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ton & Fennell. Six years later they dis— solved partnership and Mr. Fennell formed a business association with Charles H. Chan- dler, as Fennell & Chandler, wholesale and retail hardware, and they have since con- tinued to conduct a large and successful business, being located on the south side of Victoria Row, opposite the postof’fice. . Mr. Fennell has taken a lively interest in local public affairs and at one time served as a member of the Charlottetown city coun- cil. He is now president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

On April 12. 1866, Mr. Fennell was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hobbs, a native of Charlottetownhand a daughter of John Hobbs. To them have been born the following children : Letitia Ann, cabinet- maker: Ida May; Bertha Golden; Lilly Free- land; Percy Roberts, who is now engaged in business in Spokane, \Vashington, and Frank Taylor, who died in June, 1905. Re- ligiously Mr. Fennell is a member of the Methodist church and is well liked by all who know him.

MAJOR W. A. O. MORSON, K. C., M. L. A., a successful and well known barrister of Charlottetown, was born at Malpeque, Prince Edward Island, on December 24. 1851, the son of Richard Willock and Elizabeth (Cody) Morson, the father a native of Monserrete, West Indies, and the mother of Malpeque. The paternal grandfather. Rich- ard W. Morson, was also a native of the West Indies. The subject’s father came to Prince Edward Island at the age of two years, his father having died, after which his mother became the wife of Alex Stewart.

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of Malpeque. Of this union there is now living a daughter, who is the widow of James M. McNutt, of Malpeque. In early life Richard W. Morson engaged in farming, but in 1866 he engaged in business at Dun- das, in which he continued until his death. He was twice married. By his first wife he had seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third in order of birth, and to the second union were born five children.

W. A. O. Morson received a good com- mon school education, and then came to' Charlottetbvm and studied law under the pre- ceptorage of the present Chief Justice Sulli- van. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar, becoming junior partner in the firm of Sullivan, McLean & Morson. In 1879 Mr. McLean retired, and in December, 1882, Mr. Morson entered into a professional alliance with the present Judge McLeod, of Prince county, this association, under the firm name of McLeod, Morson & McQuarrie, contin- uing until April, 1893, when Mr. McLeod was appointed judge of the Prince county court, after which the firm continued as Mor- son & McQuarrie until June, 1903, when the junior member withdrew and Mr. Morson took as a partner Charles Gavan Duffy, un- der the firm name of Morson & Duffy. Mr. Morson has received a number of official ap- pointments, being first designated as pro— thonotary of the Supreme Court, then reg— istrar of the court of chancery and master in chancery. Within a month after receiving these appointments he resigned from the / first two offices, and has since retained the latter, being now senior master in chancery. In 1902 Mr. Morson was elected to the Legislative Assembly to represent Cardigan (this being a bye—election), and at the gen- eral election in 1904 he was re-elected for the