PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 559 was a farmer and commanded universal re¬ spect. Of his six children, the subject of this sketch is the fifth in order of birth. B. Steinforth Sanderson attended the district school and at sixteen years of age entered the store of James Coffin , a ship¬ builder and storekeeper, with whom he re¬ mained about a year and a half. He then came to Charlottetown and entered the employ of J. D. McLeod , grocer, with whom he remained twelve years, being a partner in the business during the last three years of this time. Next he formed a business partnership with L. S. McNutt and, securing a good location on the square,-they continued in business together for fourteen years. Mr. Sanderson then sold out his interests in the business and moved across the square to his present location on Sunnyside, opposite the postoffice, where he occupies a large store, having also a second story and basement, carrying a complete line of groceries and kindred articles. Mr. Sanderson makes a special effort to keep none but high grade goods and enjoys the best patronage. In September, 1895, Mr. Sanderson mar¬ ried Miss Ellen Mitchell , a native of Char¬ lottetown. and the daughter of William Mitchell , and to them have been born three children, Mabel, Steinforth and Harold. Mr. Sanderson is a keen, far-sighted business man and commands the friendship and good will of his business associates, as well as the sincere respect of all with whom he comes in contact. Picton S. Brown , the genial and popu¬ lar proprietor of the Revere House, Char¬ lottetown, and a horseman of considerable note, was born at Uxbridge, Ontario , on Aprjl 19, 1854, and is a son of J. W. C . and Martha (Wilson) Brown, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the latter of Whitchurch, York county, Ontario . The paternal grandfather was a successful farmer in Ontario , the original farm being still in the possession of the descendants. The sub¬ ject's father came to in young child¬ hood, the family locating at Dumfries, On¬ tario, where he received his education, and where he later took up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar and for many years successfully practiced his profession at Uxbridge. He was also the editor of the Uxbridge- Journal and served as super¬ intendent of education in the county of On¬ tario, of which Uxbridge is the county seat. He took an active part in politics and other public matters and was a lieutenant in the Ontario militia. A brother, Picton, for whom the subject of this sketch was named, was a leading physician in Hamilton,, On¬ tario, and another brother was a doctor at Napanee, - Ontario . The subject's mother was of Quaker stock, her ancestors having come from Pennsylvania . The subject of this sketch spent his school days in Uxbridge, and upon the com¬ pletion of his education he started to learn the printing trade in the office of the Ux¬ bridge Journal , owned by his father, but finding that the business did not agree with his health, he was compelled to quit it. As, however, he had always had a great liking for horses, having ridden running horses during his leisure time, at this period it was his desire to study veterinary surgery. His father was eager for him to become a lawyer, and they compromised by his be¬ coming a jockey, which pursuit he followed for several years with most pronounced suc¬ cess. He made two trips to California with running horses, winning a numter of races