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tion of his collegiate course he returned to Charlottetown and engaged in the study of law with the firm of Peters & Peters. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and at the same time became junior partner in the firm of Peters, Peters & Ings. Mr. Ings has given close attention to his profession and has consistently avoided political prefer- ment. However, he has become interested in other matters of a public nature, being a di— rector of the Charlottetown Steam Naviga- tion Company, a director of the Telephone Company, and secretary of the Charlotte— town Light and Power Company.

On July 10, 1894, Mr. Ings was united in marriage to Miss Clara Dodge, who was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a daughter of the late Doctor Dodge, of that city. To this union have been born four children, namelyz- Olive, John Walter, Ralph Roy- den, and Jasper Harold. Fratemally Mr. Ings is a Mason, while his religious con- nection is with St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of which he has been a vestryman for a num- ber of years. Mr. Ings has always taken a keen interest in outdoor sports of an ath- letic nature and for a number of years was captain of the Abegwait Football Club and president of the Charlottetown Amateur Ath- letic Association. He is now president of the Golf Club, and is second in command of the Prince Edward Island Light Horse.

CHAaLEs ROBERT SMALLWOOD. an able and well known barrister at Charlottetown. was born in this city on May 27, 1855, and is a son of John and Emma (Hurry) Small— wood. the former a native of Lot 48. Prince Edward Island. and the latter of Suffolk county, England. The maternal grand-

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father, James Hurry, who was a native of Suffolk, England, came to Prince Edward Island when Mr. Smallwood’s mother was a child of but seven years. The paternal great-grandfather, who was a native of Eng- land, came to the Island in/ an early day and located on Lot 48, where his son, James Smallwood, the subject’s grandfather, also remained during his life. John Smallwood, father of the subject, came to Charlottetown in his youth and learned the trade of car- penter, and during his subsequent, active years he engaged in building and contract- ing. He was a public spirited man and stood high in general esteem. His death occurred on May 9, 1887, and his widow is still living, at the age of seventy-nine years, in the enjoyment of excellent health. They were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters, of whom the sub- ject of this sketch is the third in order of birth.

Charles R. Smallwood, after securing his elementary education in the public schools, entered Prince of Wales College, after which he took up the reading of law in the office of Palmer & McLeod, both now deceased. In 1884 he was admitted as an attorney and in 1885 as a barrister, being also made a no- tary public in the latter year. He then entered into a professional partnership with A. B. Warburton, under the firm name of Warburton & Smallwood, which associa- tion continued until I892, when it was dis- solved, since which time Mr. Smallwood has continued the practice alone. He has won the reputation of a sound and safe practi- tioner and enjoys-a large legal business. Mr. Smallwood has taken an active part in pub- lic afl'airs. having been for thirteen years secretary of the Liberal-Conservative organi- zation in Prince Edward Island. while he