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relinquishing his position he returned to Prince Edward Island and was engaged in teaching school until 1876, when he became school inspector. . In 1879 he was appointed assistant registrar of deeds for Prince Ed— ward Island. He performed the duties of this office until 1891, and since that time has been engaged in the insurance business, rep- resenting the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of New York city. Mr. Peterson mar- ried Miss Jean Bell Millar, of Murray Har- bour North, a daughter of Walter and Mary (Herring) Millar, the former‘a native of Dumfries, Scotland, and the latter of the south of England. They came to Prince Ed- ward Island in 1820 and here the mother died in 1870 and the father in 1883. Mr. Peterson is a man of wide acquaintance and enjoys the good will of all who know him.

INNIs TRAIL REID, the efiicient and ca- pable collector of customs residing at Ebbs Fleet, Prince county, was born at New Lon- don, Prince Edward Island, on October 28. 1855, and is the son of James T. Reid, a native of Scotland, where he was born on January 4, I817. The paternal grandfather, Trail Reid, was also born in Scotland and came to Prince Edward Island in an early day, being numbered among the first school teachers on the Island, which pursuit he fol- lowed three years, his death occurring in New London. James T. Reid followed farming and in connection therewith worked some at masonry. He lived at New London until 1865, when the family removed to Miminegash, where he died in 1883. He was the father of the followingchildren: Thomas, who died in 1902; Isabella, who died in 1851; Mary, who died in 1892; Innis, sub- ject of this sketch; Sinclair died in 1883;

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Douglas is a blacksmith and lives at Camp- belton; Ann lives at Boston, Massachusetts; Jemima lives at Fredericton; Ellen lives in North Dakota. James T. Reid was a Lib— eral in politics and in religion a Presbyterian.

The subject of this sketch received his ed- ucation in the district schools of the neigh- bourhood and was reared to the life of a farmer, to which line of enterprise he has de— voted the greater part of his attention. He is the owner of one hundred fifty acres of land of fine quality which he devotes to general farming and on which he has achieved a definite success. 9 He is systematic and practical in his methods and is consid- ered a progressive and enterprising farmer. Mr. Reid also gives some attention to live stock, breeding fine horses, imported cart horses and Dien work horses being his spe- cialty and the former are headed by the im- ported stallion “Craigmore.” Mr. Reid oc- cupies the responsible position of collector of customs at Miminegash and has also served as postmaster for two years. He was at one time engaged extensively in the sale of ma- chinery in Prince county, travelling over this field for six years and selling many binders. mowers and threshing machines, etc. In pol- itics Mr. Reid is a staunch supporter of the Liberal party and fratemally belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters at Tignish. In 1891 Mr. Reid married Miss Fannie Green, a daughter of Joseph and Lizza (Far- ley) Green, the former a native of Summer- side. this Island, and a wheelwright by trade. He is still living and operates a farm near the subject’s place. '

AMEDIE GALLANT, an enterprising farm- er and the present able supervisor of Lot 5, Prince county, was born at ~Rustico on Oc-