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1885 and has held the office continuously to the present time, and is also a commissioner for the taking of affidavits in the supreme court and the county court. He is a Con- servative in politics, and in religion is a mem- ber of Montague church, now called the Iona Roman Catholic church. Mr. McMillan mar- ried Miss Ann Hynes, a native of Lot 49, and daughter of Michael Hynes, who was born in Ireland, and to this union have been born thirteen children, five of whom are dead and eight living: Alexander M., who now operates the homestead farm; Thomas, bookkeeper in Charlottetown; Austin, at home; Frank and Ambrose, of Portland, Maine; Mary Theresa, the wife of W. J. Rogers, master of the Railway Men’s As- sociation, of Portland, Maine; Josephine, the wife of Charles Shiedow, of Lot 49; Georg- ina, the wife of James McKenna, of Newton Cross.

BENJAMIN C. DOUGLAS, who now lives on and operates the farm on which he was born in 1833, and which is eligibly located in Lot 38, Kings county, is numbered among the enterprising and progressive men of his locality. He is a son of George Douglas, who was born in Lot 37, Queens county, where he has always lived and followed the vocations of farming and milling, having built the Douglas grist mills in about 1838 and operated them up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1849, at the age of forty-nine years. He was a successful busi- ness man and farmer, having owned over one thousand acres of land near the mills. The paternal grandfather, William Douglas, was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1750, and came to Prince Edward Island in about I772. He here married Miss Catherine Mil-

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ler, of Cove Head, a daughter of John Mil- ler. William Douglas owned a large block of land in Lot 38, and engaged in farming and stock raising, being also agent for the Greenwich estate owned by the Duke of Cambridge. He was a magistrate and was noted for his energy and his sound common sense. He died in 1835, at the age of eighty- five years. He was the father of ten chil- dren, namely: John, of Stanhope, this Is- land; Thomas, William and Robert, of Lot 38; James, of Bay Fortune; David, of Lot 38; George, father of the subject; Elizabeth, wife of Capt. John MacDonald, of Charlotte- town; Catherine, the wife of David Mc- Ewen, of St. Peter’s Harbor; Ellen became the wife of James McEwen. George Doug- las married Miss Jane Col’fin, a daughter of Benjamin Cofiin, of Lot 38, whose father was Elisha Coffin, a United Empire LoyaliSt, from Nantucket. A brother of the latter was Admiral Coflin, who owned the Magdalene Islands. The family at Savage Harbor at one time possessed a bronze medal, which is now in the possession of James Kimball Cofiin, of New York city, and which bore on one side the words,“Admiral Tristam CoFfin,”and on the other, “Do him honor." To George and Jane Douglas were born the following chil- dren, besides the subject of this sketch: Wil- liam Henry, deceased; David E., of Lot 38; George C., of Mt. Stewart; Catherine Sarah. the wife of Henry McEwen, of St. Peter’s Mills; Elihu J., of Lot 38; Elisha A. de- ceased; Robert J. G., of Winthrop, Massa- chusetts.

Benjamin C. Douglas received a good practical education in the schools of his neighborhood and was reared to the life of a farmer, which he has closely followed ever since. He is well known throughout the community, and is respected by all. In poli-