342 PAST AND PRESENT OF the past forty-three years he has served as one of His Majesty's coroners for Prince county, and from 1875 to 1877 he served as sheriff of Prince county, performing the du¬ ties of these various positions in a creditable and pleasing mariner. In 1857 ne entered into partnership with Dugald S. MacNutt under the firm name of D. & P. MacNutt , and after entering into a general merchandise business at Malpeque , the business association contin¬ ued until the senior partner's death in July, 1888, after which he continued the business alone, up to 1902, since when the firm style has been Peter MacNutt & Son. During this long course of years his dealings have been characterized by strict integrity and he has at all times enjoyed the absolute confi¬ dence and respect of all with whom he comes in contact. He has also given some atten¬ tion to farming, owning a splendid tract of land in this locality, and is considered one of the leading citizens of his community. Mr. \ MacNutt was first returned to the Legis¬ lative Council at the bye-election in the sec¬ ond district of Prince county, and was re¬ elected at the general election in 1882, 1890 and 1897, me last t'me trom the fourth dis¬ trict of Prince county, for the Legislative Assembly . He was re-elected at the next general election in 1900 for the third dis¬ trict of Prince county, and also at the general election of 1904. He has been a member of the government of the province continuously since 1897. On January 30, 1861, Mr. MacNutt married Miss Anna Stewart MacNutt , a daughter of Thomas MacNutt , and to them have been born -the following children: An- nabella Emma, who died in 1891; Mary M. Ella ; Lucy Penelope ; D. Preston MacNutt ^ and C. Ernest . Religiously Mr. MacNutt is a member of the Presbyterian church of Princetown ( Malpeque ) and for twenty- eight years has been chairman of the board of managers and trustees. He is a man of more than ordinary ability and enjoys the abso¬ lute confidence and respect of all who know him. John Anderson , an expert accountant and highly esteemed citizen at Kensington , Prince county, was born at Newtown , Belfast district, Prince Edward Island , in February, 1856, and is a son of Alexander and Mary (Gillies) Anderson, the father a native of Dunstaffhage, Queens county, and the mother of Isle of Skye , Inverness , Scotland . The father, who followed milling and farming during his active life, died in November, 1873. His wife is still living. The pater¬ nal grandfather, Alexander Anderson , was a native of Perthshire, Scotland , came to Prince Edward Island in 1808 and here fol¬ lowed farming. His wife bore the maiden name of Isabella McDougal . The maternal grandparents, Alexander and Flora (Mc¬ Queen) Gillies, were natives of the Isle of Skye and came to Prince Edward Island in 1819, where the grandfather died on April 24, 1867, at the age of eighty-two years, his wife dying February 6, 1885, at the age of ninety-three years. The maternal great- grandmother bore the maiden name of Ann Nicholson and came to Prince Edward Is ¬ land sometime subsequent to the emigration of her son. She died in February, 1845, at the age of eighty-four years. John Anderson attended the district schools of his neighborhood, supplementing this training by attendance at Prince of Wales College. He then engaged in teach¬ ing school for about seven years, but relin¬ quished this and for a short time engaged in