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of whom was born in 1837. Mrs. Saville was a granddaughter of Robert Howlett, who was born in 1812 and who was one of the first settlers at Annandale, coming from Suffolk, England. Flora Jane (McNeil) Howlett was a daughter of John and Esther (Townshend) McNeil, the former one of the first teachers in Prince Edward Island, and the latter a daughter of John and Agnes (Bell) Townshend, and granddaughter of : Lord Robert Townshend, the owner of Lot ’ 43, Prince Edward Island.

The subject of this sketch received a good education in the district schools of the neighbourhood and was reared to the life of a fisherman, which vocation he left six years to engage in agriculture. He has not divided his attention, but confines himself strictly to the work in hand and is numbered among his friends as a thoroughly practical agricul- turist. His place is well improved with neat and substantial buildings, well kept fences and other evidences that go to show the owner to be a man of sound judgment and good taste. He takes a deep interest in the general welfare of the community and enjoys an excellent reputation among all who know him. He married Miss Alberta Hues- tis, a daughter of Robert B. Huestis. of Charlottetown, who was successfully engaged in the hardware business. Mrs. Saville was a granddaughter of William Huestis, of Snmmerside, whose father (John) was a United Empire Royalist from Virginia. Mrs. Saville died in 1902, at the age of twenty—four years, having given birth to two clildren, Robert Stern Saville, still living, ard Alberta Elizabeth Saville, who died in infancy. The subject is a Conservative in politics and takes an active part in the cam- pzigns in this province, being an effective ptblic speaker. He also is an active sup-

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porter of the temperance movement and con- tributes well written and thoughtful articles for the Charlottetown Guardian and Exam- iner. Fratemally he is a Forester and an active member of the Loyal Orange Associ- ation, being one of the founders of Dalmeny Society, No. 1128, at Dundas, PrinceEdawrd Island, and an officer in Kings county Chap- ter of the Order of Royal Scarlet Knights. In religion he is a Baptist. He possesses a fine library and devotes all the time he can spare to studying works chiefly on historical, scientific and political subjects. He, in con- junction with Edwin McFarland and George McDonald, of Annandale, and D. C. McKay, and Neil McKay, of Dundas, did much to secure the establish- ment, in the summer of 1905, of a steam- ship service between Bridgetown, Annan- dale and Pictou, Nova Scotia. He is now actively engaged in advocating a railway from Cardigan to Souris, via Dundas, An- nandale and Bay Fortune. By nature ambi- tious, unassuming in dress, preferring the good will of his neighbours to wealth, it will be hard to keep him from making his mark in the world, and better still, in the good will of his fellow men. He [resides on Beach Mount farm, Dundas, having moved there from Annandale in 1900.

A. E. HOLLAND, one of the leading and public spirited citizens of St. Eleanor’s, Lot 17, Prince county, was born at Tryon, Prince Edward Island, on March 26, 1835, and is a son of Samuel Holland. The ear- liest ancestor of the Holland family of whom there is authentic record, was Major Samuel Holland, who was born in England in 1717. He received his military educa-