PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 323 lowing children: Edith, of Boston, Massa¬ chusetts; Herbert, of Plymouth; Arthur, en¬ gaged in the lumbering business in Van¬ couver, British Columbia ; Gordon, engaged in mining in British Columbia ; Alfred, in the ; Ernest, Leith, Lloyd and Olive, who remain at home. Joshua Smallman , who for many years was favorably known among the rep¬ resentative farmers of Road, and whose death, at the age of sixty years, was thought to be an irreparable loss to the community, was born in Lot 16 , Prince county, and was a son of Thomas and Mar¬ garet (Murray) Smallman. The father was a native of Ireland and with his father, Joshua, came from Dublin, where they had conducted a large weaving business until factories started and so cheapened the price of their products, that they could not profit¬ ably continue their industry. Thomas Smallman was well educated in the public schools of Ireland and was a fine man in many respects. He was a member of the Episcopal church. The Murray family, from which the subject is descended on the maternal side, is located in Lot 6 7 and Mary Murray , the subject's mother, was a daugh¬ ter of John Murray . - Joshua Smallman received a good dis¬ trict school education and followed farming during all his active years, owning a magnificent farm of seven hundred acres near O'Leary , which was accounted among the most valuable properties in Prince county. Mr. Smallman left a part of this farm to each of his six sons, who have con¬ tinued to maintain it at the same high standard of excellence which characterized it when under their father's management. Mr. Smallman was a magistrate for main- years and was in many respects a leader in his community. In politics he was a Liberal, and in religion a member of the Baptist church, in which body he was an active and faithful working member. He served as postmaster for many years and the office is now filled by his son James. Mr. Smallman married Miss Elizabeth Ramsey , a daughter of Malcolm and Ellen (Boyle) Ramsey, and to them were born the following children: Thomas, a farmer of Lot 7; Rev. William M ., who was edu¬ cated at Wolfville and Boston, Massachu¬ setts, and is now a minister of the Baptist church at New Glasgow ; James P., who lives on the old homestead; Donald, who died at the age of twenty-six years; Maggie, the wife of George Horn , of Lot 6 ; Joshua, a merchant tailor at Halifax, Nova Scotia ; John A., who is connected with the mercan¬ tile establishment of Sinclair & Stewart, at Summerside ; Eleanor Jane , the wife of Robert Horn , a farmer at Bloomfield , Lot 5; and James P., who now lives on and suc¬ cessfully operates a share of the old home¬ stead. He married Miss Ellen Horn , a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Gavin) Horn, of Bloomfield , and to them have been, born the following, children: Eva, Daniel, Edith, Hazel, Arthur, Albert and Beecher. Peter McCourt , a leading and influ¬ ential citizen and, who, since he was twenty- one years of age, has been known as one of the leading members of the press of Prince Ed .ward Island, was born at West Newton . Prince county, Prince Edward Island , and is descended from Irish parentage. He se¬ cured a good education in the public schools and has been practically all his life engaged