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to Prince Edward Island while young chil- dren. To Mr. and Mrs. Cass have been born eight children: Mary, William, Par- vin, Thomas A., Francis E., John, George E., and Evelyn G.

WILLIAM LAWSON COTTON, editor of the Examiner published at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, was born at New London, Prince Edward Island, on the 23d of July, 1848, and is the son of Richard and Maria (Lawson) Cotton. Richard Cotton was for many years a minister of the Bible Christian denomination and ministered in many of the best sections of this province. He subsequently retired, after many years of faithful and successful labor and took up the vocation of farming at Travelers’ Rest. Later he resided at Wellington, where his death occurred in 1887. His wife, Maria, who was born in Nova Scotia, was a daughter of John Lawson, for many years solicitor gen- eral of the Island and recorder of the city of Charlottetown. William L. Cotton secured a good practical education and upon attain- ing the years of young manhood he entered the office of the Halifax Citizen, in an edi- torial capacity. There he remained until June, 1873, when he became editor and man- ager of The Examiner, of Charlottetown, which he subsequently purchased. In 1887 he organized a company and established the Daily Examiner, the first daily newspaper established on the Island. The Examiner is a well printed sheet. Its editorial utterances are characterized by strength and clearness, and its influence is ever found on the side of those issues and movements which promise to make for the betterment of the people. Po- litically Mr. Cotton is a stanch Conservative.

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He has long occupied a high place in the public esteem and retains the friendship and good will of all who know him.

In June, 1874, Mr. Cotton married Miss Margaret Ellin Harris, a daughter of Wil— liam C. Harris, of Charlottetown, and to them have been born eight children, of whom seven are now living, namely: Franklin C., who is engaged in gardening at Char— lottetown; Winifred, who is the wife of W. Eardley Hyndman, of the engineering staff of the department of public works, Charlotte- town; Walter, who is a clergyman of the Church of England and is in charge of the parish of Georgetown and Cherry Valley, Prince Edward Island; Robert L., who is manager for the Examiner Publishing Com- pany; Marian 5., Margaret H. and Wil- liam E., who are at home, the latter being now a student.

Mrs. Cotton’s parents, William Critch- low Harris, a native of Wales, and Sarah Stretch, his wife, a native of Lancashire, England, came to Prince Edward Island about the year 1857. Mr. Harris was as- sociated with Daniel Davies in the estab- lishment of the lobster fisheries of the Is- land, and was one of the first to undertake pork packing and other industries Both parents died within the last few years. Among their children are Robert Harris, C. M. G., president of the Royal Canadian Academy, at Montreal, the leading artist of Canada today; W. Critchlow Harris, A. R. C. G., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Rev. E. A. Harris, M. A., of Malone Bay, Nova Scotia.

FREDERICK JOHN NASH, the capable edi- tor of the Daily and Weekly Patriot, at Charlottetown, was born in Halifax, Nova