HUCCAN. WILLIAM Thnn^ (Mcy 24< I fl< i } Elder (1887- left in Union of 1925) Trustee (1897 - 1915 at various times) S. S. Superintendent (1897 to 1922 at various times) Born in Halifax to Thomas and Sarah(Dowler). Following early education, at nineteen he was employed as junior clerk of the Nova Scotia Railway. He moved to Moncton when the railway was merged with the Inter-Colonial Railway. In 1892 he was transferred to Charlottetown as accountant and auditor of the Prince Edward Island Railway On November 27, 1875, he married Sarah L. Weldon and they had five children. She died March 31, 1889, and he married June 6 1900 Martha Campbell Sutherland of , Mr. Huggan took an interest in such movements as tended to uplift his fellow man, and was a advocate of temperance, having been a total abstainer from childhood. LAIRD . HON nAvm (Mar 12, 1833-Jan 12, 1914) Elder ( 1870- 1903) He was born in New Glasgow , P. E. I. After early education in West River , he attended the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Truro, N. S. with a view of entering the ministry. Upon graduation he turned aside from theology to enter the field of Journalism. In 1859 he returned to Charlottetown and founded THE PATRIOT of which he was editor for almost 40 years. The Y.M.C.A . established in Charloltclown in 1856 had David Laird and one of its early presidents. ( John T. MacKenzie , Elder and Trustee of Zion was another President). Soon afterwards he entered public office as city councillor. He entered provincial politics and was Liberal leader. He and Hon . Robert P. Haythorne were appointed delegates to proceed to Ottawa in February 1873, to discuss the difficulties the Island was experiencing in connection with the Railway. He resigned as Liberal leader to run in the first federal seats after Prince Edward Island joined confederation on July I, 1873. He was elected, on Sep 17, to the House of Commons from . He was made Minister of the Interior on Oct 23, 1873, and quickly gained the attention of Sir . John A . McDonald. In 1876 he was appointed the first Governor of the new Territories, which included Saskatchewan , Alberta and the north. As the only schools in the Territories were for indians and half-breeds, a Presbyterian minister acted as tutor for their children. When his term was up in 1881, he returned to P. E. I. He was unsuccessful in two successive attempts to return to politics, partly due to the fact he was away from the Island for eight years and Islanders knew little of him. In 1898 Laird was appointed Indian Commissioner for Manitoba and the Territories. He made numerous treaties during his term in the West. -141