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his first wife’s sister, Miss Ann MacDonald. In politics Mr. Bears votes with the Liberal party, and he is a member of the church of Scotland.

W. H. F. GILL, a prominent and well known citizen of Charlottetown, is a native son of Prince Edward Island, having been born at Little York on the 10th of March, 1865. His father, Abraham Gill, Jr., was born at Little York, and his mother at Edin- burgh, Scotland. These parents were reared in theirnative land and emigrated to Prince Edward Island many years ago. The sub- ject of this sketch attended the public schools of Little York, supplementing this by two and one-half years in Prince of Wales Col- lege, later taking a course in the Charlotte- town Business College, and the School of Phonography. Upon the completion of his technical education he engaged in teaching school, which pursuit he followed for two years. On the death of his father, on the 30th of September, 1887, he quit the teach- ing profession and returned to the homestead. When the estate had been finally wound up (there being no will left) he entered the business firm of B. S. Davies & Company, clothiers, Charlottetown, as an accountant, where he remained some eight months. Here a vacancy occurred in the staff of the Char- lottetown postoflice. This position in the civil service was offered to and accepted by him on the 24th of January, 1888. On ap- pointment he was engaged as clerk in the Charlottetown office. After short service in this capacity, he took up the duties of rail- way mail clerk. During his eight years in this arm of the service, he has had varied experiences, being in no less than three rail- way wrecks. After spending the winter of

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1897-98 asserting mails in the ice»boat house at Cape Toernentine, New Brunswick, he returned to Charlottetown in April, 1898, and re-entered the postofl'ice, where he is at present employed.

On the 24th of December, 1890, he mar- ried Miss Eliza Augusta Dalziel, who was born at Charlottetown on July 26, 1867, the daughter of Charles and Frances Elizabeth Dalziel, and to this union have been born three children, namely: Frances Elizabeth, Jean Campbell and Helen Doris. In reli— gion Mr. Gill is affiliated with the Scotch Presbyterian church, while his fraternal rela- tions are with the Victoria Lodge, No. 2, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Prince Edward Lodge, No. 219, Sons of England. Mr. Gill has spent practically his entire life in the city of his birth, is widely known among the citizens and enjoys the sin- cere respect'and good will of all who know him.

The following article from the pen of Mr. Archibald Irwin will undoubtedly be of interest in this connection, referring as it does to Abraham Gill, the subject’s grand- father, who was well known and highly es- teemed among the older generations in Prince Edward Island: “It is not often that we are fortunate enough to find a personally written account of the experiences of an early settler in this fair Island. Oral traditions have been plentifully handed down from gen- eration to generation during the past one hundred years and these recitals of events bear a general resemblance, in the abstract, which is not always interesting, but as re- gards Mr. Abraham Gill, one of the pioneers of Little York, we have a record from his own pen which gives his story an interest not always attached to such records. Nor the least attractive part of his history is