PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 321 tics he has ever supported the Liberal party, while in religion he is a Presbyterian, hav¬ ing been the leader of the choir in his church for the remarkable period of forty-seven years. He has been twice married, first to Miss Catherine Jane McEwen , daughter of James and Mary (Coffin) McEwen, and to them were born the following children: Em¬ ily Jane, the wife of David Coffin ; Edith Jane , the wife of Joseph Coffin ; and George Ernest , a builder, of Denver, Colorado . After the death of his first wife Mr. Douglas mar¬ ried Miss Jemimah Coffin , a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Pigott) Coffin, and to them have been born five children, namely: Etta Harriet , wife of Henry Coffin , a farmer in Lot 38; Euphemia Lockett , the wife of Calvin Cameron , of Lot 38; Priscilla Louise , wife of Everett Anderson , of Lot 39; Bessie Cynthia , wife of Frank C. Farquharson , of Lot 38; and Sadie E ., who died on July 8, 1905, at the age of eighteen years. Samuel Angus Nicholson , of Eldon, Lot 57, the practical and capable secretary and treasurer of the Eldon Butter Factory, and a well known and successful farmer, was born where he now resides and received his education in the public schools and at the Eldon grammar schools. In young manhood he engaged in farming and has found this vocation so much to his liking that he has never forsaken it to any extent, although in 1898 he went to the Klondike, where he met with fair success in mining. He has given considerable thought and attention to the dairying business, which he believes to be one of the most important industries open to Prince Edward Island farmers, and in which he himself is an important factor. Mr. 21 Nicholson has long taken an active part in local public affairs and in 1904 was candi¬ date for the Legislative Assembly on the Conservative ticket. The subject's father, James Nicholson , for many years an influential member of the local Parliament, was first elected on No¬ vember 7, 1878, and on January 29, 1887, he was appointed a member of the Executive Council, in which he was leader. He con¬ tinued a member of the Government until its defeat, on the abolition of the Legislative Council in 1892, when he retired from poli¬ tics. He was a stanch Conservative in politics and held an active position in public affairs. He was born on the farm where the subject now lives on October 16, 1827, and died on June 10, 1905, at the age of seventy- seven years. In business he was a farmer and ship-builder and took an active part in all the varied interests of his community. He was a member of St. John's Presbyterian church, in which he was an elder. The pa¬ ternal grandfather, Samuel Nicholson , who was a native of the Isle of Skye , Scotland , came to Prince Edward Island on the ship "Polly" in 1803 and located on a farm which has since been in the possession of the family. Samuel Nicholson married Miss Flora McLeod , who also came to Prince Ed ¬ ward Island on the ship "Polly." Hon . James Nicholson married on the 15th of Sep¬ tember, 1855, at , Sco¬ tia. Miss Mary Jane Monroe , who was born at White Head, Guysborough county, Nova Scotia . The subject has one brother, John Alex Nicholson , who is registrar of the Mc- Gill University, at Montreal, of which insti¬ tution he is a graduate, and he also has one sister, Mrs. James C. Irving , of Cherry Valley , Lot 50, Prince Edward Island . Mr. Nicholson , who is unmarried, resides on the