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and farmer during his still active years. The paternal grandfather, John Gillis, who was a native of Scotland, moved to Prince Edward Island a number of years ago and here occu- pied a respected position in the community.

Edward Gillis received a good district school education and then attended St. Dun- stan’s College at Charlottetown four years, graduating in 1895. Having determined upon the medical profession as his life work, he then entered the medical department of McGill University at Montreal, where he graduated in 1899, with degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery, after which he returned to Kensington, where he has since been engaged in the active practice of the healing art. He possesSes a compre- hensive knowledge of his profession and has kept closely in touch with the latest advances in the healing art, being a liberal reader and deep thinker and has been successful to' a gratifying degree in his practice. He is a gentleman of many fine personal qualities and enjoys the sincere regard of all those with whom he has come in contact. Frater- nally he is a member of the Independent Or- der of Foresters and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, and in religion is affil- iated with the Roman Catholic church. On October 18, 1897, he married Miss Annie Bella Fraser, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Donohue) Fraser, both of whom are also natives of Prince Edward Island.

JOHN ALEXANDER DEWAR, who now conducts the fine one-hundred-and-twenty- acre farm in New Perth, known as Green— laWn Farm, was born on February 7, 1863, on the old homestead formerly owned by his father and grandfather and which was origi-

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nally purchased by the latter, John Dewar by name. He is a son of Robert and Jessie (Dewar) Dewar, the father having been born on this homestead, while the mother was born on Lot 48, near Charlottetown. The father followed farming during his active life and was a leading farmer in the neighborhood. His death occurred on April 28, 1900, at the age of seventy-one years, and his wife died on May 10, 1899, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a justice of the peace and was also an officer in the Christian church at Montague. He was a leading member of the building committee for this church and in his locality was a leader in all movements of a polit- ical, religious and agricultural character. He exhibited extensively at agricultural exhibitions and won many prizes. His wife, Jessie, was a daughter of John and Isabella (Douglas) Dewar, of Lot 48. The paternal grandparents were John and Christina (Forbes) Dewar, of Braw of Foss, Perthshire, Scotland. John Dewar came to Prince Edward Island in the early years of the nineteenth century and firSt located at Brudenell, where he remained two years, during which time he continually prospected for a future home. He finally made a choice of one hundred and twenty . acres located near the eastern boundary of Lot 51, the place being afterward known as New Perth. The land at that time was ex- tensively covered with timber, both hard and soft wood, but was very fertile and when cleared, produced good crops. The deed Of this property, for which he paid sixty pOunds sterling, is dated March 15, 1827, and is made between Sir James Montgomery, Bart, of Stobocastle,'County Peebles, Scot- land, Archibald Montgomery, of the County of Peebles, and Robert Montgomery, of the