392 PAST AND PRESENT OF age of thirty-six years; James A., subject of this sketch; Annie, the wife of J. B. Crosbie , of Denver, Colorado , and Alexan¬ der F., who died in infancy. In religion the father was a Presbyterian, in politics a Lib¬ eral and at one time a prominent candidate for the Legislative Assembly , running on the same ticket with the Hon . William Campbell . As a justice of the peace he was noted for having married more people than any contemporary magistrate. His widow is now living in Denver, Colorado . The subject of this sketch received a good district school education, supplement¬ ing this by attending the grammar school of DeSable and Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown . After the completion of his education his time was largely employed in the management of his father's estate, which consisted in part of over five hundred acres of splendid farming land. He has also been successfully engaged in the general mercan¬ tile business at Bonshaw . in which lie still continues, and since 1880 has served capably as postmaster at Bonshaw . On September 10, 1890, Mr. Robertson was united in marriage to Miss Georgiana Cameron Morrison , a daughter of Adam Morrison , of North Tryon . Mr. Robertson is an elder in the Presbyterian church and takes a great interest in his work. In poli¬ tics he is a Liberal and gives intelligent at¬ tention to the affairs of the community in which he lives and has done much effective work in advancing its welfare. He is widely known and highly respected. Donald Montgomery , the present effi¬ cient and popular station agent for the Prince Edward Island Railway at Alberton , Prince county, was born in 1836 at Malpeque and is a son of James S. and Rose (McGary) Montgomery, the former of whom was also a native of Malpeque . The paternal grand¬ father, Donald Montgomery , was a native of Argyleshire, Scotland , and came to Prince Edward Island in 1769 with his father, Hugh Montgomery , a native also of Ar¬ gyleshire, and they left their native land for Quebec , Canada , but landed at Mal¬ peque, Prince Edward Island , where they lived and where they both died. The grand¬ father followed farming at Malpeque and there also the subject's father passed his whole life. The grandfather died in 1845, having represented Prince county in the Provincial Legislature for over thirty- five years, and the father died in 1871. The former was the father of seventeen children: Archibald, Hugh, John, George, James, Donald, Edward, Robert, William, Mary, Barbara, Annie, Christie, Nellie, Eliz¬ abeth. Jennie and Margaret. To James and Rose Montgomery were born the following children: Christie A., who became the wife of Archibald Gordon , of Cascumpec , this province, but is now at Maiden, Massa¬ chusetts: Donald, subject of this sketch; Sarah, who married Arthur Richie , now deceased, formerly of Delhousie, New Brunswick ; William, who lives at Rock Rapids, Iowa , where he follows farming; John M.,deceased, who married Mary E. Mc ¬ Neill and occupied the old homestead where his widow now resides; George R.; Annie, who has been for twenty-five years a mission¬ ary in Persia; Margaret, the wife of D. Mont ¬ gomery, a farmer in Ireton, Iowa ; Mary Elizabeth , who married George Matheson , of Rustico , Prince Edward Island ; Charlotte G., who was for nineteen years a missionary in I Vrsia but is now deceased. The father of