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Tuesday, March 18, 1788) as “the well

known, good and profitable farm called Ful- lerton’s Marsh, containing two thousand three hundred acres, on which he lived until his death. The paternal grant-grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bovyer, accompanied his son from Rhode Island to Prince Edward Island, be- ing an aged man at the time. His son was supposed to have been a slave holder, as he brought two slaves with him, one of which was hanged at Charlottetown, after his emancipation for stealing a pint of rum. The subject of this sketch received a dis- trict-school education and has followed farm— ing as an occupation. In 1872 he purchased his present property which comprises one hundred and ninety-seven acres, the place having been brought to a high state of culti- vation from its original condition of wilder- ness. It is provided with a complete set of well built and commodious farm buildings and is well adapted to the purposes for which it is intended. Mr. Bovyer makes a specialty of shorthom cattle and Southdown sheep and has also a fine orchard, having one of the largest apple orchards in the east end of the Island and being an extensive ship- per of this fruit. Mr. Bovyer is independent in politics and takes an active interest in local public affairs. On the 5th of July, 1893, he was married to Mrs. Emma Burns Stilliker, a daughter of the Hon. Stewart and Jane (Filmore) Burns, the former a native of Prince Edward Island and the latter of Sack— ville, New Brunswick. Mrs. Bovyer is a na- tive of Prince Edward Island, born April 24, 1861, and by her first union with Mr. Stil- liker there were born five children, three of whom are now living: Clara 1., who is married and lives in Lethbridge, Alberta; James L., a police officer at Lethbridge: and Evelyn, who lives at Freetown, Prince Ed-

PAST AND PRESENT OF

ward Island. To Mr. and Mrs. Bovyer has been born one son, Chester Lowe. Mr. Bov- yer is one of the well known farmers and public spirited men in his section of the Is- land, and is highly esteemed generally among the people.

DAVID REID, a successful farmer and stock dealer at Victoria Cross, Kings county, was born at Murray Harbor North, Prince Edward Island, on the 8th of December, 1861, and is a son of Alex and Margaret (Dalziel) Reid, both natives of Murray Har- bor. The maternal grandfather, John Dal- ziel, was a native of Scotland and a member of Parliament.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools and began his ac- tive career as a farmer, which he has fol- lowed throughout his life. He is also promi- nent as a stockman and has taken a deep in- terest in the advancement of the stock inter- ests of the Island, especially in advancing the grade of stock bred here, he himself having imported many full-blooded horses and swine, principally of the respective breeds of Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Poland China. His farm comprises one hundred and fifty acres, which is well improved and which he has found a profitable enterprise. He is a member of the Independent Order of Forest- ers, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, having an active inter- est in the various charitable and benevolent movements connected with that society. On

September 28, 1885, Mr. Reid married Miss

Christina M. A. Beaton, a daughter of John and Margaret (Dougherty) Beaton, both na- tives of Prince Edward Island, and to the subject and his wife have been born the fol-