PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

man of intelligence and broad information. He has served as justice of the peace for thirty years and has taken an active interest in the local welfare, having been one of the most active temperance workers in the prov- ince. In religion he is a member of the Baptist church and has served as deacon for thirty years. Having met with a number of serious reverses. during his active business career, and lost much money in mining speculation, mills, etc., he is nevertheless one of the substantial, leading and influential citi— zens of his locality.

In 1866 Mr. Clark married Miss Martha Cannon, daughter of Charles and Mary (Rayner) Cannon, the mother a native of England and the father of Prince Edward Island. To this union have been born the following children: George J. J., president of the National Fireworks Company, in West Andover, Massachusetts, and the largest shareholder in that company ; Mary, the wife of Herbert Alley, of Rockland, Massachusetts; Washington, operating a fin- ishing mill at Whitman, Massachusetts; Eliza Bell, the wife of John Crockett, a farmer, of Elmsdale, Prince Edward Is- land; William Gladstone, of Whitman, Massachusetts, a manufacturer who was instantly killed in his finishing mill on March 9, 1899; Allen Fraser, in the employ of the National Fireworks Company; Emily, the wife of Cyrus McLeod, a blacksmith, at Boston, Massachusetts; Andrew, living at home; Mattie. a trained nurse in Boston, Massachusetts; Newman Hall, a mechanic in Whitman, Massachusetts; Isaiah, a mechanic in Califomia; Charles S. and Simpson J., de- ceased. Mr. Clark possesses many fine per- sonal qualities of character and enjoys the sincere respect of all who know him.

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WILLIAM A. DUNBAR, who owns and operates a fine farm in Lot 3, Prince county, and who stands high in the general estima- tion of his fellow citizens, was born at Camp— bellton on July 13, 1840, and is a son of Rev. Hugh and Helen (McEwen) Dun-

bar. Hugh Dunbar was bom in Nova Scotia

in 1791 or 1792, and came to Prince Edward Island in the ’2os, settling at New London. where he was a successful Christian minister for several years- He then went to Nova Scotia, where he remained six years and in 1846 came to Lot 67, Prince Edward Island, where he remained until his death, in 1857. He was the father of seven children: Mar- garet J., who died in 1903; Emma R. and Penelope, both deceased; William A,; Joseph B.; Hugh A., at West Point, this province, and Eliza A., who became the wife of James McNeill, a farmer of Lot 4, who died in 1900. In politics the father of these children was a Liberal. The paternal grandfather, William Dunbar, was a native of Scotland and in youth emigrated to Nova Scotia. He married Emma Rose. a native of Invemess, Scotland, and to them were born the follow- ing children: James, Donald, Hugh, Alex, Isabella, Kitty, Christie, Elizabeth and Jessie. who became the wife of Thomas Horn. William A. Dunbar received the benefit of the teachings of the public schools of his locality and was reared to the life of a farmer, to which vocation he has devoted his energies. He is a sagacious and far-seeing business man, possesses thorough practical knowledge of his vocation and has main- tained his property at the highest standard of excellence, the fields being well tilled and due attention being given to the rotation of crops and other features which assist inassuring success to the agriculturist. The place com-