566 PAST AND PRESENT OF He was the father of eleven children, of whom Richard, the subject's grandfather, born April 23, 1789, was the only one born after the family came to this Island. The latter, in 1813, married Elizabeth Cantello , who was born on the Isle of Wight, and came to this Island with her father, James Cantello , about the year 1798. He took up a grant of three hundred acres of land in Queens county, about half way between Charlottetown and Summerside , to which he gave the name of "," where the Bagnall homestead has continued for nearly a century. He died June 5, 1857. His son, George, was one of the last, who, in accordance with the then existing law, became a member of the Upper House of the Legislature by appointment by the Lieu- tenant-Governor-in-Council. In 1863 he went to New Zealand , and lived there dur¬ ing the remainder of his life. His son, Lemuel J. Bagnall , took an active part in the political matters of New Zealand , serv¬ ing as chairman of the committee appointed to adjust labour troubles. He was a mem¬ ber of the Colonial Parliament, and is, at the pres<tat time, a member of the city council of Auckland. The subject's father, Richard Bagnall , wastij&rn November 29, 1823, and on March 25, ft4S. married Matilda, daughter of Jo¬ seph Raker, a son of John Baker . The latter was one of the earliest Loyalist settlers of this province. He came here from Philadel¬ phia, where he found the feeling of the Col¬ onial* too strong against those who sided with the British. He took up a section of land tt Bedeque , which passed to his son, Josej| i , and was for many years the Baker homeitead. He parted in Philadelphia from his oftly brother, Jacob, who took up arms with the Colonials, and rose to be a Colonel in Washington's army. This was a life sep¬ aration of the two brothers. Joseph Baker married Catherine, daughter of Philip Mor ¬ ris Callbeck, whose wife was Ann, daughter of Capt. William Warren , of Tryon , and granddaughter of Phillips Callbeck , who was sent as Attorney-General and Colonial Secretary to this colony by the home author¬ ities, and whose name was a prominent one in the early history of - Prince Edward Island . He was a progressive farmer and a rep¬ resentative citizen, and stood high in his community up to the time of his death, De¬ cember 7, 1894. Of his children, the subject of the sketch is the fourth in the order of birth. John S. Bagnal attended the district school and the Cavendish grammar school, following which he took a course in Prince of Wales College. He then took up the study of dentistry, and during 1874-75 he attended the Philadelphia Dental College, and in 1877-78 the Boston Dental College, where he graduated March 6, 1878. He practised dentistry at Summerside , between his terms at the dental colleges, but after graduation, took up his residence at Char¬ lottetown. He was the first native of Prince Edward Island to receive a diploma confer¬ ring the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, and was very active in the formation and continuance of the Prince Edward Island Dental Association, of which he served as president, and is at present the secretary- registrar. He is also a member and has served as an officer in the Maritime Dental Association. In 1902 he was the provincial representative to the meeting at Montreal for the formation of the Dominion Dental Association, which honour he still holds. Fraternally he is a member of the Independ-