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land, where he was engaged in the brewery business and farming up to the time of his death, in 1877, at the age of sixty-six years. Of his six children the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, and he re- ceived his education in Masham Grammar School, Yorkshire, England.

Having determined upon the profession of law, the subject of this sketch took up its study with John Richardson at Thirsk, York- shire, England, afterwards going to London, where he entered the law firm of Clark, Rawlins & Clark, at Gresham House, Old Broad street. He was admitted as a solicitor in April, 1882, and immediately emigrated to Prince Edward Island, arriving at Char- lottetown May 29th. Here he engaged in the study of law with Palmer & McLeod and was admitted as an attorney in July, 1883, and as a barrister in July, 1884. He then entered upon the practice of his profession at Charlottetown, where he continued until 1894, when he removed to Alberton and as- sociated himself in the practice with Oliver Rattenbury, now of Winnipeg, Manitoba, the firm being known as Rattenbury & Tweedy. Mr. Tweedy has, since the removal of Mr. Rattenbury, practiced law and has been very successful. He is well grounded in the knowledge of the principles of law and their application to facts and has been unusually successful as a pleader. In April, 1882, Mr. Tweedy married Miss Annie Lan- caster, of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of George Lancaster, and to them have been born four children: Edith, May, Margaret (deceased) and Harry (deceased). Mr. Tweedy is a stipendiary magistrate for West Prince county. Fratemally he is a Master Mason and a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters. A man of fine personal qualities

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and genial make-up he has won a host of warm personal friends in the city of his residence.

J. E. GALLANT, the proprietor of a drug store at Tignish and one of its leading citi- zens was born at Charlottetown, Prince Ed- ward Island, on July 29, 1871, a son of Cap- tain Francis and Katherine (McKenna) Gal— lant, the former having been born at Nail Pond, Prince co'unty, on the 17th’of March, 1841, while the latter, who was born at Charlottetown, died in 1892. She was a daughter of John Arnold McKenna, of Char- lottetown, though a native of Ireland. The paternal grandfather, Sylvanus Gallant, was a native of Miscouche, Prince Edward Is- land, while the great—grandfather, Prosper: Gallant, was a pilot and kept the lighthouse at Cascumpec Harbor, now Alberton. He married a Miss Surratt at Cocaine, New Brunswick, and to them were born six chil- dren. He had been married prior to this, and one of the children of the first marriage was the subject’s grandfather. Sylvanus Gallant married Miss Mary Gaudet, of Mus- couche, and they had a family of ten chil- dren. He was a farmer and blacksmith and started the pioneer grist mill at Nail Pond, near Tignish. Captain Francis Gallant; fa.- ther of the subject, was the eighth child in order of birth of his parents’ children, and went to sea in young manhood, following that pursuitfor fourteen years and rising to the rank of master mariner, having been cap- tain of several fine schooners. He built sev- eral vessels and commanded some of the fleetest ships of the time, being employed in the West Indies and Newfoundland trade. Upon his retirement from the sea he engaged