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them has been born one child, Ruth. The family move in the best social circles of the community and are held in high regard by all who know them.

ALLEN HUNTER, who 'is successfully engaged in the operation of a one hundred and seventy-five acre farm in Lot 5, Prince county, was born in Ontario, Canada, on November 27, 1858, and is a son of Hugh and Mary Ann (Furgeson) Hunter. The father was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1814, and came to Ontario at the age of four years, locating in the eastern part of that province with his parents or possibly with his grandfather, Hugh Hunter, who was a member of the Military Reserve com- pany known as the Scotch Grays. He was in an early day engaged as a school teacher, being one of the first in Lanark, Ontario. The subject’s father was a farmer by voca- tion and in 1866 came to Prince Edward Island, settling on the present homestead where he followed farming continuously up to the time of his death, which occurred in

1898. His wife had died in 1876. They.

were the parents of six children: Hugh, deceased; Mary, who is a dressmaker in North Dakota; Thomas, a farmer and civil engineer in North Dakota; Susan, who be- came the wife of Charles Ramsey, a coal miner at Mt. Olive, Illinois; Ellen, who married Si Waugh, a farmer and carpen- ter: the subject of this sketch is the young- est of the family. The father of these chil- dren was a Liberal in politics, though not an active partisan, and in religion was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Allen Hunter attended the district schools in his youth and under his father’s

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guidanCe learned the secrets of successful husbandry, to which vocation he has de- voted all his active years. He is the owner of one hundred and seventy-five acres of good land in Lot 5, Prince county, forty of which he has under cultivation and devoted to the production of general crops, such as are commonly raised in this locality. He also gives some attention to sheep of the Leicester breed, raising from fifty to seventy—five sheep annually. The place is highly improved in every respect and its general appearance reflects credit upon the owner who is a thoroughly practical and systematic man in all his operations. The place was a dense wilderness when the sub- ject’s father obtained possession and to their efforts alone is due its present advanced con- dition. In politics Mr. Hunter is a Liberal and socially he is a member of the Orange Lodge at Alberton. In 1885 Mr. Hunter married Miss Margaret Gard, a daughter of Peter and Isabella (Hardy) Gard, the father was born at St. Eleanor’s, this prov- ince, where he is now living and following his vocation of farming. The mother died in 1903. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have been born four children: Amy 1., Hugh, Robert 'H. and Mary. Mr. Hunter takes deep interest in the welfare of the commu- nity and enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.

ANDREW BELL, a successful farmer and well known citizen of Lot 5, Prince county, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, on Janu- ary 10, 1819, and is the son of George and Jeanette (McKnight) Bell. The father's birth also occurred at Perthshire, Scotland, and he and his wife came to Prince Edward