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born at Pownal, Prince Edward Island, on September 16, 1856. To her union with Mr. Cameron were born two children: Ella, at home, and Arthur Garfield, a student in Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, who is also the Rhodes scholar-elect for Prince Edward Island for 1906.

JAMES A. MCLEOD, well known as a successful farmer and public-spirited citizen at Victoria Cross, was born at this place in July, 1863, and is a son of Donald and Mary (McDonald) McLeod, natives of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The father was a farmer by occupation and occupied a respected standing in his community. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom seven are now living.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools and was reared under the parental roof to the life of a farmer. His farm consists of one hundred and twenty- five acres of well improved land on which is a splendid dwelling house and a substantial and commodious barn, as well as other nec- essary outbuildings, the whole comprising one of the best and most productive country homes in this locality. Mr. McLeod devotes his attention to the raising of a diversified list of products, and is meeting with distinct- ive success in his line. On November 10, I897, Mr. McLeod married Miss Christy A. Ross, a daughter of Donald and Isabella (McDonald) Ross, natives of Prince Edward Island, where the father followed farming. Mrs. McLeod was born on October 24, 1869, on this Island and is of Scottish descent. She was the fifth in order of birth of the eight children born to her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. McLeod have been born four chil-

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dren: John M., September 6, 1898; Mary A., September 21, 1900; Beulah 1., April 29, 1902; and Annie, November 29, 1904, died March 17, 1906. The family are con- nected with the Presbyterian church and give their support to‘ every movement having for its object the advancement of the best inter- ests of the community. They enjoy a wide acquaintance and are well liked by all who know them.

FRED GEORGE BOVYER, the well known proprietor of the Broadland farm at Brudi— nell Station, Kings county, is a native of Bunbury, Lot 48, born on the old family homestead originally purchased by his grandfather and named by him Bunbury. The place comprises over tWo thousand acres of land and was one of the fine estates of the county. Fred G. Bovyer was born January 1, 1842, and is a son of Stephen and Cath- erine (Norton) Bovyer, the former a native of Prince Edward Island and the latter a na- tive of Ireland. The paternal grandparent, John Bovyer, came to Prince Edward Island from Rhode Island about the time of the Revolutionary war. Being an ardent United Empire Loyalist, Mr. Bovyer was compelled to sacrifice his valuable property there and was promised an estate here by the govern- ment, the same being allotted for him, but when he attempted to settle on his property he was driven off by the landlord or proprie- tor, as they were then called, it being claimed by the landlord that the government had no right to grant this property. Thereupon Mr. Bovyer purchased a property described in an advertisement in the first Island news- paper (Royal AmeriCan Gazette and Intelli- gencer of the Island of Saint John, Char- lottetown ; printed by James RobertSon,