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England. They became the parents of seven children: Ellen, deceased; Mary, deceased; Lucy, living at Charlottetown; Catherine, the wife of Frank Frinor, a farmer; Mar- garet, who makes her home with the subject of this sketch, who is next in the order of birth, and John, deceased.

William Callaghan received a good dis- trict school education and was reared to the life of a farmer, which he has followed during the greater part of his lifetime. He has always given considerable attention to trading and fishing and in all of these lines has achieved a fair degree of success. He is the owner of four hundred forty acres of land, two hundred acres of which have been cleared by the subject and are now un- der the plow and many substantial and per- manent improvements have been made on the place, not the least of which is the neat and commodious residence and the large barn. The general appearance of the place indicates the owner to be a man of sound judgment and excellent taste and the place is considered one of the choice farms of the community. Mr. Callaghan has long occupied a leading position in the commu— nity, being generally considered one of its representative citizens and he enjoys the absolute confidence and esteem of all

who know him. In 1862 Mr. Calla- ghan married Miss Ellen Pendergrass, whose parents were natives of Ire-

land, but who emigrated to Prince Ed- ward Island. To this union have been born the following children: William P., married a Miss Doyle, and is a farmer in Lot 2; James married Miss Adlet Smith. and is a farmer; Peter, who remains at home, married Miss Tillie Hogan; Mary A. is the wife of Edward Chlorissey. a farmer; Anna J. is the wife of James Shea; Alice lives

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at Lewiston, and John A. is engaged in the mercantile business at Tasquin, Northwest Territory. In politics Mr. Callaghan ren— ders a consistent support to the Conservative party, and while not an aspirant for office he faithfully served the public in one office for seventeen years under the Liberal adminis- tration. In religion his creed is that of the Catholic church, retaining his mem- bership in the Palmer Road parish.

THOMAS P. LANE, an enterprising and prosperous merchant at Lot 3 5, was born at Donalson. this Lot, on June 7, 1847, and is a son of Edward and Ann (Pleadwell) Lane. the former born at Mount Mufiock, Queens county. Ireland. Edward Lane came to Prince Edward Island in an early day in company with his brothers, Samuel, Jo- seph. John and Phillip. and settled in Lot 49, where he successfully followed farming. Later in life he did much work in white wil- low wood, manufacturing baskets and like articles, which were greatly in demand. He was the father of eleven children, namely: John. \Villiam. Margaret. Elizabeth. Joyce. Tobias. Dinah. Jane, Patience, Edward and Thomas P. The father supported the Lib eral party. but did not take an active part in politics, while in religion he was a member of the Methodist church. He was well-to- do and was highly esteemed in his com— munity.

The subject of this sketch, who now re- sides on a part of the old homestead, attend- ed the district schools of the neighbourhood during his youth, and upon attaining ma- ture years took up the vocation of farming, which he followed continuously until 1900, when he opened a general store, dealing in