PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 607 of which he still retains two hundred acres, having given each of his five sons a good farm. He is also, in association with his sons, engaged in the catching and ship¬ ping of oysters during the season. In poli¬ tics he is an ardent supporter of the Liberal party and in religion he is a member of the Church of Scotland. Mr. McKinnon married Miss Margaret McCoy , a daughter of John McCoy , of De- Sable, though a native of Scotland . To the subject and his wife have been bom the fol¬ lowing children: Alex. Albert, Colin, Charles and John, who are engaged in farm¬ ing in Lot 16 ; Mary, of California ; Flora, of Montana ; Sarah, of Boston, and Neil. who died at the age of twelve years. John Alexander Smith , an enterpris¬ ing fanner and highly respected citizen of Lot 15, was born in 1842 and received his education in the public schools. In 1861 he came to Victoria West . He has consist¬ ently devoted his entire time during his ma¬ ture years to the vocation to which he was reared and in the tilling of the soil has found his efforts rewarded to a satisfactory degree. Mr. Smith has twice been married, first to Miss Jane W. McKie , a daughter of John and Jane (Simpson) McKie. John McKie was formerly of West River , but in i 860 removed to Abrams Village , where he bought and continued to operate a fine farm of three hundred acres, which became the property of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Jane Smith died in 1875, at the age of twenty-five years, after which event Mr. Smith sold the farm. Subsequently Mr. Smith married Miss Adelaide Day , a daugh¬ ter of Simon and Mary Ann Day , and to this union were born two children, Bertha Maude and Lillie May. to whom the subject is fondly devoted and to whom he gives every care and attention. Mrs. Smith passed into the silent land in 1898, at the age of thirty-two years, and her loss was deeply felt throughout the community, as she was a woman of amiable character and lovable qualities. The subject's parents were Philip and Margaret (Moore) Smith, the former of whom died in Georgetown in 1861, at the age of fifty-six years. The paternal grand¬ father, Andrew Smith , was a native of In- vernesshire, Scotland , and came to Prince Edward Island in 1803, being a passenger on the historic ship "Polly." He located at Belfast , Lot 57, on the , where several of the family still reside. He was the father of the following children: Philip, father of the. subject; Daniel. of Lot 57, who resides on the old homestead; Capt Andrew , who resided at Eldon. Lot 57. built and sailed his own vessels: Alexander, a farmer at Newton, Lot 57; William, of Newton, Lot 57; James, of Lot 57; Ann, unmarried: Elizabeth, who became the wife of John Morrison , of Flat River , Lot 6 0. Andrew Smith had a brother, John, who went to Bal¬ timore, Maryland , and there acquired con¬ siderable wealth. His mercantile business was located on Pratt street, that city, in ad¬ dition to which he owned a number of ves¬ sels and several farms. Andrew Smith married in Scotland Miss Catherine Fraser , a daughter of Lord Fraser , by whom she was disinherited after her marriage. An¬ drew Smith's father died when the son was very young, and as the trustees and execu¬ tors of the estate dissipated the property, the son was left practically penniless and had