242 A Bridge To The Past

According to William’s will which was probated on January 2, 1842, Charles was born between William (1808) and Richard (1813). He was married to Louisa Susanna Binns (1819-Oct. 20, 1859) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Binns of Charlottetown, on February 4, 1841. Charles farmed and lived on the homestead on which William Schurman and William Clark had lived. According to Lake’s Topographical Map of 1863 and Meacham's Atlas of 1880, Charles was still living in that home. The house, which is thought to be the William Schurman house, was moved to the present Elmer Waugh property, probably in about 1883, after Edward’s house burned down. Charles seems to have lived until some time after November 10, 1886, as he deeded more land to Edward at that time. He may have spent his last few years at Edward’s home. Charles and Louisa had four children:

William Charles (1843-Nov. 7, 1903) married Margaret Ann Lefurgey of Wilmot Valley. (See account of Kenneth Clarke property).

Edward Irving (Aug. 2, 1848—Jan. 18, 1926) married Eliza Reeves and lived where Elmer Waugh now lives. (See account of Edward Clark).

Louisa (June 6, 1854) married a Mr. Bowyer.

Miriam or Minnie (ca. 1859-1937) moved to U.S.A. She later returned to P.E.I. to live with her niece, Mrs. Helen Cotton, and died in Kelvin

Grove.

The last home on our small sideroad is the home of Elmer and Mar- jorie Waugh. “Shady Lawn Farm” has a pleasant situation, overlooking the river, and the “rolling-bank”, which was used in the transportation of logs in days gone by. The first family known to have lived on this farm was the family of Edward or “Ned” Clark.

CLARK

Edward Irving Clark (Aug. 2, 1848—Jan. 18, 1928) was the son of Charles and Louisa (Binns) Clark. He married Eliza Alice (Elsie) Reeves (Aug. 8, l853-Aug. 17, 1941) in Lower Freetown in July, 1876. Elsie was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jane (Strang) Reeves, and a sister of Sarah Margaret Reeves, who married John Montague Clark and lived at the present Arnold Waugh farm. In Ned’s youth he had military training and also worked in Charlottetown in a drugstore. He is known to have been an auctioneer at sales in this area. Edward farmed and was very fond of birds. He is said to have taken walks in the woods daily to feed them, and the story is told that on the day of his funeral flocks of birds could be seen gathering around the homestead.

The house in which Ned and his family first lived was destroyed by fire. It is thought that the fire occurred about 1883, as Elsie is said to have