinent in public affairs, serving as Selectman and Justice of the Peace, and as a Deputv to the Cieneral Court from 1663 to ir)69, with the exception of 1667. He was also a Deacon of the church at Barnstable, which he joined in 1652, aiul was made Ruling Lliler in \f)yo. He was mairied in 1646 ti> Hope, daughter of John 1 lowland, of Plym- outh, one of the "Ma\;iower" Pilgrims. .Vfter her death he married, in 1684, Ruth, daughtei' of William Sargent. He had eleven children, all bv his tiist wife, of whom the ti nth in Older of !)irlh was named John. J( hn Chipman, second, was bm-n at Bain- .-table, Ma-s., in Maicli, i()Cn)-yo. He lesidcd at .Sandwich, !\Iass. , fiom 1691 to 1712, at Cbilinark from 1714 to 1720, and sub>i.'(picntl\ , until the closi' of his life, at N'ewpoit, R.I. He also, like his father, was A piouiinenl litizen. While .1 le.-.dent of M.issachusetts be ser\ed as Justice of the Peace, was a member of the Ceneral Court in I71<), and Justice of the Court of Common i'le.is iu :7J2. In i7Ji be was aiicnt of the UMli ni i, s m .AJ ■*■■, -ts^ f pr f .. 1 ■ ' j ! J .! I . f I l! 1 216 niOGRAPII ICAL RFA'IEW IJn-lish S,H-io(y lor tl,c IVnpaoation of the , wilo in I he yea, iXoj, when she was lifty.„nc (lospel. Ileals.ihehl many iniperlanl dfllees i years eld. of trust in Rh.ule Ishin.i alter renmvin- to that eiil,)n\. Jk' was thiee times manied, first to I y William Allen ('hi|inian, sen of Handlev Cliipmaii, w.,s horn in Xeupert, K.I., Novem- Marv, danohter ol Captain Stephen Skiff, a ; her S, i;^;. lie was a nsef.il an.l prominent Insfee ol the IVaee of Sandwielu For his ! ei.i/en and a nun hel.l in hi^h esteem in Corn- wall is. lie was Cnstos kolnhirum of Kini;s County and Justiee of the I'eaie ,nul was ,1 seeond wile he married I'di/aheth. dan,i;hter of Captain i'homas llandiey, whose wile was in •"..ideuhood a MissVoun,. of Host.m. Isli/a- hu-e real e.state owner, lie represen.c.l Kin^s l'"th Ilandlevh;;,! been twi.;e previously mar- Conntv in the House ol .\ssend.ly lor many ried, her lirst an.l .seeond husbands havin.^ , years, hein.^ snec eeded in 1 S ^c hv his son the iK'cn ,. .Mr. Rns.sell ,nul a Mr. j-ope, John j Hon. Samuel Chipm.iu. Ihe l.Uter luvame Chipman-s.secondwife.lvinKin i;j5. hemar- a meml.er .,1 the Legislative (ouneil a.ul ru'd lor his third wife Hannah Hookie (or I ulledm.mv imp,.rtant otliees. Ho died at the lloxie). of Rhode Island. She die,l February ' oxtrente a^e of one hundred and two ve.ns. 21, 174;. iiiue Nears belore her hu.sluud, his ' Willi.nn .Mien ( hipman ,utained the advaneed death oeeurriuK Januarv .|, ,;5<,. | ;,.,, „| oiyhty-eioiu yens, dviu^; l)eeen,i,er •,, Ihe next ,n hue of deseeut w,,s H.nulley ^ iS.ry He w.is marrie.l Xoven.ber jo, ,7;; (•hii>man, named doubtless lor his nuuher, John | to Ann Osbo.n, ,lauj;hter of Sannud and Sarah C-hipman's seeoud wile. 1 le was born at .Sand- j Osborn. They had six einldien, ot whom the uieh, .Mass., .\n^ust ;i, , ; , ;. He .served as | .seeond and the elde.st so,, was William. ^,a,u|. justiee ,.| the IVaee. He married lor his lirst ' lather of the subj.-cl ol this sketeh. wife, .\pril J.,, iMo. lean, dau,i;hter of Colonel ' William, or the Rov. Willi.un. Chioman John and Ma„a,e, .\llen. I'hov h,,d eleven was born Xowanber ..,, ,-,S,, in Cornwallis' eh,ld,en, all bo,n in \ewpo,t, K.I. On M,,v \..S. In,.,„lv ,„,inhood |,o .n.^a^ed in busi- ;, i;<.., he lelt Xewpoit, ,u,d uith h,s wife ness as,, me.ehant, and l,„ ,, time ,ilso was in- and lamily removed to Xov.i .Sotia. .settling leiestod in milit.irv .,t(,,i,.s, bcn^ e,,ptain of in C-o,-nwallis, Kin^s Conntv. uheie i„s w,te a eomp,,uv of militi,,. b;xpe, ien! iu, oonver- 'iH'.l, .\p,,l 5. i;;;. a^ed lilty.tbiee vea,s. sio„, while still ,, vouuj; man he be.au,.. a liemarnedlor his seeond wife Xanev. d,,u,:;h- pi,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,, ,„ ^Vosi (,„nw.illis olea'ed tei ot Stephen ami Fli/.abeth (Cla,k. Post, ,1,0 a la,m theie, and est.ibl i^hod upon a put of eeromonv taki,,., pl.,ee Deecmber ,.,, t;;;. hi. estate a Haptist ehn,vh. ,0 uhieh he niin- Ot lh,s uuiou thete we,e live ehihhen, .Mter , stored ami whieh he helped Lu^elv to support. eomniK to Xova .^eoti,, ho seived ,,s ju.stioe ol j 1 h,,n J, lai-.^elv sell ed,u.,ted. he was a man of the IVaee and |ud,e o| Probate. His .leath eo,iside,,ible iuielleelii.d louv. .lud uo,ked 'Hvm.ed M,,v j;. i,->,u, and th,U ot h,s seeond , h.od to, t|,e est,,blish,i,onl o| .\,adi,i Colh-e I mOGRAPinCAL REVIEW 217 ;it W'dllvillt', siihsciiiicully si'iviii,i; for many years nil llu' Hoard ol ( icjvcninrs of that iiisti- tntinii. Ill' was twice mairied, first on I'oljiiiary 24, 18(13, to Mary Mcdouni Dickey, daughter of Matthew and Jean DitUey. She horc liini nine children, none of whom arc now living, the third liorn having licen William Henry, father of Colonel ('hi|iinan. lie marrit'd for Ins second wife. May J.|, 1SJ7, I'diza A. Chipnian, horn in iSo;, daughter of 'I'homas Holmes Chipnian. She died Odohcr 23, I.S53, at the age of fort\ six, having hecn the mother of twelve children. I''ive of tlie children ;»re now living; namidy, .Alfred, Mary, Andrew iMiller, John 1'., and Holmes. .Mfri'd married .Alice Shaw, and has two ihildieii .Alvah H. and Chandlei. Mary is the wife of 1). ( ). I'arker and the mother of three children - Amiic. Alherta, and I)a\id Livingston the last named of whom is,i minister ol the gospel. Andrew ImiIIci ('hipman maiiieil Mary Ncw- comh, and has live children -William A., I'dla Ina, Owen (tlie l\ev. < >wen (hipman), Roy, and Kenneth, joliii !'. (hipman is Judge of Kings Counts' ('cant. Hi- married Susan Ma\' Hiown, and has --even ihildren .Mice K., h'rank I'.. A., .\ilhui 11., N'ma '!'. , Hai
ine>s at ('ornwallis, as previou'-l\ stated, the connect ion he-ting liftecn s'l'ars. In iSfiS he became mana.^er of the blanch of the H.nik of .\ova Scotia huatcd at Kcnl\ille, X.S., whii'h position he helil until 1 1S99, a iietiodof over thirty \eais, when lu' was supeianmiated. L'pon the death of his father, in I S70, he took the hitter's seat in the House o| Commons, I . ', ? ■I' I -if ! ;: .11 a i i- ^'ili 1: I 'I ■ ilii' t I'i ; !l hi i! ii Ih ' 1 1 .:; 'IJi ■ h i ' I iSi I I f I- 218 lUOGRAPHICAL REVIEW being elected by acclamation and was re- elected. From his youth he has been promi- nently connected with military affairs. In 1S60 lie became Major of the Third Kin:;s Regiment, a ten-o.mpany battalidn, and two years later was made Colonel. After the es- tablishment of Confederation in 1.S6S, he was authorized to drill a force of men, as m.uiy as he coulil handle; and he gatheied lo-ether and 'liilled foui- lunidred and lilty at liilltown in Coriiwallis township. .\h(uit that time, also, he or-anized the .Sixiy-ci-hth Haltalion of In- fantry, consisting of ten com|)anies, which he l, 1S52, to Nancy Leonard Moore, who wa., born in Kentville, \..S., Dccembei- J4, iN^^, daugh- ter of Stephen II. and LaviiKi (.•\ngu>) .Moure, and grand-daughter of William Chai Ics and i L:iizabeth (Harrington) Mo,, re, C.doiud and 1 Mis. Chipman are the parents of live children j -Wilford Henry, l.avina, i'tliel .Sophia, Annie Leontine, and Lena livangeliue. Willord Henry, the lirst named, married Mrs. (irace Porter, whose maiden name was b'-aton, and has two children I.everet deV. and Reginald W. Lavina is the wife of F. C. Dimock. but has no children. ICthel Sophia married Jjarclay Webster, (J. C. , and is the mother of (jue child. Leveret Marclay. Lena Lvangeline, who is the wife of William M. liotsford, of Vancouver, J^.C, has no children. i:()R(;i-; William tooki-.r far- 'Sil, .M, I)., a jKipular i)hysician of Varmouth, is a native of Liverpool, \. S. Horn in April, i.sr,:;, son of Dr. Henry C. and !•■ lances (Cutler) I'arisb, he is a grandson of Dr. Henry C. I'arish, first, and doubtless in- herits spei ial apt itude tor his profession. He is of the tilth -enerati.jii in descent from Creggs Larish, who was hoiu in i;io at White Haven, luighind, but of whom little is now known. Creggs b'arish. secoml, born October 14, 174.S, .son ,,| the preceding, was the first pro- genitor ■ ll H f \\ I' - 'I :i!i Km I, Hugh Logan, second, who was the progeni- tor of the family in Nova Scotia, was thirteen years old when he came to America in 1773. He married a Miss Dickey, aunt nf Senator Dickey, of Amherst. They hat! ten children, as follows, all being now deceasuil : Thomas, father of Matthew A.: Dickey; Matthew; William: James; Hugh, third; Rebecca: one who died in infancy; Isaac: and John. Isaac settled in Trum, and John died in Ohio. Thomas Logan was born June 16, 1703, at Amherst i'oint, on the old homestead, where he followed the occupation of a farmer. lie was also crown land surveyor of the comity of Cumberland for over thirty years. He rep- resented the county in the House of .\sseml)lv at sometime in the fourth deeaile of this cen- tury, before the present town of Amherst was incorporated, .\fter his marriage he ojiened a general store, and was also the proprietor of i a blacksmith's shop for a number of vears. In politics he was a Liberal. The latter pait of his life was spent in Andierst, where he ij;an married Jan.; Sliarp, U^h Slurilf ni C unibcrland Cmnty, an office daughter of Dean.n William Sharp, ot Lower that he has since retained, and the duties of Meccan, N.S. Hy this marriage there were \ which he lias performed in a liighly satisfactory four children — Amos, Howard, Walter, and i manner. Carrie. Amos, who married Jennie Dixon, of | in 1.S69 Mr. Logan was married to Clara I'ointe du liute, N.l?., is now living on the 1 .Seaman, .laughter of Job .Seaman, ..f Barrons- ..Id Fillmore h.miestead at West Amherst, and ' fiel.l, N.S. lie has five children - Stanley, has three children ^ John V.. Harold, an.liCarl. Lome, Laura, and Hubert. Carl is Marv. ll.nvar.l, who w.is a very pr.)mising j superinten.lent of the g.)vernment creamery at y.)ung man. having shown j^reat al)ility f.)r ] Najipan, X.S. Stanley married OUie Keillor, newspaper w..rk, .lie.l in M..ntreal, lie being j daughter .if Thompson Keill.ir, an.l has two at the time .)f liis death city rein. rter for the | children - Wilfred and Lleanor. Laura is a Montreal S/,ir. Walter die.l in early man- | stu.lent at .\cadia College, Wolfville. Mr. hood. Carrie, who is unmarrie.l, resi.les at ; Logan and his family attend the Haptist Amherst. John Logan is n.)w living on tiie old Fillmore homestea.l. James Logan, who is now ileceascil, was the father of ilance J. Logan, member for Cumlierland County in the House of C.immons and a rising barrister. Margaret is deceased. Hugh, f.)urth, 11. iw re- sides on the old homestead at Salem. Matthew .\. Logan, the .lirect subject of this sketch, was educate.! at Amherst Point. church. They are estceme.l by all wh.) know them as gooil neighbors ami useful citizens. 7^C)L()N1:L Wn.LL\M M. ULAH-l, a I jr prominent citizen of .Amherst, was ^^ ' b.irn at Onsl.iw, N. S. , May 25, 1S36, son of Simeon H. and Janet (McCurdy) l^lair. The f.unily to which he belongs is a .\fter leaving school he live.! at the p.irent.il ; proinim'ut oik- in Sotland, an.l can be traced homeste-,d, an.l w.irke.l on the f.irm until i back for aliout three hundre.l years, some of its 186-,. He then engage.l in the manufacture ' early progenitors having been men of high rank ■ Istones, an.l .liil an extensive business, ami noble hloo.l. C.il.inel Hlair"s first ances- large number of men. In this tor in America was Captain William Blair, a '■e continued for live vears, or native of Sc.)tlan.l an.l an officer in the I'"ng- ,.e then piirchas.'d thcol.l home- lisli army. Three years later he s.Mved uu.ler from his f.ither, an.l resi.le.l Iher.' cau- \ Colonel Winsl.iw, who t.i.)k a very iirominent linu.iusly np t.i iS.).), in whi.h year lu' s.dd it ! j'art in the expulsion o\ the l"rei,.-h from Nova t.i his two sons - Sl.mlev an.l Lome, an.l : Scoti.i. C.ipt.iin lilair settle.! at Onslow, purchase.! a firm in llie suburbs of tlic t.iwn .\'.S. lu'arcr his .illic, .111 which he witli his family His sou J.ihn, b.uu in .Massachusetts in reside. in .\l)ril, iSSo, he was app.'inte.l i;5'i, cinie to X.iv.i Sc.iti.i with him at the OCC . until stea. li^ i i .1 ' It !24 bio(;rai'Hical rkview ajjc of three years. John mair engaged in farming at Onslow, where he spent his life, (lying in 184^), at the age of ninety years. His wife was in maidenhood a Miss Downing. They had six children, of whom .Simeon 11. was the fourth .son and youngest child. .Simeon II. hlair was horn in Onslow, X..S. , in 179S. Hrought up as an agriculturist, he sul)sec|ucntly followed farming on the old homestead during the entire active jieriod of his life. He died in October, iSflrt, at the age of sixty-eight, in politics lie was a Con- servative and in religion a Baptist. His wife, Janet, was born at Onslow in 1800, and died in 1881. They had eight children, of whom five are now living— Mary, George, Hessie, Israel .\., and William M. Mary is the wife of Ale.xander M. Wills, of I'ugwash, N. .S. George married .Matilda Ilirrison, of Meccan, N.S. Bessie is the wife of the Rev. Henry Charlton, a Hajitist minister of tiarle- ton County, New Hrunswick. Israel A. mar- ried l.ydia DeWolf, of WolfviUe, N.S. The three children now deceased were: Nancy, '. wife of lulward Hamilton; Daniel; and : luinice. I William M. IMair was cihicated in his na- tive town of Onslow. Assisting his father on the farm, he soon actpiired a practical knowl- edge "f agriculture. As long as his father lived he remained with him, :uul afti.'r his fatiier"s death he succeeded to the ownership of the homestead. In 1.S8S he went to Najjp.'in, Cumberland County, N..S., where, at the re- quest of the Dominion Department of .Agri- ■ culture, he took charge (as su[)erintendent) of | the Hxperimental Farm, retaining that posi- tion for eight years. From 187S to 1884 he represented the county of Colchester in the I'rovincial Legislature. In 1896 he settled in .Amherst, where he has since been engaged in reclaiming marsh lands and in making other improvements. He holds the commission of a Colonel in the militia, to which he has be- longed for many years. At the e:irlv age of nineteen he joined the Rothsay Blues, a vol- unteer comjiany of Truro, as a ]irivate, and subsequently rose to the rank of t^aptain and still later to tnat of Major. In 1867 he be- , came Senior Major in the Seventy-eighth ! Battalion, known as the .Seventy-eighth High- landers, and continued with them up to 1888, for the last ten years being C(donel of the regiment. His service in the militia covers a period of thirty years. Colonel Blair was married January 26, 1864, to Harriett Blair, who was born Janu- ary -'5, 1841, a daughter of Samuel James and Allison (Co\) Hlair. Her mother was a daughter of Cai)tain William and Anna ( I'"rost) Co\, the former a sea c.q)tain of Bo.ston, Mass., and a son of the Rev. Daniel Cox, who was the first settled Presbyterian minister at Truro, N.S. Colonel and Mrs. Blair have been the par- ents of nine children Wimburn Laurie, Je- nette Allison, Caniline Kdberts, Joseph Cul- len, William Saxby, Stanley Howard, Messie C, .Mary Taulinc^, and Sarah Lillian. Wim- burn L. , born March 24, 1865, served live years in the North-west Mounted Tolice, and also spent two ye;irs within the arctic circle gll) I S4.L i L. n BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW "S hunting furs. IIo is now engaged in farming at I'dinte du lUito, N.H. He married first Hes- sie Ulaine, by whom he had one child, Will- iam, now living. Hy iiis second wife, whose maiden name was Gcorgiana A. McLellan, he has one child, Alpheus. Jenette A., born February 13, i^C>7, is tlie wife of Watson Smith and tiie mother of tiiree children — Joseph CuUen, .Mlison .\., and Jenette. Car- oline Roiierts, born June 6, 1 Sdg, is the wife of M. 1'. I'ikc, of Amiicrst, and has four chil- dren — Nellie, P'-verath, Louisa G., and Bea- trice. Joseph C, horn A|)ril 26, iS/i, mar- ried .Sadie \'an Horn, of West Springfield, 111., anil has one child, Josephine. William Sa.xby, born August 24, 1873, married Leona Z. Baird, of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He has no children. Stanley H., born I)e- cemiu'r 24, i\, is the wife of Dr. I'ercy A Holmes, of I'arrsboro, N. S. , and the mother o\ one child, Lucille. Mary 1'., born I''ebruary 13, iS.So, and Sarah Lillian, born August 2, 1SS3, resiile with their par- ents. Out cif the nine cliildren five arc grad- uates of colleges. Jose|)h CuUen is professor of horticulture at the State L'nivcrsity of Illi- nois. William .S. is horticulturist at the Nappan l",\perimcntai I'arm. ("olonel Blair is a B.ijitist in religion, and his wife is a I'rcsbyterian. In [xililics he is a Conservative. He was a charter mend)cr of the Truro Lodge, .'\. F. S' A. M., in 1865, and is a I'ast Master of ili.it lodge. He is president of the Farmers' Association of Nova Scotia. He is respected hv his fellow-towns- men as a man of good judgment, square deal- ing, and upright life, one whose word can be relied upon. NHRK W B. BOAK. a leading business man of Ilalifa.v, was born in that city, December 24, 1841, son of Robert and Marv .\nn (Baxter) Boak. His grand- '. parents on the paternal side were William and j Barbara (Donkin) Boak, of Newcastle, I'^ng- land, where William Boak was engaged in I business as a merchant. Robert Boak, father of Andiew B. , and Robert's brother William, j with a sister, Marv, were the first and only members of the family to come to America. (See sketch of the Hon. Robert Boak, brother of Andrew B. , im another page of this vcdume. ) Robert Boak, son of William Boak, Sr. , horn in .Sciuth .Shields, luigland, came to Hali- fa.\ as .Sergeant Major in the Royal Artillery. He renKiined here, and for many years was connected with the custom-house. He died December 23, 1877, at the advanced age of eight v-tuii years. His wife, whose maiden name was M.irv Ann Ba.xter, was born Decem- licr 16, 1802, and died .August 8, 1856, at the age of litt v-four. 'I'hes were married Septem- ber 2(1, I. '^1(1, and had sewn children. -Six of thoe are now living Robert, ICdwaid, Sam- uel, .\ndrcw I!., M,ii\- .\iiii, and Barbara D. Andrew ii Boak w.is educated at the Free ;| i ft 111 B' l!l 1 1 if n f It it [[ • 336 BIOGRAI'HICAI, REVIFAV Cluiicli .\t-,uluniy, Halif.ix. SlidrtK ;iftiT k'iuiii,:^ M'hodl, 111' ii) I.S56, he ciitiTCtl the cm- ploy of Hell, .\iulcisoi) & Ci). , whiijes.ile (lealeis in dn' jjoods and small wares, whieli house was established in iSjS In- the lion. John II. .Anderson, now deceased. He con- tinued in tiieir employ up to 1S71, when he was taken as a ])artnei- into the business, the tinu name bein^; changed t f i • 1 M t JAMl.S A. (,ASS. ! ' -I 1 i j, i ■ ' '' , ; % / . i|i ; 1 f ■ ' ' 'i );Hl11 '■ • It i^^l j I HI 1 1 1 i i^^H 1 i i ii^l I 1 ■ m p . i ! F i ; • » if I It I ' 1 11 j -;.3 BIOGRAPHICAL RF.VIEW 229 and the business being carried (in under tlie name f)f J. A. (lass & Sun. Tliey dn a large business, and are nunil)ered .miong liie pros- ])er<)us merciiants of tiie city. Ill ]mlitics Mr. Gass is a Liberal. He be- longs to Royal Su.sso.x Lodge, 1'". & A. ]\I., of Halifa.x, of wliich he is a Vast Ma.ster, and is also at tlic i)rescnt time Grand Junior Warden oi the CJrand Lodge of Nova .Scotia. Mr. (iass married in i cSTxj Miss Jeanie Scott 'I'homson, daugiiter of James and .Mar- garet (Walton) Thomson, of Scotland, she her- self having been bom in Scotland. Tiiey have had three ciiildreii - J. Ldward, l-'lorence Roberta, and Jeanio .Maud. The family at- tend the I'reslnterian church, ■OHN ALLISON ]!1;LL, City Auditor of Halifax, was born in tiiat city, June 17, iSiTi, son of Hugh and Xancy (Allison) Hell. He is a grandson of Samuel l^ell, a nati\e of Ireland, whose wife, also Irish In- iiirth, was in UKiideubiMid a Mis.s Gross. Hugh Kell, son of Sanuiel, was born in Ire- land, and was brought to Nova Scotia by his jiarents when an inlanl, they settling in Hali- fa.v. In that cit\- he giew to maidiood, and became one of the most respected and bonoied residents. .\ steadfast Liberal in pnlitics, he was deeplv interested in the comnKm weal, and was elected successively to \arious oirues, .showing that he possessed in a high degiee the ])ublie conlidence. He represented the con- stituencv of Halifax in the I'luvinci.il .Asseni bly from 1835 to 1S40, and shortly afterward was electetl to a seat in the Legislative ('■■!- cil. He was a member of the administration of which Joseph Howe and James I'niack were the leading spirit* from 1S48 to 1^54, and suhsetiuently continued to take an active part in jniblic affairs up to the day of his death, which took place in i860, after he had attained the age of eighty years. IVrhajis his name chiefly deser\es to be held in giateful remembrance by the people of Nova Scotia for the effort.s he put forth and the per- sonal sacrifices he made to ameliorate the con- dition of the insane in the I'ldvince. The noble institution at Mount Hope, Dartmouth, known as the Provincial Hospital for the In- sane, was largely indebted to him for its incep- tion and for a large degree of its present effectiveness. Llected Mayor of Halifax in 1S44, he gave his first year's salary as the in- cundient of that ol'fice (twelve hundred ciollars) a-i a nucleus for the fund established for its ei'cctidn; and it was mainlv owing to his jier- >istcnt encrgv and fuitbcr liberality that the Legislature was induced to pidjcct and carry out the hnspital on a scale which many at the lime deemed extravagant, but which subsecpient experience has fulh just died as not being more than adeipiate to existing ne-.'ds. in other re- spects, also, he |iicivcd his public spirit, no- tablv as the friend of all practical measures for 1 - . promoting the cause of education. His wile, Nancy, who was a daughter of John .\llison, M.r., of Newport, Hants County, N.S., died at the age of se\entv-si\. Tbe\ h.id se\eral thildn'n, of whom but two are now li\ing: iiw I \'fi ; ii 1^ i'" ■i; (I ! I 1 1 1 - ! li' :ll ^ i :, t I i 1: i I ' . I i I hi: ■.i i \U^ ^ J i : t ^^^ 230 RIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW John Alliscin, whose name ai)pc;ns at the head of this sketch; ami Sarah, who is the widow of Joseph Ik'nnett and resides in Halifax. John Allison Bell in his boyhood attended school in Halifax. At the age of fifteen years he began to learn the dry-goods business, in which, wholesale and retail, lie subsc- cjuently engaged for himself, and continued up to i860. At this date lie had already served his ward three years as Alderman; and in the latter part of 1860 he was ajipointed chairman of the Water Supply Tommission, which office he held until the Commission was aholi.shed. Shortly afterward he was ajijiointed to his ])res- ent position of City Auditor. He i.s a Liberal in jiolitics, and is widel\- respected as a capable public official and a man of tiue worth and jier- sonal integrity. In 1847 Mr. Ik'll married M; Mia, daughter of Thomas Forrester, IM. IM'. She died one | year later, leaving no children. In 1854 .Mr. Hell married .Mary Robinson, daughter (jf , Francis Robinson, of London, Juigland. She i bore him se\eral children, of whom three sur- vive - J'"raiicis Hugh, Lillian, and John Al- 1 bcrt. l-"rancis II. ISell, barrister, married Lillian Slede, of Hernuida, and has one child, a son, Hugh. Lillian is the widow of Rufus |. Sweet, 01 Halifax, and the iiiollur of two eliil- | drcn l-jncst and Nora. John .\lliert mar- j ricd Mary Jamison, daughter of the Rev. ' .\ddington Janiisun, of the Church o| '•jigland, ' and has one child, Maud. I In 1884 Mr. Hell married .Mrs. .Sarah Jane (Jamison) Cnrrie, daughter of the Rev. Kobeit Jamison. Of this union there are no ihildien. |j^|UP]':RT D. G. HARRIS, a prosper- ous merchant and well-known citizen of Canning, was born in Horton, N. S. , No\ ember 29, 1843, .son of William and Jumice (Harris) Harris. His grandfather, David Harris, a native of the United States, was a Loyalist who came to Nova Scotia at the time of the Revolutionary War, settling al Wolfville. Taking iij) a laige grant of land, David followed farming .ere for the rest of his life. He was a promin<'iit citizen, and held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen. He servetl on the commission that had charge of the building of the dykes. ]\y his wife, Sarah Travers Harris, who was of Irish dc- .scent, he had ten children, William, father of the suliject of this sketch, being the third son. David Harris died at the veiieiable age of ninety-five vears. William Harris was born at Wolfville in i8c)i. l'"or some years after reaching manhood he toUnwed the occujiation of a farmer in Hor- ton. In 1849 he removed to Canning, wliere he spent the remaining years of his life, dying at the age of se\eiity-ii\i'. In politics a C'on- ser\ati\e, he was elected to v.nioiis town offices, ami was a man highly esteemed by the citizens of Canning generally. His wife, lui- nicc, who was born .it Coruwallis in 18114, died at the age of si.\ty-fi\c. They had nine children. Six of them are now living, namely, Ijluanl, Whitney I'., Rachel, l./.c- kiel li. , .Mbeit, and Rupert I). (1. -Mbert Harris mail ied l.ucilla (). Chipman, of Church Street, Cornwallis, X.S. Their childien are three in number, as follows: Her- liiii f] 1 i ■ ■ \ 1 i 1 ' III , ' \l m • 'i ' 1 '" mi iv i \ ':l\^ i :9 II 1 !■ 1 ■ i 1 ■ , , , ^) i 1^ A M ■ : i\ = ■ ' 1 ' • . ii 1 ^' !■ sH M (Ml JOIIX S. I.OMAS. I, I ^J^ ^ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 233 l)crt O., Malicl, and Clifford. William, who is now deceased, nianied l'",lizabel.h Sheffield, of Cannin},^ and three of his children are now liviny; namely, Leveret J., Lila, and Minnie. l''.dward married l-'.liza Rest, of llorton, N.S. 'I'hey have two children-- lunma and Charles. Whitney '1". married Mary Chipnian, of Clar- ence, N..S. They have three children - Clar- ence 11., Lewis, and May. Rachel married ICdwin L. Dickey, of Cannini;, N..S. They have seven children -Ada, Arthur, iMvderick, Annie, Alice, I tarry, and Frank, h'.li/.a A. (deceased) married \V. If. I'ayzant, of Cainiiny,-, and had four children -.Alfred 1)., Flora, (ieorge, and l^thel. L:zekiel H. Harris marrieil October :3.S, 1S62, Maria Martha Woodworth, daui;hter of Henja- n)in n. and I'unice 1 .. (I'inco) Woodworth, ol Cannini;-. Her ^grandparents on the paternal side were Nathan and .Sarah (Haxter) Wood- worth, the -randmolhcr heini;- a (lau.i;iiter of |ohn Ha.\ter, i>i l',nj;land. Her maternal grandfather, (i '^c 1). I'ineo, who was a reji- rcseiitative of an old p'rcnch family, came to Canada at the time of tlie ImcucIi Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. h'./.ckiel H. Harris have had eij;ht children, four of whom arc now livin,;; Laura ,\.. Arthur 1!. , Joseph .\.. and Minnie K. Laura A. is the wife nf Joseph .\. Northiip, a leadinf,Mna^istrati' ol Cannin-, and the mother of oiu' child, HreiUoii. Kupcit 1). (1. llanis duiinjj; his boyhood attended schocd in (.'annini;-. Suhscipicntl}' he became clerk in a ^ener.il store in that place, which ]ic)sitioii he held for several years. In i.sr); he lenioved to Cenlreville, and in company with his brother Albert, under the firm name of Harris Urotbers, opened a general store, which they conducted one year. At the end of that time Mr. Harris retmned to Can- ninj;', and went into business for himself as a general merchant. He was successful in this enteriirisc, which he has continued up to the present time; and he is now one of the leading business men of the place. Hesides carrying- on his store, he is largely inteiestcd in ship- ping. He is a member of the Masonic order, and has been a Justice of the I'eace for the last twelve years. He is esteemed by his fellow- townsmen as a useful and public-spirited citi- zen. Mr. Harris married in June, 1868, Miss Julia A. McKenzie, a native of ILints|iort, N.S., born in 1.S50, daughter of Captain b'ree- man McKen/ie, a sea captain and ship-owner of that rdaee. She died in l-'ebruary, 1S96, hav- ing heen the mother of si.\ chililren, of whom but one, Lucie Welton, is now li\ing. .Mi\ I Harris is a member of the I'.aptist churcli, in ' which he has been a Deacon for nianv \cars. In politics he is a Conseivative. fs^OllN .STAKi:SliV LOMAS, proprie- tor of the Lome House, llalifa.N, was horn in Derby, Fnglaiul, November J3, 1836, son of ticorge and Lli/abeth (ilow.ird) Lomas. His paternal grandfather, also named George, was a farmer in Derby. George Lomas, second, father of John .S., was born in Derby, I'jiglaiul, in 1817. Learning the trade of baker and confectioner li m I !i m: III! 1^1 :f i I! ii I: lihi hi[ i ;f !' f ; 234 niOGRAPHICAI, REVIF.W If I i! '! 1 1' . in his youth, he followed it thereafter in his native land until his death, which occurred at the age of twenty-two years. His wife, VM/.- abeth, who w\is a daughter of John II. How- ard, married for her second husband James Green, by whom she had two children. She was born in Manchester, luigland, in iSi.S, and died in 1866, at the age of forty-eight. John Stakesby I.omas was his father's onlv child. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the .Sixty-second Regiment of the British army as private for service in the Crimean War. At the close of the war the regiment was ordered to Halifax; and after arriving there Mr. I.omas purchased his discharge, and in 1856 went to work for Lord Miilgrave. Subsequently he was employed as butler liy Sir Hrenton Halihurton and later by Ijios Collins. After that he was successively en- gaged as steward in the Halifa.x Hotel, the International Hotel, and again in the Halifax Hotel. He then made a short visit to the United States, after whirh he returned to Halifax, and in 1887 purchased the property known as the Lome House. This hostelry he has since conducted with much success. He provides good accommod.il ion for his guests, and sees to it personally th.it iheir wants are promptly attended to, thus building up an excellent reputation as a landlnnl. Mr. I.omas was married in i.*<5c)tci l'',KanMr lla/lett, daughter of William li,-i/lrtt, ni J'jig- land. She bore him f(]ur children C.eorge A., lunma, Laura, and John \V. (leorge A. married Kate McLeod, .and has live children. Kmma is the wife of William Cameron and the mother of three children. Laura is the wife of Rufus /.wicker and the mother of five children. Mr. Lomas's fust wife, I'lleanor, died in i.Si;:, at the age of fifty-five years. He married for his second wife, August 26, 1893, .Miss Jessie Whyte, daughter of Charles Whyte, a native of Scot'--.;. ^Jl ihi., ..nion there is one child, Lsabe ■. .Mr. I.omas is a menu. -f St. M.->-k's Lodge, l'. & A. M., of Halifax. He is well known, and has many friends, both in Halifax and among the travelling pid)lie. ^riTS R HL.\CK,* a well-known and respected resident of 'I'ruio, was born in Amherst, \.S., July j, i.Sjri, son of William 1). and ()li\ia (l-"reeman) Black. His paternal grandfather. Job lihick, was a na- tive of I'jigland and the eldest son i<\ William Black. At the age of sixteen years }nh Black acciimpanied his father to .America, settling ,-it River I'hili]!, \.S. , where during the active period (if his life ]•-.■ {n\\o\wi\ farming, and was als.i a Justice (if the Peace. He died at the :ige of seventy-due. His wife, whose name in maidenhddd was Baibara Doukin. was of Lnglish iiarentage ny ancestry. Tbev had a large family of six suns and live daughters, (if wh(im the Idintb born child wa-. William 1). Jdb Black was also a .Mi'thddi-t preacher for (i\-ei- lurty years, and buill a cbunh, d\ei wliith he proided. 1 le had a belter eduiatidn than was usual in those days, ,ind wa> a man gener- ally Iddkeil lip lo .ind respected. His lather, William Black, who was bdrn at BIOGRAPIIICAT, REVIFAV 23s I'aislcv, Scotland, in 1727, cainc t<> Nova Scotia, aiul in May, 1774, i)nrcliasccl an estate in CunilKM-land Connty. He retiirned to I'.nj^- land for his family, and, brin<^in,L;' them back with him to Nova Scotia, settled on the estate he had jjuichased. His wife (in maidenhood l':iizaheth Stockin, of Huddeisfield, ICn.iiland), who died siiortly after comin,L; to this country, was tiie mother of five thildren. Soon alter her death i\Ir. ]ilaek married for his second wife l'".lizal)eth Abber, who was of l'.nj;lish descent, and who liore him seven children. He died at the venerable at;e of iiinet\-three years. William 1). lUack, father of the subject of this sketch, was liorn at River riiilip, Cum- berland County, .\. S., May 27, I7ij,v When a )(iun^;' man he served an ajiprenticeship to the diy-yoods business in llalifax, but subse- (|Uently settled in .\mherst and died at River rhillij). His wife, a dan^hter of William l''reeman, of Andierst, was of I'lnj^lish descent. Her father came from I'',ni;land, and her niotiiei- was before mairia.ne Miss jerusha ^'ounKlns, of Halifa.v Mr. an.l Mrs. William 1). lilack had eij^lit children, four sons and foui- danyh- ters, of whoni six are now lixini; Rufus !•". , Hihbard C, Marj^aret ^ratil^la, Joseph .\., Mary O.xley, and Charlotte l-'.li/a. Rufus 1'". Black was educated in his native town of Amherst, bein^ a fellow-student of .Sir Charles Tupper. .After leaving;' schoid and on coniinj; to manhood, he |iuicbased his father's farm. Then, in conipaiu' with .1 brotlK'r, he en^afjed in ;;cneral business at I'uj^wash and River I'hillip, cai^ inj;- o\\ building', merc.m- tile, and manufacturin<^ TAVl';i,()(K McCoLL 1I.\RT, a |)rosperous manufacturer and busi- ness man of llalifax, was lioru at (iuysboro, in Ciu_\sbo|-o Countv, N.S., on Xo- vember 5, 1S57, son of Levi and Jane I). (Whitman) Ibirt. 1 1 is father is a well-known merchant of 1 lalifax. Several i;enerations of this family have been residents of America. The first of tiie name of whom there is anv authentie record was •Stephen, or, as be w;is commonly known, Deacon .Ste|)hen llart, who resided succes- sively in (;anibridi;-c, Mass., ;ind I'".irmin;;ton ,ind I larlford, Conn. f J \ 1 H r, llji 11 wi L.:^ ,1 '■ 1 MA ' ? J : i j; < ■ H 1 'ill ; tli' it III ', ( i' I 11 i t V: ■1!^ III ^ i i. t' 1 I It I 236 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Deacon Hart's son Thomas, known as Cap- tain Thomas Hart, was born at Canihriilgi-, Mass., in 1644. He inherited a portion of the parental lioniestead, and was made a free- man by the General Court at their May session of ^664. Ho was in the list of freemen at Farmington. Conn., October 12, 1669. At the May session of the General Court of Con- necticut in 16-S lie was connniied as Ensign of the Farmington train-hand; in 1693 he was made Lieutenant, and in the same year was a Deputy to the General Court. He became Captain in May, 1695, and was appointed on a committee to "return the thanks of the court to the Rev. Mr. .Samuel Hooker for his great paynes in preaching the l-llection .Ser- mon." Captain Hart was Deputy for a num- ber (il years between 1690 and 1706; was Speaker of the General Court in 1700, 1704, 1705, and 1706; and was appointed by the General Court Commissioner for Farmington, Conn., in 1692 and for each subsequent year up to and including 1697. He was a member of the Council in 1697; from 1698 up to 1706, inclusive, he was Justice of Hartford Countv: and he also hold at different times various other offices of trust. liesides being tiie pos- sessor of considerable wealth for those days, he was noted as a 111, ui of enterprise, activit\', and courage, and generally as a usefid and high-minded and inlluential citi/en. His wife, Ruth, was a daughter of Anthony il.uv- kins. of h'armington, Conn., who also was a distinguished citizen; and her mother was a daughter of Governor Wells, of Connecticut. The only son of Anthony Hawkins died chikl- less, the male line therefore becoming ex- tinct. Captain Thomas and Ruth Hart had seven children, of whom the third-born, Haw- kins, named for lii> mother, was next in this I line of descent, Hawkins Hart was born at Farmington, Conn., in 1677, He married September 7, \ 1701, .Saraii Roys, of Wallinglord, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lalhrop) Roys. They removed from l-'armington to Walling- tord, wliere his wife ijied January 31, 1733, at the age of forty-nine years. On January I 30) 1734. Hawkins Hart married for his sec- ' ond wile Mrs. Mary Street, a widow and the daughter of the Rev. Josejih l';iiot, of Guil- foni. He resided at this time on the farm of his first wife's father. His own death oc- curred at Wallingford, May 24, 1735, when he was fifty-eight years oM. He held the mili- 1 tary rank of Lieutenant, and was Representa- 1 tive to the General Court for nine sessions ■ between I7i4and 1732. .After his death his second wife married f( r her third husband the Rev, .Abraham I'eirsou, <§ '™i' ■'1 ■ ' ^■ :\'^ ' i ,1 i '38 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ;, iifactiiro of ])aper at Ifartvine, near Windsor. In 1898 the business was sold to tiie St. Croix Paper Company, Limited, in wiiich he is a larj^e shareholder and ^a'lieral mana-er. Mr. Hart has so far been very successful in all his varied enterprises, and is one of the risin^^ business men of llalifa.x. lie is also hi,nhly esteemed socially, as is the family to which he be]onj,rs. In politics he is a Con.servative. He is a member of .St. Andrew's T.od,i;e, No. I, F. & A. M. On June 7, 1882, Mr. Hart married Alice Maud Taylor, daughter of Robert Taylor, of Halifax, a separate sketch of whom apjiears elsewhere in this volume. .Mr. and Mr.s. Hart are the parents of four children, three of whom are r-^vv livinj;. namely: I'"rederick Re<,'inald, who w.i.; i>orn in Halifa.x: Amy Maud, born at Sheet Harbor; and Ruth Vivian, born in Halifa.v. (^AMi;S IH'XTINGTOX, prothonotary of Yarmouth County, was born at Yar- mouth, X.S., Jannary 21, i.S,^i, son of Herbert and Rebecca HuiUingtcin. His pater- nal grandfather was :\Iiner Huntington, a native ot Connecticut, who came to Xova .Scotia and settleil at \'annout!i after the l\evolut ioiiai \- War. Miner Huntington was a crown-land sur- veyor. He followed farming and surveying for many years, and died at the age of about seventy. He was clerk of the court, ])rothon- otary of \'armoiith Count), and he served also as Town Clerk and as Town Treasurer of ^'ar- mouth. He was a Congregational ist in relig- ion. He married Martha Walker, a native of Xova Scotia. They had eleven children, of whom the tenth in order of birth was Herbert, father of the subject of this sketch. Xone of these childieii are now living. Herbert Huntington was born in ^■armouth, N. S. , in the }ear i.S'oo. In his youth he learned the ait of surveying from his father, and subsec|uently became crown-land surveyor. He also taught school Un- a number of years. Later he succeeded his father as clerk and l)rothonotary, which olTices he held until 1847. He then resigned them, and, going to Halifax, X.S., was apjiointed financial secretary of the Provincial government. This jiosition he held I ntil within a .short time of his de..di, which took |)lace in 1851. In politics he was a Lib- eral. In Xovembcr, 1S30, he was elected to represent Shelburne County in the I'rovincial Legislature, and in 1836 he was returned foi Va'm>>uth County, which in that year was set off troni Shelbiiine. Hi' was subsc(|ucntly re- elected three times. "p'or twentv yeais he served his county and his conntrv faithfully." Hy unanimous vote of the I.egislatme a monu- ment, a .Mn)'ile shaft of granite, w:'.s erected to mark his burial-place in the IVFountain Ceme terv, "to be, " as said Jose])h Howe, "anoina- nicpt to his native town and an appropriate mcmori.il of pl.iin manners, enduring virtues, aid unbending intcgrits'. " His wife, Rebecca, at the time of her mar- riage to him was the widow of (icorge Russell. Her maiden ii.uue was I'iiirkney, uid >he w.is born at Pinckney's JNjiiit, \'.uni(iiitli County. 1 relig- itivc of Ircn, of [erbeit, S'linc of ■mouth, nth he father, rveyor. years, rk and 1 1S47. [alifax, ■ of the ic held whieli a Lib- led to vineial led foi .as set tly re- ars lie ully." monii- -ted to Cenie 1 oina- ipriate irtiies, r niar- issell. le was Dunty. Hi 1' ! i\ : ( ',■ : i, 1 1 h ' ill JOXA ril.W I'AKSDNS. I! I If » .■ .^.. lUOORAPHICAL REVIEW 341 Hi'iliiMl ;uiil KLlictiM llnntinytnn liad five chil- dren, (if wlimii ihrci.' arc imw livin;;; luiiiu-ly, James, Jdhn, ami .V^nes. James IIimtint;liin received his education in tiie inihlie schodls ot N'arnumth. After leav- ing' sch()(d lie en;;ai;ed 111 the marine mercan- tile husiness, and sii continued for some years, at the same time carryin;,' on a farm. He was appointed to his present jiositinn of prothon- otary in 1X68. lie has also been Clerk of the County Comt since i.Sjf). lie l)eluni;s to Hiram Lodt;e, V. &. A. M.. of \armonth. (Sj|-ON'ATllAX l-ARSDNS, IV A., nf Ilali fax. barrister and Ajicnl for Nova Scotia of the :\Iarine and I'ishery Department of the government of Canada, was liorn in Liv- erpool, N.S, , January 10, 1S41, son of (ieorj^e and Ann Idi/a (Howers) I'arsons. His j)aternal j^randfatlier, also named (;eor;;e, was a native of Yorkshire, llngland. In 1757 Cieorf^e I'arsons, ln>t, was pressed into the Hritish navy, the vessel on lina> of which he was taken sailinj; for N'ovi .Scotia. His indig- nation being aroused at this violation of the jiersonal liberty of a loyal Mibject, he took the first opportunity of deserting, and settled at l.iverpo(d. Subseiiuently he became master of a vessel; and, while on a voyage from Hali- fax to the Mitliteiiane.in with ,1 cargo ol fish, his vessel was cai;tuicd by Al,:;crian pirates, and he was cairicd into Algiers and xdil as a slave. lie died there ,1 few niunlhs before the release of the Hritish ciptives, which was accomplished through tin. exertions of the Hrit- ish government, backed up by a strong naval (lemon.stration. A fellow-comrade in cajitivity at the first opportunity sought out his family in Liverpool, and told them the .story of his death. He had married Diana Crowell, a na- tive of Livei'|)ool, whose father had .settled in the Catskill Mountains in the United .States, and removed thence to Nova Scmia about 1757. George and Diana Parsons' children were three in innnber -George, Jonathan, and Diana. (icorge I'arsons was born in Liveriiool in 178S. He fidlowed the sea as his calling for forty-five years, making voyages to the United States, the West Indies, and also to Mediter- ranean port.s. His la.st days were spent in his native town of Liverpool. He was three times married. 15y his first wife, whose maiden name was Jerusha Gardiner, he had one child, Jerusha, who died in Virginia, United .States of America. Hy his second wife, whose maiden name was Mary l'"raser, he had seven children - James, Abigail, (iforge, Charlotte, .Mian, .Marv J., ami Il.mnah. All are dead except one danghtc)-, Mary J., who married .\le\ander 'rhoinpson, and is now living in Worcester, ^lass. , a widow with no children. Lor his third wife George Parsons married Ann l'",li/:a Howers, a daughter of Iiannister Howers, of Oueens County, Nova Scotia. Her father, who was a native of Long Island, New York Slate, came to Nova Scotia in early manhood, and f(dlowcd the occupations of farming anil lishing in ( jucens County for many years. The children of Captain Parsons' third union were two in number: .\nn Lliza, now the wife of Henrv Harlow, of Sable River, Shelburne i 8> 1^- )] ■* .# ■ I I ! :i El f J il 242 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW County; and Jonathan, the direct sul)jcct of this sketch. Jonathan I'aisons when a boy attended school in his native town of Liverpool. At the age of ten years he met with an accident that compelled him to use crutches until he was filteen. He tauglit school four years, two in Chelsea and two in Liverpool, and subse- quently attended the normal school at Tnun. X. S.. under tiie Rev. Dr. b'orrester, where he graduated in ( S60. Then, after another two years s|ient in Liverpool teacliing, he went to the Horton Academy at Wolfville, wheie he was both a student and teacher. He graduateil from Acadia College :n 1867, with the degree of Baclielor of Arts and honors in mental and moral science, being also the prize essayist of his class. Immediately there- after he was appointed princijial of the JJruns- wick .Street Scliodl in Halifax, which position he held one year. In 1868 he was api)oJnted (Government Inspector of Schools for the county of Ilalifa.x, and held that office four years. In 1875 he was elected Grand Scribe of the Sons of Temperance of Nova Scotia, and the year previous lie began the study of law witli tile late Hon. Hiram Ulanchard, of Hali- fa.\. \\k^ was Cirand Worthy i\itriarch, Sons of Temperance, 1872 ■;},, and then (Irani! Scribe lor seven years. Being aihiiitted to tiie bar in 1876, he iiegan law practice in Halifa.v, alter a -hori time forming a partnersiii|) with (ieorge H. l-icMing, now City Court Judge, which continued for some years. In 1881 Mr. rarsons was app(]inted i'rotlHinotary and Clerk of the Clown of Halifa.v Couiitv, which oflicc he held one year, resigning it in order to run for the Trovincial Legislature. Ik'ing de- feated, he formed a law partnershij), the firm at first being I'laton & Parsons and subse- quently l<:aton, Parsons & Beckwith. It con- tinued until 1892, after which Mr. Parsons |)ractised alone until 1894. In August, 1894, lie was appointed to his present position as Agent for Nova Scotia of the IMarineand P'ish- eries Department of tjie Dominion of Canada. I'"rom 1874 to 1894 Mr. Parsons was cpiite ac- tive in politics. In 1886 he again ran for the Legishiture, but was again defeated. He as- sisted greatly, however, in the local organiza- tion of his jiarty, the Liberal Conservative, and made liis influence felt in many ways. For the |)ast thirty years Mr. Parsons has been a member of the North Baptist Church on Gottingen Street, Halifax, and for si.xtecn years superintendent of the Sunday-school. In 1895, at .St. John, N.l)., he was elected presi- dent of the Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces for 1895 96. Besides taking an ac- tive part in church matters, he is a strong advocate of the tempi'iaiue cause, and has lect- ured in every county in Nova Scotia; also in Rhode Islaiul, Maiylaiul, Delaware, X'irginia, and West \'irginia. He was married .M ly JJ, i8f)8, to hileanor W. Cutten, daughter of De.icon I:. H, Ciilten, of Amherst, N.S. I'mir chihhen were born of tliis uniu the tcachiiifi; staff of Spcliiiaii Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. ; and Miss Hirclic is s])L'n(lin,i;- the present winter ([899- 1900) with her sister at Atlanta. Mr. I'arsons is six feet two and one-half inches in heiglit, anil stout in [iroportion, bill not cor])ulent. His life has been active ami \ii;oi'ous and, his old-time friends say, success! ul. Mrs. I'arsons died December 9, 1S90, deeply rei;retted by a large circle of friends through- out the Maritime I'rovinces. She had taken a leading part in the Women's .Missionary So- cieties of her cliuich, in city mission work, and temjierauce. Both sons are Hachelors of Arts graduates of Acadia and Hachelors of Laws of Dalhousie I'niversity. The two daughters are graduates of .\cadia Seminary. It is rumored that ^Ir. I'arsons will soon he married to Mrs. Mmma I, undine Maling, widow, of 1 lalifax. 7T\oi.()m;i. jAMi'.s J. hri;m\i:r, In- l Jj spector of Ciotoms at Halifax for the ^■^— ^^ |)ominioii of Cnuuhi, w.is born in Scotland in iSjS, son of .\le\auder and ICliza (drant) Hremner. Colnuel liremner's paternal graudfather, who was a native of .Scotland, cinie to Halifax on business, remained therefor a mnnbcr of years, and >ub'~ei|neutly leturned to his native land with hi-^ wife and yoimg son, .\lexander, the latter having been born in Halifax duiing tlie f.unily's residence there. Alexander Ihcunici- was educated in Scot- land. He became a surgeon in the British army, and served with the Third Huffs and on the staff. He subsequently retired from the army on half-pay, and spent the re- mainder of his life in .Scotland, where he diet! at the age of seventy-four years. He married ICIi/.a, daughter of Colonel Grant, of I'rospect Lodge, IClgin, Scotland. James J. Hremner was educated in his native land. In 1X46, at the age of eighteen, he came to Halifax, X. .S., and engaged as clerk with the old West India tirm of G. & I. Mitchell & Co., afterward G. & A. Mitchell & Co., in which he sul)se(|uentl\' became a partner. Later he went into business as a West India merchant on his own account, at first alone ami afterward taking a pari:ner. This comiection was continued until 1.SS4. In 1S86 Colonel j Hremner was ajipointetl Inspector of Customs i lor the Canadian government, which office he I [ has held uj) to the present time. Colonel Hrennier derives his military title from the militia, in which he has for many years been a very active member, joining the L'irst Regiment of \'oUmteers of Halifax as early .is iiS5,S. (.^n the reorganization of the Nova .'-^cotia ]\niitia ho aceejited a lieutenancy in the l*"irst Halifax Regiment, Nova Scotia Militia, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, cominaiiding the regiment. Later he became l.ieuti'uant Cidonel, commanding the .Sixtv-sixtb Hattalion, into which the ITrst Regiment was mergeil after the confedera- tion of the I'loviuces. This position be hehl for twenty years, or up to i.SSd, when he re- lii'cd in order to .iccept the position tluit he I ,i f i 1! ,iy i I r. 244 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ,: n > i '■ I '} now holds. JIo ;ils() commniulcd the Halifax I'lovisioiial Battalion, on service in the Xoith- ue.st in 1885, suiipiessing the Riel Rebellion, for •■vhich service he has received the North- west medal. Colonel liren\ or has also in many ways taken an active part in ])ublic affairs, and has been a leading s]iirit in various enterprises for the benefit of tlie community. He was married in 1857 to Caroline De.s Harres, daugiiter of Judge Des l^arres, of Hali- fa.\, and lias had six children, of wlioni four are now liviii-; namely, William ]•'. D., Allan 1'., Arthur Cr., ami Josephine C!. Mrs. lirenmer died ill iNijj. Tlie family attend the I'resby- tei ian church. JA.MUi:i, GA^■ lil.ACK, a represent- ative of an old No\a Scotia family, is now leading a letired life in Hal- ifax, where he was born on JaiUKuy 12, 182^, son of William .\nderson and Marv Ann (hitter) lilack. His father's paternal grand- father wa- William lilack, first, a native of .Scotland, who resided for some lime in J'jig- land, and came thence to Nova Scotia in 1774, settling in Cumherhuul County, 'i'he niaitlen name of William Ulack's wife was I':!izabeth Stocks. William r>lack, second, son ol William and ICIi/abeth, was born in 1 luddcrstield, Vnvk- shire, Juigland, in \;(n<, and was about foui- teen )'ears old when he acionipanied his par- ents to \(jva Scotia. {•'celing himself cilled to a religious life, he studied tor the ministrv, and subseipienlly beeanu' a Wes]e\an Meth- odist missionary, in which cajjacity ho travelled all over the Maritime Provinces, and al.so at one time preached in lioston, Mass. He was witiely known and highly esteemed, both on account of his eloquence as a preacher and the worth of his personal character. Ho married Mary Gay, a native of I-lngiand, and they had five children. William Anderson Ulack was the .second son of William, second, and Afary Ulack. When a young man be learned the hardware business, and subscpiently founded the well- known firm of Jilack brothers, which is, with- out a doubt, the oldest of its kind in the Mari- time Provinces to-day, besides having been (.lie of the most successful. In his day he was one of the leading business men of Hal- ifax, and he retired in 1.S40 with a compe- tency. He was also prominent in imblic affairs, and rejiresented Halifa.\ County in the I'rovincial I.egislatuie. His death occurred at the age of seventy-five years, that of his wife It fifty-four. She was a native of Halifax, in maidenhood Mary .\nn luier. riiey had a large family, consisting of fourteen children, ot wliom two .iied in infancy, and three are now living; namely, Samuel (lay, Celia H., and I'annie II. The last named is the wife of the Hon. Dr. Daniel Mc\. Parker, of Dart- mout'i, \.S., and has been the motlier of six children, of whom four aie li\ing -■ Marv Ann, William !•'., I, aura, and I'',ninie .\. William .\niierson Hlack w.is ,1 Conserval ive in juditics. With his faniil) he attended the .Methodist church. Samuel (lay lilack was educated at .Annapo iNh i i 1. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW J 45 lis and at the ^Vindsor Academy at Windsor, N. S. Making choice of agriculture as his life occupation, he followed it subsequently for many years with such success as to become one of the leading farmers of Windsor. In 1883 he retired from active labor, and has since resided in Halifax. He was married January 12, 1.S46, to Sophia Wright, daughter of Mark Henry Hector and Maria (Denison) Wright. Mrs. 151ack was one of five chililren, of whom two are now liv- ing. Six children were born to Mr. and Mr.s. Wack in the early years of their wedded life, and five of them survive; namely, William A., Mary Maria, Kate Di.xon, Jilizabeth Wilmot, and Kllen A. William A. married Annie IM\, daughter of Joseph Hell, of Halifax, and has three chil- (lien — Walter A., Muriel I.., and Kalheline .St. Clair. Mary Maria is the wife of Daniel Jordan, of St. John, N. H. , and has no children. Kate Dixon is the wife of Herbert L. Jones, of Weymouth, N. S., and has one child, Herbert. Mlizabeth Wilmot is the wife of !•'. H. Oxley and the mother of three children Constance Wilmot, V. Heresford, and lunest Denison Black. Mr. Hlack and family attend the Methodist church. In politics he is a Con- servative. «« • *♦ — ___^— — kOHl'.KT CORDON MONRO!"., of Digby, one of tiie leading l)arristers )f Digby County, was bom in .\n- napolis (.bounty. Nova Scotia, Decomlier 11, iS^S, son of Innes and Marion (\'oung) Mow- roe. His great-grandlather, Colonel Henry Monroe, was born in Cromarty, Scotland, and entered the British army when quite young. He came with his regiment to Massachusetts previous to the American Revolution, and soon afterward was ordered to Nova Scotia. For a .short time he had command of a battery at Digby. He was soon transferred to Annapo- lis Royal, where he was second in command of the garrison of Fort Anne during the Revolu- tionary War. At the close of the war he resigned his commission in the regular army, and was made a Colonel of militia at Annajio- lis. When he resigned iiis command in the regular army he was granted by the crown large tracts of land in Annapolis County in recognition of meritorious services to his coun- try, and about the same lime he was elected the first representative for the township of (iranville to the Parliament of Nova Scotia. Henry Monroe, son of Colonel Henry and grandfather of Robert Gordon, was born in An- napolis County, of wliich be remained a resi- dent all his life, following the occupation of farming. I'olitically, he was a Conservative, and in religion a Bajitist. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years. His wife, whose maiden name was b'.lizabeth Creen, was tiie daughter of a I'nited ICmpire Loyalist, and she, as well as her father before her, vvas a member of the Society of I'riends or Ouakers. lie, rather tlian bear arms or fight against his king, as the ie\ ulut ionists were about compell- ing iiim to do, abandoned and ga\'e up largo projieily in or near the city of Montpelier in the .State of N'ernumt. .She attained the still greater age of ninety-four )ears. They were yi,i! i) I'll 'I H. J mil i I 246 BIOGRAPHICAI, REVIEW H the parents of a large family of fourteen chil- dren. Inncs Monroe was the eldest child of his parents, Henry and I-;iizabeth Monroe, and was born in the county of Annapolis. He began life eni])ty-handed, purcha.sed back a ])ait of his grandfather's estate, and was one of the most i)ractical and successful farmers in the county. I lis sterling worth and integrity won forhim.sclf the highest jilace in the esteem and confidence of every citizen of his native county and beyond, wherever he was known. He was ' a Con.serva*-ive in politics anil a lifelong member of the Haptist church. His wife, Marion, who died at the age of sixty-nine \ years, was a daughter of Samuel and I.ydia i (Morse) ^onng, of Digby, N. S. They had ' si.v children — Grace, (leorgeA., Lydia, luJith, Robert (i. , and Howard I. George A. took his medical degree at Harvard in 1.S62, during the war of the rebellion, and was immedi- ately appointed a surgeon to one of the Rhode Island regiments tiien stationed at Xewbern, N.C He was afterward traii>ferred to the Gulf Department, and was for a cou|ile of years • or more in the northern jiart of the .State of , .Mississippi. Here his b(dd and daring spirit i made iiim the idol of the regiment, and caused him to frecpiently accompany them on tiieir scouting expeditions to different |)arts of the .State. His was a regiment of ca\alry. l)ur- ing one of these e\pediti(rns his men weri' attacked by a greatl\' supericir force nf rebels i and taken pri.soners. The Doetur had his right arm broken by a bullet. He and a rebel, ' whom he shot, were the only ones kihcd and { wounded. This jjroved most fortunate for the Doctor, for the rebels in their haste could not be encumbered with a wounded prisoner, and dropped him. The others were all sent to Andersonville Prison, and tliose who survived came out miserable physical wrecks. The Doctor was soon cared for by Lieutenant Mon- roe, his cousin, from New Orleajis, and fnr- loughed until his recovery. After leaving the army he practised his ])rofession in liiljerica, Mass., for some years, and then removed to I'rovidence, R.I., where he died in December, 1S97, aged about sixty years. Ho married Martha J. Waie, <>( Woonsocket, R. 1. Robert Gordon Monroe received his element- ary education in the district sclioids of his native county, and sul)secpiently became a stu- dent of Acadia College at Wolfville, N. S., where he graduated with tiie degree of Hach- elor of Arts in i,S;j. Having apjdied himself to the study of the law, he was admitte I to the bar in 1.S77. He innnediately began the prac- tice nf his pnifession in Digby, and has re- mained a resident of thai tnwn e\er since. He h.is jiroxed iiiinself In iiavc a liidii.ugh .^rasp nf his [irofession, and has gained a large clien- tage. Hischief forte iscriminal law; and his care in working u\> the details of ids defence and ids elociueuce with the jur\ rarely fail to clear his client from the clutches of the law. He ranks as nne nt the n)ost elo(|ueut ad\iic,ites at ihe liai, aud imt infrerpiently receives the highest eneniuiums frniu the |ire>i(ling judge on ilu' circuit. In pnlitie-, tollnuin- anee-tral traditions and his own ujuvietinns, he is a Conservative, .iiid has twice contested ins ti j . I u i II li II : M I ' '\ w i I WILLIAM A. I). MOKSK. Ji- lUOdRAl'HICAL REVIEW 249 county in the iiitciesls of his jKirty. Ho be- longs to Kinj; Solomon Lodge, A. V. & A. M., of Digby, "f which he is a I'ast Master. Mr. Monroe was married in it>.So to Miss Minnie Hallister I'ellows, a daughter of James !•:. and Charlotte (Morse) I-'ellows, of liridge- town, N. S. They have three children — Lot- tie Gordon, Minnie Doris, and Innes Fellows Monroe. With his family he attends the Uaj)- tist church. TlLIAM a. D. MORSIC, County Judge of Cumberland County, was born in 1837, in the town of Amherst, N.S., where he now resides His parents were James Shannon and Augusta (Kinnear) Morse. In 176;, Lord Amherst established in Cum- berland County three townships — Cumber- land, Amherst, and Sackville. The county at that time included what is now Westmore- land and Albert Counties, New Hrunswick. The western portion was a dense wilderness, and the western Ixuuuls of Cumberland had probably never been defined. All the re- mainder of what is now New Hrunswick was then the county of Sunbury. The township of Cumberland embraced all the lands between ti>e La rianche and the .\u Lac, extending east to Hay Verte and west to the 15ay of Inmdy, and comprising over eighty thousand acres. Joseph Morse, great-grandlather of Judge Morse, was a native of Medbury, Mass. He came to Nova Scotia in 1763 with C.eneral Winslow, Captain Ayer, Captain Troop, Lieu- tenant Richardson, Captain Uuston, and Major Allen, in the early part of the year, and settled at Fort Cumberland. He was a grantee with other associates of thirty-four thousand, five hundred acres of land, situated between La I'lanche and Au Lac Rivers. On this land was founded the first luiglish settle- ment in the Dominion of Canada, as it now stands, between the Cobequid Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It was the first to send a member to Pari lament. The settlement was founded by the seven men above mentioned. They constituted the committee appointed by the government to admit settlers in the land, and they were afterward selected to go to Hal- ifax and procure their own grants and tho.sc of their associates. Joseph Morse was in the commissariat de- partment of the army. He was shot at the taking of Fort Oswego, and, dying of his wounds at I'ort Lawrence in 1769, was buried at the military burying-ground, I'ort Lawrence, ! Cumberland, His wifi' was in maidenhood Mary Mason. She was born in Virginia, where they were mariied. They had three children -Olive, Alpheus. and Thaddeus. Olive married Captain luKly, who was sta- tioned at I'ort Cumberland, and was killed in the Anu'riean uar in the battle at Machias, Me. Slu' afterward married Captain King. Thaddeus married Mary Freeman, of Connect- icut. Alpheus Morse, son of Joseph and grand- father of the sidiject of this sketch, was born I at lM)rl Lawrence. His wife, Theodora, 'I i ii :i v ' vii i, 25° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW (Iniightcr of Major Crane, was born in Connect- icut. Ilcr father, who was a Loyalist, emi- grated to Nova Scotia in 1777 with his own and twenty other families, and settled at llorton. Alpheiis Morse, with John Hent and Klisha l*"r-'eman, two of the early settlers of the old town of Cumberland, were the first three settlers on the lands taken up by them al Amherst; and the location was from Morse's Corner to Ktter's Brook, where the town of Amherst is now situated. Aljjheus Morse was a very "lublic-spirited citizen. He gave a plot of land to the town of Amneist to build the first school-house on, as his father had done at Fort Lawrence. lie had eight children by his wife, Theodora. Seven grew to maturity; namely, Caroline, Lucy, .S.uah, James .Shannon, John, Silas, and Alpheu.s. I'3ach of them lived to about the age of ninety years. James Shannon Morse was born in Amherst, N.S. , in i7n James. (liles .\. C. married Rachel ]'lntwistle, of Moncton, .\. H., and has two cliildren — Robert and Lucille. KUa is unmarried. .Arthur C. Hawkins in his boyhood attended school in Hants County antl at Halifa.x. Sub- sec|iiently he pursued a course of study at I'la/ee & W'histon's Business C(>lleL;e, and hitei- lie entered the Halifax Medical College. In iiSSj he i;railuated from McGill University at Montreal, and afterward he spent one year in the Provincial and City (now the Victoria (leiieral) ll(is|iital at Halifax. He has since been engaged in tiie duties of iiis ])rofession, anil has met with good success, having ac- (|iiired an excellent practice. I'or several years he served as one of the Coroners of Halifax County. He was elected .\ldcinian from Ward .Six of the city of Halifax in 1897, and has taken an active ]iart in the meetings of the Council. He is a Past Master of Virgin Lodge, A. V. & A. M., of Halifa.x. He is well known as a successful jihysician and an energetic citizen. Dr. I Fawkins was married in 1890 to Caro- line McL. Spike, daughter of the late James Spike, of Halifa.x. He has four children — • Gertrude May, Rupert C. G., Dorothy Char- lotte, and Arthur Cowie. 'I'he family attend the Church of luigjand. In ])olitics Dr. Haw- kins is a Liberal. R1:DKRICK T. CONGDON, barrister, s of LLalifax, was born in Annapolis, N.S. , in 1858, son of H inkle and Catherine (Tomkins) Congdon. He is of Loyalist de- scent, his first progenitor in this country being the Rev. David Congdon, a Congregational min- ister, a native of Rhode Island, who at the break- ing out of the Revolutionary War came to Nova Scotia, and settled in Herwich, formerly known as Congdon's Town. He was a man widely respecteil. Wells Congtlon, son of the Rev. David Cong- don, was born in .Annapolis, N..S. He liecame a merchant, and for many years was very suc- cessful, but in later life engaged in some un- fortunate speculations which greatly diminished his fortune. He died in his native town at the age of eight} -six years. His wife, in maidenhood Abby Phinney, and a native of Annapolis, died at the age of sixty. Of their nine childien but two are now living -- ICliza- beth and .Sophroni.i. The tir.-t named, Lli/.a- •i f till m i i ills i ' r N II 1.1 If is ! I ! i ! i ! ■ i 256 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW both, is the widow (if Francis WoDclbury, of Halifax, and the mother of three children: liibbcrt Woodbury, D.D.S. ; Maria, wife of George Ik-ll, M.I). , of Kinij;s County, Nova Scotia; and I'"rank. Sophronia is the wife of William II. Tierce. II inkle Conj^don, the second son of Wells, was born in Annapolis in 1.S27. Receiving a L;dod educr.tion in his youth, he sul)sequently taught school foi- many years. In 1S71 he was appointed Insjiector of Schools foi- Halifa.x County, wliicii office he hehl uji to tlie time of his (leatii in 1S96. His wife, Catiierine, who was born in London, I'jigiand, in 1S35, was a daughter of l-'rederick J. Tomkins, an ICng- lish barrister, who was subsequently for a time pre.sident of Dalliousie College at Halifax, X.S. 'I'hey had five children, of whom these three are now li\ing: Hemietta, wite of S. G. Ciiambers, of 'I'ruro, X. S. ; l""rederick T., the direct subject of this .sketch; and I-'rank, who is now in London, I'.ngland. b'rctlcrick T. Congdon, who was the second child born to his paients, was educated at \'ar- mouth High .Sclio(d and at Toronto I'niversity. In 1S74 he went to London, J'lnghind, and en- teied the office of his maternal grandfather, ]''rederick J. Tomkins, witii whom lie studied law fur one year. Then, ret'.niiing to (Janada, he grad.iated in arts at tiie 'I'oronto I'niversity in 1879 and in law ir iH.Sv In the yeai; last named he was admitted to tiie bar of Xova Sidtia, and began practice in Halifa.x in part- nership \\ith l)r. Henjamin Russell, M.I'. , with v.'hiim lie cy occupation a fanner. Gramlfather Keith ilied at aliout eighty years of age. John Keitli, younL;er son of DonaM, first, and one of a family of tnur children, two sons and two daii^htei's, ,L;rew to nianli I in Scot- land, his native coimtrv, and there le.nncd the trade ol brewer. in iN^f, afti r liis mar- riage, be came to Nova Scnti,!. scttlin- in llalif.ix, where he found emplivnunt in a small brewery, (if this he sMbse(|uent l\- be- came tlie pro|iiietor and built up a lari;e busi- s BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV 257 ncss, which he coiulucted until his death at the age of sixty-seven. His wife, Christina, who was a liaiighter of Donald Sutherland, of Caithness-shire, Scotland, lived to be about eij;hty years j1 r 258 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW occupatidii ot farming at Valley Field. Will- iam McLcoil married his cousin, Catherine McLeod, also a native of Scotland. They had eight children wlio attained maUnity, only three of whon), however, aie now livinj;; namely, Murdoch, .\nj;us, and Dou,i;'ias. Xornian Mcl.eod was born in Scotland in 1S17, bein<;- tiie eldest child of his jiarents, whom he acconi[)anied in 1S43 to .America. IV'side.s followini;- his trade of stone mason, learned in Scotland, he carrieil on a farm at Valley l-'ield, where he sjient most of the lat- ter pait of his life, dyint; there at the a.i;e of sevent\-si.\- years. His wife, Mary, wlu) was born in Scotland in 1.SJ4, still resides on this farm. They had a family of twelve chililrcn, ot whom there are now six suivi\ors - Anj^us, I'eter, Catheiine, William, John, and Norman. Angus Mcl.eod, tiie direct subject of this brief sketch, obtained his earl\- eihication in Prince {•'.dward Island schools, including tiie normal school at Charlottctown. Later he tollowed lor three years tlie occu])ati(jn of school teacher, in tiiis manner earning money enough to pay the expc'nses of a full course at the I'rince of Wales College, Charlottctown. After attending thiit inslitutinn, lie taught for one year in the schcmls of Charlotletown. 'I'lien at the earnest rcl|ue^t of l''ather Dosle lie acicpted an offer to teach at l!cde(|ue, r. I!, 1., and lemaincd there for tiftcen months thus occupietl. raiteiing Dalhousie ( ollege at Halifax, he pur>ued the usual I'ourse ol stiuK'; and, receiving a license to teach in N'uva .Sco- tia, he went to Ippcr Stewiacke, .\.S., where he t.iughl for three years, Later he spent one year in Stellarton as princijial of the high school tiiere. Subsecpient to this, for two years and a half he was ]uiucipal of the high school at New Gla.sgow, N. S. , and while there pinsued a course of study foi- the |uirpose of obtaining an aeadem}- license, which he re- ceived May I, 1884. In that year he was offered and accepteil his present respsie ; Catherine, I'.flie Hell, Ndiin.ui Jtibii, l.illie Hall, Dciugl.is Aithiir, and ( lainue .\binl- : f^omeiv'. .,f-r I.liLk 1 J.\Mi;S I'CI.l.I'K, .M.I).,' ,,| Wirninulb, w.is 1)11111 at llinton. Kings County, .\.S., in i.srin, hj^ parents Ijeiiig David and Aiaiv.\nn (Steiiitl) i'ullei. I f I\ BIOGRAPFIICAL RKVIEW 259 IIo is ;i i^raiidsoii nf TiiiKithy I'ulk'r, whose fiithcf came from Massachusetts after tlie Rev- olutionary Wat- and settled at Horton, liaving there received a j^rant of land, 'liinothy I'"ul- ler, who was born in Horton, N.S., married Martha Jane lUichanan. They had two chil- dren, one of wliom is now deceased, the sm- vivor heiny David, father of Dr. I'uller. J)a\id l-'uller was horn at Horton in 1.^.56, and has tliere followed farming from early manhood n|) to the present time. In politics he is a Liberal. His wife, Mary i\nn, who was boin at ].ondonderr_\-, N..S. , in i'S37, is a dauj;hter of James Sterritt, of that place. Mr. anil Mrs. I'uUer ha\e had eleven children. Of these nine are now liv'^^f;, namely: Laura, wife of I'Alward McDonald, of {•■almoulh, N.S. ; All)ert James; Alice; Maitha Jane, wife of (ieor.ne I'ye, of (inysiviro, N. S. ; l';va ]■.., wife of Levi Daniels, of Windsor; Hessie ]■;. ; Lewis O. ; Leverett S. ; and I'lthel ("i. The parents were members of the Methodist church. Albert J. ]'"uller was educated in Halifax and New \'orl\ ('it\-, and in the normal school at Tivuci, N.S. lie sliidied medicine at the Meilical t'oUege in llalifav and at Hellcvue Medical C"(dK'j;e in New \'ork, from which bitter institut ion he L;radnatt'(l in iSiST). He- j;innini; the practice of his profession at Yar- inoiith, he remained theri' sc\eial wars, then removed to Clarke's Harbor, Shellnnne County, where he reuKiined for two years. Returning • it the end ol that time to Wirinnnth, he has since practised as a physician in that place, • md has been very sueci'ssfiil. Iksidcs being one of the le.iding plu sicians of Varmonth, Dr. Fidler is one of the most [irominent citizens. He holds the position of City Medical Officer, and also that of Marine Fishery Ofifieer of the county. He belongs to the Masonic order, and also to the Odd L'ellows and I'"oresters, having held various offices in the I. O. O. 1". He is now a ilirector (jf the Odd Fellows' Huilding Associati rhiL'he ^layliee, whu lioie him live children, of whom tlie eldest was Jhii,i, father of the subject lA this sketch. .\ll lue are now de- ceased. Hv bi^ second wife Thomas had three children, all nnw living; n,unel\, John, Jas- pci', and ( liarlntte. The two tlrst named are bachelias, and reside tngcther nn the old Huestis lidmesti'.id at W.dlace. L'hailotte is the widnw iif jiihn Re. id. JosIhi.i iliH'-tis was born at Wallace, N..S., in 1788. ilis le^ular oceupat ion was faiining ; but he also held the position of Postmaster at Wallace for fifty years, and was besides for many years Cu.ster (or chief magistrate; of the town — in fact, from the time of his attaining the age of twenyone until his death at the age of eighty-one. His integrity and general ca- pacity must, therefore, have been held in high esteem by his feliow-townsmcii. He was a Liberal in politics. Joshua married for his first wife .Sarah IMack, who bore him seven ciiildren, of whom there are now twf) sur\i\drs — William J5. and Sarah, the latter being the wife of Angus Liv- ingston. ]^y his second wife, Rebecca, who was a daughter of William and Lydia (Arnold) Fulton, of Wallace (her father being a farmer there), he had ten children, eight of whom are now living; namely, Stejihen, Lydia, Phodie .\nnie, Susan, Martin K, Mary Adeline, Julia Elizabeth, and Ceorge A. The first named of these, Stephen, now the Rev. Stephen Fulton Huestis, was educated in the common schools and at Mount Allison C(d!ege at Sackville, \. P. Peing onkiined to the Methodist minis- ti_\-, he preacheil for several )ears, and in 1884 became the steward of the Methodist l^iok Store at Halifa.v, which position iie now Indils. lie married Louise F. .Archibald, of Tnud, X.S., and has five children - (Rev.) Charles H., .Albert I'ldward, .Archibahl, Harry ]•:. , and ITorence, the last named being the wife (if the Rev. (ieorge Hawson, of Prime Ldward Island. Lydia Huestis became the wife of the Rev. A. W. Nichdlsdu, of New ( llasgow, \..S,, .unl her children arc; CJKules P., l''.!!.,, and .M.i- tilda. "habe .\nnie is the wife .; .A. L. C. h mn M * i I , ,: jl ^y,i i i \ ^■. \ i iifi :i I ^ ^1 i i i li i i ; 1' " i 1 i i: 1 ' i 1 1 1 ■ 1 : ■ . 363 BIOGRAl'HICAI, KKVIF.W Holland, of Priiuo I'.ihvard Island. Susan is the wife of Conrad W. Morris, of W'alhue, N.S., hy wlioni slic has liad four children -• l-'rank, luhvard, tdiirad, and one otlu'r. She maiiiod liist Homy Morris, a brother of her present luishand, and of that union has one ehiUl living, Thomas I!. Morris. Mary A. Hucstis is the wife of l^van Kennedy, M.l)., of New Glasgow, \.S., and lias tlirec children — Cora, Kena, and Walter .Sc\. 'IHOM.XS M.K.W/ a promi- nent business man of Truro, dealer in hay, grain, and feed, and a mem- ber of the Dominion .Senate, was born in I'ic- tou C(umty, Nova Scotia, Januar) ,S, 1S59, son of W illiani and Nancy (Mcl.eod) McKay. His pateinal grandfather was Thomas McKay a native of .Scotland. This Thomas McKay ni.o'ied Christina liealon, and thev bad five sons, of wlxnn the si'cond-born was William. Hut one of the five, lleitor, is now living. Willi, im McKay was born in .Sutherland- shire, Scotlaml, in iSio. He settk'd in I'ic- tou, X. S., in 1.SJ5, and at fnst engaged in farming, but subsei|uently he became a railway contractor, in which si)here of industry he achieved a fair measiue of success for bis day. 'I'iie latter part of his lite was spent in Truro, where he died at the age of sexenly six yeais. His wife, Nanc}-, was a dau;;hter ot John .Mc- l.eod, a n,iti\e of .Scotland. Thomas McKay, the diiect subject of this sketch, was eilucated in I'ictou t'ciuutx. After leaving school he worked for his father for some years, assisting him in his railwax- con- struction work. In iSfi.i, at the agr' of twent\- live, he engaged in his preseni business as a dealer in mill Iced, oats, grain, etc., in whith he has sinci- lontinued. l)e:;inninv at tirst in IJIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 263 a small \va)', lie lias worked up a lar;;o and suc- cessful business, and is now one of the substan- tial cil i/.ens of the town. In |)olitits lie is a ('(inseivative. In 1M74 bo was elected a number of rarlianunt in tbc House of Com- mons at Ottawa, and was re-elected lo the same olfice in 1.S7.S. Fn iS.Sj he was appointed to the Senate, which office, as it is for life, he still holds. Mr. McKay is a good local type of the successful man. Kesiiected and influ- ential, his present position has not come to iiim as a meie matter of chance, but has been earned by a life of honnralde industry and a personal conduct founded upon |)rinci|)les of moral rectitude, lie is a member of the Ma- sonic lodge in Truro, in which he has held several ofTices. In i.S6cS Mr. McKay was united in mar- riage with Miss Jessie lilair, daughter of John Ulair, of I'ruro, \. .S. He and his wife are the parents of two children -Agnes and Will- iam I'aik, -4^»»» - I^IOIU'-.RT riCKhORl), member of the timi of I'iekford & Hlack, ship-owners, and agents for various steamslii]) lines, was born in Ilalifa.v, \.S., /\| ril 6, 1 S40. ~*.*«*.* |i:V. D.WFJ) .\. .STi:i:i.i:,* of Am- herst, \. S., was born in Hertford- shire, I'lngland, in 1S3S, a son of John ami Mary (llobb) .Steele. lie is a de- scendant in the fifth "cneration of (ieorjie Steele, i I ■ 1 i 1 fl"^ l> I ''\ \ i II' « !: li i 1 Ik I '■ , i •; « ! •\ 264 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV Ho was married in 1865 t(i Sarah Hart Whitman, a ilautjhtcr of S. Whitman, I'lsti., of C'ans(/. They have hail eight chilcircn ; namely, Sidney W., Noel K, A. Dary, Mary IM., War- ren M., Grace L. , Walter E., ami O. Chrichton. ILISIIA WILLIAM HUDD MOODY/ an enterprising and successful busi- ness man of Yarmouth, was born at St. John, N.H., in 1S63, son of John Wentworth and Jeanette (Hrainc) Moody. He is a descend- ant of Colonel James Moody, the well-known Tory partisan and scout, who at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War left his large estate in New Jersey tf) enter into this most daring and necessary part of the conflict. After much service for his king and country, and having gained a widespread reputation for courage, ingenuitv, and loyalty, he after the war went to Weymouth, N. .S. , where he died in 1809. He during his last years wrote an account of his adventures and experiences dur- ing the war, which was published under the name of Moody's Narrative. The father of Colonel Moody was John Moody, of Lgg Har- bor, N.J. Colonel Moody had two children: a daughter, Maria, who married an Lnglish- man named Taylor, and always after her mar- riage resided in Havre, l''rance; and one son, John, born in New Jersey before the war, who marrieil Margaret, daughter of Captain IClisha iiudd, of Annapolis, N.S. , before that a wealthy citizen of Troy, N. Y. , who, being a Loyalist, headetl an e.xpedition of others who were loyal from that State to Nova Scotia, where Captain Mudd was made Major and put in command of the fort at Annapolis (Tort Royal). The children of John and Margaret (15udd) Moody were: a daughter, IClizabeth, who died in childhood; and four sons — James Hudd, John Wentworth, Charles Colburn, and Klisha William Budd. Klisha William Hudd Moody was born at Weymouth, November 28, 1799. He moved to Yarmouth, and became a merchant, and was also the Yarmouth agent of Lloyd's for many years. Successful in life, he was also a citizen of high moral character, and was much respected. He mar- ried Sarah R. Harding, a native of Horton, N.S. , born August 20, 1806. They had eleven children, of whom four are now living — Ralph F., Robert R., Margaret H., and Jane. The mother of these children, Mrs. Sarah R. Moody, died November 14, 1844. In 1853 he married Mary Stuart, of whose four children, two girls, Grace and Kate, are now living in luigland. He died March 5, 1863. John Wentworth Moody, son of Llisha W. H. and Sarah R. ^ioo(ly, was born at Yar- mouth in 1826. lie was for many years Lloyd's agent for the ccast from Cajie Sable along the Hay ol l'"unily and Minas Hay to Cumberland. 1 le was also engaged iiuite ex- tensively in the insurance business, rejiresent- ing, among other comj 'ies, the Liverpool Underwriters" Association and the National Hoaril of Marine Underwriters of New \'ork. Besides this he was \'iee-Consul at \'armouth for Sweden and Norway (which position he held for many years) and Consular .\gent for ''-I ' ill ■ (^ I BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 265 Spain and the Arj^ontinc Rei)ul)lic. He was also larj^cly interested in shipping, and was a director of the Hank of Yarmouth and of the Yarmouth Steamship Company, besides hav- ing personal interest in other of the various industries of Yarmouth, lie died at the age of sixty-eight years, regretted by a large num- ber of friends and acquaintances. II is wife, Jcanette, was horn in New York City in 1836, a daughter of James Hraine. They had five children, four of whom survive — Helen M., Klisha VV. H.. Klizabeth H., and Julia M. Helen ^I. is the wife of Charles T. Grantham, of Yarmouth, and the mother of five children — Helen M., Jeanette, Geraldine, Kthel, and Victor. Julia M. is the wife of C. W. H. Grant, of St. John, N.H. IClisha W. H. .Moody, the direct subject of this sketch, was educated in the schools of Yarmouth and at King's College, Windsor. After comi)leting his studies he went to lUieniis Ayrcs, Argentine Republic, whore for five years he was in the emjiloy of a railroad (Central Argentine). Returning to Nova Scotia in 1892, he entered tlie Hank of Yar- mouth as clerk, and has since continued in the employ of that institution. He has also other business interests, having upon his father's death assumed the latter's duties as tlie district agent of Lloyd's and also as Vice- Consul of the Argentine Rejiublic and Con- sular Agent for Spain. Wc also carries on the insurance business conducteil by his father, in all of which various enterprises he has been very successful. In politics ho is a Liberal. Mr. Moody was marrieil in 1889 to listhcr Lewis Doane, daughter of George H. Doane, of Yarmouth. He has two cliildren — Philip D. (born in Huenos Ayres) and Olive. With his family he attends the Church of I''ngland. |OBERT THKAKSTON,* City Col- lector of Halifa.N, was born in Lon- don, luigland, December 13, 1849, his parents being Major Taylor and Sophia (Wood) Thoakston. Ho is a grandson of Fran- cis Thcakston, who was born at Ri[)on, \'ork- shire, England, and who married Hannah Wood, a native of the same place. Francis and Hannah Thoakston had four chiUhen, none of wiiom are now living, I'ayhir, the fatlier of the subject of tliis sketcii, iia\ing been the youngest. Robert Theakston in iiis boyhood attended school in London. Coming to Nova Scotia at the age of fourteen, he first found employment as clerk for David .Starr & Co., liariKvare mer- chants of Hnlifa.x, witii whom he remained ton years, being promoted in tiiat time to the posi- tion of head clerk. In 1874 ho loft tlioir em- ploy to become manager of Chiiimau Hrothers' hardware stciro; but after a year in the employ of the Chipmans ho wont into l)usinoss for liimsolf as hardware merchant, taking as a jiart- ner Mr. Angwin, tlie (inn name being Tiieaks- ton & Angwin. Tiiis continued until 1888, when Mr. Theakston gave up the business to enter the employ of tlie city government of Halifax as Collector, wlucli ottice ho lias since retained. He luul previous!)-, in 188O, been a monibor of the .School Hoard. Ho also rop- I'M *lf\' f Pnlii i is :( 1 iii i !■ ! 1: a & J I ft I' I ' -I resented tlie I'oiiitli Ward as Alderman from 1883 to 18S8. Ill politics he is a Liberal. He is a Free Mason and a member of the So- ciety of J-'oresters. On August 25, 1S7.4, .Mr. Tiieakston was united in marriage with Miss Georgie Cook, a daughter of John Cook, of Gay's River, N. S. Mr. and Mrs. Theakston are tiie parents of seven children; namely, Robert Frank, Lucy Matilda, ICditha Georgie, Arthur Cook, Albert La Mart, Mabel Salina, and John Clarence. The family attend tiie O.xford Street Methodist Church, Mr. Theakston having been .superin- tendent of the Sunday-school for the last eigh- teen years. |0L()M:L CHARLES JOHN MAC- DC )XALD, of Halifax, Inspector of Post-offices for the Province of Nova Scotia, and formerly Commander of the Sixt)- si.xth Regiment of \'oluntcers, was born in Ilalifa.v, .\'.S., .April 4, 1^41, son of Robert and Catherine (Gray) Macdonald. His pater- nal grandfather was James Macdonalil, a native of .Scotland, born in 1726, who followed farm- ing in his native land from his early years until his death in 1825. He was a well-to-do farmer and prominent citizen of his locality. Robert ]\Iacilonald was born on the old home- stead in Scotland in tiie year 1790. He f(jl- jowed farming there for a while, and also taught school in bis native land until reaching the age of twenty-five. He then emigrated to Nova Scotia, and, entering the customs de- partment at Halifa.K as a clerk, continued in the employ (jf the government until his death in 1866, at the age of se\enty-si.\ years. His wife, Catherine, was born in .Sar.bro, N. S. , in 1808, and 'liei'i 111 Halifax at tile age of seventy . ex i... They had seven children, of whom five are now living — James, Clia s Jolin, .Sinion, (ieorge Francis, and ^Andrew. James married Grace Thoniiison, of Halifax, antl has two children — Colliii and Fva. Sinion married Jerusl. . Hamilton, i/f Ilalifa.x. George Francis married Fva Kangan, of Phila- delphia, and has two children. Andrew mar- ried Jane Cole, of Halifa.x, N.S., and lias three children. Charles John Macdonald was educated at Ualhousie College, Halila.v. After complet- ing his studies, he entered the office of the late Sir John Thompson, who was at that time one of the leading barristers of Halifax, and en- gaged in the study of law. Ik'ing admitted to tiie bar in 1872, he practised his [irofession up to 1879, when he was ap|)ointed Post-office Ins])ector of the Pioxince of .Ndva .Scotia, which office he still holds. This ap[)ointinent was made but one year after Colonel Mac- donald had entered politics, lie lia\ing been elected to the Le,.;islatiire in 187S as Rejiresent- ative from Halif.ix County. He was also a member in that year of the Hohnes Thdmp.son government, though without pent folio. Colonel .Macdonald is one of the oldest living members of the old .Sixty-third \iiliiiiteer Rifles of Hal- ifax. He was Adjutant of the Second Col- chester and Thirteenth Halifax N'obinteers, and was made Captain Adjutant ■!• II n . t I 1; ■ Siiii ■ !l li I !l BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION UP I. ALLEN JACK, Q.C., D.C.L. I ill \)i Wi a Ih ' K '1 i , . in ^ I' f 1 l||l|i:M r « y fi ;l! \ I r 1, AI.I.IA J.\t K. n.C. D.l M, ^L. BIOSRAPHIGAL. w$ KB.-. ^^^^y.SAAC- Al.LI'.X JACK, (j.C ^^^1 D.C. I.., banistcr-al-lawaiul hir- '^^-'/fli iiiLTlv Recorder of the city n\ 'i"^^^ St. John, was horn in St. John. ■^^14 V Jiiiic 26, KS4,:;, a son of William 17^ Jack, IJ.C. I lis paternal t;ianch lathei" was David William Jack, ^ who came to New liruiiswick Ironi Cooper h'ile, Scotland. D.ivid W. Jack married Rebecca, a dau,:;lUer ot 'I'homas W'ver, ,,ne ot the Loyalists ol i;.S;v who had served the crown as Lieutenant Colonel duiiiiL; the Rcvidutionary War, and who came to St. .\n- drews, N.li., from what was then l^'almouth, Mass., but is now I'ortlaiul, Me. William Jack, (J-'- bither ol the suhject ol thi> sketch, w.is born in St. Andrew'., Ch.ir Idtte County, in iSii. lie w, is cduc.ited in his n.ilive lown, and on ariiviu- at maturity m.ide choice ol the law as his prolo>sion, .\itor bein,^ .nhnitted to the bar he removed to St. (ieori;r, where he lem.iiueii until .dioul 1X411, when he remoxcd to Si. John, ,ind soon secured ,1 lar.no and 1 euiuner.U ive pr.utice. lie w,is lur some ve,ir> NLisler in Ch.imeiy, and was aNo .\d\o. ,ite-,i;i'uer,il. Aside Irom a -ood undeist.indiii^ ot hi-, pi.itc'.sion, ope ci.ill\ in eipiitv, he h,ul a wide -ener.il knowl edi;e in liirrature and natural science. A lover of nature and devcjted to his family, his tavorite recreation was the beautify inj;- of his home, Cari,L;leaL;b, ainl many of his liap|iiest hours were spent in the .-.nden. He was one of the charter members and vice-president ot the Mechanics' Institute of St. John and pres- ident of the Xatural History Society o|' Now r.runswiik, and be was also chairman of the town ol I'oitland, warden of the municipality ,,f St. |olm, .md president of the St. John L.iw Sociel\. Ilemarried l-'.mnia Carletoii, daughter of C.iptain Joseph Keiiah, of the One Hundred ;'ud l-'oiuth Re-iment. llcr mother, whose m lidcn name w.is M.irv .\llen, was a dau,L;hter lit Isaac Allen iforwdiom the subject of this sketch w.is named), a Loyalist from New Jer- sey, who >crvcd under the cniwn as Lieutenant C(doncl, ,ind who upon his .uiival in New lirunswiik in \-J^\ was appointed one ot the |ud,i;cs u| the .Supreme Comi ..1 ihe pro\ iiice. .\ -landsiin ol bis w.is Sii" John ('. .Mien, the lite Chief liisiiic, Willi, im.uul I'.iuma Carle- ton |,uk we'c the parents ol eleven children, III whom the two eldest, twins, died yoimj;. I he other nine still suia i\e. Is.i.ic .\llen J.uk, ,ifter reccix in- his ele menl.us educ.itinn, Ik cime a pupil ol the late \ c! 'tV ^^BBBB 274 BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEW Canon Lee, under whom he studic.l for scvcnl est in literary \vori<, and has eontrihiiU-.l to years. He then entered the Collegiate Sehool ' various mn-a/.ines and jouraals and learned so- at Fredericton. and. after l,dlowin^ the regular ■ eieties. Owing to ill h.alth he resigned his enurse there, .-atrieulated at King's College. ' offue of Recorder at the eh.se ..f 1S94, and Fredericton, afterward removing to KM,g\ ^ retired from active life in the ensuing June. College, Windsor, N. S. , where in 1X63 he, ^ ^^^ received the degree of Hachelor of Arts, In 1S77 he received from the last mentioned col- lege the degree of Hacholor of Civil Law and in 1SS4 that of Doctor of Civil Law. Cpon leaving college he began the study of law with his father, and was admitted attorney in Octo- rM DON', D.D.. D.f.L., Church of -L V_^ I'lngland Hishoi) of New Hnmswick, w.islioin in London, luiglaml, .Xpril ifi, 1^35. 'riic famih of which iic is a worthy represenla- her. iSr.r,. and barrister the following year. live has been traced hack to the year 1450; He' was appointed Recorder ol St. John in and an account of its origin, together with its April. 1SS5. and was again api-mntcd to that | coat of arms, may he found in hooks ol olTiee in 18S9, upon the union of the city of ' hciaUhy. St. John with that ol Portland. lie uas Hishnp Kingd.m began his education in St. created (J. C. March iS, 1S91. * 111 the death Paul's School, Lonilor.. where he was cajitam of Mayor barker he filled the vacant olhce until the election of a new mayor, at the same time i)erforming his duties as Recorder. Mr. Jack is a member of St. .Xndrcw's So eiety an.l of the Loyalists' Societ\ of New Prunswuk; a fellow of the Literary .md His- torical Society of nuebcc; lellow of the li.di- II. P. Liddon, where he u-a> elected schoKu burton Societv, Windsor, X.S. of the scho(d. In iSiS he gr.iduated at Trin- it\- College, (.'ambridge. He was granted a place in the honor list in m.itheniatics ; but, a> he fell sick and could not hnish the c\ami- u.itioii, he w.is not classed. He was then fi.r a ye.u- at Cudciesd.m College, under Canon a member ot the Associated .\lumni ol King's College, Wind-or, .N'.S. ; a member ol the laculty u| the L.iw School of St. John, conilucted in coniicc tion with King's College, Wind.-., ; and a mcnd)er of the New Prunswick Historical le vv.is ord, lined Deacon by Bishop Wilber- lorce. of ().\ford, and priest by Pishop llamil ton. n[ Salisluu). i'or ;ibout three years .uid a h.ilt he was curate of Sturminster Marshall, and he sub-ei|ueiit ly oftici ited in a like cipac- jt\ lor two \c,irs at Devi/e.-. 'i'hen for a Soeiety He was lor manv vears a mcnd.er of perind ol hve years he was vice principal of the IKud ol Directors and lor two u^ars prci- Sali.buiy I'hcolo.ica: College, alter which lor .lent of the Mechanics' InMitnte n| St. John. nine se,,r> be uas curate ul .St. Andiews He is a member ol theCbinvb o| baigl.md. and ; Church, Wells Street, London. Subse.pienlly in iJolitie,s is a Liberal. He t.ikes -real inter- ior some time he w.is \i(.ar ol (iood Laster (a BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 275 cnrriiption of "God's Ivister"), near Chclms- foRl. While there lie was elected Coadjutor Hishop of ]''re(lerictcin, and was consecrated July 10, 18.S1. In the same year he received his degree of IJoctor of Divinity at Cambridge, i:iii,dand, in 1893 that of Doctor of Divinity from King's College, Windsor, X.S., and how manv there are. dent and lover of books, and the possessor of a large and valuable library, containing some works s(, rare as to Ije almost i>ricelo,ss. AuKjng them is a Latin manuscript dated 1268'. lie- has not yet found time to cata- logue the books, and does nut himself know later that of Doctor of Civil Law from Trinity College, Toronto, Canada. A man of earnest purpose and scholarly at- tainments, Hishop Kingdiin has not onlv faith- fully and efficiently perfdrmed the high duties nf his sacred office, but has also omtributed effectively by his ])en and otherwise to advance the cause of religion and imre m.iraiity. In iS-^ he wrote a book entitled 'h'asting Com- munion" (published by Ldiigmans. (uven & Co.). 'i'his work, so full i>( erudite references as to be practically unanswerable b\' chtirch- iiieu "f different views, attracted so much at- tention in ecclesiastical circles as to eause the publication of a second edilimi in 1S75. JIc is also the author of a pamphlet ]i\. Comuclcd with the n.ime is ,1 well-known The rest of his life was spent in New Voik, legend of the Cornish co.isl. Il -cms ib.U afld he died October lo, iSoS. His wile w.is some centinies ,igo a -hip with .1 cngo of IkIN h.^in in Dutchess ', ounty. May 10, T7J4, from .Spain was trying to m.ike port .it P-is daa-hter ol John Dutcher. a native of Hol- caslle. ■■.Ml," said the iiiloi, ■•tlumk C.od 1 land, .^he died in New N'ork, December 7, We are now almost safe'" ■■No," said the i.Sdi. captain, '■thank not Coil, but the go,„| >hip ' Their son. Colonel Henrv Nase. who was and the capt.iin." They were not -ale, how " born June J,S. I75_'. served as an officer in the ever; .md the ves-el found. led. on.tnount, it j lirit ish .army with (ieneral Coffin before he is said, of the cipt.iin'- blas|ihemv. The h.id attaineil his lull rank duriuL, the Aineri- acoustic proper! il-- o! the ca\o,- that line the .111 Kev.dution, and settb'd in New Hruns- coast are such that at times they give forth | wick prior to the coming ot that l.oy.dist. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 277 Locating upon a tract of land at the mouth of the Nerepis Rivur, in tho parish of VVesttiekl, he enJ,^'l<,'e(l in aKricuitural jnirsuits, and for f--inc time was Jud<,a' of I'rohate for Kinys. County. As a prominent churehman he was ) lay reader whenever the parish was without a \ resident elerjiyman; and, there l)ein<; no church edifice at that time, services were held in pri- vate houses nr in a large ham near Alwington ' Manor, the residence of General Cufifin. Sev- eral of his sons were 'oap-tized in that huild- in--. Colonel Nase died in May, i,S:;6. On March i ?, i-SS, he married Jane ( )uinton, who was horn January 27, 1767, and died Mav 2<). 1S5J. They reared four sons and six daughters, William H. being the second son and the fourth-horn child, William 11. Nase, the father df I'hilip, was horn at the homestead in Nerei)is, June 19, 1793. He was engaged in general farming during the active period of his life, whic!i terminated June f,, iS.So. dnrlotte Harding Xase, his wife, whom he marri.'d October Ji, KSr7, was b.uii July 4, 171)4. They were the parents of three snns and seven daughters: and I'hilip, the subject of this sketch, wa.s the second son and the Lhird-horn child. I'hilip Nase was reared upon the homeste.n! farm, and resided there until i,S.;7 Coming to .St. John in tli.it year, he established him- ■ self in merc.intile business at liuliantown. ' where he remained in tnide until sellim: out ' Hi I.S5.|. Kepiirchasmg the store in \H(',i, he ' carried it nu siiccessfuHv until his death whose confidence he had gained by his strict adherence to upright principles; and his many commendable qualities were heartily appreei- which occurred {'"el )niarv iS.S; l( e was -hly esteemed by his business associates, j ited by all who knew him. Mr. Xase contracted the first of his two marriages, March 23, 1847, with Mlizabeth Mary Hamm, daughter of David llamni, of Westtield. She died October 13. 1872. On October 13. 1S7S, he married for his second wile Cydia Ann \an Wart. lie was the father of eleven children, ten by his first wife and line by his second, namely: David H., horr I'ebruary 3. i,S48: .Mary M. , burn Sep- tember 7. 1849, who married Charles F. Wjiodman: Sarah C. , born April 22, 1851, who died April 29, 1868; Leonard Tilley, born August 20. 1.S53; Ccorge H. , born Ma) "'>. 1857: Helen M., who married Robert U. I'aterson: James 1'., born January 26, 1863, who is now residing at the old homestead in We.stfield; Mathias Hamm. Imrn December 26. i8r,4: William Henry, b,,rn November 10, iS(,r,: |-,ank, b.irn May 15. 186,): nm] Otto, iiorn {■'i.bruary 5. 1S81, the latter bv the second union. I.cou.nd Tilley Xase, who is a member of th.' linn o| p, \;,se vS: Son, successors to P. Nase, married Susie C. Case, and has one son, I'hilip, born October 12. 1886. Ceorge H. . who is residing in Milwaukee, Wis., mar- ried hanily li. Roggenbau. Mathias Hamm N.ise, who is a building contractor in New \'ork, married Adcbiiii- Louise l-'crrcl. Willi, im lleiii'v. who is .ilso in the tirni r)f 1'. Nase ^K: Son, marrie.l Mary Massie I'leiii^ ing. I'rank, who is an accountant for tlic iilpl l!|f' 11 i 'II ■■} ijjii' f ■ I- *78 mOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Anaconda Mining Company of lUitte City, Mont., married Mina S. Hedge. The late Mr. Nase was a member of tlio Chinch of Ijigland and for some years a ves- tryman of St. Lui the third child of |ohn and M:iria b'.inmersnn. After nhtainiiig the nidiineiUs of his ediicatinn in tin- disf.ict school, he studied first at the i.apti^t .Seini- nai\- in P'rcdcricton and later at .\iadi,i Col- lege in No\a .Scotia. On leaving the latter institution he prepared for the inini>tiy, and then accepted a call In the Baptist chinch in Maugerville, Stinbiny County, wiicre he re- mained some time. He suhsecpicntly became the pastcir of the Haptist (lunch at Moiutnii, X.H., and was preaching there at the time of his death, which occurred when he was but thirty-one years idd. He married Augusta, daugiiter of Jo.seph Read, of Minndie, X'.S. ; and she is still living, her home being with her son, the Hon. Henry R. ICmmerson, in Dorchester. Of their happy union three chil- dren were born, as follows: Henry R. ; V. \V. ; and banma. wife of Harvey Atkinson, O. C. , of Monctiin, X.H. Henry R. lunmerson, O. C. , pursued his early studies in various educational institutions of note, including St. Joseph's College, Meinram- cook, X.H. ; Amherst .Academy, Amherst, X..S. ; Mount Allison Academ)', Sack\ille, X.IS. ; the I'lnglish High School, Hoston, Mass.; tiie IJorton C"ollegiate Academy; and Acadia College, in Wolfville, X.S. Having decided upon a profession.il career, he tiicn began the stud} of law, and in i.S;; graduated ' from the Huston I'niser.sity Law Scho(d with ; the degiee of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately i bleating in Dorchester, X.H., he was admitted I to the bar duriii.L; the same year, and at tmce j beg, HI the practice of bis profession. He is : now a (Jneen's CJum^cl for the I'rovince. ' Since taking up his residenci: in Westmorland j Coiint\-, Mr. LanmeiMin has excited ,i gie.it inlbience in political circles, and lias sei\ed with .ibility and fidelit\- in many oHices ol I trust and responsibility, although at one or I two elections ot the gener.il Dominion he |iro\ed an unsuccessful candid, ite tor politi j cal honors. I'"or scxcial ye.iis he was a .School I'riistee and the secretary of the Hoard. In iSS.S lie was elected ,i uu'nibei o| the I'l .i\ in- • II. i\. Ill \k\ K. i:\i.\ii.kmi\. 11! Il il ,1 Ihi ' III I I J MM I u i ' ui I M j '^^ ^i^JWU BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV 381 cial l*;irliLiiiii'nt, represent ing' Albert County. Ill i8i)i Ik- became a member nf tlie Mxeeii- tive Conn On tbi- luth (if (ktober, 1S92, lie was ^ \ .111 ill as Cbief Conmiissioiier nf I'ublic Wiirks; and in October, 1S97, lie a.s- siinied llie duties cdiiiieitcd uitb the rreiiiier- sbij) iif this pKJviiue. He was at one time a meiulier of the I-C};!' ' ivc Council of the rroviiue, in which he vi'ted for its aholitinn ; aiul this came about in l.S(j2. This honorable recoitl of service in hi,i;ii olticial positions is siieaking evidence of the j;reat estimation in which Mr. ICmmersoii is held throii^boni his native proviiu'c, and is a cons[)iciious luiiute to bis talents and inte,:;iity. Mr. Mmmerson ami l-'.mily, daiiybter of the late C. li. kc ni(j, of Moncton, N'.H., were married on June \2, 1S7S, and tlu\' have live I'hildren, namely: h'.thel R. ; lleiiiy R., jr.; iMiiily K. ; liernice .S. ; and Marion 1!. Hotb Mr. and Mrs. lunnuTsdii are meiiibeis of the Baptist church. Mr. h'.mmerson is president of the Haptist C'oiivention for the Maritime I'roviii'cs; also a member of the Uoard of (ioveniors of .\cadia I'liiversil v. -♦.•••.*— ICOKCih; K()Iii:kI' SA.VC.STI'K. a j^l prominent and prosperous citi/en of Moncton, N.I?., is living;- somewhat retireil from active jiursuits, enjoyint; the fruit of bis earlier years of industry. lie was born N'o- vember JS, iSj4, in I'almoutb, N'.S., the town in which his father, the late John .Sanj;ster, Ji.. first opened his eyes to the liLrht of this be.iiitilul world. lie conies of Scotch ancestry on bis father's side, his pa- ternal ^jrandf.ither, John San^ster, .Sr., havinj^ been born and brouj;ht up in Aberdeen, .Scot- land. When a youn^ man John San<;ster, .Sr., emij^rated with two of his brothers to Amer- ica. One brother settled in Toronto, Canada, and one at Cape Breton, while John himself boiii^ht land in l''almouth, N.S., where he car- ried on i^eneral farming with excellent results, and also kept a house of public entertainment, the Sangster Inn, which was well patronized for many years. He was tv remarried; and his first wife, whose family name was Cleve- land, was the paternal tjraiulmother of George K. .Sangster. John .Sangster, Jr., was born at the old homestead in l*'almoutJi, N..S. , ami there spent the :;riater portion of his sixty-five years of life, but died in Cornwallis, N'.S. I"'ollow- ing the occupation in which he was reared, be became one of the leading agriculturist', of that part of the country, and was highly re- s|)ected for his manliness of character and honest dealings. He married Mrs. Aiii Xortbrup Church, who lived to the age of seventy-si.\ years. Both were attendants of the Methodist church. They bad si.\ chil- dren, of whom (ieorge K. is the only one now living. (ieorge R. S.tngster pursued his elementary studies in the schools of Canning, N.S., later ciunpleting his iducaton at the academy in Lower llortiui, a neighboring town. Then, little inclined to spend bis life in tilling the Soil, be Went to Boston, .Mass., where for sev- i 'f 18' 1 nt H 1 im IMAGE EVALUATBON TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. .^ 'A 1.0 I.I 2.2 KS 112 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 < 6" ► ^^> w /a ^ ^^# 0/% >^ -(^ Scieices Corporatiorx «- - 23 WEST MAIM STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 (4 %^.^ m f/ ^ i^i ■! i- i ! , i I !■ li 282 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV oral years he was emiiloyccl as the (h-iver of a horse-car. Ambitious and venturesome, how- ever, lie determined to find some other mode of mal:ing a living, and soon joined a [larty j going by mule train to the Rocky Mountain;; in search of gold. After being there success- fully engaged in mining for some time, he re- turned to Nova Scotia, and for five years was engaged as caterer in the Kentville Station Dining-rooms. In 1876 he came to Monclon, and for ten years was caterer 01 the dining- room at the Moncton depot. Retiring from business in 1886, Mr. Sangster continued his residence in Moncton, and has ^ince been busily employed Iti looking after his jnivate interests, which are numerous and important. He is a shareholder in phosphate huids in Florida, and also in the Acadian Coal and Coke Comiiany, of which he is one f)f the di- rectors. A Liberal in his political views, he is ac- tive in local affairs, and for two years served as Town Councillor fiom Wanl Three. In 1854 he was made a Mason in Mount 'i'abor T.odge of b'ast Boston, .Mass. He was de- mitted, and is now an honorary member of Keith Lodge, V. ik A. M., of Moncton, and is I'ast Master of Kentvillj Lodge. He was made a Royal Arch Mason in St. joim Royal Arch Chapter, I'last Boston. lie belongs to Ivanhoe Preceptor)- nf Moncton, X. I!. ; also to I'rince Albert Lodge, I. <). O. I'". , nl Monc- ton. Having never swerved tmm the relig- ions faith in which be was reared, Mi'. Sang- stei- is an iniluential meml)er of the .Methodist church, to wliich his family also belong, and he is very liberal in his gifts to that denomi- nation. He erected the Wesley Memorial Church of Moncton, and on its completion in 1890 presented it to the IVIethodist Society. Mr. .Sangster and Rebecca 1"!., daughter of I'llisha Loonier, of Canning, N.S., were mar- ried on .September 9, 1857. They have three children living, namely: John H., born March '7> '''^59' ^vho married on IVLiy 13, 1885, Alma L. Mcb'arland, and has two childri;n — John C, born July 2, 1886, and ICmma R., born November 11, 1893; Lizzie .S., who was born March 24, 1861, and is now the wife of Harry L Brown, of Moncton, and has one cliild, Jean S., born February 5, 1893; and George I-., born Noven.ber 24, 1863. CALUS LOCKWOOl) I'ALMICR, late JCquity Judge of the Supreme (lourt of New Brunswick, a jurist of nice tli.in Provincial rei)Utation, was at the time of his death, wiiicli occurred August 10, 1899, one of the oldest menil)ers of the New Brunswick bar. He was born at .Sackville, N.B., in 1.X20, son of Pbili]) Palmer. His grandfather, (lideon Palmer, who was the first of the faniil)- in this Province, was living in Westchester, N. \'., when the American Rev- (dution broke (Uit ; but, remaining loyal to the Lnglisli crown, he forfeited his estate and came with others to New Brunswick. Here he was appointed by Go\ernor Carleton Coro- ner fi'r the county of Westmorland. His son Philip represented that count} for many years in the I .etrislature (if N'ew Brunswick. i K " * w BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ^83 Acaliis Lockwooii Palmer received his early education at Sackville. He began the study of law in the ofHce of the Hon. K. H. Chand- ler in February, 1X42, one of his fellow- students being the late Albert J. Smith. In 1846 he was admitted to the bar of Nova Scotia and to that of New Brunswick. He soon rose to prominence in his profession, winning laurels both in the Provincial and in the hijrher courts, where his contentions were almost invariably sustained. In 1867 he was created a Queen's Counsel. He was a leading figure in the Province, and acted as counsel in many important criminal cases, in which, as well as in dealing with questions of commercial law, he jiroved a formidable antag- onist at the bar. For several years he was president of the liarristers' Society of .New Brunswick. From the year 1S50 to the time he took his seat on the bench, a period of nearly thirty years, he was jirobably the fore- most lawyer in the Province, and was em- ployed in nearly all cases of impo'-tance that came before the courts. A glance at the records of the Supreme Court for that time discloses the enormous amount of legal work he handled. His biography would cover the legal history of the Province during his time. He was not only engaged in most of the cases of importance during thirty years, but was a most prominent ligure in the contests; for, while he was never considered a great orator, \ his knowledge ot law and business lent power- ful intluence to his arguments with both court and jury, and bis success was marvellous. He also engaged actively for mar.y years in the political contests^of the time. He was a strong advocate of confederation, and was twice a candidate in Westmorland County in the confederate interests. Although unsuc- cessful then and again in 1870, when he ran in St. John as candidate for the Legislature, he was elected in 1872 as Representative of St. John in the Parliament of Canada, and successively held the seat until 1878. When first elected he had been a resident of St. John for only five years. He was a warm sup- porter of Sir John McDonald's government, and always took a prominent part in debate. On the creation, in 1879, of an additional judgeship for the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, Mr. Palmer was appointed to fill it, his standing at the bar attesting his emi- nent fitness for the place. His acceptance of this appointment was a great pecuniary loss -o him, his income as a barrister having been far in excess of the salary paid a judge. When he assumed the office of Judge, he dis- played a breadth of legal knowledge and an ability to deal with the most intricate points of law that won for him a place among the ablest of Canadian jurists. Such was his suc- cess as a judge tliat it may be truly said that out of the old, cumbersome, and dilatory Court of Chancery he has made a most useful, e.\i)e- ditious, and poinilar court in the Province, and one which has absorbed the greatest part ol the legal business of the county. He was well known and highly respected by many of the leading jurists of the neighboring reiniblic, ami doubtless not less so because of the tearless manner in which, on various ocea- .. .». Si ■ • ll|i| II I tfi ' I m t !" Si I '^'1 ,1 'I m \ 1 11 ri f ■ ' f si mfrrJ^ ! •!■ N y, 'i m In ■'I ' Hill lit • 1 ^'' HIIIh' I ;: kl\ If I • ,11' ; i 284 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW sions in that country, he upheld the honor of Canada and the Empire and the memory of the Loyalist founders of his native Province, from whom he himself was descended. Judye I'ahncr took a deep interest in medical juris- prudence, and was a i^rominent member of the Medico-Legal Society ot New York, of which he was for some years the vice-president for New Hrunswick. He frequently attended the sessions of that body in New York, where he on several occasions presided and where lie had many friends. Shortly before his death, despite his advanced age, Judge I'aliucr was in full possession of bodily vigor and the keen faculties of mind that made him so long a man of mark among his fellows. Palmer's Chambers in Princess Street, containing law offices, was erected by him in 187S. In 1850 he was married to Martha Ann, daughter of Andrew Wcldon, I-^sti. Hy her he had thi-ee children, one son who died in in- fancy: a daughter, l'"annie 1^. ; ami Cliarles Artluir Palmer, of whom mention is made elsewhere in the Ri,vii;\v. Mrs. Martha Palmer died in November, 1882; and on De- cember 14, 1886, Judge Palmer married Amelia Ray, youngest daugliter of Cilhert Ik-nt, ICsq., of St. John. maiden name was Martha Ann VVeldon. His father was a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. Mr. Palmer received his education at Mount Allison College, Sack\ille, X. H., and the law school at Harvard University. Admitted barrister, he subsequently practised his [)ro- fession until his death, gaining for himself a wide reputation and a large and important clientage. In politics he was a Coivservative, and took an interest in the affairs of his party, but never aspired to Parliamentary honors, being too much engrossed with liis profr's- sional duties. Mr. Palmer's success was the result of his real worth of character and dili- gent application. He gained a leading place in his profession early in life. In religion he was a Methodist. He was married October 20. 1881, to Aiki Louisa Sancton, daughter of George I'. Sanc- ton, iCsq. He had two sons — Arthur 1.. ;uid Cieor're S. /^s ^HARLHS ARTHUR PALM1:R, LL. H., O.C., late of St. Joiin, X.H., who died on January 7, 1899, was born June 6, 1855, at Dorchester, Westmor- land County, N,H. He was a son of Acalus I.(JCkwood Palmer by his lirst wife, whose SIDXICY SMITH, born at St. John, \mJ. N. 11, May 4, 1834, is the eldest son of Henry How\er and Charlotte L. Sn,ith. Henry Hovvyer Smith in 1824, at the early age of twenty-lour years, was apixiinted by lUc Im- perial government Comptroller of the [lort of .St. John, anil shortly afterward succeeded to the collectorship, whieh position lie I'ontiiuu'd to hold until the Imjierial go\Trnment was transterred to tlu colonial authorities in 1848, when he was ri'tired with a pension. He continued to reside in St. John ii]) to the time ol his death in i8r)8. jjis lather was iii M 11. ::|! -■77' • f I- 4 I !1 ■• ■: lliiN. WILLIAM H. TLCK. L?^^ !V^"P- BIOGRAPHICAL RF:VIE\V 287 Charles Douglass Smith, an officer of dragoons in the British army, a brother of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, who fought and held in check Napoleon Bonaparte at Acre. (i. Sidney Smith was named after his father's elder brother, Captain George Sidney Smith, of the Royal Navy, who as a midship- man at the age of eleven years was captured by a i-'rench man-of-war in (Juil)eron Hay, and spent the succeeding seven years of his life as a prisoner of war in a French prison, return- ing after marvellous hairbreadth escapes to his father's house at Bath at the age -of eigh- teen years. By a strange coincidence some time afterward, as a Lieutenant in tlie navy, be was in comman — ' resident of St. John, is a son of the late Moses Tuck, and was born in Portland, N. H., I'ebru: arv \^M. The maiden nai- of his mother was bilizabeth Travis. His first paternal ancestor in America was Robert Tuck, who came over in 1656 from Gorleston, a .sea- board town in the north-easterly part of Suffolk County, luigland. He liv. ' for a time in Watertown, Mass., but two years later was a petitioner to the General Court at ]5ost'iii for leave t.) settle at Hampton, Rockingham Comity, X.IL, and removing to that place there made his home till his death, in 1664. Robert Tuek's son b'.dward, who was horn in I'.ngland befoie the family came across the ocean, married Mary I'hilbrick, and settled on a part of his father's estate, where he died on A|iril d, i05_'. ,1 i ii .!:i:^:! «; " 'M i ! ; m .> =' '^ III !■ It i In: iPf?^ ! ■ I 1 ' '' 11 fl 1 r ¥ *iil . i 1 288 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Jiiliii Tuck, s(in of lAlwarcl, was born in 1652. He married on NovcmbLT 9, 1677, Ik'thia, ilaughtor of Aiorris and Sarah (l^astow) Hol)l)s. Slie was boni in llamptnnon Decem- ber 28, ifjjS, and died on May 29, 173.S. John Tuck died on January 4, 1742, at ninety years of as^^e. Tlie next in line, luiward Tuck, son of John, was born on February 7, 1C94 or 1695, and died on June 7, 1772. He was a cariienter by trade, and settled in Kensin_i;ton, N. II. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Dearborn, was tiie daughter ot Samuel and Mercy (iiatchelder) Dearborn, of Hamp- ton. She was born on June 17, 1699, and died nn January 15, 1756. Tiieir son Samuel, great-yrandlather of tlie Hon. William Henry Tuck, was born in Kensington on September '3> ^73^- He was married on September 30, 1762, to Anna, daughter of John and Mary (Marston) Moulton, of Ham|)ton, who was born June 24, 1744. After living for some time in Kensinglon, Samuel removed to I5rent- wood, \. II. Later he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and on Xovemlier 12, 1777, he died in the army. His widou-, wjio survivetl him more thai' fifty-eight years, died on August S, 1836, over ninety-two years of age. Judge Tuck's grandfather, .Samuel Tuck, son of the above-named Samuel, was boiii in Hientwood on April '), 1765, and was married on July 19, 1795, to Sail)- Watson, who was ])orn on New Year's Day, 1773. He settled in Favette, Kennelicc Count)', .Me., wheie he liecrmie C"aptain in the militia and Justice ol the I'eace. He was a member in i8ji of the first legislature of the .State of Maine. His dcatli occurred on July 8, 1.S40, and that of his wife on January 2, 1S6.S, at the age of ninety-five )ears. Moses Tuck, father of tlie Judge, was born in I'"ayette, Me., on March 25, 1799, and was married to Fli/abeth Trasis on Novendier 15, I1S2S. He wasaresideiU in St. John for about half a centur)-, and died there on April 2S, I SriS. Judge Tuck was educated in the local schools and at Mount Allison University, Sackville, N. 15. In 1855 he was called to the bar, and subsequently for manv yeais he practised the profession of law in .St. John with marked success. He became Clerk of the Crown and (Jueen's Counsel in June, 1867, ar.d succeeded the late Hon. R. L. Hazen, (J. C. , and Re- corder of St. John in 1874. In the latter year also he was president of the Marristers' Society, and received the honorary degree ot Doctor of ("i\il Law from Mount Allison L'niversity. L"or many years he was a.i active politician on the Conservative side, and labored earnestl) in behalf of a Uritish-.Aineiican union. In 18S2 he unsuccessfully contested the city and county of .St. John for the Canadian I louse of Commons. His a|)pointinent as Judge of the Supreme (,'ourt of New Ihunswitk bears the date Maich 17, 1SS5, and his appointment as a locrJ judge in admiralty cases, October 13, 1891, In 1892 be was a|)pointed lectiuer in the .St. John Law .School, in i8()5 piofessor of statutoiv law in King's College, Wiiuisoi-, and oi\ .Ma\' 13, 1896, was promoted to be ('hief Justice of New ]{rin)swick. The .St. Jcjjni /(/n^idiii \. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 289 s])cnks (if Chief Justice Tuck as "a hard worker niul [irnmiit in the transaction of jjusi- ness, " an encDmium which, though wholly true, is cons[)icii()iisly inadequate, especially in the omission to give the learned Judj;e due credit for his quickness of a|)])rehension and clearness of expiession and for his shrewd coninion-sense, combined with knowledge of law. He married in December, 1857, Sarah I'lummer, daughter of Colonel II. S. I'avor, of Kastport, Me. rmo i;ORGK 1;D\VARI) FENKTV, who \pj. died in h'redericton, September 30, 1899. was a former Mayor of the city. He was well known in literary and political circles, and was for many years Oucen's Printer for the I'rovince of New Brunswick. He was born in Halifa.v, N. S., the fourth son of William Fenety, an architect and draughtsman, who, previous to his death, in 1826, was enga-ed on the King's Works. William Fenety married Mary Hall, daughter of Richard Hull, a sturdy Loyalist, who went to \ova Scotia in 178:;, and settled in Sbel- liuiiie, a town built u[) large! v by Loyalists from New York, New Jersey, ami Massachu- setts. George !•;. l""enety began his active career when a youth of seventeen by entering the ofMce of the .\(i;v7 Sr,>//,i//, a Liberal pa|)er, owned by the late Hon. Joseph Howe, who at i the time of his death, in 1875, was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. While he was con- nected with that paper, Mr. I'enety travelled extensively throughout the Provinces collect- ing accounts. In 1835 he went to New York, and the following year became connected with a Southern paper, the Phmtci's Advocate, which was published at Donaldsonville, a sm.ill town on the Mississi])])! River, and of which he was afterward half-proprietor. In 1839 yellow fever, the annual scourge of that climate, proved fatal in .so many cases that he disposed of his interests in the paper and returned home. Settling in St. John, Mr. Fenety continued his journalistic work by starting the first penny paper issued in the Provinces, calling it the Morning .Wws. The weeklies in this section of the country then sold at ten cents each, and in the United States there were but four that sold so cheaply, the New York Ilnald, the New Orleans Piciyiinc, the Philadelphia I.alga; and the Boston Herald. This penny paper was a great innovation; and greatly dis- couraged by other publishers, but in spite of all obstructions, Mr. Fenety, before he retired from its editorship in 1863, succeeded in making the W.wv the leading political [japer ot St. John. The name, however, was changed from the Morning .Wre.v to the Ihiily Xcws, and, though now out of existence, it was for a long time the oldest established paper in the I'rovince. Mr. F'enety was for many years a trusted government official. In 1856 he was made Justice of the Peace for the city and county of St. John, and the next year was appointed as a Commissioner to investigate the manage- ment of the Asylum lor Lunatics, the Provin- I'i'f \ 1 ' I 'ii I II I ; ! < I 'a I '• > i \\\ r 390 WOGKAI'IIICAI, KKVIKW cial i'l.'iiitciitiary, the Marine Hospital, ami the lij^ht-hotises on the coast, he heini,^ one ot five commissioners, of whom the Hon. David W.irk, of whom a brief sketch may be found on another paj;c of this volume, is the only other survivor. (Ireat ^ood resiilted from the commissioners' investigation.s, which Mr. Fcnety as a journalist was credited with in- citinj;, the current expenses for runnin;^ the various institutions beini; thereby materially lessened. In 1847 he was chosen as a di- rector of the Mechanics' Institute, and in 1863 was appointed (jueen's Printer, a position which he resigned in 1S95. The literary work of Mr. I'enety is volumi- nous and of much interest antl importance. In 1867 he issued "Political Notes and ()!)- servations," a book which gives a complete account of the legislative struggles in New lirunswick from 1 840 to 1S55: and he subse- cpiently published a second vcdume if the same work, which covers a jjcriod f five years. He has also written a novel .lescrib- ing Halifax life, and is the author of " I'larly Recollections of Halifax." "Imperial I'ede- ration. Its Impracticability,"' and various pamphlets. In 1896 he wrote "The Life and Times of the Hon. Joseph Howe," and almost to the close of his days he kept iiis pen in use by contrii)uting to different periodicals. In 1877 he was elected Mayor of I*"rederic- ton, and he was subsequently re-elected to the same office four times. It is notable that of the five occasions when he was candidate for the [josition he ran three times without oppo- sition. In 1887 he retired from politics. ( >n leaving the Mayor's chair, he was presented by the citizens with a beautiful epergne, val- ued at two hundred and fifty dollars, and a testimonial signed by three hundred leading citizens. While at the head of the city government, he not only gave freely from his own private purse toward improving the city, but he generously gave his salary of two hun- dred dollars a year toward paying for the clock placed in tlie tower of the City Hall. Mr. I'enety at different jjcriods was a director of the Joggins Coal Mines Association of St. John; president and secretary of the Auxiliary Hible Society; trustee of the local .School Hoard: director of the local b'ire Insurance Comi)any; president of the (ias Company; president of the b'orest Hill Cemetery Com- pany; president of the Historical .Society, which has now passed out of existence; chair- man of the Hoard of Health; vice-])resident of the Church of I'jigland Temperance .Societv; director of the Leather Company; |)resident of the Trotting Park Association and of the .Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; chairman of the Hoard of Directors of Wilniot Park, for which the endowment fund of twenty thousand dollars was jjlaced in his hands in i8c)4 by Mr. Wilmot; delegate from Christ's Church Cathedral to tlie Diocesan .Synod :ind to the Cluneli .Society. He was also a delegate from l'"redericton to Ottawa to confer with the members of the Dominion government in li ,■ interests of the Can.idian ICastern Railw.iy just prior to its construction. ( )f these positions, more of them honorary than remuiierati vi', and recpiir- ^i'; n ■^^fli ff! BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 391 iiit; miR'li timi- tn pnipc-ily discliarj^^e liio duties comiL'CtccI tliorcwitli, he held lour when suiniiKined from earth. Amonj^ the distin- l^'uished [lersons whom he introihiceil to I'red- ericton auiliences while he was Mayor of the city were the Rev. Jiise|)h Cook, the Rev. Henry Ward lieeeher, the Rev. iJr. Talmage, Justin McCarthy, .Sir John A. McDonald, and the Marquis ot Lansdowne, from whom he re- ceived a letter written in recognition cf his services as Mayor. In .Stptember, 1847, in New York, Mr. l-'enety married ]\]\/.a A., youngest daughter of Robert Arthur, a distant relative of the late Chester A. Arthur, I'resident of the United .States. Of the nine children born of this union six are now living. One son, Harris I'enety, is editor and publisher of the /Kii/j' Kifoni at .St. John, N.H. ; and one of liis daughters is the wife of Charles G. D. Roberts, the Canadian poet. ^.I,IA^r MUNSOX JARVIS, bar- rister, a representative eiti/eii of St. Ji'hn, X.I!., is a native of the city, and was born on Octuber 9, iS^.S, his parents being William and Mary Caroline (Hoyd; Jarvis. The name Jarvis or Jervis, or, in its orig- inal form, Gervais m Gervaise, is of I'Vench origin, though, like m my other names which have had their source abroad and have been common in England since the Xorman (Jon- (|Uest, it has now become thoroughly Angli- cised. It appears in its h'rench form in the Parliamentary writs of the fourteenth century. Gradually, however, this form passed away and the luiglish form was assumed, Jervis or Jarvis in the mother country, and Jarvis al- most universally in Canada and the United States. The name occurs frequently among tho.se of the earlier settlers in New England. The Canatlian members of the family in most cases, however, trace their descent from William Jarvis, who resided at Iiimtington, L.I., at the end of the seventeenth century. One of his sons. Captain Samuel J.irvis, born in 1698, removed to Norwalk in Connecticut. In 1738 his name, with those of two of his .sons, appears among the signatures to a me- morial addressed to the General Assembly by those in thi. c(dony who then professed them- selves adherents of the Church of England. It was only si.vteen years before that several members of Yale College had resigned their offices, crossed the Atlantic for ordination, and returned as missionaries of the Church of England to their native colonv, where its ministrations were before unknown. A younger ;;on. Dr. Abraham Jarvis, subse- quently became the second Bishop of Con- necticut; while the eldest, Samuel Jarvis, who iiad joined his father in signing the memorial, removed to Stamford in the same colony, and was Church Warden of St. John's Church there for many year.s. When the Revolutionary War broke out, it ! found the Church Warden of Stamford with a family of live sons and five daughters. He C(Uild not bring h = mself to forego his alle- ;;iJ I .> IMK 1M, il^'l Wr^ ){ ^'11 I v" 1 : ! > 1 1 i ' i 1 "IT 1 ^' 1 1 392 niOGRAPHICAI, KKVIFAV giancc to the crown, am] finally he was seized and sent in an oi)en boat in inclement weather across Long Island Sound to join his Loyalist friends, the exposure resultiuLC '" his death. Three of his sons and two sons-in-law were prominent amonj,' the Loyalists of the time. William, one of the sons, seived as an officer in the (Jueen's Rangers, the most distinguished of the Colonial Corps, under Lieutenant Colo- nel Simcoe: and sui)sec|uently, on Colonel Simcoc's appointment to the Lieutenant Cnv- ernorship of L'pper Canada, Captain Jarvis ac- companied him as its fiist Provincial Secietacy to York, now Toronto, where he (iied in 1S17. Munson and John Jarvis settled in \ew Hrunswicl<, where the former died in 1825, and the latter twenty years later, at the ripe aijc of ninety-three. Munson Jarvis was a warm Loyalist from the first. In April, 1776, he was summoned before a committee representing the Revolu- tionary element, which had now po.ssession ot Stamford, and called on to pledge himself to the Continental Congress. He brought him- self to express his willingness to obey the orders of Congress "except ;is he was held back by a religious tie of conscience " : but, failing to exjjlain his conscientious scruples to the .satisfaction of the Committee, he was declared an enemy of the country and driven from his home. After some years' residence * in New York he removed in 1783 with other Loyali.:ts to the Harbor ni St. John. Here he at once interested himself in securing the ministrations of the Church of b'.ngland, and became one of the first Church Wardens of Trinity Church. When the Province of New Hrunswick was established and the city of St. John became incoriwrated, he served in the Prf)vincial Legislature and as a member of the Common Council of St. John His only daughter married Major Robert Ila/en, of H. M. Sixtieth Rifles, a son of . one iif the older settlers at St. John Harbor, A collateral relative, Leonard Jarvis, of New- , buryport. Mass., hail been associated with ; Major Hazen's father and Messrs. James Simonds and James White in the earliest part- nership formed in 1764 lor colonizing the Harbor of St. John. Munsop Jarvis had three sons. The two I elder, Ralph Munson and William, became I merchants at St. John, where the former died I in 1853, and the latter in 1856. His third son, the Hon. lulward Jame.s Jarvis, became Chief Justice of Prince ICdward Island, and died at Charlottetown in 1852. Ralph Mun- son Jarvis irarried Caroline, daughter of the Hon. George Leonard, of St. John and Sussex \'ale, N.U. The only male representative of his large family now in New Hrunswick is his grandson, Charles Ldward Leonard Jarvis, of St. John, son of ICdwanl Lutwvche larvis, who died at St. John's, Xewfoundland, in 1878. William Jarvis, son of Mun.son, married in 18.16 Mary tiaroline Hoyd, daughter of Dr. John Hoyd of the Royal .Medical Staff; and the subject of this sketch is their only son. William .Munson Jarvis is a barrister of the Supreme t ourt and general agent for the Liverpool and London and (ilobe Insurance Ffl lilOGRArillCAL RKVIEW 293 II Company lor the iMaritimc IVovincos (it Can- ada. In t(SY)6 Iiu l)i,'came a I.icntonant Coln- ncl in the New Uninswick militia. In 1.S71, on tiic incor|)()ration ni I'orthind, now formiiifr a [lart iit St. John, lie l)ecame a menii)er ol the Town ( ouncil. He has served as ])re.sident of the Sunday-school Teachers' Association of the Deanery of St. John, vice-president of the Diocesan Church Society of N'ew Hrunswick, and |)resident of tiie New Hrunswick Hoard of I''ire Underwriters, and is now president of the St. Geor<{c's Society of St. John, |)resi- dent of the Board of Trade of the Maritime Provinces, and vice-president of the St. John Hoard of Trade. lie married in 1861 Jane IIo|)e, dauj;liter of Captain Heer, R.N. She died in •H6C). leav- 'wvj; three children. He married second, in i.Sri.S, Mary I.ucretia, ihuij;hter of William Henry Scovil, merchant, St. John. She died in 1873, leaviiii; two dau<;hters. His son. Mdward William, horn in 1S62, is now in tiie hank of Montreal. Toronto. One of his dauj;hters is Mrs. J. W. Dij,d)y, of lirantlord, and another, .Mrs. I'ercy Domville, of Hamil- ton, Out. ACA^/1LM.\M SHl'I'I'ARD SACX !)I*;RS, e\-Mayor of the town of Woodstock, N.H., is prominently identified with its mercantile interests as an extensive and successful dealer in dry j^oods. He was horn in Woodstock, July j(), 1854. His father, the late lulw.u'd Saunders, of l?enton, .\.H., was horn in I'redericton, where his Krandlather .Saunders, whose name was John, settled on arrivMij; in New Hrunswick. John Saunders emi^Mated from Scotland soon after attaininj,' his majority. He had learned the blacksmith's trade in iMiinhur^^h, and for a short time he worked at it in l-'red- ericton. Removing; thence to W'.iodstock, he embarked \■^ the blacksmithin;,' business on his own account, and '-ontinued thus enf^a^ed until his death. I'idward .Saunders when a younj^ boy came with his parents to Woodstock, where he at- tended the common school, and afterward learned the trade of a tar ler and currier. He worked as a journeyman for a while, and then started in business for himself at Florence- ville. conducting a tannery and manufacturing boots anil shoes. .\ few years later he sold out his establishment, and went to Vanceboro, Me., to enter the employ of F. Shaw & Hrothcrs, tanners of sole leather. He contin- ued as foreman in one of their immense factories tor several years, but resigned the i)osi'.ion to become a member of the hrm of Hansons, Gib- son & Saunders at Henton, X.U.. where he re- mained until his demise. The firm carried on a very large tanning business, and its leather acquired such a reputation throughout Cianada for superior ((iialities that just prior to his death Mr. Ildward Saunders was offered a magniliccut salary to become superintendent ot one of the hirgest tanneries in the Do- minion. He was made a Mason at Sussex Lodge, St. Stephen, X. H., and was a member of the H.iptist church. He married Jane, daughter of .Samuel McKeen, of Woodstock. 1 1-H 1 ! II I i P1 'V t H .v^'^ 294 BIOGRAI'HICAI, REVIEW i ■ , ;l ,( lit I n 11 i ,1 i ii IM! li'M ! ii Seven children were burn cf this union aid six survive, all residing in \\oodstocl<. They are: William SheppanI, whose personal history is given below; Annie, wile of Wallace Mcllroy; IClla. wile of John IMcAdam ; George, of the firm of Saimdjrs brothers : Ed- ward, a i)hysician: and (uiy, a mcreha-it tailor, William Shcjjpard Saunders, havingattended the superior sch(jol of l''lorenceville and the grammar school of Woodstock, took a com- morcia! oours-" at a business colle.i;e in St. John, ilis first jwsition was that of book- keeper for F. Shaw & Hiothers, with whom he remained two years. Then, after acting as clerk in a Woodstock dry-goods store a year, he was on the road as travelling salesnian for the Taylor Manufacturing Company of \ew IJritain, Conn,, for a year. He was sub.sc- quently with i'ar.sons, Gibson & Saunders until 1S77, when he opened his [n-csent dry- goods establishment in Woodstock. l-'or a few years Mr. .Saunders conducted the busi- ness alone, but as his trade increased he needed assistance in maintiining it, and took into i)artnti-ship his brother, (ieorge II. .Saunders, under tiie presLiit lirm name of Saunders brothers. I'olitically, Mr. SauiuLTs was formerly identified with t'le Liberal partv, but he is now Indei)endent, His record of public ser- vice is long and honorable. b'or a nnnd-.-r ,f ye.irs he vas .1 member of the Coimty Coun- cil; in 1895 .md r.Si/j he scrvc(i as Mayor of the town; ;ind in i.Sc,;!,^ was .ig.iin elected to the County Council. Wl:il,.- he was Mayor, '.he present excellent .system, of .sewerage, which has i)roved of inestimable benefit and value to the jilace, was first introduced. Fra- ternally, he was made a !\Ia.son in Sussex Lodge, F. & A. M., and demitted co Wood- .stock Lodge, of which he is P. M. He is also a member of Woodstock Chapter, R. A. M.; and of Carleton L.Klge, I. (). O. F., of which he is I'. G. He has been a member of the Hoanl of .School Trustees of the town for 1 F . I -1 ,• ; J ^ Mr. Saunders married Janet Smith, daugh- ter of George and Margaret Murray, of Henton, N. H., and they have eight childre:,, namely: Kate .Marion; William K., of the class of rcjoo, in the McGill .Medical College, Montreal, t:anada ; .Murray S, ; Harry I'.; Frederick .S. ; Annie N. ; Jean K. ; and K. J. Grant. ;\Ir. and Mrs. .Saunders are both members of the Baptise church, and he is superintendent of the Sunday-school con- nected with it. ifihilM ()\. JOHN j.\Mj;s i-k.\si:r. U-^''. I.L.I)., f.nnth Lieutenant ■ — Governor of New Hrunsuick, was I'oin at Hcaubair's Island, Miiamichi, Xortb- umberland Co.;:Ky^ .\ H., August 1, i.S.-c,, .s,,m of John Fraser, one of the b'arraline I'rasers of Invirncss, Scotland. His mother, Mar- garet I'raser, w,is a (l.iii..,Iiter of Hugh b'tascr, '-"" "' "'•'-'I- .An:n', " d.iu-hter of the .\\\h Lord Lov.it. Hon. j. J. I raser rercived his general cducilion at the Newcastle (iiammar Scliool, and in 1845 began the .study of '.aw in verage, fit and Fra- Siissex Wnrxl- is also \. AF.; which ol the ^n l')r lauirh- y^ )f tht H. J. bntli coii- fnaiit iiith- ), S(in : I i .i\th Ins nni;; iiiiN joii.N j,\Mi:s rK.\si;K (I.e.. I.1..1), l\V 111 t ■ a i: -I I 298 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV Scotland, and at Ring's College, London. In 1868 he was elected a niemher of the Royal College of Surgeons of Kngland. and shortly after returned to St. John, N.B., where he commenced the practice of his profession. Dr. Inches was brought up in the faith as taught i)y the Treshyterian church, and has continued his connection with that body of Christians. In 1876 the Doctor was united in marriage with Mary Dorothea, daughter of Dr. C. K. Fiske, a native of Massachusetts, who for many years practised medicine in St. John. Of this marriage seven children have been born, six of whom are living. 'MASA ICIVIKRSOX KILLAM, of Moncton, N. IV, was for many years a member of the Provincial Parlia- ment, and in that capacity was notably faith- ful to the interests of the county and city which he represented. A son of the late Josejjh A. Killam, he was born August 25, 1834, in Dorchester, \. H. His great-grand- father, Amasa Killam, was an officer in the I'Jiglish army, and served during the Ameri- can Revolution. At the closi' of that war lu' was stationed at Halifax, \. S., where he dieil while on garrison duty. He had two sons — Cyprian and Comfort; and nf these Cy])rian, the first-born, was the next in line of descent. Cyprian Killam was born in Connecticut, one of the New Kngland States, but in his youthful days he became a resident of Dor- chester, Westmorland County, X.H., where he was busily engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, at the age of seventy-one years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary lUack, attained the venerable age of eighty-seven years. lioth were devoted mem- bers of the Methodist church Of their eleven children but one survives, John A., who married a cousin, Comfort Killam, and has eight children living. Joseph A., son of Cyprian Killam, was born on the parental homestead in Dorchester, N.H. In his youth he obtained a good knowl- edge of farm work and al.so learned the black- smith's trade. A few years after his mar- riage he moved with his family to .Salisbury, N.B., where during the last forty years of his life he worked at his trade in conjunction with general farming. He was industrious, enterprising, and cpiite successful in both branches of industry, and was highly respected in the community in which he spent so many years. He married JMargaret Wheaton, a na- tive of Salisbury, and they became the parents of ten children. t)f these six are living, namely: Amasa I'lmerson, the subject of this sketch; Mary J., wife of John Hrown, of .Salisbury; Dorca.s, wife of David Jonah; William W. , who married Margaret Kenney; Joseph A., who married b'rank l<"erry; and Addie, wife of Oliver Price. The father, who died at the age of sixty-eight years, was a pillar of the Methodist church, while his wife was a member of the l^iptist church. She preceded him to the world beyond, pass- ing away when sixty-live years old. Amasa l-^merson Killam was but two vears fiSU 1 'if I \ i H ■ 1. f i ■ WII.I.IAM li.WAKI), M.I) nnii 1 1 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 301 old when he went with his parents to Salis- bury, where ho acquired his early education. There he subsequently worked as a farmer and bridge builder for a number of years, but in 1875 returned to Moncton, which he has made his permanent home. While living in Salis- bury he was Postmaster of Wheaton Settle- ment from 1863 until 1S74, and during that time he built the Albert Railway, of which he was manager a number of years. In 18S1 he completed the construction of the St. -Martin's .S: L'pham Railway, and for five years thereafter had charge of that road. In 1885 an3. 1859, died in April, 1898. Mrs. Milli- cent W. Killam died at the age of fifty-five years. She was a most estimable woman and a member of the Baptist church. On October 2, 1889, Mr. Killam married Mrs. Mary Alice Hallett, born McKay, who by her first marriage has one child, Klla M. Hallett, born April 23, 188.-. .Mr.s. Killam and Miss Hallett are members of the Presbyterian church. II.LIAM H.WARD, M.D., a highly esteemed physician of St. John, X.H., is one of the oldest members of the medical fraternity in this province, and is well known in professional, literary, and social circles. Ik' was born in Kentville, N'.S., August Ji, 1S14, a s,)n of the late Dr. Robert Hayard. Mention of this surname at once brings to mind its foremost bearer in the ranks of fame, the Chevalier de Hayard (1475-1524), .styled in .song and history the knight "without fear and witlKuit repr.iaih," a phrase which, as a motto, is u.sed to-day on the Hayard cat of arms. I'ho common ancestor of Dr. Hayard "I St, J.ihn and the late Hon. .Thomas F. Hayard, lor many years United States Senator Ironi Dclaw.ire, tour years Secretary of State, and afterward (iist Amba.ssador of the United f it i !, '•' ii li^ ■ !r • ' i 1 1 ! i Mi! I ti^i' ' ii L'liii id. I ! i: If i i « 3oa BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW States at the Court of St. James, was Samuel Bayard, a wealthy mcrehant of Anisterdam, Holland, who married Anne Stuyvesant, daughter of the Rev. Halthazar Stuyvesant and sister of I'eter Stuyvesant, one of the early Governors of New Amstertlam. Accord- ing to the family tradition Samuel Hayard, who died previous to 1(14-, and his sister Judith, the wife of Governor Stuyvesant, were descendants of a Huguenot preac r who on account of religious persecution in France went to Holland. In 1647 Mrs. v\nne S. Hayard, a widow, came over with Governor Stuyvesant, bringing her four children — Catharine, I'etrus, Haltha^ar, and Nicholas. The Delaware family of Hayards descended from I'etrus through his son Samuel, who set- tled in Maryland. Colonel John Hayard, of Philadelphia, in Revolutionary times a mem- ber of the Committee of Safety, was of the .same line. One of the early American Jiayards removed to ICngland, wiiere he founded the family from wiiich Dr. Hayard of St. John is sprung. Colonel Samuel Vetch J5ayard, the Doctor's grandfather, was a distinguished officer in the Knglisharmy. He had three sons, one of whom was a captain in tiie l-Jiglish army. One of these was killed at the battle of Waterloo. The other, a I'ost captain in the ICiiglish navy, was murdered at Furdham, N. ^'. The thin! was Dr. Robert liayard, above named. Dr. Robert IVayard was a Lieutenant in the Uritish army at the age of thirteen years, but on account of h-s youth was allowed to prrj- ceed with his .studies at Windsor, N.S. His father's regiment was then stationed at Halifa.v. He subsec|uently gave up his commission, and, after reading medicine for a period, entered Ihe University of Kdinburgh, from which he re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1809. The degree of Doctor of Civil Daw was conferred upon him by King's College, Windsor, N.S. Just after his graduation he became professor of obstetrics in the Univer- sity of New York, but during the War of 18 12 he was forced to take the oath of allegiance or leave the country. Choosing the latter alternative, he made his way to Portland, Me., from whence he sailed in an open boat to St. John, r,.B., arriving- in May, 1813. Subse- quently going to Halifax, N. S., he was there for a short time, and then settled as a practi- tioner in Kentville, N.S., where he reivained until 1824, when he returned to St. John to s]iend the remainder of his life. He built up an extensive practice in this city, and until his death, in June, 1868, at the age of eighty-one years, was one of the mo.st noted physicians of this section. Wiiile living in Halifax, N. S. , he married Frances Catherine, daughter of Commissary Robertson, who was killed in the Colonial War of 1775, ''"'1 t'li-' grand-daughter of Colonel Joim Billop, a I.oyali.st, who, being forced to abandon his old home, his large property on Staten Island, New \'ork Harbor, having been confiscated, settled in St. John. William Hayard, when but twelve years old, w;»i sent to l-'ordham, N. V., where for five years lie was a pupil in the .school conducted by the Rev. William I'owell, a noted educator. He ihM, , 1 I : lit ■': i I BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 303 was afterward imtler the private tuition of Dr. Valentine Mott, the celebrated sinj^eon of New York, whose fame became world-uide; and lie also atteniled medical lectures at tne collej^e. Going thence to lulinbur^^h, Scotland, he en- tered the University, from which he graduated in 1837 with the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine. After spending a few months on tiie continent, visiting hospitals in Paris and (ler- niaiiy, many of which he has since revisited, he returned to St. John and began the jiractice of his profession with his father, whom he eventually succeeded. A writer familiar with his career has written of him in these compli- mentary words: "Almost from the start Dr. Hayarcl has made a brilliant success. lie has been greatly honored by the medical frater- nity and by his fellow-citizens, antl it is safe to say that no man in his (irofession in the J'rovinces is held in higher esteem. There is not a city or large town in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Prince lulward Island to which he has not been called upon professional busi- ness. To the DoL'tor's persistent energy the .St. John Public Hospital owes its existence. He brought the matter of establishing siuli an in- stitution i)efore the city authorities, but re- cci\ed no encoin;igcmcnt. He tried to raise money foi- the purpose by geneial subscription, but failed. J'',mplo\ ing tiien a lawyer to draft an act to assess tiie amount reipiired, he placed the i)ill before the Provincial Legislature; and, with tiie assistance of the late Sir Leonard Tilley and tiie Hon. Joliii 11. liray, and (jthers, the bill to raise funds enough to erect the building and to provide for its future sup- port was jiassed. Since its establishment, in 18C0, Dr. Hayard has been chairman of the Hoard of (.Commissioners. He was also chair- man of the Hoard of Health for the city and county of .St. John, a ]iositioii to which he was appointed by government in 1855, just after the passage of the Sanitary .Act of that year. l'"or four years in succession lie was elected president of the New Hrunswick Medical So- ciety, an office which he resigned in 1881. He was piesident of the Council of Physicians and Surgeons from 1 88 1 until 1885, when he resigned. He was Coroner of the city and count}', holding the position twenty-eight years, when tliere was but one Coroner where si.\ are now required to perform the work, al- though there has been but small increase in |)o|)ulation. Dr. Ha\ard was for several years the New Hrunswick editor of the Montreal Medical and Sidxii'dl Jtuinidl, towliicii he contributed many articles of \-alue. He is well versed in all jjranclies of medicine, and is consitlereil an autliority on all subjects connected with the science. Among his lectures that are of especial value are those upon "Tlie Use and Ainise of Alcoholic Drinks," which was given before tlie Medical Society, and one delivered in .Mechanics' Institute upon "The Progress of Medicine, .Singer)', and Hygiene during the Last One Hundred ^'ears. " He is a Ccniserv- ative in [lolitics and a member of the Church (}f I'Jigland. He was [iresident of the Cana- dian Medical Association in 1895, and is now chairman of the Provincial Hoanl of Healtii. ,1 \ »j Si li ■ k' U !l ih 1 1 "i ^'1 I " J I I i Hill i , t i 111 'i ii! I ! t; \ ih 304 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1848 Dr. Jiayarcl man ii-d Susan Maria, (laughter of John Wilson, Ivsq., „| Chaniou.k, N.H., formerly a large ship-owner and mer- ehant and one of the jiromoters of the St. An- dre\v'.s & Wood-tock Railway. It was from him that ])r. Hayard received the first tele- gram sent to St. John, and which read thus: 'I'd Dk. W. ll.WAKi). .\iKii. ;o, 1S31. lieiiig the lirst siil)scril)er to llie i;ifctric: TeluKrapli Company. I am lionoieil hy tlif lir.st communication to your city announcing tliis -rcat and wonderful work (.od lias made known to man liy,!,dvini; him control of his lightning. (.Signed) liiilN W'ri.sii.N. Mrs. Hayard died in i.S;^, leaving no chil- dren. She was a most estimable woman, hos- pitable and benevolent, and always happy when doing something for others. She was eminently domestic in her tastes, and took especial delight in entertaining her own and the Doctor's friends. She spent much time in looking after the poor and unfortimate and in visiting the Home fur Aged Wunien, the I'lot- estant Orphan Asylinn, ami (Jther charitable institutitms. fOHN I. STKKVK.S, a highly respected citizen of Hillsboro, N.U., and one of its most prosperous agriculturists, was born February 13, 1.S48, on the farm where he now resides, and on which his father, the late John L. ]{. Sleeves, passed his entire life. Among the original settlers of this section of Albert County was Henry, or, as the name is called in Dutch, Hendrick, Steev-As, who came here from I'enn.sylvania. In May, 1763, just after the close of the l-'rench and Indian War, a sloop commanded by Captain Hall sailed from I'enn.sylvania for New Bruns- wick, having on board the families of Hendrick Steeves and of Messrs. Jones, Trites, Kicker, Lutz, and .Somers. On July 1 of that year, after a tedious voyage, the vessel stopped at a small creek on the north side of Gray's Island; and there Mr. Steeves and his wife, Rachel, landed with their seven sons -Jacob, John, Christian, Frederick, Ludwig, Henry, and Matthias, whose ages ranged from four- teen years down to two years. The remainder of the party proceeded up the river to what is now the town of Moncton. At Hillsboro Hendrick Steeves took up a tract of land that was formerly settled by the I'rench. He reared a log cabin for a home, and struggled along for a few years, living largely upon the game to be found in the vicinity and the fish from the streams. Hy 1766, however, his prospects brightened; and by 1770 he and his boys had a large field cleared and cultivated, and he owned several cattle. Thereafter prosperity smiled ujion his efforts, and he lived in comfort the remainder of his days. To-day his descendants, through his seven sons, may be found among the honored citi- zens of every Province of the Dominion and in every State of the I'nion. One of them, W . H. Steeves, was the first I'ostmaster of Hillsboro, an office to which he was appointed in 1.S32; and he was further distinguished in 1S47 by being chosen as the first member from Albert County to the Legislature, a position to which he was subsequently re-elccte.l at every election until his death. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 30s Jacob Stceves, the next in line of di.'sccnt, was born in I'ennsylvania, where he liv^d until he was fourteen years old, when in 1763 he came with his parents to Hillsboro. He assisted in clcarini; the homestead, to the ownershij) of which he succeeded, and during his entire life was employed in farming, hunt- ing, and fishing. When twenty-one years old he went up the I'etitcodiac River in a boat of his own construction to the hamlet at which friends that came from the old provinces, now the States, when he did had settled; and there he married his first and only sweetheart, Cath- erine, daughter of Jacob I.utz. Returning home with his bride, he built a log house about thirty rods from iiis father's abode, and from that time continued the improvements and cultivation of the pro])erty. One of the most important of his undertakings was the building of dykes to keep the tide out of the marsh. He reared several children, one of whom, John, the eldest son, was the grand- father of John I., the special subject of this sketch. John Steeves spent his life in Hillsboro, and was known far and wide as one of the leading farmers of the day, as well as an extensive ship-owner and mill operator. He svas an expert in the use of carpenter's tools and of surgical instruments, and on account of his ability to do any kind of mechanical work, from the building of a house or ship to the amputating of a leg, he was nicknamed "The King." i le married Jane Heatty. She died at the age of threescore and ten, while he at- tained the venerable age of eighty-four. Hoth were highly esteemed throughout the town; and she was a member of the Haptist church, which he attended. They had a family of eleven children, seven boys and four girls, of whom but one child is living, namely: Jane, who is the wiilow of Samuel Gross, and has four children — Nancy, Augusta, Maud, and Frank. John L. H. Steeves, the youngest child, was born in 1821 on the Steeves hcmiestead, where he successfully engaged in agricultural l)ursuits during the active part of his life of seventy-one years. Taking an intelligent in- terest in all things pertaining to the welfare of his town and county, he became a citizen of influence, and for many years served as Magis- trate, and also as Supervisor of Roads. In politics he was identified with the Liberals. He married Lavina, daughter of Isaac Gross, of Hillsboro; and she survives him, living at the old homestead with her son, John I. Mrs. Steeves is a valued member of the Hap- tist church, of which her husband was for many years a Deacon. Nine children were born of their marriage, and seven of them are living; namely, Ruth, John I., Kmma, Aila, Martha, Frank \V., and Laura. Ruth is the wife of Mariner J. Smith, and has four chil- dren — Arnot, Frank, Horace, and Gertrude. I'jnnia is the wife of William H. Duffy, and has six children — Arthur, Carl, Paul, Leon, Robert, antl Burpee; Ada, the wife of George H. Steadman, has one child, Harold; Martha, whose first husbanil, .Stephen Colpitt, left her one child, Stephana, is now the wife of James l?est, liy whom she has two children — Charles ami I : '?ii f '1 4 i! 1 \ 'I- .iii I i jlf ■ i ■ f ■ ■■ -■ t' i:itl'r '• i, • il i 306 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and Ruth; Frank \V. married Lizzie Colpitt, and has three children — HIanchc, Ora, and Majj^nc; and Laura is the wile of Hurpce Anderson, and has two children— John and Mary. John I. Steevcs received his echication in the schools of 1 liJIsboro, and in his father's fields obtained a practical knowledj;e of a<^ri- culture. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, he has chosen farminj; as jiis prin- cipal occupation, and on the old home farm is nieetinj; with admirable success. On Novem- ber 2, 1 880, he married Amanda, daughter of Jonathan T. Colpitt, of Salisbury, N. H. ; and their only child, Nellie, was born May 25, 1882. In politics Mr. Steeves is a Liberal, and in his religious belief he is a Uaptist, being an active member of the church of that denomination, in which he has succeeded his father as Deacon. Mrs. Amanda .Steeves, a sincere Christian, belongs to the Methodist church. "ON. TIIO.MA.S R. JONICS, banker and broker of .St. John and e.\-mem- ber of the Legislative Council of New Urunswick, was born in St. John on Sep- tember 12, 1825, son of John and I':iiza (Rose- land) Jones. He is of Welsh ancestry and a descendant of one John Jones, who was horn near iJanvers, Mass., engaged in ship-build- ing there, and about 1776 was sent to New Brunswick by the General Court of Massachu- setts to look after certain ship-building inter- ests here. Hi located where St. John now stantls, i)ut after the ivcvolutionary War went with a Mr. Nevers to Sunbury County. There he built a large ship, which was brought to St. John, but upon reaching her destination ran on the rocks and was de- stroyed. Although crippled financially by this di.saster, he subsequently built another large ship, which, however, was burned by the Americans in the War of iSin. Going subse- quently to the head of The Mistake in Kings County, he located a large tract of land, which is now owned and occupied by his youngest grandson. His wife was a Miss Mercy Hil- drick, of Danvers, Mass., member of the fam- ily of that name so well known in both I'jig- land and Massachusetts; and she bore him a large family of children. Of these Samuel, the eldest, engaged in farming in Kings County. He married Mary I'almer, a mem- ber of the Sunbury family of that n:mie who came here in 1776. Of their two sons, John, father of the Hon. Thomas R. Jones, was the youngest. John Jones was a lifelong resident of St. John. His three children were: Thomas R.; Amelia J., who married James M. Robertson; and Samuel. One ol Mr. Jones's maternal ancestors was that Thimias Mullin who was the first native of Ireland that ever settled in New Mrunswick of whom there is any authentic account. He was born in the north of Ireiaiiu, cume jut to .Nfew V'ork previous to the Rc/rli , ].,n, nd to St. John in 1783 with Imc lall Fleet of Loyalists. Here he died in 1796, and was buried in the oltl city grave-yard, nearly in front of the present police office. He was an 11 m\i\ !'' i. nii I'l i > . 1.. ii ji 1 I !■ ; if ? '; 1 1 ! JA.MKS K. KIKL. I i I BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 309 innkeeper; and his advcrtisLMiiont, <;iven l)el()\v, cut from the pa^cs of an olil newspaper, is both intercstinj^ and suggestive: — "Thomas iMri.i.iN, "Who formerly kept the Roya! Punch }h)use in the city of New York, begs leave to inform his friends, and the public in gen- eral, that lie has now ojienetl a tavern at the iUnieh of (jrai)es. No. 403, I'rince William Street, town of I'arr, River St. John's, di- rectly opposite the public landing, between the Exchange Coffee House and. ''ost Office. He is at present finishing his house in such a manner as to be calculated for commercial business, public or select companies, etc. His being always known to keep a ])lentiful stock of the best liquors, r .d an hospitable table, induces him to hope for a share of the public countenance. "Having transplanted as much loyalty in this promising country as he could, he hopes his friends and customers will be pleased to honor his tavern with the aijpellation of the Royal I'unch House. "Said Mullin alsn carries on the l^lack- sniith's business in all its branches at his shoj) adjoining tlie pvnvision stui'e. He has particularly laiil liimseU out for heavy work, edge tiiiils and ship work, aiul will always be provided with a tolenible stock of hardware, etc. His customers may be assiued that all orders for work in said business shall he e.\e- ciited in a piii|ier manner ami with greatest despati'li. '• r \HI<. .\ui;ust 51I1, I ;Sj." The Hon. 'I hf)mas R. Jones was engaged in mercantile business from his fourteenth year until the time of the great fire in 1877, when he met with the financial loss of nearly a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Since then he has been successfully engaged in his present line of business. ]""or eight years he served the city as Alderman, and for twenty- two years he was in the Legislative Council. Mr. Jones was made a Mason in 1849. He is a member of the Church of luigland, and at- tends St. Paul's Church. He was married in 1852 to Miss Mary Jane Donney, daughter of Charles antl Mary Donney. Of the eleven children born of their union, eight are living, si.v sons and two dauirhters. i\r AMES RHODliS RUKL, late Collector of Customs and Registrar of Shipping at the port of St. John, was born at Pembridge House, Welsh Xewton, Hereford- shire, luiglaiul, October J2, 1820, aiul dieii in St. John, N. H., March S, 1900. He was a son of John Godfrey and Catherine Parbara (Clery) Ruel. The family is of German origin, ami the name was formerly spelled Ruhl. One of its members in the si.xteentii century was l^r. Johaun Ruhl, of MansfcKI, who is on record as having "filled a place of considerable emi- iu.'nce in the political world of his day," being Chancellor of the Archbishoii of Maynt/, the Fdcctor Albert of Ihandenburg, and the favo- rite counsellor of the younger coinits of Mansfeld, rei)resentiiig them at the Diet of 5 1 ! .1 m i ;■ ': li ! f 1 i 1 1 i \ 1 ^ ' 1 3'o BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Nuremberg, and at other similar assemblies. Dr. Johann Riihl was a brotiier-in-law of the great religious reformer, Martin Luther (hav- ing married one of his sisters), and supported him at the historie interview with Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg. He was a friend and correspondent of I.uther and an honored guest at his wedding. These and other interesting particulars are contained in a monograph entitled "The Par- ents and Kinsfolk of I.uther," by Robert C. Jenkins, M.A., rector of Lyminge and Hon- orary Canon of Canterbury. Mr. Jenkins is a cousin of Mr. Ruel, the Collector of the port of St. John, and is a grandson of Johanna Regina Ruel, who claimed a direct descent from Dr. Johann Riihl. The Ruhl family, wiiich was of senatorial rank in the city of Heilbronn, was related to the Counts Fugger, Kirchlnirg, and Weissanharn. The present heail of that house is Prince Habeniiauscn, who is a kinsman of Her Majesty (jueen Victoria through the house of Hohenlohc-I.angeburg. Gottfried Ruhl, a descendant of Dr. Johann and great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, settled in l,ond(ui about one hundred and eighty years ago. He was distinguished as a man of wealth. Later generations of the family in Ijigland changed the spelling of the name to Its present form of Ruel. John (ii)ilfrey Ruel, grandson of (Jottfried, was horn in London and educated at Harrow. I'.ntcring the navy, he accpiired considerahle distinction as an olFicer in the Royal Marines (ui board H. M. S. "Thetis" and otiier war ves.sels, and remained in the service until the declaration of peace in 1815. In 1817 he married Catherine Barbara Clery, a descendant of a French count, and in 1833 he emigrated to New Urunswick, accompanied by his wife, si.v sons, and three daughters. He returned to ICngland in 1849, and died there in 1852. His wife died in 1887, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. James Rhodes Ruel began his education in the high school of Monmouth, luigland, and completed it at the grammar school in St. John. Entering the service of the city cor- poration in July, 1839, he became successively Deputy Common Clerk, Clerk of the I'cace, Auditor of County and City Accounts, and Chamberlain of the City. On November i, 1870, he was appointed by the Canadian gov- ernment Collector of Customs and Registrar of Shipping at this port, which position he held until his death: and his long reten- tion in office attests his eilicicnt perfcwmance of the important duties intrusted to his charge. In September, 1850, he became associated with the Rev. Dr. I. W. 1). Gray in the edi- torship of tlie Clnurli U'i///,x\, a newspaper established to counteract the teachings of the High Church iiarty in the Church of luigland; and, taking its sole management In 1855, he continued to conduct it until 186.1, when its pii'ilication I'cased. When a y(umg man he supimrted the views of the Tractarian school, bm, becoming con- vinced that they were not in accordance with the teachings of the early rcrdrmcrs of the Church of I'jigland, he abandoned ihcm lor the doctrine as taught hy the hivangel ical school. LliiJ.- .4J. m BIOGRAPHfCAL REVIEW 311 lie was a member of St. John's Church continuously from 1833 to the time of iiis death and was a warden for over twenty years: and in 1853, when the churcli edifice hecanie the place of worshij) of a separate parish, he was elected a vestryman and vestry clerk. Mr. Ruel for many years took a deep interest in the general welfare of the city and its devel- opment. He contributed liberally toward the original fund raised for the purpose of estab- lisliing the Free rublic Library, and served as its secretary and treasurer from the time of its organization until 1S97, when he resigned. During the agitation of the jiroject for the confederation of the provinces, he was chair- man of the British American Association, which was founded especially to promote the success of that movement. In 1854 Mr. Ruel contracted the first of his two marriages with Harriet, daughter of John Kiniiear. She died in 1S59. having had one ikiughter who also di'.-d; and in 1861 he wedded for his second wife Sopiiia i\I. Johnston, daughter of the Hon. Hugh Johnstiiii. .She !)ecanie the mother of five children, namely: I'recierick Herbert Johnston Ruel, will) is now ill the enijiloy of the Hank of Montreal: Cierard Godfrey Ruel, LL. H., grachiate of Harvard Lhiiversity, Cambridge, Mass., now legal ;idviser ol the Department of Railways and ("aiials at Ottawa: Isabel H., who married A. M. (loss, oi riyniouth, lOng- hmd: ICrnest .Swart/, who died in 1894, at the age of twenty-one years; and Claudine, who died in iS8j. ICrnest .Swartz was a graduate of the Uni\-ersily of New Hrunswick, ;ind about to i)egin a promising career as an attor- ney. Mr. Ruel's second wife died in May, 1894, and to her memory and that of her son he erected a handsome fountain in I'crnnill Cemetery, which he had previously assisted in beautifying. I LAS A L WARD, U.C, A.M., D.C.L., a highly honored member of the legal fraternity, resident in St. John, was born at Brunswick, (jueens County, N. 1!., on April 14, 1842, son of John and Mary A. (Corey) Alward. His grand- father, Benjamin Alward, was one of the United Empire Loyalists who, at the close of the Revolution, came from New Jersey to (Jueens County, where he lived to the ad- vanced age of ninety. On his mother's side also Mr. Alward is descended from one of the old (Jueens County families. Mr. Alward received his degree as Bachelor of Arts in i860 from Acadia College, and his Master's degree in 1871 from Brown Univer- sity, Providence, R.I., in the States. In 1882 Acadia College conferred upon him the well-merited degree of Doctor of Civil Law. He was called to the bar in 1865, and has since been engaged in the jiractice of his protessinn in St. John. In 1887 he was ap- ])ointed an advisory niember of the C.'ommis- sion on the Law and Practice ;iiid (.'(institu- tion of the (.'ourts, and in 1891 was created a (JueiMi's C!ounsel. Besides holding other po- sitions, Dr. Alward has been president of the St. lohn Mechanics' Institute, lecturer in the « ■f I in r .. 11 ■ ■ I llliSMi imi J'|m'^ i 1 " , i < il 'i i^ : 1 312 ]uograi'hk;.\l revikw law school of Kinf;'s College, Windsor, at St. John, in evidence and equity, ami a member of the School Board. He is at the present time jjovernor of Acadia Collcf^e and a mem- ber of the law faculty of King's College, Windsor. Among his contributions to jioliti- cal literature have been two brochures. "The Issuesof the Day" (St. John, 1887) and "The Record of the Tory Tarty" (St. John, 1887). A Liberal in politics and an active and indu- ential member of his party, Dr. Alward was returned to the I'rovincial Legislature in March, 1887; but from May-, 1889, down to 1899, he was in active opposition to the Hlair government. In 1895 he was re-elected for St. John by acclamation, g.e. Dr. Alward attends the Church of Kngland. He was married first in 1869 to Ijnilie, daughter of I'. Wickwore, of Canning, N.S. Her death occurred in 1879; and in May, 1888, he married Sarah lulith, daughter of W. W. TurnbuU, of St. John. Three sons have blessed this union: I'>nest H. Turnbull, who was born on April 4, 1889; William Wallace, whf) was burn nn August 14, 1892; and Cedric Harold, who wr.s born on January 12, 1898. Dr. Alward and his family reside at Sunnysitle, Mount I'leasant, .St. John. Dl.XONf WOOD, an extensive man- ufacturer ot Hay V'erte, Westmor- land County, and one of its most enterprising am! progressive business men, was born in this town nn the vl ol August, iS.}('). His lather, the late Oliver Wood, was born at a .settlement on the River Herbert in Cum- berland County, New Hrunswick, where he was reared and educated. Learning the trade of ma.son and plasterer, he followed it in Nova .Scotia for a few years in liis early manhood, and then came to J5.iy Verte to locate perma- nently. Purchasing a farm, he directed his efforts to agricultural pursuits, in connection with which he worked sometimes at his trade, continuing both until his death, which oc- I curred on July 9, 1880, at the age of fifty- eight years. He was an active member of the Methodist church, to which his wife al.so be- I longed, and as one of the pioneers in the temperance cause was the leading s|)irit in forming the present division of the temper- ance lodge at Hay \'erte. He married Cath- I erine, daughter of Richard Gooden, of the i town, and they became the parents of eleven I children, three of whom died in infaiicv. .Si.x ; of the family are now living: namely, R. I Dixon, Charles, Liz/ie, limma, Anna M., and I Clarence V. The mother died June 9, 1887, at the age of sixty-lour years. Lizzie Wond is : the wile of W. j. Wilson, (if the (leological i Smveving Staff at Ottawa, and has three chil- ! : dren - (iertrude, Harold, ;in(l IVrcv. Lmnvi, whose first Inisb.nid, Dr. Hamford Duffy, of MonctdU, died leaving her two children — Doro and Arteveldl — is now tiie wife ol Charles W. Ldgett. R. Dixon Woixl learned the trade of a mason and pbisterer under his father, and worked at il in v.nious sections ol the eoutity lor several years. In 1871, when icady to estai)lish a home o| his own, be purch.ised a li i I ' inOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3'3 larii) of seventy-five acres, lyint; on the Tid- nisli Road and there followed farming in con- nection with his trade for some time. In 1S75 he eiilart^ed his operations by biiyini;- lorty acres of tiniher land on the Tidiiisli l^oad and fifty acres of land with a ,i;ood water-i)ower. With characteristic push and foresight, he then erected the first shin,:;le- niil! ever put into ojieration in this |)art of the Province. After nninin:,^ it successfully for a number of years, he was forced on account of ill health, which terminated in asthma, to abandon that busincs.s. LookiuLj about for some means of increasing his income, he sub- sequently formed a ])artnership with Cliarles W. Idliott, under tlie firm name of I';iliott & Wood, and for a year conducted a Lcencral store at Hay Vcrte Corner. Heint; very un- fortunate, tiie firm failed, and Mr. Wood ^^ave up all liis property to his creditors. .Start i n-- a-a in at the foot of the ladder, ho commenced making; boxes for the lobster fac- tories, and soon after built a steam saw-mill (in the Tidnish Road for makini;- shinj;les and shooks to be used in the manufacture of lobster boxes. In this he met with :;ood suc- cess until one dis.istrous day, July 7, tSS^, when his entiie pi. ml was burned to the .Ljround; and as he carried no insurance he a,L;ain lost everything;-. .\othin-- dauiit"d, Imwever, he I'ldjuiU. his mill the same fall, and resumed his manufacturing. lie soon i extended his oper.itions bv beL;inninL; to m.i.i- I ufaetiue de.ds, and in i,Si)j b(ni,L;hl the old i I ('r.nie est, He at l!,i\' V'l'ite vill,ii;e, and erected ■ his present ste.ini f,u-tory, which is eipiipped i with the most approved modern machinery and has every facility required for conducting his busin<"ss. lie has likewise greatly improved the estate in many particulars, and has more especially added to the comforts and conven- iences of the residence, which he and his fam- ily now occupy. A self-made man in every respect implieil by the term, he is held in high regard as a citizen, a neighbor, and a friend, and mong his business as.sociates is respected for his great energy and capability, lie is a Liberal Conservative in i)olitics, an attendant of the ^[ethodist church, and one of its trustees. On July 4, 1871, .Mr. Wood married l';iiza- beth, daughter of .Samuel Murry, of Murry Road, IJotsford, N.H. Of their ten children six are living; namely, I'Irnest K., Walter W., Leonard T. , Lavina iM., Iwa 15., and Helen C. ILLIAM WOODHURY WICLL.S, of Port I'^lgin, Westmorland County, N.H., is well known in the political world, for the past seven years having been a meiid)cr of the Provincial Parliament, lie was born November,^, uS6o, at Pointedu Bute, N.H., which was also the place of birth of his father, Charles C. Wells, lie is of Lnglish anccstrv, being a direct descendant of Will- iam Wells, of \'orkshire, I'jigland, who mar- ried a Miss Dobson, anil subsequentlv emi- grated to Pointe du liute, N, 15., where as a pioneer settler he cleared and improved a tract 111 land 111, It is still in possession of the Wells family. William Wells was a bricklayer by i , f] ) ilii 1 I »! • i i I B m I 1 1 1 i i;M' M li i P ' 1 ^N'' j ^ i 1 i ^.U.Al 314 BIOGRAPHICAL- REVIKVV trade, and he built a Methodist church at Throsk, in which Wesley (.reached in 1766. ]?oth he and his wife were ardent Methodists; and, before they left I'jigland for Nova Scotia, John Wesley knelt in prayer with them, and, with a hand on the head of each, commended them to divine protection. Hcnjamin Well;,, the grandfather of Will- iam Woodbury Wells, was a lifelong resident of Pointe du Ikite, where he attained the vener- able age of ninety-one years. For several years he owned and operated a large tannery, the products of which he sold to a great ex- tent in Newfoundland. He was actively in- terested in local affairs, and was a member of the Methodist church. He married Catherine Chappell, of Tidnish, N..S., who died at the age of seventy-two years. Of their seven children five survive; namely, Charles, Jo- seph, William, I^llen, and Jane. Charles C. Wells assisted in the various branches of agriculture carried on by his father until i ii I I 111 > 'i ■;u ir^ I Hon. JOSIAII \S i)(II). III! ii I , BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 317 TurncT, ol I'ort K\'X\n, wore married on ()ct()- ber I, 18.S9, and tht'y have two children — ThoroUl and Ililde'rarde. OSIAH WOOD, a member of the (-1. Senate of Canada since 1895, is one of the most iiromiiient and pro>;ressive business men of Sackville, Westmoreland County, N.H. ]Ie was born in that town, April iS, 1843, a son of Mariner A. and Louisa (Trueman) Wood. His great-grand- father Wood and his grandfather both bore the name Josiah. The first Josiah Wood lived in Connecticut, United States, where he married Ruth Thom[)- son, and where his son Josiah was born. Josiah Wood, second, came from Connecti- cut to Dorchester, N. B., about iSoo. lie had a good education and musical talents, and for a time after his arrival taught school and led a singing-class. He also had a knowledge of lulling and dyeing cloth, and was engaged in fitting u|) and ojierating mills for that pur- pose. .'\fter his marriage he commenced a gencr.d trading businci.s at Dorchester, his .astes natinally inclining him to trading and iieculation. lie frecpiently made trips by sci..)oner to the I'nitcd States in connection with his business. On one of these occasions the schooner by which he went to New York kite in the autumn was unable to return on ac- count of the severity of the weather, and he undertook to make the return journev on hoiseback. He succeeded in getting back to i>orchester, but the exposmx' and cold experi- enced on this journey so affected him that lie died shortly after his arrival home. He mar- ried Sarah Ayer, daughter of Mariner Aycr. Two children were the fruit of this union, and the elder was .lamed Mariner A., in honor of his maternal grandfather. Mariner A. Wood was born at Dorchester, X. H., in 1806. -Soon after his father's death he came to Sackville, where at the age of eighteen years he established himself a.s a merchant. Having a great aptitude for com- mercial pursuits, he was very successful in his undertakings, and built up a large whole- sale and retail country trade. He also be- came largely interested in ship-building and lumbering. When his sons became old enough he took them into partnership with himself, and under the firm name of M. Wood & Sons continued in business until his death, in 1875. As a man of high moral principles, honest and upright in all his ilealings, ami a total ab- stainer from alcohol in any form, he was hehl in universal esteem. His wife, Louisa, (laughter of Harmon Trueman, of I'ointe du Hute, \.H., died in 1S59, leaving two sons, ol whom Josiah is the only survivor, lioth parents were faithful members of the Meth- odist church. Josiah Wood graduated as H.ichelor of .\rts from the M(/unt .Allison College in Sackville with the class ol iXi'ij. Intending to prepare himself for the bar, he entered the law office of ex-Judge (then Mr.i .X. L. Talnicr at Dor- chester, where he sttulied lour years. In iSd;. owing to the ill health of his only brother, his father induced him to return 'III A .vi !1 ■'■t iiil i I i ll 1 ii'l ii iii ' a, i * '! '■{ .vs n I or. R A P H I C.\ I , R E V I FAV home, and soon after admitted liotli sons into the firm, the name bocomin;^ ^^. Wooil & Sons, as before stated. Since the deatli of his father, in iS/s, Mr. Wood has con(hicted the business ahine, his brother liavini; died in 1871. He has greatly enlarged his operations during that time, and n:)w tievotes liimself al- most entirely to the wholesale depavtnient, having a very extensive trade in groceries of all kinds. A keen, wide-awake man of busi- ness, he is well known outside of his own town. He took an important part in the up- building of Moncton, having been associated with some of its leading citizens in the estab- lishment of the Moncton Sugar Refinery, the Gas and Water Works, the Cotton Manu- facturing Company, and other organizations. He has always show 1 an interest in educa- tional matters, and is now treasurer of tiie Hoard of Regents of Mount .Allison lfni\cr- sity. An .active member of the Conservative party, Mr. Wood has for many years occuineii a place of jirominence in political circles, and from iSSj until 1895 he represented the county of Westmoreland in the l)ominiiui I'arliam'.Mit. In the latter year he was ap- pointed to the Senate, a positicni which he is filling with credit and abilitv. On January 14, 1874, Mr. Wood married Laura .S., daughter of 'riioin])son Trueman, of Sackville. Si.\ children have been born to Mr and Mrs. Wood, and five are living: namely, T'leanor I,., Herbert .M., Dora H., William T, and Hester V. .Mr. and Mrs. Wood are botli menibers of the Methodist church, toward the support of which be con- tributes most generously, besides, as a trustee of the church property, iooking after its finan- cial condition. H.LIAM I'ZR.A VROOM. of the firm of N'room & Arnold, marine and general insurance agents, .St. John, N. H., is a native of Nova .Scotia. He was horn at Gran- ville I''erry, Annapolis County, on March 30, 1837. the eldest son of Frederick I,. ]?. and l.unice (I'ostei) Vroom. On the iiaternal side he is of Dutch descent. His great- grandfather, Jolm Vroom, who was a Loyal- ist, settled at Clements, Annajiolis County, N. .S., in 1783, having removed thither from Long Island, N.A'., after the close of the war for American independence. (ienrge \'room, son of John and grandfather of William ]•'.., resided in Clements, Annap- olis County. A farmer by occui)ation, be was a mail of prominence in the community, and served for many years as a Magistrate. \lv and his wife, wliose maiden name was Mary Anibeniian. re.ired a large f.imily of children. In 1855 .Mr. and .Mrs. CJeorge X'rooni took an extended trip in a wagon, driving through what is now the Dominion of Canada to I Niagara b'alls, and being among the first to cross the suspensi(Ui bridge over the falls, this I being shiutly after it was opened to public ' travel. b'rederick I.. H. X'rooni. son of (ieorgeaud I .M.iry X'room, was born in (■Icmeiits, .Ann.ip- olis Countv, in 181;. llele.uned the black- I • • ' I smith s tr.ule when a boy. and subse(|ueiitly lUOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 3'9 worked at it .sdino years. His wife, luinici', was a (iau;;iiter of V./.ra V. I-'ostcr, of Hridj,^'- town, Annapolis County, and great-^rand- dau;;hter of an I'.n,L;lishnian who came from I'lssex and settieii in Nova Scotia at a very early day. .She w.is the mother of seven chil- dren, four of whom are livin^j. These are as follows: William Iv ; Georj^iana; Mary, who is the wife of Dr. Hingay, of Urier Island; and Jessey Iv (iraves, of Aylesford, Annap- olis County. Moth parents were members of the Church of l-ji^^land. Mrs. luiniee Vroom died on December .^o, 1875, and l'"rederick L. 15. Vroom, about a week later, William Iv.ra Vroom was educated in his native villajje, and remained there until 1852, when he went to Hrid^^etown, where he be- came clerk in a mercantile and ship-building; establishment. Coming to St. John two years later, this beini;- the year of the j;reat cholera epidemic, he entered the employ of A. (iil- christ, a dry-ijoods merchant, with whom he remained for anotlier two years. .Subsetpient to this he removed to the Albert Mines, ami there managed a store for the purpose of sup- plying the miners with provisions and tools. Withdrawing; from this at the eml of a year, he returned to .St. John, where for a \ear he was in the em|)loy of the Hank of New Bruns- wick, and later was chief clerk for the Hon. John R((bertson, with whom he continued until the fall of i86i). At this time he formed a jiartnership with Mr. R. II. .Arnold, which has existed throunh all the intervening; years. .\t tirst the two partners were in busi- ness for a year in Montevideo, .South .\meriia. antl upon their I'turn from that place they es- tablished their present line of business in .St. John. They have here met with ^ood suc- cess, as their '..inorable methods of dealinj; in all their transactions have won and kept for them the confidence of the |)iiblic. In i(S64 Mr. Vroom was united in marriage with Sarah (j. Hond, a native of Neston on the Dee, I'jiglanil, but a resident of this coun- try since her twelfth year, when she crossed the ocean with her father, (ieor^e W. Hond. The followin,i;-named children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Vroom: John Hickman, who is in the customs department, Kaslo, l^.C. ; ICunicc I'Vances, wife of lulmund I. Simonds; Mary I,.; C. H. W. McK. ; and Frederic L. H. Mr. \'room is a thirty-second def;ree Mason. He and his family are members of the Church of I^ny-land. RTIIIR C. FAIRWI;AT1II{R, of .St. lohn, harrister-at-law, and <;eneral a-ent for the Hrovinee of the Com- mercial I'nion Assurance Company of London and the I'henix Insurance Company of Hrook- lyn, was born in St. John, April 23, 1 T>>N. i'Ki:i)i'.Ki(' i:. I!.\kki;r, ma., !).('. I.., '\ldi;eof the .Supi 'me ( 'cun t of New lbuus\\ii.k, w.is bom on Dcceud.ei .'7, iS;,S, .it .Sheffield, .Sunbury ('oui\lv, N. 1!. , son nf i'jioch and M.uy .S. Haike r, both of whom .lie now dece.ised. 11 i^ iialern.il ancestors emigrated to .Siieliield from the State of Massachusetts pievious m 1760. Mr. Barker received his education at Sunbury (Irammar School and Kin!;'s College, now the University of New Brunswick. He graduated at the latter institution, receiving the degree of Hacbelor nf .Arts in 1857, and he subsequently took the degrees (if Master of Arts, Hacbelor of Civil Law, and Doctor of Civil Law. He was admitted as an attorney in 1860, as a bar- rister in 1861, and appointetl a ert, l^lizabeth J., John, Henri- etta, Robert, Catherine, and Margaret Amanda. Jo.seph Herbert diett in 1865, at twenty-one years of age. I'lli/abeth J. married John Eng- land, a shipwright of Chatham, now resident in Indianapolis, Ind. John was killed bv the premature explosion of a canon while engaged, as a member of the Chatham Carrison Hattery, in firinga salute to Lord Dufferin in July, 1873. He was twenty-four years old. Henrietta is the wile of William Johnston, Town Treasurer of Chatham. Catherine died at seven years of age, and Margaret Amanda died at i]\<^. The mother of these children died on [■■ebruaiy o, 1898, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. Robert Miuiay, Si., was a mendier of the Mecluniics' Institute. Robert .Mmray. the subjeit of this sketch, was educated at the I'resbyterian .\cademv of Chatham, under the tutorship of William Crockett, late .Superintendent of I'Mucation of .New Jhunswick. In 1 878 he entered the law office of .\ndiew II. Johnson, and on l''ebruar\- 15, i88j, was admitted attorney, .md in .\pril, 1885, banister. I le began the practice of bis prolcssion in this town in the following M.nch, and has since shown his lituess as a legal |irac- r fii BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3«S titioiier. ( )n INIaicli 14, 1.SS7, lie \v:is aii- pointed I'olico Magistrate of Cliathaiii ; and this office he heUl until i• I 'i • li f (I »' Mm ir !''^n f i " ■'^■^Mt I.I. Tllo.Msox. I 1 i JU mmi^" — BIOGRAPHICAI, REVIF.W 329 1833, son of Sewcll ami Ann (I'larle) Wooil- iiian, both of his iiarcnts hcini;- natives of Maine anil of Puritan ancestry. Mr. Woodman, as a l)oy, Icarneil the various processes of lumber nKinufacturinj;-, in which his father was extensively en;;at;eil ; and it is but natural that he should have devoted his working life to this activity. On March 5, 1866, became to St. John, and here, in com- pany with Mr. Miller, organized the fnm of Miller & Woodman. 'I'he mills previously operated by Messrs. Mason & Vincent at Rob- ertson's Point were purcha.sed; and the firm at once began the manufacture of sugar bo.\es, which were shipped to the West India Islands. Later they cut spruce lumber. At the present time they carry on one of the largest lumber manufacturing concerns in New Brunswick, aimually cutting twenty million feet of sjiruce lumber and thirty-live million shingles. Their reputation for business enterprise is eciualled only by their reputation for business integrity, and the product of their mill is known to be always exactly as reiirescnted. Mr. Woodman was marrietl in 1883 to Mary Xase, a daughter of Philip Xase, who for many years was a prominent merchant in Indian- town. Mr. Woodman's success as a business man has won recognition in tinancial circles; and some time ^ince he \vas asked to serve as a director of the Hank of New Brunswick, wliicb is one of tiie mo>t conservative aiul at the same time one of the most prosperous fman- cial institutions in the Pidvince. Mr. and Mrs. Woodman .itteiul .St. Luke's Ljiiscopal Church. AMUl'.L THOMSON, O.C, of Newcastle, the oldest practising barrister in the province, was born at Chatham, N.U., October 17, 1825, son of the Rev. James and Catherine (M'Kay) Thom- son. His father, who was of the Secession Church of Scotland, was the first permanently settled Presbyterian minister in New Bruns- wick, and the founder of St. Andrew's Church, Chatham. Coming from Dumfries, Scotland, in 1816, he labored faithfully until his prema- ture decease in 1830. Mr. Thomson's mother, who also was a native of Scotland, died in 1858. Samuel Thomson, after receiving a gram- mar-school education, studied law with John Ambrose Street and George Kerr. Admitted an attorney in 1846 and called to the bar in 1848, he has been in the practice of his pro- fession for tifty-two years, for two or three in partnership with Mr. Kerr and since that time ahme. His jiractice has extended to all the courts of the province. He is Judge of Probate, Clerk of the County Court, Clerk of the Peace, Secretary and Treasurer of the county, and Clerk of the Circuits. He re- sided in Chatham until 185S, when, on his appointment as Clerk of the Peace, he removed to Newcastle. Judge Thomson was married in i-Sjg to Miss Jane McCurdy, of Iruro, N.S., a daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Hlanchard) McCurdy. They have eight children, live daughters and three sons, all of wluim aie now living; n unci)', Anna C, I'.liza L, AlmaK., Adelaide, Jean, Charles J., I'.dward H. , and Cieorge K. Thomson. 1 ! t.4 ''^/3l|^ MM 1 r it 330 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Jiulge ThoniHon lias tluoughout his career eschewed politics. His reli<,Mous affiliations arc with the Tresbyterian church. He is one of the oiliest members of Northumberland Lodge, ]<•. & A. M. |i.EM];Nr i'i':cKnA:\i CLARKr:, the oldest established druggist in St. John, was born in that city, .March 15, 1S36, eldest son of John and Susannah (I'arlee) Clarke. He is a great-grandson of James Clarke, a Loyalist, who married ]'',lizal)eth I'eckhani, and with his wife and family came to New Urunswick in 17S3. James Clarke's son, John Clarke, Sr., grand- father of Clement I'., was born in Newjiort, R.I., May 31, 1760. On coming to St. John, he establisbetl himself in the baking business, for many years supplying His Majesty's troojis, and being very successful. His residence, which was at the corner of Main (now Hroad) and Sydney Streets, was destroyed in the great fire of 1.S77. He was for fifty years parish clerk of Trinity Church, St. John parish; and at his death a moiumient was erected to his memory by the corporation of the church. He was married October iij, 17.S5, to Anna Peck, who was born ( )ctober 6, 1767. Their children were: Jane, who became Mrs. Trejih- ager; James; Isaac; Frances, who became Mrs. Thomas Reed; Maiy J''.li/abetb ; blsther; John, father of the subject (jf this sketch; Ann, who became Mrs. James Crawford; and Augusta, who was the wile of JJ. A. Cameron. Frances, Marv, and h'.li/.a lost their lives in the fire of 1.S77. After the death of his first wife John Clarke, Sr. , married Jane Majori- banks, who died in 1840. He died in St. John, .November 30, 1853. John Clarke, son of the above, reached man- hood and received his education in St. John. A baker by occupation, like his father, he was appointed Flour Inspector of St. John, which liMsition he filled efficiently for many years. He married Susannah, daughter of Peter Parlee, of Sussex, .\. P. .She was born .Xovember 10, 1.S14. Their children were: Clement Peck- ham, whose name begins this sketch ; Josephine Augusta, who is now deceased; Peter I'ailee, who resides in Southliridge, Mass.; !■" ranees Hay ward; Oliver Goldsmith, who is now de- ceased; John Henry, who is associated in busi- ness with his brother, Clement P. ; and Arthur Ihunswick, who is deceased. The father, John Clarke, died .November 2,S, 1.SS2. His wife died June i , 1899. Clement Peckham Clarke was broUi;bt u|) and educated in St. Jubn, his native city. In 1851 he beg:ui to learn the drug business; and in i8(1() he establishediiis |)rescnt business on King Street, where during the many ye:us that have since elapsed he has cairicti on a lucrative traile, :md by honest methods and courteous treatment ol his jiatrons won the conlidence of all who know liini. He is a director of the Hortii'idtural .Society antl a warden of Tiinilv Church. He niairied .August 27, 18^7, .Ameli:! C. Oultuii, (hiugbtci- of T. P. Oiilton, n\ West- nun land Pnint, Westmoi kiiul, N. 1!. Mr. and .Mrs. Cihuke aie the parents ol live chlKlren, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 33 » namely: Clement Walker, wlio is in liis father's employ; I'ercy Arthur, who is en- gaged in the insurance business; Marry lulwin, who is in the employ of Schofield ISrothers, dealers in paper; John Alfred, who is a com- mission merchant of St. John; and lulith M., wife of !•:. A. Schofield. Mr. Clarke occupies a prominent position amonj^ the leading business men of .St. John, and he and his family mo\e in the best social circles of the city. DWARD CIIAKI.KS JONK.S, manaj^er if the Hank of Montreal at St. John and a citi/.en honored foi' his public spirit anil many benevolences, was born at .St. Ann's, near Montreal, on August 21, 1S35, son of ]{dward Thomas and Marietta Sophia Elizabeth (Forbes) Jones. II is paternal grandfather, 'riiumas Jones, renujvcd to Canada in 1783 with the United iMnjiire Loyalists. lie engaged in mercantile business, and was for many )ears a government inspector. ICdward Thomas Jones, who was a natixe of Bedford, Oue. was a bairistcr by [irofcssion. His wife was a daughter of C. J. T'orbes, Deputy Commis- sar) (ieneral of the Hritish Army. .She bore him a familv of four sons and one daughter. lulward Charles, the subject of this sketch, was the lirst-born of these. lie was educated in the Upper Canada College at Toronto, and entered the emiilo\- of the Hank of Montreal ill 1S55. In 1X67 he was transferred to Hali- fax, \.S. , as manager of the branch of the bank in that place. There be remained until 1.S74, when he was transferred to his present ])osition as manager of the hank in St. John. This is the largest financial institution in the Province of New Hrunswick, and requires a man at its head who is jxissessed of keen discrimination, great skill in finance, and sound judgment. Under Mr. Jones's manage- ment the St. John branch has increased the scope of its operations and met with enlarged prosi)erity. In 1868 he married Mrs. Wilson, a native of Halifax. Of this union two children have been born, namely: Edward F. , a rising bar- rister of St. John; and T^leanor Alison. Mr. Jones is a member of the St. George Society. ICvery progressive movement finds in him a warm champion, and his ear is never deaf to the appeals of charity. -S^AMI'S ■ DU.NCA.N DICKINSON, the head of tlie firm of J. D. Dickinson & Sons, Woodstock, X.H., was born in the parish of Wakefield, .\.H., January 18, 1825, son of John Dickinson. He is a grand- son of Darius Dickinson, a Loyalist, who re- moved from Long Island, \. V. , to Frederic- ton, X.H., and there snbsetiuentl\' followed his trade of a tailor throughout his active years. John Duncan was born in T'leiKiicton. When his school days \\,'re over, he learned the tailor's trade from his father. After his father's death he went with his widoweil mother and his brothers ami sisters to the par- ish of Wakefielil, where he engaged in farming anil hm bering for a number of \'ears. ILuing 1 \ -, f- ■i II t ■ I i M^i 1' 1 .;'jPl ^LlRiL 332 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the misfortune to cut his knee while in the woods, he became a cripple; and, being unable to continue lumbering, he again turned his at- tention to tailoring, a trade which he followed during his remaining years. He took (|uite an interest in military matters as a young man, and before receiving the injury to his knee was a Captain in the militia. He was a mem- ber of the Free Will Baptist Church. He married Airs. Sarah Robinson, a daughter of Richard Thomas, a Loyalist from I'enn.syha- nia. They had four children, of whom two grew to years of maturity, namely : James JJuncan, the subject of this sketch; and Mary Ann, who died at the age of twenty-four years. Mrs. Dickinson had four children by her first marriage, namely : A.sa, deceased ; George, de- ceasci. , Reuben, deceased, formerly of the parish of Brighton, .\.B. ; and .Sarali, wife of William Richard.son, also of Brighton. James IJiuican Dickinson was educated in tile public schools of the parish ot Hr.'ghton and of the village of Wakelield. He then went to learn the trade of a tanner at \'ictoria Corner; and after serving his ap])renticesliip he carried on his employer's business on shares for a year or two, and in 1850 built a taniier-., at Upper Woodstock. Four years Liter he sold out his ])laiit, and, going West, resided in Dodge County, Wisconsin, a year, and then spent two years as hotel-keeiier at Red Wing, Minn. (loing tlieiice to Mimic..; -^js, Minn., he rented a tannery, which he operated two years. < )n the breaking out of the Civil War he listened to the urgent request of his father and returneil home. Wishing to settle jierma- nently in business, he formed a partnership with .Samuel Parsons, and, purchasing his present tannery, established the firm of Parsons & Dickinson, which existed as such tour years. Mr. Dickinson then purchased his partner's interest, and has since .so managed his ojiera- tions that he has one of the most extensive tanneries in this section of Canada. He was sole member of the firm until iS.Scj, wiien his second S(m was admitted into pa.tnership and the i-.ame was changed to J. D. Dickin.sou & Son. In 1S93 his youngest .son was admitted to the firm, which has since been styled J. D. Dickinson & .Sons. This enterprising tirm, which handles about twenty-five thousand hides annually, emplo-s an average number of eighteen men, and, in addition to manufactur- ing sole leather, makes a very fine quality of Spanish leather for tlie jobbing trade. Mr. Dickinson married for iiis first wife Clarissa, daughter of Jolm Carney, of Jackson- ville, .\.B. She bore him live children, namely: Janus Frederick; Charles D. ; .\mui, deceased; Jolm F, ; and blveline, deceaseil. His seconil wife, Sarali. the daughter ..f I'ilcazer Lcland, has borne him one daughter, j\lice L. , wife of Woodbury Raymond, of Woodstock. Ml-. Dickin.son and his sons at- tend the .Second .\ilveiit Cliurch. James Frederick Dickinsnii, tJie eldest sin, was born ( )ctober (J, 1.S51. After coni|)leling his education in tiie common schools of Wood- st(jck, he learned tlie tanner's trade witii iiis father, and in i.S'dS learji-'il tlie slioemaker's trade. In 1875 he went to I'eahody, Mass.; and, alter there learning the trade of a niorotco linrtncr.ship rcnasmir us 111 of I'arsons h t( ur )•( lis i):irtiiL'r s (1 liis (i|)era- ist extensive II e was >tj, wlieii his :iiership and 3itkins()ii & 'as admitted styled J. ]). irisiiif^ firm, 'e thousand - number of manufactur- : quality of lie. s ti rst w i I'e oi Jai'i\ eldest soil, eoniplelin;;- s of Wood- le with his hoemaker's id\-, Mass. : 1 nioroico "1^3 li ■i ; 1 ' t ; 1 1 i 1 ( 1 1 is, 1 ^ i '^1 pi :| '!^ t ' i '1 h;f ' i| r! \ i ? ■ 4 Hon. JAMES lloLLV. li 1 |:- ft . pi I RIOORAPHICAL RKVIEW 335 (licsscr, he went to I.ynn, Mass., wlicif ho was employed l)y General A. !'. Martin, for whom he worked a year. Returning then to his father's tannery, he heyan finishing morocco skins, carrying on this business in connection with the otiier maiuifaclines of the tannery. lie subsequently assumed the management of the shoe store which his father had opened, and, having since succeeded to its ownership, is now carrying on a successful business as a siioe dealer. lie is a member of Carleton I.otlge, No. 41, I. ( ). ( ). !•". He married Frances V.., daughter of Stei)hcn L. Parsons, of Woodstock, and they have two children — Arthur I,, and l-'rank 1'. Ciiarles I). Dickinson, the second son, born January i, 1856, began work in his father's tannery as soon as he finisheil school, and in 1S89 became a member of the firm. He mar- ried .Sarali I,., daughter of James V.. Smith, of Clinton, Mass. They have si.x children now living; namely, Clara, Herbert K., Roy D. , Helen L. , I-'I reiice, and Mary A. John I'. Dickinson, tiie voinigest son, born October II, l86_^, was admitted into the firm in 1S93, as befiue mentioned. He is also managing director, while his brotiier, Charles D., is president, of the IMaritime Wrapper Company, which employs from sixty to eighty hands in tiie manufacture of clothing for women. g)T().\. J.\MI':S HOI.I.V. of St. John, ^ \. H. , son of the late James Holly, Sr. , of the paiisli of lUuton, .Siui- burv County, X.H. , was born on Octoijcr 24, 1835. He was educated in the village school, and .'ictiuircd in his youth the habits of indus- try and courtesy and the principles of integrity which have |)roved such valuable allies to him ii\ his business career. His father and mother died when he w., but a boy. .\t the age of twelve years he went to St. John and worked at the hmibcr business with his maternal grand- father, John S. Urown, being employed in sur- vying and delivering. ICntcring into jjartner- ship with David McLellan in May, 1867, he carried on lumber business with him until Mr. McLellan's death in 1894. In 1895 the firm name was changed to James Holly & Son. Mr. Holly was a director of the South JJay Hoom Company from 1876 to 1881, was presi- dent of the company four years, and in 1885 became proprietor of the booms, having jjur- chased the stock and plant. Mr. Holly is a Liberal in jicditics. He has always been warmly interested in all questions of i)ublic importance, and has taken an active part in public affairs. He was iqipointed in 1883 a member of the Legislative Council of the Tnivince of New Uriniswick. and in 1887 a member of the Provincial Doanl of Health. He joined St. John's Lodge, V. & A. M., in 1869, and for some time was an active member of the ancient craft, becoming a meniber of New Hrunswick Ro\al Arch Chapter in 1871, and later for two years holding the rank of Noble and luninent Commander of Union De IMolay iMicampmeiU, K. T. In 1883 he was aiipointed by the National (ireat I'riory of Canada to the office of (irand Sub-marshal. On December 31, 1863, Mr. Holly married m "'Wi i .\ H , t Ml I f l^li . ii I! i 1 1 If li '^^^:i ii 1 I tiif ! « iii 1 ]l 336 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Aramaiitha A., eldest daughter of the late Alexander Rarnhill, I':sq., of Lancaster, N. I?. This union has been blessed by the !)irth of five children; namely, Jeannette A., Caroline, Alexander B., Henrietta, and Murray McL. Jeannette A. married Charles Swinerton, of Cambridge, Mass., and has one danj;hter, Abbie. Caroline married John Moore, of St. John, and has two children — Marian and John. Alexander H. , who is in company with his father in business, married Alice Moore, of St. John, and has one child, Loni.sa. Henrietta married Georf;e I"lemmini,% of St. John, and has two children — May and (ier- trude. Mr. Holly and his family are members of the Church of luij;land (St. Luke's). DWARD CLARK RA.\1).\LL, ,^r. IX, an active practitioner of llillsboro, X. H. , has l)een estai)Iislied in this town the past ten years, and din-ini,' the time has won an excellent reputation for professional kiiouL ed,L;e and ability. He was born May 16, 1S51, in Illsford, X.S. , a son of Christopher Kamlall. His t;reat-f;randfalher, Llislia Randall, was born, reared, and m:uiied in Connecticut; but in 1757 he left New I'ln-land. probably for political reasons, and settled in Anna|)olis County, Xova Scotia, whcie be spent his re- maining days. The only further definite fact in reg.ard to him is that he was a farmer. Samuel J. Randall, tlie I )octor's grandlathei-, was born in ( 'mniect iciit ; but from the age of five )ears luitil bis death, when ninety-five years old, he lived on a farm in Annapolis County, Xova Scotia. Of his union with a Miss Prince eleven children were born, of whom Christojiher was the yomigest. Christopher Randall was born I'ebruary 5, iical int'irmi- ties, be lias not i)een settled over any p,n ish for the past tvventv veais, but lia^ re-i(U'd as a supermimerarv diviiu' in Monctou, the town in which be was born on June 1 1, iSjn. He is of excellent Ln,L;li^h ancestry, being a direct descend, ml in the eighth gcner.it ion ol tlu' Rev. lobn I'l ince. an < Klord graduate, who in the vav\\' pari ol the seventeenth cen- tury was reitor of the ihiircli in Last Stallord, Herkshirc Count v, ICngland, and wlio married the daughter of Dr. Tolberry, a man of much prominence. The Rector and his wife reared four sons, the eldest of whom, John Prince, Jr., after concluding bis studies at O.xford University, emigrated to •IMassachusetts about 163;;, and became the Llder of the church at Hull, where he died in \C>j6. His ilescend- ants are numerous. Isaac Prince, born in i'')54, son of I'llder John Prince, of Hull, was the father of Joseph, hom in 1694,' who married for his second wife Mary Townsend, and had a son Joseph, born in Hoston in I 723. I'his second Jose|ih, known as the Rev. Jo- seph Prince, the blind preacher, was the great- grandfather of the Kev. John Prince, of Monc- tou. His loss of sight was the result of a serious illness which afflicted him at tiie age of sixteen \ears. He was of a religious tem- ]ierament ; and he became a noted preacher, and spent a large ])art of his life in Xewburv- poil, Mass., where his death occurred in i/ijt. l?y his union with Sarah Cari)enter he became the father of twelve sons and one daughter. His son Tbomas was tlie ne.\t in the line of descent now being tract'd. 'Ihomas i'lince settled as a farmer in Xortli N'armouth, Me., and there resided throughout his active vears. On retiring from agricull- uial pursuits In- lemovi'd to Helfai.t. ,Mi'., where his last days wi'ie spent. He mariicil li.umah Prime, a cousin three times removed; and ot their si.\ children the si'cond, Tbom.is, jr., was the lather of the Rev. John Piiiue, ol .MnlKbill. ki;\. JOHN I'KINCE. ■I' I:: i iim w I M i ! ! fi-S 1:111 ^i"i :mi I Ml (I i' ' i ! if i' ! 1 j ■ij JtlOGRArillCAI. RKVIKW 343 'I'liornas )Utli, Ml I'l iiu \v;is horn in Nnilh \'ai- in 17.S4, ami there grew tii man's estate. In 1.S14 lie canie to New Dnmswrck to eontiiiui' his business as a lumber manufaet- nrer an( 1 dealer, riuhllv think ]U'' so hea\ I ly lea\'inL^ ■liil (lit'ii, none o f \vh( J\w hundred cents on the dollar, a great comfort and satisfaction to one of his sterling integrity. A man of strictly temperate habits, he took an active part in the early movements of reform, and in iS^, dur ing the great temperance agitation, threw out all intoxicants that he had in stock and dis (iiulinued forever the sale of liiplor. Soon alter the organi/ation of the hirst Haptist t'hurcb at "the Mend" in iSJ.'^, he united with il, and was shortly chosen l)eacrofessional attainments, \\;is the first woman appointi'd on the medical slalT of the United Stales Navv, and is now in ch.ir^e of the nietlieal stall connected with the X.iwd Xiirse Service of the I'nited States. l/.KKIh;!, HARI.OW KiC Ti I IIM, sec- retary and mair.in'ir of the l.awton .Saw tdnii)any of .St. johii .ind ,i hiL;!il\' re- spected citizen of that place, was horn there on March 14, 18^1, his parents heint,' I'.dwin and Margaret A. (l.eavitt^ Ketchtim. lie is a grcat-grandso.i of Jonathan Ketchum, one of the ICn^lish l.oyali.sts who came to N'ew Unniswiek in 17S3. ills i;ranill,ither Isaac resided in Hampton, Kim;s roinitv: and there I'alwin Ketchum, his father, was horn in 1806. I'.dwin Ketchimi passed his early hoyhood in Kini^s County, but before reaching man- hooil came to .St. John and entered the em))loy (,t 1'!. Harlow & .Sons. Of this firm he sid)se- ipiently became a partner, the name of i.he firm then hecomini; Harlow & Ketchum. They did j a successful mercantile business for several j years. Mr. lulwin Ketchum was associated subsc(|uently with Thomas I.eavitt, under the liiin nanu' of Thomas I.eavitt vSr Co.. and Liter with Mr. ("harles .Adams, linn name Adams vs: Ketchum. in the shipping; and tradinf.; busi- ness with the West Indies anil in the bnildinj; of ships. After Mr. Adams's death he con- tinued the business with i^reat success until a short tinu" previous to his own death. He and h.is wife were the parents of the followinj;- nained six children who <;rew to niaturitv — l''.zel. Ketchum began ,1 sea- it nild '( n I uioc.RAi'incAr, rkvikw 345 t'aiin;,' life l)y listinj; as apiircnticL' witli John Wishart on a trip to London. lie suIisl'- ([ucntly sailed round tlic North Atlantic anc as far south as the West Indies, bein^ en- ;,^nge(] in trade with the islanders; and in 1850 \ he became master ol tl.e "Roscoe, " which sailed to Liverpool. In 1854, after about eij^ht years s|)ent on the watiT, he settled in St. John and opened a general business, (loing four years later to the Albert Mine, ■ Albert County, New Hrnnswiels, he took j eharj;e of the books and of sliip|iincc tlie coal, and in 11X76 was promoted to be manaj^c'r of the mine. In iSSi, the mine bavitif; worked out, Mr. Ketehuni returned to St. Jf)hn, and bei^an workinjj; in tiie cotton-mills at (ourtenay ]?av. I'ive years later be eULjauCt'd in the linu' business on the Narrows, St. John Ri\er. I Abaiuloninj; that enterprise some three years later, be was appointed liquidator for the rr(>vincial Huildini; .Society, in whicli capac- it\- he wound up the business of the society. .Subsecpient to that and since i.Svjj be has l)een eni;at;ed in his pri'si'iit position as sec- retary and manai^er of the l.avvton .Saw Com- pany. While at llillsboro, Albert ('ounty, N.H. , 1k' was intt'resled to sinr.c e.xti'nt in ship-buildinj,^ Mr. Ketcbum was married in 1.S55 to Miss Annie Guthrie i!arr, a native of St. John anil a dau,i;bter of William Hair, mercb.int, her falluT beinj; of .'-Scotch ancestry. Of the si.\ children born ot this union three reached m;>,- turity. namely: b'rancis Ldwin, who is at present employed in the ])ostal service of the Dominion; Margaret Annie, the wife of .\rcher C. I'udilini^ton, of New York; and .Mice, who resides with her parents. II.I.IAM K. RAY.MUNl), one of the proprietors nf the Royal Hotel, .St. Jonii, was iiorn in Hampton, N.H., March -'7, 1S50, son of James Woolsey and Frances I'lizabetb (de Mill) I-iayniond. He is a de- scendant of Loyalists on both sides; and tl)e first of bis i),iternal ancestry to settle in New lirunswick was his LCreat-^'randfather, Stent Ra\niond, son of James and Jemima Ray- mond. .Stent Raymond left |)arien. Conn., in 17S4, accompanied by his brothers. White and Thoiuas, ;ind bis c(Uisin, Samuel Rice Raymond. lie finally settled upon a farm in Hampton, N.H, where he resided for tiie rest of liis life, and died in 1828. His cliililren ■veie: James; (!barlotte, who married John .Mil ready, \\si\. ; Mary, who married for her lust husb;ind James .Smith and for her secoml Moses l",nnis: Hcnrv, who died yoiinp;; I-^liz- •dielh, wlio married John Patterson; Il.uinah, who married Ralph Cidpitt; .Sarah, who mar- ried (ieoiLje (iiu'ham; !•" ranees, who became the wife of Humbert b'owler, and died in 1.SS5, ai^ed nearly eij;hty-si.\ years; and Charles, who was born July 10, 1805. James Raymond, son of .Stent, was the sec- oikI child born in .St. John. He was reared in ll.unpton, and tlie active period of bis life w;is spent in general farmiiii;. He was four times married, and by bis union with Deborah Morel], liis first wife, he had one child. His second wife, whose maiden name was Clorino ;.*'!; t ■ .1 J I'm 1^ Ii y-MB i II i III r 1 li^ iri 346 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Fowler, bore him cii^ht cliildrcn. His third wife, who was l)elore marri;i,i,'c Tamer Springer, died without isue. (Name of fourth not given.) One of his sons, James Wool- sey, father of William K, died in 1X93. Thomas F. was formerly jiroprietor of the Royal Hotel, St. John, Another son, Thompson Raymond, died in Toronto, Ont. James W'oolsey Raymond turned his atten- tion to agricultur.il jjursuits at an early age, and spent his active life as a tiller of the soil. He married a daughter of Thomas cK Mill, whose ancestors came to .\'e\> lirunswick after the close of the American Revolution. She became the mother of six chiidren, namely: James T. and John S. , whc are no longer liv- ing; William K., the subject of this sketch; George, vviio resides in IIani|)tcin: Woolsey, (leceaseroprietors ol the estab- lishment whi ■ is now the leading hotel in the I'rovince, and stands high in the estima- tion of the travelling [)ul)lic. In i,S,S5 Mr. Raymond was united in mar- riage with Miss Annie Smith, daughter of William M. Smith, who was i)orn in Irel.uid. and emigrated with his jjarents when youn-. William M. .Smith wai- a mechanical engi- neer, and for many years acted as Steamboat Inspector at this port. Mrs. Raymond is the mother of four children; namely, William Woolsey, Harold Newnham, I.illie Smith, ami Thomas Kenneth Raymond. Mr. R.ayniond has advanced in Masonry to the commantlery, and also belongs to the Order >,f I'oresters. DW.XRD WIl.l.ISTON, for many years one of the best known and most |)rominent residents of Newcastle and Judge of County Courts of Restigouche, Gloucester, and Northumberland, was born in Bay du Vin, parish of Glewell mow Hardwic'i), N. H., in October, 1812. He was a .son of John Bailey WillLston and I'hcebe Styniest Williston, his father being a native of Rhode Islanil, who came to New Brunswick with the Loyalists in 17S3, and settled at what is now known as Hardwick. He was educated at Newcastle uiuliT the tutorship of John Smith, and snbse- (|uently studied law with Johr. .Amhroise Street, of that place, lie was an attorney in 1835, became a barrister in 1837, and entered \])on the practice of his profession in .\lw- castle. A man of recognized ability, he was ap|)ointe(l Clerk of the Peace, and was also Postmaster lor some time. In 1854, owing to the change of government, he was dismissed from office, and .Mr. Richard Sutton was ap- ])oiiite(l Deputy Treasurer foi the countv of Northumberland. The latter, standing for re-election, was, however, defeated by Mr. 1 1 1 ! 1 i i ' \ % i) '^^ i .M m lilOGRAI'HICAL REVIEW 347 Willistoii. Appointed Judj^o in 1867, Mr. Williston served until May, 181S1, wlicn he resii^ned. During the {government that broiif^ht about onfederation he was made So- licitor (jeneral, anil was returned at every election consecutively from 1^54 to 1867. His death took place in July, 1889. Ik- was a member of the Masonic order. Mr. \Villist(ui was married in 1845 co Miss Sarah Jane Mignowitz, a native of Hali- fax, N.S., and a daughter of Henry and Sarah Mignowitz. Hy this marriage there were twelve children, of whom eleven survive; nanu'l)', lunma J., llli/abeth S. lunily I'hebe, Henry M., lulward P., Charles, Prank S., Hedley V., Thomas A., Kli/abeth \V., and Howard. The other child, Alice May, was drowned at the age of seventeen years. The mother, Mrs. -Sarah J. Williston, is still liv- ing, and retains her mental and physical vigor to a remarkable degree. DWARl) I'. Wll.l.ISroX, son of lul- ward and .Sarah J. (Mignowitz) Williston, was born in NewL-astlc, \.M., Uc- lober 24, 1852. He received bis general education at the Collegiate Schoid mi l-'red- ericton and the I'niversity of Xew Bruns- wick, ar.l sul)se<;uently studied law with .Samuel Thomson, of .Vewcastle, and with David S. Kerr, of St. John, for two years. He was admitted as attorney in June, 1875, and ,is barrister in 1876. i>eginning prac- tice in Newcastle, he has since conducted a good business there, having occupied his present office from the first, a period of nearly twenty-five years. lie has been County Auditor since 1876, and has served on the 'jchool iSoard since 1895. Mr. Williston was married October 4, 1881, to Miss I'llizabeth Grander, a daughter of the late John Ihander, a nati\e of Scot- land, who came to New Brunswick about 1833. Mr. and Mrs. litlward 1'. Williston are the parents of two chiltlren — John and I\Iay. Mr. Williston is a mend)er of the Sons of Temperance. ^^niAAAM WILSON, the popular Y^V i'ostmaster of Chatham, .\.H., was born in Aberdeen, .Scotland, in 1848, his par- ents being .Alexander and Marv (Cray) Wil- scui. His father, who was a member of the Aberdeen .Steam Xasdgatio'' Comp.uiy, dieil when William was only eight years old. His mother survived, and some years later came to this cmuitry, where she remained iiTitil her ik'ath. She was a sister of the Kite .Senator Muirhead's wife. .Mr. Wilson remained in his native land until he was eighteen years of age. and was educated at Gordon College in .\berdeeu. At the .ige of eighti en he 1 ime to N'ew Bruns- wick, and entered the employ of ids uncle, Willi. un ^[uirhe.lll, of Chatliam. with whom he remained for the next nine years. .\t the end of that time he engaged in mei'cantile business for himself, under the tirni name of William Wilson & Co.. conducting a green- Lrroci'rv and provision business. 'J'his he eon- in ) f 'I r k 111 1 1 1 i> •; i'- j I 1 If i , 1 t 348 KKKJRArillCAL RKVIKVV tiiUK'd to cany on until July. iSi)-, wIkmi Ik- assumed tho duties nl his jirosmt position. Ilis ailniinistration as I'ostinastLT has ^jivcn universal satisfaction. The |)atrons of the office have found him pionipt, reliable, and unfailingly courteous, and the mail service has in many ways been rendered more elficient antl of greater value to the business com- munity. Mr. Wilson is a member ot the i'resby- terian church and a generous contributor to its many benevolent and relif,'ious enterprises. lie was married in icSS.) to Miss Mary Johns- ton, daughter ot William Johnston, of Chatham. Three children have blessed this union; namelv, Ajrnes, \'era, and Noiman. f?)i:ONARI) H. KNTGHT, a member of the firm of J. & ].. H. Knight, lumber manufacturers and dealers of .St. John, was born at .St. Geor^'e, N.I?., in 1S5S, son of Justice I'ldward and ll.muah .S. (Hrooks) Knii^ht. Ilis early ancestors in Anieric.i were i I'ennsylvani.i ijuakers. Ilis ]),iternal !;ran: Sarah, burn in 1798; i'hopbe, born in iSoii; Isaac, born in iSoi; Moses, born in i.Soj; I'riseilla, born in 1804; I'Ldmund, born in 1806; I'hcebe and Marion, twins; Amy; and John. Joshua Knight, .second, was a large vessel owner and builder. He was extensively en- gaged in the lumber industr\-, was largely in- terested in mercantile business, and also car- ried on .igricidture to a considerable extent. He was one of the most ])rominent business men in New Hrunswick in bis day and a man of considerable local inlluence. Like his father, he was a mend)er of the Society of Friends, and he trained his family in the re- ligious tenets of that society. His children were: Justice i^dward, father of the suliject of ••■iiwfc" ' '^ it' n,i II t 1 "I H hm^^^l V. ! I ^M^^l 1 ■ t ! 1 L :| Hon Al,lll•;l^^ I. DINN. fl ^' n 1 1' 1^* i 1 ■1 BIOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 3SI this sketch; George Vernon, who dieil in 1898; Amy, vvife of the Rev. William Hen- nett, of Peterboro, Ont. ; and Susan, widow of Samuel G. Andrews. Joshua Knight died on February 8, 1851, aged fifty-five years. Justice lulward Knight obtained under his father's direction a good knowledge of the lumber business, which he continued to fol- low during his life. P'or a time when a boy he worked in a luml)er office at St. George. Later he engaged in business for himself at St. George and at lieaver Harbor. Subse- quently he removed to Mustjuash, and pur- chased the mill at that place, which he opci ated for a number of years. I le also purchased the New River mills, which he carried on in connection with his eldest son ; and at the time of his death he owned and operated the Lancas- ter mills. He was one of the largest lumber manufacturers and dealers in New Hrunswick. i'or many years he served as Magistrate. In religion he adhered to the faith of his ances- tors. His death occurred in 18S3, and that of his wife. Hannah, who was a native of luist- port, Me., in 1S97. Their children were: Charles, who was lost at sea; Hessie, now deceased, who was the wife of Heddle Hill- iard, of Oldtown : Harriett R., a resident of Hoston, Mass. : Joshua, who, in company with his brother, Leonard H. , |)urchased his father's business Irom the heirs after the father's death; Lucy .A., wife of Captain William (■. Robertson, a mariner; Leonard M , the dirett suliject of this sketch; l-Illa R., wiic ni Charles l.udga'e, of St. (ieorge: Caroline W., who is the ^vife nf L. I). Seeley, of lioston ; I'annie, the wife of G. H. Thomas, of Lepreau.x ; Justice K., a resident of British Columbia; and Henry I'., now in the Klondike region. Leonard H. Knight, alter receiving his ed- ucation at .Sackville Academy, N.B., was associated with his father in business; and since the father's death he and his brother Joshua, as already narrated, having purchased the interests of the other heirs, have carried it on very successfully. Mr. Leonard was married in December, 1885, to Miss Maria S. Haydock, of St. An- drews. His children are: Norah H. , Ik-ssie H., John S. and Marjorie (twins), and Guy. Mr. Knight is Chief Game Commissioner of New Brunswick. He is a member of the Knights of I'ythias. Politically, he is a Liberal. f?)T<^N- ALIil'RT T. DUNN, surveyor- eneral of New Brunswick, is a na- tive of the city of St. John, where he resides. His parents were John and Mar- tha (Giudd) Dunn. His paternal grandfatlier, Robert I^unn, who was born in Ireland, li\i'd and died there. John Dunn was bom in Derry, Iieland, in 1804, and was but a Imy at the time of his father's death. In 1818 he came to St. John, I where his brother James had ])reviously lo- cated. Their mother followed later, and passed the remainder of her life in .St. John, N. H. t>ii arri\ing in this tiuintr\' John Dunn learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and later he engaged in the maniif.u'Une of hnnber. He li^^^i n !i lij i i r Ml .| I I f 'j ' 1 : 1' E ^ ; i ; 1 ' 1 :if : ' • ) 352 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW orectod the first i)laning-mill in St. John, and was a large iniijorter of mahogany, lie followed thisbusine.ss until 1854, when he pur- chased a farm in Musquash, where he subse- quently engaged in farming during the re- mainder of his life. His wife, Martha, was a daughter of Charles Ciould, who came from .Somersetshire, England, to Su.s.se.v, N. R, and later removed with his family to Cambridge, Mass. Mr. ant! Mrs. Dunn were the parents of the following-named children: Mrs. S. J. I'arkin; K. C. Johi. ; J. J. Dunn, of Califor- nia; Albert T. , Iliomas .\. \V., ami I'rederick U., of Musquash; and l^leanor T. , who is the wife of C. C. Clinch. Mr. John Dunn was a member of the .Municipal Council for many years. His death occurred in 1S89 at the age of eighty-five years. His wife died in i.S-s at the age of sixty-seven years The Hon. .Albert T. Dunn received his early education in the schools of .St. John, and complctctl it at the .\ormal School. After leaving school he became Collect ir of Customs at Musquash, and later served in the Munici- pal Council for several years. In 1S9J and again by acclamation in 1895 he was elected to the Legislature for the countv of .St. John, being again returned by a large mainrilv at the general election of i8(jS, an. was Sheriff, and resides at Gloucester. William H. , who now resides in luigland, was for many years inter- ested in shipping at Weymouth, N. S., and was highly successful. He was Representa- tive in the Dominion rarliament, and was Minister of Militia under the McKenzie government. Matilda married Nelson Ar- nold, and is since deceased. Botsford, wiio was eng.iged in farming, was struck and killeil by lightning at Kingston. i''.li/abeth died in 1X95. John \'. went to Australia sliortly after tile g(dd fields were discovered. lie died there, ami was buried in Australian soil. lulwiii .\. V.iil, :\I.I)., was a graduate of Edinburgh I'niversity, and practised his pro- fessi(Ui ill .Sussex up lo the time ol lijs death, '.I \f< |i 354 MS,:! i 'ii I I 1 . ' (^ I lj!l r.: BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW in 1 886. He was very prominent in civic life, and represented the county in the House of the Assembly for many years. lie occu- pied the Speaker's chair, and subsequently was a member of the government. lie married Charlotte Cougle, of this place, and she bore him four children — Herbert, William, Helen (Mrs. Arnold), and Alice. HRAHAM D. VKRXA, of Fredericton, Recorder of Deeds for York County, was born in Douglas, N.l?. , June 6, 1S21. He is a son of the late Benjamin Ver.xa ami a descendant of an early Dutch colonist who settled on the Hudson River. In 1783 his great-grandfather, John Verxa, who had remained loyal to the crown during tiie American Revolution, settled in New Hruns- wick. Ill 1788 John Verxa purchased of iMederick D. I'eyster a tract of land in Kes- wick, where lu engaged in farming. His death occurred at the age of eighty-five years. He had a family nl eigiit children; and his sons were: Abraham, Daniel, Jnhn, Isaac, and James Ver.xa. Abraham Verxa, the grandlatlier of Abra ham D. , was born in New \'ork, and accom- jianied his iiarents to New Brunswick when he was ten years old. He i)n.ame a well-to-do farmer and luml>crnian, and for many years was prominent anmng the business men of this lo- talit}-. He was commissinned an Miisign in the militia, undei' ('(jIoiicI John Allen, was promoted to the rank nf Majur when he was fifty-five xeais nld, aiicl ser\eil as mhIi for thirty years. He was the father of fifteen children, namely: Daniel, who served as a Lieutenant in the militia; Ruth; Benjanin; John, who served as a Captain; Jonathan; Isaac Allen; Michael; Wellington; Cath- erine; Abraham; I'llizabeth Skelton ; Sam- uel; Tatience; Barbara; and IMoses Ver.xa. Abraham Ver.xa gave to each of his sons a farm. Benjamin Verxa, Abraham I). Ver.xa's father, engaged in farming and lumbering, and acted as a Justice of the I'eace for thirty- five years. He resided in Boston, where lie died just previous to his eighty-si'venth birth- day. The Verxas were members (if the Church of England, but he united with the Baptist church. Benjamin Verxa's first wife was a daughter (it Jonathan Sisson, a Loyalist, who came to New Brunswick after the Revolution- ary War; and he married for his second wife a Mrs. Jewett, born Needhaiii. Of his first marriage were born nine children, namely: Abraham D,, the subject of this sketch, Jcma- tban; Joseph; Benj.miin; Daniel; Chesley ; Abigail, A'hii died yming; .Abhie; and Jc- niim.i. By his second marriage he had three children, one of whom died in infaiuv. The others are: Henry D., of the well-known lids- ton grocery firm (if Cobb, Bates & \'cixa; .iiul I'dward. Abraham 1). \'erxa ac(|uired the rudiments of his ediuatiiin at the hig school-house in Diiuglas, whcie he attended schoid until he was ten years did, and Wdiked upun his lather's f;iriii until he was seveiileen. He cdinpleted his studies with an ci^hl nidiitlis' eourse at A. I). m:k.\a. i 'i t I ^W^' 1: J 1 ■ i ' 1 I l: ilil t,.h II IPlI i\ ' i Ih' m BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 357 tlic Hajitist SL-niiiKuy in ['"rcHlcric'ton ; and for the succeeding; lour years he was employed as a clerk in a fjeneral store kept by his uncle, Jiihn \'er\a. Returnin^^ to the home farm, lie cultivated it for several years in connection with lumherins. In 1857 he entered the con- test for a seat in the Provincial Parliament in opposition to the Hon. Charles l"'isher, but was defeated by thirteen votes. He was ap- pointed Recorder of Deeds in 1865, and has since served with aliility in that position up to the present date. On July 4, 184:;, ?,Ir. Verxa married Cath- arine J. Miles, dau;.;hter of Captain James Miles, of Douglas, York County. .Siie became the mothei' of eleven children, fou; of whom are living: .Alfred E., a resident of Ho.ston ; Mary Bell, wife of Dr. Cliff, of Koston ; Cath- arine A., wife of William T. McCloud, of St. John; and 1". .Abraham Ver.\a, a merchant in ]?nston. The others were: l^lijah Miles; I'anny I'lli/abeth, wife of Samuel O. Willbur, of Moncton, N. H. ; Charles ]•;. ; Gertrude A.; Ambrose I".., who died in infanc}'; I'rederick I.., who died at the a,i;e of tivo years; and P'redeiick. Mr. ^'er.\a's oldest son, I^lijah M., graduated from Harvard University with the de,i;ice of M.D. and for a time attended In tine's at the University of New Brunswick, later beeomiiii; a medical practitioner in \'ork Count)'. He mairied Harriet I'^liza- beth, daui^hter of John Dnrpee, of Douglas, and, dyin^ in 1867, at the at;e of twent\--five, lelt one sim, I'llijah H. \'er.\a, who is now an assistant in ihe Registi'v of Doeils. Mr. N'ei \a is a member of the Baptist church. He resitled in Gibson for some years, or until the death of his wife, which occurred June II, 1893; and this event, together with the destruction of his house by fire, June 20 of the .same \ear, caused him to remove to the citv. -fgri'NRY LAVVR.VNCI': STURDEl-, 1^ M.A., High Sheriff of the city ami V — " county of St. John, N.H., was born in that city, April 11, 1842. His parents were Henry Parker and Kmily (Lawrance) Sturdee, both natives of lingland. Mr. Sturdee was educated at private schools in .St. John, at the Collegiate School, Fredericton, N. H., and at King's College until and after it became the University of New lirunswick. He matriculated in September, 1858, was awarded the Dougla.ss gold medal in June, 1859, graduated bachelor of Arts in 1861, and Master of Arts in 1863. He studied law in St. John with Afe.ssr.s. Gray & Kaye, bar- risters, was admitted attorney in 1864, and was called to the bar in 1865; and he has since practised his [irofession in St. John. He was appointed Referee in lupiity of the Supreme c:ourt of New Hrunswick in 1S86, and was appointed Sheriff in April, 1893. He was elected Alderman for Ward Four of the city of Portland (now forming a part of St. John) in 1883, 1884, and 1885. He was also elected a Councillor of the municipality of St. John in 1883. and .served five years in that capacity. He was chosen Warden of the municipality in April, 1S84, and 1885. In April, 1886, he was elected Mayor cf I'ort- I:'! I I . I 'i ' h; !; 1 ! ' '' i i i ! 1 "■ >■' . "*.- ' '. 1^ i ■ i .-5 ■ i!i t 1 .1 ;' Hi;; • ii" it I I '' 1 -! 1 , . 1 ; I ! \ ft i IF ■I -' ! : S I f J If I I I 558 BIOGRAPMICAI, REVIKW land, and was re-clcctod to the same office by acclamation the following year. Sheriff Stiirdeo belongs to the Church of j ICngland. He has been vestry clerk and treas- j urer of Trinity Church, St. John, since 1871, and a delegate from that church to the Synod of the Diocese of Fredericton since 1890. He is also one of the delegates from that diocese to the Provincial -Synod and to the Cicneral Synod of Canada, lie is secretary and treas- ; urer of the Madras School in New Hrunswick, j having held these oftices since 1877. He is : Past Worshipful .Master of L'nion Lodge of Portland, A. F. & A. M. ; a member of the , New Hrunswick Royal Arch Chapter and of the I'jieampment of .St. John, Knights Temiilar. He was two years vice-president - and two years president of the St. George's ; Societv, and is Lieutenant Colonel of the Third St. John Reserve Militia. Sheriff Sturdee was married .September 26, 1866, to Jane Agnes, daughter of the late William R. Fraser. Ivsq., M.D., of ICdin- burgh, Scotland. His family consists of three sons and two daughters; namely. Henry Russell, Ivlward I'rederick l.awrance, Harold lidwyn Carter, Constance Lmily Lawrance, and (iertrude Agnes Kingdon. lIJFFORU W. ROHINSON, ex- Mayor (if Monctiin, X.H., was born near that city on September 1, ]Hr,6, a son ol William J. and Margaret Crrenholmi Robinson. William C. Robinson, father of William J., was engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Albert and Westmoreland Counties till he retired to the town of Moncton, where he ended his life of seventy-four years. A man of integrity, he was highly esteemed as a citi- zen and as a neighbor. Of his union with Margaret Chapman four children were born, of whom two are now living — John T. and Albert C. William J. Robinson was born and brought up in Albert County, New Brunswick. From the completion of his eehication until attaining his majority he was employed in general farm- ing on the parental homestead. Suhscepiently removing to Moncton, he endiarked in the real estate business to a large extent, and for a : number of years was among the leading and I successful citizens of the place. He died at the age of fifty-four years, leaving a substan- 1 tial property. 1 le was a Liberal in politics, : and held many offices of trust, including those : of Town Councillor; chairman of the School Committee, a position which he accejitably tilled Miany terms; and School Trustee, an ; office Which he held at the time of his death. His wife, Margaret, dieil when ...le was but thirty-seven years ol ! > 1' I I HI ■sp'-" T^^ , .( , !; 1 1 m \ SB! Mi ; i ! ' i 'i ■ r II. IN. I ii.\Ki.i;s N sk!\m:k. i>.c. niOORAPinCAL REVIFAV 36 1 Steevcs, and with liis brother, the late A. L. Robinson. lie siil)se(|uently studied with Me?;irs. llaniii^'ton & Wilson, leailini; barris- ters .)f St. John, X. M., after which, in 1892, he opened his present nffic- in IMoncton, where he has since followed his profession with siueess. In 1S95 his fellow-townsmen gave evidence of their appreciation of his abilitv and character by electing him Town Councillor, a jiosition which he filled two years. In iS()7 he was further honored by lieinn elected i)y acclamation Mayr)r of Monc- ton, an office whicii he filled to the satisfac- tion of all concerned. In politics he is a Liberal. In June, 1S97, he was elected by acclamation a member of the I.es^islative Assend)iy of Xrw lirun>wick for the county of Westinorelanil. and in March, 1S99, re- elected to tile same position. On October 2, 1S90, Mr. Robins Ihuh in Xov.i .Scotia .iiul during bis active life was a leading builder and contractor of .St. John. lie mar- ried Phebe Sherwood, daughter of Robert (lolding and grand-daughter of Captain (iold- ing, a Loyalist, wiio comm.inded a company of dragoons througli the American Revoluti 'ii, .uid afterward emigrated with his family to the Maritime Provinces. Charles X. .Skinner receixed liis elementary ediicalioii in the schools of .St. John, and after studying law with Charles W. Stockton was admitted an attorney in 1S5.S, and in i.Sfio was called to the bar. He began the [iractite (jf his profession in the cit)' of his birth, where he has since won an excellent rei)utation as a keen, clear-headed lawyer, prudent in counsel aiul devoted to the interests of his clients, h'or neaily twoscoie years Mr. .Skinner has i)een acti\e in politics, and from 1S61 until 1.S68 li' was a member of the Legislative .\ssemblv. In August, 1867, he was ap- pointed Solicitor (leneral, an office which he ably tilled until .March, iSTlS, wlien he was made Judge of Probate for St. Jolin I'oiint). During the same \ear he was also appointed Oiieen"s Counsel In the ])rovincial govern- ment, and in 1883 was tlius lionoreil by the Dominion (iovernment. In iS87Mr. .Skinner, who had jireviously resigned his ]iosition as Judge, was elected to the Dominion Parlia- ment, in whicli he served until 1892. He subsei|uentl v resumed his position as Juilgi' of Probate, iuning liecn reap]iointed in June, 1S92, and served until J.inuary, I 8(14, when be resigned to .iccept his present oflu e of Citv Recorder. I'"or several years he w;i> .1 member of the St. John City Council, .md while occu- ■I M I !;,„i TZ.^ !i 36= BIOORAPUFCAL REVIKW urt i H ■ ,. . f nP'h r 1 r , ... .1,1 .r i I'yin^- that luisiti'in took advantnge ier\ice of tlu' ;;ii\'ernnicnl, wa^ 'appointed to a position in cniwn land-- nHiee. He ald\ performed the le-^poiisible duties of chief dr,iu^ht>man for a period nf twcntv vears, was then appointed ; secret, n\ of the depaitment, and remained at its head for the same leny;th of time. He w,is Inr several \c,ns a>sistant ilerk of tlie l-'..\eculi\e Cjouncil; and his pulilic services weri' UKivked by ,1 thoiiiu^h understanding;' of the bu--inc>s intruNted to his i.h,ii -c, his fidelity I h' II F*rr i p. III? f if i.'l j ■ . "1 !i liM I H ■i ' '5 364 UIOGRAPMICA., REVIEW t'l the interests of the l'ro\ince bein^ univer- sally recognized and ap|ireciated. Mr. Inches married Margaret D()n<;al, dau.^h- ter (if William I)i)n,t;al. \\!io was idniieeted with Knnkins Whart tcir manv \ears, nr until his death, which von another page ol the Ki \ii w lor further .iccount of ;in- cestrv. ) John L. Winslow. ,1 son ol lohn !•'. W. Winslow, the first .Sherilf of (..'arleton ('ount\', w.rs born in Kingswood, |)arish i<\ Kiii'.jsde.ir, ne.ir I''rederict. I). Ivihcrt, of Monlical, Canada; Jessie K. Sjostoilt, of Alontreal, Canada; and I'a\iline. 1. Norman \V. Winslow |)ursued his early studies at tiie Lenno.wille (iranimar School, i'rovince of niicbec, at I'lishop's College, and at the I niversitv of New Brunswick. In \^/() he entered tlu' law olfiet' ol i'Vaser, Wct- inore & Winslow in I'redericton, and remained with that firm until iSSi, when he took a course o!' lectures at the Harvard Law Schixd. ReturniuLC then to I'lederictoii, lie was ad- mitted as an attorney in ( ictober, iSSj, and the followiuL; n'onth he opened .1 law olTice in Woodstock. In iSS^ he was admitted barris- ter, and he has since built up a verv success- ful practice in this vicinit\'. He does a solic- itor's business, and makes a specialty of con- vcvancinj;, in both i'\ which he is skilled. In June, 1.SS3, he established an insuranci' a.Ljeacy in Wooilstock in coiti|)anv with his fatlicr: and on the de:ilh oi the latter he suc- ceeded to the entire business, which '•• now one of the l.u'gcst of the kind in the town. Mr. Winslow married i'llla (iertruile, dai:,:^h- tcr of (i. W. \'.ui W'.ut, ot whom a sketch .ip- pears on .niothei pa,L;c of this \'idunie. 'I'hey li.ue two children — John l)oui;las and Marion (iertrude. Mi'. Winslow bclonLjs to a number chairman ol tho jjlicral Conservative p.iilv in ('aibtou ("ountw lioth he ,ind hi.> \\ih' ,irc members o| the Church ol lai;^land, and he is ve.stry clerk of the pari.sli church. ^\0V'7 II.LIAM .SII.XW, M.IM'., one of **«/ ,St. John's representative citizens, was born in .Simonds Parish, St. John County, N. IV, on September Kj. 1S3S, his parents hein.i; William and hlllen iWest) Shaw. His father, who was a native of the north of Ire- land, emigrated to New Hrimswick about the year 1.SJ5, and here eng;(,4ed in agricultural puisuils. His death occurred in iSiQ, and that of his wife, Llleu, in iS/j, the latter being seventy-two year.s of age. They had six children, four of whom are living. William .Shaw spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, but in 1S54 came to the city, where he worked at different occupations until i,SC)S. He then joined his brother James, and the two established the baking business which has since been so highly suc- cessful. Mr. .Shaw has shown himself ti' be an apt business man, skilful in the handling ol his business and in its linancial managc- inent, prompt in every ti .in.'-.icti(Ui, and of un- impeachable iiiti'gritv in the conduct of all his alfaiis. Kccogni/eil ,is such bv his felhuv- citi/rus, he h.is been scuight .liter .is their rep- resent. itive in the caii'ving on oi puhlic busi- ness in v.iriou-' lines. l'"or ten years he sciA'ed tlu' city in the Common ('onncil as represent. itive liom Wellington W.ird, and from the lime ol the union of .St. lohn and rortl.ind until he resigned his scat in the I'ouncil hi' w.is ch.iiiinau of iln' Ho.ud o| I'ub- lic Works. I'rom iScjo to the jircseni time i 1 '\ I ■ i; 1 I 1 1 I' hi rr 'i-M* 366 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW he has been u member of the rrovincial Lej^is- I years, three of Ihcm bcinj,' sons. Th. y were latiire. Fraternally, he is a member of the ! named as follows: James .McCrt-or, Robert Knights of Pythias, and for some years he has | (iordoii, David A., KUa, Jessie, Mars, .Sarah, been trustee of the E.xmouth .Street Methodist I'lllen, and Caroline. Robert (lordo'i \v;is a Church. In addition to conductini,' his ex- tensive bakery, Mr. Shaw has for the past six- teen vears carried on a huLre farm. physician, and practised !)is profes.;ion in Moncton, X. H., fcir twcntv vears. He died in August, 1 890. ])a\id was :•. dentist, Mr. Shaw was married in iSji to Isabella, ; resident in (Juebec. ICii/a is the wife of ilaughter of William Wooton, of Loyalist | Ilu-h Dunlap, of Stcwiacke, \. S. Jessie is descent. To Mr. and iSlrs. Shaw th<' follow- 1 the wife of James l-'iaser, of Margaret hay, ing-named children have been born: William j N. .S. Mary and .Sarah reside in Truro. Kllen A., who is engaged in business with his; is the wife of Charles Hart Baddeck, of Cajie father; James !"rederick : j-ldward I-:., a clerk; : Hreton. ('[iroline is the wile of the Re\-. Isaac Leonard H. ; Harry H. , who is in his father's ' Simpson, of C;uiton, ill. The Rev. Mr. Hax- business: Nellie W. : Jennie Is:J)elle: and ! ter was agent for the .Maritime Provinces for ^"*^" ''• ' the I'resbvterian Po;ird of I'ubl ic;it ion of i'hil- ; adelphi.i, I'.i. 1! is death occu.'ed in I.S>S';, at AM]:S Mc(Hb BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 3G9 -i : 1 ; liulil this (ifficc for the past eleven years. He is president of the Natural History Society, and takes an aetive part in all its proceed inj;s. Professionally, he is connected with the New Brunswick Medical Society, and fraternally with the Masons and the Kni'dits of I'sthias. rf?)T<>N. DAVID M( LICLLAN w.is born in Portland, St. John, N.H. , January 20, i, tau<,dit by th^ late William Mills. At an early age he gave his attention to the lunilier business, and was for years the senior member of the firm of Mcl.ellan & Holly, one of the largest lumber concerns in St. John, whose openitioiis handled from forty to sixty thousand feet of rough lumber annually. Mr. Mcl.ellan also tonk an active interest in the piditical aff.iirs of the Province. He was first elected to the House o\ Assembly of New Hruiiswick at the general election of i.S^iS for the city ,tnd county of St. John, at the Lead of the pcdl, and was re-elected at the general election ot i.S,S2. The Hon. Dr. Klder, a colleague in the representation of the city and county of St. John and I'rovincial Secretary of the Province, died in Julv, 1883. Mr. Mcl.ellan succeeded Dr. l^lder as Pro- vincial Sf !■■..'> V and was sworn in a member of the rxeciUi^'e (."ouncil and as Provincial Secretary, July 28, 1883. His acceptance of office in the government of the Province vacated his seat in the Assembly, and an elec- tion was held on August 23, 1883, to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation and the death of Dr. I'llder. He was then re-elected, with Dr. A. A. Stockton as his colleague, and continued to represent the city and county of St. John until the general election of January, 1890, when he was defeated. In March, iSgo, Mr. McLellan resigned his office as Provincial Secretary, and was appointed to a seat in the Legislative Council, still continu- ing his position as a member of the Executive Council, of which he was appointed president, and also a member of the Hoard of Public Works, until August, 1891. when he was ap- pointed Registrar of Deeds and Wills and Registrar of Probates for the city and county of .St. John. This office he continued to holil till his death, on December 19, 1894. At that "time he was a member both ot the Ma- sonic ,irder and of the Odd P\dlows, and was president of the Union Club, .St. John. In religion he was a liaptist, attending the (.ier- main Street Baptist Church. In Dominion politics he was u liberal, anil in the personal relations of life was a warm friend and popular with all having his accpiaintance. He married December 19, 1865, Fanny H., daughter of the late Henry Richards, of St. John. l"our children were born of this union, namely: Harry R., ,1 lumber merchant of St. John; Ida K., wife of P'rederick J. Harding, agent of the Marine and Fisheries Department of Can.ida at St. John; J. Verner, Registrar il f I '. ■ j 1 1 1 ^ I 370 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW of Deeds and Wills tor the city and county of St. John; and lulmund 1'., who died in in- far. cy. J. Verner McLellan was born in St. John, N. ]{., November 10, 1868. He was educated in the city school.^, Woodstock (;()nt, ) Col- lege, and Kerr's Business Cueens Cnunty during liis active years, and was a pi'ominent man in his local- itv. serving .is a Justice ol the I'eace. .Susan A. McDon.dd, his wife, was a native nf the same county and a daughter of Alexander Mc- Donald, second, a native of Westmoreland County. Her grandfather was Alexander Mc- Donald, first, who came direct from Scotland j to New Hrunswick. Alexander McDonald, I second, reared si.x sons and one daughter. I Thomas K. and Susan A. McDonald were the I parents of seven chiUlren, namely: George K., whf> died in infancy; .Alexander D. , .NLD. ; Montescpiieu, the subject of this sketch; I'aneline, wlm married David H. (jilchrist; Jannett J., wlio married James W. Cox; Jane Iv, wife of Henry .S. Seely; and .Margaret A., wife of John M. Wiley. The father died July 31, 1S92, and the mother died April 12, 1.S68. Alexander 1). McDonald, M.D., is a successful physician of Kalispell. Mont., and has two children. Montestpiieu McDonahl attemktl the com- mon and superior schools of liis nitive place, and completed his education at tiie St. John (dmmercial .School. luitering the office of Dr. .Silas Alward. D.C.L., as a student in iiS^f), he pursued his legal studies under the direction of that able lawyer for four years, \ at the expiration of which time he was ail- mitted an attorney, becoming a barrister in 1S71. A large and varied practice of over i twentv-five years" duration has made him ' widely and favorably known throughout the ' Province, and lie is regaided as a lawyer of uiuisual .d)ilitv. In 1SS2 he was appointed Clerk of the St. John < ounty t^)urt, and has served in that cai^acity continuously to the present time. In 1S75 Mr. McDonald was united in mar- riage with Clara L. .Streek, ilaugliter of Hiil i'' I \, ■5 '■. :| ' : i: i|. : 372 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Thomas K. Streck. who came to this city Iroin lively interest in the various institutions (,1 London, l>:nf(lan(l, when a young man. Seven : the city, religious, charitable, fraternal, and children have been born of this union, ' others, and was a Master Mason. Thomas M. namely: William .S., who is in the office with • .Smith died in 1X67. lie was the father of his father; Annie L. ; Charles H. ; Kenneth ' eight children; namely, John, Rufu.s, Julia, !■;.; Nellie H,; Jean; and Allen C. who died William, I'leanor, George F, (the subject of '" '"''"icy- this sketch), luiwin. and James. The widow Mr. McDonald is a member of the (lermain (if Thomas M. Smith died in 1877, aged Street Haptist Church, of which he is a trus- seventy-three vears. tee, and was formerly i)resident of tiie i^aptist Juiucational Societv. (Jeorge F. Smith acquired the primary branches of his education in St. John, and .vent Irom the grammar school there to a [iri- vate educational institution in Kingston, - j^ '•-' "'^^'1^ '•'• ^^HTll, who for many; N.H. When a young man he became associ- V^ years was prominently identified ' ated in business with his father, and, succeed- ing to the business after his father's death, he enlarged and carried it on successlully for /pT^: with the luisiness, social, and political inter ests of St. John, was born in tliat city, < )cto- ber 19, 1839, ;ind died March 6, 1894, He was the son of Thomas .M. .in % ^>' Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WfiST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4S03 C^ S& » ^ ,\ \^^ \\ V .V ^ '%'^~ 6^ 4is C/j I i J, (H 375 BIOGRAPHICAL. REVIEW Whitstable, Kent, Kn-iaiul, married R. S. Devever, of St. John, ami resides in Hraiit- foril, Ont. Maria Elizabeth was born at Folkestone, Kent, on December 24, 1824, and died on July 25, 1825. Geor-e Leonard, who was born on May 23, 1826, at Middle Deal, died at sea. lie was in the royal navy for some years, but subsequently left the service and went into the China trade. Lucy Maria, who resides in ICngland, was born in I-' ranee on August 26, 1829. She is the wife of Caj)- tain Frederick Har\y of the British navy. Ji^lizabeth Evanson was born at Sussex \'ale on August 3, 1831, and died at Campo Ikdlo. ALiry, who is the wife of C. J. Wilds, of Halifax, N.S., was born on September 7, 1835, William Henderson Heer, who died in 1896, was born on September 5, 1837, '" Sussex Vale. He married Maria Schoficld, a daughter of the Kev. Mr, Schofieid. Jane Hope (now deceased) was born on April ii, 1839. She married William :\L Jarvis, of St. John. Edwin Hond Beer went to l-jigland at twelve years of age, and there attended the Roval Naval College at (Greenwich for tnree years. In 1S48 he returned to New Brunswick, and the following year left for .San I'"rancisco on board the barc|ue "Teal," commamied by Captain (Iray. After two and a half years spent in California he went to Auckland, New Zea- land, and thence to .Sydney, Australia, where he remained until September, 1857, when he ' returned to ICngland, lie arrived in St. [ohn in January, 1858, and after a year's residence in that city he came to Sussex to take char^-e of the homestead estate. Since that time he has been engaged in farming. Colonel Ik'cr was married in 1868 to Sarah Hogg, of Newcastle. She died in giving birth to her .son, lulwin Leonard, who was born in June, 1S70, and is now in British Co- lumbia. Prior to 1898 Edwin L. Beer was employed in th.; Bank of Montreal. In 1863 Colonel Beer joined the militia, forming a company of which he was Captain, lie was subsequently Major of the Second Battalion of King- County, and in 1866 Lieutenant Colonel. After the confederation he was a])- pointed Lieutenant Colonel I'rom Kin^-s County, and in 1868 he joined the lughth Regiment of Cavalry. In 1870 he t^ok com- mand of the Seventy-fourth Battalion. In 1897 he resigned his conmiission. Colonel Beer is a member of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd I'Vdlows. I''rom 1871 to 18S5 and again from 1893 to 1895 he was Warden in the Church of luigland. He has served as chorister for a number of vears. lie was one of the organizers of the I'rovineial Rifle .\ssociation and in 1897 its president. He also assisted in organizing the Dominion Ritle Association, and conmianded the Wim- bledon team in 1878. He is at the present time its vice-president. HARLi:s I'DWAKl) HARDLNvi, a reiired liimhor dealer of St. John, was horn in that eity, .Vovember 21, 1819, son of rhomas an.l Mary (Johnson, Harding. His grandfather was William ^^H i fr 1 I ' ■ Ml 1 ^^^^^^n ' i , ':" -^» - BIOORAPHICAI, REVIEW 377 llardini;, a Loyalist who came from the States to New lirvnswick in 1783. Thomas Harding, the father, was born Feb- ruai'y 17, 17)^6, in St. John, where he fol- lowed the trade of a tanner throughout the active period of h's life. He was closely identified with local public affairs, his mem- bership of ihe Hoard of Aldermen extending over a peri( 1 of forty-five yi ars ; and he served with ability as Mayor of the city. Mrs. Mary Johnson Hardinj^, his wife, was born ( )ctober 5, 1785. She was a daughter of George John- son, of Morton, X.S., unci on the maternal side was a representative of the Cleveland family, which was noted for its longevity. The average age of her uncles and aunts was eighty-one years and eight months, and her mother lived to be one hundred anil one years olil. Thomas and Mary Harding were the parents of eleven children, namely: George Johnson Ilartling, M.l)., who was born Au- gust orn of this union, .Susan l!li/.a- beth, who is now Mrs. H.irding, is the only one living. Mr. and Mrs. Haiding aie the parents of : 1: 'i 11 IJ I I M 1 !i..i ■ 111 ['. i 378 t! >r;i 1 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW eleven chiklren, namely: Kli.abeth, wife of Henry M. Heckwith; Olivia, widow of John H. Haniin.t;; Susan, widow of Charles A. I"Iun,mer. late of Gagetown, N.M.; Annetta who married Henry Coy, of the same place': tlinrles i:., Jr., who succeede.l his father in In.siness; I-'anny, wife of James J.;. Coy, also "t Gagetown; Thomas H., surveyor of lumber '" St- John; William L., merchant in Yar- "i""tl.. X.S.; Minna Lawrence; Geor-ria wile of W. F. R Patterson, of St. John; and I I'Vaiik Karle Hardintr. .H,HI:rt WILLIAM VA.\ WART, a widely known dry-goods merchant of Woodstock. \.H., was born in Kampstead (jueens County. N.H., October 29, ,833, a -son 01 Isaac Van Wart, lie comes of thrifty Hutch stock, his paternal ancestors having emigrated from Holland to New York in Colonial times. His gran.lfather. Isaac Van Wart, Sr., was born on Long Island, \. Y., ••'nd there spent his early years. I„ ',7851,0 came with the colony of Lovali.sts t„ .New Brunswick, and having settled in Wickham, Uueens County, devoted his attention during the remainder of his life t ) ^iliing the .soil. Isaac Van Wart was born in Wiekham, N.R. March ,;, ,,So2. Lntil ;mainlng his majority he lived at the parental homestead, assisting his father in farm work. Removing tl"-'" to the neighboring town of Hampstead" be carried on general farming on bis own ac- count for many years, owning and improving an extensive farm. In .854 he retired from active pursuits, and thenceforward he made his home in Woodstock until his decease He married Catherine Clarke, of Hamp.stead, by whom he had five children, as follows: Kleanor. wife of Leonard G. Slipp, of the parish of Woodstock; Deborah, decease.l, who was the wife of L.ra Hrun.Iage. of Greenwich Kings County, N. B. ; France.s, wife of Thomas Hurgan, of Jkidgewater Centre. Me.: Gilbert I William; and Mary Klizabetb, wife of .Samuel I- Churchill, of Butte City, Mont. Both parents were members of the Free Baptist church. Gilbert W. Van Wart acquired his early education in the common schools of Hamp- stead, and during his younger davs became thoroughly acquainted with the practical de- tails of farming. From ,854, when his father left the home fan,,, until ,857 he lived with bis brother-in-law, L. G. Slipp. Lmbarking then in mercantile business, he formed a partnership with William .Stephen- son, as head .,f the tirm of Vn, Wart & Stci,henson, which for five years had a large tmde in general nierehandi.se. In 186. he I'oMght out the interest of the junior partner an.l from that time until the present dav has continued alone. He f„nnerly carried' dry g^oods, groceries, ard both ready-made and custom-made clothing; but, having gr.idually reduced his ass„rtn,ent, he now deals in .Iry Koodsonly. In the earlier part of his career I'c also bad an extensive wholesale tn.de, fur- "ishiiig goods to the greater number of the •icalers up the St. John River. Im.,- several years .Mr. V^n Wart, in addition t„ jiis other • I- wartl he made i his decease. of llampstead, '"» as follows: Slipp, of the deceased, who of Greenwich, vife of Thomas Me.: Gilbert 'ife of Samuel Mont. Jjoth I'ree JJaptist red his early 'Is of Hamp- days became practical de- , U when his til 1857 he -• G. .Slip]), fnisiness, he nil Stcpbcn- ;in Wart & '';id a large In i«6.' he i home in [■■rederictnn, Novembei' J^ iSSfi, passing .i\va\- on the sixty->eventh anni\ei>aiy of his hirlh. He was hniii in the parish of Tinwald, lJumfries>hiie, .Srotland, November .2^, 1.S19, and came of honorei! .uueslrs. He was ]ire- paied for college at llutloii Hall .\cadem\' in Caerlaverock, and in 1835 entered the united college of St. Salvator and St. Leonard's. He was accounted a brilliant scholar, and while in that institution led his class in mathematics and physics, taking the highest prizes in both those studies. He graduatetl with the degree of Master of Arts in .St. Andrew's University, Fifeshire, in i S40, and soon after had tw(j de- sirable positions offered him, one in Manches- ter Xcw College, Manchester. Lngland, to succeed the noted Dr. Dalton as ])rofessor of physics, and the other that of ])rofessor of mathematics, natural philosophy, ant the chair in King's Col- lege, whii'h be did in .Septemlier, 1S40. King's C'ollege, as the Cniveisit\- was then named, was under the control of the Clunch of I'jigland, and was but little patronized by members of otlier religious bodies, nor w.is the geneial jjublic in ntiie sympathy with its management. During the years that followed \'arious attacks were nvide u|)on the institution by the Legislatun- ami other bodies interested in adxanced education for the Nouth of this proN'ince; and ,dter nnkh contention it was remodelled in 1860, and its name changed to the I'niversity of New Brunswick. Since then all denominations arc represented in its govermnent. Dr. Jack w.is appointed p.esi- ii ! t ! I ! iL' I III ' ii !':■ 3^2 mOC.RAIMIICAI, K?:VIK\V !'l 'i ! I P i !i I (lent . 'I'u-,, of the sons are residents of Hritish Columbia, one being a physician in X'.iucouvcr and one a l.iw- _\er. .\ thiid, now deceased, was an engineer. The louith sou, also an engineer, is located in the United St.ites. A\'ll) T.\1'L1':Y. lite I',dice Magis- trate and Jud^e ot the Civil Court, I'ortlauil, was born in Sheffield, Suniuiry County, X.H., April I'j, i,S2o, .son of David and ll.mnah il-'letchcr, Taplev, lie ilii-ti ; ■^o^^^ lilOGRAI'HICAL RKVIKW 383 was descLMidcd irom James Rol)ert Tapley, a mariner ami Loyalist, wiio was a native of I'rDV'idence, R.I. While in Cork, Ireland, James Robert Tapley niarrie years un.ler their tutelage entered Bellevue ll,)spital Medical College, New York. Three yeirs later he gr;i()ha(|iii, N. H. In 1893 he came to Sussex to succeed tiie late Dr. Raymonil, aiul lie iia> since practised iiere most successfully- The Doctor was married in 1886 to Jennie T. , dauj^hter of the late (.'harles Secord, of Sussex. He is a memiiei- of tiie Kind's founty Aledical .Society, of the New Hruns- wick Medical .S iciety, and of the Maritime Medical .Society; also of the Masonic frater- nity and of the Independent Drder of l"'ores- ters. He is chairman of the Liberal Conserv- ative Association f(M- the jiarish of Sussex. While a student in the nurinal school, the Doctor was awarded tlie Lan.sdown Senior medal. Church, ilau<'hter of Kdward and Marv (Shav Ch Sh urci '{'he latter was a 'hte. of Arnold aw, an;l both the Churches and Shaws were imoiii; the party which went from Rho I,- d to Nova Scotia 1761 Tht •and- father died in Falmouth in Au<;ust, 1822, and the -randmother died in Newport in Novem- ber, 1SJ4. Tliey h. id a family of eight chil- dren; namelv, ICdward T. , Marv, Martha S., W illiam (,"., Alexander, I'hiebe iC. , Sarah R and James S. Mary married Samuel (jodfrey, and died in Albeit County, New Mrunswick. nMnied Henry Nortiirup, and died Martha S. in New \' Hill, Me rk ('it .\1 )'■ \V illiam C. died in Hli exander died while yoimj. I'h. ]■: married Mark Ratbb un, and died in Fredericton, N. H. Sarah R. married |;i Dotten, and d led a t Westiiort, C( iin., in liSQV ame s S. died in the I'niteil States iluring the DWARD T. C. KN()\VI,i:S, barrister, St. John, was born on Januar\- 26, 1850, son of ICdward T. and I'h.ebe J. (Ches- le\i Knowles. His father was born in New- port, N. S. , January 5, 1 SC14. His grand- father, Henry Knowles, was born in I'almoutb, N.S., in 1777; and his great-grandfather, also named Henrv Knowles, was born in Newport, R.I., in 1720. IIeiir\- Knowles, .Sr., wlio went from Rhode Island to Newport, N..S , in 17(10, married Molly Williams, of Hartford, Ciinn., and his children were: William, Nathan, Sarah, Henry, and Martha. Sarah married Joshua .Smith, .md M.irtha m.irried Daniel I'iaton, a sea captain. Henry Knowles, Jr., who w, is a |)rosperous farmer of Newport, N.S. , marrieil (irace Wa f.ih K Mdward T. (■ Knowles's father, entered mercantile business as a clerk in a store at Granville, N.S., when a young man, ami first came to St. John in 1.S24. He was emplo\ed here as a clerk until gf)ing to r'reilericton, where he was similarly engaged. Returning to this city in 1836, he established the linn o! Knowles & Yhornc, dealers in WVst India goculs mi Soiitli Wharl, and became interested in shipping. That coiucrn, whose warehouse was burned (Hit in 1837 and again in 1839, was dissolved after a pnispeioiis exi.-iteiice of several years, and ! Mr. Knowles continued in business alone. .At the lime nf his death, which occurred in 1887, lie w.is (ine of the oUlest membeis of St. I 1 3.S6 HIOCRAI'HICAI, REVIKW ! ! f i ' 1 ) ii >■)■ John's I.oJjro, I-. & A. M.. thou-h n..t ac- tively associated witii the lotif,re. He took an active interest in reli','imis matters, and was one of the fust trustees of the Centena (Metliodist) Church. On April 2.^, 1X34, Kdwani T. Knowles married for his first wife Mrs. Sibyl Hall, born Thorne, (lauj;hter of James Thorne, of Cranville. She was the widow of Captain ^^oses Hall, by whom sl.e had one (lau,:,dUer, I'ili/abeth ]'., who married John II. b'oster. of St. John. Hy her second marria^'e she had four children: namely, Joseph S., lulward T., Anna Sneden, and Jane Hall. Anna Snedcn married the late Stephen J. Kin-, i'ost-office Inspector, and had seven children, three of whom are livin-— Anna A., Allen G., and Sibelle. The others were: Stanley, Helen, Geor'^e T., and Josephine. lulward T. and i an active member of the Centenary Church. In I'ebruary. i.S.S;, Joseph S. Knoules mar- ried llmma \. Noble, dauichter of Robert |. Noble, of Halifa.x. They have lour chihlren livin-— Sibyl T., Ilmily .S., Kathleen A., and Robert Iv Another child died in in- fancy, lidward T. Knnules's Cirst wife died, and in December, 1 ,S4,S, he married l'h(el)e |. Chcsley, dau.nhter of Samuel Cheslcy, jr., who was the first Knjrjjsh male child born in Gr.uiville, N.S., bein,;,- :t son of Samuel Ches- ley, who assisted in layinc; out that township. Of this union was born one child, Iklward T. C, whose personal history is ■^ivcn below, lulward T. Knowles's second wife died in 1S50, and in the followin<,' year he married for his third wife ICthelinda A. Husby, dau'jhter of the Rev. Samjison Mushy, a Methodist min- ister. Her mother, who was before marria"-e Jane Hall die.l in infancy. Joseph -S. | Maria Hyard. was a native of Nova Scotia Knowles. who was born in Granville in iS,,?, | Having acquired his carlv education in the completed his education at the .Sackville .St. |ohn public .scho.d.s, IMw .nl T C .\cademy, and from i.S's.S to i.S/; was in the service of the St. John Gaslijrht Company. Turning,' his attention to journalism, he pub- lished for some time a literary paper called the '/'on//. He was subsequently connected with other papers, and in iS.S.S he became as- sociated with W. K. Reynolds in establishing the (iii/<.\(ii/,\ which is devoted to the inter- ests of trade and commercial travellers. On th MM' Ml Knowles pursued his law studies in the oCfice of Messrs. .Morrison 6t Kinj,'. He was ad- milted as an attorney in 1.S71 and as a barris- ter the following year. For ,,ver twentv-five years he has transacted a -eneral law business. He has taken some interest in public affairs, and served in the Common Council for two years. In i,S',S,S Mr. Knowles was joined in mar- e withdrawal of Mr. Reynolds in ,892 to ria.i^e with Marv II. Thonu- dauHucr of take the editorship of /V,;^;vxv, Mr. Josephs. | Richar.l W. and a «rand-dau,hter of | unes Knowles took the entire char.^e of the paper, i Thorne. He belonjjs to the Inde, " which he is now carrvini; on. le i)elongs to the Independent Order of Odd j'ellows, and is epeudent Order of Odd I-'ellows, tl.e Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Temple ol Honor. lary Cluircli. [iioulcs iiiar- i)f Rohcrt |. luir cliildrcii Lathlceii A., (lied ill in- st wile died, ed rh(id)c J. ^liesK'v, Jr., lild iiorn in amikd Clies- at to\Misiii|i. ild, lOdward :iven Ix'Iinv. itc died ill married for iy, daughter :li()dist miii- rc marriai^jc Scotia, ition in the ird T. C. 11 tlu' (iffice Ic was ad- as a i)arris- twciitv-fivc w hu.siiH'ss, )lii' alfaiis, L'il iiir two CI I 111 mar- iii{,dit<.r o| ■ 111 Janu's ndcpendcnt t Order of 111 lloimr. fliii '4^ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 389 He attends the Centenary Church, and is a member of the Hoard of Trustees. JB ANIKL F. TAI>I.]:V. of the firm of y^ m Tajiley brothers, steamboat owners I and luri1)er mnnufacturers, St. John, ' was born in Sheffield, Sunbury County, N. H., ] May '9; 1S31, son of JJavid and Hannah (I'letcher) Taplcy. V handling large (|uantities of lundicr, the\' operate si.\ boats. In 1856 Mr. Tapley married lOleancu- Ami Ihown, who was born in Suidnuv County, N'ew lirimswick, ilaughter of John S. Hiown, a na- ti\"e of Sunbury Count}', at that time there en- gaged in lundiering and larming. At a later date Mr. Hiiwn leiiHued to St. John, wiieie foi' many years he wa.-- a lumbernian and sur\e\dr. Mis. Tapley has had eleven ihildrcn, three of i whiiiVi, James Robert, Avild.i, and l".li/a K., \ diul in iulancy. llie living aie: Dora, wile j of George G. Davis, of Point Wolf, Albert County, N.B. ; Fen wick W., who is with the Tap'ey Ikothcrs; Nellie K., wife of Charles McDonald, of St. John; I.ewi.s, who married Catherine l'"lorence Gately, and resides in Bos- ton; Mary ". ; Ada G. ; Alice P. ; and Daniel y., Jr. henwick \V. Tajiley married Emma Hrannan, daughter of Captain Charles Brannan. Mr. Tapley, like his lather, is a total ab- stainer from the use of alcoholic stimulants, and is an earnest advocate of temperance. XDRiaV II. JO\i;S, f Monct.m, X. H., is a young man of e.vcellent business qualifications, po.ssessing in a large measure the keenness and foresight that are sure to win succc-s in any field of labor. He was born in Moncton, May 1, 1866, a son of Oliver and ICiizabeth J. ( Heer) Jones. I'urther ancestral history may be found in connection with the sketch of his lather, Oliver Jones, on another jiage of this biographical work. .Mr. Jones, having completed his education at the Haptist Seminary in St. John, N.B., worked lor a ntiniher of years in the wholesale dry-goods cstabli.shment of Manchester i^ Allison in tiiat city. Returning in i8()0 to .Monctnn. I'.e assumed the charge of his father's many enterprises, and at the same time opened a hook and periodical .store. The store he con,lucted most .successfiilh- until 1894, when he s(dd out to his brother, Middleton li. Jones, in order that he might devote his entire time and attention to his II if; II 390 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW father's business operations, which he still manages with ability. Mr. Jones married l-jiima J., tlaughter of Captain Ambrose Snow, of Smithtown, N. H., ami they have two childten, naniely: Reijinald H., born April 13, 1894; and Stanley S., l)orn December 30, 1S95. In politics Mr. Jones is a Liberal. Both lie and his wife are members of the Haptist church. LIVICR JONl'.S, a venerable and re- spected citizen of Moncton, N H.. has been the leading spirit in the de- velopment ot tjie real estate Inisiness of the town and tlie promoter of many of the indus- trial enterprises that iiave steadily contributetl to its growth and prosperity. He was born in Petitcodiac, N. M., Decemi)er 15, iSji, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Corey) Jones, being the seventh child in a family of nine boys jind girls, of whom i)iit one beside iiimself is now living — namely, his brother, .Malcolm Jones. But little is known of iiis grandfatiier, Henry Jones, who was engaged in agricultural pur- suits in the Province of New liiunswick (hn- ing his entire life. Mr. lones tirst m.ule his appi'ar;ince in Moncton when a lad of eight years, coming to "the Bend." as the |)!ace was then called, to speml a ye.ir witii his ilder sister, Mrs. Bennett, tiie nuiher of Mrs. C. B. Record and Mrs. J. DeWoll Spiiir. He distinctly remembers the CNistiiig (dnclitions o| that period, wiien, among tlu' nine or ten Ijuildings which siifelv housed the entire pop'.ilation, the one erected by Christian Trites on the river bank, near the railway machine shops, was the only one made of brick. At the end of the year, in 1830, he returned to Petitcodiac, where he remained until 1839, when he set- tled permanently in Moncton. He found that "the Bend" had grown to scmie extent in his absence, although all the buildings, including the stores as well as the residences, were grouped on Steadman, Pleasant, Duke, and Main .Streets, while, with the e.\ception of an occasional opening, the entire west end of the town was in its original wildness, a part of it being a vast swamp. Wild game was abundant in the forest, and the local sportsmen found keen enjoyment along tiie river's edge, in tiie swamp, and in the wooiis. Very soon after coming here Mr. Jones made his first purchase of real estate by in- vesting one thousand dollars in the Crook- siiank ami Walker property, which contained four acres of land extending from Main .Street to the river, and including the landing-place, the store, and the old Moncton Hotel, wiiieh is still standing. 'I'lic price, a fair one, which then seemed enormous, woidd now scarce i)uy a frontage of fifteen feet in that section of the city. Mr. Jones con(hicted the hotel for a few years in com|)any with Mr. James Dunlap, keejiing a i)ar, as w.is tiien cus- tomary in all puiilic iiouses, tiie selling of liiiuor beiu" as legitimate a tr.ide as dealing in groceries or dry goods. In 18.(1 lie sold out to his partner, and turned his .itteiition lo tradiiig and spe. ulating both in l.uuls and cattle. in 1841 he builtawharl to t. ike the 1 1 ^ 1 h 1 :■, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 391 place of the old lanclinj,^ above referred to, employing Captain hai^incri, to do the exca- vatinj;-, ami Timothy Gallaj,dier the wood work, tiie entire cost being four hundred dollars. In 1848, having made some money by former speculations, Mr. Jones made his first large purchase of realty by buying from the late John Trites eight hundred acres of land that had originally belonged to the very first settlers if the town, and embraced a large part (if the middle and west end, extending from tiie river on the south to the creek at the foot of the Stephen 1 lumphrey homestead on tiie north. Owing to the depredations of the grubs, which had eaten the grass from tiie marshes for two successive seasons, Mr. Trites had failed to receive any income from the land; and lie offiTed the entire tract, subject to a mortgage of seven hundred pounds, for two thousand, two hundred and fifty pounds, with a margin of sixteen years to make the payments, (joing then to the late Lieuten- ant Governor (then Mr.) Chandler, the mort- gagee, .Mr. Jones e\pl, lined to him tiie condi- tions, and, having n:ade satisfactory terms with him regarding the payment, to work improving the property. The very fust year after taking ]iossession lie received one thou- sand dollars for tlie hay lie raised on it, and the people who h.id predicted his financial luin began to change their minds. Cieaiing a sp.ice in the fboring town of Hopewell, a son of I-Hisha I'eck, who was the third in line of descent to bear that name. Elisha I'eck, first, was born in the United States, where he resided until after the close of the Revolutionary War. Heing an adherent of the Crown, he then removed with other Loyalists to New Hrunswick, and, settling in Albert County, took up a tract of land nearly four miles in length, wiiich included the pres- ent site of the village of Albert. He was one of the largest landholders of the county, and became one of its foreinost farmers. He reared eight children, I'^lisha bei.ig the name given to his second son. Klisha I'eck, second, was born in Hope- well, where he engaged e.xtensively in agri- cultural pursuits during his days of activity, and was also a large dealer in real estate in that vicinity. A wide-awake, energetic man, he took a deej) interest in everything connected with local matters, and for years was Captain of the X'olunteer Militia Company of Hope- well, and was also Justice of the I'eace for a long time. In politics he was a Conserva- tive. He married Sarah, daughter of Na- thaniel Hrewster. lught of their children grew to adult life, and two — Judson N. and Charles A. — arc yet living. Judson N. mar- ried Annie Turner, of Dorchester, N.B. , and has fivechililren — -Albert, I^lizabeth, George, John, and Jane. Oi Cliarles A. a biographi- cal sketch may be found on anotiier page of this volume. Mlisha I'eck, second, and bis wife were members of tiie IIoi)ewell Baptist Church, and both lived to be well advanced in M ii \ r ' ' i !1 ! 400 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW W ' u l( II i llf ! I 11 'i If I h 61 i ! s i III years, she attaining tiie aye of seventy-two and he that of ei};hty-scven. Their son, Elisha I'eck, third, was born at the parental homestead in 1823, and there spent his entire life of sixty-six years, heinj; enf,Mged the greater part of the time in tilling the soil and in adding to the improvements already inaugurated on the farm. He mar- ried Rebecca, daughter of John Lewis, of Hillsboro. She is now living on the home tarm, an active woman of sixty-eight years. She is a member of the Haptist church, and in the daily walks of life endeavors to live up to its teachings. She bore her husband seven children: Alice, wife of William R. Peck, of lioston, Mass.; John Lewis; Charles L., who married Lucinda Mittonc, of Covcrdale, N.H., and has three children; William L. ; Annie R. ; Ida; and Mary K. John Lewis I'eck attended school in Hope- well until he was fourteen years old, when he came to Hillsboro to live with his maternal grandfather, John Lewis, who was proprietor of a store of general merchandise. Hnterin"- the store as a clerk, lie remained in that posi- tion fourteen years, obtaining a thorough knowledge of the business. His grandfather then took him into partnership, and the firm name became John Lewis & Co. Four years later the senior member of the firm died. Mr. I'cck has since continued the business alone, and has been very successful. Being energetic and progressive, and well versed in finance, Mr. Peck established a private bank- ing concern in Hillsboro on November i, 1897. ai. this he is conducting in conjunc- tion with his other interests. He isa hard- working man, self-made in every respect, owing his present prosperity entirely to his own enterprise and effort. Politically, he is a firm supjiorter of the Conservative i)rinci- ples. I'raternally, he is a Mason, belonging to Howard Lodge, No. 15, V. & A. M., of Hillsboro, N. U., and is also a member of the A. O. F. of Hillsboro. Mr. Peck and Minnie F., daughter of Chip- man JJishop, of Hillsboro, were married on August 27, 1885, and they have three chil- dren—Mary H., George IJ., and Flora J5. Mr. and Mrs. Peck are both members of the Haptist church. RTIll'R H. MAC LKAX, (,f the A. H. Mac Lean Conip uiy, St. Jolin, was lorn in iMcdericlon, X. 11, in 1857, son (if Lauchlauand .Sojiina (Marsh) Mae Lean. His Internal grandfather was Captain Jolm Mac Lean, a .Scotchman wlio emigrated to New Brunswick and was one of the first settlers at (iraiul Lake, where lie engaged in farming. C ajitain Mac Lean was a pnmiinent man in that locality in his day, serving as a magis- trate for a number of years aUvl as an officer in the militia. He I ived to the advauied age of ninet_\-se\'en years. Lauchlan Mae Lean, .\rthiir li. .Mae Lean's father, came to St. Joim . ;■ ,1' . young nia'i, and engaged in the oh.,l;sale ur business. l-'rom St. John he went to Portland, .Me., where he carried on a wholesale boot and shoe business for eight years, or until his store was lUOr.RAPITICAI, REVIEW 401 swept away in the disastrous fire of iSfif), which consumed the entire business portion of that city. Retuminj;- then to New Hrunswicl<, he spent the rest of his life upon a farm in Sussex, Kin^s County, i.aueiilan Mae Lean married Miss Marsh, ilauyhter of the late John I,. Marsh, of Frederictun. They had (our children, namely: Colonel II. 11. Mac Lean, barrister, St. John; Arthur K, the subject of this sketch; Maud, who resides in Cambrid};c, Mass.; and Charles Herbert, president and manaijer of the Merchants' Ivxchan^e, Toledo, Ohio. Arthur H. Mac Lean was educated in the schools of I'ledericton, \.U., and Tortland, Me. His business trainiuj^ was begun with J. S. Mayo, of Montreal, I'.Q. ; and he later entered the employ of \'. W. (uegory & Co., Boston, with whom he lei.iamed until 1.S95. In that year he purchased their business in the Maritime I'mvinces, and established the A. 1^ Mac Lean Company, dealers in steamship, railway, and mill sujiplies, and proprietors of the " Lxcelsior " brand j^^athers large crops of hay each season. A man of wise jiulgment. eminently iracticaj and eneroctic, he is on.' of the ijromniont farmers of ti;e com- munity in which he lives, and is held in high re,i;ard as a man an I as a citizen. Mr. George has been twice ma-ried. His hrst wife, whose maiilen name wis L'attie Coburn, died in early womanhood, leaving one '-'liild, Ifattie, who i., now the wife of V'ilbur Turner, of Port Klgi„. \.j{,, and has three children — Herbert, lAzne, and Margaret. -Mr. George afterward married I':ii/abet]i lUir- pee, by whom he has six children; namely, Ivdgar ]{., Clarence J,, Amelia M., Charles Ashley, Chesley C, and Margaret K. In p,.l- itics Air. Geo.g: is a Liberal, but is not active in party matters. He and all the memjiers of his family belong to the Methodist church. -O.SIAH h()\\l.h;k, manufacturer of car- riage-building materials, St. John, and a veteran of the Civil War in the I'nited .States, was born in i'rench Milage, Kings C.iunty, N H. , N'nvcniber 24, 1X57. His father was J,,siah l-,,wlcr, a fanner, and his grandfather. Gabriel fowler, who came j from New ^'ork to Xew lirunswicl< with other \ Loyalists in 17S .;. 1 When sixteen _\ears old, young luwler left his lather's f.iiin and went to W. tip,,],., .M.rss., where he tound employnient in a siiovel and axle factory. At the breaking out of the Re- bellion he took sides with the North, and en- listed in the I'orty-fourth Regiment, Mas.sa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until honorably discharged in 1S64. Coming to .St. John, he established him.self as a manufacturer of spri-igs and axles and edge- tooLs, a business which he is .still carrying on successfully, employing an average I'orce of thirty workmen. In ,-^6^ Mr. I'owler was joined in marriage with I'ersis M. Blake, his first wile, who v.as a n,ative of I'ranklin, IMa.s.s. .She died in 1877, leaving one daughter, Idclla M., who is now the wile of A. J). Jjarlier, u( St. John. In 1 889 he married for iiis .second wile .\miie R. Rankin, daughter of Alexander Rankin, formerly .,f the tirm of T. Rankin & .Sons. The children of this union are: lilanchard, (iieta. Aline, Andrew li , and Ronal-i R. i'"owler. .Mr. I'owler belongs to the .Mas.Miic order a.id tlie .Sons of Temperance, lie is a meni- l)er of the Congregational ciunvli. Iiis busi- iiess ability has enabled bini to a.c|uiie .1 linancial success, and a> a citi/en be is lii-ldy esteemed for his many sterling (pialities. ().\. Ron KIM MAkSllAl.l,, a proniincnt iiisur.ince man di St. John, \.H., was born in I'ictou County, \„va Scoti.,, April 27. i.S.u', a s,m of Alexamler McNaughton .Marshall and his wife, h;ii/.d,eth Crockett, grand-d.iught.'r of James Johnson, of Tmro, .\, S. He is .1 :. > '.. ! Sa^^r^ cut of the Rc- North, and en- iimcnt, Massa- •ith which he Sccl in 1864. led himself as xles and ed_i;e- II ear-ying on ■rage fence of d ill iiianiage ivife, will) was She died in hi M., who is of St. John, id wife Annie ider Rankin, kin & Sons. : lilanchard. Ronald R. lasonic oitlcr ^' is a ineni- II is Inisi- III aec|inie a he is liigldv dilies. ;ilAI.I., a lan (i| St. 1 in rictou iiS^j, a son mil and his d.mgliter of lie is a lliis. KOlif.Kl M.\K^II.\LL. : !. M I 1 I 1 i' y' 1 , ni . ' . ■ '"^ i \\ 11 ! li '^H BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 40s ^rreat-grandson of Robert Marshall, Esq., generally known as Deacon Marshall, who emigrated from Dumfries, Scotland, to I'ic- tou, N.S., in 1773. On August 26, 1783, Deacon Robert Marshall received a grant of three hundred and fifty acres of land at Mid- dle River, in I'ictou County, Nova Scotia. John Crockett, of Dumfries, Scotland, who emigrated to I'ictou, N.S., in 1783, and who was the maternal grandfather of the subject of tiiis sketch, reccMved at tlie same time a grant of five hundred acres of land, also in the county of I'ictou, N.S. The Johnson branch of tiie family emigrated in 1756 from Londonderry, Ireland, to New Hampshire. James Johnson, Mr. MarshalTs great-grandfather, in 1761 removed from New I'.ngland to Truro, N.S., and became a sharer in a land grant of eighty thousand acres divided among about seventy settlers, all from the New I'Ingland States. This grant included the wliole township of Truro. The names of James and John Johnson appear in a record of the grant, signed by Governor Wilmot. Robert Marshall was educated in the grammar scliool at Cliathain, N.H. He was subsequently employed as an accountant and confidential clerk by the well-known mercan- tile, lumbering, and ship-building firm of Johnson & Mackie, of Chatham, Miraniichi. Ill the nionti) of April, 1S50, he removed to St. lolin, having been appointed accoiiutant'of the now Intercolonial Railway, then known ,is ihe l'",nroinMii i^ North American Railway. Wiiile holding this (losition he organized a system of returns and accounts, prepared as the result of a personal inspection of the vari- ous systems, then prevailing, of railways in the United States and Western Canada. In 1866 he established in St. John a general agency for fire, life, and mar'ne insurance, and now represents at 61 Prince William Street, Imperial Building, St. John, N.B., the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, as agent and cashier. This company, of which Jacob A. Johnson, Lsq., of Halifax, N. S. , is general manager for the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and also for the colony of Newfoundland, is the largest mutual life insurance company known to history. It is the largest insurance corporation in the world, with assets exceeding two hundred and ninety million dollars, and has taken first rank as a life insurance and bond investment company in Canada. Mr. Marshall is secretary and treasurer of the New Hrunswick Sanatorium, and is also a Notary I'ublic for the province and Justice of the Peace of the county of Kings and of the city and county of St. J hn, being the only dual magistrate in tiie province. He is tlie author of several paiiers, among them one on the subject of tlie "Canadian .System of Clas- sification and Inspection of Shipping," 186S, several suggestions contained in which were acted iqion iiy the Dominion go\'ermiient ; one on the subject of " Det-k Loads," which re- ceived consideration by the Dominion ministry, and on the recommendation of l-'arl Kiniberly sever.d suggestions contained in wiiich have since incii made statutory; a paper on "l'"iie and Life Insurance," read at Ottawa in 1S-5, 11 i ' I i! m IM "1 ! ! I 11 1! fi II i I |lt^ t a •1 ;: ^!il: ,1 1 III rfl^f: n^^ i i - ! I' .! I iiyiii' V' 406 lilOGRAlMIKAL REVIEW while chairman of a committee of the ]:)omin- ion Hoard of Trade; and one in 187J., also read before the Dominion Hoard of Trade, at Ottawa, on the subject of "Canadian Tonnage and riimsoll's Hill," in which he claimed for tile i)ort of St. John, N.H., at that time the lourth place in gross amount of tonnage, and more tonnage, measured by jiopulation, than any other [lort in the liritlsh I-jiipire. Mr. Marshall was in 1879 a member of the first Hoard of Commissioners of the present Pro- vincial Kxhibition Organization of St. John. Mr. Marshall married first September 27, 1.S55, Anna Matilda, daughter of the late Creorge Henderson, Ivsc].. merchant, ol New- castle, .Miramichi. She died at Chatham, Miramichi, in 1856. He married for his sec- ond wife, June 16, 186,^, Charlotte Neill, daughter of the late Captain Thomas Rees, of St. John, \.]5., anci grantl-daughter of Jame.s Shand, I';s(|., of Afontrose. County .Aberdeen, .Scotland. Mr. Marshall is an ex-Commissioner of the General Public Hospital of St. John, ex- chairman of the commissioners of the abattoir for city and county of St. John, a director ' and life member )f the Highland Society of New Hrunswick; trustee of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Cluirch of St. John; director of the Protestant Orphan Asylum of St. John, I'irst Lieutenant of the Second Hattalion of the St. John Light Infantry, a life member of the \. .^L C. A. of St. John, and ex-presidcnt of St. Andrew's Society of St. [ohn. A prominent !'"rcc ^rason, he w.is created on June 4, 1870, a Sovereign (ir.md Inspeitor- general, or thirty-third degree Mason, by Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Eng- land. He is a director of the New Hrunswick Masonic Hall Company, and assisted in tounding the higher grades of Free Masonry throughout the province. He at present ranks as follows: Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of New Hri::-..swick ; Past Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter of New f l^runswick: i'ast Provincial Prior Sovereign, Great Priory of Canada; I'ast Lieutenant Grand Commander, A. & A. S. Rite, Canada; Grand Cross of the Red Cross, Rome and Con- i stantine; Ini|)erial Grand Council of I'jigland; i'rov. J. G. Warden, Royal Order of Scotland; , Kora Temple, A. A. (). M. S., Order Kastcrn Star; Swedenborgian Rite, and at present : holds the jwsitions of Most Puissant Grand Master of the Supreme (irand Council of the j Cryptic Rite of Free Masonry of the ALiritime Provinces of C';inada, whose Grand is Fast at the city of St. John. N.H. Mr. ALirshall IS also an Orangeman and a member of i'ioneers" Lodge of Odd Fellows. In 1S74 Mr. Marshall offered as an in- dependent candidate tor the city ol St. John on a platform, peculiarly his own, holding that in the New Hrunswick school law, with- out destroying the princi|)le of non-sectarian tree schools, modillcatioiis might be made which, while doing n,, wrong to Protestants, would be acceptable to the Roman Catholic portion of the commimity. On this issue he w.is defeated, but in 1876 he was elected, and then the very moditications |)ro|)osed and recom- mended by him were nuide, resulting in ■■•en- lUOGRAPHICAL REVIF.W 407 tral harmony, provin;,' satisfactory, in general, to both Catholics anil Protestants. In 1876 Mr. Marshall was elected to the Provincial Legislature, Init owing to a contest over the election he resigned his seat. He was at once re-elected by acclamation, and he was also elected for a second term of four years, and was a memiier of the l'"raser-Wedderburn gov- ernment of the Province of New Hrunswick until his retirement from jiolitics in the year 1882. In the year 1881 the Prince of \Vale'; created the Hon. Robert Marshall by patent a Knight Commander of the Temple. Of this order Her Majesty, the (Jiieen, is (irand Pa- tron. Mr. Marshall was treasurer in 1865 of the Confederation Association of New Bruns- wick, located at the city of .St. John, James R. Ruel, Esq., present Collector of Customs of the city of .St. John, N. H., being president. He took an active and determined part in the elections of 1865 and of 1866, which brought about the Confederation of 1867. .Mr. Mar- shall is a Liberal of the Joseph Howe, Tilley, and Fisiicr school of politics who aimed at resi)onsible government by the people for the people. . «.••»*- OHJ.RT COLPITTS, a prosperous and |irngressive agiicultui i>t of Coverdale, AMhtI Ctiuntv, X.H. , was horn June J, 1 8^(1, on the faiin which he "ow ociupies. lie is a soil of the late La/arus Colpitis. William Ccdpitls, iMthcr ol La/arus, was born in Newcastle, l''.ni;laiul, wIriuc he emi- grated with his parents to New liruuswick. lie sulisetiuentlv settled in Coverd;ile, where he cleared and improved a homestead, on which he lived and labored until his death. .Soon after taking up his abode in Coverdale, he married Elizabeth Cummings, who was born in Ciermany. They became the parents of seven children, of whom Lazarus was the third in orch'r of birth. Lazarus Colpitts was born on the home farm and was there trained to farming pursuits. Learning the trades of taiuier and shoemaker, h" worked at these occupations parts of each year, continuing his residence at the home- .stead and carrying on the farm successfully imtil a few \ears prior to his death, when he retired to Monctou. He married Jane Col- pitts, a cousin, by whom he had five children, namely: Robert, the special subject of this sketch; William W. ; John R. ; Rolanil ; and Hcnrv H. La/arus Colpitts ilied at the age of si.\ty-six years, and his widow at the age of seveuty-si.\ years. Holh wcic mendjcrs of the Methodist chmcb. Robert Colpitts acquired his early education in the juddic schools of Coverdale, and In.ving succeeded to the ownership of the farm which his giandfather reclaimed from the wilderness, and on which his fatliei's active years were spent, he has devoted his entire time to its nui'.iagement. I K- has ;';iveii attention to vari- ous branches of general farming, and has made many substantial inq)ro\eiuents on the estate. In |)olitics he is independent, \oting tor the best men and incisures, iiicspcctive ol jiarty relations. On March }o. 1857, Mr. Colpitis married Hannah .\. Read, of Monctoii, N.H. T'our III' ! It ii i) . , ■1 )■ I? ' ! tifil iiti^^i^:i! 408 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW iliilclicn were born to tlicni, and three are now living; name'". Clifton R., Robert C, and Minnie. Mrs. Colpitts died at the age of titty-three years. .Sjie was a true Christian and a member nf the Methodist ehureii, to wiiich 'Sly. Ciiljiitts also belon;.;s. 'OIIN DK.W I'L'RDV, who for many years was one of the leadini; shi|)- owners and merchants of .St. John, was born in this eit\', (October J9, 1817. His ]iarents were Obadiah and .Sarah (Dean) I'urdw His father was born in Westchester CoimlN-, .\ew \'ork, in 1777, and his mother in Xew York -State, l-"ebruary i.,, 17.S0. His paternal ,;;ranilparents, (Gilbert and I'llizabeth (C>,i;den) I'urdv, were natives of Westchester County; aiui thi' former took an acti\e part on the Uritish side in the .\merican Revolution. .At the close of the war, in 17S3, Cirandfather I'urd} came witli his familv to Xew Ihunswick, and received a ^r.int of land in .St. Jol.n. I. ate in life he removed to I'mdy's I'oint, l.oni;' iieaih, where he died in .\pril, 1SJ5, aj^ed eij;hty-li\e years, his wife's death occurring Octolier j,^, iS^o. at the a.i;e of ninetw 111' luid ti\e chihhcii; naincK, Tlionias, Wihnoth. Jonathan, Joseph, .md Oba- diah. ()badiah I'urdN-, John ])ean I'ln'dv's fathci', was six \e,n's old when his parents cauK' to .St. John. Wlien ,1 \oung m.in he en,i;a,L;ed in the lishing industr\-, and later he became a pros- perous lish ilealci'. lie (lied iu 1 S ^i. His wife, Sarah, whom he m.iiricd No\cmber Jn, I So I, died in 1856. She was the mother of ten children; namely, William, John, Henry Wiggins, Louisa, .Ann, Obadiah, .Sarah, Wil- moth, John Dean, and Jane I'oshay. William, who was boin .September 10, i.Soj, left home and was never heard from. John died in in- fancy. Jfenry Wiggins, who was born January i.v iXof). went from .St. John to Woodstock, and later removed to I'urdy's I'oint, where he engaged in farming and tanning. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence. He served two terms in the House of Assem- bly of .New Urunswick, and was an ardent snii- porter of the Tory paity. He died in St. John, l-'ehiuary 1, iS.Sg. Louisa, who was born Xo- vembei' J3, iSoS, married Captain Thomas Hardenbrook. She died July 8, 1865. j\nn was born January 2(), 1810, and died May .1I, 1836. ()badiab, Ji., was born .August ig, 1812, and died July 22. 188^. He was asso- ciated in business with his brother, Henry W. , at l'ur(l)'s I'oint. Sarah was born .Xu^^ust 8, 1S14, and died in infancv. Wilmoth, who was boin .Se[itend)ei- 3, 1815, lesided with bei- brothers at I'urdy's I'oint, and died in St. John, .\ui;ust J8, |8();,. J.nie ImisIku', who was boiai Januar\ 1, iSjo, man ie, Detendier j8, 1838, and reaicd thiee sons ami two daughters. J'<, iSSi, leaving two children , .im .\iken Idr Mr. John Dean I'urdy's widow, who s >urvives and is residing in .St. John, is now in ler seventv-ninth vear. II.I.LA.M H. H.WW.XKD, formerly le of the leading merchants of St. .Susse.\, N. B. , in 1829, son (ihn, was horn in of William D.ivid llayward. Reared on a farm, he receixed his education in the public schools of his native town. In 1 8 -,2 he came to St. John, d cut ered into partnershi |) with the late William Warwick as dealer in crockery d cl lina ware, thcii' house beiii icati. Laura Ldith 11. 'I'illev and a son who died in infancv. John Dean I'urdy, Jr., who is with the James render Company (Limited), Willi .Street, near Chubhs's Corner. In nee The fiiiii continued in business until if Ml a\ward bought out his partner aiu ma rried November (1. 18SS. Katie bl.i 1. lor seven veais ll of St. leaviiiL one (lau ■liti Jaiuiarv 25, 1 Sc)^, liiu-othv Wilnioth ness alone. until ;i-eal lire ol 18; j'unlv. W.ilter Ogdeii I'urdv, who is secrt l,uv ami treasurer 1 it tin ender (."0111- panv, maiiied Mi one ell I Si Id, le ilie( annar\' i I Mav . '1, 1 88u, Bertha Mav i8i)i, ilio died in iiitiiu\-. Ii.i\in,i. Wi ilenrv I'uiih w.is binnglit up in St. lolin. lie w.is educated at the Collegiate School, W'ind- lereafter conducted the bnsi- was burned out in the Tlien lie removed to 85 I'riiieess .Street, where he subsenuenth con- ducted it, and where it is now carried on by his son, 11. 1'. Ilavwaid. .\ man of exemplary had eiitei pri--c, and moreover ot ibe strictest iiiteg- j ritv, he liiiill up the l.irgest tr.ide of its kind I in the .M.iritime l'ro\inces. Ml .ivwaiii marrieii .Mi st.i rarlee, I i[ l^ 'ii;; »: 111!!!' 4ro BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW i alumni Mil wliiili lu! with Judge icral (.r tlic attorno)' al l)aiii.sti.'r at !-■ iiicantinii.' 'inc of tiio luatlicc (if rapidly ad- I'k'ct i(in l(ir 11 i.S.i4, but ni,i;lit about 1k' was ic- -•nlativcs to ' was ai;ain L' until his inlluciitiaj l''cbii!ary, thi' dcl)atc Its into tJK' id in i,S'54 ii\fi iniu-nl, ■ilh S. ].. lohnsiin as •1\ l.iln'iai In iNqo HI. ChaiK's ( Hon. riiAKl.KS IISIlllR. i ! ' I I ! 1 lit! ■ ( I I * i ; ! !ti« ' t: ■i I III i 1 i i ! :t ^; liHu;K\rilU\l. 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In l.- onsi Uut ion.il l.iwv.r ho Mooil i>n- oiniiu-nl, .nul piovions !o lu-.oinin- .1 liul-.- lu- t,l\oi.-,l l.iws uhhh h.ivo siiur liorn |.asso,l, ,uul whoso oii,ulnu-nl w.is I,, his Koon ,H-iTi-plion snnpU .1 m">-""" "' ''""'' ^' '' K.,;isl,ilo, lu- h.is loll .1 hio.ul .nul iiul.-lil.h- ,„aiU nnon tlu- sl.Hnlo hooks ol llu- pio\in>o, cjulivoitcss aii.l .il>»\o .ill .M.K-niK ,l.-\ot.-il t. MS .on v .in.l ,-s|-o>-iill\ to ho. n.itivo piov llo ,K-,Imu-,1 to ,i,AO|.t llu- t'hu-l ,|ns lioi-slii|. on .u>onnl ol |i,nlv inlou-sls, .nul iwu-o .i-insi-,1 llu- .ippomlnu-nl ol l.ionli-nant (,o\i-inoi lii- io>>-ni-.l llu- ili-i;M->- ol Doilor ol I i\il i..i« Horn his .olh-L-,.' in i.Soi', .nul lor his soivu.-s III lu-hall ol llu- Cni.uli.m lonloil- .'lalion lu- u.is .iw.nili-il luo nu-iliU, om- ol silvi-r ,,,„! anollu-i ol hion.o. llr onjovoil llu- 1 >■ ni.iiUahh- .lisliiuUoii ol ha\in,i; no |u-isoim1 i-iu-niu-s, .in.l thosi- v\ho anl.i;;oiii.-i-il hiin in l„,lili.s a.liniu-.l .nul ios|„->lr,l hiin .is ,1 in.m. |u.l';i- l-'i-.lui .lii-.l .11 his honu- in l-'i ciln ii ton, Hi-ri'inlu-i .^, i.^."^!', .nul il ni.is In- sai.l tli.it his ilosiu- to l(-.i\i- llu- inipu-ssions ol his niinil lip,. 11 tlu- insiuiilions ol Ins .oniiti\ w.is liiUv ic-.il I. oil. On >opU-inhi-i .S, i.S;^, |iuU;i' j-'islu-i m.ii M,.,! Anu-li.i. srv.-nlh il.innlili-i ol I i.i\ i.l ll.it- 11,1,1, A npirs.-iii.itixo ol .111 ohl l-.n-lish lam- il^ ,11,1 ,, I ,,\alisi who . .11110 lioin Now N'oiU 1,, Now l!iiinswi> L .illoi llu- Anu-in.iii Uc-volii ti,,n. .'^lu- lu-, ,11110 llu- ni..llui ol I.Hii sons .mil 1,1,11 .laut;hU-is. ..I ulumi two .l.iiiv.hh-i s ,11.- ii\,n;-,. .j.iiu- M 1'-. "ulow ol 111.- lion I I |'i.is,-i, i,-si,l.-s ,il |-\iii.iliiu- I'l.u.-, .nul l-'i.nui-s Anuli.i liv.-s .11 Sninnui \ ill.i ,,ius|, ., insist .mil .IS ,1 poliiui.m lu- w.is .m li ,.nt ialu-i.il lioni Insl to l.isl, li.o lioni mh- ( ) Id i< \ r,issi-.i 1 I' \ II u.^t»N. i,i,inl„ I ol llu- linn ol Iho, k .S; r.il.i n. wholrsah- niilliiu-i V .mil l.nu v ,|iN :;,ioi|s. M. John, W.IS hiiin in K iiiiK-sswo.i.l, Si. 111. mil, Jainian iS, iS.pS, .on o| Kulu-rl ami Mai--,in-I (l.ou) r.iU-is,iii. Ill- i.-.ci\oil his li ! \ ' ;::i ' ! H It If vent lo (ilas<;ow, whcio he \v;is employed as salesiiuiii until iS/t. In that year he aeeepted a position with Daniel iS: Hoyd, of the "London honse " of St. John, X.H. , where he reniaineil lilteen vears. In iSSn he fdiined a partnership with !•". \V. (i. Hfoek, under the linn name nf Hi.ickX: I'ater- son, and eslalilished what is now one n[ the best known millinery ami laney dry-^oods houses in New Brunswick. 'I'hey do the larg- est business in the millinery line of anv firm in the Maritime Trovinees, oeeupying the large store at 3J King Street, ineluding three floors above. Hesides eighteen elerks thev e.nploy tour travelling salesmen. I\Fr. I'aterson was married in \SS^ to Mi>s Helen M. Xase, a daughter of the late i'hilip Xase, of Indiantown, fmther mention of whom may be fomid on another jiage of this V(dume. To Mr. and Mrs. i'aterson have been horn six children, wh(iareall living but one: Kenneth !<., Graeme, Robert, I'hilip .Xase (who died at the age of eighteen months), Margaret, and John I^lair i^alfour. Mr. I'aterson is a mem- ber of St. David's I'resbyterian Chureh and of the .St. Andrew's .SoeietS'. Mr. J'aterson's residence is located at gS W'entworth Street in the city of St. |ohi). lUil he s])ends his summers with his familv at Westfield. X.]?., a pleasant little summer re- sort that is located about fifteen miles iiji the St. John River, anil is one of the mo-t lirauti- ful spots along that river. lorn in Xorthumberland County, this jirovince, on .March j;, i,S4.S, son of J,,hn and Janet (.Scott) Robinson. Ilis father was a native of Countv Longford, in the north of Ireland. Ho came to this country with his mother when about twelve years old. Ijo learned the painter's trade, and sub>e(|uentlv worked at it during the re- mainder of his life. Ilis wife, Janet, was the ilaughter of Scotch parents, with whom she came to America in her childhood. She was the mother of the following-named children: William, Richard, .Mary, George, John, l-'rances, Alexander, Janet, Robert, and .Martha. Mr. John Robinson was a member of .St. I'aul'.s Church and for many years a leading member ot the Sons of Temperance. He died on ■\\nU 29, i.S6y, .md his wife died on January 19, iS^jj. .\le\ander i>;ol)inson was unK sixteen \ears of age when he was set to k-ain the carriage- maker's trade. He worked at Newcastle, and in St. John with I'rice v't Shaw, [ind, having finished his ajiprenticeship, worked :is a jour- neyman for a year in \'armouth, X.S., and for two years at Roschank. At the end of that time he iclurned to Newcastle, and worked for I ;i time at cariiage painting. He came to I Chatham in iS;^, and established his present business. He not (July manufactures cir- riages, but keeps on sale imported \chicles of I the best st_\les and makes. lie is agent lor all I kinds of f.uiiiing imjilements. l|ii niOCRAPHICAL REVIEW 415 Mr. Kiil)in>i)n was in.inicd im March 4, a{;e of fi{;lity-si\, ami (irandiUdtlKi- McAl|iiiR' 1873, til Miss Jane llcwitsoii Ci )irnatl a I ia- I lived t, John, t'iiarlcs, Katie, Janet, l'e,i;;;\', and William were the fruit of their union. (irandfather Mc.Mpine died at the was born in Oueens County in 1S03, and lowed farming- during; his active years. He died in 1S75. His wife, Matilda Jane, was a native of (Jueens County and of Scotch de- scent. They had nine children; namely, James, .Nevin, Charles, I'ldwin H., iXlbenia, Matilda, Mary, I'riscilla, and Cecilia. The mother died in 1.S87. lalwin 11. McAlpine attended the superior schools of Cambridge, (jueens (.'ounty, his instructor hein.i; Janvs Mitchell, who was afterward Premier of .\cw Brunswick. .After completinj^f his collej;e jirejiarations at the Collej;iate .School, l'"redericton, he entered the University of N'ew Brunswick, and jjradu- ated with honor in 1.SCJ9. He was |)rincipal of the combined j;ramniar and hij;h school in Chatham, N.B. , for fcjur. \ears. He pursued his law studies with William I'ugsley, (J.C., was admitted as attonie\- in 1878, and became a barristei' in 1879. l.ocatin.n' in .St. John, he has found ample cipjiortunity to display hi.s talents in the courts of .New Brmiswick, and is rej;arded as a law\er of unusual ability. He is Referee in I'".(piity and Ai;cnt of ihc Minis- ter of Justice. He has met with excellent success in several important cases, amon,^' them beiny that of lielyea ;■. Small 6 lilOGRAl'IlICAL REVIEW I i i I k V joiiicil in inari"iai;L' with Miss C.'lulilil.i l-'uriis, (lau-lUcr of tlio late John I'V^iis, l''.s(|,, .M. 1'., tnr Oiicfiis Ci unity. ("If this iinidii two chil- (ircn wci'c liiii'ii, Inil niMtlKT nf ihcm is living, Mrs. Mc.Miiinc (lied in i.SSi. Mr. Me.\l|iinc is a nioniijcr ni Iliiiernian I.oil^e, I'. iK: .\. M. and r.i tlic .St. Andrews .Soeietw R.WCI.S J. I)i:.sM()M), M.I)., C..M., a ]i(i|)nlar plixsieian and sni;;e(in ol Xcweastle, N.H. , \va> hiirn in linelnnilie, Kent County. October 7, iSdj, a son ,i hnsiness as ,1 nua- chant a, id as a mannf.H tiiier and dealer in lunibei, and siil.>ei|iieiitl_\ lor some \e;iis he diAdleil his eiiei.i;ies |o sli ip liii i Idi iil;. His wile, .Sai.ili, w.is ,1 nati\e ol Ch.tlh.mi, \.l!., and a dau,L;lilei o| I .nke .nul .Mai\ in'I.earvi h'it/patrick, wbiic.mieto \ru Hiniisuiik liom Wexford, Inland. Mi. .ind Mrs. j'.inirk Di'sinond were the p.iielits dl ei-lit ihildieii, two of wli'iju aic now liviiiL;, iniiieN ; M.n \ J'dleii, wile of ('aptain Willi. iin lle\nnn; and I''rancis j., tin' snbjecl ol this skelih. l.iike, the eldest son, was a sea captain. lie sailed from l.inieiick, Ireland, in Jaiiuar\, i.SSS, on a \e:',std lalied the " Hor/oiie, ' which was never more heard from. The others died in liiildhood. Patrick Desmond died in iSSo, at the a.ne of liltN'-four vears. I'rancis |. Desmond r(i,ei\ed his tdcmenta.iy education in the ((Jiiimon schools, and snbse- (pieiitl) attended .St. Miehael's folle.-e, (..'hat- ham, where lie look a c others werei Martraret. Hliz- creased proportionatclv with the city's -rowth, I abcth, James, Mary. William, Crace, ,md until it iicc.ime recoj;ni/ed as an iniiiortant in- i Ann. .lustry. The wooden buildin- in which he ' The business w,.s can ied ,m successfully by carried it on w,is destroyed by a .lisastrous ' Thomas A. and Alexan.ler Kankine until conflaKrati.m in .S.,.,. Fhc same year he I about ten years ..-o, when Alcxamler retired, erectc.la brick bnildinn. which he i.ter en j ami H. C ami Frank Kank.ne, sonsol iar-e,l by addin- another store, an,l in 1874 j I'l'"'"''^ ■\" ''^•'^' :">'">><'•'' '" "'^' '""'"' ^^''''•'' thc^vhole W..S extcmle.l in the rear throu^'h to j still retains its presti-c amon;; the leading' (ic.r-cs Street. Ihe Kankine estaldishment business h..nses of St. John. rhe present w.is anain swept ,iw,n' bv the j;real tire of! proprietors itavc inherited the untirin- encr-y ,8;;. hutfn.m its ,,shes immedi.itely rose the ami strict integrity of their sturdy i.redeccs- present snb.stantial block. In 187. the el.lcr sors; and these essential cpialities. together Kankine .idmitled to partnership his twos.ms with their pn.-ressive tendencies, have been - Th.mi.is A. and Alcxamler -they bavin- the means of still further increasing the vol- been hnm-ht up in the business, which from ', iinte of their business. To meet the increas- that time'to the present h.is been conducted j in^; .Icmand for their ^o,,ds, thev iuv.- just ,„„,.,, ,|,e ^nn^ n.nnc ol Thom,.s Kankine .St | completed the erection of a lour-storv brick icticillv with- bnildin- on (;eiM-,L;e's street seventy Icet loU'; ,111(1 ihirtv leet wide. Sons. .Mlhou-h th.' f.ithei' pr.ict drew from the ccmcern in 1S7.1, his -nidin;, its all.iirs until his de.ith, Tliomas A. Kankine, senior partn.'r of the I lirm, w,is born in St. John, Auj^ust 1, i8.-5. h.md w.\s visible m it which ociurred in 1 870. M,! f 'i.l ! : i I* it I 420 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1846 he niLiriiecl Miss Louisa A. Calilwell, a native of Hudson, N.H., daughter of Alex- ander Caldwell and a representative of an old family of that State. Of this union were born eight children, namely: Janet, deceased; Menry C, a partner in the business; Walter; Hester, wife of the Hon. W. S. iMelding, Finance Minister, Canada: Oscar; Frank, who is associated with his father; Allan, and Zillah. After the death of his first wife, Louisa, Mr. Thomas A. Rankine married Mary !•:. Camber, by whom he has had two chil- dren—Mary L. (deceased) and William C. Mr. Rankine is a member of the St. An- drew's Society, and was formerly president of the Mechanics" Institute. He attends the I'resbyterian church. XDRi': Cl-SllIXC, f,„- niaiiy years a IMiimincnt lumber nuTclKiiit and re- spected resident of St. John, was a native ni the United States. Horn in Hin-- iiam, Mass., in i.Sjo, he was a son of Xeheniiah and i;el)iirab (Hii.i;-s) Cushiiij;. and was of the seventh ,L;eneiation in descent tioni ;\Iat- tlu'w Ciishin-, ului, with his wili- .iiid live children, t.ime o\ei hom ]:ii,:;land in the ship "Dili-ent " in the -umnier ol Ki^S, ;iiid in the aiitiinui ol th.it \c.ir settled at Ilin-ham, .Mass. The line w.is Matthew,' . I.)aniel,' Theophilus, ^ Theophi Ins, ' Theophi- his,' .Ni'heniiah,' .\ndre.- (See Cnsliin^ -ene- alogy ill the History of Hiiigliam, published in i>S'9,> ) ' Coming to St. John in i,S5i in lomp.my j with his brother, Theuphilus (the fourth of that name in lineal descent), together they l)urchased a site at I'nion Point, where in i.S'52 they erected a foin--gate steam saw-mill. I This mill, destroyed ,:_ fire in 1.S55, was j quickly rebuilt. Jiurned again in 1869, it : was again rebuilt. Mr. Theophi lus Cushing was succeeded by his son, George U. Cushing, the business being then carried on under the style ^ of A. Cu.shing& Co. The linn traded exten- sively in lumber with West Indian, .South : American, and United .Slates maiket.s, and were known far and wide for their enteriirise, ^ sagacity, and honorable business methods. P'or years they bad a very lucrative tr:ide in sugar box shooks, in the manufacture of which tliey may be said to have been pioneers in St. John. Since the deatii of Mr. deorge ]}. Cushing his place in tjie firm has been taken by his son, Ceorge S. Cushing. Although he never became a natural i/ed liritish sidijcct, .Mr. .\ndre Ciish ing laithfully discharged all the .hities of a _,ood cili/en to his adojited c.iimtiy. He took a keen interest in all movements toi the |)ubliegood. He was active in the work of temperance, and the weight of his inlhieiue was e\er given to the su|i|)ort of any cause that rested upon a sound moral ba^is. lUc j-n^t Civil War in tlie United St.ites (jiiickened the home impulses of all .American citizens residing in St. |ohn dining that period. Mr. Cushing was by birth and education a lover of Irei'flom, and took a deep interest in the slin-glc. He became a<(piaiiited with many of the more eminent of his countiymen whose services on the b.iitic- lUOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 421 i foiirtli of ;jcthcr they , where in I s;i\v-niill. 1N55, \v;is II 1869, it Jiishinjj; was iishiiii;-, the r tlie style iiied exten- ian, South ikets, ami enteiiirise, hods. ]''or e in sui^ar vhieh they I St. John, iishini; his V his son, iatniali/c(l laithfuljy eili/eii to n interest I le was and the en to the in a sound !■ in tiie ipidses (jt St. Joim s h\- hirth and too|< e heeanie ui)lrnt of le l).atie- field or in the political arena had hrought them into national jironiiiience. He was a diligent reader of the historical and jmlitical literature of that important epoch, and it left a dee]) im- press on his mind. I'ersonally, he was kind- hearted and j,^entle in his manners; hut, when once his mind was made up on any subject, he became firm and inflexible. His death occuned March .7, 1.S91. In the ('.rand Division of the Sons of Tem- perance, in the society of Odd I'Y'llows, ol which he had been Grand Master in the Lower I'roN'inces, on the Koard of Trade, and in other orj;ani/ations in which he took an acti\e inter- est, he is greatly missed; but those who mourn him most outsitle of his family are the personal friends who knew how kind-hearted, how true, how just he was, and who enjoyed intellectual association with him, who had the benefit of his extended observation and f'ue power of con- versation and close speculation in rare fields ol studv- Ml'- Cushini; was a sincere and earnest Christian, his mind and actions being intlu- enced by the teachings of .Swcdenborg, of whose writings he was a closo .student. Mr. Cushing was twice married, his first wife being in maidenhood Miss Delia Rich, a native of Winteiport, Me. .\flcr her death he married Mis. I'.. I). Jewell, a native of St. John, N.H. , and the widow of ]'. D. Jewell, of St. John. Mr. Cushing left five childicn, namely: Rebecca, wifeof Dr. C. S. May, of New \'ork ; l.ucind.i, wife ol C.eor-e li. Dunn, of .\shhind, Me. ; .\llston, who is a resilient of St. John, N.l!. , Kiehmoiid II., wlm is ,1 ci\il engineer and resides in Xova .Scotia; and Chauncey D. , who is a resident of the State of North Caro lina. Ai.i.snjN Cusiiixc, son of Andre Cushing, subject of the preceding sketch, by his first wife, Delia Rich, was born in Winterport, Me., in US49, and was about three years old when his parents removed to St. John, where he was reared. He obtained his elementary education in that cil\', and suhsccpiently pursued more adxanced studies in Waltham, Mass. After leaving school he engaged in the lumber busi- ness at .Salisbury, .N.H., and followed it until 188S. He then moved to .St. John, where he has since been snci'essfuUy engaged in the same business. He was marrieil in 1873 to Miss Clara I.. Currier, a native of Hallnwell, Me., and a daughter of Jabe/ Currier. Her lather was of rnritan ancestry ; ami her mother was a graiul- niece of Josiah liartlett, whose signature ap- pears ne.xt after that of John Hancock on the Declaration of Indeiiendence. Mr. and Mrs. ■Mlston Cushing are the parents of six chil- dren : l.uiimla C". ; Hertha M., wife of Parker V. lUnlcigh, of Houlton, Me. ; Andre Rich- mond, of .St. John; Delia Rich; Charles Dunn, and Chira l.oiiise. The familv attend the Cluinh of b'.ngland. .Mr. Cushing is a mem- ber of the I. (.). (). !■'. ii- OSI'.I'II CR.ANDAl.l., one of the best known cili/ens of Moncton, N.IV, is also one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents, and for more tlum half I 1 !' •\ I il !! li 1181 s 423 IJIOGRAPHICAI, REVIKW niito in his day. aiui prcnchcd in all this i'i(i\ iiico. a century has been ch^scly idcntihcd with i.s ^ I'..tn,astcr, and „„n, that ,in,c until .SyS ad- us.n^sp,..^,enty. He was l„„n in IVtito,- ! n,iniste,cd the a.fai. .. ,he p„st-om.e n,ost c V]..K,n,an^,0 ,S..,s,,no,thcKev. satis,ac,„nly. ()„ ,,,.n,n, „f lailin, health : ; T"^" • /"• ;-'f "'^ --"^-'^■■•. - -^ t,K.n l.„.eed to ,i.e up the position, and iK K.^. J,.seph Uandall. wh„ died in Salis- was sueceede.l by his s„n, S,eadn,an Candall. ' ■'■ ■'■• ;? "" ^■^"^"'''^' ^'^^' '■'■ -^"•>- "^ '«;• IH. was appointed Savings Hank .A,ent. >-u-s, was a hapt.st nnniste,- „f eons ,.,:. ,,, ,S-, he was nu,de hrst ehainnan ..f the I Tuwn C\iuneil under the inec-rpurat ion art (if ' ^'^'" >'^'-"' ■' ili^linetion that he merited lor his Kev. I)avulC,-andallwash,.,n in Sali.nny, ; ,in,ely !aho,s dunn;, the agitation that p,e- :' ■' "" :r " -■ '"■'"'"'' "" ""' """"' '''-'' '"^ -m-leration of the I-,„vinees and "n.nst,y. lie was a lauhful worker in the ; n,o,e espeeially the incorporation of ,he town blasters vineyard, and aecpiired prundnenee in ! „f .M,,net,in the denomination with whieh he was oh. | ,n May, ,S,6, M,-. c'randall n,arried iMances nocted. A n,a„ o, sturdy constitution an.l of ' A., daughter of Willian, Steadman, of Monc- tcmperate habus. he lived to the remarkable ton. < -f their nine children live are now liv- |.«co. onehondred years. „e married idi^a- in,, nanudv : Steadman, born lulv u, ,S,;. '^'' ""'''■"■• ^^"" ^"^" ^'"^'''"^'' ^' ^'-' "''• : <■'"->. '-n, Mav .,, ,S35; William, bon; '"'^V , ,, , ■ ^'^""''1' '•(. 1«57; -Avola, born April ^,, ,,sr.,; J..sep , the second son of ,he Kev. Da.id and Frank, norn Februa.v ., ,Nr,6. ' M,- and tranall, u.s educated at S,. Martin's and Airs. Crandall are both n.onbe, s of ,he l.ptist 7';^""7- '"-^ ^"■'' ^'''- ^"■••'■•^■'"'^ '- >"-h. m polities he is indepemlent.votin..- stu —'-'■' .-■...,. .rand.ather was UHlianr,;' don """">■ -"'"''H,tv. "• . S4MK. was appointed,. om.tylVrry.lrekmd, a. on o.,„hn,io.d:,n. «4&,-.;. time until \S()S nil- thc iMist-ofrK-c mnst nt (if tailinn' health ' up the pcisitidu, aiitl , Stcatlniaii Crandall. Savin-s Uixuk Aj^ent. 1st ihaiiniau of the iiu-crpuralicin act of It lu; nu'iitcii for his ayitatidi; that prc- : the i'ldvinccs, and iiratiiin of tlu' town l.ill nuinicd Jwanccs Stendman, of Monc- •11 (i\'c are nou- liv- ii'in lulv M, iS.ir ■ W liliani, horn II n April j;o, iSrij; ; 1. iSCir). Mr. and iilieis of the liaptist iiule|!ei)deiit, vntin^L;- \it. t ion>. \Mi:S (IdRDoX, llie (lordiiu Xail •'^t- John, and the 'liistiy in the Maii^ 'II nine l^uk, this "11 of Rnhrit and parents were hoi n eeiidant of Seoleh "I l':n,:;li>li. His 1 i II iain ( iordiin, of 1 of lohn ( iuidmi, m • i i 1 ll '■ 1 j li^li ii^iii^ .*ip^. IlKUlKArilK \1. KKVIKW 1-5 .1 ili'.lli'i in li\c sliiilv I lu' n.imr Inlm, Iminc, il is tluis shnuii. Ii\ M,\|iii (iniiliin's ,l;H'.i1 L;i,mill.illu'r, is roiispii'iunis in the .inicsti.il liiii" lor si'vi'i.il iii'nciations |,nl!u'i b.uU liir.itinir, lu' n-(i;ini'il tn Si, Inlni, vvlu-u' lir w.is ('i\^,il;i'iI in llu' l;|'1iim \ hnsinrss lur sunu' Wills, W hilo I'mplovi'tl i.i ilu' iii.imil.u'tiui' ><[ linisi'shm" nails will) J.nnrs I'milcr, in- ni.ulo Kdlu'il (iiiiiliiii, Ma jor I iiMclon's l.illu'i, bum > .11 lanm'nu'ii Is Willi I lanii'l I iaik. nt tl in iSi (, was .\ linrn wcmvi'i In liailr; anil lie ' hie wniks in I'aili'lon, Inr spair aiul |i(i\vcv lui' liavi'lli'ii lAiT lu'laiiil and S< 111 land pu'v ion:, Id [ rsi,\lilis|\inL;' a \vii<' nail inainilacloi v ; and a iossiiil; tlu' oiran. I non his an ival in Now |ivo|iosil ion lo t'onsolidaU' iiiado lo M nniilswick 111' loimd t'ni]>lo\ nuail in a sliip I'endi'i' M; I'liidv, llio lioisi'shm' nail niakois, \A\{\. .AiU'iwaid 111' uoiki'd ill a saw mill, • ii'siiUcd in llu' loiiii.ilion cij llu' joint stuck ,111(1 still lili'i lolloui'd till' Id.li ksiiiilli's ti.ldo. I lomp.un- ol rondi'i iV ( 'o. , lauiilrd. Ilo ir At IriiLitli 111' si'tlli'd on .1 1,11111 ill ,\ \ lostni d, i niainrd willi tli.il iinuriii lull oiii' \r,ii, diiiint; Kinj;s ('oiiiil\. luil ,ittri .1 shoit tiiiu' ictiiinrd 111 .St. John, Wi'st, wlu'ic hi' spent thr list o| his lili', ,iiiil hr dii'd Si'pti'llllu'r JO. I'^Si). Ill' lH'loii,i;i'd to thi' ( lr.iiiL;i' .'^ocicix, ,iiid \\,is ,1 nu'iiilu'r ol till' I'li'shvli'i i.in ihiinli Koluit .mil l.iiu' (l)i\oii) (ioiilon li.ul ,1 l.imih ol lour ihildu'ii, ii.inu'lv: I'lllon, lioin M,i\ .', i,*<^i, wliiih tiiiU' 111' had i'li.irj;i" ol tho win' ii,iii do p.utiiu'iil ; .iiid in tlu- spiiiii; ol l,'^||; lie I'st.ih lishi'd his pii'si'iit pi, int. ni.ikiiif; his liist ship- iiii'iil in Aii^iisi 111 the s,mii" \i',ir. .\t the pii'sriii tinii' lu' i'niplo\s .111 ,ni'ii,L;i' lonr ul twi'lvo nii'ii, piodiiiiiiL; thiilri-ii Ihoiis.uid krj;s aiinu.illv ; .iiid his liiisinrss is roust, mlly in- w ho dii'd l.iiman .'7, l.'>(i,'s; Jolm |., tho ' iii'.isiiiL;. siiliii'il ol' this ski'ti h ; .\iiiii' J.mi'. hoi n .\piil ! M.ijoi (lonlonh.is loni; lu'cn idoiit ilii'd with I.?, iS^;, who 111.11 1 ill! riiom.'s II Johnsiiini' I hr I '.inadi.in militia, wliirh ho ioincd .it llu I .St. John; .iiiil C.itlu'i iiif. hom J.mnaiv J. i a^o ol oi^hli'i'ii, oiitoi iii^; ,111 ,11 1 illri \- I'omp.mv iSvS, now till' will' ol I, I'^/okii'l Mil.i'od, riu' motlu'i , lioin n'^.'S, is still liviiii;. ,is ,1 j;iiniii'i, ,111(1 iiLikiiiL; his w.i\ loiw.iid to liis present i.iiik. lie seivi'd .is I .ieiiteii.int loi lohii j. lines (ididon, Iciviiil; the .Si, Jnhn : oiU' vi'.ii iindei Colonel ,\niisl|on;;, leieived piihlie s(!ui(ils ,it ihe .iL;e ol thiiteeii \'e.iis, woiked in .1 s.iw mill Im two \('.iis, .md then sei \eil ,111 .ippient iei'ship ol ihiee veils. it the hi,s eommissioii ol M.iioi in the Ro\m1 li^ht Allilli'lV al the Milil,ii\- S. '".ol Ml ( hiehee, ,111(1 w.is pel mitted to leliiewith th.il i.ink to 1)1, iss loiinder's I i.ide w ilh Willi. nil I l.ivwaid. the leseive list. lie .iNn juined the (li.m^e lie siihseipientlv wmked sueeessiv eh' ,is .1 join j .Sue i el \ .it eii;liteen, w .is a memlieidl Ihe ( adets neS'in.in loi ll.nw.iid vS; l''.ii inei .iiid .is hue ■ ol 'reillpeiaiu c, li is lieeii elei led Im ihe third 111. in loi W.iles \- (iieeii, whom he lell lo t.ike ' veil ,is Marsh. il (i| the Si. .Xndicw's SoiieU, eh.iij;e ol Ihe lii.iss loundn dep.iitment ol ; .ind h(doii;;s lo the ('l.in Mi Keii/ie, ihdei ol I. mil's llaiiis vS: (o's wmks; ,ind l.ilei on, j .Seoll.ind. M.ijoi ( loidon w.is h.ipii/ed in the opei.itiii^ .1 s.iw mill in ( ■.implielllon, N.li,. I I'leslu lei i.m l.iilli, .md li.is lieeii ronrnined in ! i !" ' 426 BIOGRAPHICAL RFA'IEW the t'luircb nt I'in^himl. lie maiiitaiiis liis foiincctioii with both eliunln-'s. I'-ORGI". ROHI'.RI'SON, ex-Mayor of the eit)' dl' St. Jnhii, \.H. , I'lcivince of Canada, was born in Kinj^stoii, Kent C'onnt)-, \. I?. , Jannaiy 30, 1844. His father, the late Duncan Robertson, was born in 1S2J in Alier- (lecn, Scotland, where he was educated. I'.nii- ^ratinj; from theie to New lirnnswici<, he followed the trade of a ship-builder durin;^ his years of activity, being located at l\.in,i;ston, Moncton, and Cocai{j;ne. lie died in i.ScSj. 11 is widow, whose maiden name was (ieor.niana Jardine, was born in Wamphray, Dumfries- .shire, Scotland, and is now livin.^' in St. John, :; H. C;eor<^e Robertson was Init two yeais oltl wlien in 1846 liis parents lemiued to Moncton, where he receivcl the rudiments of his educa- tion, which was further advai ced iiy a course of study at the Sackville Academy. In 1861 Mr. Robertson seemed a situation as c]cri< lor James Macfarlane in St. John, a jiosition wliiili he retained for seven years. llavin,^ ol)tained while thus employed a j;ood knowied- ■ of tlie grocery business, lie enil)aike(l in tiade lor himself in l8f)8 by opening a store for tlie sale of ^roceiies and West India ,i;(iods. lie car- ried on a successful wliolesaie and retail iuisi- ness until he was burnecj vit in the memorable fire of 1877. In 1879 be resumed business at his idd location, and at tlie same time opened a retail branch store on I'rince William Slrect, tlie hitter of which he .ifterw. nd removed to Kinj;- Street, and with lus partner, Samuel Corbett, with whom he is still associated, es- tablished the well-known firm of Genrj{0 Rob- ertson & Co. In 1894 this firm closed out the retail department of their trade; and they have since confmed themsehes to the wh(de- sale j;rocery business, their store beinj; locateil at 67 I'rince William .Street. In his younj;er days Mr. Robertson was ac- tively interested in military affairs, ant! for a number of vears was Captain of ''ompan\- I, Second liattalion. St. John l.iybt Infantry. A man of reco;;nizcd busines.s ability, he was chosen president of the St. John Hoard of Traile; and during the three years that he served in thi-- capacity be became fa\-orably known throng. .out the Dominion of Canada, his addiesses before the boards of trade in the more important cities receiving merited atten- tion fiiim the leading citizens of Canada. lie also ser\ed as the first president of the Mari- time Hoard of Trade of St. John, anil was at one time president of St. .\ndiews Society, the cdile>t oigani/ed society in the city. '^Ir. Robertson is ]iromineiitly connected "'lib many 1 benc\olent, business, and fraternal organiza- I tions, beinr; one of the commissioneis of the ' Hii\s' Industrial Home, treasurer of the Relief anil Aid Sociclv, a director of the I '.xhiliition Association and of the 1 lort icnltura' Associa- tion, lie is a member of (/hin McKen/.ie and of St. Andrews .Society, and is an b.liler in the .St. .\ndrews Presbyterian Church. I rolitic.illv, .Mr. Ro1)eitson is an Indcpen- ; (lent. In 181)3 he was elected Mayor ol the I I itv, a position to whiih he was annua'ly re- BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIKW 427 ner, SumucI ssocialcil, cs- Gcorj^o I'vol)- 11 cliiscd mil l(j ; and tlic'V I tliL' wholc- jcint; located tson was ac- ;iirs, and fur ' '(inipan)' 1, Infantry. A lity, he was Im Hoard of cais that lie me fa\iirably 1 of Canada, trailc in tlio icritcd attcn- Canaila. I k- of tlic Mari- I, and was at cws Socictv, 10 .ity. '^Ir. L'd wiili many nal (ir^'ani-fa- ioncis of the of the Relief ic l!\hiiiilioii nra' Associa- -leKen/.ie ami 1 {-'.Ider in the I. an Indepen- Maviii' ot the . ainuia'h' re- elei'tctl nntil 1S9S, when he was nut a candi- date. During his Mayoialty he had the pleasure and satisfaction of seeing Canadian interests greatly developed hy the opening of .St. John and other important ports of the Doniiiiioii as ports for the winter trade, a meas- ure wiiich he strongly advocated while presi- dent of the Hoard of Trade. He was also largely instrumental in the opening up of the present .steamship line between .St. John and Denierara and jiorts in the West Indies. lie is now a member of tlu' House of .Assembly of the I'rovinee of .New Hrunswick; and is pro- moter and director of the Imperial Dry Dock Conii);in\ of .St. John, .\. H. Mr. Robertson marric'd .\gnes, daughter of the late William Turner, A St. John, .\.H.^ formerly of (ilasgow, .Scotland. (H their seven cliildreii one died in infancy and six are now living: Duncan and Williair; Jardine, twins, who reside in ."st. John; I'.li/abeth Rirssell, who is the wife of John Montgomery, a harris- terat-law; (ieorge Keith ; Janet I'aterson ; and I'.lhel. Mrs. Robertson is a niember of .St. Andrews I'icsbvteriau CIhucIi. l.ISS A. M.\RV1;N. .M.D., .me of the leading pby^ici.uis of llilUburo, .Albeit t'ount\-, .\.H. , was born in tlie parish of liotstord, now called (ireat .Sheiii- iigue, December Ki, iSf'ii, and is a son of the kite Josiah H. MaiAi'ii. His gi-andfather, Silas Marven, was born at Helle Isle, King'- Count)', \.H., where he spent his entire life of eightv-four \ears. He w;is a farmer by occupation, and worked most industriously at tilling the soil. He married Abigail Inroad, by whom he had four children, two of whom are still living, namely: William S. , who mairied b'.liza .Shanks and has one child, I'.Ud. wife of W. r'rank Hathaway, of .St. John; am. Kenjamin, who married Julia Trites. Moth of the paternal grandjiarents were members of the Church of iMigland. Josiah H. Mai Veil was boin in iS.':/, in Uelle IsK', on the (dd honiestead. In early manhood he established himself in business at (ireat Shemogue, X.H,, as a general merchant, and for a score of years carried on a thriving trade. Retiring then to a farm in that place, he en- gaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, at the age of si.xty-four years. In iiolitics he was a Conservative, and in religion he and his wife were Methodists. He married I'"dizabeth, daughter of Joseph Avarcl, a leading mer'.hant and one of the most inlluential citiixns of his communitv. .She died at the age of fort\'-nine years, leaving seven children, namely: A.lice, wile of (ieorge ( i. Melvin, M.I)., of .St. John, N.H., who has two children — (^eorgia and Alice; liliss A. ; Maggie S., wife of Cbi|mian Keith, o.' Ilavelock, X.l?. ; Mdgar W. , unmar- ried, a dentist in I.vnn, Mass.; Joseph A., unmanieil, who is a commerci:d traveller in .Si. John; John I.., a mechanic, residing at .St. John, uiiinarried ; and Cicorge II., who is dentist of Souris, I'. K. I. Hliss A. Marven graiiu.ited from tho Ncjinial .School .It I'"iedericton, N.H. , with the class of iS7<), and was afterwarti engaged for ;i time as a tc.icher in Dorchester ami at I'oil hlgin. H' ii'i. « 1 1 i't f!'if!lil i ! i'l! t iPli li 428 mOOKAI'IIICAl, KKVIK \V Ik- .siibscfiuciitly contimic.I Iiis studies, attend- ing first St. Joseph's Gdlcgo, tlicn tiif Halifax iftcr uhicii he spent two t W'inKiiU ill J^iirliii-. ,'iadiiated in iShT). irven practised at the fall of iSS; located AFedical folii vears at the l ton, \'t., f nuersity o roni which h The following year Dr. iM Albert, \. H., and at Hiljsboro, wliei gtiished success 111 I' lias met with his iirofessional suhject of this sketch, and is" the was the younL'est •iile survivor. uius leiHiant eiiteivd tl C;i Works, Harrhead, Keiif rint iw), as a I rewshiiv (luar (ilas Jound a|ipreiitice, and worked there for three years. .\ft for etward lu' was employed some time at the .si distni- I'Vaternally, hi Court, r. (). V IS a niemher .1 U career. illshoro uid of the Canadian Koine Circle, in both of whii orilers i-.xam- II e IS also a coroner fi inin;;- I'hysicia .Mbert County. On December .^4, r,S;S, Dr. Marven marrieil Maggie I-'., daughter of Joseph Dobson, of Stony Creek, \. ]!. , and they have two children — Laura i:. and Alice I). .Mis. Marven is a member of the Haptist cluirch. I'aisl Kil ime occujiation in ey, also in Rcnfiewshire, .Hid later at mainoi I .\vrsl iiie. Siibsei|uently worked (iieeno land, in at iron '■■ l.i\eii slilp-hiiilijiii;. at (. Hirkeiihead, ba at the Cape of (iood J lope, U ihich ast nameil place he went from J, lerpool in -AMI'S riiWAXT, an active business man of I'rcdericton, X. 15. , was boin in i'*^'.i,i. in (ilas_:.,ow, Scotland, a >oii df I.S54 and where he remained three )ears. The ne.\t live years he was engaged as steward on one of Ihe vessels of thr Clyde stcamshij) line, and after that he leturned to (ilasgow. There Mr. reiiiiant in iSrt^ embarked in business bir himself as a uliolesale and retail dealer in wines and sjiirits. inwhiih for nine vears he liad a sub.stantial tia.le. In i,S;;, he joined the party which formed the Kincardine Colony, with whic h he emigrated to .New liruiiswick ; and in June of that year he sett led in iMcdericton U.lham Tennant. His father for eighteen where he ha. since cntinued „i his lomier years served ,n the Royal Xavy, and was under | line o| bosin,., .„„, j. ,„„, , „^,„^,,.,,, „,^,. Xelsi.ia, the iKittle „f the Xile and also at | chant. l.-r,aenially, be 1. ,i„ aciive member Iralalgar. In the lo.mer engagement he was ' ,,f l|,,;,ni |.,„l^c, I'. ^ \ M • ,„ ,1,,. I o F ■ wounded, an,l, being captured, was cast into ; and o, St. .\iidrews Societv, of whieh he has a brench prison. After his return to (ilasgow [ been treasurer .iuce iSS,. ' P.diticillv. he is he was there engaged as a calico printer until j a Liberal. bis death, at the age of threescore years. His i M,, l.ii.i,,,, ,„„| m,,,.,,,,, -,.,,„„,,, ^„,,^,. wile, who>e maiden name was Jessie iJal/icI, died in (ilasgow at tl;e J s.,11, d.uighter,.! William Anderson, ,,( CiawLnd ;e of hfty-ei.^ht I Moor, .Scotland, uere united in man ia-e on years, l hey reared tour sons and tu angh- Xoveniher .., isr,,. Thev have had thirteen ters. Ul these children, James, the special | children born to tluni, and liav. been bereft of mi!': fi ; ydiingo.st-ljorn, ' C;ilioi rriiit ii' (lUMr (ila.s^ III uorkod thcri' .' u;is I'lnploycd i>c(.'iii)ati()ii in , and later at Jsc(|iicntly lie at (Ila.sgow, kciilicad, I'.U'^- lliipc, to wliiil) II I.i\erpo()I ill ec wars. 'I'lu' as steward on •tcanisliip liiK-, as-;rr, Jr.; l.iiuisc; Arcliihald Wiilu'ispmiii, a tt'liji;ia|ih (ipcralm- cm llic Canadian {'acilir Railway; JaiiH'H, an cnipldwc in the saw -mill (il Dunald l'"rascr & Sons; Xmnian, who is atlendini;' school ; anil Walter. -«^«»«~ lianiAAN !' COI.OM'.I, Al.|-Ri;i) MARKIIAM, nKiiia,i;inj; dirocloi ol the Snii i'lintinj; ('ompan\ (I.ini- iti'd), St. John, X.iV, was lioiii in l.iiuojn- shiro, l'!n,i;land, on T'chrnary J'>, i,S4i, >on ol John and Idi/ahcth (liailev) Markh.ini. lie ieeei\ed a praetiial liaininj; in the pnhlii- i^raniniar school, and was snhsecpRaU 1\ em- ployed in the railwav and doek ser\ iei' until lSri.|, when he sailed lo|- the I'nited .States in the steamship " Bohemian. " ( )n the passaj;!- the " liohemian " was wieekid near I'oitland, Me., oil the J.'d ot l'\'hi u.n\ ; .ind tdrt\-twool the ]iasseni;eis weie drowned. (olonel .^iark- ham's liist employment in .Xnieiiea was on the ( Irand i'l nnk R.iilwayat I'orll.nid and ISoston ; and .liter that, lor .diont one \iMr, he u.is en j;a;;i'd as eieik on the I lite: n. it ion, il t'onipaiu's steanH'r "New Hrnii^wic k, " phinn between Hoston, .M.i^s., ,uid St. John, \. II. In .\pril, iS(i(i, he look (hai;^e loi- ,in .\nni- ie.ni eompaiu o| the man-anese mine ,il ll.nn mond \'.ile, Rin-s CounU, N.l!., .nid dniioi; the i|U,irter o| .i eenluiy tli.il lollowed sue- eecded in nuikin;; this the most lamous nian- ;;anese mine on the inntinenl. The mining villa,i;e which he estahlislied is still called, in his honor, M;irkliam\ille. In iScji he l)oiij;ht the St. John Piuly Sun newspapei, and on the organization ol the .Sun I'linlinj; t'ompany was ajipointed maiv.igin;^' director. Colonel Maikhani was Wai'den of Kin;,^s County when the Maripiis ol i.orne and the Princess I.(juise visited .New Rrunswick, and he picsenteil an adilress to them at .Sussex. In iSSo he was appointed Seiuoi Major ot the l'',i,L;hth I'rincess Louise Hussars, and in 1 .Sij6 was ^,i/etted Lieutenant (.'olonel in the militia. lie is vice-president ot the Provincial Rifle .\ssociation and |)resident of the Canadian Cav- ,dry Assoiiation. He is a Kni-hl 'remplar and a past president ol St. (ieoij;c's Societ}', vice-president of the Ke-ystone l-'ire 1 snrance Company, and a director of the Piclou Charcoal Iron Company. In jiolitics he is ,111 active Coiiservat' e, in ieli,i;ion a member of the Church of i;iiL;l,nid. He was married in Nd- wmher, isrir., to N.iida, dau';htei- of the late John 1;, 'rundiull. His laniily consists of two son-, .ind foiu' daughters. CARLTON CLINCH, the uell- |[^1 known l),iid! (hiili'i-u, n;' ,\ I u'i:ti'n,>n i. AvA subs>-v]iionll\ iMoni.'i. ,i p v'.iiii.'n i liiuh «,!■- \.iMiMr.l\ I'uipl. 1,> )>o r.ipM'.n At tlu- vl.^M- . c, v'.ipl.un i'Hii >t th.' vx.i: •h, >,ii •,ll> i'tli>-i 1 .'\ ,i'i--l^ \vVV 1« n-.\\ u'lv .<;u 1 v>-ttU'vi ,l! M k.o.Mi;o, iii'.i'i iS-;, \x!uMi l\.- >'nti'i>'.l ll\i' l-.tnlvin', Ihmim' <1 > l,>n>s \ To ,\'- . 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Court, of St. John; Ik-rlha P., who married Jolin S. Hale, of Ottawa; luiinia C". , who married R. W. McCartv, of .St. John; and I'.Ila Medill, wife of J. ]•'.. \aria- way, of Ottawa. Mr. and ]\Irs. Maxwell, who have ])assed sixty-four years of their lives as man and wife, have foimd nothiiij; but happiness in each other's society, and have lived to see their chil- dien well provided for. Although ninety-three years of age, Mr. Maxwell .still retains much of the mental and physical vigor which character- ized him during his active years, and iiis strong constitution has enabled him to survive many of his business associates. I'"or many years he was a class leader and a trustee of the Methodist church. M ANIKI, MULI.IX, O.C, one .>f the 5^ J leading members of his piofession in St. John, N.H. , his nati'.e city, is the son of Patrick Muilin and his wife, Catherine Rice, who, emigrating fiom C'ork Countv, Ireland, first settled in St, John, sub- sei|uently removed to Westmorl.uid County, residing there on a farm for many \ears, and finally returned to St. John. It will thus he seen that the future law\er in his youlli com- muned with nature, and doubtless, amid N'ew Hrunswick forests primeval, di St. John (it Forbes a period of iiarine and associating ■y, rh.I)., & Mullin engaged in uiceess. m his own le was re- t Governor ne of Her J hiw, iiis if tiie i'rov- iionorahle ; sueeess as iranelies of iial eomts, leatest dis- him l).\Mi;i. '.Ml 1. 1. IN. DA i . "il i i if illi;il; 'i? i ( i ' k 1 : 1 I 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 m 'lii.'4 i tHA I .. ilPi-i BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 437 to acknowleilfic one solitary cxccptron) that he never lost a criminal case before a jury, though he has been engaged in a great number of them. Triumph has followed triumph, and within the last few years he has had an un- broken series of a dozen such victories to his credit. He possesses in an eminent degree the qualities which go to the make-u|) of the successful nisi />n„s advocate, his predominant characteristic being intense force coupled with consummate tact and an intuitive knowledge of human nature. When thoroughly an.u.sed, his forensic elo- quence is of a high order, and has been greatly admired. His ^jiecch in the dcrence of Horace G. llurton, who was brought from Toronto on a warrant charging him with embezzlement of a large sum of money Ironi his employers, Messrs. ]'. V. (^dlicr & Co. (a New V„rk pub- lishing house with a branch in St. J(]hn, of which ]Uu-ton had been manager), and tried in the .St. John County Court in May, i .S97, was prcrnoimced by many persons who heard it to be the finest address delivered in the St. [olin court-hou.se since S. R, Thomson's famous speech in the .Munroe murder trial thirty vears ago. On this occasion Mr. Mullin's address, which w.is a merciless criticism of the methods pursued by the parties behind tile pto.secution and an impassioncl appeal to the sympathies ot the jiuy, occupied over two hours in delivery and evoked deep emotion, causing many of the iury and spectators, as well as the pri.soner him.self, to shed tears. On being acquitted, Hurton. with ,in excess ot feeling, dramatically embracetl his counsel. The case excited much interest; and the unexpected accpiittal of the prisoner, who was a comparative stranger in the city and whose doom to incarceration for a long term in the i)enitentiary had been a fore- gone conclusion in public estimation, though a great surprise, produced a revulsion of senti- ment on the jiart .,f the imblic toward him. Although Mr. .Mullin, by force of merit alone, now i)ractically mono]x)lizes this branch of the imife.ssion in St. John, 3et he has no special liking f(,r it, and jirefers his general practice, which is large and varied and con- stantly increasing. :\rr. ]\Iullin is a Liberal-Conservative in politics, enjoying a high reputation as an orator on political subject.s, and taking an ac- tive interest in the welfare of his party, which he believes is .still, as it was in days gone by, the truest exponent of Canadian nationality, as well as the ever loyal guardian of the best in- terests of the I-:mpire, faithful alike to its ideals in power or out of it. Mr. .Mullin is yet a young man on the sunny side of torty. He is a Catholic in religion, a Keleree in Jupiity, a bachelor, and a member of the Union Club. Residence, Carvill Hall, St. John, x.n. Vl|.\Mi:S Kb'.WKDV. president of -.he Canadian 1 )rug Company, St. John, was •'"I" in .Ayrshire, Scotland, .March, iX.?5, son ot (ieorge and Mary (Gray) Ken- nedy. 'Ihe death of his parents, which oc- curred when he was twelve \ears old. threw him up(m his own resources; and he was employed I -% m n- 438 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - ' 1 1 : ^ '1 ill II :,'i <, !, II upon farms until 1857, wlicn he emigrated to New Hrunswick. Resuming his previous oc- eupalion after his arrival, he later took eharge of a large farm in Moncton, N.H. , where he remained about two years. Coming to St. John in 1861, he entered the employ of the wholesale and retail grocery firm of Jardine & Co., with whom he remained twelve years; and in 1.S7;, he estal>lished himself in the whole- sale fish and provision Imsiness on South Wharf. l''or the succeeding twenty years he carried on a jirofitable mercantile business, and also aci|uired large .shipping interests, having built five .ships, the chartering of which he attended to personally, and being part owner in several others. Having disposed of his marine property with the exception of two shijis, which he still owns, he retired from mercan- tile business in 1893, and for the past five vears has been engaged in caring for his in- vestments. He has been jiresident of the Canadian Drug Company ever since its organ- ization in 1895, and he was tiie ofTiciai he;id of the Joggins Coal .Mining Association, which sold its property in 1892. His prominence in the business circles of St. John ha.s been at- tained .solely th.ough his ability, iierseverancc, and progressi\e instincts. Air. Kennedv was married in I S60 In Mi>s Isabella Longhead. They have had seven chil- dren, namely; Mary (Iray, wife of the Rev. I . c;. Macneill, pastor of St. Andrew's I'res- .yterian Church, St. John; William Ramsay, nK\sttf of the ship "Clcadnnxir, " owned by his father; James Kerr Kennedy, who died in Idaho at the age of twenty-eight years; Isabel Margaret, who died at the age of two years; David Alexander and George Kerr, merchants in this city; and Robert J., who died at tiie age of si.x months. Mr. Kennedy belongs to the Masonic order, and is president of the Thistle Curling Club, of which he has been a member ever since its organization, some twenty-two years ago. In his religious belief he is a Presbyterian, and is one of the elders of S;. Andrew's Church. RLAN'DO 11. WARWICK, of St. V- I John, wholesale and retail dealer in crockery and china ware, was born in St. Joim, January 23, 1849, .son of William and Susanna (Hay ward) Warwick. William Warwick, l)>«rn in Digby, N.S., was the .son of a Loyalist settler from Virginia. He received his educati(m in St. John, N. K., and on reaching manhood engaged in the hard- ware business in that city. Subse(|uently he went into the shipping and commission i)nsi- ness, and at one time w.is in tiie grocery busi- ness. In 1852, without relinquishing his shipping and commission operations, he en- gaged in the crockery business with Mr. Will- iam H. Ilayward, Mr. H.iyward having charge iif tiie crockery department. The firm contin- ued until 1S73, when Mr. Warwick sold out to his partner. Among other business enter|)rises Mr. W.irwick estaiilished the manufacture of ]iottery in Si. John. He was an active member of the Methodist church, and took an especial interest in Sun- day-school work. He with Mr. Robert I'rosl BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 439 organized a Suiulay-school on the Marsh Road, furnishing and fittinj; up a room at their own expense. This was afterward n)erj;o(l into the I'ixmoutii Street Methodist Sunday-school. His interest in Sunday-schools was not con- fined to those of his own denomination, hut embraced others of all the evangelical denom- inations. His wife was a daughter of William Hay- ward, of Sussex, N. 1{. They had two chil- dren, namely: Orlando H., the special sub- ject of this sketch ; and Sarah M., who is the wife of \V. !•". Linton, of Truro, N. S. After giving up his business in St. John, Mr. War- wick removed to I.awroncetown, X. S. , where he resided until liis death, which occurred on October 25, 1X90. Mrs. Warwick, who sur- vives her husband, is now a resident of I'ruro, N.S. Orlando H. Warwick was reared and edu- cated in bis native city, St. John. In 1864 he went to .St. Ste|)bcii, ,\.H., with iiis cousin James S. Clark, whom .Mi'. William War- wick, his father, had started there in the crock- ery business. Subseipiently returning to St. John, in 1865 be entered the store carried on by his father ai\(i .Mr. Hayward, where be was employed as clerk until 1S70. In that vear he became a member of the firm, and .so re- mained until iS;^, when Mr. Hayward i)ur- chased the business. In i.S;; ho established his present business on the iKJrtb siile of King Street, where ho cciiulucted it lor some ten year.s. In i.SS; be removed to his present commodious ipiarters nn the south side of King Street, where he now carries on the lar"est wholesale and retail crockery and china ware business in the Maritime Provinces. He is a member of the Ouarterly Hoard of the Oueen's Street Methodist Church and treasurer of the St. John I'rotestant Orphan Asylum. Mr. Orlando H. Warwick married in 1.S75 Miss Ida May I.ockhart, a daughter of the late Alexander I.ockhart, a prominent ship-owner of St. John, formerly of St. Martins. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick have five children -- George, Ida May, William, Orlando II. , Jr., and Charles J. Tf ^KT]-:R McSWKKNICV, a prominent ^ business man of Moncto.i, N. J5., has been intiiYiately associated with its mercantile interests for three decades, and by his ujiright dealings has won the resjiect and esteem of all with whom he has come in con- tact. He Aas born in Moncton, April 11, 1.S42, a son of I'eter and Joanna (Downing) McSweeney. (Furtlv.'r ])arental history may be found in connection with the sketch of his brother, (Jeorge McSweeney, on another page of this Work.) I'eter McSweeney received his education in the schools of Moncton, and when but a youth went to .St. John, where he was employed as clerk in a store for thirteen consecutive years. Returning to Moncton in 186S, he became a member of the firm of McSweeney Hrothers, which for several years dealt extensively in carpets and furniture. In 1878 lie opened his present .store, which is devoted to the sale ol dry gootis anil gentlemen's fin nishing goods, in i I I HiljM-; ' I !l Li I III it 3 440 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW which he has a larijc trade. I'rom the start he has met with success in his dealings, and lias now the leading establishment of the kind in the vicinity. Mr. McSweeney is identified with tile I.iiieral party in polities, and has ably filled various offices of trust, lie was for two years a member of the Town Council, and serveil as chairman of the Alm.^house C bride to New Hrunswitk, and, iiaving secured a position as teaihcr in Hillsliouj. Albct County, taught there for three years, succeed- ing the Hon. John Lewis, M. L.C, and the late Hon. W. H. Steeves. Coming then to the "Hend, " as Moneton was called, he in- vesteit largely in real estate in its vicinity, buying with a wise forethought i)ro|ierty that steadil)' rose in value and within a few years proved to be \ ery desirable. Realizing the future prosperity awaiting this rapidly growing town, he hesitated not to purchase, as oppor- tunity afforded, such lots as the one now owned and occujiied by Norman Peaton, at the corner of Main ami 'i'elegraph Streets, the corner occu])ied by lulward Allen & Co., at the junc tion of Main and Dike Streets, and the lot now occupied by h. Toombs & Co., on the cor- ner of Main and Pleasant Streets. He erected for his own residence the second house put up on .Steadman Street. He also owned the home- stead propertv on the Mcjuntain Road and other estates of v. due. His last iiurcliase was the block on the corner of Main and Downing Streets. 11 is excellent business judgment led him to make extensive pinch. iso in other sec- tions of the Province, including St. John, Kings, Albert, ami Kent ( ountics, in all of wliit'h he bought ami sold consider ble le.ilty. Lor many yeais he was one 1/ the most piomi- ; ncnt general merchants of .Moneton, ;is well as an oper.itor in real estate; lull about fitieeii years prior to 1. is death, whicli occurred in I December, 1X76, In retired from active pur ' suits, content to enj'iyi'u' competeni) which 1k' l;ad acc|uired in inudeiue and foresight. In ])(]litics he was a Liberal, and, besides being jiie of the first Magistrates appointed in West- US, succced- C , ami the inj,^ then to lied, he in- its vicinity, )ri)pcrty that a few years calizin^r the idly ^rowiny; ic, as oppm- e now owned t the corner the corner at the June- and the lot , on the cor- lle erected liouse put up ed the honie- lad and otlier lase was tiie ml Downing udf^'ment led in other sec- g St. JoJHl, I's, in all ot •r'])le realty. most pidnii- )n, ;is well as [dioul tifieen occurred in 1 ai'lixe pur- jteni) wiiich id foresi^iit. besides being ited in West- I '^■'iii i f t t m if i,. y 1' I • 1 1', r . ''■^' ■y^ % |i^ ;fi jo.sl.l'li 1). MAlll.K. D.li.h. niOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 443 morland County, lie had tin- ilistinition of being the vciy first Rimian Catluilit- to liolil the office. Iliswil'i-, whose maiden name was Joanna Downing;, died in 1876. 'I'hey wi'i-' the parents of seventeen children, of whoni two sons and seven dant;lUers are now living, namely: I'eter, ol whom a biography appears elsewhere in this volume; (ieorge, the sul)jeet of thissketih; Mikah, wife of Henry Vonge, superintendent of the Southern Division of the I\rcxican National Railway; Mary, wife of I'ldgar I.. Newhouse, superintendent of the Mexican (iuadalnpe Mining Company; l.ucy, wife of J. J. Walker, of the accountant's office of the intercolonial Railway in Moncton ; I'Mlen; Agnes; Joanna; and Kate. Cieorge McSweeney graduated from tiic Memrancook College in iS-^, and three years later entered into luisiness with his brothers as one of the firm of McSweeney lirothcrs, in which he continued until i88_'. llewassub- sc(|ucntly ill busiiios alone foi- a >hort time, for two years dealing successfully in furniture and carpets. In May, 18S.}, desirous of mak- ing a radical change, be jiurcbascd the prop- erty known as the \Veld//. lie was a member of the .St. Andrews Societ\-. Willi, nu Miirdock, .Sr, , died May 4, 1S7-. His wile, Mar-aret, whom he married in I.S44, was the mother of eight children, n.miely ; Joh a resident ol Hrookl)ii, .\. \'. ; William, the subject of this sketch; (leor^e, who resides in Cal_i;ary, North-west 'rerritoiy, and was its lirst mayor; ('lilbert, who was drowned at l'ni;wasli in 1SS4; Marj;aret, wlm died .it the aj;c of twenty-three; M;iry, who died in infancy; Joseiili, who re- sides in .St. John; and Mar_\, secmiil. The first four weic born in .Scotland, the la^l tiuir beiiii; natives ot St. Jnhii. 'I'lu' niutlicr died Aii,i;ust j,s, iS.s';. Willi. nil Muiil'itk, son of William and Mai - •^arct, u.is echuated in the St. John public sihools. .\lter the compklion ot his course ofstuiU lie lic_i;.iii to serve an appiciil iceship in a tiuiiidrv, where he rem. liiicd until twenty- one, .mil while Ic.iiiiinj; liisti.ide he spent his evenini;s in studyiii.^ civil enj;ineci iiii; under the ,L;uid.ince of .Me-srs. Miniiette .ind Wel- tiiii. ILivin:; p.issed a siiiccsslul i \,uiiinatioii loi the cmwii l.nid service, he vv.is appoinli'd licpiily .Siiivcviir, .1 pn^itimt which he held lor .1 nunibei ol ve.iis, ,ind duiiii;; til, it time he did considerable surveying; for private iiaities. In 1894 he was ai)poiiited to succeed his uncle as superintendent of the w.ater works, and this position, toj^ether with that of enj;ineer of the sewer de})artment, lie is now fillinj,^ with marked ability. Like his father, he iiosscsses a taste for journalistic work, and at one time was a rei;ular reporter for the daily papers. In Janiiar)-, i.Sjfj, Mr. Mnrdock was united in niarriaj^e with Miss Mary Anj^usta Arm- strong, a native of (Ireenhead Parish, of I.an-* caster, N.H., and a daughter of Josejih .Arm- strong;'. 'I'hey have eleven children; namely, (iilbert (irav, I'" rank .S. , Arthur W. . lessie. Robert Mar-aret, J'dsie, I' Kov, .Mice, Marv, ami Helen. Mr. Muiilock was fornieil) a member of sev- er, il temperance societies, also of the Iiulepeii- dent • h'der of ( )ild l''ellows, and is now a mem- ber ot .*--t. .\iidrews .Society. He and his fam- ily attend St. .\iidiews Presbyterian Clmrch, nf which his p.ircnts were members. II.I.l.XM IIK'KM.W, for many years me of the nio>t eiK'i,^etic and I'liler- prisinj; business men of ] lorclu'ster, N. H. , is now liviiii; retired Imm active pursuits, al thou,i;h mmli of his leisuie time is occupied in alteiulin;;' to his piiv.ite inierists. He was burn .September 1 J, iSj^, in I )iirchester, a smi of Jiijiii llickm.ui, jr., .111 eailv si'tllerof this section nf \\\-sliniirl,iiiil Countv. loliii Hickman, .Si,, his pateriuil i;raiid- f.itlicr, w.is born and hroiiL;ht up in Ilollaiul, .ind while yet ,1 Kid leceived .1 niilil.iry tr.iin- II III I- ■, ■ . . , i ; \^\' ■ 1 } f ' : : 1 :i 1 i ' lilll »"i » \ii 446 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV inj;-. l''.mii;ratiii,n- froin there to Iiehuul in early mature life, he settled in Derry, from whkU [ilaee he ami five of his hrothers enlisted | ill the British army. His hrothers were all ' killed at the famous hattle of V.'aterloo, after which he returned to his home in Derry, wliere he devoted himself to the eare of his aged parents, and spent the remainder ol his life. John lliekman, Jr., son of John, .Sr. . was horn in the north of Ireland, and there grew to man's estate. Soon after his marriage with Marv Camiihell, a lionnie Scotch lassie, lie Icit I the 1-ancrald Isle, and, coming to the Hritish- , American I'rovinces, located first at llalifa.x, | N.S., hut soon removetl to Dorchester, X.l?., ' which he made his iieini.ment residence. After working at the shoemaker's trade for a few vears, he ojiened a hotel, and this he con- ducted with great success until his retirement from husiness, ahout six yens piior to iiis | death, which occurred when he was .seventy years (dd. He was a I.iheral in politics and a citi/.en of worth. llis widow sur\i\cd him, attaining a vcnerahle age. ( H their nine chil- dren three are now li\ing; namely, William, the special suhject of this sketch; Mary Jam-; and Susan. William ilitkman w.is dlucatnl in the puh- lic SI hold-, of Doichester. l""or aliout Iniir years tluring his Vdiith and e.iily manhood he followed the se.i. 1 le >ul)-M'(|Ueiltl_\- einhai kcil in the hotel liU'-iness in l)orciu'>ler, and aNo engaged to a con>ideiahle extent in -hip hnild ing. 'J'he 1. liter indu'-tr\ pio\'e(l so enginss- ing th.il .Ml. I I ii km.in disposed ol his iiotel. in order that he might give his whole time to commercial and manufacturing pursints. He hiiilt four ships at Lower Hillshoro and twenty-five harques and ships on Dorchester Island. h'or sever.il years he was the leading spirit in the development of the shipping trade, which was then at its heigiit in this jiart of the country, and not only hiiilt ship.s, but stockeil them and sent them to for. ;ii ports. He es- tablished an extensi\e domestic and foreign trade, which he continued for some time. He was also interested in \arious town enter- prises until his retirement from acli\e pursuits in i.S.Sc). I'raternalK, he is ,1 .Mason, belong- ing to the l')orcliester Lodge, \'. & .\. M. Mr. Hickman has been four times married. llis piesent wife was formerly Miss Harrii't Cochrane, of Dorchester. His only child, Charles S. Hickman, is the son of his third wife, whose maiden n.mie w.is Margaret l''uiiies. C5l IIO.MAS liARKN', for numy \ears a (jjl pminineiit liti/en ol .St. (icorgc, Char- lotte Counts, N.l'i., was born in this p.irish, .\piil 11, iSji, ,md died .it his lionu' ill 1S95, aged se\ ciil\ -foui- \cais. His l.itlici'. w.is horn ,ind brought up in licl.ind, whciici' lie emi- giatcd to this cDiintiv when be w.is \iuiii,t;, and Ificated in the town ol St. (ieoige. Hewmked ,is a liimberm.in. and while \tt in the piiiiu'ot .1 vigorous manh I w.is act ideiit. illy killed by the l.illiii:; ol .1 tree. 'I'hoinas li.iriA w.is cdiu .itcil in the (oiiiniini schools, .iiid, having been lelt lathei less at an e.ii K .ige, w.isthiowu upnu his own irsoiini's 'I U^ lole time to uisiiits. He illshoro and DiirclK'stcr tlif 1 cadi Hi;- ippinj; trade, is ])ait "f tlie but stiiLktxl irts. 1 le es- aiui f(irei,:j;n sdiiio time. tdwn enter- :ti\e piirsuits asdii, heliin.^"- c A. M. UK'S married. Miss llaiiit't only tliild, (i[ his thiid as Margaret i.my years ;i leorj;e, t'iiai- I this |iarish, oim' ill 1 .Si)5, ;liri'. was hoi ii .■lue he emi- IS \oiiii,l;, and I le Will ked tlie |ii inn- ot alls killed hy the (oniniciii ilhci less at an u\\ II 1 r-oui c I's iii(K\i.\h i;,\KK\. mwU 1 p 0' il' il^ 1 1 i : j ' ' ■ • i i ■ r^. llii^ 1*^^ ; 11 ( . 1 ' , KIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 449 wlieii but a b(iy. I*jicr,i;ct ic, iiuliistridiis, and tliritt)-, lie succcodc'il in liis iindci takinj;s, and became an excellent representative of the self- made men of iiis day. lie first embarked in business fur hiinsidf .is a <;eneral niercliant, and Midii after turned bis attention to luniher- inj;-. lie l)e,^an on a nmdest scale, but ,L;radii- aliy enlarged his njierat ions, and, in addition to buying timber lands, invested hirnelv in iiiillin;;- propeity and farms, liis puichases in this line extendinj^ for several miles. He i)uilt at one lime a lar^e mill, well eipiipped with all the reijuisite machinery for innnediate work; but wliicii, howeser, was never used for .sawing lumber, as the niemoiable ".Saxbv gale," which levelled the timber and destro\ed the forests for man)' miles, juacticall} ciijijiled the lumber industr)- for a time. He subse- (piently gave up the manufacturing of lumber, all of the principal mills of this section having been more or less injured b\' the gale; and for a time he was piiimincntly connetted with the Hay of lumdy Red (iranite Works as one ol the leading stockholders ol the tom[)an\' that ctenis president of the (irand .Soulhcin, now the .Slinie, l\ailwa\. lie V..IS a (-'on>rr\ ,it i\ c in |iiditics. lie also took an ,ic tive part in town niattiTs, and for a iiuinhci of \c,nsw,rs Justice of the I'cice. lie wa> a nicmlicr of the Chuich of Mngland ;ind for se\'ei,il \c.iis .1 \estr\in.in oi the r,iii>h t lunch at .'-Ir. ( ii'oige, (In Ma\' I'l, iN;^, Mi. H,iri\- married j.me, ilau"liler of William ,tnd .M.in Russell. .she died a few \ ears later, leaving two children, namely: William K., who graduated from Howdoin College, Me., and after receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine was engaged in the practice of his jirofession at St. .Stejjhen and .St. (icorge until his death, eight years later; aiul Jennie, educated at .St. Catherine Hall, Augusta, Me., and now the wife of Harry Cmoilenow, ICsii. On July 16, 1866, Mr. Harry married Sophia, daughter of .Samuel and Mary Ann Wallace. Miss Wallace was educated at a private scIkkjI in St. John, \. H. , under Mrs. I hint. ll.l.l.XM COLWi;].!., formerly a well-known hsh dealer of St. John, was horn March 19, iSo.S, son of John and Marv (Hutchings) Colwell. His grandfather Colwell came to New Hnmswick with the Loyalists in 17S3, and settled near Long Inlet, (jueens Counts', where he followed farming. John Colwell [lasscil his \(uith on his father's farm, and, ;ifter attaining to years of maturity, was for a time engaged in agriculture. Sub- sequently for-.aking this occupation, he engaged in fishing, which he tollowcd tor manv vears. His wile, Mary Hutchings Colwell, was. like himself, of l.oxalist descent. 'I'liev had a family of five sons aiii rii.i 1 , 1 ■ i •■ 1 i ' ' 1 'il 11 ■ w 1 : ;, ^ li: '*! li ; liil II ^ iliii i 1 i )■ 1'. ii' |-4u u^ A .l|W*!«'--^ 45° RIOGRArHICAL REVIEW John Cohvell, the father, died in 1853, at the age of seventy-four years. His wife survived him seven years, dying in Noveniher, i860. William Oilwell, after attendiiii; the com- mon schools in his boyhood, engaged in tlie fish business, which he followed for many years. In 1S71 he and his son, Knoch H. , formed a )iartnership as wholesale dealers in all kinds of fresh and salt water hsh and Liverpodl salt, which business they conducted together until his death in 1875. William Col- well was one of the prominent merchants of the place, and was niuiii respected for his sterling personal character. He was a charter member and the first treasurer of the Ma.sonic lodge in t'aileton. He was also . ! )eacon of the Bap- tist church fur many years. In 1829 Mr. Colwell married Millicent, daughter of Charles Han^n, Crand Bay, Kings County, now deceased. She was h(irn in 1809, and died in 1894, surviving her husband nine- teen years. Their children were five in mini- her; namely, William, Charles, Susan, Milli- cent, and ImkicIi B. Their son William, who for t"!leen years held a ;;ove the wife of Thomas Thonip soil, a coutiactor of .St. John. J'jioch B. Cohvell, born in i8.}(), was edu- cated in the iiiil)li<- schools of Carleton. In 1.S71 he engaged in the fish business with his father, the firm being known as William Col- well & Son. Since the death of the elder partner the younger has conducted the business alone, dealing in fish, salt, and coal. He does an extensive business, his markets being jirin- cipally in the United States. He was elected to the City Council in 1S78 from Ciuy's Ward, re-elected in 1882, and again in 1894 and 1899. In ]iolitics he is a Conservative. r?m';NHV I'HIPI'S OTTV, a well-known citizen of St. John, was born in that city on January 31, 18.24, his jiar- ents being Captain Al'an and I'.lizabeth (Crookshank) Otty. His lather. Captain Allan Ottv, was born in the old Danish town of Whitby, Yorkshire, luigland, on November 18, 1784; and he entered the British navy August 15, 1803, on board the guard-sbi]! "Haldar." l"roni 1806 until his promotion to the rank of lieutenant on .\pril 4, iSio, be ser»-ed chicHy in the cajiacity of master's mate, a rating he attained to on May 9, i8('5. Alter p.issing thiougli various ranks, he was commis- sioned commander on the tiisl day }:, and estab- lished himself as a householder at Rye, \.^■.. where his deseendants li\ed until the i lose of the wai of indi/pendeiu'e. Tiniothv Knap|), the ^re.il-^randtather of Charles i;, Knapp, married Mary Adee, of Rye, ^'.^'. , the town in whieh their only ehihl, Titus Knapp, was born. Titus Knapp sjient his e.ulv life in the Trovinee of New ^'ork, ;uid as a Lieutenant in Delaneey's Ran};ers was in the Hritish ser- \ iee duriiii; the Re\dlution, and took an aetive part in many of its en.L;a.i;ements. He was thriee wounded, (juee in the i,cek, once in tho side, and also on the head by a sabre cut, and lor three months was held pris(jner at White Thiins, ^'.^■. At the elose of the war ne eanie with the t(dony of Loyalists to the Trovinces, .uid located at T'ort Cund)erland, N.S., where he w.is iirosjierously enj;a.i;ed in mercantile and agricultural pursuits until his death, at the a^e of threescore and ten years. He became very actively identified with jniblie affairs, and soon after takini,^ up his residence in Westmorland County was a member of the Trovinci.d Parlia- ment ; and he also seTved as Justice of the I'eace for a loni; lime. He man ied Catherine, dau.^hter of M.ijor Dickson, who was in the Hritish service as an ol'licer in a New Tjiyland ie';imenl during the .\merican Revolution. He had previously >ci\cd in the I'rench ^Var, h.ivin;;- been a p.oticipant in all important en- ,i;ai;ements with the e.\ce]it ion o| ihc takin^;; of l.ouisbuii;, and, before leniovin^ to Xova Scotia, with other Loyalists assistal in tfie capture of Moiro C,is| Ic, in 1 la\ ana. Willi. un I). Knapp, the onl\ child of Titus ,nul Catlieiine Knapp, was born at the old homestead, at Tort Cumberland, and there lived ,md died. IT' was liij;hlv educ.ilcd, and, bavins^ inlu-rilcd ,1 l;oo(1 piojieitv, spoilt his seveiUy live years of lifras a gentleman farmer. Delicate liom hisviuith up, for the l.isl fortv ve.iis he was ,in inv.did. His wile, .M,ir,i;,uet ijui,i;ley, was born in Di,:;by, .\.S., a dau;^hter hi IkbL Lieutenant in ■ l?ritisli scr- iKik an active ts. lie was \, (ince in tlnj vihie cut, and ncr at White ' wai' he came H' ridvinccs, X. S. , whcie icrcantilc and til, at the a^e liccanie very liis, and soon Westmorland iiicial i'ailia- istice (it (lie ed Catherine, I was in the S'cw Ijij^'iand KcviiJMtiiin. i'lcnch H'ar, ni|iiirtant en- lie laisini; p married .Sarah .\nn, daughter of Thomas 'I'liiiliolm, of I'ointe (hi Bute. N.l^ She died in 1S95, in the sixt\-cightli \ear of her age, leaving six children, naniels : Cassic, wife of Henry 1 ). Harper, ot Hrookhn, \.\'., who has one cliild, Donald; I'.llen, >.i(lowof the late Alexander Nicliols, of .San .Xntonio, Tex., who has two children - .\da and Clara; Tanimie, wife of the Rev. R. Harry Smith, of lUictouche, .\'. M., who his si.x children — Charles, Robert, Catherine, Nellie, Sarah, ;ind Dorothy; Julia, unmarried; Ada, wife of Irving Gollner, of Staten Island, .\.\'., who has five children; Leo; and Lizzie, wife of Theodore Chamber- lain, of New ^'ork Cil\, who has four children. Mrs. Knapp was ,1 nieinher of the Hajitist church, to which Mr. Knapp also belongs. The family arms, together with a full descrip- tion, may be found in the Herald's College, London. These arms were granted to Roger De Knapp, by Henry VIII., to commemo- rate his skill ami success at a tournament held in Norfolk, luigland, in 1540, in which he is said to have un.seated three knights of great skill and bravery. /^^TXhRIKI. MKRRITT, a retired .ship- \[^J_ builder of .St. John, was born in Marlboro, Ulster County, N.\'., November 9, 1.SJ4, son of Gabriel, first, and Rebecca (Wet- more) Merritt. His grandparents were Josiah and Ann (Purdy) Merritt. Their eldest son, (iabriel, first, father of the subject of .this sketch, was the second of their seven children. He was born in Marlboro, December 2, \~", and on February u, r SoG, he married Rebecca W'etmore. She was born February kj, ijSS, daughter of Izrahiah Wetiiiore, of Rye, Wes- chester Count}', N.^'. He was a son of James W'etmore. (iabriel Merritt, the fourth son of (iabriel, first, anil Rebecca Merritt, was the tenth-born of eleven chiklren, and was rearetl ujion a farm ii 4S6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW .11* J;: ,-i i ' 1 ■■ ; 'i i. ; !, 'h 1 r \ u. i4 ill his iiativj State, llnvinj; learned the car- penter's trade, he caiiu' to New liniiiswick at the age of twenty-two, ami, settlinj; in Clillon, Kinj;s Comity, was for some time en,i;aj;etl in varpcnterinj,% ship-building, and liie manufaet- ure of lumber. One of his first l>uilding o]K'rations was the remodelling; ot the b'pisco- pal ehunh in Kingston. lie later became a member of the ship-buildini; firm of W'etmore, 'I'itus & Merritt, which carried on business for many years, and that this concern was promi- nently identified with the merchant-marine interests of this locality is attested by the followini;' list of \es>cls launched from its yards: ships, "Muskoio," " IVacemaker " ; barks, "Kinf^ston," ".Xrbntus," "Carrier Dove," "Connau^ht," "Director," "Enchant- ress," "Ingleside," "John Mills," "Moss (lien" (first), "Moss (ilen " (second), "I'e- kin," ".Shiela," "Seauard," "\'idant"; barkentines, ".\ntilla," "Julia l''i>iier," "Merritt"; bri^s, ".\iinie Ji.irker," "Min- nie"; hrigantines, ".\itos," "Knda," "JCcho," "Jmnbo," "Xatmoo," ".Signal," "Sunshine"; schoonei-^, " Aiigelia, " "Clif- ton," "Deer Hill," "blltie, ' "Clcn," " I lazelwoode, " " In,L;lewn(i(le, " "Jidia A. Merritt," "].auris>,i, " ".Mowei, ' "K. A. l'"ord," "Keajier " "Thiasher " ; and the pilot boat "Minnie Cline. " In iS;^ Mi'. Merritt moved to .St. John, and the fii-t re-~idence which he occupied was burned in the ci>nli.i,L;ra- tion of 1S77. lie continued to carr) mi busi- ness in Kini;s Countv for se\eral X'l'ars alter his removal, or until iSfj^ when he snld his mill projierty to the Moss (ilen Maiuifaclurin.; Company, lie is the owner of a lar^e farm in IMoss (ilen, and in 1.S67 he brought from New ^'olk State the first cultivated strawberry, raspberry, and rhubarb plants ever transplanted in this i)roviiice. i { On I'ebriiary J<), 1S41S, Mr. Merritt con- tracted the fii>l of his two marriages with j Mary ICIizabeth l-'lewelling, of Clifton, daugh- 1 ter of Joseph I'"lewelling and a sister of the - lale Hon. William 1". I'Mewelling. She died .\u,i;ust S, 1.S7S, and he sul)set|iiently married Mrs. VA\/.A Jane I'uddington, daughter of David Weliiinie, of Clifton, and wido\.' of I J. 1;. ruddington. He is the father of si.\ i children, all by his first wife, namely: Joseph I'dewelliiig, born in Marlboro, X.Y., b'ebruary S, 1S49; William Hawkesley, born in Clifton, Kings County, N.H., October j.S, 1X50; Julia A., horn in Ulster Countv, N.\'., March 29, 1S5J; I'.duard llcnr\, bom in Clifton, .\pril 22, I'^54; (iabiiel Wetinoic, born in Clifton, Januarv 14. i<'^57; and b'rank St.inley, born in Clifton, Januar\- 1 7, 1 sr)4. (osepli Mewelling Merritt .liter completing his education riig.iged in business with his father, and uhen a xunuL; m.m he made several \oyages in order lo f.imiliaii/e himself with the working of a ship and the freight I'aiiyini; business. In l.'^7_' In- todk a position in the store of riiinliull i\: Co., with whom lie became associ.ited as a p.irtiier in 1.S7S. the linn name being >nbseipieiit ly i h.inged to its present stvle o| Men ilt HrotliersiS: Co. They carry on an r\teiisi\c wholesale L;rocei\- and sliip|iiiig biisiiK-ss, their sales amount Iul; to two-thirds ol .1 million doll, us aniiu.dh. |ose|)li 1". t a larj;c farm in i>iij;ht from Now itcil strawberry, L'vcr transplantL'd Fr. Mcrritt cnn- 111,11 ria;;os with C'lilton, daugli- a sister of the linj;. Slie died .■qucntly married II, daughter of and \vid(i\,' of lie fatiier of six namely : Joseph X. Y. , I'Vliniary horn in Clifton, jS, 1X50; Julia s;.\'., Maiih 29, n riilton, April horn in Cliftmi, Stan lev, hoin in .liter loniplelinu; i>iness with his he made several /e himself witii frei,i;ht I'airyin;; 1 positimi in till' whom he became ■i. the lirni name to its present 1. Thev carry on ■i\ and sliipjiin,:; ul; t" two-thirds illv. b-eph I". BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIKW 457 Mcrritt is !arj;ely interested in sUipping. He is president of the Moss Cilen Manufacturing Company and a heavy stockholder in j;idd, silver, and copper niines. lie was married on Au^'iist jj, i.S(j7. to tieorgia J. M. Oakes, daughter of the laic lion. I'.clwin Randolph Oakcs "f 13igby, X.S. They have one (laugh- ter, Mary Georgia, born November 19, 1.S9.S. William Ilawkesley Merritt entered a coun- try store as a clerk at the age of thirteen years, and about eighteen months later he went to work in his father's shipyaid, remaining one year. Coming to .St. John when he was si.\- ti'en years old, he took a clerkshij) in the store of the late R. K. I'liddington, later entering into partnershij) with R. ]•:. and J. I]. I'udding- ton, retail grocers at \o. 55 Charlotte Street. After the death of R. !■;. rnddington tiie two surviving partners continued their association for a year, or until the death of Mr. J. ]•;. I'uddington, since which time the business has been conducted by Mr. Merritt under the firm name of I'uddington v*v- Meiritt. lie is also interested in shipping and the manufacture of lumber. On June «, i.S.So, he married I.aii- ris.sa Alma Hughes, daughter ol the Rev. John Hughes, of St. John. They have three chil- dren --- Charles lilting, Julia Ha/.ehvoode, and Adah Lauris.sa. Willi, mi II. Merritt was for- merly a warden of St. John's Church. Julia .\. Merritt niarrieii Thomas Arm- strong, of St. John, X.H., liow residing in .Minneapolis, Minn. Mdward Henry Merritt, who died Xovember -7. »f'>95. "■;<■* manager of the Moss (ilen iMan- iifacturing Company and a business man of ability and integrity. For his first wife he married Charlotte A. Kierstead. She was born August 30, 1.S54, ,uid died August 18, 1889, leaving nine children, namely: Julia Hell, born March 6, 1S75; Ira tjitten, born .\pril 4, 1.S77; Charles H(dden, horn Septem- ber 26, 1878; (Jrlin I,ee, born Januarv .1, 1880: Harold Woodbury, born June 29, 18H2; Cecil Ray, born October 5, i.^,*<;, ; Heiirv Clif- ford, born March 2, 1886; (iabriel Iddeii, born February r,, |88,S; and FewF;ilis, horn July 27, 1889. His second wife, whose maiden name was IClizabeth Almira F'lewel- ling, is the mother of one son, Leslie Stratton ■Merritt. Gabriel Wetinore ,Merritt, who entered the employ of Turnbull & Co. at si.xteen, and in 1884 became a jiartner in the firm, is now associated with his brother, Josejih !•". .Merritt, in the firm of Merritt Hrothers & Co. He is also interested in shipping and mining. He is president of the Union Club and of the \'oung Men's Liberal Club. lie attends St. John's (Anglicm) Church. On Septcmlier 12, 188S, he married Annie M. Worrall, daughter of H. l\ Worr.ill, of llalifa.\, X. .S. They li,i\e one son — (iabriel (iuy, who was hoin December 2, i8()0. F"iaiik Staiile\ Mcnitt tame uitii his parents to St. John when nine years old, and after Iciving scho(d he became a clerk in the retail grocery store of I'uddington vS; Merritt, where he is still cm|i|i'ye(l. On June 8, 1892, he married Jennie Louise Butcher, who was born in this city, daiig' ter of Frederick Ran- kin Hutcher, a native t)[ I'riiice lulward ; I 11 H I. . ^ '! I ■ 1 tir M i 1 ! ■ f i^i^ 458 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Island. 'I'Ik'S' have oiu' son - - I'^rcdcrick (ici'- a!(l, horn .April ^ iSi)7- l'"rMnk Stan]c\- Mcr- rilt hcloni;s to thi,' Knii;hts of Tythias. 'I'he Mcrrilt Hrothers arc ahlc husincss nu-n, •nul iMi'upy a prominent place anio.iy the wealth)' citizens ot St. John. I.l'Ri:i) 1;. IIOL.STK.M), a well-known lrn,L;i;ist of Moneto,), .\.H. is a witie- awake, proj;ressi\e hu.-iiiess man and a eilizeii ol iiidneiue. .Son o. 'he late C'iiai'les .\. llol>tead, he w.is horn in Mone- ton on .XnL^nst '/, \H6C). 'I'he lamih' is ot l'aii;lish origin. Mr. llolstead's j^randtather, C'hailes Ilidstead, spent liis earlv lil'e in I'.U'j;- l.nid. the idun(r\- ol hi^ hii'th, hnt on reaihinj; man's estate lollowi'd tlu' tide ol enii,i;!at ion westwai'd. ( )n leaehiiiL; New Mninsv\ iek, he 'oeated at tirst in .St. John, hiil later ;emo\ ed to Moneton, which he made his permanent home. Charles. \. llolsteadwas horn in Moneton, \. 1!., where he ohtaini'd his elementary educa- tion. Ill: afterward contimied his stndies at Mount .Allison Cojlej^e, in .'~^aek\ille, N'.I!., and was suhseipiem Iv tilled tor the har in the ! iw olTue of .\. .\. .Stockton in .St. John. Ik'j;iimini; the pr.ictice of his piole>sion in Momlon, he secured a lari;e clienta;;e, and at the tiuic ol his dealii, at the a,:;e ol fort\- tiilee \ears, was amonj; ihe leadin;;' law\ers of the community. lie was a I.iheral in polii iliL'rs, and , which he has CSS, his trade . 1 Inlstcad niar- ,;litcr 111' Charles 11. Politically. I the Ciinser\,i- is a member nf O. I"., and ..I III Mcinclcin. 11 I'll, Inr inanv i-.aj^le l'"iiiindi V, Niirham, Mmint rh.nii, l'.ni;l.ind. led the m.icliin- i,i;a,L;ed in liusi- III Ihe liilii 111 til ('.in.ida in ilendcnt lit the i;e lireweiA and le in that (msi inn ul the tirst iron planer ever maniifacturcd hi Canada. In 1S37 he served as an officer in Colonel Mal- son's rejiimcnt, which took jiart in (|uelling what is known as the I'apineau Rehellion. .\ller the close of the outlircnk he came to St. John for the pnrpose of tittini;- up and running' for James Whitney the steamho; t "N'oveltv " on the river from Indiantown to Woodstock, X. H. Later he Innlt Ihe boilers for the steamer "Xnrtli .\nicriea," tirst niakin- the tools for its eonstiuction, which he siiperin tended; and for some time he acted as chief en^^ineer when that boat was running; between St. John and lioston. In iS4[ he left the employ of Mr. Whitney for the jnirpose of enj^agin-- in business for himself, and estab- lished the h'.agle I''oundry, which he carried on successfulK- for the rest of Ins active life. \ Ilis was the only iron-working establishment j here f;ir many years, and he was e.\tcnsi\elv I engaged in building engines, boilers, and ma- I chiner)- of e\ery descri!!tion. During a single ' yeai- he fninished the imn work fni' ninetv-one ships, besides that ol iiuniernus smaller \essels ; and the nsu.il aniinnit of macliiiier\- fur the lumber manufacturers. i Ml. .'^mitli was man ied in |-'.ngl,md in iS^ci to .Miss Isabel], I Dnugl.is, ); and his wife, hdiAibeth, surviving him many years, died in iSih). She was a d,ni:;htei lit on;; J. in. ill |)\cr, uhucametn New Hrunswitk fi.iiii the Cnited Stales. Her mother, whose maiden name was bdi/.abcth ll.irding, w,is .1 daughter of Ceorge H.irding and ,:;i,md d.Hi-bter III Willi. mi ll.irding. The Litter, who was horn in ( ir.ivcston, hlngl.inil, in 174;, eniigr,ited to New \'oik, where he m.ir- ricd S.iiali (lillis, wIm w,is boin in 17.17. He i \ 1 i 1 \ 1 M jihil >■'■"( lilj'i!:'! •lis 460 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW (lied in iSi.S". and she died in 1825. Geoi!;c Hardin;;, above named, \va^ lioiii in Xewl)nrg, \.\'., on June 16, 1779, and eanie to this eonntr\- in 17S3 with his paients. Two of the ehikhen (it Charles C. Macdonald are liviii.L;", naniel\- : I'llla Ilanilin, who is the wife n[ John M. Kinni'ar, of Sussex, Kinj^s Countv, N. H. ; and Charles AhiK'i', the special snbjeet of this sketch. Charles Ahner Mardciuald was ix'ared in St. John, antl received his eaily education in the grammar school. 1 le .i;raduated from the I'ni- \ersit\ of New Brunswick in |S6,S. takin:; the alunnii medal for cvcellence in ^■lassics. .\ltci' studying law with the late James Joseph Kaye. he was admitted to the liai' in iS7,i, aiul as a barrister has sucessfulK follnwed his ])idft's sion in .'-'t. Jiilin. In c-iiuiection with his legal work he re])rt'SL'Mts the l-'.ipiitable Life and London (inarantee .and .\ccidein Insurance t'ompanw .\mong insurami' men his ojiinidus and judgments on insmance ni, liters arc highh V, lined. ■ Mr. .Macdonald was mairicd in iS,S_:; |,i Helen .\.. daughter ol the late R. C. Stuvil. I hree children ha\e been burn cf this iininn; nameh, (in^nn Hilda, (ior I'lvs- was a tin>tee Mat riieixin, !.. (il lliriltv an actut .She 1) inin two son-- ri", and resule Ih e ruder- J \MI.S S. Nt.ll.l,, 1)1--. l-tuliells louiteen yi'.irs ei k, .1 posit ion wlien he |)\n originally w.i.s i\!A' i\- 'iT ■;"■■ }- ; h ;; f ii I P l-ll i liiii^ ^ttl te Hi' ■¥m\ h 'V E! I ii:^ !" ?i^*»-«4' .i>^' BIOORAPIIICAL REVrFAV 4f.3 small, having hucii but twenty, fuet by fifty feet; but Mr. Noill has added to the irninove- ments previously made by his late father, and it is now one of tiie most eonimodious and con- venient establishments of the kind in the city. The business has steadily increased in volume and value, amounting to one hundred thousand dollars a year. When the present system of water-works was introduced into JMedericlon, Mr. Neill, although older and more e.xperi- enced men were among bis numerous competi- tors, .secured the contract for supplying the city with water |)ipes, over .seven hundred tons being used. He is a direct importer from (ireat Britain, Cerniany, France, Austria, and the United .States. He has a large whole- sale and rcL.'ii trade, and sells his goods ev>'rv- wiiere within the i)orders of the province uul the borders of Oueliec. For three years lie was a director of the C. V.. Railway, and was largely instrumental in having the road ex- tended from here to Chatham, having been sent as one of tiie delegates to Ottawa to place the claims fcir this mad befoie the govern- ment. .Mr. Xeill is a Cnnservativt' in ptjjitics. He is interested in local affaiis; anil he fre^iuent ly takes the stump for his party, i)ut lias jiersist- ! eiitly refused tii he a candidate. Fraternally, j he is a member of the Knights (if Tythias, of i the Odd h'ellmvs oigani/.it ion, .uul of Oran:;e I-odge. He belongs to the rresbvteri.m > church, of which he has been a trustee a nuin ! ber of years. He was one of the founders (\f [ »!:■ I'nurd of Trade of Fredericton, and was lor ! two years president. He is very proud ol his I native city, and is very energetic in his efforts to hi ing tourists here by placing tiie sujjerior advantages of Fredericton before the American pui)lic. JMir two years he has served as presi- I dent of .St. An(irew'.s Society. He is a most enthusia.stic sportsman, and as a member of the Kenous and Dungarvon Salmon-fishing Club spends two or three weeks annually at salmon fishing, at whicli i\c is an expert, catching sometimes as many as twelve in a dav. He likewise belongs to the Miscou Shooting Cluh, which leases from the goverimient the Isle of Miscou, where every fall he spends two weeks Ol goose, duck, and brant sho.iting. He is also ])iesident of the Fredericton Curling Club, which was founded by his father, and of which he has been a menihc;- from boyhood. Mr. Neil! first mani.'d in 1870 ]-;iiza D. liarrett, daughter of John Harrett, a e mtractor, of iM-edericton. She died in i.S;;, leaving two chiUhen, namely: Agnes Stewart, who lias graduated trom the Presbyterian Ladies' College at Halifax, X. S. ; and Charles !•;.. assistant manager of tlie X'ancouver Hr.incii < f the Merchants' llink of Halifax. Mr. Xeill suhsei|uentl\ married Mary I'odd Hill, eldest daughte. i.f Charles I-;. Hill, ,,f Xashwaaksi.s. 1 he children horn of this union are: |ean ; Donalil Hill; J.ick; James Stewart, Jr.; and Ralph Douglas. ;.I.\.M (ik.W H.XRIHSOX, for many years a highly respected citizen of St. John, X.H., was born in St. John in \Xiii, his father being the Rev. Canncni liarri- 1>^' 1:1, I i'!,ii i!(! lU, t: :;!|rJ 464 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW son, of whom mention is nnnlc on another paj^e of tiiis volume. Mr. 1 larri.son was reared in I'ortland, now St. John, and was educated in the private school.s. After eonipletinf;- his studie.s lie started in the grocery business in partnorshii) witii a Mr. Craig, and for a num- ber of \ears carried it on in Main .Street. Later he disiioscd of his inieicst in the con- cern to become an auctioneer, but eventually went into the grocery business again. lie was married in 1865 to Mi.ss Agnes Mc- Ghee, a native of .Sussex and a daughter of the Re\'. 'rhonias Mcdlice, who came to this country from I.nglaiul as a missionary of the Anglican Ch'irch. Of this marriage ten chil- dren were limn, and four are living at the jiresent time; naniel)', if ■•■bert (iray, Agnes V.W/.d, Leonard Jaivis, and William Stanley. 'J'he father, William Gray Jlarnson, was a prominent member of .St. Luke's Chui\- His death occurred on August 5, iS()j. Herbert Gra\' llanisun, the eldest of the three sons, was born on Xovemliei' 7, iSHS, am! was ediicat'.'d in the public- scliooN ol .St. John. Upon leaving school he wcit into ihe London Mon-e with Daiiiil & lioyd, and worked there for about six vears. Suhse- (|uentlv, in I Sijo, he slaifi'd a grocc'ry busi- ness, and since that time has most successfully managed it. lie is a member and vestryman of St. Luke's C'lunx'h. Leonai'd jar\is ll.uii'-on, who was bom nii .September IJ, 1.S7J, wa^ educated in the pub lie schools of St. John, and subsei|uent ly he- came cleik f ■ /. l)It'KS(1X, comniissiii| St, Stephen s (I'leslnlei ian) I'lumh. dent nl New N'mk. Jiiseiih llenn Siamnu'll iHiisned the iej;n!ai yea IS Ml. Mailioi is an hcmmaiv inenilier of St. «••»• ionise o| stnd\ .il the .St. John tiraininai Sehool, anil eoin|ileteil his edne.ilion in ivinj;s §iVsl'.l'll lii:\K\' S( AMMI I I , shi|i ton, N.li. I'.nlei inj; the luinliei Inisinoss as a Inokii ,ind eonnnission ineieh.ml. St. ' eleik loi I',. I ). jewiit, he lein. lined with him lohn, w.is lioin in th,\l iit\, ,\|iiil id, 1 some eij;hl 01 nine \e.iis, .it the end ot whiih lS.^7. son ■'{ Joseph .ind l'',r,\ni(- M.ilild.i I time he en,:;.it;ed m the shijipini;' Inisiness, tiis] ^W.ilkeiA Se.unnielt His t.iihei was lnun in I alone ,ind Liter in loinpanv with S,iij;ent .S. W\lie. I'ngl.md. Aii,l;iis1 i), \^oi\, ,iiid his l.ittlehale, now ol Stoeklon. ( ,ii. Allei the motlu'i w.is a n.itive ol Nov.i Seoti.i. withdi.iw.il ot Ml. I itlleli.ile, John Wahi I'oniillg to this eit\ when he w.is ,1 \oniu; ; .Se.minudl w.is .idniilled to pailneiship, ,ind m.in. losenh Se.imniell, in eomp,in\ with his ; still latei I'ledeiiik ]■ .Sr.immell enteied the I . . hiiilher William, opened the St. lohn Hotel, 1 eoiuem, thus lomnn- the well known liini ol wlliih stood ,it the he. id ol Kinj; .Stieel; .iiwl ' .Si.minull Hiotheis, who loi m.nu \eais weie he W.IS l.ilei piopi ietoi o| the W'.ivei 1\ House, , promiiunl ship o'-viiei s, rommissi.in men h.mis, then one ol the popnl.ii hostrliies ol the I'lox , ,ind ste.imshiu agents, luni:; the lor. il lepiesent iiue. |o-.i-ph ,111(1 Willi, im .Se,inimel 1 li(lon;;eil \ ativesol the .\iuhoi Line. Tlu' piesmit liini to the M.isoiiii- mdei, .ind Joseph w.is ,-, mem- j of J. II. Scimnudl vS; t 'o smiccled the old her ot iMiiiU Ihiiuli He m.iiiied on his ' eoneein in i.Siiv, ,ind .uc still li.iiis.u t in.i; a Ipiithd.iv, Au,i;usi (1. iS;.', I''.imiie M.itild.i ' f;en('i.il liiokei.iL;e .ind > nmmission liiisiness. W.ilkef. rhe\ liei-.ime the p.iients ot nine In i.S;; Mi. Se.iminell m.iiiied Miss M.iii.i eltildien, ii.mulv: lohn W.iliei, lioin .Septem- 1 I .oiiiso .Stevens, d.ninhiei ol S.mloid .Stevens. hei ,;S, i.'^.vi- ^^1'" "li'il ^'''^ "'• '•'^'T' •\""''-' if ritlston. Me. One hild liom lo Mr. ,ind I'ilton. who w.is limn M.iv nt, iS^i, and is I Mis. Se.immell died in inl.iiuv. ,ind livediil- now tlu' widow of (leoi_,e li\lon (nshiiij;, ol dieii .ire now li\ini;, ii.imeh lilw.ild Jewett, St. lohn, losepli llenu. the snhje. t ol this 111 D.ius.m City. \ W. 1 , h'l.ink S. , .1 lesi sketeh ; il.iiiiett M.ilild.i, hoiii .\ii^iist iii, , dent ol Hostmi, M.iss , J. Ileniy Se.immell, 1,S?(), who died M.i\ I). \i<.\- . Willi.nn I'cfot, | M.D., ot St. John, ,i ^i.idn.ite of MeCiill hmnJuU- j;, i.'^4i, who died .Xii^iist 5, l,'^.}-•; 1 l'ollet;e, MmitUMt, lolm Kiinli.ill, ,1 (ivil en- HI .9U\^>^S. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) // ^ m '■/ k :a ^ A 1.0 US 1^ I.I "^ m 1^ 1.25 i 1.4 M 1.8 1.6 V> .% ^;j 'e9. 4V^ 0>%^ w V Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTEK.N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 #^ A \ o^ n. <> ^''Z 'ib 1,- 470 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW , ^ Sinecruf St. John; and Sanlord W. Scammcll, (if Hostoii, Mass. ILLIAM HROUARD MACKKN- '/AK, chicl engineer of the Inter- colonial Railway, has his headquarters in Moncton, X.l<. , which has been his place of residence for many years. Horn February i6, 1S48, in Pictoii County, Nova Scotia, he is a son of the late James Mackenzie and the de- scendant of sturdy Scotch ancestor.s. His paternal grandfather, William Macken- zie, was born and educated in Scotland, but in early manhond emigrated to Nova Scotia. Lo- cating in I'ictou County, he took up a tract of land that was still in its piiTiieval wildness, and by dint of persevering toil secured a home- stead, on which he was jirosperonsly engaged in general farming and lumbering until his de- mise, a: the age of si.\ty-five years. Indus- trious, honest, and thrifty, he became influential in the comnumit)-, antl was numbered among its most respected citizens. He married Kate Sutherland, and had seven children, of whom two, Hugh and I'rancis, are now living. His ' sons all became land surveyors and road-mak- : crs, and bad charge of the construction of neaily all tiie higluva_\s and bridges in .Nova Scotia. His widow surxived him a number of years, passing away at the age of fourscore _\ears and ten. James .Mackenzie, son of William and Kate, was boiii in I'iitou Counts, .Nova Scotia, in the settlement now called Kenzieville, where he spent a large part of his life, and where he died at the comparatively early age of sixty years. Learning the profession of a land sur- veyor and civil engineer, he followed it for a long time, and in connection with bridge and railroad building was well known throughout the Province. He owned a good farm, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits during his lat>.'- clays. His widow, whose maiden name was Maria Hrouard, is still living, antl makes her home with her children, of whom Will- iam H. , the subject of this brief biographical sketch, is the eldest. The others are Ma- tilda, John, Maria, Hugh, and Tina. One daughter, Amiie, the wife of the Rev. Jeremiah luiibrce, died a few years ago. William H. Mackenzie acquired the rudi- meuis of his education in the district school of Kenzieville, X.S., and afterward attended the rictou Academy. In 1S72 he became attached to the Intercolonial Railway as the chief en- gineer's office assistant, a position which, he filled for eight years. I'"rom iS.Soto 1897 he was assistant engineer. In 1897 he was ap- pointed to his jiresent jiosition as chief engi- neer ol this road, and is now one of its most popular and trusted officials. Mr. Mackenzie has been twice married, and is the father of five diildrcn, namely: i)v his first wife, Marion l.add. of luigland, who died a few years after their marriage, Una and I.uiy; and b\- iiis second wife, l.iz/.ie Hunter, of .Nova Scotia, three children -- Katrina, Hrouard, and \'ivienne. Mr. .Mackenzie is a member of the Reformed Church of J'jighmd, and Mrs. Mackenzie is -in attendant of the Baptist church. hL^ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 471 )' age of sixty of a land sur- 1 lowed it for a til bridge and vn tlirouglinut farm, and was :s tluring his maiden name ig, and makes ' whom VVill- f biographical ;hers are Ma- 1 Tina. One Rev. Jeremiah reil the rudi- trict school of attended the icame attached the chief en- ion whicli he •So to 1897 he J7 he was ap- as chief engi- e of its most married, and ;iniely : by his and, wlio (lied ge, Una and izzie Hunter, L-'n — Katrina, aeken/.ie is a I of J'jigland, ndant of the ^RANK AMOS C.ODSOK. U.D.S.,'a Is native resident of St. John, was born on January 15, 1862, -on of William Creigh- ton and Mary S. (Babbitt) Godsoe. The Godsoe family, which is one of the oldest in the city, is descended from William Godsoe, who came from New Haven, Comi., in com- pany with Messrs. SimcMids, White, and IIaze'1, and arrived here on July 11, 1763. William Godsoe served as Constable, and was Deputy Sheriff about the year 1S12. He died at the age of seventy-three years. Charles Godsoe, Dr. (lodsuc's grandfather, was born in St John in 1S04. He followed the butcher's trade from his youth upward. He died of cholera duiing a:i ei)ideniic of that disease in 1854. He married Ann Creighton, daughter of William Creighton, a blacksmith, who came from Maine to Gagetown. The maiden name of lier mother was Titus. Charles (Jodsoe and iiis wife liad eight chil- dren; namely, Willinni ('., Charles, Joseph, T. Amos, I'hebe Ami, Melissa, l.e 15;ir(in, and Susan. Joseph, I'liebe Ann, and .Susan are no longer living. Melissa is the widow of Mat- thew Wilson, I,e liaron Godsoe resides in rhiladel|)iiia, and Ciiarles, Jr., is living in St. John. William Cieighton (iddsoe, Dr. (jodsoe's fatiier, served an apprenticeship of several years at the i)utchei's tiade with .Xatiian and Charles (iddsne, and in 1S47 t(]ok ciiargo nl' the business owned iiy a .Mr. Waters, which he carried nn until his employer's death. In 1850, with his ijrotJKT Tiiomas Amos, he en- gageyiifr *y '- ^ p tt<» j !'wBiH>i-t^ J.aft> ' M jsrn t)f that union, i)ut neither is now living. John Haker l'"orster oi)tained his early edu- cation in Kichibucto, where he afterw^ud learned telegraphy, and was for some time an operator in the telegra|)h office. A young man of unusual business qualifications, very skilful in his line of work, he was made in 1859 superintendent of the telegraph line between Richibucto and Moncton, a position which he held until 1867, having his headquarters in the former ])lace. I"'rom 1857 until 1868 he was also interested in the shipping business, and ran a packet between Shediac and Kichibucto. In 1868, at the opening of the Flastern Exten- sion Railwav, now part of the Intercolonial, he was ap|)ointed station agent at Painsac Junction, where he remained until 1869, when he went to Nova Scotia to put the railway ex- tending from Pictou to Halifax on the same working system as that in u.se on the Inter- colonial Railway. Mr. Forster went to Point du Chien in 1870 as station agent on the Intercolonial Railway, and continued in that capacity four years. In 1870 he became agent for several lines of steamers tunning from Montreal and Ouebec to Pictou, N. S. , calling at Shediac, an office which he resigned in 1879 to accept that of De])uty Warden at the Dominion Penitentiary, Dorchester, N. B. , an institution with which he lias since been connected, hav- ing been appointed by the Dominion govern- ment ill I ^'87 to his ])resent position as Warden. Fraternal ly, he is a ^lason, being a member of Richibucto Lodge, 1". & A. M. Mr. ]-"orster married on Marcli 16, 1870, luipheniia, daughter of William Cooke, M.I)., of Pictou, N. .S. .Six children have been born of this union, and three are now living; namely, Sarah McD., John P". C, and Will- iam C. Mr. P'orster and his family are mem- bers of the Church of England, He is the 476 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW New Brunswick Syiioil's trustee for the "Church School for Girls," Windsor, \. S., and a riovermir of Kini;'s I'lillege, Windsor, \. S. ^OUN Lie LACni':UR, of the firm of Bowman & Le Lacheur, contractors and liuilders, St. John, was born at Gurnsey Cove, south side of Murray Harbor, I'rince ICdward Island, November 23, 1329, a son of Bartholomew and Marj,'aret (Hawkins) Le Lacheur. He was four years of a^e when his paternal grandfather, John Le Lacheur, first, who was a native of the island of Guernsey, settletl in I'rince ICdward Island and engaged there in agriculture. Bartholomew Le Lacheur and his wife were farming people. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, all of whom are now living, (^ne, David \V., has been for many years a mission- ary in China, The rest of the family, with the exce|)tion of (iiles and John, the suiiject of this sketch, are now residents of I'rince lulward Island. John Le LiiJieur served an .'ipprenticeshi|) of seven years to the carpenter's trade in Charlottetown, 1', I!.!. In i(S5 5 he came to St. Jolin, where he followed his trade as a journeyman until i.Ss.S. In the year last named he formed his ]iresent partnership with Mr. W. II. Bowman, and they have since done an extensive and lucrative business. They are now the oldest lirm of ( ontracturs in St. John, anil none have a better record for thorough work, punctuality, and honest busi- ness methoils. While a resident of Charlottetown Mr. Lc Lacheur became a member of the tire depart- ment of that place, and also of the Sons of Temperance. On coming to .St. John he joined the fire department in that city, and continued his membershi|) in the Sons of Temperance by joining the local branch of that organization. He is now treasurer of the I'iremen's Relief Association. Ht is also a member of New Mrunswick Lodge, K. of 1'. He was married in 1860 to Miss Margaret Spear, daughter of John Spear, a prominent pilot on the Bay of Fundy, residing at St. John. Mrs. Le Lacheur's mother was before marriage Miss Mary Hudson of St. John, daughter of Captain IhuKson. Mr. and Mrs. Le Lacheur are the parents of four children — Alice, Marion, Margaret, and John. Alice is the wife of ICrastus Jones, of St. John. John married Anna Mouatt, of St. John, of which city he is a resident. All the members of Mr. Le Lacheur's family at- tend the Methodist church. \cA;/ni-i'\M ]'"Hi;i)i:kKK M^•I•:KS, manufaiiuier of nuKiiiners', St. John, \.B. , was born ir. this cit\- in 1S53, being the son of Samuel and I.oui.sa (Briggs) M_\ers, both of (Jneeiis County. His grandfather, Jacob Myers, who was a nati\e of .New Ihunswick, removed to New Jer.sey, but returned in 17,^3 to St. John, where he carried on a cariienter business until 1S43. After several subse(|uent changes in business, il»».. 2town Mr. I.c le tire dcpart- f the Sons of St. John he ;hat city, and the Sons of :al branch of ' treasurer of tion. IFt is swick I.odye, .liss Margaret a prominent siding at St. ler was before of St. John, the parents of MargarvJt, and stus Jones, of I Moiiatt, of esident. All r's family at- K M^■I•:KS, chiiicr\', St. cit\- in I .S 3.1« >iiiMi (Hrigj;s) ■^, who was a lived til New t. John, wiiere s until 1S43. i in business, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 479 he entered into i)arfncrship with J. V.. Masters, and carried on a general earriage business. In 1S54, in connection with his son, Samuel Myers, he built the shop on Waterloo .Street, and there engagetl in manufacturing carriages and machinery for mills and manufacturing purposes. Soon after they introduced the necessary machinery for a machine sho]), which branch was conducted by Samuel Myers. Jacob Myers died at the age of seventy-three years. His wife was .Sarah Hunnell. They had a family of three children — .Samuel, Sarah, and Elizabeth. .Sarah became the wife of W. II. White, and I",lizabeth married C'ap- tain I'otts. .Samuel Myers, father of William l''rederick, learned the trade of a millwrigiit, which he followed some years; and later he formed a partnershi]) with his father. After his father's death he succeeded to the business, to which he added the manufacturing of general ma- chinery, and carried on an extensive enter|)iise until 1S79, when he retired. Mr. Samuel Myers is a member of ihe Methodist church, and was secretary of a .Sunday-schnol. .Since his retirement he has resided in Rothesay. He married first Louisa Hriggs, daughter of Ebenezer Hriggs, of (jueens Countv. She died in 1863, and he sul)sec|uently married Mrs. Elizabeth Holder. I'"ive cliildren were born of iiis first union, and four of tliem are living; namely, .Sarah, (irace, Willi.un I'rederick, and Jacob Willit Myeis. Sarali is the wife of Charles Nevins, of New \'ork. Cr.ace mar- ried John .Sime, of St. John. Jacob Willit Myers, who was born in St. John in 1S5S, is associated with his brother, William Freder- ick, in business. He married Edith Green. William Frederick Myers was educated in the schools of St. John. After completing his studies he entered his father's shop, antl later was admitted to partnershi]). Upon his father's retirement, in 1879, he succeeded to the busi- r.ess, and in 1883 his brother, Jacob W. Myers, became associated with him under the firm name of W. V. & J. W. Myers. In 1895 they began to make a specialty of manufacturing electric appliances, and they are now carrying on an extensive business. Their building covers a space of ninety-seven by one hundred feet, and their products are used throughout the Maritime Provinces. -r^OHI'RT .\. MURDOCH, a well- \^\ known merchant of Chatham, N.H. , Viii^ was horn at Murdoch's Point on June 12, 1857. He is a son of the late Alex- ander Murdoch, of whom mention is made in another sketch in this work. .Attending suc- cessi\-ely the imblic schimls and St. Michael's Academy, he received a ])ractical educat'on, which has been invaluable to iiim in later years. On leaving school he went into a dry- goods store at ]Moncton as clerk, but subse- cjuently came to Chatham, where for tiiree years he was in the employ of William Minry. In 1880 he was appointed travelling salesman for the ilistrict east of Montreal and through the Maritime Provinces. Until 1893 he con- tinued in this position, becoming thoroughl) acquainted with all the outs and ins of tie 48o niOGR.M'HICAL REVIEW ni''M !■ i: ilry-goods traile. and gni.iin- an extensive knowledge of human nntuie. Thus c(|iii|)|.ed, lie started business for himself in Chatham, and in a short time became one if the len.ling merchants of the city. He was the first in New Urunswick to establish a business on a strictly cash basis. He now carries a stock of good.s worth from twelve to fourteen thousand dollars, and keeps five clerks employed. -Mr. Murdoch was marrieii in 1883 to .Miss Mary Allen, a daughter of Captain James Allen, of til is place. She has been the mother of live children, by name: Lilian, Ik'nedict, Robert, .Ma-y, and Frances. Mr. Murdoch was one of the first Aldermen of Chatham. Jle is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and of the C. M. H. A. Politically, he is a Conservative of the type of the late Sir John McDonald. n.LI.wM A. (jCIXTON, 1-airville, X.l., farmer and lumber dealer, was born April .4, i,S4;, in the parish of Lan- caster, county of St. J.ihn. Jlc is the de- scendant of an old and highly reputable Kng- lish family that was first rejiresented in New Hrunswick by ILi^ri, (juinton and his wife, who, with a party of settlers, arrived at the mouth of the St. John River August _vS, 1762. James Ouinton, .son of Hugh, was noted in after life as the first child of the new settlers born ihere, he having first seen the light in l'"ort Frederick the evening of their arrival. Ihigh Ouiutcju was burn in Xew Hampshire. He is thought t(, have been the son of James Ouinton, of Cheshire, or Chester. In the New Ham|)shire records the name of the family is given by town and parish clerks as (Juinton, (Juenton, Ouanton, and Ouentin. The latter was ])rcbably the sjielling of the name when it was first introduced into Eng- land as a surname, and it eventually became anglicized to Ouinton. It appears to belong to that class ol surnames brought into I-jigland about the time of William L, derived from J'"rench towns or places. The town of St. Ouentin in I'icardy was so called in honor • if Ouentin, an early Christian martyr. Sir Walter Scott names the leading character of his novel of Ouentin Hurward for the saint. The fir.st or founder of this family in ICngland was Sir Herbert St. Ouentin, a companion in arms of William the Concpieror, who granted him the manor of Skipsay and other lands in C.junty Nott.s. Sir Herbert St. Ouentin, a grand.son, who was sumni remo\al tn Xeu liruirswick, and when but a vonth, Iiu,t;h (juinton seived in the cdd b'reiuli War. He lii >t enlisted at Windham, fnrmerl\' pait of Londonderry, X.H., in 1757, in a cnnipany uf whicli Her- cules Moone\' was Captain and Alexander Todd Lieutenant, and was dischari;ed March 5 of the same \ eai'. 'I'lic f(dlowini; _\ear lie a^'ain enlisted, .\pril u. in a company nf which Alexander 'I'odd was Captain, and he was discharged October 30. lie enlisted for the third time on March 11, 17^0, and on the 24th of Oitober was dischar^^ed sick, and, it is said, went to Albany, N. \'. I'he expeditions in which he served weie en;;aj;i'il in oper.itions at Crown I'oint, on Lake Cbamplain, and at l*'ort William Hein\', on tlie north shore of Lake CJeorne. iMut William Henry was cajit- ureil by the l''renih and Indiaiw in .\nj;Mst, 1757, and out of the two hundred Niav Ham|i- shire soldiers eighty were mercilessly slauj;h- tereil by the Indians after tiiey surrendered. Some nf Hu^^h (jninton's relati\'es early settled not far from .\lbany, in that part of old Whitehall townshi|> known as Hampton. .Xmoiii; them were Jusiah and John (juinton and tlu:' sister j\nn, who married a Mcb'ar- land. In iSofi Josiah moved across the .State line to b'air IIa\en, \'t., a short distance from Hampton. b'airbank's History >]. iv., is a copied peti- tion to the governor from sundry inhabi- tants of Chester in 17,17, which states "that the jjresenl inhabit.nits of Chester aforesaid 484 niOGRAPHICAL REVIEW !«il I 'I iJ^ ': fi foimcit belonged (most of them) to the king- I ilom of Seotland and Ireland, where they were educated in the principles of tlie Kirk of Scot- land, for which they have great veneration," and the petition jiroceeds to rc'er to some differences about calling a minister. Among the signers is the name James (Juentdn. lie is named again in the li.st of ta.\-pa\ers, 1741, and again in the minutes of the I'resbvterian chu.ch, September 14, 1753, as Parish Clerk. .\s lie is the only (Juenton or (Juinton named in the full list of ta.y-payers at t!i:>t iilaco, it is reasonable to jnesume that he was the father of Hugh (Juinton. The latter had two half- brothers named Jonathan and Joshua. In 177.2 a John (Juinton is named in Dorchester, N.H. In the Revolutioir David (Juinton enlisted i)c- tober 1, 1777, at Windham, and lie is again named in the New Ilanipsl.ire Provincial Papers, vol. ii., mi an order for jiay of a soldier's dues, 1790. .\ftcr tiiis the writer lias found no mention of the name of (juinton in coi)ies of ?'Iew Hampshire records. In the early days of the settlement of the city of .St. Joliii, when fears were entcit.iiiu'd <'f the Intlians, ihigli (Jniuton, it is said, was a|)point<;d Captain of a militia co.npany organ- i,.ed for the defence of the .setileis. He had fial Legislature for .St. John Couiitv, and scrveii seven \ears. ( )ii December 6, iiS'77, Mr. (juinton married Kate Allen, daughter of K. R. Allen, ol Carleton, St. John. His residence is tlie (dd familv homestead. Mr. (juinton is a nicmlier of the Masonic fraternity and the Order of Orangemen. He belongs to the Church of I'ingland. Politi- cally, he is a Liberal. In iS()i he w.is apoointcd manager and stew- ai'd of Provinci.il In.'a.ne .\syluin, which is lo- catc('. in the parish of Lancaster, N. II. He is also inteiested in the lumber Inisiness and lum- ber lauds, also carries on general f.irming. and father of a farmer and lie served c Legislature, ion nieni1)e'"s. L dau,iiter of 111 first emisin hn. N.J5. ii's education ai;e of twenty ained tiie rank a nieniber of years of tiie was returned s!ature for St. jars. linton married R. Allen, ol ice is tile (dd aj;er and stt'w- I, wiiich is lo- .\.H. lie is iness and lum ral farming. INDEX. BIOGRAPHICAL. Allen, ( icoif^c 1" ■ • 3° .Allison, iMpuMid I'. . . . . . 20.S .•\hvarcl. Silas . 311 .\mlerson. James M. . . 253 Appleby. Steplieii 1!. . . ■ • 3=0 .\rnoli!. Oliver K. ... • ■ 3.^3 IJiirgess, C. Kiifiis Oo liurnham, I'eter S 137 Ikitler, Jdlin K. . . ' . . . 141 liaker, l.oraii \'.. . 21 Ihirher, JaniL'S . . . 4^/< Barker. Frederic \i. ■ 323 Karnlnll, William 30- Marrv, 'I'liomas 446 tiarss, |()liii \V. . 33 liauhl, William H. -r Maxter, James .\I. 3f>6 Havard. William . 301 Ileer, Kilaiii 1!. •:7^ Hell. JoIhi a. . . --') Uenjamin. S. 1'. . •\i luiil. liar'-y I). . iif> I!i;;el(iw, James W. 147 lilack, Kiifiis V. . J 3.1 Iil.uk, .S.imuil C. ■:44 Black, Tliomas K. 7>^ lilair, William M. 2-'3 Itliss, (ieraUl C. W. 1I>,S lioak. .Andrew 1!. 22$ Hoak, (leDige 1 . . 207 Hoak, Kobert . . f'7 Uremner, James J. 243 lirown, Charles I'.. 52 c. Calkin, John I!. . Cli.ise, xVilliam A. Chipitian, Leveret deW Cliunli, Charles !■:. Cl.irk, Willian\ Clarke, Clement I'. Clayton, luhvard . Clinch. I). Carlton Cogswell, .Mfred C. Colpitis, Robert . Cc.lwell, William . Con-jdcm. I'reilerick 'I' Cove, Jolm W. Craij;, Richard Crandall, Joseph . Cuny, Frederick . Curry, Nathaniel . Cushing, .Allston . Cusliin'', .Andre Daly, Sir Mal.u hy H. D.ivison. I'rancis . ; Uennison, Harry I.. . Desmond, Francis J. Dickey. James .A. ! Dick.c, David .M. . 169 -15 <>A 432 33'^ 206 431 ,;S 407 44'J -55 '43 24 42r 163 12S 421 420 Dickinson, James D. Dickson. S. '/.. . . . Doane, Francis W. W. Doull, Joni: . . . Drysdale, .Arthur Dunn, Albert T. . . Eakins, Robert S. , Kmmsrson, Henry K. F. Fairweather, .Arthur C Farish. George W. I lenely. (leorge I!. Finn, William D. Fisher, Charles Forster. John II. . Fowler. Josiah Fraser, Charles F. Kraser, John James Fuller, Albert J. . ( iass, James A. ') (leorge, Charles W. I .'o Cilbert, 'I'homas . <;o (loilsoe, Frank .\. 4ifi Cordon. John J. . 1S2 Gorham. John W. 171) Gregory. Charles C. 331 4f'4 164 IS If. 7 351 101) 27S 319 21.S 2S,, U,(, 410 472 402 2.S 2()4 2vS 2 2r. 401 352 471 422 75 127 Ml' 486 u H. Haley, Allen . . Hamilton. David . Hamm, Matthias . Harding. Charles \'.. Harris, Charles E. Harris, Robert E. Harris, Rupert D. C, Harrison, William G Hart, HavcloLk .M. Hartley, J. Clii|iman Harvey, George . Hawkins. Arthur C. Hayward, Harvey 1' Hayward, William II Hickman. William Holly, James . . Holstead, Alfred i:, Hood, .\lc\aiider J. Huestis, Martin li. Huniphriy, William 1 Huntington. James . Inches, Andrew S. Inches. I'cter R. . 20.S 362 .57'' 232 "3 23° ¥'3 ^35 4''5 153 ^54 410 409 445 335 45'^ 151 261 33'^ 238 3^'3 INDEX Killam, Amasa 1'.. . . King, Edwin I). . . . Kiugdon, Hollmgworlh T. Knapp, Charles \'.. . . Knight, Leonard H. . . Knowles, Edward T. C. Jack, I. Allen . . . 273 J..ck, William 11. . . 3«i Jarvis, William M. . 2()l Johnson, Ceorge W. 7- (ones, .Alfred (;. . '5 Jones, .\ndrcw II. i>^<) Jones, Edward C. 331 Jones, (i. CarletoM . 17 Jones, 1 )liver . . . 3';o Jones, Thomas R. . 306 Kaulbac!', J.inics A. ... 200 Kaidbacli, Rupert C. S. . . i'>3 Keith, Donald 256 Keith, John I2'> Kennedy, 1 jlw. ud J. ... 451 Kennedy, J.imes 437 Ketchum, E. I! 344 2(>S "44 -74 452 34« Laing. Robert . . I.amy, James R. . Law, William . . Lawson, Walter Le I.acheur, John Logan, Matthew A. I.omas. John S. Longard, John 1'. Longley, James W. Levitt, Ge:: 172 476 219 233 iSi 54 459 ''3 470 400 443 431 402 427 433 415 104 = 33 371 •^4 262 3'/> 36"^ 257 370 440 439 455 245 2f.4 rACK Morse, William A. I) 249 Muir, William .S 175 .MuUin, Daniel 434 Murdoch, Robert .\ 479 Munlock, William 444 Murphy, Martin 45 .Murray, Robert 324 .Myers, William 1 47'J N. Nase. Philip 276 Neill. James .S 4'')0 Nelson, (leorge 1' 141 O. O'lirien, William if'-i Ottv, Henry 1' 450 P. Palmer, .\. I 2.S2 Palmer, Charles A. . , 2S4 Parsons, Jonathan . . 241 Paterson, I'obert 11. 4'3 Paulin. Robert . . . 114 Pav/ant, John \'. . . . 43 Pearson, George X, . . 3.'<4 Peck, John L 309 Pelton, .Sandford II. I2« Peters, Hurd 325 Pickf(;rd, Robert . . . 263 Pipes, William 'I'. . . no Prescott, ( lideou K. . . 395 Prince, John .... 340 Pugh, John 132 I'urdv, James i;. . . . 17'- Purdy. Johr. 1). . . . Q 40.S fluinton, Willi. im .\. Randall, I'.dward C. Rankine, Thomas Ravniond, William 59 Rent. Reuben G. \(>o Reid, Dan W. I). 4.S0 33'-' 4l(> 34^ 105 '59 h: li-lil M^'tt 1"" ^ il INDEX 487 PACK >"S 434 479 444 45 324 470 276 141 ir,4 45° 2.S2 2.S4 241 4'3 114 43 3«4 399 12k 325 263 1 10 395 340 '32 176 40S lAC.F J. Smith, John '!'. Spencer, I-oren/o Steadman, I'red W. Steele, David A. Sleeves, John I. . Stephen. Alexander Stoneman. Au.L'iistus Stnart, (Jeoriio W. Sturdce, Henry I.. 'I'apley, Oavid Tapley, D. F. . . Taylor, Robert Tennant. James . Theakston, Robert Thomson. John II. Thomson, Robert Thomson. Samuel Thomson, Willi. im Tuck, William II. Turner, Richard J. 372 2.S4 45X 95 154 134 np 17 4^' 357 3'^2 3'"'9 115 42S 265 33S 338 329 337 2S7 V. \an Wart, C.ilben W. \'r(iom. William 10. W. 70 Ver.xa, .\. 1). 31.S Warwick, Orlindo II. . 43'^ Wells, William W. . . 313 Whitman, r.,om.i;> S. . 10 Wickuire, William X. . 35 Willistcjn, lUKvard . . 34'' Willistoii, lidwaril I'. . 347 Wilson, ( ieo''gt . . . 205 Wilson. Thomas .\. l.S.j Wilson, William . . . 347 Winslow, .N'orman W. . 3''4 Wiswcll, William 11. . 202 Wood, Josiah .... 317 Wood, J. Taylor . . . 51 Wood, R. Dixon . . . 312 Woodman. Ciiarles I-'. . 326 354 480 336 416 341 m m PORTRAITS. H'l llaker, I.oran E. . liarlier, James . . liaikcr, Frederic 1'.. lianiliill, William lianv, Thomas ISarss, John W. I>a\tor, James M. ISavard, William . Iligelow, James W. lUack, Thomas K. r.lair, William M. Uoak, Robert . . I'liirsiess, C. Rufiis Butler, John K. . Chijiman, Leveret d I iirry, Frederick Curry, Nathaniel Ualy, Sir Malaehy 11 Dickie, David M. Drysdale, Artlnir . Dunn, Alliert T. l!ninierson, Henry I Finn, William D. Fisher, Charles Forster, John F>. . 1A..K '■"■'■: 20 Fraser, John J -9S 467 Gass, James A --7 322 Cordon, John J A-3 393 Haley, Allen nS 447 Hamilton, David 209 32 Harris, Kolicrt I'. '12 367 Holly, James 334 300 Hood, Alexander J 150 146 Jack, I. Allen 272 7V Jack, William li 3>^o 22.' Jolmson, Ceoriie W 73 ("^t Jones. Alfred C U 61 I.aing, Robert ^7 140 Faw. William 93 214 Fawson. Walter 173 1(12 Lomas. John S 232 129 I.ongley. James W 55 s Maher. Joseph D 442 178 NJarshall, Robert 403 ir,(i Mel'herson, David 26 350 Merritt, (i. Wetmore .... 454 271) Morse, William .A. D. . . . 24S i()7 MuUin, Daniel (35 411 Xeill, James S 4^'i 473 Parsons, Jonatlian 240 I'eck, John F. . . . I'elton, Sandl'ord H. . Prince, John . . . (Uiinton, William .\. Kankine, Thomas .\. Roscoe, Wentworth I.. Ross, William , . Ruel, James R, . . Silver, William f. . Skinner, Charles .\. Smith, Charles . . Smith, Charles De Wn Smith, Cieorge F. Steadman, I'rcd W. Stephen, .Alexander Stuart, Ceorge W. . Tapley, D. I'. . Tennaiit, James . . Thomson. .Samuel Tuck. William IF Wiswell, William IF Wood, J.isiah . . . Yerxa, A. D. . . . I'Af.K "23 341 481 417 156 101 30S 3S 360 107 1 85 373 "35 191 47 388 429 32S 286 203 3>6 3SS ui^ I'AI.K 39S 11 123 341 A 481 >A 417 nil I'.. . . . 156 lOI 30S 38 N 3f^o 107 )f W.iK . . . 1 85 373 W '35 ikr .... 191 V 47 388 42<; fl 32S 1 2,sr. ill 203 3'6 3SS