PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 325 English market, running a large factory on the south side of Miscouche shore, also handling the product of other factories. He is also extensively engaged in shipping grain, produce and eggs. He has occupied an influential position among his fellow citi¬ zens and has represented his district in the Legislative Assembly of the province. He was also postmaster for a number of years and has otherwise shown his interest in the welfare of the community. He is a member of the Catholic church at Miscouche . He" is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. On the 21st of April, 1873, Mr. DesRouches married Miss Sophia Poirier , of Miscouche , a daughter of Joseph B. Poirier , a leading business man and farmer in this district, who died in 1889, at the age of seventy-nine years. Mrs. DesRouches was educated in the convent of Notre Dame at Charlotte - town and some of her needlework has won prizes at the provincial exhibitions. She has also a fondness for fruit and flowers and in the elegant grounds surrounding their residence can be found unlimited numbers of the choicest plants, the whole being ar¬ ranged in a manner that would do credit to a metropolitan landscape gardener, white lil¬ ies being her favorites, of which she has many fine specimens, one bed containing about three hundred. Col. Frederick Strong Moore, who was for many years closely identified with the banking interests of Charlottetown , and who is now in command of the military forces of Prince Edward Island , was born in Char¬ lottetown on the 13th of August, 1846. His parents were George and Eliza (Chappell) Moore, the father being a native of London, England , and the mother of Charlottetown , a daughter of Benjamin Chappell , a native of England . The paternal grandfather, James Moore , a native of London, England , came to Prince Edward Island and located at Cascumpec , later removing to Charlottetown . George Moore resided in Charlottetown , and was one of the party who went to California on the ship "Fanny," remaining there some five years, during which time he had fair success. On returning, he engaged in busi¬ ness in Charlottetown for some years, subse¬ quently removing his business to Southport . Some time later lie accepted a position, in the Bank of Prince Edward Island, where he re¬ mained until the time of his death, on No¬ vember 30, 1875. He was a member of the Methodist church and took an active part in church and Sunday-school work. He was the father of six children, five of whom are now living, namely: Theophilus, now assist¬ ant collector of inland revenue, at Charlotte¬ town; Sarah, the widow of the late Hon . Donald Farquharson , premier of Prince Ed ¬ ward Island: Frederick S., the subject; Mar¬ garet, the wife of Henry Mutch , of South- port, Queens county, Prince Edward Island ; George M., of the firm of Moore & McLeod, of Charlottetown ; and Elizabeth, the de¬ ceased wife of E. R. Brow , who is in the in¬ surance business in Charlottetown . Frederick S. Moore secured his educa¬ tion in the public schools of Charlottetown and Southport . At the age of seventeen years he accepted a position in the Bank of Prince Edward Island, in which he continued until the organization of the Merchants Bank of Prince Edward Island, in 1871) when he ac¬ cepted the position of teller in that institu¬ tion, continuing in that position until 1894, a period of twenty-three years, his careful and faithful performance of the duties in-