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rison, who was born in Aberdeenshire, Scot- land, never left his native land, but the subject’s father, with two of his brothers and a sister, came to Prince Edward Island in 1839 and all located at Tryon, where Adam engaged in carpentering, his brothers following the tailor trade. Adam Morrison followed shipbuilding for many years at Tryon and various other places in this Is- land, as well as in New Brunswick, continu- ing this line of industry until the demand for wooden ships ceased. He died in 1902, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years; his widow still resides on the old homestead. To these parents were born the following children: Margaret Jane became the wife of ~ J. D. Cameron,of Green Hill, Pictou county, Nova Scotia; William is engaged in farming on the old homestead at Tryon; James A. is the subject of this sketch; Charlotte N. is the wife of James Douglass, of Green Hill, Pictou county, Nova Scotia; Georgia is the wife of James A. Robinson, of Bon— shaw, Prince Edward Island.

James A. Morrison divided his school days between Tryon and Nova Scotia. At the age of fifteen years he left the home— stead and engaged in clerking with Sinclair & Stewart, of Summerside. Six months later he entered the employ of Robert T. Holman. with whom he remained two years and then went to Charlottetown and engaged with J. M. Auld (now Auld Brothers), re- taining this position two years. - He then went to Philadelphia and for the following three years was buyer of fruit and produce for T. C. Davenport and during the suc- ceeding five years he was engaged in the same occupation at Boston, Massachusetts, for Mitchell, Dexter & Company. He then entered into a business arrangement with the firm of Gilmore & Company, Mr. Mor- rison buying and the firm selling, the profits

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or losses being shared equally. The same arrangement was continued when, in 1891, Mr. Morrison came to Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and was maintained for two years, at the end of which time the subject withdrew and afterwards conducted a pro- duce business in partnership with P. R. Baker at Summerside for two years. Upon Mr. Baker’s death Mr. Morrison continued the business under his own name and is now considered one, of the leading men in his line in this section of the Island. He buys and ships eggs to England, potatoes to the United States and provinces, oysters mostly to Montreal, and is the largest ship— per of smelts and eels on the Island, these supplies going to New York City.

In April, 1894, Mr. Morrison married Miss Georgia Squarebriggs, a daughter of George Squarebriggs, of New London, children, William Haywood, George and Reginald Knight. Mr. Morrison has taken an active part in local public affairs and has served as a member of the city council for three years. Fratemally he belongs to the Masons. Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and Foresters. He is keenly alive to the possi- bilities of life and is an ardent lover of hunt-

ing and fishing, these being his favorite out- door diversions.

JAMES DIXON, a substantial farmer of Lot 33, Queens county, was born in Prince Edward Island in June, 1824, and is the son of John and Sarah (Roper) Dixon, natives of Scotland. The father emigrated to Prince Edward Island at an early date and located the farm on which the subject now resides, this land having been in the possession of the Dixons for over a century. Mr. Dixon is the owner of one hundred acres