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THE  pRopc -v ; 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Parliament  of  Canada,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four, 

By  THOMAS  S.  TJNSCOTT, 
in  the  office  of  the  Minister  of  Agriculture. 


THE  RIGHT  HONOURABLE  THE  EARL  OF  ABERDEEN,  P.C.,  LL.D. 

Born  August  3rd,  1847. 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Aberdeeushire,  1880; 

Lord  High  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  1881-85 

Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  January  to  July,  1886. 

Appointed  Governor-General  of  Canada,  1893. 


THE 


CANADIAN  ALBUM. 


>?<* 


MEN  OF  CANADA; 


OR, 


SUCCESS  BY  EXAMPLE, 

IN 

RELIGION,  PATRIOTISM,  BUSINESS,  LAW,  MEDICINE, 
EDUCATION  AND  AGRICULTURE; 

CONTAINING  PORTRAITS  OF   SOME  OF  CANADA'S  CHIEF   BUSINESS   MEN,  STATESMEN,   FARMERS,  MEN  OF  THE 

LEARNED  PROFESSIONS,  AND  OTHERS;  ALSO,  AN  AUTHENTIC 

SKETCH  OF  THEIR  LIVES. 


OBJECT  LESSONS  FOR  THE  PRESENT  GENERATION  AND 
EXAMPLES  TO  POSTERITY. 


EDITED  BY 


REV.  WM.  COCHRANE,  D.D., 


AUTHOR  OF  "FUTURE  PUNISHMENT,  OR  DOES  DEATH  END  PROBATION,"  "THE  CHURCH  AND  THE 

ETC.,  ETC. 


"  THE  PROPER  STUDY  OF  MANKIND  IS  MAN." 


VOL   III. 


BRADLEY,  GARRETSON  &  CO. 

BRANTFORD,  ONTARIO, 

1894. 


INTRODUCTION. 

_ 


IT  is  with  pleasure  and  satisfaction  we  introduce,  to  patrons  and  friends,  Vol.  III.  of 
THE  CANADIAN  ALBUM.  This  is  a  Maritime  Province  volume,  as  well  as  of  Manitoba 
and  the  North- West,  reaching  as  far  west  as  British  Columbia,  with  a  few  scattering 
portraits  from  other  parts  of  the  Dominion.  No  province  is  fully  represented  in  any  one 
volume,  but  by  the  time  the  work  is  finished,  it  is  expected  to  include  the  entire  territory 
of  British  North  America,  and  fairly  represent  leading  citizens  of  every  profession  and  avocation. 
It  is  impossible  to  produce,  in  any  work,  the  portrait  and  history  of  every  worthy  citizen 
in  the  Dominion,  but  the  publishers  and  editor,  are  striving  to  the  utmost  to  make  the 
work  as  complete  as  possible. 

In  order  that  this  ideal  may  be  reached,  at  least  approximately,  the  churches  will  be 
canvassed  both  in  cities  and  towns,  and  also  in  rural  districts,  for  the  men  who  are  deemed 
worthy  of  a  place  in  these  pages,  and  whose  portraits  and  biographies  are  most  likely  to  be 
of  interest  and  value  to  the  present  and  future  generations. 

It  has  been  found,  as  was  to  be  expected,  that  with  few  exceptions,  the  representative  men 
of  the  country  are  either  officials,  members  or  adherents  of  some  religious  body.  In  Canada, 
whatever  may  be  said  of  the  defects  of  churches,  the  Church  is  the  rallying  place  for  the 
men  who  are  carrying  on  the  affairs  of  State,  from  the  Dominion  Parliament  and  L,ocal 
Legislature,  down  to  the  smallest  village  council,  and  from  our  leading  universities,  down 
to  the  humble  country  school.  The  Church  is  the  home  of  the  men  who  are  engaged  in  the 
moral  and  religious  elevation  of  the  masses,  and  in  initiating  and  carrying  on  those  measures 
of  social  reform  which  are  necessary  in  every  civilized  country. 

It  will  be  found,  therefore,  that  the  pages  of  these  volumes  are  largely  taken  up  with 
representative  members  of  churches  and  their  pastors.  In  succeeding  volumes  it  will, 
doubtless,  be  very  much  the  same,  so  that  when  the  publication  is  completed  it  will  embrace 
nearly  all  the  clergymen  of  the  Dominion,  with  many  of  their  co-workers,  and  other  represent- 
ative men,  a  fact  which  makes  it  of  almost  priceless  value,  not  only  in  the  present  but  in 
future  years.  The  editor  bespeaks  for  the  publishers,  in  their  arduous  and  costly  undertaking, 
the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  representative  men  in  our  churches,  in  helping  to  select  the 
men  who  ought  to  be  chronicled  in  its  pages. 

A  work  so  extensive,  and  requiring  the  skill  of  so  many  hands,  demands  time  and 
perseverance,  but  that  it  can  be  accomplished,  with  the  aid  of  patriotic  Canadians,  the 
publishers  have  no  reason  to  doubt. 


W  TON.    ARCHIBALD 
crM       W.     McLELAN, 

V®  late  Lieutenant- 
Governor  of  Nova  Scotia, 
was  born  December  24th, 
1824,  at  Londonderry,  N.S. 
His  father  was  Gloud  Wil- 
son McLelan,  and  his 
mother  Martha  (Spencer) 
McLelan.  The  former  was 
a  member  of  the  Nova  Sco- 
tia Assembly,  representing 
Londonderry  and  Colches- 
ter, from  1836  to  1858,  and 
died  in  1858.  Mr.  McLelan 
was  educated  at  London- 
derry and  Mount  Allison 
Wesleyan  Academy,  at 
Sackville,  N.  B.  During 
his  early  life,  he  was  a  mer- 
chant for  several  years,  and 
latterly  became  particularly 
interested  in  ship  building. 
Mr.  McLelan  was  a  member 
of  the  Provincial  Assembly, 
for  the  County  of  Colches- 
ter from  1858  to  1863,  for 
Northern  Colchester  from 
1863  to  1867,  and  for  Col- 
chester in  the  House  of 
Commons  from  1867  to  June 
2ist,  1869,  when  he  entered 
the  Senate,  at  which  time  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  commissioners  for 
the  construction  of  the  Intercolonial 
Railway.  He  remained  in  the  Senate 
until  1881,  when  he  resigned  and  re- 
turned to  the  Commons  until  1888. 
During  the  illness  of  Hon.  J.  C.  Pope, 
in  1882,  Mr.  McLelan  discharged  his 
duties  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
and  at  the  next  General  Elections 
took  the  office  of  Marine  and  Fish- 
eries, which  he  held  until  the  retire- 
ment of  Hon.  Sir  S.  L.  Tilley,  in  1885, 
when  he  became  Minister  of  Finance. 
In  1887,  on  the  return  of  Hon.  Sir 
Charles  Tupper,  he  took  the  office  of 


Postmaster  General,  which  office  he 
held  until  his  appointment  as  Lieut- 
enant-Governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  in  1888. 
He  was  taken  ill  at  the  Government 
House,  Halifax,  and  ordered  by  his 
physician  to  go  to  the  Southern  States 
for  his  health.  He  did  so,  arriving  at 
Thomasville,  Ga.,  February  6th,  1889. 
He  returned  from  Georgia  June  i5th, 
1890,  and  died  at  the  Government 
House,  June  26th  of  that  year.  In  re- 
ligion, he  was  a  Presbyterian.  He  was 
married  May  24th,  1854,  to  Miss  Caro- 
line, fifth  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Metzler,  of  Halifax.  His  family  con- 
sisted of  three  children. 


4  TON.  SIR  CHARLES  TUPPER, 
<ST\  Bart,  G.C.M.G.,  C.B.,  LL.D., 
VS>  M.D.,  was  born  in  1821,  at 
Amherst,  N.  S.  His  father  was  the 
late  Rev.  Charles  Tupper,  D.D.,  of 
Aylesford,  N.  S.  He  obtained  the  de- 
grees of  L.R.C.S.  and  M.D.,  in  Edin- 
burgh, in  1843,  and  after  following 
medicine  for  fourteen  years,  abandoned 
it  for  politics,  and  became  Prime  Minis- 
ter of  Nova  Scotia  in  1864.  He  organ- 
ized the  Conference  at  Charlottetown, 
in  1864,  for  the  union  of  the  Maritime 
Provinces  under  one  Government, which 
led  to  the  final  Colonial  Conference  in 
London  in  1866-67,  and  the  passing  of 


the  British  North  America 
Act  in  1867,  establishing 
the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
and  bringing  Nova  Scotia, 
New  Brunswick,  Quebec 
and  Ontario  under  one  ad- 
ministration. For  the  ser- 
vices rendered  in  the  mat- 
ter, Dr.  Tupper  was  made 
a  Companion  of  the  Order 
of  the  Bath.  In  1870,  he 
joined  the  Ministry  of  the 
late  Sir  John  Macdonald, 
and  in  1879,  received  the 
order  of  knighthood.  He 
introduced  and  carried  the 
Acts  dealing  with  the  con- 
struction of  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway.  In  the 
completion  of  this  great 
work,  he  saw  the  future 
prosperity  of  his  country, 
and  worked  with  heart  and 
soul  to  aid  in  attaining  this, 
one  of  the  first  and  greatest 
of  commercial  enterprises. 
In  1884,  Sir  Charles  Tupper 
succeeded  Sir  Alexander 
Gait,  as  High  Commissioner 
for  Canada,  in  London,  and 
though  leaving  the  vexa- 
tions and  enervating  in- 
fluence of  political  life,  had  to  under- 
take duties  quite  as  arduous,  requiring 
all  the  tact  and  power  which  he  pos- 
sesses. The  first  three  per  cent,  colonial 
loan  he  negotiated  for  Canada  in  1888, 
and  the  ^4,000,000  was  subscribed 
several  times  over,  and  an  average  price 
of  ^95  is.  od.  per  cent,  obtained.  He 
was  joint  Imperial  Plenipotentiary  with 
Lord  Sackville  and  the  Right  Honor- 
able Joseph  Chamberlain,  in  the  nego- 
tiation of  the  Washington  Treaty  of 
1888,  dealing  with  the  Atlantic  fish- 
eries and  other  questions  in  dispute 
between  Canada  and  the  United  States, 
and  in  that  year  was  created  a  baronet. 


JAMES  STEWART  TUPPER, 
Q.C.,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born 
October  26th,  1851,  at  Amherst, 
N.S.  He  is  the  eldest  sou  of  Hon. 
Sir  Charles  Tnpper,  Bart.,  G.C.M.G., 
C.B.  He  received  his  education  at 
McGill  University,  taking  his  degree 
of  B.A.  in  May,  1871,  with  first  rank 
honors.  He  was  called  to  the  Bar  of 
Ontario  in  1875,  of  Manitoba  in  1882, 
and  was  created  a  Queen's  Counsel  in 
1890.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the 
well-known  legal  firm  of  Macdonald, 
Tupper,  Phippen  &  Tupper,  of  Winni- 
peg. In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal-Con- 
servative, and  in  religion  a  member  of 


the  Church  of  England.  Mr.  Tupper 
has  been  married  twice  :  first,  Septem- 
ber 8th,  1875,  to  Mary  Eilson,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Andrew  Robertson,  of 
"  Elm  Bank,"  Montreal,  who  died 
August  7th,  1876,  leaving  one  daugh- 
ter :  he  was  married  again  on  June  9th, 
1880,  to  Ada  Campbell,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Sir  Thomas  Gait,  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Common  Pleas  of  Ontario.  His 
family  consists  of  three  daughters  and 
one  son.  Mr.  Tupper  is  a  very  popular 
and  progressive  citizen  of  Manitoba, 
having  the  prosperity  of  the  country 
greatly  at  heart.  He  stands  high  in 
the  esteem  and  respect  of  the  public. 


MEN 


>MATHANIEL  CURRY,  Mayor 

<^S  ^  of  Amherst,  N.  S.,  President 
and  General  Manager  of  Rhodes, 
Curry  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  was  born  in  1851, 
in  Kings  Co.,  N.  S.  His  parents  were 
Charles  Curry  and  Eunice  Davidson  of 
Scotch-Irish  and  English  descent,  res- 
pectively. He  was  educated  at  the 
common  and  private  schools  of  Kings 
Co.  He  began  life  on  a  farm,  subse- 
quently went  to  sea,  later  served  four 
years  at  the  cabinet  making  trade,  and 
nine  months  as  master  builder.  He 
then  spent  several  years  as  mill  wright 
and  car  builder,  and  in  1877,  settled  in 
Amherst,  and  established  the  firm  of 


Rhodes,  Curry  &  Co.,  manufacturers 
and  builders.  He  took  a  leading  part 
in  getting  Amherst  incorporated,  was  a 
member  of  its  first  council  and  was 
elected  Mayor  in  1894.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  Water  Commissioners,  who 
have  just  completed  a  fine  system 
of  water  works  at  a  cost  of  $80,000. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Frater- 
nity, and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
In  politics,  he  is  an  active  Conservative, 
and  in  religion  a  Baptist.  He  was 
married,  September  i7th,  1881,  to  Mary 
E.  Hall,  daughter  of  David  and  Mar- 
garet Hall,  of  Annapolis  Co.,  N.  S.  His 
family  consists  of  five  sons. 


MEN   OK 


LEX.  HOWARD  MACKAY, 
B.  A.,  B.  Sc.,  LL.  D.,  F.  S.  Sc. 
(London),  F.  R.  S.  C.,  Super- 
intendent of  Education  for  the  Province 
of  Nova  Scotia,  was  born  May  I9th, 
1848,  at  North  Dalhousie,  Pictou  Co., 
N.  S.  Mr.  MacKay  began  teaching  in 
1865.  He  graduated  from  the  Provin- 
cial Normal  School  in  1866,  from  the 
Pictou  Academy  in  1868,  from  the 
University  of  Dalhousie  in  1873,  and 
from  the  Halifax  University  in  1880. 
He  was  Principal  of  Annapolis  Academy 
in  1873,  of  Pictou  Academy  from  1873 
to  1889,  and  of  Halifax  Academy  from 
1889  to  1891.  He  was  an  editor  of  the 
Dalhousie  College  Gazette 
from  1870  to  1873,  and  of 
the  Educational  Review  from 
1887  to  1891.  He  was  pre- 
sident of  the  Provincial 
Educational  Association  in 
1874  and  1876,  and  first 
president  of  the  Summer 
School  of  Science  for  the 
Atlantic  Provinces  of  Ca- 
nada, organized  in  1887. 
Elected  Com.  Biological  Sec- 
tion, British  Association  in 
1884  ;  life  Fellow  Society  of 
Science,  Letters  and  Art  of 
London,  1886;  and  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  Society  of  Ca- 
nada in  1888.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American 
Ornithological  Union,  the 
Volapukaklub  Nolumelo- 
pik,  Ent.  Soc.  of  Ontario, 
and  Natural  History  Society 
of  Montreal  and  Ottawa, 
&c.,&c.  Corresponding  Se- 
cretary of  the  Nova  Scotia 
Institute  of  Science,  Domi- 
nion Secretary  of  the  Bota- 
nical Club  of  Canada,  a 
director  of  the  Victoria 
School  of  Art  and  Design, 
a  director  of  the  Halifax 


Ladies'  College,  and  a  governor  of  the 
University  of  Dalhousie.  He  held  the 
appointment  of  lecturer  in  Zoology  at 
Dalhousie,  and  in  Bacteriology  in  the 
Halifax  Medical  College  in  1891.  In 
1892,  the  degree  of  LL-D.  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  b}^  the  University  of 
Dalhousie,  and  in  1893,  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  honorary  vice- 
presidents  of  the  World's  Educational 
Congress  at  Chicago.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Presbyterian,  being  an  elder  and 
member  of  Senate  of  the  Presbyterian 
College  at  Halifax.  In  1882,  he  married 
Maude  Augusta  Johnstone,  daughter  of 
Dr  George  Moir  Johnstone,  of  Pictou. 


IO 


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THE  LATE  HONORABLE  JOHN 
NORQUAY,  ex-Premier  of  Man- 
itoba, was  born  in  what  was  then  known 
as  the  Red  River  Settlement,  May  8th, 
1841,  and  died  July  5th,  1889.  His 
parents,  John  and  Isabella  (Truith- 
waite)  Norquay,  were  both  of  Orkney 
descent.  He  received  his  education  at 
St.  John's  College  Winnipeg.  Leaving 
college,  he  engaged  in  school  teaching 
and  agricultural  pursuits  until  1870, 
the  date  of  Manitoba's  entry  into  Con- 
federation, when  he  was  elected  to  re- 
present High  Bluff.  He  quickly  rose 
to  the  front  as  a  man  of  sound  judg- 
ment, and  without  any  Parliamentary 


practice,  appeared  to  be  quite  in  his 
element  on  the  floor  o1  the  House.  A 
strong  debater,  a  man  of  quick  compre- 
hensive mind  and  withal  a  ruggedly 
eloquent  speaker,  he  stood  easily  with 
the  front  rank  politicians  of  the  day. 
In  stature  he  was  large  and  well  pro- 
portioned, bluff  and  hearty  in  manner, 
generous,  even  to  a  fault,  and  had  the 
faculty  in  a  wonderful  degree  of  re- 
membering names  and  faces.  He  be- 
longed to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health 
and  Board  of  Education  in  Manitoba, 
a  member  of  the  Executive  Council  and 
Minister  of  Public  Works  and  Agricul- 
ture for  Manitoba,  from  De- 
cember 1 4th,  1871,  until 
July  8th,  1874,  when  he  re- 
signed with  his  colleagues. 
He  was  appointed  to  the 
new  Government  in  March, 
1875,  taking  the  portfolio 
of  Provincial  Secretary.  This 
office  he  relinquished  for 
that  of  Minister  of  Public 
Works  in  May,  1876.  In 
October,  1878,  Mr.  Norquay 
was  called  upon  to  form  a 
Cabinet  in  which  he  held 
the  office  of  Provincial 
Treasurer.  He  sat  for  High 
Bluff  from  1870  to  1874, 
when  he  was  returned  for 
St.  Andrews,  which  he  re- 
presented until  the  redistri- 
bution (1888),  which  abol- 
ished that  constituency  and 
included  it  in  Kildonan, 
which  he  sat  for  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  belonged 
to  the  Episcopal  Church 
and  was  warden  of  the 
Church  where  he  resided 
and  delegate  to  the  annual 
Synods.  He  left  a  wife, 
two  daughters  and  five 
sons. 


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BENSON,  M.D.,  of 
Beusonhurst,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
^  was  born  April  2 2nd,  1843, 
in  Peterboro,  Ont.  His  father  was 
Lieut. -Col.  John  Robinson  Benson,  who 
canie  to  Canada  with  his  parents  from 
the  North  of  Ireland  in  1819.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Peterboro  County, 
and  rose  by  perseverance  and  industry, 
to  be  a  leading  mill  owner  and  lumber 
merchant,  and  being  of  sterling  prin- 
ciples, was  held  in  universal  esteem. 
He  died  in  1876.  His  widow  Catharine 
(Lee)  Benson,  who  survives  him  and 
resides  in  Winnipeg,  is  a  woman  of 
bright  Christian  character,  whose  chief 


solicitude  has  always  been 
for     the     higher     interests 
of  her  family.    Dr.  Benson 
was   educated   at   Peterboro 
Grammar   School,   Victoria 
Medical    College,    Toronto, 
Kentucky  University,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1864, 
Bellevue  Hospital  and  Me- 
dical   College,    New  York, 
where  he  graduated  in  1865, 
and  again  at  Victoria  from 
which  he  took  his  final  de- 
gree in  1866.     He  practiced 
a  time  in  Peterboro,  then  in 
Lindsay,    Ont.,    for    seven 
years.   In  1874,  he  removed 
to  Winnipeg,  where  he  has 
practiced    ever    since,    and 
where  he  now  enjoys  a  wide 
and  well  established  patron- 
age.    His  position  as  chair- 
man of  the  Winnipeg  School 
Board,  trustee  and  steward 
of  Grace  Methodist  Church, 
Coroner  for  the  Province  of 
Manitoba,  one  of  the  direc- 
tors of  the  first  Winnipeg 
Agricultural    Society,    jail 
surgeon  for  eighteen  years, 
and  a  surgeon  of  the  North- 
West  field  forces  during  the 
Rebellion  of  1885,  show  in  some  degree 
at  least  the  interest  he  takes  in  public 
questions,    and    the     appreciation     in 
which  his  services  are  held.     He  is  also 
president  of   the  Winnipeg  branch   of 
the    Globe    Savings   and   Loan  Co.,  of 
Toronto.     In  politics,  the  Doctor  is  a 
staunch    Conservative,    and    an    influ- 
ential   worker    during    Parliamentary 
campaigns.     He   is  a    member   of  the 
A.F.   &  A.M.,  the  LO.O.F.  and   the 
I.O.F.     In  1874,  Dr.  Benson  was  mar- 
ried to   Annie   Campbell,  daughter  of 
Capt.  A.  Campbell  of  Colborne,  Ont.,  a 
member  of  the  Campbell  Clan  of  the 
Argyle  family.     He  has  three  sons. 


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CANADA. 


CLIFFORD  SIFTON, 
(  Attorney  General  and 
^^—^^>  Provincial  Lands 
Commissioner  of  Manitoba, 
Barrister,  Brandon,  Man., 
was  born  March  ioth,  1861, 
in  London  Township,  Mid- 
dlesex County,  Ont.  His 
parents,  who  are  still  living 
and  reside  in  Winnipeg,  are 
John  W.  Sifton  (formerly 
Speaker  of  the  Manitoba 
Legislature)  and  Kate  Sif- 
ton, whose  maiden  name 
was  Watkins.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  London  High 
School  and  Victoria  Uni- 
versity, Cobourg,  where  he 
took  honors  and  the  Gold 
Medal.  He  afterwards 
studied  law  with  S.  C.  Biggs, 
of  Winnipeg.  On  being 
called  to  the  Bar,  he  remov- 
ed to  Brandon,  Man.,  where 
he  has  practiced  his  profes- 
sion continuously  ever  since, 
and  has  succeeded  in  build- 
ing up  an  extensive  legal 
connection.  He  stands  high 
in  the  estimation  of  his 
brethren  at  the  Bar  as  an 
able  and  conscientious  law- 
yer. Mr.  Sifton  has  never  taken  any 
part  in  municipal  matters,  except  that 
he  was  appointed  City  Solicitor  for 
Brandon  and  of  the  Western  Judicial 
Board.  In  1888,  he  was  elected  to  the 
Provincial  Legislature  of  Manitoba,  and 
was  sworn  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Council,  and  appointed  Attorney  Gen- 
eral in  1891,  upon  which  he  was  re- 
elected.  Attorney  General  Sifton  is 
one  of  the  ablest  speakers  in  Manitoba, 
if  not  in  the  Dominion.  His  appoint- 
ment to  the  position  of  Attorney  Gen- 
eral was  received  with  universal  satis- 
faction, and  he  has  since  proven  him- 
self well  worthy  of  the  high  honor.  He 


is  rapid,  clear,  logical,  not  verbose,  and 
has  never  been  discounted  on  any  plat- 
form or  on  any  question  which  he  has 
discussed.  He  is  of  a  retiring  disposi- 
tion and  manner,  except  among  his  in- 
timate acquaintances,  and  is  popular 
with  all.  In  religion,  Mr.  Sifton  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
holds  the  office  of  trustee  in  his  church 
in  Brandon,  and  is  active  in  all  good 
work.  He  was  married,  on  the  i3th 
of  August,  1884,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Anna  Burrows,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  T.  Burrows,  of  Ottawa,  On- 
tario. His  family  consists  of  four 
sons. 


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n[HE     HON.     JOHN     DONALD 

A  CAMERON,  B.  A.,  Barrister, 
Provincial  Secretary  for  Manitoba,  Win- 
nipeg, Man.,  was  born  in  1858,  in  the 
Township  of  East  Nissouri,  Oxford  Co., 
Ont.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Cameron,  of  Scottish  descent.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Woodstock  High 
School,  Woodstock  College  and  St. 
Catharines  Collegiate  Institute,  and  at 
University  College,  Toronto,  where  he 
graduated,  in  1879,  with  first-class 
honors  in  both  the  Science  and  the  Arts 
courses,  winning  the  Gold  Medal  in 
each.  He  then  studied  law  in  Toronto, 
and  was  called  to  the  Ontario  Bar  in 


1882,  and  to  that  of  Manitoba  in  the 
same  year.  In  January,  1892,  he  was 
elected  to  represent  South  Winnipeg  in 
the  Local  Legislature,  in  place  of  Mr. 
Isaac  Campbell,  Q.  C.,  who  had  re- 
signed, and  was  re-elected  at  the  Gen- 
eral Elections  in  July  of  the  same  year. 
In  January,  1893,  he  was  sworn  in  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Council,  hold- 
ing the  offices  of  Provincial  Secretary 
and  Municipal  Commissioner,  and  was 
afterwards  re-elected  by  acclamation. 
Mr.  Cameron  is  a  Liberal  in  politics, 
and  has  always  been  an  able  and  trust- 
ed leader  of  his  party.  In  religion  he 
belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


CANADA. 


*^^ 
[HE    HONORABLE    THOMAS 

A  GREENWAY,  Premier  of  Man- 
itoba, was  born  March  25th,  1838,  in 
Cornwall,  England.  He  is  the  eldest 
son  of  the  late  Thomas  Greenway. 
His  parents  came  to  Canada  in  1844, 
and  settled  in  the  Township  of  Darling- 
ton, Durham  County,  Ont,  where  Mr. 
Greenway  attended  school.  In  1848, 
they  removed  to  Huron  County,  where 
he  continued  his  education.  He  left 
home  when  thirteen  years  of  age,  and 
after  living  some  years  in  London,  Ont. 
and  in  the  Western  States,  returned  to 
the  County  of  Huron,  and  became 
established  in  mercantile  business,  near 


Exeter.  He  was  ten  years  reeve  of  the 
Township  of  Stephen,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Commons,  for 
South  Huron,  representing  the  Liberal 
party,  from  1875  to  1878.  In  1878, 
he  went  to  Manitoba,  and  was  elected  to 
the  Legislature  of  that  province,  De- 
cember, 1879,  and  in  1888,  he  was  elect- 
ed Premier.  He  is  an  adherent  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  a  man  of  great 
force  of  character.  Premier  Greenway 
has  been  married  twice,  first,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1860,  to  Miss  Annie  Hicks,  who 
died  in  May,  1875,  and  again  in  1877, 
to  Miss  Emma  Essery.  His  family 
consists  of  eight  sons  and  six  daughters. 


lOL.  D.  H.  McMILLAN,  Provin- 
cial Treasurer,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  in  January,  1846, 
in  Ontario  County,  Ont  His  parents 
were  James  and  Eleanor  McMillan.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  public  and 
Grammar  schools  of  Ontario.  He  re- 
presented Winnipeg  in  the  Provincial 
Legislature,  from  1879  to  1882,  and 
Centre  Winnipeg,  from  July,  1888,  to 
the  present  time,  in  the  interests  of  the 
Liberal  party.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Government,  holding  portfolio  of 
Provincial  Treasurer,  since  May,  1889. 
Since  1871,  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Fraternity,  holding  thirty- 


three  degree  in  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  and  has  also  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  military  matters. 
He  went  to  Winnipeg  in  1870,  on  the 
Red  River  expedition,  under  Col.  (now 
Lord)  Wolseley,  in  command  of  A 
Company,  First  Ontario  Rifles.  He 
was  senior  major  of  95th  Battalion, 
during  North- West  troubles,  in  1885, 
and  commanded  the  battalion  as  lieut- 
col.,  since  1886.  In  1864,  served  four 
months  at  Niagara,  in  Provisional  Bat- 
talion, under  Col.  Drewry,  and  during 
the  Fenian  raid,  in  1866,  served  at  Port 
Colborne  and  Fort  Erie.  Col.  McMil- 
lan is  very  popular  with  all  parties. 


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M:KK   OF* 


TX/TLLIAM  PURVES,  Merchant, 
^  r  North  Sydney,  C.  B.,  was  born 
in  1834,  at  Pictou,  N.  S.  He  is  the 
son  of  James  Purves  and  Jane  Corbett, 
both  natives  of  Pictou.  His  father  was 
a  prominent  ship  builder  and  merchant, 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stephen  Lowrey 
&  Co.,  of  Newcastle,  C.  B.,  who  were 
pioneer  merchants  and  traders  in  Nova 
Scotia.  His  mother  was  the  daughter 
of  William  Corbett,  of  Pictou.  Mr. 
Purves  was  educated  at  the  Pictou 
Academy,  after  which  he  began  busi- 
ness life  as  a  merchant.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Archibald  & 
Co.,  since  1857.  This  firm  began  busi- 


ness in  Cape  Breton  in  1833,  anc^  nas 
been  from  the  outset  engaged  in  every 
enterprise  of  importance  on  the  Island 
of  Cape  Breton,  namely,  fisheries,  ship 
building  and  mining,  they  having 
opened  the  Gowrie  Mines  and  been  its 
proprietors  for  many  years.  Mr.  Purves 
has  been  mayor  of  North  Sydney  since 
its  incorporation  in  1885,  without  in- 
termission, and  still  holds  that  office. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
in  politics,  a  Conservative.  He  was 
married,  in  1870,  to  Abbie  Maud  Dick- 
son,  of  Truro,  N.S.  His  family  consists 
of  five  children,  four  sons  and  one 
daughter. 


J.  MACLEOD,  Chief 

Superintendent    of 

Education  for  Prince 
Edward  Island,  Charlotte- 
town,  P.  E.  I.,  was  born  in 
1850,  at  Hartsville,  P.  E.  I. 
His  parents  were  Alex,  and 
Mary  (McLeod)  McLeod, 
natives  of  Inverness  Scot- 
land, Mr.  McLeod  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Prince  of  Wales 
College,  Charlottetown,  and 
graduated  in  1876,  with  a 
Grammar  School  License. 
For  some  time,  he  taught  the 
u  Wigg  Grammar  School," 
which  has  produced  so  many 
of  the  prominent  men  of  the 
Island,  after  which  for  a 
year  and  a  half  he  taught 
in  the  Souris  Grammar 
School.  In  1880,  he  was 
appointed  a  professor  in  the 
Prince  of  Wales  College  and 
Normal  School  by  a  Conser- 
vative government, although 
in  politics,  a  Liberal,  which 
proves  that  the  position  was 
received  by  qualification 
only.  This  position  he  held 
for  eleven  years.  In  1891, 
Mr.  McLeod  received  his 
present  appointment.  Some  mouths 
previous  to  his  acceptance  of  his  pre- 
sent position,  he  was  offered  by  the 
Charlottetown  City  School  Board,  the 
inspectorship  of  the  city  schools  (so 
that  he  has  either  held  or  has  been 
offered  every  position  in  educational 
matters  in  the  Province  that  is  worth 
having)  but  the  then  Premier  (now 
Judge  McLeod)  rather  than  lose  his 
valuable  services,  promptly  decided  to 
give  him  an  increase  in  his  salary. 
Chief  Superintendent  McLeod  takes  a 
great  interest  in  his  work,  and  in  edu- 
cational matters  in  general.  He  has 
lately  taken  an  extended  tour  through 


the  Eastern  States  and  Ontario,  with 
the  view  to  examining  into  their  various 
school  systems,  that  he  might  engraft 
their  best  features  into  that  over  which 
he  is  presiding  so  progressively  and 
successfully.  Mr.  McLeod  takes  a  great 
interest  in  horticulture,  and  is  also 
well  known  in  musical  circles,  being 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Philharmonic 
Society.  In  December,  1882,  Mr.  Mc- 
Leod was  married  to  Miss  Margaret 
McPherson,  daughter  of  Mr.  John 
McPherson,  of  Charlottetown,  Prince 
Edward  Island,  formerly  of  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  His  family  consists  of  four 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 


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OK   CANADA. 


THE  LATE  HON.  GILBERT 
A  McMICKEN,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  at  Glenluce,  Wigtonshire, 
Scotland,  on  the  historic  "  i3th  of 
October,  1813."  He  came  to  Canada 
in  1832,  and  in  1838,  was  appointed 
Collector  of  Customs  at  Queenstou,  and 
was  chief  promoter  of  the  Queeuston 
Suspension  Bridge,  holding  over  one 
quarter  of  the  stock.  In  1851,  he 
was  warden  of  the  united  counties  of 
Lincoln  and  Welland,  was  first  mayor 
of  Clifton,  and  in  1852,  was  appointed 
Collector  of  Customs  at  Clifton,  Wood- 
stock, Ingersoll  and  London.  In  1857, 
was  elected  M.  P.  for  Welland.  In 


1860,  Mr.  McMicken  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  and  in 
1864,  was  appointed  Stipen- 
diary Magistrate  over  the 
whole  frontier  of  Western 
Canada,  and  successfully 
allayed  the  Fenian  excite- 
ment, especially  in  the 
cities  of  Detroit  and  Buffalo, 
for  which  he  received  the 
special  thanks  of  Lord 
Monck.  He  extradited  sev- 
eral notorious  criminals,  as 
in  the  Burley  piracy,  and 
Reno  and  Anderson,  and 
Morton  and  Thomson  cases, 
and  arranged  settlement  of 
the  disputed  international 
boundary  line  at  the  St. 
Clair  Flats  Canal.  Mr. 
McMicken  supervised  the 
protection  of  the  Parliamen- 
tary buildings,  upon  the 
murder  of  the  Hon.  Thomas 
D'Arcy  McGee,  and  pro- 
tected by  convoy  several  il- 
lustrious persons  in  their 
journeys  through  Canada, 
notably  H.  R.  H.  Prince 
Arthur,  in  1869,  from  whom 
he  received  cherished  sou- 
venirs. In  1871,  he  was 
appointed  agent  of  Dominion  lands  in 
Manitoba,  Assistant-Receiver  General, 
Dominion  Auditor,  Immigration  agent, 
and  manager  of  the  Dominion  Govern- 
ment Savings  Bank,  and  in  1878,  re- 
tired on  superannuation.  In  1879,  he 
was  elected  M.  P.  P.  for  Cartier,  and 
was  honored  with  the  Speaker's  chair. 
February  i3th,  1835,  he  married  Ann 
Theresa  Duff,  grand-daughter  of  Com- 
modore (afterwards  Hon.)  Alex.  Grant. 
On  March  7th,  1891,  Mr.  McMicken 
died,  leaving  an  unsullied  name,  and 
a  character  of  sterling  integrity.  Three 
sons  survive  him,  Alexander,  Hamilton 
Grant  and  Albert  Clifton. 


JVIKN 


CANADA, 


J  WALTER  ALLISON,  Manu- 
facturer, Halifax,  N.  S., 
was  born  in  1850,  at  New- 
castle, N.  B.  His  parents  were  Henry 
B.  Allison  and  Sarah  Abranis  Alli- 
son. When  he  was  four  years  of 
age,  the  family  removed  to  Sackville, 
N.  B.,  where  his  boyhood  was  passed. 
He  received  his  education  at  Mount 
Allison  Academy  and  College,  institu- 
tions founded  by  his  uncle,  the  late 
Charles  F.  Allison.  In  1871,  he  went 
to  Halifax,  where  he  began  his  com- 
mercial career  as  book-keeper  with 
Messrs.  Doull  &  Miller,  wholesale  dry 
goods  men.  He  subsequently  went 


into  the  commission  business,  but  was 
prevented  from  going  very  far  in  that 
direction  by  an  invitation  to  enter  into 
partnership  with  the  late  John  P.  Mott, 
chocolate  and  cocoa  manufacturer.  He 
accepted  the  opportunity,  and  in  1876, 
his  name  appeared  as  a  member  of  the 
firm,  of  which  he  has  been  an  active 
member  ever  since.  His  first  business 
was  on  the  road,  at  the  outset  through 
the  Maritime  Provinces  only,  then  into 
Quebec  and  Ontario,  and  in  the  later 
years  of  his  travels,  in  the  western  part 
of  Canada  only.  His  attention  at  first 
was  confined  chiefly  to  the  confectioners' 
trade,  with  which  he  was  soon  successful 
in  securing  for  the  prepara- 
tions he  represented  a  lead- 
ing position.  Since  the 
death  of  Mr.  Mott,  in  1890, 
Mr.  Allison  has  been  in  his 
present  position  of  manager 
and  executor  of  the  estate, 
which  is  above  three-quar- 
ters of  a  million  of  dollars  in 
value.  He  holds  several 
responsible  positions  in  fin- 
ancial, commercial  and  in- 
surance institutions.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  New  Glas- 
gow Iron,  Coal  and  Railway 
Co.,  the  Eastern  Fire  As- 
surance Co.,  and  the  Nova 
Scotia  Coastal  Steam  Packet 
Co.,  and  is  president  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  Permanent 
Benefit  Building  Society 
and  Savings  Fund,  which  is 
one  of  the  oldest  monetary 
institutions  in  the  Maritime 
Provinces.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Liberal-Conservative, 
and  in  religion  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  England.  He 
was  married  in  1876,  to  Miss 
Mary  Prescott,  daughter  of 
the  late  Charles  T.  Prescott, 
Esq.,  of  Baie  Verte,  N.  B. 


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CANADA. 


JAMES  FISHER,  M.A.,  M.P.P., 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  in 
Glenquaich,  Perthshire,  Scotland, 
November  6th,  1841.     He  came  to  Can- 
ada with  his  parents  when  young,  and 
settled  in  Perth  County,  Ont.     He  re- 
ceived his   education   at  the   Stratford 
High  School  and  Toronto  University. 
He  then  studied  law  in  Stratford,  and 
afterwards  in  the   office   of  the    Hon. 
Edward  Blake,  Toronto.     He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Ontario  Bar  in  1867,  and 
practiced  his  profession  until  1883,  in 
Stratford,  where  he  was  twice  selected 
by  the  Reform  party  as  their  standard 
bearer  to  contest  North  Perth,  a  strong 
Conservative  riding  in  Do- 
minion contests ;  he  was  de- 
feated by  small  majorities.  In 
1883,   Mr.  Fisher  removed 
to  Winnipeg,  and  in  1888, 
was  elected  to  the  Legisla- 
ture  by   a   large   majority. 
In  1892,  he  was  returned  by 
acclamation.     He  is  also  a 
member    of    the    Board   of 
Management  and  Senate  of 
Manitoba    College,    and    a 
member  of  the  Council   of 
the  University  of  Manitoba. 
In  Federal  politics,  he  is  a 
staunch    Liberal,    a    strong 
supporter  and  a  warm  ad- 
mirer of  Hon.  Wilfred  Lau- 
rier,  but  in  local  politics,  he 
is  at  variance  with  the  Lib- 
eral Government  of  Mani- 
toba on   many   points,   and 
takes    an    absolutely    inde- 
pendent  position.     He    op- 
posed the  Manitoba  School 
Act  of  1890,  believing  that 
the    mixed    population    of 
Manitoba   would   be  better 
suited  by  such  a  school  law 
as   Ontario  enjoys.     He  is 
president    of    the    Interna- 
tional Reciprocity  Associa- 


tion, and  took  a  very  active  part  in  its 
first  two  conventions  at  Grand  Forks, 
Dak.,  in  1892,  and  at  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
in  1893.  He  advocates  the  deepening 
of  our  canals,  the  expenses  to  be  borne 
jointly  by  the  United  States  and  Domi- 
nion, and  has  written  a  pamphlet  on 
this  subject,  entitled  :  "Our  Highways 
to  the  Sea."  Mr.  Fisher  was  married 
in  July,  1871,  to  Fannie  Gordon,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Rev.  T.  Macpherson,  of 
Stratford,  who  died  in  1890.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  two  daughters. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Fisher  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  is  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Knox  Church,  Winnipeg. 


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4  TON.  SIR  JOHN  CAMPBELL 
crM  ALLEN,  K.B.,  LL-D.,  Chief 
Vs>  Justice  of  New  Brunswick, 
Fredericton,  N.  B.,  was  born  in  York 
County,  N.  B.,  October  ist,  1817.  He 
is  the  son  of  the  late  Captain  John 
Allen  and  Ann  Blair,  both  of  New 
Brunswick.  After  completing  his  edu- 
cation at  the  different  schools  and  the 
Collegiate  Institute,  Fredericton,  he 
studied  law  with  the  Hon.  John  Simcoe 
Saunders,  Fredericton,  and  was  ad- 
mitted an  attorney  in  1838,  sworn  in 
as  barrister  in  1840.  During  1845-47, 
he  was  commissioner  for  settling  the 
claims  to  lands  in  the  Madawaska  set- 


tlement, under  the  Treaty 
of  Washington,  1842,  and 
for  twelve  years  was  official 
reporter  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Province.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Assembly  from  1856  to 
1865,  Solicitor  General  in 
1856-57,  Speaker  of  the 
House  from  1863  to  1865, 
Attorney  General  in  1865, 
and  in  the  latter  year  was 
also  a  delegate  from  the 
government  of  New  Bruns- 
wick to  the  Government  of 
England,  on  the  subject  of 
Confederation,  and  on  his 
return  from  England,  was 
appointed  Judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  and  in  1875, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Pro- 
vince. In  1878,  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  arbitra- 
tors to  settle  the  northwest 
boundaries  of  the  Province 
of  Ontario,  the  other  arbi- 
trators being  Sir  E.  Thorn- 
ton, the  British  Minister  at 
Washington,  and  the  late 
Chief  Justice  Harrison.  But 
Chief  Justice  Allen  being 
engaged  in  an  important 
criminal  trial,  Sir  E.  Thornton  was 
unable  to  longer  delay,  and  Chief  Jus- 
tice Allen  resigned  the  appointment.  In 
1845,  the  Chief  Justice  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  the  late  Lieut. -Col. 
Drury,  of  St.  John,  N.  B.  In  October, 
1888,  he  was  presented  by  the  Bar  of 
St.  John  with  a  valuable  piece  of  plate, 
it  being  the  5oth  anniversary  of  his  ad- 
mission to  the  legal  profession,  and  in 
April,  1893,  the  Bar  of  the  Province 
presented  to  the  Supreme  Court  a  life 
size  portrait  of  the  Chief  Justice,  which 
now  hangs  in  the  Supreme  Court  room 
at  Frederieton.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England. 


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JOHN  PALMER- 
STON  ROBERT- 
SON, Librarian  of 
the  Provincial  Legislature 
of  Manitoba,  was  born  at 
Fortingal,  Perthshire,  Scot- 
land, May  23rd,  1841.  He 
came  to  Canada  with  his 
parents  in  1845,  and  settled 
at  By  town,  afterwards  the 
city  of  Ottawa.  He  was 
educated  at  the  public  and 
High  schools,  Ottawa,  and 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Normal 
School,  Toronto.  Mr.  Rob- 
ertson taught  school  for  fif- 
teen years,  and  assisted  in 
the  introduction  of  the  Cen- 
tral school  system  into  Ot- 
tawa. After  retiring  from 
the  profession,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of 
Public  School  Trustees  of 
that  city  for  several  years, 
and  took  an  active  part  in 
securing  the  Normal  and 
Model  schools  for  Ottawa. 
He  was  also,  for  a  number 
of  years,  an  alderman  at  the 
City  Council  Board.  Mr. 
Robertson  was  a  student  at 
law  for  three  years,  having 
matriculated  at  Osgoode  Hall,  Toronto, 
in  1867,  but  abandoned  the  legal  pro- 
fession to  enter  the  journalistic  field. 
He  was  first  attached  to  the  editorial 
staff  of  the  Ottawa  Times,  from  1873  to 
1878,  and  subsequently  went  to  Mani- 
toba, in  1879,  where  he  took  a  position 
on  the  staff  of  the  Winnipeg  Times, 
remaining  thereon  for  three  years.  He 
next  accepted  a  position  on  the  Mani- 
toba Free  Press,  which  he  held  until 
appointed  Provincial  Librarian,  on  the 
ist  of  July,  1884.  Mr.  Robertson  is 
the  author  of  a  useful  and  interesting 
handbook,  entitled  :  "  Political  Manual 
of  Manitoba  and  the  North- West  Terri- 


tories." Since  removing  to  Manitoba, 
Mr.  Robertson  has  acted  as  agent  of  the 
Canadian  Associated  Press,  and  was 
correspondent  for  several  leading  Can- 
adian and  American  newspapers.  He 
has  been  president  of  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  Winnipeg,  and  was  identified 
with  the  introduction  of  the  Order  of 
Scottish  Clans  in  the  North-West,  of 
which  he  is  a  Deputy  Royal  Chief. 
Mr.  Robertson  was  married,  July  i5th, 
1869,  to  Jessie,  third  daughter  of  the 
late  William  Graham,  of  Ottawa,  by 
whom  he  has  three  sons  and  three 
daughters.  The  Provincial  Library  has 
now  some  10,000  volumes  in  its  shelves. 


JVIEN 


4  TON.  DANIEL McNEIL,M.P.P., 
<rM      Port  Hood,  Cape  Breton,  N.S., 
V«>     was   born   in    Mabon,   C.B., 
January  3ist,  1853.     He  is  the  second 
son  of  Malcolm  and  Ellen  McNeil,  and 
brother  of  Neil  McNeil,  D.D.,  Ph.D., 
formerly  rector  of  St.  Francois-Xavier 
College,  Antigonish.     He  is  descended 
on    the   paternal    side,  from    Roderick 
McNeil,  of  Bara,  Scotland,  who  settled 
in  Cape  Breton  in  the  early  part  of  this 
century.     Hon.  Mr.  McNeil  was  edu- 
cated at  the  St.   Francois-Xavier  Col- 
lege, studied  law  at  Halifax,  was  called 
to  the  Bar  of  Nova  Scotia,  in  December, 
1879,  and  then  located  in  Port  Hood, 
the  Shiretown  of  his  native 
county.     There  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  S.  Mac- 
donell,     Q.    C.,    ex-M.    P. 
which   was  dissolved    some 
three    and    one    half   years 
later.     In    June,    1883,    he 
was  appointed  a  school  com- 
missioner for  South  Inver- 
ness, in  July,  of  the  same 
year  a  notary  and  tabellion 
public,    in    March    1884,    a 
commissioner    of    the    Su- 
preme Court  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and     has     discharged     the 
duties  of  these  offices  with 
much    acceptance.     For    a 
number    of   years    he    has 
taken  an  interest  in  all  the 
political  movements,  Muni- 
cipal,  Provincial    and   Fed- 
eral, and  has  always  been 
on    the    Liberal    side.     He 
was  first  elected  to  the  Nova 
Scotia  Legislature  in  1886, 
and  was  sworn  in  a  member 
of  the   Executive    Council, 
June  28th,   1886,  and  took 
office    in    the    Fielding   ad- 
ministration without  a  port- 
folio.    Mr.  McNeil's  career 
in  the  House  has  been  high- 


ly creditable,  and  his  honorable  appoint- 
ment was  a  just  recognition  of  his  abil- 
ity. In  religion,  he  is  an  adherent  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  Church.  On  August 
4th,  1 88 1,  he  was  married  to  Ellen 
Maria  Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of 
the  late  James  McDonnell,  who,  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  held 
the  important  offices  of  prothonotary  of 
the  Supreme  Court  and  Clerk  of  the 
Crown,  at  Port  Hood.  He  was  also 
registrar  of  deeds  for  the  County  of  In- 
verness, for  many  years,  and  first 
inspector  of  schools  for  that  county, 
under  the  present  Provincial  system  of 
education. 


CANADA. 


REDBRICK  WILLIAM  COL- 
CLEUGH,  M.  P.  P.,  Merchant, 

Selkirk,  Man.,  was  born  in  1845, 
in  West  Flamboro',  Wentworth  County, 
Ont.  His  father  was  the  late  Walter 
Colcleugh,  Esq.,  a  staunch  Liberal, 
merchant,  mill  owner  and  postmaster, 
who  died  in  1887.  His  mother,  who  is 
also  deceased,  was  Sarah  Kirkpatrick, 
daughter  of  the  late  James  Kirkpatrick, 
Esq.,  who,  for  forty- three  years,  was 
the  honored  and  highly  respected 
treasurer  of  Wentworth  County.  Mr. 
Colcleugh  was  educated  in  Dundas  and 
Picton,  in  which  latter  town  he  studied 
law,  and  passed  the  Law  Society  ex- 


amination when  only  sixteen.  He, 
however,  abandoned  law  and  entered 
commercial  life  as  a  clerk.  Ten  years 
afterwards,  he  started  in  business  for 
himself  in  Carlisle,  Ont.,  where  he 
built  up  a  large  and  successful  trade, 
and  in  1874,  sold  out  and  went  to  Mani- 
toba, where  he  has  since  remained.  He 
has  been  elected  mayor  of  Selkirk, 
seven  consecutive  terms,  five  of  which 
were  by  acclamation.  In  1888,  he  was 
elected  M.  P.  P.,  for  St.  Andrews,  and 
re-elected  in  1892.  Mr.  Colcleugh,  in 
religion,  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  poli- 
tics, a  Liberal  and  a  strong  advocate  of 
Free  Trade  and  Provincial  Rights.  He 
is  a  prominent  official  in 
the  C.  O.  F.  and  of  St.  An- 
drew's Society,  of  Selkirk. 
He  was  the  first  president 
of  the  Manitoba  Hail  In- 
surance Co.,  and  also  first 
president  of  the  Lake  Win- 
nipeg Lumber  Trading  and 
Transfer  Co.,  and  was  for 
some  time  president  of  the 
St.  Andrew's  Agricultural 
Society.  Mr.  Colcleugh  has 
been  married  twice  ;  first,  to 
Miss  Nichol,  daughter  of 
James  Nichol,  Esq.,  of  Hal- 
ton  County,  who  died  in 
1888,  leaving  six  children, 
four  of  whom  are  now  living, 
and  again,  in  May,  1893,  to 
Miss  Emma  Shaw,  special 
correspondent  of  the  Boston 
Transcript  and  Jottrnal  of 
Education.  Mr.  Colcleugh 
took  charge  of  the  bill  to 
obtain  the  charter  for  the 
Selkirk  Eastern  and  West- 
ern Railway  Colonization 
Company,  Selkirk  Electric 
Light  Company,  and  also 
obtained  charter  for  the  Sel- 
kirk &  Winnipeg  Electric 
Railway. 


M:KN 


JOHN  P.  CHIPMAN, 
Judge  of  the  County 
Court  for  District 
No.  4,  Nova  Scotia,  com- 
prising the  counties  of  Col- 
chester, Hants  and  Kings, 
was  born  March  3ist,  1848, 
at  Pleasant  Valley,  Town- 
ship of  Cornwallis,  Kings 
County,  N.  S.  His  parents 
were  Rev.  William  and  Eliza 
Chipman,  the  former  being 
a  Baptist  clergyman,  who 
was  greatly  respected,  and 
for  years  was  both  minister 
and  lawyer  for  the  members 
of  his  church  and  adherents, 
and  the  latter  was  a  most 
estimable  Christian  woman, 
and  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Holmes  Chipman.  Judge 
Chipman  was  educated  at 
the  schools  of  Kentville, 
Horton  Academy  and  Aca- 
dia  College,  Wolfville,  and 
obtained  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
at  the  Law  School,  Har- 
vard University,  in  June, 
1869.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  October,  1869, 
and  entered  into  partnership 
with  T.  W.  Harris,  Q.  C., 
with  whom  he  studied  law,  and  which 
partnership  existed  until  the  death  of 
Mr.  Harris  in  1876,  after  which  he 
practiced  alone  until  February,  1880, 
and  then  formed  a  partnership  with  R. 
L.  Borden,  Q.C.,  which  was  dissolved 
in  December,  1883,  when  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  Edmund  L.  New- 
combe,  now  Deputy  Minister  of  Justice. 
This  partnership  lasted  until  ist  of 
January,  1886,  after  which  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Mr.  Willard  P. 
Shaffner,  until  i8th  of  June,  1890, 
when  he  received  his  present  appoint- 
ment. For  about  one  year,  he  performed 
the  duties  of  agent  of  Bank  o'  Nova 


Scotia,  Kentville.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masons,  Oddfellows,  Foresters, 
Royal  Arcanum,  a  P.  M.  of  Kentville 
Lodge  in  the  former,  and  P.D.D.G.M. 
of  Grand  Lodge.  He  was  first  Stipen- 
diary Magistrate  and  Recorder  for  the 
Town  of  Kentville,  and  subsequently 
mayor  for  two  years.  In  politics,  Judge 
Chipman  was  a  Liberal-Conservative, 
and  in  religion,  a  Baptist.  He  was 
married,  June  loth,  1875,  to  Susan 
Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Marga- 
ret Brown,  of  Halifax.  He  has  had  a 
family  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom, 
three  sons  and  two  daughters,  now 


survive. 


26 


.  THOMAS  A.  BERNIER, 
Senator  and  Advocate,  St.  Boni- 
face,  Man.,  was  born  August 
1 5th.  1844,  at  St.  George  of  Henryville, 
Iberville  County,  Que.  His  parents 
were  Thomas  Bernier  and  Julie  Letour- 
neau,  of  that  place.  Mr.  Bernier  re- 
ceived his  primary  education  in  the 
parish  school,  and  his  classical,  mental 
and  moral  philosophy  course  at  the 
College  of  St.  Hyacinthe,  where  he 
graduated.  He  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  Judge  W.  Chagnon. 
During  his  law  studies,  he  was  for  a 
time  chief  editor  of  Le  Courrier  de  St. 
Hyacinthe,  and  also  became  president 


of  the  debating  club  u  L'U- 
nion  Catholique."  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  in  July, 
1869.  He  then  went  to  St. 
Johns,  P.Q.,  where  he  began 
to  practice,  and  soon  occu- 
pied the  position  of  Crown 
Attorney  at  the  assizes.  In 

1880,  he  removed  to  Mani- 
toba to  follow  agriculture, 
and    to   counteract,  by    his 
example  and  exertions,  the 
exodus  of  French  Canadians 
to   the   United   States.     In 

1 88 1,  he  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  Catholic  Superinten- 
dent of  Education  for  Mani- 
toba, and  continued  to  hold 
that  office  until  1890,  when 
the  Separate  School  Act  was 
abolished.      From    1881    to 
1892,    he    was    registrar  of 
the  University  of  Manitoba, 
which  he    subsequently  re- 
signed   on    account    of    so 
much  of  his  time  being  re- 
quired to  attend  the  Federal 
sessions,  as  Senator.     Dur- 
ing that  period,  he  occupied 
other  positions,  such  as  as- 
sistaut  clerk   of  the   Local 
Legislature,  chairman  of  the 

Eastern  Judicial  District  Board,  com- 
missioner to  enquire  into  the  working 
of  the  law  in  connection  with  the  sale 
of  Half-breed  lands,  etc.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Board  of 
Agriculture,  mayor  of  St.  Boniface, 
president  of  the  St.  Jean-Baptiste  Asso- 
ciation, etc.  He  takes  a  lively  interest 
in  whatever  tends  to  promote  the  inte- 
rests of  Manitoba.  He  was  appointed 
Senator  in  October,  1892.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Conservative,  and  in  religion, 
a  Roman  Catholic.  Mr.  Bernier  was 
married,  August  i5th,  1871,  to  Julie 
Malvina  Demers,  daughter  of  A.  I. 
Demers,  of  Henryville. 


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REDBRICK  HERVEY  JOHN 
BRIGSTOCKE,  D.D.,  Archdea- 
con of  the  Diocese  of  Fredericton, 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  St.  John, 
N.B.,  was  born  at  Walwyn's  Castle, 
Pembrokeshire,  Wales,  May,  1841.  His 
parents  were  the  Rev.  Thomas  and 
Caroline  W.  Brigstocke.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  home,  after  which 
he  became  a  graduate  and  exhibitioner 
of  Jesus  College,  Oxford,  B.A.  in  1862. 
He  was  ordained  deacon  in  1864,  and 
priest  in  1865,  by  the  Bishop  of  Win- 
chester. His  first  two  years  in  the 
ministry  were  spent  at  Chobham,  Sur- 
rey, where  he  worked  as  curate  to  the 


Rev.  S.  J.  Jerram.  In  1866,  he  was 
offered  the  curacy  of  Ewelme,  Oxford- 
shire, by  Rev.  Canon  Payne  Smith, 
D.D.,  which  offer  he  accepted,  and  re- 
mained there  five  years,  until  Septem- 
ber, 1871,  when  he  removed  to  New- 
castle on  Tyne,  to  take  charge  of  the 
Parish  of  St.  John.  Here  he  labored 
two  years,  when  he  was  unanimously 
elected  to  his  present  position,  which 
he  entered  upon  in  1873.  In  1876,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  Bishop,  Honorary 
Canon  and  Trustee  of  Christ  Church 
Cathedral,  Fredericton.  In  1883,  he 
attended  the  General  Convention  of  the 
American  Church,  as  a  delegate  from 
the  Provincial  Synod  of 
Canada.  In  1888,  he  was 
chosen  by  the  bishop  to  act 
as  his  commissary,  dur- 
ing his  absence  of  several 
months  from  the  diocese. 
From  1885  to  1889,  he  was 
chaplain  of  St.  George's 
Society,  St.  John.  He  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of 
Archdeacon, June,  1893.  At 
present,  he  is  Rural  Dean 
of  the  Deanery  of  St.  John, 
one  of  the  governors  of 
King's  College,  Windsor  ;  a 
governor  of  the  Wiggins 
Male  Orphan  Institution,  a 
member  of  Madras  Board, 
vice-president  of  the  Dio- 
cesan Church  Society,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Animals.  In  1889,  the 
degree  of  D.D.  was  conferred 
on  him  by  King's  College, 
Windsor.  During  his  long 
pastorate  in  St.  John,  many 
changes  have  taken  place, 
the  greatest  being  the  loss 
by  fire,  in  1877,  of  the 
church  erected  by  the  Loy- 
alists in  1791. 


28 


W  XON.  CHAS.  B.  ROULEAU, 
(Sj^\  Supreme  Court  Judge  of  the 
V»>  N.-W.T.  for  the  Judicial 
District  of  Northern  Alberta,  Calgary, 
Alta.,  was  born  December  i3th,  1840, 
at  Isle  Yerte,  Temiscouata  County, 
P.  Q.  His  parents  were  Joseph  and 
Euphrosine  (Patouel)  Rouleau,  who 
were  also  natives  of  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  but  the  family  originally  came 
from  Avranches,  Normandy,  France, 
and  settled  at  St.  Anne  de  la  Pocatiere, 
Que.,  and  their  original  property  is 
still  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 
Judge  Rouleau  was  educated  at  the 
Laval  Normal  School,  Quebec,  and  in 

1860,  engaged  as  a'  profes- 
sor in  the  Aylmer  Academy, 
P.  Q.,    where   he    remained 
eleven  months.     June  nth, 

1861,  he  was  appointed  In- 
spector of  Catholic  schools 
for     the    Ottawa     District, 
which  position  he  held  until 
1876.     On  December  i6th, 
1868,  he  was  called  to  the 
Quebec   Bar.     In   1874,   he 
was  a  defeated  candidate  for 
the  Local  House  in  the  Ot- 
tawa County.     He  was  ap- 
pointed District  Magistrate 
for  the  District  of  Ottawa, 
July    1 2th,    1876,  and  held 
this  position  until  1883.  On 
September  28th,  of  the  lat- 
ter year,  he  was  appointed 
Stipendiary  Magistrate  for 
the   North-West  Territory, 
and    February    i8th,   1884, 
was  promoted  to  his  present 
position.     When    Stipendi- 
ary Magistrate,  he  was  ex- 
officio  member  of  the  North- 
West  Council,  and  after  his 
appointment  as  Judge  of  the 
Supreme  Coiirt,  he  was  ap- 
pointed also  one  of  the  legal 
experts  of  the  North-West 


Legislative  Assembly.  Judge  Rouleau 
is  the  author  of  "  Notre  Systeme  Judi- 
ciaire,"  and  of  other  articles  concerning 
the  judicature  in  Quebec.  There  are  but 
few  men  in  the  Dominion  who  have 
made  such  constant  and  rapid  progress 
as  Judge  Rouleau.  In  politics,  he 
was  a  Liberal-Conservative,  and  in 
religion  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  is 
Grand  Deputy,  for  the  North-West 
Territories,  of  the  C.M.B.A.,  and  one 
of  the  officers  of  the  Grand  Council  of 
Ontario.  He  was  married  April  nth, 
1877,  to  Miss  Elvina  Dumouchel,  of 
St.  Benoit,  Que.,  by  whom  he  has  two 
daughters  and  one  son. 


OK 


JAMES  CONMEE, 
M.  P.  P.,  Railway 
Contractor,  Port  Ar- 
thur, Ont.,  was  born  in  Grey 
County,  Ont.,  October  i3th, 
1848.  He  is  a  son  of  Mat- 
hew  and  Rosana  (Shaugh- 
nessy)  Conmee.  When 
about  fifteen  years  of  age, 
he  left  school,  and  began  to 
take  hold  of  the  practical 
affairs  of  life.  In  1864,  he 
enlisted  in  the  8th  New 
York  Cavalry,  and  was  in 
active  service  under  the  late 
General  Custer,  at  the  close 
of  the  American  war.  After 
the  war,  he  returned  to 
Canada,  and  engaged  in 
railway  construction.  Sec- 
tion "A"  of  the  C.  P.  R. 
was  let  by  the  Government 
on  his  tender,  he  completing  . 
a  section  of  the  work.  In 
1882,  he  became  actively 
engaged  in  several  contracts 
on  the  Lake  Superior  sec- 
tion of  that  railway,  under 
the  North  American  Con- 
tracting Company,  (i.  e.  the 
C.  P.  R.  Co.),  and  it  was  in 
connection  with  one  of  these 
contracts  that  the  now  famous  case  of 
Conmee  vs.  the  C.  P.  R.  arose.  Mr. 
Conmee  was  for  several  years  a  coun- 
cillor of  Port  Arthur,  and  was  elected 
mayor  in  1885;  during  that  year  also 
he  was  elected  the  first  member  for 
West  Algoma  for  the  Ontario  Legisla- 
ture, an  office  which  he  has  since  held. 
In  1889,  he  became  engaged  in  the 
building  of  the  Port  Arthur,  Duluth  and 
Western  Railway,  which  was  com- 
pleted in  1892.  Mr.  Conmee  has  been 
the  means  of  placing  some  useful  legis- 
lation on  the  Statute  Books  of  the  Pro- 
vince, among  which  may  be  mentioned 
the  provisions  of  the  Municipal  Water 


Works  Act,  which  gives  the  ratepayers 
the  right  to  petition  their  council,  also 
the  Mining  Schools  Act,  a  much  needed 
measure,  by  which  the  youth  of  Onta- 
rio may  acquire  scientific  instruction  in 
metallurgy  and  a  practical  knowledge 
of  minerals,  etc.  Although  a  Liberal, 
he  opposed  the  imposition  of  royalties 
on  minerals,  as  enacted  by  the  Mowat 
Administration  in  1891,  and  it  was 
owing  to  his  efforts  that  the  law  was 
modified  in  1892.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Roman  Catholic.  In  1874,  he  was 
married  to  Emily  Florence,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Cox,  of  St.  Vincent,  Ont.,  by 
whom  he  has  five  children. 


JOSEPH  MARTIN,  Barrister, 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  in 
Milton,  Ont.,  September  24th, 
1852.  His  parents  were  Edward  and 
Mary  Ann  (Fleming)  Martin,  highly 
esteemed  citizens  of  Milton,  where  his 
father  was  Reeve  for  some  years,  and 
where  he  carried  on  business  for  some 
time  with  John  White,  M.P.  Mr.  Mar- 
tin was  educated  at  the  Milton  public 
school,  the  Toronto  Normal  School  and 
Toronto  University.  In  his  early  man- 
hood, he  was  a  telegraph  operator.  He 
afterwards  obtained  a  First-class  Teach- 
er's certificate,  and  was  appointed  Prin- 
cipal of  the  public  school,  New  Edin- 


burgh, Ont.  Mr.  Martin 
entered  upon  the  study  of 
law  in  Ottawa,  but  removed 
to  Portage  La  Prairie,  Man., 
early  in  1882,  and  in  August 
of  the  same  year,  was  called 
to  the  Bar  of  Manitoba.  In 
January,  1883,  he  was  elect- 
ed a  member  of  the  Mani- 
toba Legislature,  an  honor 
he  held  continuously  until 
May,  1892,  when  he  retired 
from  politics  to  more  fully 
attend  to  his  practice.  From 
January,  1888,  until  May, 
1891,  Mr.  Martin  was  At- 
torney General  and  Railway 
Commissioner.  While  in 
the  Government  as  Railway 
Commissioner,  he  took 
charge  of  the  fight  against 
the  C.  P.  R.  monopoly,  and 
as  Attorney  General,  cour- 
ageously introduced  and 
carried  through  the  School 
Act  of  1890,  abolishing 
separate  schools  in  the  Pro- 
vince of  Manitoba,  and  the 
Act  doing  away  with  the 
official  use  o'  the  French 
language.  Mr.  Martin  ar- 
gued the  question  of  the 
constitutionality  of  the  School  Act  of 
1890,  before  Judge  Killam  in  the  first 
place,  the  full  Court  of  Queen's  Bench 
in  Manitoba,  and  the  Supreme  Court. 
He  also  appeared  with  Sir  Horace 
Davey  and  Dalton  McCarthy  before  the 
Privy  Council  in  the  same  case.  Mr. 
Martin,  as  might  be  expected,  took 
charge  of  the  Department  of  Education, 
under  the  new  regime.  The  future 
historian  of  Manitoba  must  pay  genuine 
tribute  to  the  ability,  sagacity  and 
courage  of  the  man  whose  portrait  ap- 
pears on  this  page.  On  September  2nd, 
1 88 1,  Mr.  Martin  was  married  to  Mrs. 
E.  J.  Eaton,  of  Ottawa,  Ont. 


OK    CANADA. 


\\/ILLIAM  JAS.  LEWIS,  M.D., 

V  V  M.P.P.,  Hillsboro,  Albert  Coun- 
ty, N.B.,  was  born  at  that  place,  Sep- 
tember 25th,  1830.  He  is  the  son  of 
Hon.  John  Lewis,  M.  L.  C.  whose 
father  and  grandfather  came  to  this 
country  with  the  U.  E.  Loyalists,  in 
1783,  and  Lavinia  Taylor,  a  native  of 
Hillsboro,  of  Irish  descent.  Dr.  Lewis 
received  his  early  education  at  Hills- 
boro, and  then  Sackville  Academy. 
He  then  studied  medicine  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  gradu- 
ating from  there  also  with  first-class 
honors  and  the  degree  of  M.D.,  in  1855, 
and  the  same  year  also  graduated  from 


the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Edin- 
burgh, with  the  degree  of  M.R.C.S.E. 
He  then  returned  to  New  Brunswick, 
and  commenced  to  practice  at  Hillsboro, 
where  he  has  since  remained,  having  a 
very  large  and  lucrative  practice.  In 
1878,  he  entered  the  political  field,  and 
was  elected  to  represent  the  County  of 
Albert  in  the  interests  of  the  Conserv- 
ative party,  and  has  continued  to  hold 
the  office  since  that  time  with  the  ex- 
ception of  one  session,  he  was  for  a  time 
member  of  the  Hannington  -  Landry 
Government,  until  its  defeat  in  1883. 
Dr.  Lewis  has  been  an  important  fac- 
tor in  the  history  of  New  Brunswick, 
and  especially  of  Albert 
County,  for  nearly  forty 
years.  During  this  long  pe- 
riod the  public  have  had  the 
benefit  of  his  medical  skill 
and  able  statesmanship. 
In  either  case  the  peoples' 
interests  have  always  re- 
ceived able  and  satisfactory 
attention.  He  belongs  to 
the  I. O.K.,  and  is  court 
physician  for  Court  Hills- 
boro, is  a  member  of  the 
Medical  Association  of  New 
Brunswick.  He  was  also 
School  Trustee  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  is  Coroner  for 
the  county.  Dr.  Lewis  has 
been  married  twice  :  first,  in 
1877,  to  Milessa,  daughter 
of  E.  E.  Steves,  Esq.,  post- 
master of  Hillsboro,  and 
again  in  1885,  to  Catharine, 
daughter  of  John  Duffy, 
Esq.,  Hillsboro.  His  fami- 
ly consists  of  one  daughter. 
Dr.  Lewis'  father  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of 
Assembly  for  nearly  forty 
years,  where  he  was  a  strong 
supporter  of  the  Conserva- 
tive party. 


W  T  ON.     NATHANIEL      BO  YD, 
C*X"|      M.P.,    Dealer   in    high    grade 

V«>  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  etc., 
Carberry,  Man.,  was  born  July  gth, 
1853,  in  the  County  of  Argenteuil,  P.Q. 
His  parents, Hugh  and  Maria  (Kilfoyle) 
Boyd,  are  natives  of  Ireland,  and  are 
now  living  retired  at  Carberry.  The 
former  has  held  a  lieutenant's  commis- 
sion since,  1837.  After  completing  his 
course  in  the  common  schools  of  Oxford 
County,  Leeds  and  Grenville,  Mr.  Boyd 
continued  his  studies  at  the  Grammar, 
School,  Ottawa.  Subsequently,  for 
some  four  or  five  years,  he  engaged  in 
railroad  contracting  with  his  father, 
then,  for  a  similar  period, 
devoted  his  attention  to  tel- 
egraphy, and  was  for  some 
years  employed  in  the  House 
of  Commons.  At  this  time, 
he  was  considered  one  of 
the  best  operators  in  the 
Dominion.  He  then  went 
back  to  railway  contracting 
with  his  father,  for  about 
three  years,  on  portions  of 
what  now  constitutes  the 
C.P.R.  system.  He  then 
removed  to  Manitoba,  and 
was  employed  by  the  Dom- 
inion Government,  for  two 
years,  as  chief  train  des- 
patcher  and  assistant  super- 
intendent of  Section  15,  of 
the  C.  P.  R.,  in  Manitoba. 
He  afterwards  organized  the 
wholesale  and  retail  business 
of  Boyd  and  Crow,  which 
was  the  largest  in  Winni- 
peg for  years.  Their  mills 
were  situated  at  Rat  Portage 
and  on  Lake  Winnipeg. 
Mr.  Boyd  started  the  ranch- 
ing business  in  1886,  but 
did  not  dispose  of  his  lum- 
ber interests  until  1888. 
His  ranch  comprises  some 


twenty-three  thousand  acres,  and  he 
manages  his  extensive  stock  raising  and 
farming  operations,  in  person.  Mr. 
Boyd  is  of  a  retiring  disposition,  and 
has  many  times  refused  the  honor  of 
public  office.  He,  however,  was  induced 
to  oppose  the  Hon.  Robert  Watson,  in 
1891,  and  through  a  technicality,  failed 
to  secure  the  seat,  but  on  the  resignation 
of  Mr.  Watson,  was  elected  by  accla- 
mation in  1892,  to  represent  the  Coun- 
ty of  Marquette,  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons. He  was  married,  June  i2th, 
1878,  to  Miss  Eliza  Jane,  daughter  of 
Francis  Abbott,  of  Ottawa,  Ont.  He 
has  one  son  and  one  daughter,  living. 


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EAN-BAPTISTE  A.  MARTIN, 
of  the  firm  of  Laporte,  Martin  & 
Cie,  wholesale  grocers,  Montreal, 
P.  Q.,  was  born  December  gth,  1850,  at 
Ste.  Genevieve,  County  of  Jacques-Car- 
tier,  P.  Q.  He  was  educated  at  the  pri- 
mary school  of  his  birth  place,  and  the 
English  school  at  Lachine,  and  the 
Christian  Brothers'  School  in  Montreal. 
He  began  business,  in  1864,  as  parcel 
carrier,  and  after  three  months,  took  a 
position  in  his  native  parish,  as  clerk. 
He  has,  since  1868,  been  in  the  whole- 
sale grocery  business,  alternately  with 
Messrs.  Gaucher  &  Telmosse,  and  L.  O. 
Turgeon,  and  for  thirteen  years  ac- 


countant  and  manager   for 
N.  Quintal,  now  N.  Quintal 
&  Fils.     In  1888,  he  joined 
Mr.  Laporte  to  form  the  pre- 
sent partnership  with  him,  a 
man  of  great  ability,  whose 
business  had  become  so  ex- 
tensive, that  he  required  a 
partner.     Mr.    Martin    has 
been  a  member  of  the  Mont- 
real Board  of  Trade  since 
1887,  and  La  Chambre  de 
Commerce    du    District    de 
Montreal  since  1888.     Not- 
withstanding   his    lack    of 
early    educational     advant- 
ages, he  has  been  a  student 
all  his  life.     He  has  a  well 
selected  library.     Has  been 
a  lieutenant  in  the  65th  and 
obtained  a  second  and  first- 
class    Military     Certificate. 
Mr.  Martin  belongs  to  the 
Roman     Catholic     Church, 
and    has    been     for    years 
secretary,   and    is    now  the 
president  of  the  Congrega- 
tion, and    secretary   of  the 
charitable  institutions  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Joseph,  Mont- 
real.    He   is  a  member   of 
many   of  the   leading   and 
benevolent  societies  of  Montreal,  such  as 
1'Union  St.  Pierre,  1'Union  St.  Vincent, 
1'Alliance  Nationaie,   vice-president  of 
the    Societe    des    Artisans    Canadiens- 
Fran£ais,     president    of    1'Union     St. 
Joseph,  past  president  of  1' Association 
St.  Jean-Baptiste,  section  St.  Joseph,  and 
director  of  1'Association   St.  Jean-Bap- 
tiste of  Montreal.     In  politics,  he  is  a 
Liberal.  He  was  first  married  Feb.  aoth, 
1871,  to  Julie  Gagnon,  who  died  Feb. 
25th,  1878.     He  was  married  again  on 
May    25th,    1880,    to    Marie    Eleonore 
Elniina,  daughter  of  Jos.  Darveau,  editor 
and  printer,  Quebec.     His  family  con- 
sists of  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 


34 


OF- 


M.HARRINGTON 
ELLIS,  of  the  Col- 
onist, Victoria,  B.  C.,  was 
born  in  Port  Hope,  Ont., 
October  3ist,  1859.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  by  pri- 
vate study.  At  eleven  years 
of  age,  he  was  apprenticed  to 
the  printing  trade,  with  the 
late  J.  B.  Trayes,  proprietor 
of  the  Times,  Port  Hope, 
where  he  remained  until 
August  1878,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
In  1879  ne  returned  to 
Ontario,  and  located  in  To- 
ronto, and  in  the  same  year 
removed  to  Montreal,  and 
in  March,  1882,  located  in 
Winnipeg,  where  he  was 
manager  of  a  printing  busi- 
ness, and  afterwards  of  the 
news  room  of  the  Free  Press. 
In  the  Spring  of  1883,  he 
was  induced  to  go  to  the 
Pacific  Coast.  A  few  months 
after  his  arrival  in  Victoria, 
he  became  manager  of  the 
Colonist  practical  depart- 
ments, under  Hon.  D.  W. 
Higgins,  then  proprietor. 
In  1884  he  was  associated  with  Mr. 
Higgins  in  the  literary  department,  in 
the  production  of  a  four-page-seven- 
column  daily.  In  May,  1886,  he  re- 
signed this  position,  and  entered  the 
real  estate  business  in  Vancouver.  In 
October  of  that  year,  Mr.  Higgins, 
having  been  elected  to  the  Provincial 
Parliament,  Mr.  Ellis  and  two  others, 
purchased  the  Colonist,  which  up  to 
September,  1892,  was  published  by 
Ellis  &  Co.,  the  general  management 
being  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Ellis. 
This  paper  (Conservative)  has  ad- 
vanced from  a  four  page,  seven  column 
to  an  eight  page,  seven  column,  and  is 


to-day,  the  organ  of  the  Dominion  and 
Provincial  Governments,  and  credited 
with  being  one  of  the  best  edited  news- 
papers in  Canada.  The  Colonist  has 
also  lithograph,  job  and  label  depart- 
ments, and  employs  about  60  hands. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Ellis  is  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Episcopal  Church,  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  A.O.U.W.,  Man- 
chester Unity,  I.O.O.F.,  and  member 
of  Council  and  Arbitration  Board  of 
Trade.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Ada 
Leslie  Withrow.  eldest  daughter  of 
David  Withrow,  Esq.,  formerly  of  St. 
John,  N.B.,  but  now  of  British  Colum- 
bia. His  family  consists  of  three  sons. 


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HOS.  ANDERSON  KINNEAR, 
Sackville,  N.  B.,  barrister-at-law, 
was  born  in  Sackville,  June  23rd,  1851. 
He  is  the  son  of  George  Lennox  Kin- 
near.  He  received  his  education  in 
Sackville,  Saint  John,  and  Fredericton, 
N.B.  His  bright  educational  course 
gave  promise  of  the  ability  which  he 
has  since  displayed.  He  then  taught 
school  in  Sackville  for  five  years,  and 
commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  W.  J.  Gilbert,  Q.C.,  in  Shediac, 
N.B.,  in  1878.  He  was  called  to  the 
Bar  in  1883,  and  immediately  began  to 
practice  in  Sackville,  where  he  has 
worked  up  a  large  and  lucrative  prac- 


tice. He  was  clerk  of  the  Circuits  of 
Westmoreland  for  three  years.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  and  one  of  its  trustees.  He 
was  grand  secretary,  for  five  years,  of 
the  Loyal  Orange  Association  of  the 
Province  of  New  Brunswick,  and  for 
three  years,  R.  W.  Grand  Master  for 
the  province.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Liberal,  but  does  not  take  a  very  active 
part  in  political  matters.  He  was 
married,  on  the  fifth  of  September, 
1888,  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Lawson, 
youngest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  David 
Charles  Lawson,  of  Westmoreland 
Point,  N.  B. 


CANADA. 


.  ALEXANDER  ANDER- 
SON,  Vancouver,  B.C.,  real 
estate  dealer,  was  born  Jan- 
nary  28th,  1860,  at  Eldon,  P.E.I.,  and 
is  of  Scotch  descent.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  and  grammar 
schools  of  Eldon,  the  Normal  School 
and  Prince  of  Wales  College,  of 
Charlottetown,  P.E.I.,  graduating  from 
the  latter  in  1881.  He  then  removed 
to  Victoria,  B.C.,  and  passed  the  provin- 
cial examination,  securing  a  first-class 
teacher's  certificate.  After  teaching  a 
short  time,  he  established  himself  in 
business  in  Victoria.  IniSS/,  he  sold 
his  business  and  removed  to  Vancouver, 


where  he  has  been  very  successful. 
Besides  his  extensive  city  and  farm 
property,  Mr.  Anderson  owns  large 
mining  interests  in  the  province,  and  is 
often  referred  to  as  the  "  Real  Estate 
King."  He  is  an  alderman,  and  chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Committee  ;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Vancouver  Board  of  Trade, 
the  St.  Andrew's  Society,  and  the 
I.O.O.F.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Conser- 
vative, and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 
He  was  married,  September  24th, 
1889,  to  Miss  Alice  Alexander,  only 
daughter  of  Rev.  W.  W.  Percival,  M.A., 
Ph.D.,  Toronto,  by  whom  he  has  one 
daughter. 


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,EV.  JAMES  CRISP, 
Methodist  minister, 
Sussex,  N.B.,  was 
born  at  Stratton,  Norfolk, 
England,  September  26th, 
1849.  He  is  the  second  son 
of  James  and  Sarah  Crisp. 
He  received  his  education 
at  Brook's  Academy,  at 
Stratton.  About  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  was  converted, 
and  when  nineteen  years  of 
age,  was  superintendent  of 
the  Sabbath  School  of  the 
Wesleyan  Church,  at  Strat- 
ton, and  was  enrolled  as  a 
local  preacher,  under  the 
superintendency  of  Rev. 
T.  G.  Keeling,  and  started 
on  the  Attleborrough  and 
New  Buckingham  circuit, 
where  he  remained  for  two 
years  and  nine  months.  At 
that  time,  application  was 
made  on  behalf  of  the  Con- 
ference of  Eastern  British 
America,  for  men,  and  after 
due  consideration,  he  con- 
cluded to  come  to  America, 
arriving  at  Halifax,  28th  of 
June,  1872.  After  spending 
his  first  year  in  this  country, 
he  has  never  removed  from  a  station 
until  his  full  term  of  three  years  has 
expired.  He  was  ordained  at  the  Con- 
ference in  St.  Stephen,  N.B.,  June,  1876, 
and  has  had  continuous  success.  Dur- 
ing his  stay  on  the  Salisbury  circuit,  the 
congregations  largely  increased,  and 
50  were  added  to  the  church,  and  dur- 
ing his  stay  at  Pointe  de  Bute  circuit, 
before  coming  to  his  present  charge, 
98  new  members  were  added.  Mr. 
Crisp,  was  for  five  years  assistant 
secretary  of  the  New  Brunswick  Con- 
ference, and  in  1892,  by  an  almost 
unanimous  vote,  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  secretary.  He  was  married,  Septem- 


ber 4th,  1876,  to  Mary,  second  daughter 
of  Rev.  James  C.  Knapton,  of  Hapton, 
Norfolk,  England,  who  died  September 
9th,  1886.  His  family  consists  of  five 
children,  three  girls  and  two  boys. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
and  was  Worshipful  Master  for  a  term 
of  two  years.  He  is  also  an  active 
member  of  the  I.O.F.,  and  High  Chap- 
lain to  the  Order  for  New  Brunswick, 
and  has  been  the  preacher  of  its  anni- 
versary sermons.  He  has  also  taken  a 
deep  interest  in  the  enforcement  of 
the  Scott  Act.  During  his  short  stay 
at  Sussex,  the  improved  condition  of 
the  church  is  most  satisfactory. 


JS.  BOUSQUET,  manager  of  the 
.  People's  Bank,  Montreal,  P.  Q., 
was  born  at  Longueuil,  P.  Q., 
in  1856.  He  is  the  son  of  Stanislas 
Bousquet,  contractor,  of  Longueuil. 
When  quite  young,  he  entered  the 
College  of  the  Clercs  of  St.  Viateur, 
where  he  received  a  good  practical 
education.  The  courses  taught,  were 
semi-classical  and  semi-commercial. 
He  stood  high  in  mathematics,  and 
his  teachers  were  some  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished professors  of  the  religious 
order.  Mr.  Bousquet,  who  possessed 
more  than  an  ordinary  aptitude  for 
figures,  soon  attracted  the  attention  of 


the  professors,  who  took  an 
interest  in  breaking  to  him 
the  secrets  of  the  arduous 
science,  to  which  he  some- 
what owes  his  high  position 
in  the  financial  world.  Not 
only  in  mathematics  did  he 
excel,  but  during  each  term 
he  was  at  the  college,  he 
carried  off  prizes.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  began  life 
for  himself,  and  for  three 
years  was  employed  in  a 
grocery  store  as  book-keeper, 
which  position  he  left  to 
enter  the  People's  Bank,  in 
which  institution  he  held 
all  the  oifices,  up  to  that  of 
manager.  It  was  predicted 
that  the  young  mathemati- 
cian of  Longueuil  College, 
would  create  for  himself,  by 
his  talent  and  hard  study, 
a  high  position.  He  did 
not  lose  his  love  of  mathe- 
matical study,  but  on  the 
contrary  not  only  delights 
himself  in  it,  but  has  added 
to  it  the  science  of  political 
economy,  to  which  he  con- 
tinues to  add  the  every  day 
observation,  which  his  posi- 
tion permits  him  to  do.  Mr.  Bousquet 
is  one  of  those  men  of  the  future,  who 
will  count  in  French  Canadian  national- 
ity. The  last  report  of  the  People's 
Bank,  shows  for  that  institution,  a  very 
progressive  standing,  which  is  due  to 
a  great  extent  to  its  manager's  zeal 
and  grasp  of  financial  questions,  and 
his  speeches  delivered  at  each  of  the 
general  meetings  of  the  shareholders 
are  worthy  of  the  careful  consideration 
of  business  men.  There  are  but  few 
men  who  have  made  such  rapid  pro- 
gress in  so  short  a  time.  His  career 
is  an  illustration  of  what  intelligence, 
principle  and  energy  will  accomplish. 


39 


JOSEPH  EMERY  DORfi,  the 
first  sanitary  engineer  of  the 
city  of  Montreal,  was  born  April 
iQth,  1858,  at  Laprairie,  P.  Q.  His 
parents  were  Pierre  Dore  and  Esther 
Brosseau.  He  received  his  classical 
education  at  the  Jesuits'  College,  and 
1'Ecole  Polytechnique  de  Montreal. 
After  leaving  school  he  accepted  an 
appointment  in  the  Railway  and  Canal 
Department  at  Ottawa,  in  the  outside 
service,  on  the  Chambly  Canal,  which 
position  he  occupied  for  five  years.  He 
then  spent  one  year  in  the  United 
States,  working  on  railroads,  construc- 
tion and  bridge  work,  after  which  he 


returned  to  Canada,  and  opened  the 
office  of  Dore  &  Charbonneau,  civil 
engineers,  land  surveyors  and  archi- 
tects, and  was  the  senior  member  of 
this  firm  for  three  years,  when  he  re- 
signed and  accepted  the  appointment 
of  sanitary  engineer.  His  thorough 
education,  professional  training,  and 
long  experience,  constitute  him  one  of 
the  best  equipped  sanitary  officers  in  the 
Dominion,  and  being  yet  in  his  prime, 
his  fellow  citizens  hope  to  enjoy  the 
benefit  of  his  services  for  a  long  time  to 
come.  In  religion,  Mr.  Dore  is  a  Ro- 
man Catholic.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  Order  United  Workmen. 


LEX.  ROBINSON,  B.A.,  prin- 
cipal,  Hall  School,  Vancouver, 
B.C.,  was  born  February 
24th,  1863,  at  St  John,  N.B.  His  par- 
ents were  James  and  Jane  (Magee)  Rob- 
inson, both  North  of  Ireland  Presby- 
terians. Mr.  Robinson  received  his 
education  in  the  Sussex  Public  School, 
Fredericton  Normal  School,  Pictou 
Academy,  and  Dalhousie  College,  gra- 
duating from  the  latter  in  1886.  He 
then  took  charge  of  the  Superior 
School  of  Campbellton,  N.B.,  conduct- 
ing it  successfully  for  three  years.  In 
January,  1890,  he  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  the  Vancouver,  B.C.,  public 


schools,  and  in  July  1891,  was  promoted 
to  his  present  position.  From  the  time 
he  took  charge  in  Vancouver,  until 
this  time  (1893)  the  teaching  staff  has 
been  increased  from  17  to  40.  At  the 
Normal  School,  he  carried  off  the  Lome 
Silver  ,Medal,  for  proficiency  in  pro- 
fessional work,  and  was  the  third 
man  who  took  first-class  honors  in  the 
history  of  Dalhousie  College,  winning 
the  Lansdowne  gold  medal.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  conservative,  and  in  religion  a 
Presbyterian.  He  was  married,  March 
I4th,  1892,  to  Miss  Emma  Hay,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  M.  Hay,  Esq.,  of  Amherst,  N.S., 
by  whom  he  has  one  daughter. 


W  XARRY  GOODSIR  MACKID, 
*J~\  M.  B.,  M.  D.,  C.  M.,  L.  R.  C.  P., 
VS)  L.R.C.S.,  L.  M.  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  I,.  P.P.  and  S.  of  Glasgow, 
practicing  physician  and  surgeon,  Cal- 
gary, Alberta,  was  born  on  the  iQth  of 
August,  1858,  at  Goderich,  Out.  His 
parents  were  Rev.  Alexander  and  Julia 
(Brown)  Mackid.  His  mother  was  born 
in  England,  while  his  father  was  a 
native  of  Caithness,  Scotland.  Dr. 
Mackid  received  his  primary  education 
in  the  public  and  High  schools  of 
Goderich,  and  subsequently  took  a 
regular  course  in  the  University  of 
Toronto,  and  graduated  from  the  To- 


ronto School  of  Medicine  in  1879.  He 
then  practiced  his  profession  at  Luck- 
now,  Ont,  for  three  years,  and  at 
Seaforth,  Ont.,  for  four  years,  after 
which  he  proceeded  to  Europe,  and 
pursued  his  studies  for  some  years  in 
Edinburgh,  Glasgow,  London,  Paris, 
Hamburg,  Vienna  and  Berlin.  For 
a  time  he  was  also  a  pupil  of  James 
Stewart,  professor  of  diseases  of  the 
nervous  system  in  McGill  College, 
Montreal,  Que.  After  returning  to 
Canada,  he  removed  west,  and  com- 
menced his  profession  in  Calgary  early 
in  the  year  1890,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained, and  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of 
a  large  practice,  and  is  much 
respected  by  all  classes, 
both  for  his  professional 
skill  as  well  as  for  his  social 
worth.  He  is  now  (1893) 
president  of  the  Medical 
Association  of  the  North- 
West  Territory,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  C.P.  & 
S.,  and  a  coroner  for  the 
North-West  Territory.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  A.  F.  & 
A.M.,  I.O.O.F.  and  I.O.F. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian. He  was  married, 
January  loth,  1881,  to  Miss 
Mathilda,  daughter  of  L.  G. 
Meyer,  clerk  of  the  Court  at 
Seaforth,  Ont.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son.  When 
at  Seaforth,  Ont.,  Dr.  Mac- 
kid  was  a  member  of  the 
Town  Council,  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Calgary 
High  School  Board.  He  is  a 
manifold  man  and  seems 
capable  of  doing  many 
things  with  distinguished 
success.  He  is  a  thorough 
student  and  keeps  abreast  of 
the  age  in  all  that  concerns 
medicine  and  surgery. 


MBN 


,EV.  JOHN  SANDERS  SUTH- 
ERLAND, B.A.,  Presbyterian 
minister,  Sussex,  N.B.  was 
born  July  29th,  1866,  at  Little  Harbor, 
N.S.  He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  John  Alex- 
ander Fraser  Sutherland,  now  minister 
of  Selkirk,  Manitoba,  and  of  Bessie 
Arundel  (Sanders)  Sutherland ;  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  New 
Glasgow,  N.S.,  and  the  latter  in  the 
United  States.  His  grandfather  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  New  Glas- 
gow. When  quite  young  Mr.  Suther- 
land went  with  his  parents  to  New 
Zealand,  where  his  father  was  settled 
in  the  town  of  Ross.  After  remaining 
two  years,  they  returned 
to  Nova  Scotia,  and  his 
father  was  stationed  at  St. 
Croix,  Hants  County,  where 
our  subject  attended  school. 
He  subsequently  attended 
the  Halifax  High  School, 
and  matriculated  into  Dal- 
housie  College,  in  1883. 
Here  he  won  a  George 
Munro  Bursary  of  $150  a 
year,  for  two  years,  and  had 
a  very  successful  college 
course.  At  the  end  of  his 
second  year,  he  won  prizes 
in  English  literature,  logic 
and  psychology  and  also 
the  New  Shakespeare  So- 
ciety's prize.  He  then  had 
to  abandon  study  for  one 
year,  on  account  of  ill 
health.  At  the  beginning 
of  his  third  year  in  arts,  he 
won  the  2nd  Munro  Ex- 
hibition of  $200  a  year  for 
two  years,  and  after  pro- 
secuting special  studies  in 
English  literature  and  his- 
tory, graduated  B.  A.  in 
1888,  with  first  rank  honors, 
and  the  Governor-General's 
Silver  Medal.  The  follow- 


ing summer,  he  obtained  an  academy 
license  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  taught  for 
some  time,  when,  realizing  his  call  to 
the  ministry,  he  took  a  theological 
course  in  the  Presbyterian  College, 
Halifax,  and  graduated  in  1892,  being 
valedictorian  of  his  class.  He  was  one  of 
the  promoters  and  editors  of  the  college 
paper,  and  when  at  Dalhousie,  was  an 
editor  of  the  Dalhousie  Gazette.  Dur- 
ing vacation  he  was  engaged  in  mission 
work  in  Pictou  and  Halifax  Pres- 
byteries. He  was  licensed  by  the  lat- 
ter presbytery  May  5th,  1892.  On  re- 
ceiving a  call  from  Sussex,  was  ordained 
and  inducted  there  June  28th,  1892. 


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^p<DWARD  DAGENAIS,  1058  to 
1062  Ontario  street,  Montreal, 
~"V^>  Que.,  dry  goods  merchant, 
was  born  in  the  year  1860,  at  Sault-au- 
Recollet,  County  of  Hochelaga,  Que. 
His  parents  were  F.  and  Henrietta 
( Dessaultelle )  Dagenais,  who  were 
farmers.  He  received  his  education  at 
St.  Bridget  School,  Montreal,  and  by 
diligent  private  study.  He  commenced 
business  in  1884,  in  Montreal,  on 
Ontario  street,  where  he  has  since 
continued  and  where  he  has  succeeded 
in  building  up  a  very  large  business. 
The  secret  of  his  success  is  to  be 
attributed  to  his  thorough  knowledge 


of  his  business,  and  the  confidence  of 
his  customers  in  his  honesty  and  in- 
tegrity. In  religion,  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  the 
St.  Jean-Baptiste  and  St.  Joseph  so- 
cieties. He  fills  many  important  offices, 
and  among  these,  a  director  of  the  new 
Merchants'  Telephone  Company,  and 
in  1892,  elected  to  represent  the  St. 
Mary  Ward  of  Montreal,  as  alderman. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  taking 
a  lively  interest  in  the  welfare  of  that 
party.  Mr.  Dagenais  was  married,  in 
1883,  to  Emma  Racicot.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


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MEN 


ERBERT  ERNEST  HALL, 
.D.S.,  New  Westminster,  B.C., 
was  born  August  i5th,  1864, 
in  Gloucester  Township,  Carleton  Coun- 
ty, Ontario.  His  parents  removed  to 
Victoria,  British  Columbia,  when  Dr. 
Hall  was  only  eleven  years  of  age.  His 
father  was  Lewis  Hall  and  his  mother 
Elizabeth  (Beardmore)  Hall,  formerly 
natives  of  Staffordshire,  England, 
who,  after  spending  some  time  in  Aus- 
tralia and  other  parts  of  the  world, 
settled  in  Ontario,  in  1862.  After  a 
good  English  ediication,  obtained  from 
the  public  schools  and  by  private  study, 
Dr.  Hall  entered  the  Philadelphia 


Dental  College,  in  1890,  and  graduated 
from  there  in  1892.  He  proved  himself 
to  be  a  diligent  student,  and  passed  his 
professional  examination  with  great 
credit  both  to  himself  and  his  professors. 
He  at  once  went  to  New  Westminister, 
B.C.,  and  established  himself  in  his  pre- 
sent location,  where  he  is  building  up  a 
large  practice.  In  religion,  Dr.  Hall 
is  a  Methodist,  and  president  of  the 
Epworth  League  in  connection  with 
that  church.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Y.M.C.A.,  I.O.F.  and  Royal  Tem- 
plars. He  was  married,  May  3ist,  1886, 
to  Miss  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Herd,  of  Perth,  Scotland. 


CANADA. 


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.  JAMES    GRAY,   M.A.,    re- 
tired   Presbyterian    clergyman, 
_      Sussex,   N.B.,  was   born    at 
Longside,      Aberdeenshire,      Scotland, 
February   i9th,   1818.     He  is  the  son 
of  John  Gray  and  Elizabeth  (Ramsay) 
Gray.     He  received  only  a  limited  edu- 
cation at  the  parish  schools,  which  he 
left  at  eleven  years  of  age  to  work  on  a 
farm,  which  occupation  he  followed  for 
seven  or  eight  years.     He  then  obtained 
a  situation  in  Peterhead,  and  attended 
evening  school  and  studied  in  his  leisure 
hours,  and  thus  prepared  himself  for 
entering    the    Grammar    School,    and 
Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  where  he 
took  a  full  course,  and  gra- 
duated M.A.     He  then  en- 
tered the  Theological  Hall, 
at    Aberdeen,    and    studied 
under  professors  McLagan, 
Bryce,  Davidson  and  Long- 
muir,  for  three  years,  and 
a     fourth     year    in     Edin- 
burgh, under  Dr.  Cunning- 
ham, and  others.     He  then 
returned   to  Aberdeen,  and 
taught     in     an     Academy. 
He    was    licensed    by    the 
Presbytery  of  Aberdeen,  in 
1851,  and  continued  teach- 
ing and   preaching,  as    oc- 
casion demanded  until  1856, 
when,     at    the    solicitation 
of  the  Colonial  Committee 
of    the    Free    Church,    he 
came    to    New    Brunswick, 
and  was  sent  to  Sussex,  and 
surrounding   stations,  with 
a  view  of  getting  families  to- 
gether and  organizing  con- 
gregations.      Receiving     a 
unanimous  call,  he  settled  in 
Sussex,  and  was  the  means 
of  getting    three    churches 
built  in    different  districts. 
He     remained     in     Sussex 
thirty  one  years,  retiring  in 


1887.  At  first  his  field  of  labor  was 
very  extensive,  covering  an  area  of 
about  50  square  miles,  and  when  he  re- 
tired he  left  all  the  congregations, 
churches  and  manses,  without  a  dollar 
of  debt  on  them.  Mr.  Gray  was  mod- 
erator of  the  Synod  of  New  Brunswick, 
when  it  united  with  the  Synod  of  Nova 
Scotia,  in  1866.  He  was  married,  in 
1852,  to  Margaret,  daughter  of  James 
Ligertwood,  builder,  of  Aberdeen,  who 
died  February  23rd,  1888;  he  was  mar- 
ried again  in  November  5th,  1889,  to 
Jane,  daughter  of  William  McAuley,  of 
King's  County,  N.B.,  by  whom  he  has 
two  daughters. 


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7T  E.  HARVEY,  M.D.,  reeve  of 
j[^  \  •  Wyoming,  Ont.,  was  born  in 
V«)  1841,  in  Hants  County,  N.S. 
His  father,  Andrew  Harvey,  B.A., 
P.L.S.,  was  also  a  native  of  Hants 
County,  and  praticed  his  profession 
both  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  afterwards  in 
Norfolk  County,  Ont.,  where  he  re- 
moved in  1851,  and  where  for  sometime 
he  acted  as  superintendent  of  public 
schools.  At  his  own  expense,  he  put 
the  Ten  Commandments  in  tablet  form, 
into  all  the  schools  of  his  county,  and 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Ryerson,  upon  his  sug- 
gestion, had  them  introduced  into  all 
the  Canadian  public  schools.  He  was 


a  staunch  Presbyterian,  a  profound 
scholar,  a  life  long  Reformer,  and  a 
man  of  upright  Christian  character. 
His  wife,  Abigail  Harvey,  was  a  very 
estimable  woman.  She  died  in  1892, 
having  survived  her  husband  nearly 
20  years.  Dr.  Harvey,  his  son,  received 
his  primary  education  chiefly  by  the 
private  tuition  of  his  father,  during 
leisure  hours,  as  he  worked  on  the  farm 
in  summer,  and  in  the  lumber  woods 
in  winter.  When  eighteen  he  began 
teaching  school,  and  after  three  or  four 
years,  entered  Queen's  University, 
Kingston,  graduating  M.D.  in  1869. 
He  then  located  in  Wyoming,  where 
he  has  practised  ever  since. 
He  has  been  thrice  married  ; 
first  to  Margaret,  daughter 
of  Robert  Willis,  of  Nor- 
folk, by  whom  he  had  two 
daughters ;  then  to  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  John 
McLetire,  Esq., of  Plympton 
Township,  and  after  her 
death,  to  his  second  wife's 
sister,  Jennie  McLeure,  by 
whom  he  has  three  children. 
Dr.  Harvey,  in  addition 
to  his  medical  labors,  car- 
ries on  farming  on  an  ex- 
tensive scale,  and  also  keeps 
a  large  apiary.  Like  his 
father  before  him,  he  is  a 
staunch  Reformer,  secretary 
of  the  Wyoming  Reform 
Association,  and  an  out  and 
out  Free  Trader.  He  is  an 
adherent  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  also  belongs  to  the 
A.F.  and  A.M.,  in  which 
order  he  is  D.D.G.M.,  of 
St.  Clair  Div.  No.  2.  The 
doctor  has  been  for  years 
a  prominent  and  influential 
member  of  the  Wyoming 
Board  of  Education,  and 
reeve  of  the  municipality. 


1VEEK 


47 


f  «  ;E>  w, 


FATHER  EDWARD 
JOHN  BYRNE,  B.A.,  of  Sus- 
sex, N.B.,  was  born  in  Sus- 
sex, N.B.,  September  nth,  1867.  He 
is  the  son  of  James  Byrne  and  Sarah 
Green.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  while  his  mother  was 
from  Toronto,  Out.  His  parents  were 
earnest  Christian  people,  who  devoted 
their  son  Edward  to  the  church  and 
the  cause  of  religion,  early  in  life. 
Father  Byrne  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  Sussex,  where  he  made  com- 
mendable progress.  He  entered  St. 
Joseph  College,  Memramcook,  N.B.,  in 
1882,  and  studied  there  until  1889, 


when  he  went  to  the  Grand  Seminary, 
Montreal,  received  minor  orders,  re- 
maining there  two  years,  subsequently 
returning  to  Memramcook,  and  finish- 
ing his  theological  studies  there.  His 
educational  course  was  most  successful, 
he  stood  high  in  his  classical  studies, 
and  being  impressed  with  his  sacred 
calling,  had  a  very  successful  course 
in  theology.  He  was  valedictorian  of 
the  class,  in  1889, tne  largest  class  that 
the  college  has  so  far  sent  forth.  He 
was  ordained  by  Bishop  Sweeny,  at  the 
Cathedral,  in  St.  John,  N.B.,  on  the 
1 8th  of  June,  1892,  and  has  since  been 
stationed  at  Sussex. 


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WTUGH  M.  COOPER,  M.D.,  New 
crt""l  Westminster,  B.C.,  was  born 
Vs>  December  lyth,  1840,  at 
Thornhill,  Ont.  His  father,  Joseph 
Cooper,  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  his 
mother,  Christina  Muttart,  was  born  on 
Prince  Edward  Island.  Dr.  Cooper 
attended  school  in  his  native  place,  and 
then  studied  classics  under  Rev.  E.  H. 
Dewar,  of  Thornhill.  In  1860,  he  en- 
tered Trinity  College,  Toronto,  where 
he  took  a  three  years'  course.  He  then 
practiced  Hydropathy  in  Michigan. 
In  1869,  he  entered  Huron  College, 
London,  Ont.,  graduating  in  theology 
in  1870;  and  was  ordained  deacon  the 


same  year,  and  priest  in  1871.  He  was  a 
clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Church  for 
ten  years  in  Eastwood,  Brussels,  and 
Listowel,  Out.,  after  which  he  resumed 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  Saginaw, 
Michigan.  He  attended  two  sessions 
in  Michigan  Medical  College,  Detroit, 
graduating  in  1883.  In  1884,  he  re- 
moved to  New  Westminster,  B.C.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  A.O.F.,  I.O.O.F.,  C.O. 
O.K.,  C.O.F.,  K.  of  P.,  and  the  Orange 
Order.  He  is  a  Conservative.  In  1868, 
he  married  Mrs.  Lydia  Watterbery,  of 
Belmont,  Ont.,  and  after  her  death,  Mar- 
garet Galbraith,  of  New  Westminster,  in 
1889,  by  whom  he  has  one  daughter. 


OK 


49 


GUY  CAMPBELL,  con- 
tractor, Ottawa,  Ont., 
was  born  February  Qth, 
1847,  in  Plynipton  Town- 
ship, Larnbton  County,  Ont. 
His  parents,  Robert  and 
Marian  (Pettigrew)  Camp- 
bell, were  among  the  earliest 
and  most  highly  respected 
pioneers  of  Lambton  Coun- 
ty. His  father,  a  native 
of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  came 
in  early  life  to  Canada,  but 
went  to  the  United  States, 
where,  for  some  years,  he 
was  superintendent  of  large 
cotton  mills.  He  afterwards 
settled  in  Plympton,  and 
died  in  1878,  in  Wyoming, 
Ont.,  Their  family  con- 
sisted of  five  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Mr.  Guy  Camp- 
bell received  only  a  public 
school  education,  and  at 
eighteen  struck  out  for  him- 
self. He  was  soon  engaged 
on  public  works  in  the 
United  States,  in  different 
capacities.  In  1875,  he  be- 
gan operations  on  the  C.P. 
R.,  and  continued  with  the 
road  until  its  completion. 
He  built  the  bridges  from  Port  Arthur 
to  Winnipeg,  and  in  partnership  with 
Mr.  O'Neil,  took  contracts  in  construct- 
ing the  road  between  Winnipeg  and 
the  Rockies.  He  also  built  many  of 
the  bridges  along  the  North  Shore  of 
Lake  Superior,  and  in  1882-83,  built 
the  Broadway  bridge  across  the  Red 
River  at  Winnipeg.  From  1885  to  I^91^ 
he  built  ten  miles  of  the  P.  &  P.  J. 
Railway,  5  miles  of  the  C.P.R.,  between 
Montreal  and  Smith's  Falls,  15  miles 
of  the  Temenescotta  Railway,  between 
Riviere  du  Loup  and  Edmunton,  N.B., 
7  miles  of  the  grading  of  the  O.  &  N.G. 
Railway,  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  22  miles 


of  the  "  Missing  Link,"  between  Anna- 
polis and  Digby,  N.S.,  on  which  latter, 
some  very  difficult  and  expensive  bridge 
construction  was  necessary.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell is  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  A.  O.  U.  W.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Conservative,  and  in  religion,  a  Presby- 
terian. He  was  married,  April  9th, 
1883,  to  Maggie,  eldest  daughter  of 
Robt.  McKim,  formerly  of  Perth,  Ont., 
but  now  of  Bay  City,  Mich.  His  family 
consists  of  two  children.  Mr.  Campbell 
possesses  in  a  marked  degree  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow  men,  and  his 
energy  and  enterprise  are  well  worthy 
the  emulation  of  our  Canadian  youth. 


IVLEN 


LEONARD  ALLISON,  Barrister, 
Sussex,  Kings  County,  N.B.,  was 
^Vs>  born  at  Newport,  Hants  County, 
N.  S.,  March  3rd,  1855.  He  is  the 
eldest  child  of  John  Allison  and  his 
wife  Rachel  S.,  second  daughter  of 
Anthony  Shaw,  Esq.,  of  Newport.  He  is 
a  great-great-grandson  of  Joseph  Allison, 
of  Newport,  Liinavady,  near  London- 
derry, Ireland,  the  founder  of  the  Allison 
family  in  N.  S.,  and  nephew  of  David 
Allison,  LL-D.,  president  of  Mount 
Allison  University,  Sackville,  N.  B., 
and  of  W.  Henry  Allison,  representa- 
tive of  Hants  County  for  two  terras  in 
the  Nova  Scotia  Legislature,  and  sub- 


sequently for  a  like  period 
in  the  Dominion  Parliament. 
He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools 
of  Newport,  and  in  1870, 
entered  Sackville  Academy. 
Winning  an  Alumni  schol- 
arship, he  matriculated  next 
year  at  the  college  there, 
and  having  taken  several 
valuable  prizes,  he  graduat- 
ed B.A.,  May  25th,  1875,  as 
valedictorian  of  his  class. 
He  then  spent  six  years  as 
teacher  of  classics  in  Sack- 
ville Academy.  In  June, 
1880,  he  entered  as  law 
student  with  Albert  S. 
White,  Esq.,  of  Sussex,  now 
Solicitor-General  of  N.  B., 
but  continued  at  Sackville 
until  June  1882,  reading, 
law  with  H.  A.  Powell,  Esq., 
now  M.P.P.  for  Westmore- 
land County.  He  then 
studied  with  Silas  Alward, 
Esq.,  D.C.L.,  of  St.  John, 
N.  B.,  until  the  following 
March,  when  he  returned  to 
Sussex  and  completed  his 
term  with  Mr.  White.  On 
admission  as  Attorney,  June 
1 4th,  1883,  he  formed  with  Mr.  White, 
the  law  firm  of  White  &  Allison,  which 
became  White,  Allison  &  King,  July 
22nd,  1889.  Mr.  Allison  was  sworn  in 
as  Barrister,  June  26th,  1884,  a"d  mar- 
ried June  1 7th,  1885,  to  Ada  S.,  eldest 
daughter  of  John  Murray,  Esq.,  of 
Penobsquis,  N.  B.  He  is  an  adherent 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  leader  of 
the  choir  in  connection  therewith  at  Sus- 
sex. He  has  written  a  pamphlet  on  the 
Early  History  of  Sussex,  and  has  contri- 
buted to  the  "  Toronto  Globe  "  for  1890, 
and  to  the  "  Dominion  Illustrated  "  for 
1891,  views  of  numerous  places  of  inter- 
est in  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia. 


,EV.  PHILIPPE  LOUIS  BEL- 
LIVEAU, Barachois,Westmore- 
land  County,  N.B.,  was  born 
at  Belliveau  Village,  Parish  of  Memram- 
cook,  N.B.,  June  2ist,  1861.  He  is  the 
son  of  the  late  Frangois  J.  and  Madeleine 
Belliveau,  the  former  was  a  Customs 
officer  for  over  forty  years  in  the  parish 
of  Dorchester,  N.B.  Father  Belliveau 
received  his  early  education  at  the 
village  schools,  and  when  thirteen  years 
of  age,  entered  St.  Joseph's  College, 
Memramcook,  in  September,  1874,  and 
remained  there  for  7  years,  graduating 
in  June,  1881.  He  then  entered  the 
Grand  Seminary,  Montreal,  September 


2oth,  1 88 1,  was  ordained  by  Bishop 
Fabre,  December  2oth,  1884,  and  imme- 
diately after  was  sent  as  curate  to  the  vil- 
lage of  Richibucto,  Kent  County,  and 
after  staying  there  six  weeks,  was  trans- 
ferred to  Sussex,  Kings  County,  where 
he  was  curate  to  Rev.  James  Vereker  for 
fifteen  months.  On  June  ist,  1886,  he 
was  given  charge  of  the  Parish,  where 
he  continued  until  November  ist,  1892, 
when  he  was  removed  to  the  Parish  of 
Barachois,  his  present  field  of  labor. 
Father  Belliveau  is  a  very  eloquent 
preacher,  a  fluent  speaker  in  both  lan- 
guages, and  while  at  college,  secured 
most  of  the  honors  open  to  his  class. 


MKISI 


TT  RTHUR  DUBUC,  contractor, 
_X~\  Montreal,  P.Q.,  was  born  Jan- 
VS>  nary  8th,  1847,  in  Montreal. 
His  parents  were  Casimir  Dubuc,  and 
Zoe  Darche,  the  former  a  merchant 
tailor  of  Montreal.  Mr.  Dubnc  received 
his  education  at  the  Christian  Brothers' 
School,  Montreal,  and  then  learned  the 
printing  trade.  He  was  afterwards  a 
bookkeeper  in  Montreal,  for  three  years, 
and  then  went  into  stone  cutting,  which 
business  he  followed  for  a  similar  period, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  began  as 
a  contractor,  which  business  he  con- 
tinued to  follow,  and  has  built  up  a 
very  large  connection.  In  religion, 


Mr.  Dubuc  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  in 
politics,  an  active  Conservative.  He  is  a 
member  of  St. Vincent  de  Paul,  contrac- 
tors St.  Jean-Baptiste,  Chambre  de  Com- 
merce, and  several  other  societies.  In 
1878,  he  was  elected  alderman  for  St. 
Louis  Ward,  and  has  represented  it  ever 
since,  being  elected  twice  by  contest, 
three  times  by  acclamation,  and  was 
acting  mayor  for  some  time.  Mr. 
Dubuc  was  married,  in  1873,  to  Ange- 
line  Racicot,  daughter  of  Christopher 
Racicot,  deceased,  who  was  one  of  the 
oldest  and  leading  architects  of  Mont- 
real. His  family  consists  of  seven 
children  living. 


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,BV.  DYSON  HAGUE,  M.A., 
Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
_  Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born  in 
April,  1857,  at  Toronto,  Ont.  He  is 
the  second  son  of  Mr.  George  Hague, 
general  manager  of  the  Merchants' 
Bank  of  Canada,  and  the  well-known 
Canadian  banker,  a  man  to  whom  the 
banking  institutions  of  Canada  owe 
much.  Rev.  Mr.  Hague  received  his 
education,  first  at  Upper  Canada  Col- 
lege, and  continued  it  at  University 
College,  Toronto.  He  graduated  B.A. 
from  Toronto  University  in  1880,  and 
received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  the 
same  institution  in  1881,  He  is  also 


a  graduate  in  theology,  of 
Wyclyffe  College,  Toronto. 
He  was  ordained  deacon  in 
1882,  by  the  Bishop  of  Tor- 
onto, and  was  for  three 
years  curate  of  St.  James 
Cathedral  in  that  city.  In 
1885  he  was  appointed  first 
rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Brockville,  and  in  1890,  was 
appointed  to  the  rectorship 
of  St.  Paul's,  Halifax,  N.S., 
the  oldest  Protestant  Church 
in  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
and  the  largest  in  the  Mari- 
time Provinces.  It  was 
built  of  cedar,  pine  and  oak 
brought  in  a  vessel  from 
Boston,  and  opened  for  div- 
ine service  September  2nd, 
1750.  It  is  covered  with 
memorial  tablets  of  the 
famous  citizens,  statesmen, 
and  divines,  and  the  Coats 
of  Arms  of  deceased  noble- 
men and  others.  It  accom- 
modates about  2,000  people. 
The  orginal  building  stands, 
although  a  chancel  and 
wings  have  been  added. 
Mr.  Hague  has  shown  him- 
self to  be  a  u  workman  that 
needeth  not  to  be  ashamed,"  in  his  form- 
er churches,  and  during  the  time  he 
has  been  rector  of  St.  Paul's,  he  has 
displayed  not  less  conspicuous  ability 
than  his  illustrious  predecessors,  earn- 
ing for  himself  the  love  and  esteem  of 
his  parishioners.  He  was  married,  in 
1884,  to  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late 
Robert  Baldwin,  Esq.,  of  Toronto, 
whose  portrait  and  biography  appear 
in  Vol.  II.  of  "  The  Canadian  Album." 
His  family  consists  of  three  children. 
Mr.  Hague  is  the  author  of  the  "  Pro- 
testantism of  the  Prayer,"  a  work  which 
has  had  a  second  edition  published  in 
England. 


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CANADA. 


,EV.  JOHN  HAR- 
DEN BEST,  Bapt- 
_  ist  Minister,  New 
Westminster,  B.C.,  was  born 
in  Millford,  Carlow  County, 
Ireland,  April  2ist,  1855. 
He  came  to  Canada  with  his 
parents  in  1857,  and  settled 
in  Kent  County,  Ontario, 
where  he  received  his  prim- 
ary education.  When  four- 
teen years  of  age  he  was 
converted  and  has  since  that 
time  devoted  his  life  to 
Christian  work.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen,  he  not  un- 
frequently  occupied  vacant 
pulpits,  and  otherwise  took 
prominent  part  in  Christian 
work.  In  1872,  he  en- 
tered the  Woodstock  Col- 
lege, where  he  completed 
his  literary  and  theological 
course,  graduating  in  the 
Spring  of  1879.  He  was 
ordained  in  May  of  that 
year  at  Uxbridge,  Ont., 
where  he  remained  two 
years,  and  had  much  ma- 
terial and  spiritual  pros- 
perity. He  then  succeeded 
the  late  Rev.  Dr.  T.  L. 
Davidson,  at  Chatham,  Ont.,  his  old 
Church  home.  His  pastorate  there, 
was  one  of  continual  prosperity,  and 
his  church  made  rapid  progress.  In 
the  Spring  of  1885,  Mr.  Best  resigned 
his  Chatham  charge,  and  removed  to 
a  new  congregation  in  the  town  of 
Brandon,  Manitoba,  where  he  spent 
five  years,  and  succeeded  in  establish- 
ing a  strong  and  self-supporting  church. 
During  his  ministry  in  Brandon,  he 
devoted  one  year  to  the  superintendency 
of  Baptist  Missions,  and  under  his 
management  a  brighter  day  for  mission 
work  dawned  on  Manitoba,  and  the 
North-West  Territories.  Fourteen  new 


churches  were  organized,  pastors  set- 
tled, and  an  impetus  given  to  the  work, 
which  it  has  not  since  lost.  In  May, 
1890,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to 
his  present  charge,  the  Olivet  Baptist 
Church,  New  Westminster,  B.C.,  the 
oldest  Baptist  Church  on  the  mainland 
of  British  Columbia,  and  the  largest  in 
the  Province.  His  three  years  pastorate 
have  seen  gratifying  improvements  of 
the  church  edifice,  and  increase  of  the 
congregation  membership.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and 
I.O.O.F.  orders.  Mr.  Best  was  married, 
March  i7th,  1885,  to  Sadie,  daughter  of 
J.  S.  McCaul,  Esq.,  Toronto,  Ont. 


IVIKN   OR   CANADA.. 


JOSHUA  NEWTON  SMITH, 
M.D.,  Hampton,  Kings  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  at  Smith  town, 
Hampton,  June  2Qth,  1855.  He  is  the  son 
of  the  late  Joshua  and  Charity  Eliza  Ann 
Smith,  of  Kings  County,  who  are  des- 
cended from  U.E.  Loyalist  stock.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  formerly  from 
Brooklyn,  N.Y.  Dr.  Smith  received 
his  early  education  at  the  public  schools 
in  Hampton,  during  his  spare  time, 
while  working  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  then  attended  the  Normal  School, 
at  Fredericton,  N.B.,  during  the  term 
1875-76.  After  receiving  his  license  as 
public  school  teacher,  he  taught  in 


Rothesay  and  Norton  parishes,  County 
of  Kings,  N.B.  While  engaged  in  teach- 
ing, he  was  also  diligently  studying 
medicine.  He  graduated  M.D.  at  the 
University  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
March  6th ,  1 88 1 ,  and  at  once  commenced 
practice  in  Hampton.  In  religion,  Dr. 
Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Evangelical 
Church  of  England,  and  belongs  to 
the  Free  Masons,  I.  O.  F.  Order  of 
Unity,  Y.M.C.A.,  and  Temperance  so- 
cieties. He  is  examining  physician 
for  the  leading  assurance  companies. 
He  was  married  June  nth,  1884,  to 
Anna  A.,  daughter  of  Ramsay  Jackson, 
Esq.,  of  Norton,  N.B. 


CA.NADA. 


-4  irERMAN  LEWIS  McINNIS, 
(3jH  M.D.C.M.,  Edmonton,  Alberta, 
VS>  was  born  October  I3th,  1863, 
at  St.  John,  N.B.  His  parents  were 
J.  L.  and  Mary  (Lewis)  Mclnnis.  His 
father  was  Irish,  while  his  mother  was 
of  Puritan  stock.  The  former  is  at 
present  auditor  in  the  Customs  Depart- 
ment, Winnipeg.  Dr.  Mclnnis  was  edu- 
cated in  the  College  and  University  of 
Fredericton,  N.B.  In  1879,  he  joined 
his  parents  at  Winnipeg,  Manitoba.  He 
followed  the  business  of  chemist  for  five 
years,  two  before  he  removed  west,  and 
three  at  Winnipeg.  He  graduated 
M.D.C.M.,  from  Manitoba  University, 


in  1886,  from  which  institution  he  also 
carried  off  the  gold  medals.  ITI  1885, 
he  served  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
medical  corps,  during  the  North-West 
Rebellion.  In  the  Fall  of  1886,  he  re- 
moved to  Edmonton,  where  he  has  a 
large  practice,  and  is  greatly  esteemed. 
In  1890,  he  proceeded  to  Europe,  and 
further  prosecuted  his  studies  in  Vi- 
enna, Berlin  and  London.  Dr.  Mclnnis 
makes  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  child- 
ren. He  is  a  member  of  the  A.O.F., 
and  is  senior  coroner,  for  the  Edmonton 
district,  with  rights  for  the  entire 
North-West  Territory.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Liberal-Conservative. 


OK 


57 


GIBSON,  M.D.,  Wat- 
ford,  Ont.,  was  born  June  27th, 
,  in  Lobo  Township, 
Middlesex  County,  Ont.  His  parents 
were  Thomas  and  Betty  (Thexton) 
Gibson,  natives  of  England,  who  came 
to  Canada,  the  father,  over  60  years  ago, 
and  settled  in  Lobo,  where  they  and 
their  family,  have  always  been  held  in 
the  highest  esteem  for  their  industry 
and  upright  dealings.  Dr.  Gibson  was 
ambitious  when  a  boy  and  studied  hard 
to  excel.  He  obtained  a  Teachers' 
Certificate,  and  after  teaching  several 
years,  attended  the  Western  University, 
London,  from  which  he  graduated  M.D. 


in  1886,  and  then  located  in  Watford. 
He  was  a  diligent  student  and  passed 
all  his  examinations  with  great  credit 
to  himself  and  his  professors.  His 
practice  is  already  large,  and  is  still 
growing  very  satisfactorily.  He  ac- 
companied the  yth  Fusiliers,  in  1885,  to 
the  North- West,  as  assistant-surgeon, 
and  in  the  Fall  of  1886,  he  took  a  trip 
to  British  Columbia  and  California.  In 
religion,  the  Doctor  is  an  Episcopalian, 
and  is  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath 
School  of  that  church  in  Watford.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  staunch  Conservative, 
an  active  and  influential  officer  in  his 
party,  being  president  of  the  East 
Lambton  Conservative  As- 
^^HSCI  sociation.  He  has  all  the 
qualities  for  a  public  man, 
and  has  been  pressed  to 
become  a  candidate  for  Mu- 
nicipal and  Parliamentary 
honors,  but  his  growing 
practice  forbids.  He,  how- 
ever, takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  educational  mat- 
ters, being  chairman  of  the 
Public  School  Board  of  Wat- 
ford, and  also  president  of  the 
Watford  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute, which  he  was  largely 
instrumental  in  resuscitat- 
ing. Dr.  Gibson  is  surgeon 
of  the  2;th  Battalion  (St. 
Clair  Borderers),  and  is  also 
a  prominent  official  in  the 
C.O.F.,I.O.F.,L.O.L.,  I.O. 
O.F.,  Royal  Arcanum  and 
the  K.O.T.M.,  in  which 
latter  order  he  is  Provincial 
Physician  for  Ontario.  In 
November  aoth,  1888,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Ella 
Long,  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  Woods,  old  and 
highly  esteemed  residents  of 
Watford.  His  family  con- 
sists of  two  daughters. 


.  MARTIN  MURPHY,  Civil 
Engineer,  Halifax,  N.S.,  second 
son  of  Thomas  Murphy,  con- 
tractor, was  born  at  Ballindaggin,  near 
Enniscarthy,  County  Wexford,  Ireland, 
November  nth,  1832.  He  was  educated 
for  the  profession  of  Civil  Engineering, 
and  has  been  employed,  without  inter- 
mission, as  a  civil  engineer  and  con- 
tractor, from  1852  to  the  present  time. 
When  only  nineteen  years  of  age,  he 
joined  the  engineering  staff  of  the  late 
Wm.  Dargan,  and  continued  in  the 
same  employment  for  eleven  years. 
During  this  period  his  practice  extend- 
ed over  the  various  public  works  of  the 
time,  constructed  by  Mr. 
Dargan  in  the  four  prov- 
inces of  Ireland.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-four,  he  was 
engineer  and  manager  of 
railway  construction,  and  at 
thirty,  was  resident  engineer 
of  the  lines  of  railway  oper- 
ated by  the  Dublin,  Wick- 
low  and  Wexford  Railway 
Company,  in  which  position 
he  continued  until  he  came 
to  Canada  in  1868.  During 
1869  and  1870,  he  was  en- 
gineer for  the  extension  of 
new  streets  and  sewerage  in 
the  city  of  Halifax,  then  for 
the  next  two  years,  he  was 
employed  by  the  Provincial 
Government  of  Nova  Scotia, 
in  making  surveys  for  the 
extension  of  railways  in 
Nova  Scotia.  He  has  been 
consulted  by  the  Colonial 
Government  of  Newfound- 
land, by  the  Provincial  Gov- 
ernment of  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  has  made  an 
hydrographic  survey  for 
the  Colonial  Government  of 
Bermuda.  He  is  a  Doctor 
of  Science,  D.  Sc.,  and  a 


member  of  the  Canadian  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  president  of  Nova 
Scotia  Institute  of  Science,  lecturer  in 
the  class  of  Pure  and  Applied  Science, 
Dalhotisie  College,  and  has  acted  as 
examiner  of  graduates  in  engineering 
for  King's  College,  Windsor.  Doctor 
Murphy  is  the  author  of  several  papers 
on  engineering  subjects,  which  reflect 
great  credit  on  him,  and  he  is,  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  qualified  by  thorough 
education,  long  and  eventful  experience, 
and  natural  adaption  for  the  honorable 
and  highly  important  profession  in 
which  he  has  been  so  long  and  success- 
fully engaged. 


59 


,EV.  SAMUEL  HOWARD,  Me- 
thodist minister,  Hampton, 
_  Kings  County,  N.B.,  was 
born  at  Cornwall,  P.E.I.,  February 
2  ist,  1859.  He  is  the  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  Howard,  both  of  that  place. 
He  received  his  early  education  at  the 
Cornwall  schools,  and  then  spent  two 
years  at  the  Prince  of  Wales'  College, 
Charlottetown,  after  which  he  entered 
Mount  Allison  University,  at  Sackville, 
N.B.,  remaining  there  for  three  years, 
and  graduating  from  that  institution  in 
1884,  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He 
then  spent  one  year  as  assistant  pastor 
of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Frederic- 


ton,  N.B.  He  was  ordained  at  the 
June  Conference  in  1885,  and  sent  to 
Hampton  circuit.  His  next  appoint- 
ment was  the  Richmond  circuit,  Carle- 
ton  County,  N.B.,  which  he  served  for 
the  full  term  of  three  years.  He  was 
then  sent  by  the  Conference  to  Center- 
ville,where  he  also  remained  three  years, 
when  he  was  invited  to  return  to  Hamp- 
ton for  a  second  term,  which  he  did  in 
1892.  Mr.  Howard  is  an  able  minister 
of  the  Gospel.  He  was  married,  Dec- 
ember 24th,  1885,  to  Annie  J.,  daughter 
of  Donald  and  Jane  Robertson,  of  Hard- 
wick,  Northumberland  County,  N.B. 
His  family  consists  of  two  sons, 


6o 


,EV.  PETER  M.  MORRISON, 
agent  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Canada,  at  Hal- 
ifax, N.S.,  was  born  July  25th,  1840,  at 
St.  James,  N.B.  His  parents  were  Peter 
and  Jane  (McAskill)  Morrison.  The  for- 
mer came  from  Edinburgh,  about  1820, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  Church  and 
political  work.  Mr.  Morrison  was 
educated  at  the  common  schools,  the 
St.  Andrew's  Academy,  and  at  the 
Presbyterian  College,  Halifax.  He  was 
ordained  Sept.,  1865,  and  took  charge 
of  the  congregation  of  St.  Stephen,  N.B. 
In  1867,  he  removed  to  Bridgewater, 
N.S.,  and  in  1877  went  to  Dartmouth, 


and  remained  until  November,  1886, 
when  he  was  called  by  the  Synod  of  the 
Maritime  Provinces,  to  be  the  agent  of 
the  eastern  section  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Canada.  He  is  treasurer 
for  all  the  missionary  funds,  and  secre- 
tary of  several  missionary  committees. 
He  was  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  St. 
Stephen,  N.B.,  from  1865  to  1867,  and 
of  that  of  Lnnenburg  and  Yarmouth, 
from  1869  to  1877,  also  clerk  of  the 
Synod  of  the  Maritime  Provinces,  from 
1877  to  1886.  He  was  married,  Nov. 
29th,  1865,  to  Miss  Kate  McGeachy, 
of  St.  John,  N.B.,  by  whom  he  has  five 
sons  and  five  daughters. 


OF" 


61 


HOMAS  B.  TAYLOR,  druggist 
and  photographer,  Watford, 
Ont.,  was  born  October  2oth,  1855, 
in  North  Crosby,  Leeds  County,  Ont. 
His  father,  W.  R.  Taylor,  when  a 
young  man,  graduated  in  law,  but 
afterwards  gave  his  attention  to  oil 
painting  and  water  colors,  in  which  he 
attained  considerable  distinction.  He 
died  in  1885.  His  widow,  Ellen  O. 
Taylor,  who  is  still  living  and  resides 

Watford      with     her     son,     is     a 


in 


daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Taylor,  of 
Hamilton,  formerly  an  officer  in  the 
British  Army.  Mr.  Taylor  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  Watford, 
when  only  sixteen  years  of 
age,  without  money  or  in- 
fluence, but  possessing  the 
ability  of  a  thorough  earnest 
man,  he  has  built  up  a  com- 
paratively large  business, 
which  is  a  credit  alike  to 
himself  and  to  the  town. 
His  first  venture  was  photo- 
graphy, for  which  he  had 
a  natural  taste,  and  at  which 
he  soon  excelled.  In  1884, 
having  also  a  love  for  chem- 
istry, he  opened  out  in  the 
drug  business.  In  1893,  he 
bought  out  a  stock  of  jewel- 
ry, so  that  now  anything 
first-class  in  photographs, 
jewelry,  silverware,  drugs, 
as  well  as  books  and  station- 
ery, can  be  got  at  fair  prices, 
in  his  elegant  commodious 
stores.  He  is  also  an  issuer 
of  marriage  licenses.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Methodist, 
and  recording  steward  of  his 
church.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.-,  the 
C.O.F.  and  L.O.L.,  and  has 
found  time  to  serve  his  fel- 
low townsmen  in  the  Coun- 
cil Chamber,  where  his  bus- 


iness ability  and  spirit  of  public  enter- 
prise, have  been  at  the  service  of  the 
municipality.  He  is  never  behind  in 
contributing  financially  and  otherwise 
to  any  deserving  cause,  and  is  generally 
among  the  leaders,  in  whatever  tends 
to  benefit  the  community,  and  in  con- 
sequence is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  all  his  acquaintances.  On  Decem- 
ber 2oth,  1 88 1,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Emma  L.  Rice,  daughter  of  the  late 
Thomas  Rice,  a  prominent  exporter  of 
Stratford,  Ont.  His  family  consists  of 
four  children,  namely  :  Fred.  Arthur, 
Jessie  Robina,  Franklin  Thomas  and 
Herbert  George. 


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.  TUGS.  SCOULER,  Pastor 
of  St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian 
Church,  New  Westminster, 
B.C.,  was  born  July  loth,  1843,  at 
Avondale,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  His 
parents  were  Gavin  and  Janet  (Steven) 
Scouler,  both  Scotch,  the  former  being 
a  merchant  in  Strathavan.  After  Mr. 
Scouler  completed  his  course  in  the 
common  school,  he  attended  the  Ander- 
sonian  College,  Glasgow,  for  about  two 
years,  and  subsequently  attended  the 
Glasgow  University.  In  December, 
1874,  he  came  to  Canada  and  took  a 
theological  and  literary  course  in  Knox 
College  and  Toronto  University,  Tor- 


onto, Ont,  graduating  in  theology  from 
Knox  College,  in  the  Spring  of  1880. 
For  about  nine  years  prior  to  coming 
to  this  country,  he  was  engaged  in 
missionary  work  in  Glasgow  and  Ham- 
ilton, Scotland,  and  in  this  capacity  he 
was  eminently  successful.  He  was 
ordained  and  inducted  into  Erskine 
Presbyterian  Church,  Hamilton,  Ont., 
December  yth,  1880,  which  was  then  a 
small  mission.  Mr.  Scouler's  labors 
in  Hamilton,  however,  were  rewarded 
by  a  large  measure  of  success,  his  con- 
gregation having  increased  until  the 
large  brick  church  now  occupied  by  the 
congregation  was  required,  and  built 
under  his  pastorate.  While 
here,  he  made  many  fast 
friends  and  his  memory  is 
greatly  cherished  by  the 
members  of  the  church.  In 
January,  1887,  he  entered 
upon  his  present  pastorate, 
this  church  being  the  first 
organized  church,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Canadian 
Presbyterian  Church  in 
British  Columbia.  Since 
then  the  beautiful  new 
building  now  occupied  by 
the  St.  Andrew's  people, 
has  been  erected,  and  in 
1890  two  offshoots  from  this 
church  were  started,  viz.:  the 
West  Church,  New  West- 
minster, and  Knox  Church 
of  Sapperton.  Mr.  Scouler 
is  moderator  of  the  Synod 
of  British  Columbia,  and  his 
influence  upon  the  people  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  is  widely 
felt.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  A.F.  &  A.M.  and  of  the 
R.  T.  of  T.  He  was  mar- 
ried Nov.  nth,  1880,  to  Miss 
Lillias  Wyse,  daughter  of 
Capt.  James  Hardie,  of  Glas- 
gow, Scotland. 


IVIKM   OR   CANADA. 


,EV.  6TIENNE  NAPOLEON 
MASS£,  Grande  Digue,  Kent 
_  County,  New  Brunswick, 
was  born  at  St.  Cesaire,  P.Q.,  March 
26th,  1850.  He  is  the  son  of  Peter  A. 
Masse  and  Julie  Benoit,  both  of  St. 
Cesaire,  P.Q.  He  received  his  early 
education  at  St.  Cesaire,  at  the  College 
of  the  Holy  Cross,  and  continued  it  for 
two  years  at  St.  Mary's  College,  four 
years  at  St.  Lawrence  College,  Mont- 
real, Que.,  four  years  at  St.  Joseph  Col- 
lege, Mernramcook,  N.B.,  and  gradu- 
ating from  the  latter  institution,  was 
ordained  to  the  priesthood  in  Montreal, 
April  1 5th,  1884.  He  was  then  sent  to 


Grande  Digue,  as  curate,  and  after 
serving  the  church  in  that  capacity  for 
four  years,  was  given  charge  of  the 
Parish,  in  which  he  still  continues. 
He  is  a  highly  gifted  and  thoroughly 
educated  gentleman.  His  college  ca- 
reer was  marked  by  an  intense  appli- 
cation to  study,  and  a  keen  intellectual 
capacity  for  mastering  the  details  of  the 
many  difficult  subjects  with  which  he 
had  to  grapple.  When  he  entered  on 
his  pastorate,  he  had  a  mind  well  stored 
with  the  truths  essential  to  success  in 
the  work  which  he  had  chosen, ''and 
which  he  has  since  so  faithfully  con- 
ducted. 


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OK 


HOS.  TWEED,  M.L.A.,  general 
merchant,  Medicine  Hat,  Assa., 
was  born  April  i4th,  1853,  at  Kingston, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Jane  (Hiditch)  Tweed.  Mr.  Tweed  re- 
ceived his  education  in  Kingston,  Out., 
and  then  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
business.  He  subsequently  accompa- 
nied Wolsley  in  both  of  his  Red  River 
expeditions,  and  then  became  manager 
of  the  Stormont  Cotton  Mills  at  Corn- 
wall. Afterwards  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  John  Ewart,  as  general 
merchants,  cattle  ranchers,  etc.,  at  Med- 
icine Hat  and  Lethbridge.  In  1888 
and  1891,  he  was  elected  by  acclamation 


to  the  North-West  Legislative  Assem- 
bly, for  the  district  of  Medicine  Hat,  and 
unsuccessfully  opposed  Mr.  N.  F.  Davin, 
in  1891.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
North-West  Territory  Executive  Com- 
mittee, president  of  the  Local  Board  of 
the  Canadian  Loan  and  Investment  So- 
ciety, ex-vice-president  and  present 
director  of  the  Medicine  Hat  Hospital, 
District  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the 
Masonic  Order,  a  member  of  the  Orange 
Order,  the  A.O.U.W.  and  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  was  married, 
June  3rd,  1873,  to  Miss  Helen,  daughter 
of  Capt.  John  Sutherland,  of  Kingston, 
Out.,  by  whom  he  has  three  children. 


y BANDER     HARVEY, 

I       M.D.,   Watford,    Ont., 

^VS>  was  born  June  ist, 
1 836,  at  Newport,  N.S.  His 
father  Andrew  Harvey,  P. 
L.S.,  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic schools,  and  his  mother 
Abigail  Harvey,  are  referred 
to  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 
Dr.  Harvey  began  teaching 
when  only  fifteen  years  old, 
and  obtained  (chiefly  by 
private  study),  a  first-class 
Teachers'  Certificate,  when 
twenty.  He  taught  school 
eleven  years,  after  which  he 
graduated  M.D.  from  the 
University  of  Philadelphia, 
and  shortly  after  from  the 
Royal  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Kingston, 
Ont.  In  1866,  he  located 
in  Watford,  where  he  has 
practiced  ever  since.  In 
politics,  Dr.  Harvey  is  a 
staunch  Reformer,  and  in  re- 
ligion, a  Baptist.  Although 
pressed  to  accept  municipal 
and  parliamentary  honors, 
his  extensive  practice  and 
personal  inclinations  have 
always  forbidden,  but  in 
educational  matters  and  temperance 
legislation,  he  takes  an  active  and  in- 
fluential part,  having  been  chairman  of 
the  Watford  High  School  Board,  since 
its  inception,  and  was  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  License  Commisioners  for 
East  Lainbton,  for  eight  years.  He  is 
also  Coroner  for  the  County.  The  Doc- 
tor is  a  man  of  broad  and  liberal  re- 
ligious views,  as  is  evinced  by  the  warm 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all  creeds, 
and  by  the  fact  that  he  often,  by  re- 
quest, preaches  in  the  various  churches 
in  his  locality.  He  attributes  his  pos- 
ition as  a  Christian  to  the  influence,  in 
his  earlier  years,  of  his  devoted  mother, 


encouraged  in  later  life  by  his  excel- 
lent wife.  In  1857,  ne  was  married  to 
Annie,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Wil- 
son, Esq.,  of  Walsinghani  Township, 
whose  prominent  family  history,  among 
the  first  pioneers  of  that  county  is  so 
widely  known.  Dr.  Harvey  has  had 
eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  passed 
infancy,  viz :  Sarah,  afterwards  Mrs. 
Dr.  Stanley,  who  died  in  1879,  John 
Andrew,  accidently  killed  when  five, 
Corydon  Ford,  druggist,  Rodney,  Ont., 
Leila  Maud,  Fanny  Abigail,  Leander 
Roy  and  Wilfred  W.  P.,  High  School 
students,  and  Basil  C.  H.,  a  third  year 
student  in  arts,  at  Toronto  University. 


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MEN 


Yj<  DWARD  HECTOR  ROULEAU, 
M.D.,  Belgium  Consul  for  the 
~*V«>  North-West  Territory,  Cal- 
gary, Alberta,  was  born  October  3ist, 
1843,  at  Isle  Verte,  County  of  Temis- 
couata,  Que.  He  is  a  brother  of  Hon. 
Mr.  Justice  Charles  Borromee  Rouleau, 
whose  history  and  portrait  appear  else- 
where in  this  volume.  Dr.  Rouleau's 
early  education  was  obtained  at  the 
common  school  of  his  birth  place,  and 
afterwards  continued  at  the  Laval  Nor- 
mal School.  After  receiving  his  diplo- 
ma from  the  latter  institution,  he  con- 
tinued to  study  Latin  and  Greek  in 
Nicolet  College.  He  subsequently 


studied  medicine  in  Laval 
University,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1870,  having 
entered  that  institution  in 
1866.  He  then  practiced 
his  profession  at  Bic,  Que., 
seven  years ;  Ottawa,  one 
year;  Bryson,  Que.,  eight 
years;  and  during  the  North- 
West  Rebellion,  in  1884, 
he  practiced  at  Battleford, 
Saskatchewan.  In  May, 
1885,  he  returned  to  Bryson 
and  remained  two  years, 
when  he  again  returned  to 
the  North-West  and  located 
in  Calgary,  in  1887,  where 
he  still  continues  and  where 
his  professional  services  are 
great  demand.  In  ad- 


in 


dition  to  this,  he  is  also 
physician  in  charge  of  the 
Holy  Cross  Hospital,  Cal- 
gary. Dr.  Rouleau  was 
Capt.  of  the  "  Fils  de  Cha- 
teauguay "  College  Com- 
pany for  three  years,  and  in 
1864,  he  went  to  the  Quebec 
Military  School  and  obtain- 
ed his  degrees  in  first  and 
second  classes  after  two 
months  there.  He  was  ap- 
pointed the  Belgium  Consul  for  the 
North-West  Territory,  November  17th, 
1888,  his  commission  bearing  the  sig- 
natures of  "Victoria"  and  "Salisbury." 
In  politics,  he  is  an  ardent  Reformer, 
and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  pro- 
nounced and  influential  members  of  the 
party.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic,  and  second  vice-president  of 
the  Calgary  C.  M.  B.  A.  He  takes  a 
great  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community.  Dr.  Rouleau 
was  married,  April  8th,  1883,  to  Miss 
Catherine,daughter  of  Edward  O'Meara, 
Esq.,  merchant,  Bryson,  Que.,  by  whom 
he  has  two  daughters. 


1 


,EV.  ALLAN  SIMPSON,  Pres- 
byterian clergyman,  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  born  February 
25th,  1841,  at  Prince  Edward  Island. 
His  parents  were  Alexander  Simpson 
and  Eliza  McNeil.  His  ancestors  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  that  island. 
Mr.  Simpson  received  his  primary  edu- 
cation in  Truro,  N.S.,  pursuing  his  arts 
course  in  the  Presbyterian  Seminary 
there,  and  his  theological  course  in  the 
Presbyterian  College,  Halifax.  He  was 
ordained  August  yth,  1866,  at  the  Gore, 
Hants  County,  N.S.  His  whole  life 
has  been  devoted  to  the  ministry,  and 
he  has  been  pastor  of  his  present 


charge  for  twenty-five  years,  which  is 
one  of  the  longest  pastorates  any  min- 
ister has  had  in  the  city  of  Halifax. 
During  his  long  association  with  his 
people,  neither  his  interest  in  them, 
nor  their  love  for  him  have  in  any 
sense  decreased,  but  on  the  contrary 
have  increased  as  the  years  have  gone 
by.  Mr.  Simpson  is  also  a  member  of 
the  North  British  Society,  and  has 
been  clerk  of  the  Halifax  Presbytery, 
for  twelve  years.  He  was  married,  July 
nth,  1872,  to  Miss  Jemima  Mary 
Stuart,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Alexander 
Stuart.  He  had  two  children,  one  is 
now  living,  and  attending  college. 


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,EV.  J.  MACMILLAN,  B.A., 
B.D.,  Presbyterian  Clergyman, 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  was  born 
November  27th,  1842,  at  Scotch  Hill, 
Pictou  County,  N.S.  His  parents  were 
Duncan  and  Mary  (Cameron)  MacMil- 
lan.  His  father  was  connected  with 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  at  Pictou,  as  an 
elder.  Rev.  George  MacMillan,  a 
brother,  is  located  at  Malpecque,  P.E.I. 
Mr.  MacMillan  began  his  education  in 
the  common  schools,  of  Pictou  County. 
He  entered  Queen's  College,  Kingston, 
Ont.,  in  1859,  and  graduated  in  1862, 
as  B.A.,  and  in  1865,  as  B.D.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  at  Ottawa,  in  June, 


1865,  and  was  ordained  at  Little  River, 
Musquodoboit,  Halifax  County,  N.S., 
March  26th,  1866.  He  was  appointed  to 
St.  Paul's  Church,  Truro,  N.S.,  Nov- 
ember 28th,  1872,  and  translated  to 
Chalmer's  Church,  Halifax,  April  29th, 
1884.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Home  Mission  Committee  (Eastern 
Section)  since  the  union,  and  convener 
since  1882.  He  is  also  convener  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Halifax  Committee  on 
Sabbath  schools,  and  a  governor  of 
Dalhousie  College,  at  Halifax.  He  was 
married  27th  July,  1868,  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Charles  E.  Wiswell,  of 
Halifax.  He  has  three  daughters  living. 


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JOHN  CLARKE  CARLOS  DE 
LEANO  MCLEAN,  L.D.S., 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  was  born  July 
4th,  1863.  His  parents .  were  Lieut. 
Colonel  George  Clarke  McLean,  a 
diplomat,  in  Austria,  at  the  present 
time,  and  Elizabeth  Victoria  d'Aosta. 
Mr.  McLean  received  his  education  at 
Montreal  McGill  Model  School,  Col- 
legiate School,  under  William  Nicholl, 
a  Commercial  School,  under  William 
Turner,  and  the  Collegiate  Institute, 
Cambridge.  He  entered  the  office  of 
George  W.  Lovejoy,  M.D.,  L.D.S., 
April  1 3th,  1878,  and  finished  the 
course  in  September,  1881,  but  being 


only  eighteen  years  of  age, 
the  Board  would  not  grant 
examination.  He  remained 
as  assistant  until  August, 
1882,  and  in  September  of 
that  year,  went  as  assistant 
to  Dr.  Alfred  Wright,  with 
whom  he  remained  until 
January,  1883.  He  then 
went  to  Europe,  and  spent 
seven  months  travelling 
through  various  European 
cities,  after  which  he  devoted 
three  months  to  the  British 
Isles,  and  returned  to  Amer- 
ica in  February,  1884.  He 
was  identified  with  several 
operatic  and  concert  compa- 
nies, notably  Wagner  Fest- 
ival Concerts,  and  returned 
to  Montreal  in  1885,  again 
taking  an  engagement  with 
Dr.  Lovejoy.  He  entered 
the  University  of  Bishop's 
College  (medical  depart- 
ment) as  partial  student, 
and  graduated  before  the 
Provincial  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers the  following  May. 
Being  ordered  by  his  physi- 
cian to  give  up  practice,  or 
change  climate,  he  went  to 
Waterloo,  P.Q.,  a  small  town,  where, 
with  plenty  of  out  door  exercise,  health 
was  restored.  He  returned  to  Montreal 
in  1892,  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
Dr.  Dixon,  and  is  now  the  successor  of 
the  firm  of  Dixon  &  McLean.  Mr. 
McLean  belongs  to  the  Brotherhood  of 
St.  Andrew,  and  is  the  director  of  St. 
Paul's  Chapter.  In  politics,  he  is  an 
Independent,  and  in  religion,  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  was  choir  director  of  St. 
Luke's  for  four  years,  and  lay  reader  in 
the  neighboring  parish  of  Knowlton. 
He  was  married,  Sept.  22nd,  1886,  to 
Alice  Gertrude  Bucke,  of  London,  Eng. 
He  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 


r.  FRANCIS  PAR- 
TRIDGE, M.  A., 
_  D.D.,  Canon  of 
St.  Luke's  Cathedral,  Hali- 
fax, N.  S.,  Dean  of  the  City 
of  Halifax,  and  Rector  of 
St.  George's  Church,  was 
born  April  2nd,  1846,  at 
Dursley,  Gloucestershire, 
England.  His  parents  were 
Charles  and  Catherine  Par- 
tridge. His  father  is  of  the 
old  Gloucestershire  family, 
of  Partridge,  whose  seat  is 
at  Wishanger,  and  which 
has  descended  from  father 
to  son  for  the  past  600 
years.  His  mother  is  of  the 
Scotch  family  of  Gilniour, 
of  Craigmillar,  Edinburgh. 
Dr.  Partridge  received  his 
education  at  Lady  Berke- 
ley's Grammar  School,  Wot- 
ton,  Gloucestershire,  and  St. 
Augustine's  College,  Cant- 
erbury, England,  of  which 
he  is  now  a  Fellow.  He 
graduated  with  distinction, 
and  was  Greek  Testament 
and  English  Essay  prize- 
man in  1866-68.  He  held 
the  position  of  Classical 
Master  in  Dursley  Grammar  School  in 
1864-65.  He  came  to  Canada  and  was 
ordained  Deacon  in  1869,  and  Priest  in 
1870,  by  Bishop  Medley,  of  Frederic- 
ton.  He  was  head  master  of  the  Gram- 
mar School,  St.  Andrews,  N.B.,  from 
1869  to  1872,  Rector  of  Rothesay,  N.B. 
from  1872  to  1882,  and  has  been  Rector 
of  St.  George's  Church,  Halifax,  N.S., 
since  1882.  He  was  Canon  of  Christ 
Church  Cathedral,  Fredericton,  from 
1879  to  1882,  Canon  of  St.  Luke's 
Cathedral,  Halifax,  in  1889,  Urban 
Dean  of  Halifax,  1889,  Examiner  in 
Classics  and  Hebrew,  Kings  College, 
Windsor,  and  Lecturer  in  Canon  and 


Ecclesiastical  Law  in  the  same  institu- 
tion. He  is  also  an  examiner  on  the 
Board  of  the  Provincial  Synod  for 
Divinity  Degrees,  Examining  Chaplain 
to  the  Bishop  of  Nova  Scotia,  and 
secretary  of  the  Diocese.  He  is  also 
vice-president  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land Institute,  and  president  of  several 
local  societies.  He  is  also  a  Free  Mason, 
P.D.G.M.,  New  Brunswick  and  Nova 
Scotia,  33rd  A.  &  A.S.  Rite.  In  poli- 
tics, he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative.  He 
was  married  in  1868,  to  Maria  Louisa, 
youngest  daughter  of  John  J.  Gillet, 
Esq.,  of  Bristol,  England,  by  whom  he 
has  four  sons  and  four  daughters. 


MEN   OK   CANADA. 


TfW.  W.  DOANE,  City  Engineer, 
-I  Halifax,  N.  S.,  was  born  at 
Barrington,  N.S.,  May  3ist, 
1863.  He  is  the  son  of  Capt.  Harvey 
Doane.  Mr.  Doane  began  engineering 
work  in  1882,  and  from  1883  to  1891, 
was  assistant  to  the  Provincial  Govern- 
ment engineer  of  Nova  Scotia.  He 
was  engaged  on  the  survey  of  the 
Musquodoboit  Valley  and  Stewiacke 
Railway,  and  in  1889  on  the  Carleton 
Branch,  Heatherton  and  Gnysboro 
Railway,  and  North  Colchester  Rail- 
way. In  1891  he  received  his  present 
appointment.  Mr.  Doane,  when  elected, 
was  probably  the  youngest  member  of 


the  Canadian  Society  of  Civil  Engin- 
eers. He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  the  Institute  of  Science, 
Halifax,  since  1888,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Faculty  of  Pure  and 
Applied  Science,  of  Dalhousie  College 
and  University,  being  lecturer  on  Muni- 
cipal Engineering.  His  work  as  city 
engineer,  embraces  such  work,  as  en- 
gineer of  waterworks,  public  works, 
street  grading,  paving,  repairs,  etc. 
He  has  recently  recommended  the  con- 
struction of  new  sewers,  estimated  to 
cost  $100,000,  improvement  in  the  city 
water  supply,  and  other  works,  which 
will  aggregate  $300,000. 


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OR 


ISAAC  REGINALD  BRIGHAM, 
junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Smith 
&  Brigham,  and  manager  of  the 
Assiniboia  Roller  Mills,  Moosomin, 
Assiniboia,  was  born  October  Qth,  1856, 
at  Ottawa.  After  receiving  his  primary 
education  in  the  Ottawa  public  schools, 
Mr.  Brigham  studied  mechanical  en- 
gineering under  Alex.  Flack,  of  Ottawa. 
He  was  employed  in  many  leading  ma- 
nufacturing institutions,  among  which 
are  the  Hinkley  Locomotive  Works, 
Boston  ;  Potter  Printing  Press  Co.,  New 
York;  Munn  &  Co.,  New  Brunswick, 
N.  J. ;  Brainard  Milling  Machine  Co., 
Hyde  Park,  Mass. ;  L.  J.  Knowles, 


Worcester,  Mass.;  Pratt  and  Whitney, 
on  Gattling  and  Gardner  Guns,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.;  Hard  Rubber  Goods  Co., 
College  Point;  Goodyear  Rubber  Co.; 
Becket  &  McDowell,  Arlington,  N.  J.; 
and  Hohenstein  Mnfg.  Co.,  Newark, 
N.  J.  In  1888,  Mr.  Brigham  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  uncle,  Mr.  C.  J. 
Smith.  The  Assiniboia  Roller  Mills 
has  a  capacity  of  130  bis.  a  day,  of 
the  very  best  quality  of  flour.  Mr. 
Brigham  is  an  active  Conservative 
worker,  being  president  of  the  Central 
Conservative  Association  for  Eastern 
Assiniboia.  In  Religion,  he  is  an 
Episcopalian. 


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yr  STEWART  THOMPSON, 
-t-\  •  M.B.,  Toronto  University, 
V5>  L.R.C.P.  and  L.R.C.S.,  Ed- 
inburgh, Strathroy,  Ont.,  was  born  in 
Middlesex  County,  Ont.,  July  i4th, 
1862.  His  father  is  Dr.  A.  Thompson, 
of  Strathroy,  a  native  of  Argyleshire, 
Scotland  (who  made  teaching  a  step- 
ping tone  to  medicine),  and  his  mo- 
ther is  Jane  (Stewart)  Thompson, 
daughter  of  the  late  Alex.  Stewart  of 
Lobo.  Dr.  A.  S.  Thompson  was  edu- 
cated primarily  at  the  public  and  High 
schools  of  Strathroy.  He  then  attend- 
ed Upper  Canada  College,  from  which, 
at  seventeen,  he  matriculated  into  Tor- 
onto University,  where  he 
took  the  Science  course,  con- 
currently with  Medical  lec- 
tures, at  Trinity  Medical 
College.  In  1882,  being  too 
young  to  graduate,  he  went 
to  Edinburgh,  where  he 
took  a  final  course  of  lec- 
tures, and  was  two  years  in 
constant  attendance  at  the 
Royal  Infirmary,  where  he 
held  clerkships,  in  both  the 
medical  and  surgical  wards. 
In  1884,  Dr.  Thompson  gra- 
duated, taking  the  "  double 
qualifications,"  as  above  in- 
dicated. He  then  returned 
to  Canada,  and  having  gra- 
duated with  honors  at  Tor- 
onto University,  succeeded 
to  his  uncle's  practice,  in 
Detroit,  Mich.  In  1886,  im- 
paired health,  from  close 
city  practice,  decided  him  to 
locate  in  Strathroy,  where 
he  has  rapidly  built  up  and 
retained  a  large  and  highly 
satisfactory  practice.  Dr. 
Thompson  is  surgeon  of  the 
Middlesex  House  of  Refuge, 
also  medical  examiner  for 
the  leading  insurance  com- 


panies doing  business  in  his  vicinity. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Ontario  Medical 
Association,  and  honorary  member  of 
Detroit  Academy  of  Medicine.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  pol- 
itics, a  Liberal.  He  belongs  to  the 
S.O.S.,  C.O.F.,  K.O.T.M.  and  the 
I.O.O.F.  He  is  physician  to  each  or- 
der, and  has  filled  the  highest  offices,  in 
both  camp  and  subordinate  lodge  of  the 
last  named  society.  He  gives  practical 
support  and  encouragement  to  all  health- 
ful athletics.  He  was  married,  Sept.  Qth, 
1891,  to  Mary  Louise,  daughter  of  P.  J. 
Brown,  Esq.,  barrister,  Osgoode  Hall, 
Toronto.  He  has  one  son. 


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OFN 


^TXONALD  McLEAN,  proprietor 
1  of  the  Alberta  Roller  Mills, 
Calgary,  Alberta,  was  born 
August  i  Qth,  1851,  at  Osnabrook  Town- 
ship, Stormont  County,  Ont.  His 
parents  are  John  and  Margaret  (Lamb) 
McLean,  now  living  retired  at  Ottawa, 
Ont.  The  former  was  a  native  of  the 
Island  of  Mull,  and  the  latter  of  Glas- 
gow, Scotland.  Coining  to  Canada, 
they  lived  on  the  same  farm,  in  Osna- 
brook Township,  from  1848  until  their 
removal  to  Ottawa,  in  1893.  Mr. 
McLean  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  township,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm,  until  he 


was  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  then 
served  an  apprenticeship  of  six  years  to 
the  milling  trade,  with  John  Hull,  of 
Lakefield,  Ont.  He  then  conducted  a 
stone  mill  on  his  own  account,  at  Kin- 
mount,  Victoria  County,  Out.,  for  four 
years,  and  then  removed  to  Young's 
Point,  on  Stoney  Lake,  where  he  conti- 
nued in  the  same  business  for  five 
years  longer,  when  he  rented  the  Lake- 
field  Lumber  Company's  Roller  Flour 
Mill,  at  Lakefield,  Ont.,  which  was 
destroyed  by  fire  six  months  later.  The 
company  rebuilt  the  mill  shortly  after- 
wards, and  he  then  ran  it  very  success- 
fully for  five  years.  Removing  to  the 
North- West  Territory,  he- 
built  the  Calgary  Roller 
Mill,  in  the  year  1892,  which 
has  all  the  latest  improve- 
ments in  machinery,  and 
with  a  capacity  of  125  bar- 
rels per  day.  The  building 
proper  is  of  stone  40  x  50, 
and  the  engine  room  is  40  x 
20.  The  main  building  is 
49  feet  high.  Mr.  McLean, 
having  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  wheat,  and  being  a 
first-class  practical  miller, 
has  secured  a  large  share 
of  the  trade  of  that  great 
wheat  producing  country, 
and  his  extensive  mills 
figure  prominently  among 
the  mills  of  the  North-West. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Baptist, 
and  in  politics,  a  Reformer. 
He  was  married  August 
4th,  1874,  to  Miss  Emma, 
daughter  of  Wlliaiu  Alford, 
Esq.,  of  Lakefield,  Ont. 
Mrs.  McLean  is  a  native  of 
Plymouth,  England,  and 
came  to  Lakefield  with  her 
parents,  in  1871.  His  fami- 
ly consists  of  two  sons  liv- 
ing and  one  son  deceased. 


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.  FATHER  J.  McDEViTT, 
M.A.,  Parish  Priest,  Sussex, 
N.B.,  was  born  in  the  Par- 
ish of  Moncton,  Westmoreland  County, 
N.B.,  August  29th,  1848.  He  is  the 
son  of  Jaines  and  Mary  (Barr)  McDe- 
vitt,  natives  of  County  Donegal,  Ire- 
land, who  came  to  this  country  about 
the  year  1840,  and  settled  first  in 
St.  John,  N.B.,  and  after  remaining 
there  for  six  years,  removed  to  Moncton. 
Father  McDevitt  obtained  his  primary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Moncton,  under  the  old  system,  attend- 
ing them  for  five  years.  He  entered 
St.  Joseph  College,  Memranicook,  N.B., 


to  prepare  for  his  sacred  calling,  and 
studied  there  for  ten  years.  He  was 
ordained  August  2ist,  1875,  and  re- 
mained at  Memranicook  for  one  year, 
attending  to  Moncton  and  Sackville 
parishes.  He  was  then  called  to  the 
Cathedral  of  St.  John,  remaining  there 
for  four  years,  after  which,  in  October, 
1880,  he  was  appointed  to  take  charge 
of  the  Industrial  School,  of  Silver  Falls, 
N.B.,  and  the  Golden  Grove  Church. 
In  November  1892,  he  was  appointed 
to  the  rectorship  of  Sussex,  where  he 
is  doing  very  successful  service.  The 
degree  of  M.A.  was  conferred  upon 
him  June  2ist,  1888. 


CANADA. 


|EV.  LEWIS  JACK,  retired  Pres- 
byterian Minister,  Buctouche, 
Kent  County,  N.B.,  was 
born  in  the  Parish  of  Petty,  on  the  es- 
tate of  Culloden,  Scotland,  June,  1815. 
He  received  his  early  education  at  the 
Parish  schools  of  Petty,  and  in  Inver- 
ness, and  then  attended  King's  College 
Aberdeen,  where  he  remained  for  four 
years.  He  subsequently  went  to  Edin- 
burgh, to  study  theology,  and  gradu- 
ated with  distinction.  Before  entering 
college,  he  taught  school,  and  while  at 
college,  he  also  taught  as  private  tutor. 
After  receiving  his  license  at  Inverness, 
June  1 8th,  he  was  ordained  and  induct- 


ed into  his  first  charge  at  Belhelvie,  in 
the  Aberdeen  Presbytery,  June,  1845. 
In  the  year  1848,  he  came  to  Canada, 
and  settled  in  the  Province  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  in  the  following  year, 
1849,  ne  was  stationed  at  St.  James, 
Charlotte  County,  N.B.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1853.  He  then  went  to 
Springfield,  Kings  County,  where  he 
remained  until  1884,  when  he  retired. 
During  his  long  pastorate  of  thirty-one 
years  at  Springfield,  he  became  widely 
known  and  greatly  beloved.  He  exerted 
an  influence  in  this  community  as  a 
faithful  Gospel  Minister,  that  can  hardly 
be  estimated. 


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RS.  MARTINEAU,  wholesale  and 
retail  hardware  merchant,  1379 
to  1385  St.  Catherine  street, 
Montreal,  Qne.,  was  born  at  St.  Jerome, 
County  of  Terrebonne,  P.Q.,  August 
29th,  1844.  He  is  the  son  of  Joseph 
Martineau,  a  farmer,  and  Marie  Anne 
David,  and  removed  to  Montreal  with 
his  parents,  in  1852.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  Christian  Brothers' 
School.  In  1856,  he  was  apprenticed 
to  the  trade  of  house  painting,  which 
he  followed,  together  with  that  of  con- 
tractor, until  1872.  In  1870,  Mr.  Mar- 
tineau began  business  on  his  own 
account,  and  has,  since  that  date,  owing 


to  his  energy  and  ability,  combined 
with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  his 
trade,  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large 
and  growing  connection.  He  carries  a 
very  large  stock  of  all  kinds  of  hard- 
ware, oils,  wall  paper,  glass,  etc.,  and 
gives  employment  to  a  large  staff  of 
skilled  artists.  In  1878  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  Painters'  Association, 
grand  marshall  of  the  St.  Jean-Baptiste 
Society,  for  the  Parish  of  Ste.  Brigide, 
in  1880,  and  president  in  1883.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  a 
member  of  many  religious  and  charit- 
able institutions.  In  1886,  he  was 
elected  alderman  for  St.  Mary's  Ward, 
and  in  1889,  was  re-elected 
by  acclamation,  having  oc- 
cupied the  important  posi- 
tions of  Acting  Mayor,  and 
member  of  the  Finance, 
Water  and  City  Hall  com- 
mittees. Resigning  his  al- 
dermanic  position,  in  1892, 
he  was  asked  to  consent  to 
be  put  in  nomination,  by 
the  Conservative  party,  and 
was  elected  a  member  of 
Parliament  for  the  Province 
of  Quebec,  at  the  general 
election,  on  the  8th  of 
March,  1892,  for  Montreal 
Division,  No.  i.  He  is  a 
very  active  and  influential 
member  of  the  party,  and 
loyally  devoted  to  his  cons- 
tituents. June  8th,  1863, 
Mr.  Martineau  was  married 
to  Miss  Emerentienne  Bou- 
thillier.  He  has  five  child- 
ren, three  sons  and  one 
daughter.  The  former  have 
secured  their  classical  educa- 
tion ;  two  of  them  are  in 
business  with  their  father, 
and  one  practices  law,  and 
all  are  in  a  good  way  to 
secure  a  brilliant  future. 


OB* 


>EV.  JOHN  LATHERN,  D.D., 
editor  of  The  Wesleyan,  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  born  at  Newshield 
House,  near  Alston,  Cumberland,  Eng- 
land, July  3ist,  1831.  He  is  descended 
from  an  old  Northumbrian  family.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  Alston 
Grammar  School,  and  was  trained  for 
mining  engineering,  his  father  having 
held  the  position  of  manager  and  part 
proprietor  of  the  Blaghill  Lead  Ore  Mine, 
but  realizing  his  call  to  the  ministry, 
he  joined  the  British  Wesley  an  Con- 
ference in  1855.  He  was  soon  sent  to 
the  newly  organized  Conference  of  East- 
ern British  America,  and  was  ordained 
in  1859.  The  same  year  he 
married  Mary  Elizabeth,  eld- 
est daughter  of  the  late  John 
Simpson,  Esq.,  formerly  of 
Aberdeen,  Scotland,  but  for 
thirty  years  Queen's  Printer 
in  New  Brunswick,  and 
Judge  of  Probate.  Mr. 
Lathern's  first  circuit  was 
Fredericton,  N.B.,  where  he 
was  stationed  a  second  time 
in  1865,  becoming  during 
that  term  chairman  of  the 
Fredericton  district.  He  \vas 
very  successful  during  the 
two  terms  of  his  pastorate 
at  Fredericton,  and  both  as 
pastor  and  chairman  of  the 
district,  he  did  abiding  work. 
He  was  president  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  Conference,  in 
1882,  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  D.D.  from  Mount 
Allison  University,  in  1883. 
He  was  elected  editor  of 
the  connexional  paper,  The 
Wesleyan,  at  the  General 
Conference  of  1886.  Dr. 
Lathern  is  a  vigorous  writer, 
and  an  able  preacher,  and 
the  same  success  that  at- 
tended him  in  the  pastorate 


and  as  the  presiding  officer  of  the  district 
and  Conference,  has  been  repeated  in  the 
editorial  chair.  His  editorials  are  bright 
and  readable,  and  the  general  make  up 
of  the  paper  is  admirable.  He  is  at  pre- 
sent chairman  of  the  Mount  Allison 
Board  of  Regents.  Amongst  books 
published  by  him  may  be  mentioned  a 
volume  of  lectures  on  literary  subjects  ; 
"  Life  of  Governor  Wilmot,"  "  Bapt- 
isnia,"  and  the  "  Macedonian  Cry." 
Nineteen  years  of  ministerial  life  have 
been  spent  in  the  cities  of  St.  John, 
N.B.  and  Halifax,  N.S.,  and  wherever 
he  has  been  stationed  he  has  left  a 
lasting  impression. 


CANADA. 


79 


,EV.  JOHN  SALTER  ALLEN, 
Methodist  Minister,  Richibucto, 
_  Kent  County,  N.B.,  was 
born  at  Newport,  N.S.,  April  8th,  1842. 
He  is  the  son  of  James  and  Mary 
(Salter)  Allen,  natives  of  Nova  Scotia, 
the  former  being  of  U.E.  Loyalist  stock. 
Mr.  Allen  received  his  education  at  the 
common  schools  of  Newport,  and 
Mount  Allison  University.  He  spent 
his  probation  in  Newfoundland,  and 
on  the  Labrador  Coast.  After  ordina- 
tion, he  was  stationed  successively  at 
Gagetown,  Greenwich,  Andover  and 
Canterbury,  N.B.,  and  then  at  Pownal, 
P.E.I.  Returning  to  New  Brunswick, 


he  was  sent  to  Baie  Verte,  and  from 
there  to  Gibson,  and  then  to  Summer- 
side,  P.E.I.  Since  that  time  he  has  been 
stationed  as  follows :  in  New  Brunswick, 
Albert,  Sackville,  Bathurst,  and  from 
the  latter  he  came  to  his  present  charge. 
He  was  married,  July  i8th,  1866,  to 
Charlotte  Mathilda,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Tuttle,  of  Pugwash,  N.S.  His  family 
consists  of  seven  children  living ;  his 
eldest  son,  Aldran,  has  been  in  Chili  as 
a  missionary  for  four  years,  and  lately 
returned  in  ill  health.  Mr.  Allen  is  a 
successful  minister  of  the  Gospel.  He 
has  also  written  a  book  of  poems  en- 
titled "  Apollyonville  to  the  Holy  City." 


8o 


(\TEORGE  A.  GAUVIN, 

^-^  grapher,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was 
born  August  8th,  1863,  at  Burlington, 
Vt.,  U.S.A.  His  father  is  Leon  Gauvin, 
while  his  mother's  name  was  Rose 
Gilbert.  The  former  is  at  present  en- 
gaged in  farming  near  Burlington,  Vt. 
This  is  an  old  and  highly  respected 
family  of  the  Ne\v  England  States. 
Mr.  Gauvin  was  educated  at  the  Green 
Mountain  Academy,  Underbill,  Vt. 
He  began  life  by  teaching  school,  which 
occupation  he  followed  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  entered  into  the  business 
of  photography  with  his  brother,  at 
Burlington.  After  a  time  he  went  to 


Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  thoroughly 
pursued  the  study  of  photography.  He 
then  came  to  Halifax,  and  engaged  with 
Kellie  &  Co.,  and  after  remaining  with 
this  firm  for  one  year,  he  purchased 
their  business,  and  now  carries  it  on 
in  partnership  with  Mr.  Adolphe  E. 
Gentzel.  In  religion,  Mr.  Gauvin  is  a 
Roman  Catholic.  He  was  married, 
October  4th,  .1892,  to  Miss  Maggie  C. 
Gough,  whose  father  is  a  builder  and 
contractor,  of  the  city  of  Halifax.  Mr. 
Gauvin  is  doing  a  large  business  in 
Halifax,  and  his  studio  is  patronized 
by  a  large  number  of  the  best  people  of 
that  city. 


81 


1\  7TICHAEL  F.  NO- 
jLV|  LAN,  Alderman, 
V«>  St.  Ann's  Ward, 
estate  agent  and  account- 
ant, Montreal,  P.  Q.,  was 
born  in  Griffintown,  Sep- 
tember 2ist,  1854.  His 
parents  were  John  Nolan 
and  Ann  McMahon,  natives 
of  Ireland,  who  came  to 
Canada,  in  1840.  Mr.  Nolan 
received  his  education  in 
St.  Ann's  Christian  Bro- 
thers School,  and  in  1870 
entered  the  St.  Lawrence 
Engine  Works,  as  time- 
keeper, which  position  he 
held  for  fifteen  months.  He 
then  entered  the  pattern 
department,  and  served  five 
years  to  the  trade  of  pattern 
maker,  and  then  remained 
as  a  journeyman  until  the 
Spring  of  1878,  when  he 
started  business,  as  trader, 
on  his  own  account.  In 
1889,  ne  entered  into  part- 
nership with  J.  F.  Gour- 
lay,  in  the  Grand  Union 
Clothing  Store,  where  he 
continued  until  1891,  when 
the  firm  was  dissolved.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the 
Young  Irishmen's  L.  &  B.  Association, 
and  held  the  office  of  collecting  trea- 
surer and  corresponding  secretary,  and 
is  at  present  a  life  member.  He  was 
also  an  officer  and  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Shamrock  Lacrosse  Club, 
for  nine  consecutive  seasons,  and  dele- 
gate to  the  N.  A.  L.  A.,  and  also  to  the 
National  League.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  C.  M.  B.  A.  and  St. 
Patrick's  National  Society,  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  committee.  He  was 
first  elected  alderman  for  St.  Ann's 
Ward,  October  aoth,  1891,  to  complete 
the  unexpired  term  of  the  late  Alder- 


man Malone  ;  was  re-elected  February 
ist,  1893,  and  is  at  present  chairman  of 
the  Market  Committee  and  member  of 
the  Light  Committee.  Mr.  Nolan  is 
a  representative  man,  and  his  marked 
success  is  due  to  his  energetic  and  intel- 
ligent grasp  of  business  questions.  In 
politics,  he  has  always  given  his  sup- 
port to  the  Liberal  party,  in  whose  wel- 
jfare  he  has  taken  a  lively  interest.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He 
was  married,  October  27th,  1883,  to 
Lillie  O'Sullican,  of  Belleville,  Ont., 
daughter  of  John  O'Sullican,  a  native  of 
Kerry  County,  Ireland.  Mrs.  Nolan 
died,  September  i5th,  1892. 


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OP" 


<^T\ R.  HENRY  GEORGE,  M.R.C. 

1  S.,  L.R.C.P.  of  England,  Cal- 
gary, Alberta,  was  born  August 
loth,  1864,  at  Kirton-in-Lindsay,  Lin- 
colnshire, England.  He  is  a  son  of 
Dr.  C.  F.  George,  M.  R.  C.  S,  L.  M., 
L.  S.  A.  of  England,  first  prizeman 
of  his  day,  at  St.  Thomas  Hospital, 
London,  England,  and  who  has  writ- 
ten many  valuable  articles  on  insects 
and  other  naturalist  subjects.  Dr. 
George  was  educated  at  Eccles  Hall 
College,  Sheffield,  and  Thomas  Bryer 
School,  Forest  Hill,  and  was  a  prize- 
man at  both  institutions.  He  entered 
St.  Thomas  Medical  School.  London, 


Eng.,  in  1882,  and  passed 
the  College  of  Surgeons  in 
1886,  and  the  College  of 
Physicians,  in  1887.  He 
took  a  Certificate  of  Honor 
at  St.  Thomas  Hospital,  for 
Practical  Midwifery,  in  1886. 
In  1887,  he  was  assistant 
surgeon  to  "D"  Division 
Metropolitan  Police,  and 
Deputy  Medical  Officer  of 
St.  Giles  Workhouse  Infirm- 
ary, London,  Eng.  After 
practicing  for  a  short  time, 
as  assistant  to  his  father  in 
Lincolnshire,  he  proceeded 
to  North  America,  and  ar- 
rived in  Calgary  September 
ist,  1889,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued to  practice  with  great 
success  ever  since.  He  is 
surgeon  to  the  Sons  of 
England  and  A.O.F.  socie- 
ties, and  physician  to  the 
I.O.F.,  and  medical  adviser 
to  the  I.O.O.F.,  all  of  Cal- 
gary. He  was  acting  as- 
sistant surgeon  for  "  E  "  Di- 
vision North-West  Mount- 
ed Police,  and  medical  officer 
to  the  Calgary  Small  Pox 
Quarantine,  in  1892.  He  is 
an  enthusiastic  numismatist  and  natur- 
alist, and  already  has  a  very  valuable 
collection  of  animals,  birds,  insects  etc., 
and  is  collecting  stuffed  heads  of  all  the 
animals  of  North  America.  He  was  a 
private  in  the  London  V. M.S. C., and  was 
in  the  Guard  of  Honor  to  Her  Majesty 
Queen  Victoria  on  Jubilee  Day  in  1887. 
In  religion,  Dr.  George  is  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  England.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Conservative.  He  was  married,  Sep- 
tember 4th,  1888,  to  Barbara  Mary, 
daughter  of  W.  L.  Bernard,  F.S.S., 
Barrister-at-Law,  formerly  of  London, 
Eng.,  but  now  of  Calgary,  by  whom  he 
has  three  sons. 


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,EV.  EDWARD  F.  MURPHY, 
D.D.,  rector  of  St.  Mary's 
Cathedral,  Halifax,  N.S., 
was  born  September  ist,  1844,  near 
Charleville,  County  of  Cork,  Ireland. 
His  father  was  Thomas  Murphy,  and 
his  mother  was  Catherine  Carroll. 
Father  Murphy  was  educated  at  All 
Hallows  College,  Dublin,  where  he 
studied  philosophy,  and  at  the  Sul- 
pician  Seminary,  Montreal,  P.Q-,  where 
he  took  his  theological  course.  His 
educational  career  was  very  bright,  and 
gave  promise  of  the  distinction  to 
which  he  has  since  attained.  He  was 
ordained  to  the  priesthood  by  Arch- 


bishop Connolly,  in  St.  Mary's  Cathe- 
dral, Halifax,  N.S.,  June  29th,  1867. 
He  was  then  appointed  a  professor  in 
St.  Mary's  College,  Halifax,  of  which 
he  afterwards  became  president.  He 
has  been  secretary  to  Archbishop  Han- 
nan  and  also  to  Archbishop  O'Brien. 
He  was  appointed  rector  of  St.  Mary's 
Cathedral  Halifax,  in  1887,  on  the 
death  of  the  late  Mgr.  Power,  and  was 
created  Doctor  of  Divinity  by  Pope  Leo 
XIII. ,  on  the  occasion  of  the  Silver 
Jubilee  of  his  ordination,  on  June 
29th,  1892.  Father  Murphy  has  won 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who 
know  him. 


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CANADA. 


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1C  DAM  GERROND  McDOU- 
^C\  GALL,  J.P-,  secretary-treas- 
VS>  urer  of  the  Virden  and 
Wallace  Municipalities,  and  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  County  of  Dennis 
Agricultural  Society,  Virden,  Man.,  was 
born  June  5th,  1836,  at  Gatehouse  of 
Fleet,  Scotland.  Finishing  his  edu- 
cation at  Liverpool  Collegiate  Institute, 
Mr.  McDougall  served  four  years  as 
clerk  for  the  Cunard  S.S.  Company,  at 
Liverpool.  He  then  settled  at  Seaforth, 
Ont.,  where  he  conducted  a  general  store 
and  produce  business  for  seventeen 
years,  and  was  appointed  Magistrate  for 
the  counties  of  Huron  and  Bruce.  In 


February,  1882,  he  removed  where 
Virden  now  stands,  and  built  the  first 
house  and  store  erected  in  the  place. 
His  first  four  years  in  Manitoba,  were 
devoted  principally  to  farming,  and  he 
was  the  first  Reeve  of  Wallace  Munici- 
pality. Mr.  McDougall  has  re-visited 
Great  Britain  thirteen  times  on  busi- 
ness, and  has  travelled  extensively  in 
France,  Germany,  Switzerland  and  the 
United  States.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian.  He  has  been  married 
twice  :  first,  to  Miss  Marion  Laidlaw  of 
Wavertree,  near  Liverpool,  Eng.,  Oct., 
1861  ;  and  second,  to  Miss  Nellie  Jones, 
of  Seaforth,  Ont.,  February  5th,  1879. 


CANADA. 


J  TON.  HERBERT  CHARLES  N.W.T. 
(3jH  WILSON,  M.D.,  Practicing 
vS>  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Ed- 
monton, Alberta,  was  born  December 
yth,  1859,  at  Picton,  Ont.  His  parents 
were  C.  S.  and  Eliza  M.  (Biggar)  Wil- 
son, who  are  of  Irish  descent.  His 
mother,  now  deceased,  was  a  sister  of 
the  late  James  L.  Biggar,  M.P.,  for 
East  Northumberland,  Ont.  His  father 
is  still  living  (1893),  and  is  a  leading 
banker  and  broker  in  Picton.  Dr.  Wil- 
son was  educated  in  the  Picton  public 
and  High  schools  and  Upper  Canada 
College.  He  subsequently  attended  the 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  gra- 


duated from  that  institution, 
Februry     yth,     1878.       He 
entered     Trinity      Medical 
School,    in    October,    1878, 
and  graduated  M.D.,  in  the 
Spring   of   1 88 1.     He   was 
then   assistant    surgeon    in 
the    Toronto    hospitals    for 
one   year,   and   removed   to 
Edmonton, in  i882,wherehe 
has  remained  since,  doing  a 
large  professional  practice, 
and  taking  an  active  part  in 
all  public  matters.     He  was 
elected    to   the    old    North- 
West  Council,  in  September, 
1885,    and    again   in  June, 
1888,  when  it  was  constitut- 
ed a  Legislative  Assembly, 
and  in  the  Fall  of  that  year 
was  elected  speaker  of  the 
North-West  Legislative  As- 
sembly. In  1891,  he  retired, 
and      subsequently      spent 
some  time  in  Europe  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health.     He  is 
Coroner  for  the  N.W.T.  and 
examiner  for  a   number  of 
insurance   companies.      He 
was    elected    to     the     first 
Council    of  the   College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
In  religion,  Dr.  Wilson  is  a 
Methodist,  and  in  politics,  a  Conserva- 
tive, and   president  of  the  Edmonton 
Liberal-Conservative  Association.     He 
also   takes    an    active    interest   in   all 
sporting  matters,  and  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the    Edmonton   Cricket    Club 
since  1883,  an(^  *s  ex-president  of  the 
Curling  Club.     He  is  now  patron  of 
both  the  Edmonton  and  Fort  Saskat- 
chewan    Rifle     Associations,    and    is 
universally  popular.     Dr.  Wilson  was 
married,  Sept.  i5th,  1886,  to  Miss  Emily 
C.,  eldest  daughter  of  Arthur  B.  Lee,  of 
Rice,  Lewis  &  Sons,  Toronto,  Ont.,  by 
whom  he  has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


86 


OF- 


JAMES  ARTHUR- 
SON  McEWEN, 
M.  D.,  Melbourne, 
Ont.,  was  born  May  3,  1866, 
in  Westminster,  Middlesex 
County,  Ont.  His  father  is 
the  Rev.  James  McEwen, 
B.  A.,  M.  A.,  Presbyterian 
Minister,  of  London,  Ont., 
a  native  of  Monaghan,  Ire- 
land, who,  having  received 
part  of  his  University  train- 
ing at  Glasgow  University, 
came  to  Canada  when  quite 
a  young  man,  and  finished 
his  education  at  Queen's 
University,  Kingston.  After 
his  ordination,  he  located  in 
Westminster,  where  he  was 
Pastor  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church  for  about  20  years. 
He  then  filled  a  similar 
charge  in  Wellaud  for  eight 
years.  Latterly,  he  has 
partially  retired  from  ac- 
tive work,  and  resides  in 
London.  He  is  a  cultured 
and  scholarly  man,  and  one 
who  always  took  a  promin- 
ent part  in  church  courts. 
The  mother  of  our  subject, 
is  Isabella  (Macarthur)  Mc- 
Ewen, daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Macarthur,  who  were  among  the 
earliest  and  most  highly  esteemed 
pioneers  of  Middlesex  County.  Dr. 
McEwen  received  his  education  primar- 
ily at  the  public  schools,  and  afterwards 
at  the  Welland  High  School,  from 
which,  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  he 
obtained  a  second-class  Teachers'  Certi- 
ficate, and  matriculated  at  Toronto 
University.  After  this  he  taught  school 
for  two  years,  and  then  entered  the 
Western  University,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  Medicine  in  1890.  He 
then  located  in  Melbourne,  and  has 
already  built  up  a  very  desirable  prac- 


tice. He  has  recently  been  appointed 
by  the  Government  as  medical  attend- 
ant for  the  Oneida  Reserve.  In  politics, 
the  Doctor  is  a  staunch  Conservative, 
and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian.  He  is 
a  member  of,  and  prominent  official  in 
the  I.  O.  F.  and  the  W.  O.  W.  orders. 
For  a  man  of  his  years,  Dr.  McEwen 
has  made  rapid  progress  in  his  profes- 
sion, and  will  undoubtedly  take  a  lead- 
ing place  in  the  ranks  of  eminent 
medical  men.  He  has  brought  to  bear  on 
his  practice,  the  wisdom  of  the  schools, 
and  well  understands  the  application  of 
the  means  of  securing  and  holding  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  the  public. 


7VLF.  WHITMAN,  B.  A.,  LL.  B., 
j£\  Barrister,  Halifax,  N.  S.,  was 
VS>  born  in  Annapolis  County, 
N.S.,  July  i3th,  1856.  His  parents 
were  Charles  B.  and  Jane  (Tupper) 
Whitman,  the  former  being  well  known 
in  the  County  of  Annapolis.  After 
receiving  his  early  education,  Mr. 
W7hitman  entered  Dalhousie  College, 
Halifax,  and  graduated  in  1878,  and 
commenced  the  study  of  law  with  T.  D. 
Ruggles,  Q.C.,  of  Bridgetown,  Anna- 
polis. Two  years  later,  he  removed  to 
Halifax,  and  became  articled  to  John  S. 
D.  Thompson,  now  Sir  John  S.  D. 
Thompson,  who  was^  then  Attorney 


General,  and  studied  in  his  office  until 
1882,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar. 
Between  1882  and  1885,  while  in  active 
practice,  he  attended  the  Law  School  of 
Dalhousie  College,  and  took  the  degree 
of  LL-B.  Mr.  Whitman  is  a  captain  in 
the  Canadian  Militia,  and  served  with 
the  Halifax  Battalion  in  the  North- 
West  Rebellion  of  1885.  He  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Halifax,  since  1882.  In 
politics,  he  is  an  active  Liberal  Con- 
servative. Some  member  of  his  family 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
for  the  County  of  Annapolis,  for  the 
past  70  or  80  years.  In  religion,  he 
is  a  Presbyterian. 


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JAMES  FINDLAY  FRAME, 
member  of  the  Provincial  Le- 
gislature, senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Frame  &  Miller,  hardware  and 
lumber  dealers,  Virdeu,  Manitoba,  was 
born  September  4th,  1841,  at  New  York, 
U.S.A.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Mary  (Findlay)  Frame,  both  natives  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  Mr.  Frame  settled 
in  Simcoe  County,  Ontario,  where  his 
parents  died.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
county,  a  private  college  at  Williams- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  subsequently  took  a 
course  in  the  Business  College,  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  He  was  then  engaged  for 


some  years  in  store  keeping,  saw  mill 
and  farming  pursuits,  in  Simcoe  County, 
Ont.,  and  removed  to  Manitoba,  in 
1880.  In  July  1882,  he  settled  in 
Virden,  and  was  a  member  of  the  first 
municipal  council.  He  was  Reeve  of 
Wallace  Municipality,  from  1887  to 

1891,  inclusive,    and    elected    Conser- 
vative member  for  the  Local  House,  to 
represent   Dennis  County,   July   23rd, 

1892.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Andrew's 
Society,   A.O.U.W.,  and  the  Disciples 
Church.     He  was  married,  July  24th, 
1888,  to  Miss  Abbie  Mary,  daughter  of 
David    Layton,    P.  M.,    Meaford,    Out. 
They  have  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


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CA.NADA, 


89 


T'HE  LATE  JOHN  CHALMERS, 

•*-  of  Poole,  Ont.,  was  born  in  1820, 
in  East  Kilbride,  Scotland.  He  came 
to  Canada,  over  fifty  years  ago,  with 
his  parents,  John  and  Janet  (Peden) 
Chalmers,  who  were  the  first  white 
settlers  in  Mornington  Township, 
Perth  County,  Ont.  He  was  therefore, 
one  of  those  "  sturdy  sons  of  Scotland," 
whose  "  brawn  and  brain"  have  so 
largely  contributed  to  make  "  the 
Garden  of  Canada,"  what  it  is.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Chalmers  was  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  staunch  Re- 
former, and  years  ago  a  prominent 
member  of  his  Municipal  Board.  He 
died  January  ist,  1892,  and 
the  immense  concourse  at 
his  funeral,  was  a  touching 
and  genuine  tribute  to  the 
universal  respect  in  which 
he  was  held.  His  name  was 
a  synonym  for  integrity, 
hospitality  and  those  traits 
that  go  to  make  up  an 
obliging  neighbor,  and  an 
esteemed  citizen.  He  was 
a  self-made  man  in  every 
respect,  a  voluminous  read- 
er, had  a  wonderful  memory, 
and  was  a  man  of  superior 
intelligence  and  broad  views. 
In  1856,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Margaret  Fleming, 
daughter  of  James  Fleming, 
Esq.,  of  Carrick,  Bruce 
County,  formerly  of  Water- 
loo County,  who  is  a  cousin 
of  the  late  Hon.  Alexander 
Mackenzie.  He  had  a  fam- 
ily of  seven  sons  and  two 
daughters,  namely  :  John,  a 
farmer  in  Wellesley;  James, 
William,  Alexander  and 
David,  farmers  in  Morning- 
ton  ;  Peter,  a  student  at  the 
Stratford  Commercial  Col- 
lege ;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  John 


McRuer,  of  Ayer ;  Janet,  and  Adam 
Peden  Chalmers,  M.D.,  an  honor  gra- 
duate of  Trinity  Medical  College,  Tor- 
onto, who,  in  1892,  obtained  his  degree, 
and  having  located  in  Oil  Springs,  soon 
entered  upon  a  desirable  practice,  and 
has  already  gained  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  community.  Mrs.  Chalm- 
ers, the  wife  of  our  subject,  is  still  liv- 
ing, and  resides  on  the  old  homestead, 
at  Poole.  Her  quiet,  but  faithful  and 
earnest  advocacy  of  the  temperance 
cause,  and  her  ever  ready  Christian 
charity  and  assistance  in  every  good 
work,  make  their  own  comment,  and 
exert  a  marked  influence. 


CANADA. 


r.  F.  X.  JOSEPH  MICHAUD, 
Buctouche,  Kent  County,  N.B., 
was  born  at  Madawaska, 
N.  B.,  February  i4th,  1841.  He  is  the 
son  of  Fimin  Michaud  and  Marie  Roy 
Lausier.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation at  the  common  schools  of  Mada- 
waska, and  then  entered  St.  Ann's 
College,  Quebec,  where  he  received  his 
commercial,  classical  and  theological 
education.  He  was  ordained  priest  at 
St.  John,  N.B.,  June  loth,  1867,  by 
Bishop  Sweeney.  After  ordination,  he 
was  curate  at  the  Cathedral,  and  had 
charge  of  several  missions  around 
St.  John.  He  was  then  appointed  to 


St.  Peter's  Church,  Portland,  N.B.,  for 
about  four  years,  after  which  he  was 
appointed  senior  priest,  at  the  Cathe- 
dral, St.  John,  and  in  1876,  was  made 
pastor  of  Buctouche  Church.  Since 
being  there,  he  has  built  a  very  large 
convent,  which  is  under  the  supervision 
of  the  Sisters  of  Charity.  In  1879,  the 
church  was  nearly  destroyed  by  a 
cyclone,  and  most  of  the  buildings 
around  were  destroyed.  He  then  built 
a  large  presbytery.  After  the  de- 
struction of  the  church  by  the  cyclone, 
it  was  rebuilt,  but  in  May,  1886,  it  was 
burnt  to  the  ground,  and  after  the 
frame  work  had  again  been  erected,  it 
was  blown  down.  The  new 
church  is  now  (1893)  nearly 
completed,  and  is  a  very  fine 
building.  Father  Michaud 
drew  himself  the  plans  of  all 
those  buildings,  and  super- 
intended the  whole  work  per- 
sonally. Many  men  would 
have  been  discouraged  by 
all  these  disasters,  but  it 
was  not  so  with  Father 
Michaud,  they  only  served 
to  nerve  him  with  renewed 
energy  and  determination  to 
erect  a  building  more  worthy 
of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  and  better  fitted  for 
the  worship  of  Almighty 
God.  While  the  misfor- 
tunes to  the  Church  were 
supposed  to  be  disastrous 
to  the  religious  welfare  of  the 
people,  yet  in  the  Providence 
of  God,  they  have  resulted 
in  good.  Father  Michaud 
takes  a  great  interest  in  en- 
couraging farming,  and  su- 
perintends what  is  known  as 
the  Model  Farm,  for  the 
benefit  of  his  parishioners. 
In  1 88 1,  he  accompanied 
the  Bishop  to  Rome. 


iEV.  WILLIAM  WRIGHT 
RAINNIE,  Pastor  of  Calvin 
Presbyterian  Church,  St. 
John,  N.  B.,  was  born  in  Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  February  6th,  1865.  He  is 
the  son  of  Geo.  and  Jane  Rainnie.  He 
received  his  education  in  Aberdeen  and 
Glasgow,  and  was  a  pupil  teacher  in 
Rockvilla  Public  School  in  Glasgow  for 
four  years,  and  then  entered  Glasgow 
University,  where  he  remained  five 
years.  While  there  he  taught  in  pri- 
vate schools,  engaged  at  journalism  and 
in  City  Mission  work.  He  was  ins- 
trumental in  raising  the  69th  Company 
of  the  Glasgow  Boys'  Brigade,  in  con- 


nection with  Milton  Parish  Church,  and 
on  leaving  for  Canada,  was  presented 
with  many  handsome  presents.  He 
came  to  Canada  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Home  Mission  Committee,  May 
3ist,  1889,  and  was  sent  to  Little  Bras 
d'Or,  Cape  Breton  County.  Six  months 
after,  he  entered  the  Theological  Hall, 
Halifax,  N.S.,  graduating  April,  1892. 
After  graduation  he  preached  in  differ- 
ent places  for  several  months,  and  then 
received  a  call  to  the  village  of  Hamp- 
ton, and  subsequently  to  Calvin  Church, 
St.  John,  where  he  is  doing  very  suc- 
cessful work,  and  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem. 


92 


DAVID  H.  HODGES, 
pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian  Church,  Oak  Lake, 
and  also  of  St.  David's  Presbyterian 
Church,  Haggard,  Oak  Lake,  Man., 
was  born  May  24th,  1857,  at  Mosside, 
Carroreagh  County,  Antrim,  Ireland. 
His  parents  were  David  and  Jane 
(NcLeese)  Hodges.  He  was  educated 
largely  at  the  schools  and  colleges  of 
the  Old  Land,  and  on  corning  to 
America,  in  1880,  spent  one  year  in 
Philadelphia,  U.S.,  and  then  removed 
to  Ross,  Ont.,  preached  occasionally 
for  Rev.  M.  D.  M.  Blakely.  In  1882, 
he  went  to  McGill  College,  Montreal, 


Que.,  and  completed  his  arts  course. 
In  1883,  he  entered  the  Presbyterian 
College,  Montreal,  and  graduated  in 

1886.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Pres- 
bytery in  Regina,  Assiniboia,  August 
loth,  1886,  and  after  laboring  at  White- 
wood,  Assiniboia,  was  inducted  by  the 
Brandon  Presbytery,  into  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  Griswold  and  Ryerson 
streets,  Oak  Lake,  Man.,  January  gth, 

1887.  He  is  chaplain  and  past  chief 
ranger  of  the  C.O.F.,  and  in   politics, 
is   a   Conservative.     He   was    married, 
February    5th,    1887,    to    Miss  Jennie 
McArthur    McLeese,   daughter  of  Mr. 
Win.  McLeese,  of  Ross,  Ont. 


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93 


<^<TXUNCAN  HUGO  CAMPBELL, 
I  Toronto,  Ont,  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Phren- 
ology, lecturer  on  Mental  Science,  Hy- 
giene, etc.,  was  born  in  Glengarry 
County,  Out.,  April  aoth,  1845.  He 
is  a  descendant  of  Sir  Robert  Camp- 
bell, of  Glenfalloch,  whose  great-grand- 
son became  the  fourth  Earl  of  Breadal- 
bane,  Perthshire,  Scotland.  His  father 
was  the  late  Hugh  Campbell,  Esq., 
formerly  of  Killin,  Scotland,  but  a 
settler  in  Glengarry,  Canada,  since 
1832,  a  quiet  unassuming  gentleman, 
whose  name  was  a  synonym  for  integ- 
rity and  honorable  dealing.  His  mo- 
ther, the  late  Catherine 
(McLaurin)  Campbell,  was 
a  lady  of  education  and  re- 
finement, who  spoke  fluent- 
ly three  languages.  Prof. 
Campbell  received  his  early 
education  at  the  common 
school  of  his  district,  and 
for  some  years  attended  the 
Grammar  School  at  Vank- 
leek  Hill.  His  employment 
since,  has  been,  in  early  life, 
school  teaching,  but  later 
and  principally  the  work 
of  the  phrenological  field. 
He  is  a  graduate  with 
the  highest  distinction  of 
the  American  Institute  of 
Phrenology,  and  takes  front  . 
rank  in  the  profession. 
Many  who  are  now  prosper- 
ous in  the  business  pointed 
out  to  them  by  Professor 
Campbell,  as  suitable  to 
their  capacities,  can  testify 
to  the  value  of  his  advice  in 
aiding  young  persons  to  the 
choice  of  their  right  sphere 
for  usefulness  and  success 
in  life.  The  press  speaks 
of  his  lectures  as  highly 
moral  in  tone,  and  very 


instructive.  Mr.  Campbell  may  be 
regarded  as  a  self-made  man,  and  is  by 
nature  a  student.  Next  to  the  reading 
necessarily  connected  with  his  profes- 
sion, he  has  a  predilection  for  linguistic 
studies,  and  has  four  languages  at 
ready  command.  He  stands  high  in 
the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  in  which  order  he  has 
held  several  important  offices.  Politic- 
ally, he  is  a  staunch  Reformer,  but 
finds  no  time  to  become  active  in  party 
matters.  He  is  "a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  and  has,  all  his  life,  been  active 
in  Sunday  School  work,  in  which  he  has 
been  highly  esteemed  as  an  efficient 
teacher  and  superintendent. 


94 


CANADA. 


, OBERT    E.    HARRIS,    Q.  C., 
Barrister,  senior  partner  of  the 

firm  of  Harris  &  Henry,  21 

George  street,  Halifax,  N.S-,  was  born 
August  iSth,  1860,  in  Annapolis,  N.S. 
He  is  the  son  of  Robert  J.  and  Rebecca 
(Ditmars)  Harris,  both  of  whom  were 
descendents  of  U.  E.  Loyalist  stock.  He 
received  his  education  at  Annapolis 
Academy,  and  studied  Law,  in  that  town, 
with  J.  M.  Owen,  also  with  the  firm  of 
Thompson  &  Graham,  Mr.  Thompson, 
now  Sir  John  S.  D.Thompson,  Premier 
of  Canada,  being  Attorney  General  of 
Nova  Scotia,  at  that  time,  and  Wallace 
Graham,  now  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme 


f 


Court  of  Nova  Scotia,  constituting  the 
firm.  Mr.  Harris  distinguished  himself 
as  well  in  his  classical,  as  in  his  law 
course,  and  passed  his  final  examinations 
at  the  head  of  his  class,  being  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  January,  1882.  He  then  prac- 
ticed at  Yarmouth,  doing  a  large  busi- 
ness until  March,  1893,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Halifax,  and  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Henry,  Harris  &  Henry, 
one  of  the  leading  legal  firms  in  the 
Province  of  Nova  Scotia.  By  the  pro- 
motion of  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm,  Mr.  H.  McD.  Henry,  who  was 
made  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Nova  Scotia,  almost  immediately  after- 
wards, Mr.  Harris  became 
head  of  the  firm.  In  June, 
1890,  he  was  created  a  Q.C., 
at  that  time  not  being  thirty 
years  of  age,  and  he  is  one 
of  the  youngest  Barristers 
ever  appointed  to  that  dis- 
tinguished office  in  Canada. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episco- 
palian, holding  the  position 
of  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Halifax,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Dio- 
cesan Synod  of  Nova  Scotia, 
for  the  past  six  years.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal-Con- 
servative, but  has  not  taken 
any  active  part  in  political 
matters.  Mr.  Harris  is  yet 
a  young  man,  and  from  his 
past  record  and  present  posi- 
tion, much  may  be  expected 
of  him  in  the  future.  On 
the  26th  of  June,  1883,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Minnie 
L.  Horsfall,  daughter  of 
James  Horsfall,  Esq,,  a 
native  of  England,  who 
formerly  carried  on  an  ex- 
tensive dry  goods  busi- 
ness in  the  city  of  St. 
John,  N.B. 


95 


DOANE  McLARREN, 
manager  of  the  Canada  Life 
Assurance  Company,  in  the 
Maritime  Provinces,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was 
born  at  Argyle,  Yarmouth  County, 
N.S.,  March  29th,  1827.  His  paternal 
grandfather  emigrated  from  Scotland 
with  his  parents,  settling  in  New  York, 
from  whence,  on  the  outbreak  of  the 
war  with  Great  Britain,  he,  with  other 
Loyalists,  came  to  Shelburne,  N.S.,  in 
which  and  adjoining  counties,  his  des- 
cendents  chiefly  reside.  After  receiving 
his  education,  Mr.  McLarren  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  business  until  the 
year  1868.  In  1870,  he  became  con- 


nected with  the  Canada  Life  Assurance 
Company,  and  has  since  then  devoted 
himself  exclusively  to  the  interests  of 
that  Company  in  the  Maritime  Provinces 
and  in  Newfoundland.  Although  some- 
what advanced  in  years,  he  continues 
to  give  to  his  company,  a  very  energetic 
representation,  and  his  long  experience 
in  life  assurance,  has  made  him  no 
mean  authority  on  such  matters.  He 
has  been  twice  married  :  first,  to  Joanna, 
daughter  of  Thos.  Coffin,  of  Barrington, 
N.S.;  and  second,  to  Annie,  daughter 
of  George  Piers,  of  Halifax,  N.S.  His 
family  consists  of  three  sons  and  two 
daughters. 


96 


OK   CANADA. 


JAMES  C.  DUMARESQ,  archi- 
tect, Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born 
December  i8th,  1840,  in  Sydney, 
Cape  Breton.  His  parents  were  Charles 
W.  and  Christina  (McDonald)  Dnma- 
resq.  He  received  his  education  at  the 
Sydney  schools  and  at  Wolfvilie,  and 
at  an  early  age,  adopted  the  profession 
of  architecture,  practicing  in  Halifax 
and  St.  John,  N.B.  His  immense  prac- 
tice throughout  the  Maritime  Provinces, 
extends  into  the  Upper  Provinces, 
Eastern  States  and  the  West  Indies. 
He  has  been  successful  in  many  archi- 
tectural competitions,  among  which  may 
be  mentioned  the  Legislative  Buildings 


at  Fredericton,  Acadia  College,  Wolf- 
vilie, and  Dalhousie  College,  Halifax. 
He  is  now  engaged  on  the  Monastery 
of  the  Good  Shepherd  and  St.  Joseph's 
Orphanage,  Halifax,  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  other  buildings  in  the  Provinces. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  prominent  and  active 
Liberal-Conservative.  In  religion,  he 
is  a  Baptist.  Mr.  Dumaresq  was 
married,  in  1873,  to  Maud  McDonald, 
daughter  of  Norman  McDonald,  Hali- 
fax, N.S.  His  family  consists  of  one 
son  and  four  daughters.  The  former 
is  at  present  (1893)  studying  at  Horton 
Academy,  and  bids  fair  to  complete  his 
course  with  honors. 


97 


J  TAYLOR  WOOD, 
•  Halifax,  N.S.,  was 
born  at  Fort  Snell- 
ing,  N.W.T.,  now  in  the 
State  of  Minnesota,  in  1831. 
He  is  the  son  of  General 
Robert  C. Wood,  U.S.  Army, 
and  grandson  of  General 
Zachary  Taylor,  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  United  States. 
He  entered  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
as  a  midshipman,  in  1847, 
and  took  part  in  the  war 
between  the  United  States 
and  Mexico,  and  has  served 
in  different  parts  of  the 
world.  He  resigned  his  com- 
mission in  1 86 1,  and  joined 
the  Confederate  Navy.  He 
commanded  the  After  Divi- 
sion of  the  "  Merrimack  "  or 
"Virginia  "  in  the  fights  in 
Hampton  roads,  with  the 
k'  Monitor"  and  other  ves- 
sels. Appointed  an  Aide, 
with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  on 
the  staff  of  President  Jeffer- 
son Davis,  who  was  his 
uncle  by  marriage.  He 
commanded  in  two  cutting 
out  expeditions,  captured 
three  of  the  enemy's  gun 
boats.  With  General  Lee,  in  a  number 
of  the  battles  around  Richmond.  Pro- 
moted twice  for  war  service.  He  ran 
the  blockade  at  Wilmington,  N.  C.,  in 
the  cruiser  u  Tallehassee,"  and  made 
many  captures  in  the  North  Atlantic. 
He  was  captured  with  President  Davis 
at  the  close  of  the  war.  Escaped  with 
General  Breckenridge,  crossed  from 
Florida  to  Cuba  in  an  open  boat.  He 
came  to  Halifax  in  1865,  and  has  since 
been  engaged  in  shipping,  marine  in- 
surance, etc.  Few  men  have  passed 
through  as  many  thrilling  scenes  as  are 
recorded  in  the  life  of  Captain  Wood. 
He  is  certainly  connected  with  men  and 


events  that  are  conspicuous  in  the  his- 
tory of  this  continent.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Mackubin,  of  Maryland,  in 
1858,  daughter  of  George  Mackubin, 
treasurer  of  his  State  for  25  years.  His 
family  consists  of  four  sons  and  four 
daughters.  His  eldest  son  was  adjutant 
of  the  Winnipeg  Batallion,  and  took  part 
in  all  the  engagements  with  the  Batoche 
Column,  under  General  Middleton.  He 
has  held  a  commission  in  the  North- 
West  Mounted  Police,  since  the  close  of 
the  Rebellion.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Kingston  Military  College,  and  was 
offered  a  commission  in  the  Royal 
Engineers,  but  declined. 


OK   CANADA. 


JOHN  GEO.  CALDER,  M.D., 
C.M.,  Medical  Superintendent 
of  the  General  Hospital,  Medi- 
cine Hat,  Assiniboia,  was  born  October 
agth,  1865,  near  Woodstock,  Oxford 
County,  Out.  His  parents  were  James 
and  Johanna  (McKay)  Calder,  natives 
of  the  Highlands,  Scotland.  After 
coming  to  this  country,  his  father 
farmed  for  some  time,  but  subsequently 
applied  himself  to  contracting  and 
building,  and  died  in  Winnipeg,  Man., 
in  1882.  His  mother  is  still  living 
(1893)  and  resides  in  that  city.  Dr. 
Calder  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  and  High  schools  of  Inger- 


soll,  and  in  July,  1882,  re- 
moved to  Winnipeg  to  join 
his  parents,  who  had  re- 
moved there  some  time  pre- 
vious. About  the  year  1882, 
he  took  up  the  study  of  law, 
which  he  continued  for  four 
years,  during  part  of  this 
time  attending  the  Manitoba 
College.  He  discontinued 
the  study  of  law  and  took 
up  that  of  medicine,  and 
graduated  M.D.,  C.M.,  from 
Manitoba  University,  in 
1889,  carrying  off  the  Isbes- 
ter  Scholarship  of  $100,  in 
both  the  primary  and  final 
years,  in  which  latter  year 
also  he  won  the  gold  medal. 
His  educational  course  was 
unusually  brilliant.  During 
his  last  year  in  medicine, 
he  was  resident  assistant  at 
Winnipeg  General  Hospital, 
and  after  graduating  was 
House  Surgeon  for  one  year. 
In  the  Spring  of  1890,  Dr. 
Calder  removed  to  Medecine 
Hat,  to  practice  in  partner- 
ship with  the  late  Dr.  Albert 
Oliver,  who  was  then  medi- 
cal superintendent  of  the 
Medicine  Hat  General  Hospital,  and 
after  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
August,  1891,  Dr.  Calder  succeeded 
him  as  medical  superintendent.  He 
is  also  surgeon  to  the  C.  P.  R.  and 
the  North-West  Mounted  Police,  and 
Coroner  for  the  N.W.T.,  also  examining 
physician  for  a  number  of  insurance 
companies.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Pres- 
byterian, also  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F., 
A.O.F.,  and  A.  O.  U.  W.  On  January 
I2th,  1892,  he  married  Miss  Grace  Rey- 
nolds, late  matron  of  the  Medicine  Hat 
General  Hospital,  and  formerly  of  the 
Garfield  Memorial  Hospital,  at  Wash- 
ington and  the  Leeds  Infirmary. 


MEN   OK   CANADA. 


99 


JOHN  FERGUSON  BLACK, 
B.A.,  M.D.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was 
born  January  2ist,  1847,  in  Halifax. 
He  is  the  son  of  Rufus  Smith  Black, 
M.D.,  and  Mary  Theresa  Ferguson. 
After  receiving  his  early  education, 
Dr.  Black  entered  King's  College, 
Windsor,  N.S.,  from  which  he  gra- 
duated B.A.  in  1865.  He  studied 
medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  New  York,  from  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in 
1868.  He  then  located  in  Halifax, 
where  he  still  remains.  He  is  pro- 
fessor of  surgery  in  Halifax  Medical 


College,  attending  surgeon  Victoria 
General  Hospital,  consulting  surgeon 
Halifax  Dispensary,  and  a  member  of 
the  Provincial  Medical  Board.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  British  Medical 
Association  Branch,  and  of  the  Halifax 
County  Medical  Society.  He  is  to  be 
congratulated  on  having  so  soon  reached 
a  leading  position  in  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  public.  He  is  one  of  the 
leading  practitioners  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  is  particularly  known  as  a  surgeon. 
In  politics,  Dr.  Black  gives  his  sup- 
port to  the  Liberal-Conservative  party, 
but  devotes  his  whole  time  to  his  pro- 
fession. He  is  unmarried. 


100 


CANADA. 


,BV.  GEO.  SEELEY,  retired  Bap- 
tist Minister,  "The  Birches," 
Englewood,  Petitcodiac, West- 
moreland County,  N.B.,  was  born  at 
Kinsale,  Ireland,  February,  1834.  He 
is  the  son  of  Geo.  Seeley  and  Ellen 
Howe,  a  relative  of  Lord  Howe.  Mr. 
Seeley  received  his  early  education  at 
the  public  schools,  and  Mill's  Private 
Commercial  and  Scientific  Academy, 
St.  John,  N.B.,  and  subsequently  studied 
theology.  He  was  ordained  at  Carl- 
ton,  St.  John,  in  1854,  and  received  a 
call  to  the  Baptist  Church,  Carl  ton, 
remaining  nearly  four  years.  He  then 
spent  one  year  in  Fredericton,  supply- 


ing, after  which  he  located  in  Wood- 
stock, N.B.,  remaining  for  ten  years. 
He  then  became  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  Salisbury  for  five  years, 
and  then  for  four  years  served  the 
Church  at  Harvey,  Albert  County,  and 
the  following  three  years,  St.  Andrew's, 
Charlotte  County.  He  also  did  good 
work  at  Newcastle,  Sheffield,  Elgin 
and  Petitcodiac,  after  which  he  retired, 
although  he  is  still  doing  very  active 
and  acceptable  service.  He  was  mar- 
ried, July  ist,  1858,  to  May  New- 
combe,  daughter  of  the  late  Reuben 
Cowperthwaite,  Esq.,  of  Majorville,  N.B. 
He  has  one  son  living. 


1VEEN 


101 


JOHN  NiBLOCK,  the  genial 
and  accomodating  assistant  sup- 
erintendent of  the  C.P.R.,  at 
Medicine  Hat,  Assiniboia,  was  born 
December  2ist,  1849,  ^n  York  County, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  James  and 
Hannah  (Webster)  Niblock.  His  fa- 
ther was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  his 
mother  was  of  English  descent,  but 
born  in  Canada.  Mr.  Niblock  attended 
the  public  schools  in  Scarboro  Town- 
ship, York  County,  Out.,  and  worked 
at  farming  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  then  worked  for 
three  years  at  the  shoemaking  trade, 
and  subsequently  took  up  railroading 


on  the  G.T.R.,  and  rose 
to  the  rank  of  conductor. 
Afterwards  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  C.P.R.,  and 
after  rising  from  conductor 
to  train  master,  was  appoint- 
ed assistant  superintendent 
of  the  Western  Division,  in 
1883.  He  has  had  such  a 
practical  experience,  start- 
ing at  the  bottom  of  the  lad- 
der, and  being  naturally  an 
able  man,  it  is  no  wonder 
that  he  is  considered  one  of 
the  best  railroad  men  in  the 
country.  He  is  also  a  pub- 
lic spirited  man,  and  to  him 
belongs  the  credit  of  found- 
ing and  promoting  the  Gen- 
eral Hospital  at  Medicine 
Hat,  which  is  unquestion- 
ably one  of  the  finest  in  the 
Dominion.  He  contributed 
largely  of  his  own  time  and 
means,  and  was  instrumen- 
tal, in  securing  the  sym- 
pathy and  financial  aid  of 
many  noted  persons  in 
Canada,  Great  Britain  and 
the  United  States.  The 
whole  institution,  from  the 
basement  to  the  top  story, 
presents  an  air  of  home-like  comfort 
and  cheer,  not  always  found  in  similar 
institutions.  Much  might  be  said  of 
the  eminent  staff  of  nurses  employed, 
of  which  Miss  Miller  is  the  accom- 
plished matron,  but  space  will  not  per- 
mit. Mr.  Niblock  is  a  Methodist  in 
religion,  and  a  Conservative  in  politics. 
He  has  been  married  twice :  first,  on 
March  yth,  1872,  to  Miss  Isabella 
Slater,  of  Middlesex  County,  Ont.,  by 
whom  he  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter 
living;  and  second,  to  Miss  Clare,  sec- 
ond daughter  of  Col.  P.  H.  Attwood, 
on  March  3Oth,  1892.  Mr.  Niblock  is 
an  active  temperance  worker. 


102 


VERIND  A.  KIRK- 
PATRICK,  M.D., 
C.M.,  now  practic- 
ing as  a  specialist  in  diseases 
of  the  eye,  ear  and  throat, 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  was  born 
September  i8th,  1861,  at 
Aylesford,  Kings  County, 
N.S.  He  is  the  son  of  Geo. 
Kirkpatrick,  of  Aylesford, 
and  Catherine  Gates,  of 
Melvern  Square,  the  latter 
now  deceased.  Dr.  Kirk- 
patrick attended  the  com- 
mon school  at  Melvern 
Square  until  he  was  eight-  ' 
eeu  years  of  age,  when  he 
received  a  grade  B  license 
to  teach  in  the  public  school, 
and  for  five  years  was  en- 
gaged in  that  profession, 
three  of  which  he  was  vice- 
principal  of  the  Kentville 
Academy.  He  subsequently 
entered  McGill  University, 
Montreal,  from  which  he 
graduated  M.D.,  C.M.,  in 

1888,  he    made  a  brilliant 
educational  course  and  held 
the    honorary    position     of 
Prosector   to   the    Chair   of 
Anatomy.     Dr.  Kirkpatrick 

first  practiced  as  physician  and  surgeon, 
in  partnership  with  Dr.  F.  W.  Borden, 
M.P.,  Canning,  N.S.  In  the  summer  of 

1889,  he  went  to  New  York  to  prepare 
himself  for  a  specialist.     He  served  one 
year  as  a  house  surgeon   in  the  New 
Amsterdam  Eye  and  Ear  Hospital  of 
New  York  City,  and  before  leaving,  was 
appointed  a  lecturer  on  diseases  of  the 
eye  and  ear  in  the  New  York  Polyclinic 
School  of  Medicine.     He  also  studied 
in  the  office  of  the  celebrated  Drs.  Agnew 
&  Webster.     In  1890  he  began  to  prac- 
tice in  the  city  of  Halifax,  and  from  the 
beginning    enjoyed    a    successful    and 
lucrative  connection.   He  is  abundantly 


qualified  for  his  important  profession, 
having  obtained  his  education  and  train- 
ing from  the  best  equipped  institutions 
on  this  continent,  and  is  already  well 
known  for  his  skill  as  a  specialist.  Dr. 
Kirkpatrick  is  a  member  of  the  British 
Medical  Association,  and  the  Maritime 
Medical  Association.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal.  He  was  married,  June  i5th, 
1892,  to  Miss  Eliza  Lawton  Wickwire, 
daughter  of  the  late  J.  L.  Wickwire, 
Esq.,  of  Canning,  and  niece  of  Dr.  Wm. 
Wickwire,  of  Halifax.  Her  mother, 
who  is  still  living,  was  Annie  Lawton, 
daughter  of  the  well  known  ship  owner 
Jas.  Lawton,  of  St.  John,  N.B.,  deceased. 


CANADA. 


10' 


T\  /TONTAGUE  A.  B.  SMITH, 
IV I  M-D->  Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born 
V«>  August  loth,  1860,  at  Char- 
lottetown,  P.E.I.  His  parents  are  Rev. 
John  S.  Smith,  clergyman  of  the  Church 
of  England  for  thirty-five  years  in  active 
work,  but  now  retired,  and  Charlotte 
Bent,  who  died  in  1891.  Dr.  Smith 
was  educated  at  Windsor  Academy,  and 
King's  College,  Windsor,  N.S.,  where 
he  took  the  "  Almon  Welsford  Prize  " 
for  best  examination  in  the  first  year. 
From  there,  he  went  to  New  York 
University,  Medical  Department,  where 
he  graduated  in  1883.  He  was  house 
surgeon  in  Victoria  General  Hospital, 


at  Halifax,  in  1884,  for  one  year,  and 
practiced  for  a  short  time  as  physician 
for  the  Albion  Coal  Mine,  Stellartou, 
N.S.,  From  there,  he  removed  to  Dart- 
mouth, where  he  has  remained  eight 
years  (1893).  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Halifax  Branch  of  the  British  Medical 
Association,  and  other  local  medical  so- 
cieties, and  physician  to  Halifax  Dispen- 
sary. He  is  also  clinical  instructor  in 
medicine  at  the  Halifax  Medical  College. 
Dr.  Smith  is  making  rapid  progress  in 
the  medical  profession,  and  will,  doubt- 
less, attain  high  rank.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal-Conservative,  and  in  religion, 
belongs  to  the  Church  of  England. 


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1VEKN 


NICHOLSON,  M.D., 
Newcastle,  Northumberland 
County,  N.B.,  was  bom  at 
Chatham,  May  iQth,  1865.  He  is  the 
son  of  John  R.  and  Elizabeth  (Ritchie) 
Nicholson.  The  former  came  from 
Silloth,  England,  and  the  latter,  from 
Paisley,  Scotland.  He  received  his 
early  education  at  Harkin's  Academy, 
Newcastle,  and  in  1880,  was  Lome 
medalist.  From  there,  he  entered 
King's  College  University,  Frederictou, 
N.B.,  graduating  with  the  degree  of 
B.A.,  in  1884,  and  as  M.A.,  in  1886. 
He  won  the  Marquis  of  Lome  medal, 
being  the  first  man  to  receive  that  honor. 


After  leaving  Frederictou,  he  studied 
medicine  at  the  University  Medical 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  gra- 
duating with  honors  in  March,  1887, 
and  then  went  to  England,  and  studied 
in  London  for  some  fourteen  months,  at 
the  London  Hospital,  and  the  Opthalmic 
in  Moorfields.  On  returning  to  his 
native  country,  he  took  a  three  months' 
course  at  the  Polyclinic  Hospital,  New 
York,  and  then  commenced  to  practice 
his  profession  at  Newcastle,  N.B.,  where 
he  has  succeeded  in  working  up  a  large 
connection.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  secretary  of 
the  Local  Board  of  Health. 


MEN 


105 


V\/ILLIAM  TOBIN,  Fellow  of 
r  T  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons, 
and  member  of  the  Royal  College  of 
Physcians,  in  Ireland,  late  Surgeon 
Army  Medical  Department,  professor 
of  Laryngology  in  Halifax  Medical 
College,  Ophthalmic  Surgeon,  on  staff 
Victoria  General  Hospital,  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  born  in  1847,  in  the  c^y  of 
Halifax.  He  is  the  only  sou  of  the  late 
John  Tobin,  merchant,  and  for  many 
years  Conservative  member  for  Halifax, 
prior  to  Confederation.  Dr.  Tobin  was 
educated  by  the  Jesuit  Qrder,  first  at 
Fordham  College,  New  York,  and  sub- 
sequently at  the  College  de  Vaugirard, 
Paris,  France,  under  the 
celebrated  Pere  Olivant.  He 
afterwards  studied  medicine 
in  Dublin,  at  the  Royal  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons,  as  appren- 
tice to  Dr.  Mapother,  then 
professor,  and  subsequently 
president  of  the  school.  He 
graduated  in  1868-69,  ail<^ 
entered  the  Army  by  com- 
petitive examination  in 
1871,  and  was  gazetted  as- 
sistant surgeon  to  the  24th 
Regiment.  He  served  with 
this  regiment,  in  India,  until 
its  return  to  England,  and 
completed  his  Indian  tour  of 
five  years,  attached  to  the 
Royal  Artillery.  He  volun- 
teered for  Burmah  in  1874, 
during  the  Karen  troubles, 
and  accompanied  Sir  Doug- 
las Forsythe's  company,  to 
the  Court  of  the  King  at 
Mandalay,  in  medical  charge 
of  the  party.  He  returned 
to  England,  in  1876,  by  spe- 
cial leave,  and  retired  from 
the  Army  in  1879.  He 
then  devoted  himself  to  spe- 
cial medical  studies  (Eye, 
Ear  and  Throat)  in  Paris, 


and  in  London,  aid  began  practice  as  a 
specialist,  in  Halifax,  N.S.,  in  1882. 
He  accompanied  the  Halifax  Battalion 
to  the  North-West,  during  the  late 
Rebellion,  and  served  as  surgeon  in 
charge,  during  the  campaign.  He  as- 
sisted in  founding  the  first  branch  of 
the  British  Medical  Association  in  Hali- 
fax, in  1883,  and  has  twice  acted  as  its 
president.  He  is  a  Roman  Catholic, 
and  in  politics,  a  Conservative.  In  1882, 
he  married  the  youngest  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  Dalton  Shea,  president  of  Legis- 
lative Council,  St.  John's,  Newfound- 
land, brother  of  Sir  Anibroise  Shea, 
Governor  of  the  Bahamas. 


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ARTLEY  GISBORNE,  District 
Superintendent  and  Electrician 
for  the  Government  Tele- 
graph Service  in  Manitoba  and  the 
N.W.T.,  was  born  May  5th,  1860,  at 
"  Norwood,"  Sydenham,  Kent,  Eng. 
His  parents  were  Frederick  Newton 
and  Henrietta  (Hernaman)  Gisborne. 
His  father,  who  died  in  1892,  was  a  wide 
world-known  electrical  engineer,  and 
the  first  proposer  of  trans- Atlantic  tele- 
graphy, one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  Royal  Society  of  Canada,  and 
a  member  of  numerous  scientific  socie- 
ties. He  came  to  Canada  in  1872,  and 
settled  in  Nova  Scotia,  until  1879,  when 


appointed 


he  removed  to  Ottawa.  Mr.  Hartley  Gis- 
borne, received  his  education  at  Mer- 
cer's School,  London,  Eng.,  Dr.  Gilpin's 
School  at  Halifax,  N.S.,  King's  College 
School,  Windsor,  N.S.  He  had  a  pri- 
vate tutor,  in  Sidney,  N.  S.,  special 
instructors  in  chemistry,  assaying, 
geology,  electricity,  in  Halifax,  N.S., 
and,  for  many  years,  received  instruc- 
tion from  his  father.  From  1876  to  1879, 
during  the  summer  months,  he  acted  as 
assistant  geologist  and  surveyor,  in  the 
Geological  Survey  of  Canada,  and  while 
in  Nova  Scotia,  attended  lectures  during 
the  winter  months.  In  1880,  he  was 
as  engineer  in  charge  of 
telegraph  construction  in 
British  Columbia,  trans- 
ferred, in  1882,  to  the  North- 
West  Territories,  and  ap- 
pointed district  superin- 
tendent, in  addition  to  his 
other  appointment.  In  1882 
he  took  a  tour  through 
many  of  the  States,  for 
pleasure,  and  to  see  what 
progress  had  been  made 
in  electricity.  During  the 
summer  of  '90,  he  was 
chief  electrical  engineer  on 
the  Government  steamer 
"  Newfield,"  laying  and  re- 
pairing submarine  cables. 
During  the  North- West  Re- 
bellion, he  was  in  active 
service.  Mr.  Gisborne  is  a 
member  of  the  Canadian 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
the  Institution  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  England,  life 
member  of  the  British  As- 
sociation for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  Fellow  of 
the  Imperial  Institute,  J.  P., 
and  member  of  the  Masonic 
and  I.O.O.F.  societies,  etc. 
He  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England. 


107 


WJAMILTON  LANG,  editor  and 
<3J^1  proprietor  of  the  Times,  Moose 
VS>  Jaw,  Assa.,  was  born  Nov- 
ember ayth,  1867,  at  Aylrner,  Que.  He 
is  a  son  of  Rev.  James  and  Mary 
(Macdonald)  Lang.  On  his  father's 
side,  he  is  descended  from  north  of 
Ireland  stock,  and  his  mother's  ancestors 
came  from  the  Highlands  of  Scotland 
to  this  country,  with  Lord  Selkirk  in 
1812.  Mr.  Lang's  family  removed  to 
Langvale,  Manitoba,  in  1880,  and  were 
the  first  white  settlers  in  that  district, 
and  it  is  from  them  the  place  derives 
its  name.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  Ottawa,  and  afterwards  pursued 


his  studies  privately.  In  1888,  he  at- 
tended a  short  session  of  the  Brandon 
Normal  School,  then  taught  school  for 
two  years,  and  afterwards  attended  the 
Normal  School  in  Winnipeg,  one  ses- 
sion. After  teaching  another  year  at 
Morris,  Man.,  he  removed  to  Moose 
Jaw,  in  January,  1891,  to  take  charge  of 
the  Intermediate  Department  of  the 
Public  School.  One  year  later,  he 
bought  the  7^'mes  from  Mr.  Jas.  Nathan 
McDonald.  In  addition  to  the  regular 
newspaper  press,  the  Times  office  is 
equipped  with  power  job  presses  and 
other  modern  improvements.  Mr.  Lang 
is  a  Conservative  in  politics. 


loS 


MEN   OR 


-r^DWARD  JAMES  MORSE,  B. A., 
Jj,  Barrister,  Notary  Public,  etc., 
~"^^>  Windsor,  Nova  Scotia,  was 
born  in  1854,  in  Clarence,  Annapolis 
County,  N.S.  His  parents  were  Samuel 
Edward  Morse  and  Sarah  Ann  (Elliot) 
Morse.  The  former  was  a  school  teach- 
er, and  was  born  in  Bridgetown,  N.S., 
while  the  latter  was  a  native  of  Clarence, 
N.S.  Mr.  Morse  received  his  education 
at  Acadia  College,  Wolfville,  N.S.,  and 
graduated  from  that  institution,  receiv- 
ing the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1880.  He 
then  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
for  several  years.  On  January  i2th, 
1891,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  as 


barrister,  and  immediately  began  to 
practice  as  such.  In  politics,  Mr. 
Morse  is  a  Liberal-Conservative,  but 
does  not  take  an  active  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  his  party.  In  religion,  he  is 
a  Baptist.  He  was  married,  February 
23rd,  1881,  to  Jessie  Alma  Parsons, 
daughter  of  Henry  Parsons,  Esq.,  of 
Kingston,  Nova  Scotia.  His  family 
consists  of  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 
Mr.  Morse  is  a  man  of  energy  and 
ability,  thoroughly  painstaking  and 
industrious,  which,  coupled  with  his 
Stirling  principle,  must  sooner  or  later 
place  him  in  the  leading  ranks  of  his 
profession. 


CANADA. 


109 


,EV.  JOSEPH  PASCOE,  retired 
Methodist  Minister,  of  Petit- 
_  codiac,  Westmoreland  Coun- 
ty, N.B.,  was  born  at  Sithney,  Corn- 
wall, England,  August  23rd,  1834. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Pascoe.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Sithney,  and  his  mother  of  Constantine, 
Cornwall.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion at  a  private  academy,  at  Gwennop, 
in  Cornwall,  and  finished  it  with  a  Cler- 
gyman in  Oxfordshire.  He  was  then 
sent  by  the  Wesleyan  Mission  Com- 
mittee to  Newfoundland  in  1 861,  remain- 
ing there  until  iSSi,  and  then  went  to 
Prince  Edward  Island,  where  he  conti- 


nued until  1886,  when  he  was  removed 
to  Dorchester,  N.B.,  where  he  served 
two  years.  After  leaving  Dorchester,  he 
went  to  Jerusalem  circuit,  Queen's 
County,  N.B.,  and  then  to  Shediac,  and 
retired  in  1891,  through  ill  health. 
Mr.  Pascoe  has  been  married  three 
times:  first,  in  July,  1868,  to  Joanna, 
daughter  of  William  Whelan,  Esq.,  of 
Brigus,  Newfoundland ;  and  second,  in 
July,  1875,  to  Alice  Mary,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Wright,  Esq.,  of  Bedeque, 
P.E.I.;  and  third,  to  Catherine  Osborne, 
on  June  6th,  1889,  daughter  of  the  late 
Robert  Moore,  merchant,  of  Dorchester, 
and  a  native  of  Donegal,  Ireland.  She 
is  also  a  sister  of  the  Hon. 
Joseph  L.  Moore,  of  Dor- 
chester, who  was  a  member 
of  the  Provincial  Parliament 
for  a  number  of  years.  Mr. 
Pascoe  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order,  also  of  the 
Orange  Order  and  Sons  of 
Temperance.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Reformer.  He  has 
written  a  large  number  of 
poems,  notably  one  on  the 
Queen's  birthday,  which 

•  was  published  in  the  Wes- 
leyan, of  Halifax,  May  23rd, 
1889.  He  was  journal  sec- 
retary of  the  Newfoundland 
Conference  in  1876,  secre- 
tary in  1877,  and  journal 
secretary  for  a  second  time 
in  1879,  and  that  year  wrote 
the  pastorate  address  of 
the  Conference.  As  he  is 
scarcely  beyond  the  prime 
of  life,  much  good  may  be 
expected  from  his  continued 
labors,  not  only  in  the  pul- 
pit, but  through  the  med- 
dium  of  his  read}'-  pen, 
which  has  furnished  so 
much  interesting  and  help- 
ful matter. 


I  IO 


CANADA. 


"Y\7lLLIAM  WHITE,  Q.C.,  senior 
r  \  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
White  &  Wyssman,  Moosomin,  Assi- 
niboia,  N.W.T.,\vas  born  at  Hamilton, 
Ont.,  April  29th,  1856.  His  parents 
were  the  late  Thomas  and  Eliza  (Barr) 
White,  natives  of  Omaga,  County 
Tyrone,  Ireland.  His  father  was  Col- 
lector of  Inland  Revenue,  at  Hamilton, 
Ont.  Mr.  White  was  educated  at  the 
public  school  and  Collegiate  Institute, 
Hamilton,  W.  C.  College,  Toronto,  and 
is  an  undergraduate  of  Toronto  Univer- 
sity, matriculating  in  1874.  He  was 
then  employed  by  the  Canadian  Bank 
of  Commerce,  Toronto,  and  Hamilton 
for  two  years.  He  studied 
law  with  his  brother,  John 
White,  M.  A.,  and  sub- 
sequently with  Lizier  & 
White,  of  Hamilton,  Ont., 
in  all  two  years.  He  then 
studied  with  Beaty,  Hamil- 
ton &  Cassels ;  Howland, 
Arnoldi  &  Ryerson,  and 
McCarthy,  Hoskin  &  Creel- 
man,  of  Toronto,  in  all 
three  years.  He  was  called 
to  the  Bar  in  1880,  and  after 
practicing  a  short  time  in 
Hamilton,  Ont.,  he  removed 
to  the  N.W.T.,  arriving  in 
Regina,  Assiniboia,  in  May, 
1882,  and  began  practice  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  D.  L. 
Scott,  Q.C.,  in  1883,  which 
partnership  continued  for 
three  years.  He  removed  to 
Moosomin,  and  began  to 
practice  in  October,  1886, 
where  he  has  been  rewarded 
by  marked  success  ever 
since.  Mr.  White  was  cre- 
ated a  Q.C.,  January  2nd, 
1890.  He  is  Crown  Prose- 
cutor for  Eastern  Assiniboia, 
since  1887,  was  a  member 
of  the  North- West  Council, 


was  elected  to  the  first  council  of  the 
N.W.T.  for  Regina,  in  1883,  which 
office  he  held  until  1886  ;  was  transport 
officer  for  Battleford  Column,  North- 
West  Field  Force,  during  North-West 
Rebellion  of  1885 ;  and  census  com- 
missioner for  Assiniboia,  for  1886.  Mr. 
White  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  and  in  politics,  a  Liberal-Con- 
servative. He  was  married,  March  23rd, 
1887,  to  Miss  Frances,  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  John  Bolton-Cholerton  Hall, 
Surgeon  8th  Brigade  Royal  Artillery,  of 
Kimbolton,  Huntingdonshire,  England, 
who  died  at  sea,  on  his  way  from  India 
with  his  regiment,  in  February,  1872. 


1 1 1 


<»<TNEV.  DAVID  FORSYTH,  A.B., 
TV  Rector  of  St.  Paul's,  Chatham, 
VS)  N.B.,  and  Honorary  Canon  of 
Christ  Church  Cathedral,  Fredericton, 
was  born  in  Hammond,  King's  County, 
N.B.,  October,  1845.  He  is  a  son  of 
David  and  Elizabeth  Forsyth,  of  Ty- 
rone, Ireland.  His  mother's  father  was 
Robert  Nethery,  Esq.,  sometime  divinity 
student  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 
Canon  Forsyth  received  his  preparatory 
education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
county,  and  at  the  Collegiate  School, 
Fredericton,  N.  B.  He  entered  the 
University  of  New  Brunswick  in  1869, 
and  graduated  with  honors  in  1872. 


After  further  study  of  divinity,  he  was 
ordained  deacon  in  Christ  Church  Cathe- 
dral, Fredericton,  N.  B.,  by  Bishop 
Medley,  in  1873,  and  given  charge  of  St. 
Paul's  Parish,  Chatham,  N.B.  He  was 
advanced  to  the  priesthood,  in  March, 
1874,  by  Bishop  Medley,  in  Sussex, 
N.B.,  and  was  appointed  rector  of  St. 
Paul's,  Chatham.  He  is  Rural  Dean  of 
Chatham,  and  in  1889,  he  was  appointed 
an  honorary  Canon  of  Christ  Church 
Cathedral,  Fredericton.  He  has  long 
been  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Pro- 
vincial Synod,  and  of  the  Board  of 
Management  of  the  Domestic  and 
Foreign  Missionary  Society. 


112 


ARCHIBALD, 

iff,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was  bom 
August  1 6th,  1840,  at  Mus- 
quodoboit,  Halifax  County,  N.S.  His 
father  was  Matthew  Archibald  and  his 
mother  Jane  Grant.  The  former  fol- 
lowed farm  life  and  died  about  the  year 
1883.  Mr.  Archibald  received  a  good 
common  school  education,  and  then 
commenced  life  as  a  farmer  and  stock 
trader,  which  occupation  he  followed  for 
ten  years.  In  1871,  he  was  elected  to 
represent  the  County  of  Halifax,  and 
was  again  elected  in  1874,  but  was  de- 
feated in  1878.  In  1879,  he  was  elected 
to  the  County  Council,  and  in  1880  was 


appointed  County  Warden,  and  for 
three  years  was  elected  by  acclamation, 
to  succeed  himself  as  Councillor.  For 
two  years,  he  was  Warden  of  the  County 
of  Halifax.  In  1883,  he  was  appointed 
by  the  Government,  as  Sheriff  of  Hali- 
fax County,  which  office  he  now  holds. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and  in  reli- 
gion, a  Presbyterian,  and  an  elder  in  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Halifax.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  North  British  Society, 
and  in  1892,  was  president  of  the  same. 
Mr.  Archibald  was  married,  in  1865,  to 
Miss  McLachlan,  who  is  of  Scotch 
descent.  His  family  consists  of  eight 
children,  seven  sons  and  one  daughter. 


OF*   CANADA. 


THE  MOST  REV.  ALEX- 
^    ANDRE  ANTONIN 

TACH£,  Roman  Catholic 
Archbishop  of  St.  Boniface, 
Manitoba,  is  descended  from 
a  most  remarkable  family, 
which  has  been  prominent 
in  Church,  State  and  Lite- 
rature. He  was  born  July 
23rd,  1823,  at  Riviere  du 
Loup,  Que.  His  father  was 
Charles  Tache,  brother  of 
the  late  Sir  Etienne  Pascal 
Tache,  Premier  of  Canada, 
and  his  mother  was  Demoi- 
selle Henriette  Boucher  de 
la  Broquerie,  grand  niece  of 
Madame  d'Yonville,  who 
founded  the  Grey  Nunnery 
of  Montreal.  Archbishop 
Tache  is  a  man  possessing 
the  strongest  religious  con- 
victions, an  unswerving  de- 
votion to  duty,  a  most  supe- 
rior intellect  and  kindly  dis- 
position. He  received  his 
classical  education  in  the 
College  of  St.  Hyacinthe, 
P.Q.,  and  after  some  time  in 
the  Theological  Seminary, 
Montreal,  returned  to  St. 
Hyacinthe,  as  professor  of 
Mathematics.  June  24th,  1845,  he 
started,  with  Father  Aubert,  as  a  mis- 
sionary, in  a  birch  bark  canoe,  for  the 
Red  River  district,  and  reached  St. 
Boniface,  after  a  journey  of  62  days. 
On  the  following  Sunday,  was  ordained 
Deacon,  and  Priest  on  October  i2th  of 
the  same  year.  In  1851,  he  proceeded 
to  France  and  was  there  consecrated 
Bishop,  November  23rd  of  that  year, 
and  after  visiting  Rome,  he  returned 
to  Quebec,  and  in  June,  1851,  again 
reached  St.  Boniface.  On  June  /th, 
1853,  the  first  Bishop  of  St.  Boni- 
face died,  and  Bishop  Tache  became 
titular  of  all  the  North-West.  Bishop 


Tache  was  away  in  France,  when  the 
first  North-West  Rebellion  broke  out, 
but  at  the  request  of  the  Canadian 
Government,  at  once  hastened  back, 
and  though  he  arrived  too  late  to  pre- 
vent the  death  of  Thomas  Scott,  he  was 
largely  instrumental  in  restoring  peace. 
He  was  appointed  Archbishop  and  Me- 
tropolitan of  St.  Boniface,  on  the  22nd 
September,  1871.  Of  late  years,  his 
health,  has  been  seriously  impaired,  but 
his  many  friends  sincerely  hope  that  he 
may  long  be  permitted  to  listen  to  the 
sweet  chimes  of  u  The  Bells  of  St.  Boni- 
face," which  form  the  theme  of  one  of 
Whittier's  most  beautiful  poems. 

8 


IAPTAIN  w.  H.  SMITH,  F.R.G. 

S.,M.M.S. A.,  Lieutenant.  R.N.R., 
"S>  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Examiners  of  Masters  and  Mates,  com- 
missioner for  enquiring  into  wrecks  and 
a  nautical  advisor  to  the  Dominion 
Government,  was  born  in  1837,  at  Broad- 
stairs,  Kent,  England.  His  parents 
were  John  Samuel  and  Charlotte  (Day) 
Smith.  His  father  was  a  commander 
in  the  Royal  Navy,  served  on  board 
H.M.S.  "Minotaur"  as  a  midshipman 
at  the  battle  of  Trafalgar,  in  1805,  was 
wounded  by  a  Spanish  bullet,  and  re- 
ceived a  special  pension.  Capt.  Smith 
was  educated  at  the  Grammar  School, 


Canterbury,  and  the  Naval 
School,  Greenwich.    He  has 
been  to  sea  from  his  youth. 
Was    in    the     Government 
Transport    Service    during 
the  Crimean  War,  and   re- 
cently   commodore    of    the 
Allan    Line    fleet    and    in 
command  of  the  ''  Parisian  " 
when    she  made  the   mem- 
orable   voyage    from    Tory 
Island    to   Belle    Isle   in    4 
days,  17  hours  and   10  mi- 
nutes.    He  has  crossed  the 
Atlantic     several     hundred 
times,   and    has    had  many 
passengers  of  note  with  him. 
His  ship  was  anchored  with 
the  combined  fleets  of  Eng- 
land,  France  and  Turkey, 
off  Sebastopol,  and  he  sail- 
ed   with    them    to    Odessa. 
Proceeded  to  Kinburn  with 
sealed  orders,  and  laid  the 
buoys     for    the     fleet,    was 
present     at    the     bombard- 
ment    of    Kinburn    Forts, 
and     interpreted     for     the 
General    when    he    surren- 
dered.    Capt.  Smith  was  in 
the    Redan   two  days   after 
it    was    taken,    and    before 
being  occupied  by  the  British  ;  he  was 
also  present  at  other  engagements.    He 
is  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Geographical 
Society    of   England,   member    of   the 
Council  of  the  Mercantile  Marine  As- 
sociation of  Liverpool,  and  a  member 
of  the  Nova  Scotia  Institute  of  Natural 
Science.     He    belongs    to    the  Church 
of  England,   and  is   lay-reader  in  the 
Parish  of  Sackville,  N.S.      He  married 
in     1874,     Marion     Becker     Thomas, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lewis  F.  Thomas, 
B.A.,   formerly   Chaplain   to  the    Earl 
of  Galloway   and  son   of  General    Sir 
Lewis   Thomas.      His   family  consists 
of  five  sous  and  three  daughters. 


OK   CANADA. 


,EV.  CHARLES  WATSON  SA- 
BLES, Baptist  Minister,  Caiiip- 
bellton,  Restigouche  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  at  Medford,  Mass., 
U.S.A.,  December  i2th,  1855.  He  is 
the  son  of  John  Sables  and  Sarah  Grant, 
the  former,  a  contractor  and  ship 
builder,  who  erected  many  of  the  large 
public  buildings  in  his  town  and  state. 
Mr.  Sables  received  his  early  education 
at  the  schools  of  Medford,  graduated  at 
Medford,  and  received  a  diploma  from 
the  Faith  Training  College,  Boston. 
He  received  his  classical  and  theological 
education  under  private  tutors.  While 
in  Boston,  he  did  a  good  deal  of  mission 


work  among  the  prisons  and  lodging 
houses,  and  was  on  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  Young  Men's  Mission. 
He  received  a  call  to  Campbellton, 
October  2oth,  1892,  and  was  ordained 
the  following  January.  Here  his  mis- 
sion extends  to  Metapedia,  Moore's  and 
Mann's  settlements  and  Eel  River. 
In  1885,  tne  first  Baptist  Mission  in 
Campbellton,  was  formed,  and  some 
three  years  later  a  church  was  built, 
which  is  now  free  from  debt.  Mr. 
Sables  was  married,  July  loth,  1889,  at 
Baring,  Maine,  to  Mary  L.,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Moncton. 
He  has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


CANADA. 


CORNISH  WILCOCKS, 
editor  and  proprietor  of  The 
Leader,  Granby,  Que,  was  born  in 
Richmond,  Que.,  in  1869.  He  is  the 
youngest  living  son  of  Arthur  and 
Marion  F.  Wilcocks.  The  former  is  a 
native  of  Exeter,  England,  and  came  to 
Canada  in  1854.  He  was  clerk  of  the 
Circuit  Court  at  Richmond,  from  1869 
to  1884,  mayor  of  Melbourne  for  several 
years,  chairman  of  the  School  Commis- 
sioners of  Richmond,  and  mayor  of  that 
town,  in  1893.  The  latter  is  a  daughter 
of  the  late  Rev.  H.  Evans,  of  Welsh 
descent,  but  born  in  Canada.  Mr.  Wil- 
cocks, received  a  College  education,  and 


took  the  degree  of  B.A.  at  Bishop's 
College,  Lennoxville.  He  then  entered 
with  the  Star,  of  Montreal,  and  subse- 
quently managed  the  printing  depart- 
ment for  J.  C.  Wilson  &  Co.  In  May 
1891,  he  located  in  Granby,  and  founded 
The  Leader,  one  of  the  most  popular 
journals  in  the  Province.  Mr.  Wilcocks 
is  a  Conservative,  but  his  paper  is  Inde- 
pendent. He  took  an  active  part  in  the 
general  elections  of  1891,  when  the 
Hon.  Wilfrid  Laurier  was  defeated  by 
Mr.  C.  C.  Cleveland,  of  Richmond 
County.  He  was  married,  June  2ist, 
1893,  to  Amy  Isabella,  only  daughter 
of  Alonzo  C.  Savage,  of  Granby. 


V.  JOSEPH  McCOY,  of  Clmt- 
ham,  N.B.,  was  born  in  Hamil- 
ton,  Ont.,  September  23rd, 
1848.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late  John 
McCoy,  and  Elizabeth  Jane  Scott,  na- 
tives of  the  North  of  Ireland.  Receiving 
his  early  education  at  the  public  and 
Grammar  schools  of  his  native  city,  he 
entered  the  University  of  Toronto,  in 
September,  1871,  in  which  institution 
he  had  an  honorable  career,  taking  the 
degree  of  B.A.,  with  honors,  and  a 
silver  medal  in  Natural  Science,  in 
1875.  He  then  entered  his  theological 
course  in  Knox  College,  receiving,  at 
the  close  of  his  first  session,  the  scholar- 


ship in  Biblical  criticism. 
The  same  year  he  passed 
his  examination  at  the  Uni- 
versity, taking  the  degree 
of  M.A.  In  1878,  he  com- 
pleted his  collegiate  course, 
obtaining  the  scholarship  in 
Systematic  Theology.  He 
obtained  also  the  prize  for 
Scripture  reading,  given  by 
the  Literary  Society.  Dur- 
ing the  last  four  years  of 
his  course,  he  taught  with 
marked  success,  English 
and  Botany,  to  the  se- 
nior classes  in  "Rolleston 
House,"  Toronto,  a  young 
ladies'  academy  of  excel- 
lent standing.  He  was  or- 
dained a  minister  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Huron,  Febru- 
ary 3rd,  1879,  and  inducted 
into  the  pastoral  charge  of 
Egmondville  Church.  Un- 
der his  ministry,  the  con- 
gregation made  substantial 
progress,  clearing  off  the 
debt,  and  building  a  beauti- 
ful manse.  Here,  while  his 
people  were  greatly  attached 
to  him,  he  received  a  call 
from  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Chatham,  N.B.  As  he  saw  it  was  his 
duty  to  accept  this  call,  he  was  released 
by  the  Presbytery,  the  members  ex- 
pressing regret  at  his  removal  from 
them.  He  was  inducted  minister  of 
St.  Andrew's,  September  i8th,  1889,  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Miramichi,  and  his 
ministry  has  been  very  successful,  in  a 
large  and  wide  spread  congregation.  He 
was  married,  April  8th,  1879,  to  Mary 
Helen,  only  daughter  of  Mr.  Joseph  C. 
Huckins,  of  Stratford,  Ont.  His  bro- 
thers Mr.  John  McCoy,  inspector  of  the 
Hamilton  Provident  and  Loan  Society, 
and  Dr.  Samuel  McCoy,  B.A.,  of  St. 
Catharines,  are  well-known  in  Ontario. 


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CANADA. 


FREDERICK  ROGERS, 

-I  D.C.L.,  Barrister,  etc., 
Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont., 
was  born  in  Derbyshire, 
Eng.,  May  gth,  1857.  Mr. 
Rogers  canie  to  Canada 
when  about  16  years  of  age. 
He  subsequently  studied 
law  with  Messrs.  MacMahon 
&  Gibbons,  London,  Ont., 
and  was  called  to  the  Bar  in 
1880.  In  1882,  he  removed 
to  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  where 
he  has  since  practiced  his 
profession.  In  June,  1888, 
he  completed  his  course  in 
Civil  Law  at  Trinity  Univer- 
sity, Toronto,  and  received 
from  that  institution  the 
degree  of  B.C.L.,  and  the 
degree  of  D.C.L.  in  1893. 
Dr.  Rogers  is  prominently 
connected  with  what  is 
known,  as  "The  Coloniza- 
tion and  Imigration  Move- 
ment in  Algoma."  Some 
two  years  ago,  on  the  for- 
mation of  the  Algoma  Col- 
onization Society,  he  was 
chosen  honorary  secretary, 
and  has  devoted  much  time 
and  money  in  endeavoring 
to  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  world  at 
large,  the  many  opportunities  and  in- 
ducements which  that  district  offers  to 
intending  colonists.  He  spent  consider- 
able time  in  gathering  statistics  and 
information  from  all  parts  of  the 
district,  which  he  compiled  in  a  pam- 
phlet, published  by  the  society,  entitled, 
l'  Algoma  Farmers  Testify,"  a  work  of 
some  68  pages,  which/  with  other 
literature  concerning  Algoma,  is  being 
largely  circulated  in  the  Old  Land  by 
Sir  Charles  Tupper  and  P.  Byrne,  Esq., 
the  Ontario  Government  agent  at  Li- 
verpool, and  also  throughout  Canada 
and  the  United  States,  by  the  Algoma 


Colonization  Society.  In  addition  to 
taking  a  great  interest  in  agricultural 
and  colonization  matters,  Dr.  Rogers 
has  also  connected  himself  with  the 
benevolent  work,  carried  on  by  the 
different  fraternal  societies,  and  is  a 
P.M.  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  I.O.O.F.,  the  K.  of  P., 
the  Foresters  and  other  societies.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative, 
and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  several 
campaigns.  Having  lived  so  long  in 
the  district,  he  has  won,  for  himself, 
the  affection  and  esteem  of  his  neigh- 
bors, and  has  build  up  a  large  profes- 
sional practice  from  all  parts  of  the  same. 


119 


,EV.    WALTER    J.    DOODY, 

Annapolis,  N.S.,  was  born  June 
_  3rd,  1868,  at  Aglish  Moon- 
coin,  County  Kilkenny,  Ireland.  He 
is  the  son  of  Edmund  and  Margaret 
(Phelan)  Doody,  the  former  now  de- 
ceased. He  began  his  education  at 
Carrigeen,  Kilkenny  County,  and  com- 
menced his  classical  education  at  the 
College  School,  Waterford  County, 
Waterford,  Ireland.  He  studied  Philoso- 
phy and  Theology  at  St.  John's  College, 
Waterford.  He  received  the  minor  or- 
ders from  the  late  Bishop  Egan,  and 
coming  to  Canada  in  July,  1890,  was 
ordained  to  the  priesthood  by  Arch- 


bishop O'Brien,  December  yth,  of  the 
same  year,  at  St.  Mary's  Cathedral, 
Halifax.  He  then  spent  nine  months 
under  Rev.  Dr.  Murphy,  as  junior 
curate,  and  in  October,  1891,  took  charge 
of  St.  Louis  Church,  Parish  of  Anna- 
polis. Father  Doody  has  certainly  re- 
ceived prominent  attention  at  the  hands 
of  his  church,  at  the  very  outset  of  his 
ministry,  and  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  possession  of  those  qualities  of  head 
and  heart,  which  have  brought  him  so 
speedily  to  the  front.  His  future  ap- 
pears to  be  full  of  promise,  and  his 
many  friends  hope  that  his  useful  life 
may  be  long  spared. 


120 


JVTEN   OF 


JOHN  ANDREW  DAVIDSON, 
M.P.P.,  general  merchant,  Nee- 
pawa,  Manitoba,  was  born  Au- 
gust i9th,  1852,  at  Thamesford,  Oxford 
County,  Ont.  After  completing  his 
education,  he  went  into  business  life, 
and  in  1868,  removed  to  Iowa,  U.S., 
and  in  1871  to  Winnipeg,  Manitoba, 
but  subsequently  located  in  Portage 
La  Prairie,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
In  April,  1872,  he  started  farming  at 
Gladstone,  Manitoba,  where  he  also 
kept  a  store  and  the  post  office,  until 
1 88 1,  when  he  founded  the  town  of 
Neepawa.  He  now  conducts  a  large 
general  store  business,  and  extensive 


ranching  operations,  and  has  been  iden- 
tified with  almost  every  public  enter- 
prise of  the  place.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Town  Council  ever  since 
its  formation,  and  was,  for  some  time, 
chairman  of  the  School  Board.  He  was 
elected  M.P.P.,  first  in  November,  1881, 
and  by  acclamation  in  January,  1883, 
was  defeated  in  1886  and  1888,  and 
elected  again  July,  1892.  In  politics, 
Mr.  Davidson  is  a  Conservative,  and  in 
religion,  a  Methodist.  He  is  an  enthu- 
siastic Mason,  and  was  D.D.G.M.  in 
1889  and  1890.  He  was  married,  March 
2Oth,  1878,  to  Miss  Sophia  Ellen,  daugh- 
ter of  Jos.  Hamilton,  of  Perth  Co.,  Ont. 


CANADA. 


121 


^\  /T  ARSHALL  MACKLIN,  M.D., 
J.VI  M.C.P.S.O.,  Practicing  Physi- 
v»)  cian  and  Surgeon,  Portage 
La  Prairie,  Manitoba,  was  born  July 
i  yth,  1840,  in  the  Township  of  Scarboro, 
York  County,  Ont.  His  father,  Mar- 
shall Macklin,  a  Scotch  Irishman,  was 
one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  York 
County,  and  a  leader  in  many  public 
enterprises.  His  mother,  Mary  Jack- 
son, was  a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scotland. 
Dr.  Macklin,  after  completing  his 
course  in  the  public  and  Grammar 
schools,  attended  the  University  of 
Toronto,  and  then,  on  account  of  failing 
health,  returned  to  the  farm,  where 


he  remained  about  five  years.  On  the 
death  of  his  first  wife,  he  sold  the  farm, 
and  began  the  study  of  medicine  in 
Trinity  Medical  School,  Toronto,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  the  Spring  of 
1877.  He  then  removed  to  Port  Arthur, 
Ont.,  as  physician  to  the  C.P.R.,  and 
afterwards  settled  in  Portage  La  Prairie, 
Man.,  in  1879,  where  he  started  a  drug 
store,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  A.  B. 
Lakeman.  After  two  years,  the  latter 
was  succeeded  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Campbell, 
and  at  the  end  of  five  years,  Dr. 
Macklin  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the 
drug  business;  and  gave  his  whole 
attention  to  his  profession,  which  has 
so  increased,  that  it  is  now, 
probably,  the  largest  in  the 
Province  of  Manitoba,  out- 
side of  Winnipeg.  In  re- 
ligion, Dr.  Macklin  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics, 
a  Reformer.  He  is  also  an 
eighteen  degree  Mason,  and 
has  held  many  prominent 
offices  in  that  Order.  He 
is  an  enthusiastic  rifleman, 
and  is  one  of  the  best  shots 
in  the  95th  Battalion.  Dr. 
Macklin  was  instrumental 
in  organizing  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
in  Manitoba,  and  continues 
to  represent  that  body  in  the 
University  Council.  He 
possesses  in  large  abun- 
dance, those  qualities  of 
head  and  heart,  which  so 
materially  aid  in  bringing 
a  professional  man  into  pro- 
minence, and  making  him 
favorably  known  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  resides. 
The  Doctor  has  been  married 
three  times,  and  has  two  sons 
and  one  daughter  by  the  first 
wife,  and  two  daughters  by 
his  third  wife. 


122 


JAMES  HODD,  president  of  the 
Hodd  &  Cullen  Milling  Co., 
(Ltd.),  Stratford,  Ont.,  was 
born  June  28th,  1850,  in  Woking,  Sur- 
rey, England.  His  parents,  James  and 
Elizabeth  (Hull)  Hodd,  were  held  in 
universal  esteem.  Mr.  Hodd  was  edu- 
cated chiefly  at  an  endowed  school,  in 
Hungerford,  Berkshire,  after  which  he 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  1871, 
when  he  came  to  Canada,  and  was 
apprenticed  to  the  milling  business,  in 
Hamilton,  Ont.  and  vicinity.  Since 
that  time  he  has  given  his  careful  and 
entire  attention  to  this  important  in- 
dustry. After  several  years  experience 
in  Hamilton,  Dundas,  De- 
troit, and  in  the  Western 
States,  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account 
in  1880,  in  Clifford,  Ont. 
In  1882,  Mr.  Hodd  and  the 
late  Mr.  John  Cullen,  of  Ayr 
Ont.,  removed  to  Stratford, 
and  built  the  now  widely 
known  Classic  City  Mills, 
having  a  capacity  of  300 
barrels  per  day,  and  which, 
they  operate  under  the  firm 
name  of  Hodd  &  Cullen. 
On  the  death  of  the  latter, 
in  1886,  his  interests  were 
purchased  by  Mr.  John  Fred- 
erick, of  West  Flamboro, 
and  the  business  continued 
under  the  original  firm  name 
of  Hodd  &  Cullen.  On  May 
ist,  1893,  the  joint  stock 
company  as  above  indicated, 
was  formed,  with  Mr.  Hodd 
as  managing-director,  and 
the  business  enlarged  to 
meet  the  growing  demand 
for  the  superior  brands  from 
these  mills,  notably  the 
"Classic,"  the  "Diadem," 
the  "  Maple  Leaf, "  and 
the  "Anchor."  These,  and 


other  grades  of  flour  and  mill  feed,  are 
shipped  to  all  parts  of  Ontario,  Quebec, 
the  Maritime  Provinces  and  Great 
Britain.  Mr.  Hodd  is  a  skillful  prac- 
tical miller,  thoroughly  reliable  and 
honorable  in  all  his  dealings,  and  his 
success  is  the  result  of  his  Stirling 
principle  and  energy.  His  seat  at  the 
City  Council  Board  indicates, the  respect 
and  esteem  in  which  he  is  held.  He  is 
an  Episcopalian  in  religion,  and  in  poli- 
tics, a  Conservative.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  In  1875,  Mr. 
Hodd  married  Miss  Maria  A.  Frederick, 
of  West  Flamboro.  His  family  con- 
sists of  six  children. 


123 


YVnLLIAM  TEMPLEMAN,  nian- 
r  \  ager  of  the  Daily  Times,  Vic- 
toria, B.C.,  was  born  September  28th, 
1845,  at  Pakenham,  Lanark  County, 
Out.  His  parents  were  William  and 
Helen  (Taylor)  Templeman,  natives  of 
Scotland.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  then  entered  the  Herald 
office  at  Carleton  Place,  Out.,  where  he 
served  a  four  years'  apprenticeship  to 
the  printing  business.  After  spending 
several  years  in  Oswego,  N.Y.,  Chicago, 
111,  and  Memphis,  Tenn.,  he  returned 
to  Ontario,  and,  in  partnership  with  Mr. 
R.  J.  Northgraves,  established  the 
Gazette  at  Almonte,  which  he  conducted 


from  1867  to  1882.  He  then  sold  out 
his  interest  in  that  paper,  and  accepted  a 
position  on  the  Daily  7}'mes,  Victoria, 
B.C.,  subsequently  acquiring  a  con- 
trolling interest  in  the  paper,  and  has 
been  managing  editor  ever  since.  The 
J^imes,  for  ten  years,  was  the  only 
Liberal  paper  in  British  Columbia. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Templeman  is  a  Pres- 
byterian ;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F.  and  A.O.U.W.  He 
was  married,  February  nth,  1869,  to 
Eva,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bond,  Almonte. 
Mr.  Templeman  was  an  unsuccessful 
candidate  for  the  House  of  Commons, 
in  the  election  of  March,  1891. 


124 


JOSEPH  ANTOINE  LANGIS, 
M.D.,  Petit  Rocher,  Gloucester 
County,  N.B.,  was  born  at 
Rimouski,  P.Q.,  September  23rd,  1861. 
He  is  the  son  of  Germain  Langis  and 
Elizabeth  Garon,  both  of  Rimouski. 
He  received  his  early  education  under 
private  tutors,  and  then  entered  Ri- 
mouski College,  where  he  remained  for 
ten  years,  graduating  with  the  degree 
of  B.S.  He  then  began  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Laval  University,  from 
which  institution  he  graduated  with 
honors,  and  the  degree  of  B.M.  He 
then  entered  Victoria  College,  Montreal, 
and  in  1888,  having  graduated  with 


honors  and  the  degree  of  M.D.,  im- 
mediately commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Maria,  P.Q.  In  1890,  he 
removed  to  Petit  Rocher,  N.B.,  where 
he  has  succeeded  in  acquiring  a  large 
practice.  His  success  is  certainly  very 
remarkable  for  a  man  of  his  years,  and 
his  future  is  full  of  hope.  Dr.  Langis 
was  married  in  October,  1888,  to  Lse- 
tetia,  daughter  of  Louis  Jules  Belanger, 
Esq.,  barrister,  of  the  city  of  Quebec. 
His  family  consists  of  one  child.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  and  president  of  Branch  195 
of  the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit  Associa- 
tion, which  he  organized. 


OR   CANADA. 


125 


<S<7\AVID  HOWARD  HARRI- 
)  SON,  M.D.,  C.M.,  banker  and 
ex-Premier  of  Manitoba,  Nee- 
pawa,  Man.,  was  born  June  ist,  1843, 
at  London,  Ont.  His  parents  were 
Milner  and  Catherine  (Howard)  Har- 
rison. The  former  was  a  native  of 
Yorkshire,  England,  and  the  latter  was 
of  Irish  descent,  and  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  the  township  of  London, 
and  her  mother  was  the  first  white 
woman  buried  there.  Dr.  Harrison's 
father,  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  North  of  London.  He  was  a 
councillor  for  the  united  Counties  of 
Bruce,  Huron  and  Perth,  in  the  early 
days,  and  was  a  J.  P.  for 
over  thirty  years.  Dr.  Har- 
rison, was  educated  in  the  St. 
Mary's  Public  School,  Cara- 
doc  Academy,  Gait  Gram- 
mar School,  and  Toronto 
University.  Dr.  Harrison, 
entered  McGill  College, 
Montreal,  in  1860,  and  gra- 
duated from  that  institution 
four  years  later.  He  then 
practiced  in  St.  Mary's,  for 
eight  years,  and  was  Cor- 
oner for  Perth  County.  In 
1873,  he  retired  from  the 
practice  of  medicine,  and 
went  into  the  flax  business, 
which  he  continued  until 
1 88 1,  when  he  removed  to 
Manitoba,  and  engaged  in 
the  ranching  business,  until 

1887.  In  January,  1883,  he 
was  elected  M.P.P.  for  Min- 
nedosa ;  August,  1886,  was 
sworn  in  as  Minister  of  Agri- 
culture ;     December,     1886, 
was  returned,  and   Decem- 
ber, 1887,  on  the  retirement 
of   Premier    Norquay,    Dr. 
Harrison  succeeded  him  as 
Premier,  retired  in  January, 

1888,  and   has   since   then 


refused  all  public  honors.  In  1888,  he 
established  his  present  private  banking 
business,  and  that,  with  large  farm- 
ing, and  other  business  interests,  has 
received  his  full  attention  ever  since. 
Dr.  Harrison  is  a  chapter  member,  and 
P.M.  in  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  in  re- 
ligion, is  a  Presbyterian.  He  was 
married  in  April,  1866,  to  Miss  Marg- 
aret Notman,  of  Montreal,  Que.,  by 
whom  he  has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
Mrs.  Harrison  died  in  1872,  and  the 
Doctor  was  again  married  in  September, 
1874,  to  Miss  Kate,  daughter  of  the  late 
George  Stevenson,  late  mayor  of  Sarnia, 
Out.,  by  whom  he  has  one  son. 


126 


OR   CANADA. 


EDWARD  DOWS- 
^  WELL,  builder  and  contractor, 
V«>  Fort  William,  Ont,  was  born 
May  3Oth,  1855, in  the  Township  of  Scar- 
boro,  York  County,  Ont.  His  father, 
Thomas  Dowswell,  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, while  his  mother,  Jane  (Branam) 
Dowswell,  was  born  in  Canada.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
Scarboro  and  Toronto.  When  he  was 
eighteen  years,  of  age,  he  engaged  in 
the  lumbering  business,  which  he  con- 
tinued for  about  two  years,  and  became 
foreman  for  Messrs.  Virgo  &  Bambridge, 
lumbermen,  etc.,  for  three  years,  then  be- 
came manager  for  Messrs.  French  & 


Co.,  lumbermen,  Dresden,  Ont.,  for  three 
years,  when  he  severed  his  connection 
with  them,  and  engaged  in  building  on 
his  own  account.  In  1891,  he  removed 
to  Fort  William,  and  engaged  more 
extensively  in  the  building  business, 
and  now  enjoys  a  very  prosperous  and 
rapidly  extending  connection.  Mr. 
Dowswell  possesses  large  and  active  con- 
structive faculties,  and  it  is  no  doubt 
owing  to  this,  that  he  is  not  only  an 
inventor  of  considerable  note,  but  has 
been  able  to  turn  his  inventions  to 
financial  profit.  In  1881,  he  and  his 
brother  invented  and  patented  "  The 
Dowswell  Washing  Machine,"  which 
owing  to  its  great  superior- 

,        ity  has  attained  a  large  sale 

on  its  merits.  A  Hamilton 
firm  now  owns  the  patent, 
and  they  are  shipped  to  all 
parts.  In  1892,  he  invented 
"  The  Lightning  Post  Hole 
Digger,"  and  patented  the 
same  in  Canada  and  Mexico. 
The  issue  of  a  U.S.  patent 
is  now  pending.  This  ar- 
ticle is  said  to  be  a  marvel 
of  simplicity  and  efficiency, 
and  its  immense  sale  would 
seem  to  confirm  the  state- 
ment. Already  he  has  re- 
ceived over  $10,000,  for 
rights  to  manufacture  the 
article  in  certain  districts  of 
Canada.  In  religion,  Mr. 
Dowswell  is  a  Methodist, 
taking  an  active  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  his  church, 
and  in  politics,  he  is  a 
staunch  Reformer.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  I.O.F. 
and  I.O.O.F.  He  was  mar- 
ried on  the  twenty-second 
of  October  1881,  to  Miss 
Jennie  Graham,  of  Dresden, 
Ont.  His  family  consists 
of  five  children. 


MKN   OF   CANADA. 


127 


,EV.  ABNER  MERCEREAU 
McNINCH,  F.C.  Baptist  Minis- 
^,  ter,  Petitcodiac,  Westmore- 
land County,  N.B.,  was  born  at  Wake- 
field  Corner,  Carleton  County,  N.B., 
July  yth,  1864.  He  is  the  son  of  Asa 
and  Catherine  (Kelley)  McNinch.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the 
schools  of  Wakefield,  and  then  studied 
at  Woodstock  College,  N.B.  From  there 
he  went  to  Acadia  College,  Wolfville, 
N.S.,  and  finished  his  Theological 
course  at  the  Maine  Central  Institute. 
After  leaving  the  latter  institution,  he 
travelled  considerably  in  Europe,  and 
on  his  return  was  ordained  to  the 


ministry  of  the  F.C.  Baptist  Church, 
October  9th,  1890,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  F.  C.  Baptist  Church,  at 
Sussex,  N.B.,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years,  and  then  removed  to  Petit- 
codiac, where  he  has  charge  of  three 
churches,  namely  :  Cornhill,  Havelock 
and  Petitcodiac.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  I.O.F.  and  chaplain  to  the  same. 
He  was  married,  June  8th,  1891,  to 
Janie  E.,  daughter  of  Edward  Bent, 
who  was  a  very  extensive  farmer  in  the 
Annapolis  Valley,  and  a  member  of  the 
Municipal  Council  for  ten  years.  He 
retired,  in  1888,  on  account  of  ill  health, 
and  died  in  May,  1892. 


128 


]MKN   OR   CANADA. 


THE  LATE  JOHN  LEANDER 
WICKWIRE,  Canning,  N.S., 
was  born  at  that  place,  June  nth, 
1832.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Peter 
and  Eliza  (Rockwell)  Wickwire,  and 
received  his  education  in  his  native 
county.  At  an  early  age,  he  engaged 
in  speculating,  which  he  carried  on  ex- 
tensively, for  many  years,  with  much 
success.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
thorough  and  energetic  men  in  the 
county,  a  man  of  sound  judgment,  and 
clear  business  foresight,  and  was  al- 
ways ready  to  aid  in  promoting  public 
enterprises.  In  religion,  Mr.  Wick- 
wire  had  been  brought  up  a  Baptist, 


and  always  favored  that  denomination, 
although  he  was  not  a  member  of  any 
church.  In  politics,  he  was  an  active 
Liberal,  being  a  prominent  and  in- 
fluential member  of  that  party.  He 
was  married  in  November,  1866,  to 
Annie  Alice,  daughter  of  the  late  well- 
known  ship  o\vner,  James  Lawton,  of 
St.  John,  N.B.  His  family  consisted 
of  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  Mr. 
Wickwire  died  very  suddenly  on  May 
1 9th,  1891,  deeply  regretted  by  all 
who  knew  him.  He  was  widely  known 
in  his  section,  for  his  many  good 
qualities  of  head  and  heart,  and  was  a 
man  of  honesty  and  integrity  of  purpose. 


MEN     OR     C  AX  A  DA. 


129 


JOHN  STARR,  of  the 
firm  of  John  Starr, 
Son  &  Co.,  (Ltd.), 
contractors    for   the    equip- 
ment of  electric   light  and 
power  stations,  electric  tram- 
ways, and  all  kinds  of  elec- 
trical    apparatus,     Halifax, 
N.  S.,  was  born  in  that  city, 
December  Qth,  1827.     He  is 
the  son  of  David  Starr,  of 
Halifax,  who  is  one  of  the 
descendents  of  Dr.  Comfort 
Starr,  who  came  to  Boston, 
Mass.,    from     England     in 
1635.     The   records   of  his 
family    were    published     a 
few  years  ago  in  the  United 
States.     Mr.  Starr  received 
his    education    at   the   Aca- 
demy connected  with  King's 
College,  Windsor,  N.S.,  and 
continued  it  at  Mount  Alli- 
son   University,    Sackville, 
N.B.     He    began    business 
in  1848,  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  David  Starr  &  Sons, 
who  built  up  a  large  busi- 
ness in  hardware  and  ship- 
ping, but  which  was  entirely 
ruined    in     1880,    by   non- 
payment for  construction  of 
some  sections  of  the  I.  C.  R.     Mr.  Starr 
is  the  originator,  and  was   for  several 
years    president   and    manager   of  the 
Starr  Mfg.  Co.,  and  was  also  the  origi- 
nator and  is  at  present  the  managing- 
director  of  the  Canada  Explosives  Co., 
Ltd.,  who  manufacture  "  Roburite,"  a 
new  safety  explosive  for  use  in  collieries. 
About  the  year  1884,  when  electricity 
was  beginning  to  be  known  as  a  factor 
for  light  and  power,  Mr.  Starr  was  one 
of  the  first  to  introduce  it  in  Canada, 
and   succeeded   in   organizing   Electric 
Light  companies  in   various  towns  in 
Canada  and  Newfoundland,  and  by  his 
push  and  energy,  has  established   his 


t 


present  business,  which  is  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  Dominion.  He  spent 
several  years  in  Europe  in  the  interests 
of  the  Thomson-Houston  Company  of 
Boston,  and  was  instrumental  in  intro- 
ducing their  system  of  electric  light,  in 
London,  Paris  and  other  towns  in 
France.  In  religion,  Mr.  Starr  is  an 
influential  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  was  married,  June  i3th, 
1853,  to  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Wni.  Croscouibe,  well  and  favorably 
known  in  Quebec  and  the  Lower  Pro- 
vinces. His  family  consists  of  two 
sons  and  four  daughters.  Both  of  the 
former  are  enthusiastic  electricians. 


130 


CANADA. 


/CHARLES  GURD,  proprietor  of 
1  the  well-known  firm  of  Charles 

^ -^«>  Gurd  &  Co.,  manufacturers, 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  was  born  at  Edge- 
worthstown,  Ireland,  in  1841.  He  came 
to  Canada  with  his  parents  in  1845,  anc^ 
has  resided  in  Montreal  since  that  time. 
He  received  his  education  at  Rev.  C.  P. 
Watson's  Commercial  Academy,  and 
continued  it  at  the  High  School.  At 
the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  commenced 
his  business  career  in  the  chemical 
and  drug  business,  in  which  line  he 
travelled  in  Western  Canada  for  several 
years.  Since  1866,  he  has  devoted  his 
attention  to  the  business  of  which  he  is, 


at  present,  the  proprietor 
and  active  manager.  The 
knowledge  of  chemistry 
which  he  received,  and  also 
a  special  course  in  the  same 
line  at  McGill  College,  has 
been  of  invaluable  service  to 
him  in  the  manufacture  of 
mineral  waters.  These  prac- 
tical qualifications,  com- 
bined with  his  natural  ener- 
gy and  affability,  have  suc- 
ceeded in  placing  his  firm 
far  in  the  lead  among  the 
aerated  water  manufacturers 
of  Canada.  In  order  to  keep 
up  the  standard  of  his  ma- 
nufactures, he  is  in  the  habit 
of  paying  periodical  visits 
to  the  large  centres  of  this 
industry,  in  search  of  im- 
provements, and  has  twice 
paid  extended  visits  to  Bel- 
fast, where  he  has  spent  con- 
siderable time  and  money 
in  investigating  the  methods 
and  processes  adopted  there 
and  throughout  the  British 
Isles.  Mr.  Gurd  takes  an 
active  interest  in  the  charit- 
able institutions  of  Mont- 
real, and  is  a  life  governor 
of  the  Montreal  General  Hospital  and 
the  Protestant  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Irish  Pro- 
testant Benevolent  Society,  and  a  liberal 
donator  to  several  Protestant  and  Catho- 
lic institutions.  He  is  a  trustee  in 
several  benefit  societies,  and  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Montreal  Board  of  Trade 
for  several  years.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Liberal,  but  does  not  take  an  active 
interest  in  political  matters.  Mr. 
Gurd  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  a 
large  number  of  friends,  both  in  social 
and  business  circles,  for  his  upright 
life,  and  straight  forward  business 
dealings. 


FREDERICK  LESLIE  NEW- 
MAN, of  the  firm  of  T.  A.  New- 
man &  Bro.,  grocers,  and  Mayor 
of  Portage  La  Prairie,  Manitoba,  was 
born  June  25th,  1859,  at  Merrickville, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Maitland)  Newman.  The  for- 
mer was  born  in  England  and  the  lat- 
ter in  Canada.  Mr.  Newman  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Merrickville  public  school, 
Perth  Collegiate  Institute,  Brantford 
Collegiate  Institute  and  Toronto  Uni- 
versity. He  then  taught  school  for 
about  three  and  a  half  years,  and  re- 
moved to  Manitoba  in  1882.  He  was 
subsequently  clerk  on  the  C.P.R.,  and 


afterwards  train  conductor  on  the  Pa- 
cific division.  He  was  passenger  train 
conductor  for  about  four  years,  and  in 
1889  retired  from  the  road,  and  went 
into  partnership  with  his  brother  at 
Portage  La  Prairie,  where  they  continue 
to  do  a  large  and  constantly  increasing 
trade.  Mr.  Newman  was  elected  mayor 
by  acclamation  in  January,  1892,  and 
again  in  January,  1893.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Conservative,  and  in  religion, 
an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  being  a 
P.GJ.W.  and  a  P.D.D.G.M.  On  Sept. 
8th,  1888,  he  married  Emma  L.,  daugh- 
ter of  S.  B.  Merrill,  of  Prescott,  Ont. 


132 


,EV.  ROBERT  LAING,  M.A., 
president  Halifax  Ladies'  Col- 
lege, was  born  December 
26th,  1841,  in  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland. 
His  father  was  James  Laing,  a  native 
of  Aberdeenshire,  who  emigrated  to 
Canada  in  1847,  ^rst  settling  in  Chain- 
bly,  Province  of  Quebec,  and  afterwards 
removing  to  Buckingham,  P.  Q.,  in 
1 86 1,  where  he  died  in  1881.  After 
receiving  his  early  education,  Mr. 
Laing  entered  McGill  College,  gra- 
duating B.A.  in  1868,  taking  first  rank 
honors  in  Mental  and  Moral  Philo- 
sophy, the  Prince  of  Wales'  medal,  and 
later,  the  degree  of  M.A.  He  studied 


Theology  in  Morin  College,  Quebec, 
under  Dr.  Cook,  and  also  at  Edinburgh. 
He  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  1873,  and  was 
assistant  to  Rev.  Dr.  Jenkins  from  1873 
until  1878,  when  he  was  called  to  St. 
Matthew's  Church,  Halifax.  In  1887, 
he  founded  the  Halifax  Ladies'  College, 
and  in  1890,  took  the  management  of 
the  same.  He  is  chairman  of  the 
Widows'  and  Orphans'  Fund  of  Synod 
of  the  Maritime  Provinces.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Liberal-Conservative.  He  was 
married  in  1878,  to  Christina  D.,  second 
daughter  of  James  Croil,  Esq.,  Montreal. 
He  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 


FISHER  LUXTON, 
managing  director  of  the 
Manitoba  Free  Press  Company,  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba,  was  born  December 
1 2th,  1844,  in  Devonshire,  England. 
He  came  to  Canada  with  his  parents, 
when  a  mere  lad.  After  receiving  his 
education  in  the  common  and  Grammar 
schools  of  St.  Thomas,  he  taught  school 
for  some  years.  In  1866,  he  established 
the  Strathroy  Age,  and  subsequently 
purchased  the  Seaforth  Expositor,  and 
after  that,  founded  the  Daily  Home 
Journal,  at  Goderich.  In  1871,  he  was 
engaged  by  the  Toronto  Globe,  and  sent 
to  the  North-West,  as  special  corres- 


pondent, to   write   up  what 
was   then    a   comparatively 
unknown  land.     His  letters 
to  that  paper,  arrested  con- 
siderable   attention    in    the 
older  parts  of  Canada.     In 
1872,    he    established     the 
Manitoba    Free    Press,     in 
Winnipeg,  first  as  a  weekly, 
and    after    one    year,    as    a 
daily.      In    1874,     he     was 
elected  to  the  Manitoba  Le- 
gislature for  Rock  wood,  re- 
signing his  seat  in  1878,  to 
become  a  candidate  for  Mar- 
quette  for  the  Canadian  Par- 
liament, but  by  mutual  ar- 
rangement, both  he  and  his 
opponent,  retired  in  favor  of 
Sir  John  A.  Macdonald.  He 
was  defeated  in   1885,  in  a 
contest  for  the   representa- 
tion of  South  Winnipeg  in 
the  Legislature,  but  the  fol- 
lowing    year,    successfully- 
contested  the    same  consti- 
tuency.     He    sat    out    the 
term  of  the  Legislature,  but 
has  not  since  offered  himself 
for    political    honors.      For 
many    years,    Mr.    Luxton 
was  a  member  of  the  City 
School  Board,  of  which  he  was  chair- 
man, and  was   also  a   member  of  the 
Provincial    Board    of    Education.     He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Winnipeg 
General    Hospital,    of  which    he   is    a 
life    governor,    and    is    also   a   charter 
member    of    the    Winnipeg    Board    of 
Trade.      Mr.     Luxton    has    gradually 
drawn  away  from  all  public  and  quasi 
public  positions,  having  no  ambition  to 
be    personally    conspicuous,    and    also 
because  he  is  so  much  engrossed  with 
his  rapidly  increasing  journalistic  work. 
In  politics,  Mr.  Luxton  is  an  Indepen- 
dent with  Reform  leanings.   He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


MKN 


CANADA. 


THE  LATE  JOHN  p. 

-I-  MOTT,  manufacturer, 
Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born  in 
that  city  in  1820.  His 
parents  were  Henry  Y. 
Mott,  M.P.P.,  and  Elizabeth 
(Prescott)  Mott,  sister  of  the 
late  Hon.  Chas.  R.  Prescott. 
Mr.  Mott  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  common  and 
High  schools  of  his  day,  and 
in  early  life,  learned  the 
business  of  inunufacturing 
chocolates  and  spices.  He 
subsequently  entered  into 
partnership  with  his  father, 
under  the  firm  of  Mott  & 
Son.  The  latter  soon  de- 
veloped into  a  keen  and 
successful  business  man. 
Their  trade  increased  until 
it  became  one  of  the  largest 
of  the  kind  in  the  Dominion. 
Mr.  Mott  did  not  confine 
himself  to  manufacturing 
alone ;  being  interested 
largely  in  local  banking,  in- 
surance business,  and  build- 
ing societies,  while  his  ser- 
vices as  a  bank  director,  were 
frequently  sought.  He  had 
unbounded  faith  in  the  fu- 
ture of  Nova  Scotia,  and  showed  his 
faith  by  losing  no  opportunity  to  in- 
vest his  capital  in  the  development 
of  the  country's  resources.  In  short, 
Mr.  Mott  has  given  a  stimulus 
to  the  development  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  left  an  impress  on  the  commercial 
life  of  his  country,  which  will  long  re- 
main. The  acccum  illation  of  $850,000 
did  not  absorb  his  higher  nature  or 
render  him  impervious  to  the  comfort 
and  well  being  of  those  about  him,  as 
his  charitable  deeds  and  kindly  heart 
abundantly  testified.  His  will  leaves 
about  $250,000  to  charitable  purposes. 
From  his  ever  open  hands,  help  and 


cheer  reached  many  heavy  hearts,  that 
never  knew  to  whom  they  were  in- 
debted, so  unostentatious  was  his  man- 
ner of  helping  the  needy.  His  kind 
remembrance  of  his  employees  in  his 
will,  speaks  volumes  for  the  motives 
which  governed  his  mercantile  life,  and 
when  he  died,  on  Feb.  i2th,  1890,  the 
poor  man  felt  that  he  had  lost  a  friend. 
Mr.  Mott  was  a  Liberal  in  politics,  until 
Confederation,  after  that  he  was  a  Libe- 
ral-Conservative. In  religion,  he  was  an 
adherent  of  the  Anglican  Church.  He 
was  married  in  1848,  to  Isabel  Lawson 
Creighton,  daughter  of  the  late  Jas.  A. 
Creighton,  of  Halifax,  N.S. 


135 


JOHN  PRINGLE  YOUNG,  sup- 
erintendent and  burser  of  the 
Provincial  Home  for  Incur- 
ables, Portage  La  Prairie,  Manitoba, 
was  born  April  8th,  1845,  i*1  Roxbo- 
roughshire,  Scotland.  His  parents,  Wil- 
liam and  Margaret  (Pringle)  Young, 
were  also  Scotch.  Mr.  Young  began 
his  education  in  the  public  school  in 
Scotland,  and  continued  it  in  the  public 
school  in  Canada,  until  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age.  He  then  served  his  ap- 
prenticeship with  Mr.  James  Steel, 
blacksmith,  of  Walpole,  Out.  He  was 
subsequently  thirteen  years  at  Chat- 
ham, Out.,  and  eleven  years  in  Portage 


La  Prairie.  He  received  his  present 
position  in  May,  1890.  Mr.  Young 
was  in  the  Town  Council  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  was  mayor  of  Por- 
tage La  Prairie  in  1885-86-88.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in 
politics,  a  Reformer.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  and  I.O. 
O.K.  In  the  latter  order,  he  was  the 
second  in  Manitoba,  to  receive  a  vete- 
ran jewel  for  twenty-five  years  conse- 
cutive membership  in  good  standing. 
Mr.  Young  was  married,  February 
1 7th,  1869,  to  Miss  Helen,  daughter 
of  Alexander  Richardson,  Esq.,  of 
Chatham,  Ont. 


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r.  THEOPHILUS  VAN  DE 
MOORTEL,  Belledune,  Glou- 
cester County,  N.  B.,  was 
born  at  Bruges,  Belgium,  May  iQth, 
1843.  Father  Van  de  Moortel  began 
his  early  education  at  Boulers,  West 
Flanders,  continued  it  at  Turnhout, 
graduated  when  sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  secured  his  philosophical  training 
at  St.  Louis  University,  Missouri, 
U.S.A.  He  then  taught  rhetoric  in  the 
same  institution  for  five  years,  and  dur- 
ing that  time  was  teacher  of  General 
Tecumseh,  Sherman's  son,  the  son  of 
General  Price,  and  many  other  noted 
men.  He  took  his  theological  course  at 


the  College  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  Wood- 
stock, Maryland,  under  Father  Mazella. 
He  then  spent  several  years  in  missions 
in  different  parts  of  the  United  States, 
and  was  ordained  in  1875,  by  Archbishop 
Bailey,  at  Baltimore,  at  the  Woodstock 
College  ;  was  then  appointed  lecturer  at 
the  Church  of  St.  Francis  Xavier,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  and  then  at  the  Church  of 
the  Holy  Family,  at  Chicago.  He  then 
removed  to  Canada  for  the  benefit  of  his 
health,  and  was  appointed  pastor  of  the 
Parish  of  Gaspe,  P.Q.  Eleven  years 
after,  he  took  charge  of  the  Church  of  St. 
John  the  Evangelist,  at  Belledune,  and 
of  St.  Vincent  de  Paul,  at  Green  Point. 


CANADA. 


137 


Tl  JTARTIN  L.  GRIMMETT,  Bar- 
jLr  I  rister-at-law,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
VS>  was  born  May  22nd,  1863, 
near  Oxford,  England.  His  parents, 
John  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Thatcher) 
Grimmett,  left  England,  in  1873,  with 
their  family,  and  settled  in  Alleghany 
City,  Penn.,  U.S.,  where  they  remained 
for  some  time,  subsequently  removing 
to  Ontario,  and  afterwards  to  Manitoba, 
settling  near  Virden,  where  they  still 
reside,  and  are  held  in  the  highest  res- 
pect. Mr.  Martin  L.  Grimmett  was 
educated  in  Alleghany  City,  and  after- 
wards at  Collingwood,  Out.,  Collegiate 
Institute.  He  taught  school  for  some 


years,  in  Ontario  and  Manitoba,  and 
then  studied  law  in  the  offices  of  W.  A. 
Macdouald,  Brandon ;  Joseph  Martin, 
ex-Attorney  General  of  Manitoba,  and 
Munson  &  Allan,  Winnipeg.  In  Mi- 
chaelmas term,  1890,  he  was  called  to 
the  Manitoba  Bar,  and  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Munson  &  Allan,  began  to 
practice  in  Winnipeg.  In  1892,  he  was 
admitted  as  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Ewart,  Fisher  and  Wilson,  which  fact 
coupled  with  the  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held,  and  his  own  ability,  assures  his 
success.  He  also  takes  an  active  part 
in  religious  and  other  good  work  ;  is 
a  director  of  the  Winnipeg  Y.M.C.A., 
first  vice-president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Prohibition 
Club,  Winnipeg,  and  for 
three  consecutive  terms,  was 
president  of  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society  of  Grace 
Methodist  Church,  Win- 
nipeg. The  ability  of  Mr. 
Grimmett  as  a  student,  and 
his  ambition  as  a  professional 
man,  are  well  exemplified  in 
his  examinations,  in  which 
he  has  always  taken  first- 
class  honors,  and  headed  the 
list.  In  1893,  at  the  second 
year  examination,  for  the 
degree  of  LL.B.,  at  Manito- 
ba University,  he  took  a  re- 
markably high  percentage. 
He  expects  to  receive  this 
degree  in  1894.  He  pays  a 
high  tribute  to  the  invalu- 
able influence  and  example 
of  his  mother,  a  woman 
greatly  admired  and  beloved 
for  her  Christian  graces. 
In  politics,  Mr.  Grimmett  is 
a  staunch  and  an  active 
Liberal.  He  is  also  a  strong 
prohibitionist,  and  has  done 
good  work  in  the  cause  of 
temperance. 


138 


yrNTHONY  IVAN  MADER,  M.D., 
J^  \  C.M.,  physician  and  surgeon, 
V«>  Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born  March 
4th,  1863,  in  New  Canada,  Lunenburg 
County.  His  parents  were  Jeremiah 
and  Sarah  E.  Mader.  The  former  was 
a  general  merchant,  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  Postmaster.  He  transacted  a 
notary  business,  took  an  active  part  in 
political  matters,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  County  Sessions  until  his  death  in 
1874.  The  oid  Mader  homestead,  si- 
tuated in  Mader's  Cove,  Lunenburg,  is 
now  occupied  by  Joseph  Mader,  grand- 
sou  of  Lehonard  Mader,  and  great  uncle 
to  our  subject.  Dr.  Mader  received  his 
early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Lunenburg  , 

County,  and  his  commercial 
education  in  Halifax.  He 
graduated  at  the  Halifax 
Business  College  in  1885, 
after  which  he  entered  a 
mercantile  office,  but  soon 
abandoned  business  to  re- 
sume study.  He  studied 
classics  for  a  time  under 
Prof.  Wm.  P.  Dole,  LL.D., 
of  St.  John,  N.B.  He  regis- 
tered as  a  medical  student 
while  in  New  Brunswick, 
and  passed  the  necessary 
examination  in  Arts  at  the 
St.  John  Grammar  School, 
and  in  1887  entered  McGill 
University.  Besides  the  re- 
gular medical  course,  he 
took  Sir  William  Dawson's 
course  in  zoology,  and  also  a 
special  course  in  operative 
surgery.  Among  his  dis- 
tinctions at  college,  he  won 
a  clinical  clerkship,  under 
the  professor  of  clinical  me- 
dicine, in  the  wards  of  the 
Montreal  General  Hospital. 
After  graduating  from  Mc- 
Gill College,  he  returned  to 


Halifax,  and  was  at  once  appointed 
senior  house  surgeon  to  the  Victoria 
General  Hospital  by  competitive  ex- 
amination. After  completing  his  full 
term  in  that  office,  and  receiving  a 
diploma  of  merit,  he  took  up  general 
practice  in  Halifax,  and  has  already  a 
good  connection.  Dr.  Mader  is  assistant 
demonstrator  of  anatomy,  at  the  Halifax 
Medical  College,  and  physician  to  the 
Infants'  Home.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Nova  Scotia  Branch,  British  Medical 
Association,  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Medical 
Society,  the  Maritime  Medical  Society, 
and  the  Halifax  County  Medical  So- 
ciety. In  religion,  he  is  a  Baptist. 


MKN 


139 


WjrUGH  ARMSTRONG,  M.P.P., 
'^J^l  for  Woodlands  district,  fish 
VS>  exporter,  etc.,  Portage  La 
Prairie,  Manitoba,  was  bom  August 
5th,  1858,  in  St.  Lawrence  County, 
N.Y.  State,  U.S.A.  His  parents  Hugh 
and  Emily  (Farnsworth)  Armstrong, 
came  to  Canada  in  1860,  and  settled  in 
Carleton  County,  Out.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  one  winter  in  which  he  at- 
tended the  village  school,  Mr.  Arm- 
strong was  educated  by  his  father,  who 
was  a  teacher  by  profession.  After 
completing  his  education,  and  teaching 
school  for  some  two  and  one  half  years, 
he  conducted  a  general  store,  at  Dunro- 


bhijOnt,  from  1878  to  1883.  In  May,  of 
the  latter  year,  he  removed  to  Manitoba, 
and  went  into  business  at  Poplar  Point, 
and  at  the  same  time  began  the  business 
of  fish  exporting,  being  the  first  to  ex- 
port rough  fish  from  Manitoba.  Sub- 
sequently he  sold  out  his  store  to  his 
brother,  and  has  since  devoted  his 
whole  attention  to  the  fish  trade.  He 
was  elected,  by  acclamation,  M.P.P., 
July  23rd,  1892.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Conservative,  and  in  religion,  is  Non- 
Sectarian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  A.O. 
U.W.,  and  a  Royal  Arch  Mason.  On  Oct. 
1 4th,  1885,  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Hy.  Younghusband,  of  Essex  Co.,  Out. 


,EV.  FATHER  AMADEUS  A. 
BOUCHER,  Upper  Charlo, 
Restigouche  County,  N.B., 
was  born  at  Yainachiche,  St.  Maurice 
County,  P.Q.,  February  23rd,  1857. 
His  parents  were  Alexis  Boucher  and 
Delphine  Lefebvre  de  Villemure,  both 
natives  of  Quebec  Province.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  at  the 
Christian  Brothers'  School  at  Yaina- 
chiche, and  his  classical  course  at  the 
Seminary  of  Three  Rivers,  entered  the 
novitiate  of  the  Oblates  of  M.G.,  in 
1875.  He  was  ordained  by  Bishop 
Rodgers,  of  Chatham,  N.B.,  August 
25th,  1879,  and  was  appointed  assistant 


priest  to  Rev.  Father  Richard,  of  St. 
Louis,  Kent  County,  N.B.  Two  years 
after  this  he  was  appointed  assistant 
priest  to  Rev.  Father  T.  F.  Barry,  re- 
maining- with  him  eight  months,  and  in 
the  Fall  of  1 88 1,  he  took  charge  of  the 
Parish  of  St.  Margarets,  Northumber- 
land County,  N.B.,  where  he  continued 
for  four  years,  when  he  was  appointed 
pastor  of  the  Church  of  St.  Francis  Xa- 
vier,  Upper  Charlo,  where  he  still  conti- 
nues. This  is  the  oldest  church  in  the 
County  of  Restigouche,  the  mission  hav- 
ing been  founded  by  the  Rev.  Father  S. 
J.  Desjardins  in  1800.  His  field  here 
extends  from  New  Mills  to  Balmoral. 


CANADA 


141 


EDWIN  DAVID  KING,  Q.C.,  Bar- 
rister and  Solicitor,  Halifax,  N.S., 
^*S>  was  born  in  Onslow,  County 
of  Colchester,  N.S.,  December  26th, 
1841.  He  is  the  son  of  John  King,  J.  P. 
and  Sarah  Ann  King.  The  former  was 
a  native  of  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland,  and 
came  to  Nova  Scotia  when  a  boy,  with 
his  parents,  and  resided  there  until  his 
death.  The  latter  was  born  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  is  of  the  U.E.  Loyalist  Stock, 
her  father  having  come  to  Nova  Scotia 
at  the  time  of  the  American  War  of 
Independence.  Mr.  King  received  his 
education  at  Acadia  University,  Wolf- 
vihe,  N.S  ,  where  he  graduated  B.A.  in 
1863,  and  M.A.  three  years 
later.  He  subsequently  stu- 
died law  at  Halifax,  where 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
in  1867,  and  was  created  a 
Q.C.  in  1884.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Nova  Scotia 
Barristers'  Society,  of  the 
Alninni  Society  of  Acadia 
University,  of  the  Provincial 
Sunday  School  Association 
of  Nova  Scotia,  and  an  as- 
sociate member  of  the  Vic- 
toria Institute,  of  London, 
England.  He  has  twice 
filled  the  office  of  president 
of  the  Alumni  Society  of 
Acadia  University,  and  was 
for  seven  years  secretary. 
He  has  also  twice  been 
president  of  the  S.  S.  Asso- 
ciation, and  is  at  present, 
and  has  been  since  the  or- 
ganization, in  1885,  chair- 
man of  its  executive  com- 
mittee. In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal-Conservative,  and 
takes  an  active  part  in  elec- 
tion contests.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Baptist,  and  holds 
the  offices  of  deacon  treasu- 
rer and  teacher  of  the  senior 


Bible  class  of  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
Halifax.  He  is  also  one  of  the  gover- 
nors of  Acadia  University,  and  since 
1885,  has  been  chairman  of  its  commit- 
tee on  investments.  Mr.  King  is  a 
very  busy  man,  not  only  in  his  profes- 
sion, as  member  of  the  law  firm  of  King 
&  Barss,  but  also  in  political  and  edu- 
cational matters,  in  which  he  is  deeply 
interested  and  takes  a  leading  part. 
He  also  finds  time  to  do  much  work  in 
the  church  to  which  he  belongs.  Fe- 
bruary 3rd,  1869,  he  was  married  to 
Minnie  S.  Barss,  daughter  of  John  W. 
Barss,  J.  P.  and  Lydia  K.  Barss,  of 
Wolfville,  N.  S. 


142 


TOM  ROUTLEDGE,  J.  P.,  member 
-^-  of  the  firm  of  Bouverie  &  Rout- 
ledge,  importers  of  thorough-bred  stock, 
breeders,  etc.,  Boss  Hill  Farm,  Virden, 
Manitoba,  was  bom  March  4th,  1857, 
at  Mealsgate,  Cumberland,  England. 
His  parents,  who  are  both  deceased,  were 
Joseph  and  Ann  (Hewetson)  Routledge, 
from  Lane  Head,  Bolton,  Cumberland. 
Mr.  Routledge  was  educated  at  Wigtou 
College,  Cumberland,  and  Emmanuel 
College,  Cambridge.  He  rowed  in  the 
winning  University  Crew,  against  Ox- 
ford, in  1879.  He  came  to  Western 
Canada  in  May,  1879,  and  settled  at 
Riding  Mountain,  where  he  remained 


two  years.  He  located  the  land  for  the 
great  Bell  Farm,  and  afterwards  be- 
came general  superintendent  of  the 
same,  which  position  he  filled  for  two 
years.  Here  he  was  joined  by  his 
present  partner,  Hon.  Frank  Bouverie, 
youngest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Radnor. 
In  the  Fall  of  1883,  they  commenced 
operations  on  the  Boss  Hill  Farm,  where 
they  make  a  speciality  of  all  kinds  of 
high  bred  horses,  short  horned  cattle, 
sheep,  etc.  The  Boss  Hill  Farm  annual 
sales  are  always  largely  attended.  A 
painting  of  their  buildings  was  one  of 
the  attractions  sent  to  the  World's  Fair 
at  Chicago,  in  1893,  by  the  C.  P.  R.  Co. 
Mr.  Routledge  is  well  adapt- 
ed to  the  line  of  business  in 
which  he  is  engaged.  He 
has  great  admiration  for  live 
stock,  and  owing  to  his  long 
experience,  thoroughly  un- 
derstands the  worth  and  qua- 
lity of  the  various  grades 
of  animals  passing  through 
his  hands.  He  was,  for 
some  years,  president  of  the 
Local  Agricultural  Society, 
and  also  of  the  Liberal-Con- 
servative Association.  He 
is  also  a  commissioner  for 
the  Province  of  Manitoba, 
and  Notary  Public  for  the 
North-West  Territory.  He 
is  Captain  of  "  A  "  Troop, 
Manitoba  Dragoons,  which 
force  was  organized  by  him, 
and  takes  an  active  part  in 
all  the  local  sporting  clubs 
and  societies.  In  1886  he 
contested  Dennis  Riding 
for  the  Local  Legislature. 
His  knowledge  of  public 
affairs  makes  him  a  tho- 
roughly representative  man. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  commu- 
nicant of  the  Church  of 
England. 


CANADA. 


143 


^H, 


OHN  WEMYSS,  M.A.,  Glas- 
gow, Barrister,  Solicitor,  etc., 
Neepawa,  Manitoba,  was  born 
August  1 8th,  1861,  at  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land. His  parents  were  Robert  and 
Catherine  K.  Wemyss,  the  former  being 
a  prominent  wholesale  merchant.  Mr. 
Wemyss  received  his  early  education  in 
Larchfield  Academy,  Helensburgh, 
and  Glasgow  Academy,  carrying  off 
the  gold  medal  at  the  latter  place.  In 
1877  he  visited  Canada  and  the  United 
States,  and  returned  the  same  year  to 
Scotland  to  enter  Glasgow  University, 
where  he  graduated  in  1882.  About 
six  months  later  he  returned  to  Canada, 


settled  in  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  and  was 
in  the  law  office  of  Bain,  Blanchard  cc 
Mulock  until  1887.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  in  1886.  In  April,  1887,  he 
established  a  law  office  in  Neepawa, 
where  he  enjoys  a  large  and  steadily 
increasing  clientage.  Mr.  Wemyss  was 
appointed  solicitor  for  Neepawa  in  1888  ; 
he  has  also  been  solicitor  for  the  muni- 
cipality of  Langford,  since  its  formation. 
In  politics,  he  is  an  Independent,  and 
in  religion,  a  staunch  Presbyterian.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M. 
and  a  past  grand  in  the  I.O.O.F.  Mr. 
Wemyss  is  a  typical  Scotchman,  and 
one  of  Manitoba's  foremost  citizens. 


144 


MEN 


CANADA. 


THOM  AS  JEAN  BOURQUE,  M.D. , 
A  Richibucto,  Kent  County,  N.B., 
was  born  at  Memramcook,  Westmore- 
land County,  N.B.,  May  nth,  1864. 
He  is  the  son  of  Jean  Bourque, 
and  Marguerite  Belli  veau,  both  of 
Memramcook.  Dr.  Bourque  received 
his  education  at  St.  Joseph  College, 
Memramcook,  taking  the  complete  com- 
mercial and  classical  course,  and  re- 
maining there  for  eight  years.  He  then 
studied  medicine  for  one  year,  with  Dr. 
E.  T.  Gaudet,  of  Memramcook,  and 
subsequently  took  four  terms  at  the 
Detroit  Medical  College,  Michigan, 
graduating  from  that  institution  in 


1889.  He  then  returned  to  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  received  his  license  from  the 
Council  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
and  commenced  to  practice  medicine 
in  Richibucto,  where  he  still  continues 
(1893),  and  has  already  succeeded  in 
gaining  an  extensive  and  important 
practice.  In  1891,  he  was  appointed 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Health,  for 
the  County  of  Kent.  The  Doctor  is 
one  of  the  best  known  medical  men  in 
the  County  of  Kent,  and  is  highly 
esteemed  for  those  qualities  of  head 
and  heart,  so  necessary  to  a  successful 
physician.  In  religion,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 


^<T^\ONALD  HENDER- 
I  SON,  M.D.,  F.R.C. 
P.  &  S.,  Kingston ; 
M.C.P.  &  S.,   Ontario  and 
Manitoba,  was  born  Septem- 
ber i4th,  1830,  in  Invernes- 
shire,  Scotland.  His  parents, 
Donald  and  Mary  (McKen- 
zie)  Henderson,  came  to  Ca- 
nada in  1832,  and  settled  in 
the  Township  of  Williams, 
Middlesex     County,     Ont. 
Dr.  Henderson  received  his 
primary    education    chiefly 
by    individual    study.      He 
obtained  a  teachers'  certifi- 
cate  before    he   was   seven- 
teen years  of  age,  and  then 
taught     school     for     some 
years,     in     order    to     pass 
through  college.    One  of  his 
pupils  was   Geo.  W.  Ross, 
now  Minister  of  Education 
for    Ontario.     He     entered 
Queen's  College,  Kingston, 
from    which    he    graduated 
M.D.    in     1858.      He    was 
afterwards  admitted  as  Fel- 
low of  that  institution.     He 
had  previously  studied  three 
years  with  Dr.  Hanson,  and 
had    also   served    one    year 
with  a  doctor  in  the  drug  business,  in 
New  York  city.     Dr.  Henderson  began 
practice    in    Nairn,    Ont.,   but   shortly 
afterwards  located  in  Wardsville,  Ont., 
where  he  remained  five  years.     In  1864, 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  surgeons 
of  General  Grant's  army,  and  for  a  time 
had  charge  of  an  hospital,  at  City  Point, 
Va.,   during   the    late    American   Civil 
War.     After  his  return  to  Canada,  he 
practiced  in   Ailsa    Craig,   until    1877, 
when  he  removed  to  Winnipeg,  where 
he  has  since  remained  in  possession  of 
a  large  and  important  medical  practice. 
He  is  one  of  the  few  men  of  that  city, 
who  held  his  own  after  the  boom,  as  his 


present  easy  competence  shows.  He 
belongs  to  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  I.O.O.F. 
and  St.  Andrew's  societies.  Dr.  Hen- 
derson has  always  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  linguistic  studies,  ornamental  gar- 
dening, travel,  military  matters,  hunt- 
ing and  athletic  sports.  He  has  travelled 
very  extensively,  and  was  appointed 
captain  of  a  volunteer  company  in 
Wardsville,  during  the  Trent  affair. 
He  strongly  favors  arbitration  for  all  in- 
ternational disputes,  the  most  amicable 
relations  between  the  United  States  and 
England,  and  would  like  to  see  this  con- 
tinent one  nation,  whether  a  limited 
Monarchy  or  a  Republic,  it  matters  little. 


i46 


OK 


,EV.  F.  X.  CORMIER,  Pastor  of 
Cocagne,  N.B.,  is  the  son  of 
_  Benoni  and  Marguerite  Cor- 
mier, and  was  born  at  Memramcook, 
N.B.,  February  26th,  1846.  He  attended 
at  the  College  of  Ste.  Anne  de  la  Poca- 
tiere,  the  College  of  St.  Joseph,  Mem- 
ramcook, and  studied  theology  at  the 
Grand  Seminary,  Montreal.  He  was 
ordained  priest  at  St.  John,  N.B.,  Au- 
gust a8th,  1870.  He  was  first,  for  three 
years,  curate  of  St.  John,  as  well  as  of 
nine  adjoining  missions,  then  for  three 
and  one  half  years,  labored  at  Frederic- 
ton,  and  on  twenty-two  missions  be- 
longing to  the  parish  of  the  capital. 


For  two  years,  he  was  pastor 
of  Moncton,  Fox  Creek  and 
Irishtowu,  and  then  for 
seven  years  ministered  to 
the  village  of  Richibucto 
ana  the  five  missions  be- 
longing thereto.  He  was 
appointed  to  Cocagne  in 
1885.  Energetic  and  hard 
working,  Father  Cormier 
has  completed,  during  his 
ministerial  career,  a  great 
many  works  of  construction. 
He  built  a  church  at  Milk- 
ish  and  one  at  Stanley, 
finished  the  exterior  and 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  in- 
terior of  the  second  church 
at  Moncton,  repaired  and 
almost  renewed  the  church 
of  the  village  of  Richibucto, 
built  the  church  on  the 
land  of  the  Indians  at  Ri- 
chibucto, a  new  church  at 
Cocagne,  which  was  fin- 
ished in  August  of  the 
year  1892,  and  commenced 
the  church  of  Notre-Dame 
at  Irishtown.  By  fertility 
of  resources  and  careful 
management,  Father  Cor- 
mier succeeded  in  doing  all 
this,  without  inconvenience  to  his  par- 
ishioners. His  merits  do  not  end  there 
however.  When  the  College  of  St. 
Joseph  became  too  small  to  receive  all 
the  students  wishing  admittance,  and 
required  an  addition  building,  the  vener- 
able pastor  of  Cocagne  offered  himself 
to  the  director  of  the  institution,  with 
a  well  filled  purse,  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  the  enterprise.  The  student 
who  drinks  from  this  fountain  the  bene- 
fits of  education,  and  the  entire  academy, 
as  well,  can  never  forget  this  act  of 
generosity,  which  places  the  reverend 
pastor  in  the  front  rank  of  the  bene- 
factors of  the  institution. 


CANADA. 


147 


THOMAS  JARDINE,  ship  builder 

-*-  and  mill  owner,  Kingston,  Kent 
County,  N.B.,  was  born  in  Dumfries- 
shire, Scotland,  February  i8th,  1818. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  parish 
of  Wamphray,  in  the  Old  Land.  He 
came  to  Canada  in  1834,  and  commenced 
ship  building  with  his  uncle,  and  on 
the  latter's  return  to  Liverpool,  he  and 
his  brother  carried  on  the  business, 
under  the  firm  name  of  John  and 
Thomas  Jardine.  The  former  died  in 
1892,  leaving  the  business  in  the  hands 
of  the  latter.  Mr.  Jardine  was  the 
designer  of  all  the  vessels  which  they 
built,  sixty-seven  being  for  themselves, 


and  many  more  for  other  parties.  He 
also  does  a  very  large  business  in  lum- 
ber, and  a  very  large  general  busi- 
ness, importing  in  his  own  vessels. 
Mr.  Jardine  was  married,  December 
24th,  1851,  to  Agnes,  daughter  of  Geo. 
Orr,  of  Kilbirnie,  Ayrshire,  Scotland. 
His  family  consists  of  nine  sons  and 
three  daughters.  Two  of  his  sons  are 
in  business  with  their  father,  two  work 
on  the  farm,  and  one  is  a  doctor  in 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  Mr.  Jardine  and 
his  sons  own  the  highest  grades  of  Ayr- 
shire cattle,  English  pigs  and  horses  in 
the  country.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  Conservative. 


OF- 


AMUEL  JAMES  DONALD- 
SON, Mayor  of  Prince  Al- 
bert, Saskatchewan,  was  born  March 
1 2th,  1856,  in  the  Township  of  Ram- 
say, Lanark  County,  Ont.  His  pa- 
rents were  Samuel  and  Ellen  (Fum- 
merton)  Donaldson,  natives  of  Scot- 
land. After  completing  his  course  in 
the  public  schools,  Mr.  Donaldson  ap- 
plied himself  to  the  furniture  business 
in  Ottawa,  and  after  three  years  went 
to  the  North- West  Territory,  as  a  mem- 
of  the  Mounted  Police,  in  which  capac- 
ity, he  served  for  five  years  In  the 
Fall  of  1 88 1,  he  went  into  the  livery 
business  in  Prince  Albert,  which  he 


conducted  very  successfully.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  livery  business,  Mr.  Don- 
aldson conducts  farming  operations  in 
the  vicinity  of  Prince  Albert,  and  is  also 
interested  in  the  electric  light  supply 
of  that  town.  He  served  in  the  Prince 
Albert  Council  for  three  years,  was 
elected  Mayor  by  acclamation  in  Jan- 
uary, 1892,  and  again  in  January,  1893. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and  in 
religion,  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  I.O.F., 
R.T.  of  T.,  and  other  local  organ- 
izations. He  was  married,  October 
30th,  1882,  to  Miss  Jessie,  daughter  of 
John  Patterson,  of  Kinistino,  Sask. 


149 


ISAAC  WILSON  DOHKRTY, 
M.D.,  Kingston,  Kent  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  in  Kent  County, 
August  ist,  1831.  He  is  the  son  of 
William  and  Agnes  (McLelan)  Doherty. 
His  father  came  to  this  country  when 
seventeen  years  of  age,  from  County 
Donegal,  Ireland,  while  his  mother  was 
a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  an  aunt  to 
the  late  Lieutenant-Governor  McLelan, 
of  that  province.  Dr.  Doherty  was 
educated  at  the  common  schools  and 
Sackville  Academy,  N.B.,  and  after 
leaving  the  latter  institution,  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  his 
uncle,  Dr.  David  McLelan,  of  St.  John, 


N.B.,  in  1850.  He  then 
took  his  first  course  of  lec- 
tures at  Bowdain  College  of 
Medicine,  in  the  State  of 
Maine,  and  finished  his  med- 
ical education  at  the  New 
York  Medical  College,  gra- 
duating from  that  institu- 
tion, March  3rd,  1853.  He 
began  to  practice  in  June  of 
the  same  year,  in  Shediac, 
N.B.,  and  continued  until 
1859,  when  he  removed  to 
Kingston,  where  he  still  re- 
mains. During  his  stay  in 
Shediac,  there  was  an  epi- 
demic of  small  pox  (in  1857), 
which  extended  from  Buc- 
touche  to  Shemogue,  and 
in  1854,  the  year  of  the 
Asiatic  cholera  in  St.  John, 
he  had  many  cases  of  Eng- 
glish  cholera,  the  symptoms 
of  which  were  similar  to  the 
Asiatic  cholera,  and  if  they 
had  been  in  the  district 
where  the  latter  was  raging, 
would  have  been  classed 
and  treated  as  such.  Since 
locating  in  Kingston,  the 
Doctor  has  been  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Maine 
Hospital  at  Richibucto,  and  has  also 
the  largest  practice  in  Kent  County  for 
many  years.  He  was  married  in  Au- 
gust, 1854,  to  Isabel,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Cleveland,  who  was  formerly  a  farmer 
of  Anagance,  Kings  County,  N.B.,  but 
afterwards  removed  to  St.  John,  and 
retired  from  active  business.  Doctor 
Doherty  has  a  family  of  three  sons  and 
two  daughters.  His  eldest  son  is  prac- 
ticing medicine  very  successfully  in 
Campbellton,  N.B.,  and  the  second  son, 
has  a  good  dental  practice  in  Moncton. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  has  also  been  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order  since  1858. 


150 


CANADA. 


,EV.  ANDREW  W. 
ROSS,  Pastor  of 
the  Methodist 
Church,  Portage  La  Prairie, 
Manitoba,  was  born  August 
1 3th,  1850,  at  Feterangus, 
Scotland.  His  parents  were 
Andrew  and  Ann  Murray 
(Smith)  Ross.  Mr.  Ross 
came  to  Canada  with  his 
parents  in  1855,  and  settled 
in  the  Township  of  Whitby, 
Ontario  County,  Ont.,  and 
the  latter  are  now  living 
retired  at  Port  Perry,  Ont. 
Before  leaving  Scotland,  at 
the  age  of  five,  Mr.  Ross 
had  reached  the  second 
reader,  and  subsequently 
pursued  his  studies  in  the 
public  school  at  Ashburn, 
Ont.,  until  he  was  eleven 
years  of  age.  He  then 
worked  at  manual  labor, 
until  he  was  seventeen,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  attended 
school  one  winter ;  after 
that  he  served  a  three  years' 
apprenticeship  to  the  black- 
smith trade  in  Brooklin, 
Ont.,  and  subsequently  con- 
tinued at  the  trade  for  two 
years  more.  When  twenty-one,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach,  and  at  twenty-two, 
was  called  into  the  active  work  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Scott,  chairman  of  Whitby  Dis- 
trict. For  four  months,  he  supplied 
Cannington,  during  which  time  he 
worked  at  the  anvil  four  days  in  the 
week,  studied  two  days,  and  preached 
on  Sunday.  He  was  then  appointed 
to  Pickering  Circuit,  where  he  remained 
eighteen  months,  then  one  year  at  New- 
castle, and  one  year  at  StoufFville.  He 
then  entered  Victoria  College  for  one 
year,  and  was  ordained  June  iyth, 
1877,  at  Whitby  Conference,  by  Rev. 
George  Young,  D.D.  His  first  charge, 


after  ordination,  was  at  Port  Carling, 
where  he  remained  one  year,  and  in  1878, 
he  went  to  the  North- West,  as  a  mis- 
sionary, and  spent  ten  years  amongst 
the  Indians.  He  then  took  up  work 
among  the  whites  at  Griswold,  Man., 
where  he  remained  two  years,  after- 
wards two  years  at  Port  Arthur,  Ont., 
and  was  appointed  to  Portage  La  Prairie, 
June,  1892,  where  he  is  also  chairman  of 
the  district.  He  is  an  able  and  earnest 
Gospel  preacher.  Mr.  Ross  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  I.O.O.F.  and 
A.O.U.W.  He  was  married,  June  2Oth, 
1877,  to  Miss  Sarah,  daughter  of  James 
McCormick,  Esq.,  of  Orono,  Ont. 


,EV.     ARTHUR     BENJAMIN 
HAMES,   Ph.B.,  son  of  Wil- 

liam    and    Ann    (Gunniu) 

Hames,  was  born  October  i2th,  1849,  in 
Bristol,  England.  The  family  came  to 
Canada  in  1856,  and  settled  in  King- 
ston, Out.,  where  our  subject  secured 
his  early  education.  Converted  in  1867, 
he  entered  the  ministry  in  1871,  labored 
at  L'Amable,  Marmora,  Demorestville 
and  Milford,  and  was  ordained  June 
i3th,  1875,  in  Picton,  Ont.  He  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Port  Arthur,  where  he  labored 
one  year ;  Fort  Francis,  two  years  ;  Mor- 
ris, two  years ;  Meadow  Lea,  three  years  ; 
High  Bluff,  three  years  ;  Stonewall,  one 


year;  Emerson,  two  years;  Fort  McLeod, 
Alberta,  three  years ;  and  Oak  Lake, 
his  present  circuit.  He  has  been  finan- 
cial secretary  and  chairman  of  dis- 
trict for  several  years,  besides  holding 
other  important  positions  in  the  Metho- 
dist Church.  He  was  married,  June 
30th,  1876,  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane,  daughter 
of  John  and  Eliza  Power,  of  North 
Hastings,  Ont.  Mr.  Hames  graduated 
from  Wesleyan  University,  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  in  1892.  He  is  an  elo- 
quent preacher,  a  faithful  pastor,  an 
energetic  temperance  worker,  a  V.G. 
in  the  I.O.O.F.,  and  an  Independent  in 
politics,  with  Reform  leanings. 


,EV.  DONALD  J.  SUMMERS, 
L.D.,  Prospect,  Nova  Scotia, 
was  born  May  iQth,  1867, 
at  Halifax,  N.S.  His  parents  are 
Thomas  and  Catherine  (McLeod)  Sum- 
mers, who  are  at  present  residing  in 
Halifax.  Father  Summers  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
after  which  he  pursued  his  classical 
course  at  St.  Mary's  College,  Halifax, 
and  his  theological  and  philosophical 
courses  at  Laval  University,  Quebec. 
He  was  ordained  priest,  November 
24th,  1889,  by  Archbishop  O'Brien,  at 
St.  Mary's  Cathedral,  and  at  the  present 
(1893)  occupies  the  position  next  to 


Dr.  Murphy,  of  St.  Mary's  Cathedral, 
Halifax,  and  will  shortly  take  charge 
of  the  parish  at  Prospect,  N.S.  Father 
Summers  is  admirably  qualified  by 
education,  refinement  and  adaptability, 
for  the  office  of  the  priesthood,  and  has 
brought  to  bear  on  his  life  work,  that 
energy  and  consecration,  so  necessary 
to  the  fulfilment  of  a  successful  minis- 
try. For  a  man  of  his  years  and 
experience,  he  has  already  received 
marked  notice  at  the  hands  of  his 
church,  and  bids  fair,  when  more  ma- 
ture in  years,  to  have  an  eminent 
position  in  the  career  upon  which  he 
has  entered. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


'53 


JAMES  DUNCAN  DENNIS, 
dry  goods  merchant,  Yarmouth, 
N.S.,  was  born  February  i8th, 
1845,  in  the  village  of  Carleton,  Yar- 
mouth County,  N.S.  He  is  the  son  of 
Leonard  and  Abigail  (Hilton)  Dennis, 
of  Puritanic  Loyalist  stock,  whose  an- 
cestors were  among  the  first  settlers  of 
the  county.  Mr.  Dennis  received  only 
a  limited  education  in  the  country 
school-house  of  his  district,  before  he 
was  seventeen  years  of  age,  at  which 
time  he  went  to  Yarmouth,  and  after 
spending  nine  months  at  the  day  and 
night  school  of  Mr.  John  Mclver,  and 
a  couple  of  terms  at  the  Yarmouth 


Seminary,  he  entered  as  clerk  in  the 
general  store  of  Messrs.  Dennis  & 
Doane,  where  he  remained  until  1867, 
when  he  became  partner  of  the  dry 
goods  establishment  of  Viets  &  Dennis, 
which  continued  until  1891,  when  it 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  Since  then  he 
has  conducted  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count. Mr.  Dennis'  business  is  now 
rightly  considered  the  largest  and  best 
equipped  of  its  kind  in  the  province. 
The  Princess  Block,  which  is  now 
owned  solely  by  him,  is  a  three  storied 
building,  with  front  of  wood,  stucco, 
and  marble.  It  is  forty-three  feet  front 
and  seventy-five  feet  from  front  to  rear. 
The  building  is  fitted  with 
plate  glass,  elevators,  and 
all  other  modern  improve- 
ments, and  is  altogether 
tastefully  fitted  up,  and  pre- 
sents an  imposing  appear- 
ance. He  imports  direct 
from  England,  Ireland,  Scot- 
land, Berlin,  Paris,  Saxony, 
Brussels,  and  no  expense 
or  trouble  is  spared  to  meet 
the  demands  of  his  numer- 
ous customers,  and  it  goes 
without  saying,  that  he 
knows  how  to  reach  the 
public  by  judicious  and  well 
timed  advertising.  Mr.  Den- 
nis' manner  towards  his  em- 
ployees, and  his  kind  con- 
sideration of  them,  is  also 
worthy  of  note.  His  suc- 
cess is  due  to  the  application 
of  the  sterling  principles 
inherited  from  his  parents, 
and  the  habits  of  industry 
and  carefulness  in  which  he 
has  been  trained.  In  reli- 
gion, he  belongs  to  the  Con- 
gregational Church,  and  has 
held  the  office  of  deacon  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  has  two 
sons  and  three  daughters. 


OF- 


JOHN  McKELLAR,  Mayor  of 
Fort  William,  Out.,  was  born 
in  Middlesex  County,  Ont., 
in  1835.  His  father  Captain  Duncan 
McKellar,  and  his  mother  Margaret 
Brodie,  were  both  natives  of  Scotland. 
The  family  removed  to  Ontonagon, 
Michigan,  in  1855,  then  to  Fort  Wil- 
liam, Ont.,  in  1863.  Since  then,  Mr. 
McKellar  and  his  brothers,  Peter  and 
Donald,  have  been  engaged  exten- 
sively in  exploring  the  north  shore  of 
Lake  Superior,  making,  between  them, 
many  first  and  important  mineral 
discoveries.  They  discovered  in  1865, 
the  Enterprise  Mine,  lead  and  copper ; 
in  1866,  the  Thunder  Bay 
Silver  Mine,  resulting  in  ^^^^m 
starting  silver  mining  on 
Lake  Superior  ;  in  1868,  the 
Thunder  Cape  Soapstone ; 
in  1869,  the  great  baryta 
lode,  McKellar  Island ;  in 
1871,  the  Huronian  Gold 
Mine,  first  free  gold  found 
on  Lake  Superior;  in  1877, 
four  to  ten  feet  wide,  nickel- 
iferous  pyrrhotite,  Jackfish 
Bay;  in  1880,  the  Zenith 
Mine,  great  zinc  deposits,  Ni- 
pigon;  in  1884,  the  celebra- 
ted Atikokan  Iron  Range, 
for  quality  and  quantity, 
equally  as  good  as  the 
great  American  Iron  Mines. 
These  are  but  a  few  of  the 
many  discoveries  made  by 
them,  which  discoveries  re- 
sulted in  awakening  great 
public  interest,  and  in  the 
sale  of  large  quantities  of 
government  lands  in  the 
district.  Mr.  McKellar  was 
a  member  of  the  first  Muni- 
cipal Council  (Shuniah)  in 
Thunder  Bay,  in  1873,  and 
has  been  continuously  in  the 
Council,  filling  the  positions 


of  councillor,  deputy  reeve  and  reeve  in 
the  municipalities  of  Shuniah  and  Neeb- 
ing,  until  1892,  when  he  was  elected  by 
acclamation,  mayor  of  Fort  William, 
and  again  in  1893,  he  was  re-elected. 
He  is  considered  one  of  the  best  posted 
men  in  the  district,  and  being  yet  in  the 
zenith  of  his  manhood  and  enterprise, 
gives  promise  of  much  future  good  to 
his  country,  by  his  experience  in  locat- 
ing valuable  mineral  deposits,  and  other- 
wise opening  up  the  vast  resources  of 
the  West.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  Reformer,  and 
president  of  the  Reform  Association  of 
Algoma.  He  is  unmarried. 


MBN   OR   CANADA. 


155 


SHORTT,  insurance 
agent,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born 
October  2ist,  1846,  in  Dublin, 
Ireland.  He  is  the  third  son  of  the  late 
William  Shortt,  tea  merchant,  of  that 
city.  Mr.  Shortt  received  his  education 
at  the  Armagh  Royal  School,  and  Tri- 
nity College,  Dublin.  He  has  been  in 
the  insurance  business  for  twenty- 
five  years  in  Canada,  commencing  with 
the  Imperial  Fire,  in  Montreal,  in  1867. 
He  is  the  general  agent  for  Nova  Scotia, 
of  the  London  and  Lancashire  and 
United  Fire  Insurance  companies,  Nor- 
wich and  London  Accident  Insurance 
Association,  and  agent  at  Halifax  for 


the  Standard  Life  Assurance  Company 
of  Edinburgh,  and  has  been  connected 
with  the  latter  for  over  20  years.  His 
long  experience  in  insurance  matters, 
has  made  him  one  of  the  best  informed 
men  in  that  business,  and  his  well-known 
success  is  the  result  of  his  knowledge, 
application  and  energy.  In  politics,  he 
is  an  Independent  Liberal-Conservative. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.  Mr.  Shortt  was 
married,  Sept.  2Oth,  1882,  to  Louise, 
youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  J. 
W.  Johnstone,  Judge  in  Equity  of  the 
Province  of  Nova  Scotia.  His  family 
consists  of  two  sons. 


CANADA. 


ATWOOD  CROW- 
KLL,  merchant,  Yarmouth, 
N.S.,  was  born  September  ist,  1843, 
at  Barrington,  Shelburne  County,  N.S. 
After  receiving  his  education  he  came 
to  Yarmouth  in  1860,  and  entered 
upon  commercial  life  as  clerk  in  a 
general  store.  In  1865,  he  began  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  as  general 
merchant,  and  so  continued  until  1869, 
when  he  began  to  do  business  as  direct 
importer  and  dealer  in  iron,  metals  and 
general  hardware,  under  the  firm  name 
of  S.  A.  Crowell  &  Co.  Mr.  Crowell  is 
now,  however,  the  sole  proprietor  of  the 
business.  His  present  success,  is  an 


evidence  of  what  industry,  ability  and 
perseverance  can  accomplish,  when 
coupled  with  high  moral  principle.  He 
began  his  commercial  career  with  little, 
if  any  capital,  except  a  good  name  and 
record,  and  an  unflinching  determina- 
tion to  succeed ;  these,  however,  soon 
laid  the  foundation  of  a  progressive 
life,  and  their  constant  application  has 
resulted  in  placing  him  where  he  now 
stands.  He  was  married,  in  1869.  to 
Miss  Mary  Edna  Coming,  the  only 
daughter  of  Captain  Bowman  Coming, 
of  Yarmouth.  His  family  consists  of 
five  children,  two  daughters  and  three 
sons. 


MEM     OK     C  AX  A  DA. 


157 


WjON.  J.  J.  FRASER,  Q.C.,  one  of 
(-*j^|  the  Justices  of  the  N.B.  Supreme 
V«>  Court,  was  born  at  Beaubair's 
Island,  Miramichi,  August  ist,  1829. 
His  father  was  John  Fraser,  a  native  of 
Inverness,  Scotland,  and  his  mother  was 
the  daughter  of  Hugh  Fraser,  son  of 
"  Fair  Anne,"  of  the  Lovat  family. 
Judge  Fraser  received  his  education  at 
the  Newcastle  Grammar  School,  and  in 
1845,  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
offices  of  Messrs.  Street  &  Davidson, 
Newcastle.  He  was  admitted  as  Attor- 
ney in  1850,  called  to  the  Bar  two 
years  later,  and  created  Q.  C.  in  1873. 
He  removed  to  Fredericton  in  1851, 
when  Hon.  Mr.  Street  be- 
came Attorney-General.  In  ,— 

1865,  he  was  elected  one  of 
the  representatives  of  York, 
in  the  Assembly,  on  the 
anti-confederate  platform. 
The  Government  resigned 
the  next  year,  and  in  the 
ensuing  contest,  Mr.  Fraser 
was  defeated.  In  June,  1871, 
he  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  Legislative  Council, 
and  president  of  the  Execu- 
tive Council,  but  resigned 
these  positions,  in  1872,  to 
accept  the  office  of  Provin- 
cial Secretary  in  the  King 
administration,  being  elect- 
ed by  the  York  County  con- 
stituents, by  acclamation. 
When  Hon.  Mr.  King  re- 
tired from  politics  in  1878, 
Mr.  Fraser  became  Attor- 
ney-General and  Premier  of 
the  province,  holding  that 
position  until  May,  1882, 
when  he  resigned  to  become 
a  candidate  for  the  Dominion 
House,  in  which  contest  he 
was,  however,  unsuccessful. 
In  December  of  the  same 
year,  on  the  death  of  Mr. 


Justice  Duff,  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Supreme  Court  Bench.  Throughout  his 
political  career,  he  held  steadfastly  to  the 
principles  of  honor,  and  those  who  most 
widely  differed  with  his  views,  respected 
the  purity  of  his  motives.  In  his  judi- 
cial capacity,  he  has  sustained  his  repu- 
tation, and  is  highly  respected  for  his 
ability,  learning  and  impartiality.  Jus- 
tice Fraser  has  been  married  twice : 
first,  in  September,  1867,  to  Miss  Mar- 
tha, daughter  of  the  late  Alexander 
Cuniming,  of  Fredericton  ;  and  second, 
in  May,  1884,  to  Miss  Jane  M.  P., 
daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Charles 
Fisher,  D.C.L.,  of  Fredericton. 


158 


MEN 


,EV.  JOSHUA  DYKE,  Pastor 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  Moo- 
somin,  N.W.T.,  was  born 
September  I5th,  1849,  at  Wednesfield, 
Wolverhainpton,  Staffordshire,  Eng- 
land. His  parents,  John  and  Mary 
Dyke,  where  among  the  earliest  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Church  in  that 
part  of  England.  Mr.  Dyke  was  con- 
verted and  received  into  the  Church 
when  ten  years  of  age.  He  attended 
the  public  school  in  early  life  and  from 
sixteen  to  twenty  years  of  age  was  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry.  He  passed 
his  entrance  examination  in  connection 
with  the  Primitive  Methodist  Church, 


in  London,  England,  in  1870.  After 
laboring  two  years  in  England  he  was 
sent  to  Canada  by  the  Missionary  So- 
ciety, being  stationed  at  Bradford,  Out., 
for  one  year.  His  next  stations  in  Onta- 
rio were  London,  Amaranth,  Collin's 
Bay  and  Elginburg,  Chatham  and 
Bowmanville.  He  then  removed  to 
Calgary,  Alberta,  where  he  spent  two 
years  ;  then  to  Wesley  Church,  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba,  three  years ;  Fort 
William,  Ontario,  three  years;  Virden, 
Manitoba,  one  year ;  and  was  stationed 
at  Moosoniin,  Assiniboia,  June,  1893, 
being  also  appointed  chairman  of  the 
District.  At  the  time  of  the  union  of 
the  Methodist  churches  in 
Canada,  Mr.  Dyke  was 
appointed  a  visiting  dele- 
gate to  the  British  Confe- 
rence in  the  Summer  of 
1883.  His  parents  returned 
with  him  to  this  country 
and  settled  at  Hamilton, 
Ont.  He  was  the  first  Me- 
thodist Minister  appointed 
to  Calgary,  Alberta,  and  is 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  work 
in  the  North-West.  He  is 
prominent  in  Bible  Society 
work  in  Manitoba.  He  is 
also  examiner  on  the  Board 
for  the  Conference  Students, 
on  the  subject  of  Homiletics. 
He  was  ordained  in  June, 
1874,  by  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Antliff,  D.D.  He  belongs 
to  the  Masonic  Order,  I.O. 
O.K.  and  R.  T.  of  T.  He 
has  been  married  twice : 
first,  May  24th,  1875,  to 
Miss  Bella  Park,  of  London ; 
second,  Dec.  25th,  1883,  to 
Miss  Sophia  Fox,  daughter 
of  the  late  John  Fox,  of 
Chatham,  Ont.,  by  whom 
he  has  two  sons  and  one 
daughter  living. 


159 


/CHARLES  EDWARD  CHURCH, 
(  M.P.P.  &  M.E.C.,  Commissioner 

^^-^«>  of  Public  Works  and  Mines 
for  Nova  Scotia,  Halifax,  N.S.,  was 
born  January  3rd,  1835,  at  Tancook 
Island,  Lunenburg  County,  N.S.  His 
parents  were  Charles  L.  A.  and  Sarah 
(Hiltz)  Church,  natives  of  Nova  Scotia," 
but  of  English  and  German  descent, 
respectively.  His  grandfather  was  Lot 
Church,  who  represented  Lunenburg 
County  in  the  House  of  Assembly,  be- 
tween 1820  and  1830.  Mr.  Church  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Chester  and 
Truro.  After  teaching  school  for  about 
ten  years,  he  followed  mercantile  life. 


In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  welfare 
of  his  party  for  the  past  twenty  years. 
In  1872,  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Commons,  to  represent  Lunenburg 
County,  which  he  continued  to  do  until 
1878.  In  1882,  he  was  appointed  Pro- 
vincial Secretary,  on  the  formation  of 
the  Liberal  Government,  of  which 
Hon.  W.  T.  Pipes,  was  Premier,  and 
held  that  office  until  1884,  when  on  the 
reconstruction  of  the  Government  he 
was  appointed  to  his  present  position. 
He  was  married,  June  24th,  1884,*  to 
Henrietta  A.  Pugsley,  of  Halifax.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Protestant. 


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MKN 


LFRED  EDWIN  OULTON, 
Judge  of  Probate,  Dorchester, 
N.B.,  was  born  March  2nd, 
1845,  at  Jolicare,  Westmoreland  Coun- 
ty, N.B.  He  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
Edwin  Oulton,  merchant,  of  the  County 
of  Westmoreland,  and  grandson  of 
Major  Oulton,  whose  ancestors  came  to 
this  country  from  Yorkshire,  England. 
He  graduated  from  the  Sackville  Aca- 
demy, studied  law  in  the  office  of  A.  L. 
Palmer,  now  Judge  in  Equity ;  was  made 
attorney  in  June,  1867,  and  barrister  in 
June,  1868.  He  then  entered  into  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Palmer,  Judge  Oulton 
conducting  the  business  in  Dorchester, 


and  Mr.  Palmer  in  St.  John,  until  1879, 
when  the  partnership  was  dissolved. 
Judge  Oulton  is  secretary  of  the  Muni- 
cipality of  Westmoreland,  and  has  been 
since  its  inauguration  in  June,  1877. 
He  was  appointed  Judge  of  Probate  in 
1883,  succeeding  E.  B.  Chandler  who 
was  then  appointed  Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor  of  New  Brunswick.  He  was 
married,  June,  1883,  to  Katherine  D., 
daughter  of  the  late  G.  B.  Esterbrook, 
of  Sackville,  N.B.  His  family  consists 
of  five  children.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Body,  Worshipful  Master 
of  Sussex,  No.  4,  and  member  of  Royal 
Arch  Knight  Templars  of  St.  John. 


CANADA. 


161 


it  McDIARMID,M.D., 
-£-\  •  professor  of  Obstet- 
V<->  rics  aud  Gynec- 
ology,  Manitoba  Medical 
College,  Winnipeg,  Mani- 
toba, was  born  July  lyth, 
1854,  near  St.  Thomas,  Ont. 
He  finished  his  earlier  edu- 
cation at  the  Normal  School, 
Toronto,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1871,  and  then 
taught  school  for  some 
years,  the  first  two  of  which 
were  at  York,  Haldiniand 
County.  In  1876,  he  en- 
tered Trinity  Medical  Col- 
lege, Toronto,  where  he  took 
the  first  and  second  year 
scholarships,  and  where,  in 
1879,  he  carried  off  the  gold 
medal,  and  a  fellowship  of 
that  college.  He  also  gra- 
duated the  same  year,  with 
honors,  from  Toronto  Uni- 
versity. He  then  practiced 
in  Florence,  Ont.,  until 
1882,  when  he  removed  to 
Winnipeg.  Dr.  McDiarniid 
is  one  of  the  founders  of 
Manitoba  Medical  College, 
and  for  several  years  held 
the  professorship  of  general 
chemistry,  with  marked  acceptability,  as 
he  does  now  his  more  important  position, 
as  above  indicated.  In  1892,  he  took  the 
course  of  the  Post  Graduate  Medical 
School  and  Hospital,  of  Chicago,  there- 
by further  qualifying  himself  for  his 
work.  He  is  president  of  the  Manitoba 
branch  of  the  British  Medical  Associ- 
ation, and  Gynecologist  to  St.  Boniface 
Hospital.  The  Doctor  has,  quite  early 
in  life,  taken  a  leading  place  in  the 
ranks  of  his  profession,  and  his  past 
success  surely  indicates  a  bright  future. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  is 
a  P.M.  of  Ancient  Landmark  Lodge, 
No.  3,  G.R.M.,  and  a  member  of 


Prince  Rupert's  Chapter  No.  52,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  G.R.U.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  I.O.O.F.,  A.O.U.W.,  S.O.S., 
C.O.F.,  A.O.F.,  and  has  been  for  four 
consecutive  years  Grand  Councillor  of 
the  R.T.  of  T.  of  Manitoba.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  a  Presbyterian,  an  elder  in 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Winnipeg,  and 
in  politics,  a  Liberal.  In  1880,  Dr. 
McDiarniid  was  married  to  Emma  L. 
R.  Brett,  daughter  of  James  Brett,  Esq., 
and  sister  of  Dr.  R.  G.  Brett,  of  Banff, 
N.W.T.,  and  of  Mrs.  W.  W.  Buchanan, 
wife  of  the  well-known  editor  of  the 
Royal  Templar,  Hamilton.  He  has  two 
children,  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


l62 


>EV.  JOHN  MACLEAN,  M.A., 
Ph.  D.,  Methodist  Minister, 
Port  Arthur,  Ont,  was  born 
in  Kilmarnoclc,  Scotland,  October  3oth, 
1851.  His  parents  were  John  and  Alice 
(Stevenson)  Maclean.  Dr.  Maclean 
received  his  education  at  the  Burgh 
Academy,  Dumbarton,  Scotland,  and 
Victoria  College,  Cobourg,  Canada, 
graduating  in  Arts  in  1882,  and  M.A. 
in  1887.  He  then  pursued  a  post  gra- 
duate course  at  the  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity, Bloomington,  111.,  obtaining  his 
Ph.D.  in  1888.  He  was  ordained  at 
Hamilton,  Ont.,  in  June,  1880,  and  then 
labored  among  the  Blood  Indians  from 


1880-89,  at  Moosejaw,  Assi- 
niboia,  from  1889  to  1892, 
and  in  the  latter  year  was 
stationed  at  Port  Arthur, 
Ont.  Dr.  Maclean  was 
journal  secretary  of  the 
Manitoba  Conference,  1888- 
92,  and  secretary  in  the 
latter  year.  From  1884  to 
1888,  he  was  correspondent 
for  the  British  Association 
on  the  North-West  Tribes 
of  Canada.  He  was  ap- 
pointed inspector  of  public 
schools  for  Southern  Al- 
berta in  1886,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  North- 
West  Board  of  Education, 
1888-92,  and  of  the  North- 
West  Board  of  Examiners, 
1889-92.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Canadian 
Institute,  Toronto,  of  the 
American  Society  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science, 
corresponding  member  of 
the  Manitoba  Historical  So- 
ciety, Winnipeg,  and  histo- 
rian of  Manitoba  Confe- 
rence. He  is  also  an  author 
of  considerable  note,  and 
among  his  publications  may 
be  mentioned  "The  Indians  of  Canada," 
"James  Evans,"  "The  Hero  of  the 
Saskatchewan,"  "  Methodist  Annual, 
1885,"  "Lone  Land  Lights,"  and 
several  pamphlets  on  Ethnological  sub- 
jects. He  is  correspondent  for  the 
Bureau  of  Ethnology,  Smithsonian 
Institution,  and  a  frequent  contributor 
to  magazines,  under  the  nom  de plume  of 
"  Robin  Rustler."  He  has  also  written 
and  lectured  extensively  on  the  lan- 
guage and  customs  of  the  Blackfoot 
Indians.  Dr.  Maclean  was  married,  in 
1880,  to  Sarah  Annie  Barker,  who  did 
grand  work  among  the  Blood  Indians. 
His  family  consists  of  four  children. 


CANADA. 


163 


JOHN  JAMES  McFADDEN, 
M.D.,  Practicing  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  and  Postmaster,  Nee- 
pawa,  Man.,  was  born  December  2ist, 
1856,  at  Mornington,  Perth  County, 
Out.  His  parents  were  Moses  and 
Elizabeth  (Hamilton)  McFadden.  The 
former  was  a  prominent  land  surveyor 
and  civil  engineer  in  Ontario  and 
Manitoba,  now  living  in  Neepawa.  Dr. 
McFadden  is  descended  from  Irish  and 
U.E.  Loyalist  stock.  He  was  educated 
in  public  schools,  and  subsequently  at 
the  Stratford,  Ont.,  High  School.  He 
entered  Toronto  School  of  Medicine, 
and  graduated  in  1879.  After  prac- 


ticing at  Brussels  and  Atwood,  Ont., 
for  two  years,  he  removed  to  Neepawa, 
Man.,  in  July,  1882,  where  he  has  a 
large  practice.  He  is  health  officer  for 
the  town,  and  coroner  for  the  Province 
of  Manitoba.  He  was  for  some  years 
chairman  of  the  School  Board.  He  was 
appointed  postmaster  July  ist,  1889. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
in  politics,  a  Conservative.  He  is  a 
Past  Chancellor  K.  of  P.,  and  a  P.M. 
Mason.  Dr.  McFadden  was  married, 
December  i5th,  1886,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Caroline,  daughter  of  Amos  Williams, 
of  Lindsay,  Ont.,  by  whom  he  has  two 
sons  and  one  daughter. 


164 


CANADA. 


BRUNET,  manager  La 
Banque  Nationale,  Montreal, 
Que.,  was  born  August  24th, 
1844.  He  was  educated  at  the  Mont- 
real College,  Montreal.  After  filling 
various  positions  of  trust  and  respon- 
sibility, he  was,  in  the  year  1870,  ap- 
pointed manager  of  the  Metropolitan 
Building  Society,  and  so  continued 
until  1888.  He  displayed  great  ability 
in  managing  the  affairs  of  this  insti- 
tution, and  in  1888,  was  offered  the 
important  position  of  manager  of  La 
Banque  Nationale,  which  he  accepted, 
and  still  continues  to  discharge  the 
important  duties  of  his  office,  with 


great  satisfaction,  both  to  the  bank  and 
to  the  public.  He  is  greatly  interested 
in  military  matters,  and  took  first  and 
second  certificates  in  the  Military 
School,  under  Lord  Russell.  He  com- 
manded, with  the  rank  of  captain,  a 
company  in  active  service  in  Frede- 
ricksburg,  after  the  St.  Alban's  raid  in 
1865.  Mr.  Brunet  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Montreal  Board  of  Trade.  In  reli- 
gion, he  is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Kliza  Chagnon, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Judge  Chagnon, 
of  St.  Johns.  His  family  consists  of 
three  children,  two  daughters  and 
one  son. 


165 


V  TON.  DAVID  MARR  WAL- 
crM  KER,  County  Court  Judge  of 
V«>  the  Eastern  Judicial  District 
of  Manitoba,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born 
October  3rd,  1835,  in  Norfolk  County, 
Out.  His  parents  were  Solomon  and 
Sarah  (Osborne)  Walker.  On  his 
paternal  side,  he  is  descended  from 
Bishop  Walker,  who  fell  at  the  battle 
of  Derry,  and  on  his  maternal  side, 
from  U.  E.  Loyalist  stock.  He  was 
educated  at  the  public  and  Grammar 
schools  of  Simcoe,  Ont.,  and  Toronto 
University.  He  then  entered  the  law 
office  of  Henry  Eccles,  Toronto,  where 
he  remained  for  three  years.  He  was 


liant 


subsequently  two  years  with 
M.  M.  Vankoghnet,  Toron- 
to, and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  1861,  after  which  he 
practiced  his  profession  at 
Simcoe,  Ont.,  until  April, 
1870.  He  was  a  captain  in 
the  39th  battalion,  Norfolk 
Rifles,  and  was  in  active 
service  during  the  Fenian 
raid  in  1870,  and  joined  the 
Wolseley  forces  with  the 
rank  of  lieutenant.  When 
the  Wolseley  expedition 
was  disbanded  on  the  Red 
River,  in  May,  1871,  Judge 
Walker  was  one  of  the 
fifteen  who  remained  in 
Manitoba,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Manitoba  Bar  in  June 
of  the  same  year.  He  was 
the  first  lawyer  in  the 
North-West,  the  first  solici- 
tor for  the  city  of  Winnipeg, 
and  the  first  Crown  Prose- 
cutor for  the  Province  of 
Manitoba.  He  was  Attor- 
ney General  from  October 
4th,  1878,  until  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  Bench,  in  July, 
1882.  He  has  had  an  un- 
usually successful  and  bril- 
career.  From  early  life,  he 


evinced  those  traits  of  character,  which 
have  so  materially  aided  in  placing 
him  in  his  present  honorable  position. 
He  brought  to  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  important  trust,  not  only 
a  sound  and  thorough  education,  but 
also  a  well  balanced  judicial  mind. 
Judge  Walker  is  a  32  Degree  Scottish 
Rite  Mason,  but  on  receiving  his 
present  appointment,  took  his  demit 
from  all  lodges.  He  was  married,  July 
2ist,  1857,  to  Anna  Bella,  daughter  of 
John  Anderson,  of  Port  Dover,  Ont.,  by 
whom  he  has  one  son,  G.  H.  Walker, 
Protonotary  Queen's  Bench,  Winnipeg. 


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AJOR   JOHN    DA- 
LEY,  Digby,  N.S, 
was  born  in  St. 
John  County,  N.B.,  in  1842. 
He  received  his    education 
in  the  public  schools,  and 
when  sixteen  years  of  age, 
went  to  St.   John,   and  en- 
gaged   as   clerk  with  John 
Marvin,  general  merchant, 
where    he    remained    until 
1865,  when  he  removed  to 
Digby,  where  he  established 
and  is  still  managing  that 
popular  resort  the  "  Royal 
Hotel."     When  in  that  city 
he    joined    the    Prince    of 
Wales  Battery,  in  1863,  as 
gunner,    and    left    it    with 
the  rank  of  sergeant,  at  the 
end  of  28  days  camp  of  in- 
struction    at     Fredericton, 
N.B.,  where  he  passed  ex- 
amination before  a  board  of 
officers,     and     was     recom- 
mended for  a  commission  in 
the    Canadian     Militia,    in 
July,    1865.     On   going   to 
Digby,    immediately    after, 
he    was    appointed    second 
lieutenant  of  "  D  "  Battery. 
The  following  year  he  was 
made  first  lieutenant,  and  at  the  last 
general    field    day    review,    by    Capt. 
Hardy,  R.A,,  was  detailed  in  charge  of 
Capt.  John  W.  Turnbull's  Company,  the 
Captain  being  absent.     Soon  after  this 
a  change  took  place,  the  militia  were 
disbanded,    officers    retired,    and    vol- 
unteers   called    to    serve    three    years. 
On  the  24th  of  October,  1873,  under  the 
new  law,  "  The  Digby  Battery  of  Gar- 
rison Artillery,"  was  gazetted  with  John 
Daley,  as   captain,  provisionally ;   this 
rank   was  made   substantive   in   1878, 
and  that  of  major  given  him  in  1883. 
Major  Daley  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  a  Past  Senior  Warden  of  the 


Grand  Lodge  of  A.F.  &  A.M.,  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  Wyoming,  at  this 
Grand  Lodge.  He  is  also  Court  De- 
puty High  Chief  Ranger  of  the  I.O.F., 
and  Past  County  Master  of  the  Loyal 
Orange  Association,  also  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  County  School  Commission- 
ers, and  Coroner  for  Digby  County.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal ;  in  religion,  an 
Episcopalian.  He  has  been  married 
twice :  first,  in  1864,  to  Eliza  Wood 
Seaton,  third  daughter  of  David  Doug- 
lass, Esq.,  York  County,  N.B.;  and 
second,  to  Sarah  Jane,  widow  of  the  late 
W.  T.  Bakin,  of  Digby. 


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~Y\/ILLIAM  LAW,  shipping  and 
V  \  commission  agent,  Yarmouth, 
N.S.  and  M.P.P.  for  Yarmouth,  was 
born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  August  5th, 
1833.  In  1847  he  came  to  Canada, 
locating  at  Yarmouth,  and  remained 
there  for  two  years,  when  he  removed 
to  Oxford,  Mass.,  where  he  remained 
until  1855,  and  again  returned  to  Yar- 
mouth, where  he  has  since  remained, 
as  head  of  the  firm  of  Wm.  Law  &  Co., 
shipping  and  commission  agents.  He 
is  known  as  an  able  and  honorable 
business  man,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
influential  residents  of  Yarmouth.  In 
1870  he  was  appointed  a  Justice  of  the 


Peace  for  his  county,  and  has  filled  the 
office  of  president  of  the  Oriental  Ma- 
rine Insurance  Company,  and  was 
appointed  manager  for  Nova  Scotia,  of 
the  Boston  Marine  Insurance  Company, 
in  1881.  In  1886,  he  was  chosen  by 
the  Liberal  party  to  represent  the 
County  of  Yarmouth  in  the  Local  Le- 
gislature. He  is  an  ardent  free  trader, 
and  desires  to  have  commercial  union 
with  the  United  States.  Mr.  Law 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Brown, 
daughter  of  Enoch  Brown,  Esq.,  of 
Douglas,  Massachusetts,  who  repre- 
sented that  town  in  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature. 


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OFS   CANADA. 


ENJAMIN  HENRY  TOR- 
RENS,  dentist,  Fredericton, 
York  County,  N.B.,  was  born 
at  Bangor,  Maine,  U.S.A.,  January 
loth,  1851.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and 
Ellen  (McGinly)  Torrens,  both  natives 
of  the  North  of  Ireland.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  the  schools  of 
Bangor,  and  afterwards  continued  it  at 
Harvard  University,  graduating  from 
that  university  with  first-class  honors, 
in  1872,  and  taking  the  degree  of 
D.M.D.,  of  Harvard  Dental  College 
also.  He  then  removed  to  Frederictou, 
and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, remaining  in  that  city  for  three 


years,  when  he  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  practiced  for  five  years,  but 
on  account  of  ill  health,  returned  again 
to  Fredericton,  where  he  has  succeeded 
in  working  up  one  of  the  largest  dental 
practices  in  the  Province  of  New 
Brunswick.  Considering  his  brief  time 
in  the  profession,  and  the  delay  caused 
by  sickness,  he  has  made  rapid  strides, 
and  has  a  bright  future  before  him. 
In  1875,  Dr.  Torrens  was  married  to 
Miss  Sarah  Belle,  daughter  of  Geo. 
Hatt,  Esq.,  merchant,  of  Fredericton. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  also  belongs  to 
the  I.O.O.F. 


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~4  TON.  SENATOR  JOHN   NES- 
crM     BITT  KIRCHHOFFER,  Bar- 
vS>     rister,   Solicitor,  etc.,   Bran- 
don, Manitoba,  was  born  August  5th, 
1848,  at  Bally vourney  Rectory,  County 
Cork,  Ireland.     His  parents  were  Rev. 
Richard   B.   and   Isabella    (Fairtough) 
Kirchhoffer.       On     his    father's    side, 
Senator  Kirchhoffer  is  descended  from 
a   line    of  celebrated    clergymen,    and 
many  of  his   mother's  ancestors  were 
military  people.     He  was  educated  at 
Marlborough    College,    England,    and 
coming  to  America  in  September  1864, 
settled  in  Port  Hope,  Ontario,  where  he 
studied    law    with    his    uncle,    Nesbitt 
Kirchhoffer,     Q.  C.,     until 
1871,  when  he  was  called  to 
the  Bar.     He  then  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  uncle, 
which    lasted    three   years, 
and  in  1874,  he  began  pri- 
vate practice  in  Millbrook, 
Ont.     He  founded  the  Plum 
Creek   Settlement  in   Man- 
itoba, and   in  1882,   settled 
there.     He    was    Reeve    of 
Glenwood  municipality  for 
some  years,  and  founded  the 
well-known  town  of  Souris. 
He  was  elected  member  for 
the  Western  Judicial   Dis- 
trict of  Manitoba,  was  chair- 
man in  1885,  and  in  1886, 
was  elected  M.P.P.  for  West 
Brandon.     He   removed   to 
Brandon  in  1886,  and  was 
appointed  manager  for  the 
Manitoba  Branch  of  the  Im- 
perial   Loan    Company    of 
Toronto,  which  he  conducts 
in  addition   to  his  general 
practice.     He  was  appointed 
a  senator,   by  the    Conser- 
vative Government,  in  1882. 
Senator  Kirchhoffer  has  al- 
ways been  an  enthusiastic 
athlete.     He   is  a   member 


of  the  Canadian  Cricket  Association, 
and  on  two  occasions  has  captained  the 
Canadian  teams  against  the  United 
States,  in  international  games.  He  was 
married,  first,  to  Miss  Ada,  daughter  of 
the  late  Dr.  Win.  Smith,  and  niece  of  the 
late  Hon.  Sydney  Smith,  of  Cobourg, 
Ont.,  on  June  i5th,  1871 ;  she  died  in 
1874;  and  he  was  again  married  to 
Miss  Clara,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  J.  B.  Howard,  of  Guelph,  Ont. 
His  family  consists  of  two  daughters, 
living.  The  present  Mrs.  Kirchhoffer, 
is  well  and  widely  known  in  literary 
circles,  and  has  contributed  to  many  of 
the  leading  periodicals  and  magazines. 


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CANADA. 


JOHN  LOVELL  MEIKLE, 
dealer  in  pianos,  organs,  etc., 
Port  Arthur,  Ont.,  was  born 
August  nth,  1848,  at  Lachute,  Que. 
His  father  was  Wm.  Meikle,  and  his 
mother  Dora  Lovell,  the  former  of 
Scotch  descent.  Mr.  Meikle  received 
his  education  at  the  common  schools 
and  Collegiate  Institute,  Lachute.  After 
having  served  several  years  as  clerk  in 
general  mercantile  business,  he  re- 
moved to  Port  Arthur,  in  1882,  and 
established  the  "  Bazar,"  which  has 
grown  to  large  proportions,  and  is 
known  for  hundreds  of  miles  East  and 
West,  to  be  by  far  the  most  attractive 


c 


mart  in  Port  Arthur,  and  which  would 
do  credit  to  a  large  city.  The  best 
evidence  of  Mr.  Meikle's  business 
ability,  is  the  fact  that,  since  he  es- 
tablished his  business,  he  has  done  a 
trade  of  over  $300,000,  without  suing  a 
customer,  or  putting  them  to  expense, 
while  $300  would  probably  represent 
the  amount  of  his  losses,  in  giving 
credit.  He  is  in  the  fullest  sense,  a 
self-made  man,  having  started  with 
little  capital,  but  by  close  attention  to 
business  and  fair  dealing,  he  has  won  a 
high  degree  of  success.  His  practical 
knowledge  of  trade,  enables  him  to  go 
to  European  markets,  and  buy  direct 
from  the  manufacturers. 
He  has  great  faith  in  the 
future  of  Western  Ontario, 
and  owns  considerable  real 
estate  in  that  section,  and 
has  a  vote  in  every  muni- 
cipality of  the  district  of 
Algoma  West,  and  in  every 
ward  of  Port  Arthur.  In 
1886,  he  made  a  tour  of 
Great  Britain  and  Germany, 
also  visited  the  Colonial  Ex- 
hibition, London,  where  he 
found  the  Canadian  Mineral 
Exhibit  unprovided  for,  and 
at  considerable  personal  ex- 
pense, assisted  in  securing  a 
choice  location  for  the  same. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Meikle  is  a 
prominent  and  influential 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics, 
a  Reformer.  He  is  also  a 
High  School  Trustee,  a 
Commissioner  of  Public 
Parks,  and  local  agent  of 
the  Canada  Life  Assurance 
Company.  He  was  married, 
Aug.  a8th,  1873,  to  Jeannie 
Milne,  youngest  daughter  of 
Alex.  Milne,  Esq.,  Meaford, 
Ont.  He  has  two  children, 
one  boy  and  one  girl. 


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JAMES  CHARLES  Mc- 
DEVITT,  Fredericton,  N.B., 
was  born  in  the  city  of  St. 
John,  N.B.,  May  nth,  1823.  He  is  the 
son  of  Geo.  McDevitt  and  Rose  McMo- 
nenomy,  natives  of  the  North  of  Ireland. 
Father  McDevitt  received  his  primary 
education  at  the  schools  of  St.  John, 
and  his  classical  and  theological  train- 
ing at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  and 
Philadelphia,  U.S.A.,  graduating  with 
honors,  but  being  too  young  for  ordina- 
tion, he  entered  the  Grand  Seminary, 
Quebec.  In  1847,  the  Year  of  the  ship 
fever,  he  was  asked  to  go  to  the  Qua- 
rantine Station  at  Grosse  Isle,  many 


of  the  priests  having  died,  and  a  large 
number  being  laid  up  with  the  fever. 
He  consented  to  go,  and  was  ordained 
priest,  and  immediately  started  for  the 
Quarantine  Station,  and  after  nursing 
there  for  some  time,  was  stricken  down 
with  the  disease,  and  had  to  be  removed 
to  the  Hotel-Dieu  Hospital,  Quebec, 
where  he  was  ill  with  the  fever  for 
thirteen  weeks.  When  convalescent, 
he  removed  to  Fredericton,  and  stayed 
with  the  bishop,  and  has  had  charge  of 
the  parish  since  that  time,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  short  term  at  St.  Andrew's. 
His  missions  extend  over  thirty  miles, 
and  are  prospering  under  his  ministry. 


172 


MEN     OR     C  ANA  IDA. 


JOHN  HOLDSWORTH,  Judge 
of  Probate  Court  of  the  County 
of  Digby,  N.S.,  and  Stipen- 
diary Magistrate  of  the  town  of  Digby, 
was  born  May  ipth,  1830,  in  that  place. 
His  parents  were  Thomas  and  Lucy 
(Titus)  Holds  worth,  the  former  being 
a  manufacturer  in  Digby,  and  an  active 
worker  in  the  Methodist  Church.  Judge 
Holdsworth  was  educated  in  the  private 
schools  and  county  academy  of  his 
birth  place,  and  received  a  good  busi- 
ness training.  He  is  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  his  county,  and  Commissioner 
in  the  Supreme  and  County  Courts.  He 
was  elected  Warden  of  the  county,  under 


the  County  Incorporation  Act,  in  1880, 
and  held  that  office  for  three  years. 
He  afterwards  received  the  appointment 
of  County  Treasurer,  and  resigned  that 
office  to  take  the  office  of  Judge  of  Pro- 
bate Court,  in  1886.  He  has  filled  the 
various  high  and  important  positions 
to  which  he  has  been  appointed,  with 
much  credit  to  himself  and  dignity  to 
the  offices.  Judge  Holdsworth  was 
married,  in  1857,  to  Mrs.  Charlotte 
Elizabeth  Wright.  His  family  consists 
of  a  son  and  a  daughter,  both  now  mar- 
ried and  living  in  the  United  States. 
In  politics,  Judge  Holdsworth  is  a 
Liberal. 


JR.  JONES,  M.B.,  Toronto; 
.  M.D.,  Manitoba;  M.C.P.S.O., 
L.R.C.P.,  London;  F.O.S., 
England;  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born 
in  Toronto,  Ont.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  Toronto  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute, Toronto  University,  Toronto 
School  of  Medicine,  and  London  Hos- 
pital, London,  Eng.  After  graduating 
from  the  Toronto  School  of  Medicine, 
in  the  year  1878,  he  went  to  Great 
Britain,  and  for  two  years  attended  the 
London  Hospital,  where  he  was  ap- 
pointed house  physician.  He  was  after- 
wards appointed  superintendent  of  the 
Hospital  for  Women,  Soho  Square, 


London,  where  he  remained  fourteen 
months.  In  1881,  Dr.  Jones  returned 
to  Canada  and  located  in  Winnipeg, 
Man.  He  is  one  of  the  incorporators 
of  Manitoba  Medical  College,  and  for 
eight  years  was  professor  of  the  prin- 
ciples and  practice  of  medicine,  in  that 
institution,  and  filled  the  position  with 
much  acceptance  and  ability.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  acting  staff  of  the  Win- 
nipeg General  Hospital,  and  a  member 
of  the  Council  of  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons,  Manitoba,  repre- 
senting that  body  on  the  Council  of 
Manitoba  University.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Board  of 
Health.  Dr.  Jones  is  G.M. 
E.  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  Order  United 
Workmen,  in  the  Province 
of  Manitoba,  and  in  reli- 
gion, belongs  to  the  Episco- 
palian Church.  From  the 
wide  and  general  estimation 
in  which  the  Doctor  is  held 
in  his  profession,  it  would 
seem  that  he  has  not  only 
the  ambition,  but  also  the 
ability  to  make  the  most 
of  the  unexceptional  advan- 
tages, which  have  fallen  to 
his  lot.  Dr.  Jones  takes  a 
deep  interest  in  the  educa- 
tional institutions  of  his 
adopted  province,  especially 
the  University  of  Manitoba, 
founded  in  the  year  1877. 
His  views  regarding  its  fu- 
ture usefulness  and  pros- 
perity are  so  enthusiastic, 
that  they  may  be  justly 
deemed  as  visionary.  Dr. 
Jones  was  married,  Jan.  5th, 
1887,  to  Margaret  E., daugh- 
ter of  James  Dennistown, 
Esq.,  Q.  C.,  of  Peterboro, 
Ont.  His  family  consists 
of  one  son. 


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1VIKN 


CANADA. 


.  LORAN  ELLIS  BAKER, 
M.L.C.,  steamboat  manager, 
Yarmouth,  N.S.,  was  born 
May  1 3th,  1831,  at  Yarmouth.  He  is 
the  son  of  Ellis  and  Delina  Baker.  His 
paternal  ancestors  were  from  Massa- 
chusetts, while  his  maternal  ancestors 
were  early  settlers  in  Barrington,  Shel- 
burne  County,  N.S.  Mr.  Baker  re- 
ceived his  education  in  Yarmouth, 
completing  it  at  the  Academy  in  that 
place.  He  became  a  clerk  in  the  esta- 
blishment of  W.  H.  Townsend,  a  lead- 
ing merchant  of  Yarmouth,  and  in  1855, 
embarked  in  general  business  and  ship 
building,  in  company  with  John  Young, 
the  firm's  name  being 
Young  &  Baker.  This 
partnership  was  dissolved 
in  1864,  and  since  then 
Mr.  Baker  has  been  operat- 
ing alone,  as  general  ship 
owner,  banker,  etc.  He  was 
appointed  to  the  Legislative 
Council  in  1878,  to  repre- 
sent the  Liberal  party.  In 
1872,  he  founded  a  museum 
and  public  library,  which  is 
free  to  the  community.  He 
is  president  of  the  Bank  of 
Yarmouth,  the  Yarmouth 
Steamship  Company,  the 
Yarmouth  Marine  Railway 
Company,  Yarmouth  Agri- 
cultural Society,  Mountain 
Cemetery  Company,  Yar- 
mouth Woollen  Mill  Com- 
pany, Grand  Hotel  Com- 
pany, and  is  a  director  in 
the  Eastern  Assurance  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  and 
a  vestryman  of  Trinity 
Church,  Yarmouth.  He  is 
one  of  the  most  enterprising 
men  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  it 
is  hoped  that  his  important 
life  may  be  long  spared  to 


the  town  and  province.  Mr.  Baker  has 
been  married  three  times  :  first,  in  1857, 
to  Mary  E.,  eldest  daughter  of  Joseph 
B.  Bond,  M.D.,  of  Yarmouth;  second, 
in  1870,  to  Frances  L,  daughter  of  H.  G. 
Parish,  M.D.,  of  Yarmouth ;  and  third, 
in  1873,  to  Mary  I.,  daughter  of  George 
B.  Creighton,  Esq.,  of  Dartmouth, 
N.S.  His  family  consists  of  one  daugh- 
ter and  three  sons,  living.  His  daugh- 
ter, Florence  Mary,  was  married  in 
1893,  to  Hon.  Walter  G.  Stopford, 
commander  in  the  Royal  Navy,  third 
son  of  the  late  Earl  of  Courtown,  his 
sons  George  Prescott,  Victor  Stanley, 
Seymour  Creighton,  are  at  school. 


MKN 


CANADA. 


ISAAC  CLARENCE  SHARP,  M.D., 
C.M.,  Marysville,  York  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  at  Studholm,  Kings 
County,  N.B.,  November  25th,  1856. 
He  is  the  son  of  Isaac  N.  and  Bathsheba 
Sharp,  both  of  Studholm.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  the  schools  of 
Millstream,  the  Grammar  School,  Harn- 
ton,  and  the  Normal  School,  Fredericton. 
He  then  taught  school  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  entered  the  Collegiate 
Institute,  Fredericton,  graduating  with 
first-class  honors.  After  teaching  again 
for  two  years,  he  entered  McGill  Uni- 
versity, Montreal,  to  study  medicine, 
graduating  in  1884,  with  the  degree 


of  M.D.,  C.M.  After  graduation,  he 
was  for  a  time  resident  surgeon  of  the 
General  Hospital,  Montreal,  and  in 
June,  1885,  commenced  his  practice  in 
Marysville,  N.B.,  where  he  has  achieved 
much  success.  Dr.  Sharp  is  a  member 
of  the  I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F.,  and  the  Mari- 
time and  New  Brunswick  Medical  as- 
sociations, and  is  president  of  the 
latter.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Marysville  Town  Council  since  its  in- 
auguration. In  politics,  he  is  a  Con- 
servative, and  in  religion,  an  Episco- 
palian. On  July  6th,  1887,  he  married 
Helen  J.,  daughter  of  Cosmo  F.  McLeod, 
Esq.,  of  Belleisle,  Kings  County,  N.B. 


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,EV.  GEORGE  BEST  PAYSON, 
retired  Methodist  Minister,  Fred- 
ericton,  York  County,  New 
Brunswick,  was  born  at  that  place, 
September  8th,  1825.  He  is  the  son  of 
P.  Edward  Paysoii,  of  Annapolis,  N.S., 
and  Jane  McKeau,  of  Majorville,  now 
deceased.  He  received  his  primary 
education  at  Jacksontown,  N.B.,  and 
Houlton,  Maine,  U.S.A.,  and  finished 
his  studies  at  Mount  Allison  Univer- 
sity, Sackville,  N.B.  He  was  ordained 
to  the  Methodist  ministry,  July  ist, 
1857,  at  Sackville,  N.B.,  and  his  first 
charge  was  at  Richibucto,  N.B.,  and 
from  there  he  went  to  Hampton,  N.B., 


afterwards  to  St.  Margaret's  Bay,  Hali- 
fax, N.S.,  Burlington,  N.S.,  Dorchester, 
N.B.,  St.  David's,  N.B.,  Gagetown, 
N.B.,  Sussex,  N.B.,  Andover,  N.B., 
Berwick,  N.S.,  and  from  there  to  King- 
ston, King's  County,  N.B.,  that  being 
his  last  charge,  as  he  retired  from  the 
ministry  in  1880.  Mr.  Payson  has 
been  married  twice  :  first,  July  3rd,  1856, 
to  Sarah,  daughter  of  James  Fall,  Esq., 
of  Richibucto,  N.B.,  who  died  in  1843  '•> 
and  second,  to  Henrietta,  daughter  of 
Alex.  Larkett,  Esq.,  of  St.  John,  N.B.,. 
November  i7th,  1875.  His  family 
consists  of  three  children  living.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order. 


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177 


ISAAC  ALLEN  JACK, 
A.B.,  D.C.L.,  Q.C., 
Barrister  and  Recorder 
of  the  city  of  St.  John, 
N.B.,  was  born  June  26th, 
1843,  in  that  place.  His 
parents  were  William  Jack, 
Q.C.,  a  leading  barrister, 
now  deceased,  and  Emma 
Carleton,  his  wife.  After 
receiving  his  early  edu- 
cation, Mr.  Jack  became  a 
pupil  of  the  late  Canon 
Lee,  with  whom  he  studied 
for  several  years.  He  after- 
wards entered  the  Collegiate 
Institute,  Fredericton,  from 
which  he  matriculated  in 
1859,  into  King's  College, 
Fredericton,  and  afterwards 
entered  King's  College, 
Windsor,  N.S.,  where  he 
obtained  the  degree  of  B.A. 
in  1863,  subsequently  that 
of  B.C.L.  in  1877,  and  that 
of  D.C.L.  in  1884.  Upon 
leaving  college  he  began  the 
study  of  law  with  his  father, 
and  was  admitted  attorney 
in  October,  1866,  and  bar- 
rister the  following  year. 
He  was  appointed  Recorder 
of  St.  John,  April,  1885,  and  upon  the 
union  of  the  cities  of  St.  John  and 
Portland  in  1869,  he  was  appointed 
Recorder  of  the  united  cities.  He  was 
created  a  Q.C.,  March  i8th,  1891.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Bar- 
risters' Society  of  New  Brunswick,  St. 
John  Law  Society,  St.  Andrew's  So- 
ciety, Council  of  Loyalists'  Society, 
Executive  Committee  of  Diocesan 
Church  Society,  Fellow  of  Literary  and 
Historical  Society  of  Quebec,  Fellow  of 
Haliburton  Society,  Windsor ;  member 
of  Associated  Alumni,  King's  College, 
Windsor;  Faculty  Law  School,  St. 
John,  N.  B.,  in  connection  with  the 


University  of  King's  College,  Windsor, 
N.S.;  New  Brunswick  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  ex-officio  member  of  Madras 
School  Board  of  N.B.  He  was,  for  many 
years,  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Mechanics'  Institute  of  St.  John,  as 
director,  corresponding  secretary,  vice- 
president  or  president.  He  is  at  present 
lecturer  in  Ancient,  Roman  and  Com- 
parative English  Common  Law,  at 
King's  College  Law  School.  As  Re- 
corder, he  is  deputy  mayor,  and,  on  the 
death  of  one  of  the  mayors,  filled  the 
office  of  mayor  for  some  months.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  in  politics,  a  Liberal. 


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M:KN 


CANADA. 


JOHN  F.  MITCHELL,  photo- 
grapher, Winnipeg,  Manitoba, 
was  born  October  i2th,  1862, 
in  Northumberland  County,  Ont.  His 
parents,  Samuel  and  Esther  L.  (Sweet) 
Mitchell,  are  both  living,  and  reside  on 
the  old  homestead,  near  Warkworth, 
Ont.  He  received  a  public  school  and 
commercial  college  education.  When 
eighteen  years  of  age,  he  spent  one 
summer  in  the  United  States,  after 
which  he  remained  at  home  until  1881, 
when  he  removed  to  Manitoba.  The 
first  year,  he  was  in  that  province,  he 
had  a  contract  on  the  C.P.R.,  and  after 
that,  learned  the  trade  of  machinist,  at 


which  he  rose  rapidly,  until 
he  became  a  skilled  work- 
man. Having  always  had 
a  penchant  for  art,  in  1888, 
he  bought  a  half  interest  in 
a  photographic  studio,  and 
within  one  year,  was  sole 
proprietor  of  the  same. 
Since  then  the  volume  of 
his  business  has  almost 
doubled  each  year.  His 
work  speaks  for  itself.  Pho- 
tography requires  neat- 
ness and  precision,  the 
skilled  machinist  has  these, 
which  is  doubtless  the  rea- 
son that  so  many  of  the 
most  successful  artists  of 
to-day  were  formerly  ma- 
chinists. Mr.  Mitchell  has 
one  of  the  largest  and  most 
expensive  cameras  in  the 
Dominion,  and  his  patron- 
age comes  from  the  best 
people  of  the  city  and  pro- 
vince. He  is  now  preparing 
to  build  one  of  the  finest  and 
best  equipped  studios  in 
Canada.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a 
member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M., 
R.T.  of  T.  and  C.O.F.,  being 
W.M.  in  the  former,  and 
P.C.R.  in  the  latter.  In  religion,  he 
is  an  adherent  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
and  in  politics,  a  Conservative,  taking 
an  active  interest  in  his  party  affairs. 
He  has  never  aspired  to  public  office, 
being  too  much  occupied  with  his  busi- 
ness affairs  to  admit  of  this.  Mr. 
Mitchell  was  married,  January  29th, 
1890,  to  Sarah  A.  H.,  daughter  of  John 
R.  Mitchell,  Esq.,  of  Omemee,  Ont. 
His  success  results  largely  from  the 
keen  intelligence  brought  to  bear  on 
his  work.  He  lives  out  the  motto : 
"  Knowledge  is  Power,"  to  which  fact 
his  marked  success  and  well-known 
skill  is  due. 


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179 


JOSEPH  H.  MORRISON,  M.D., 
Ph.D.,  and  M.C.P.S.M.,  ocu- 
list, St.  John,  New  Brunswick, 
was  born  October  26th,  1854,  in  St. 
John,  N.B.  He  is  the  son  of  Rev. 
Daniel  Morrison  and  Margaret  Turner, 
the  former  was  a  Presbyterian  minister 
for  many  years,  and  superintendent  of 
Education  in  various  parts  of  the 
country.  Dr.  Morrison  was  educated 
at  the  High  and  Normal  schools  of 
New  Brunswick ;  Bellevue  College, 
New  York ;  Guy  Hospital,  London, 
England ;  Royal  Opthalmic  Hospital, 
London ;  Hotel-Dieu,  Paris,  France. 
He  taught  in  various  high  schools  in 


his  province,  prior  to  be- 
ginning the  study  of  medi- 
cine. He  graduated  from 
Bellevue  College  in  1878, 
and  shortly  after  was  ap- 
pointed vice-president  and 
professor  in  Natural  Science 
in  Pennsylvania  State  Nor- 
mal School.  In  1881,  he 
went  to  the  Province  of 
Manitoba,  and  for  some 
years  was  identified  with 
the  social,  educational  and 
political  development  of 
Western  Manitoba,  after 
which  he  went  abroad,  pur- 
suing his  studies  as  a 
specialist.  While  in  Eng- 
land, he  was  assistant  to 
the  late  Sir  Morell  McKen- 
zie,  the  eminent  throat  sur- 
geon, and  occupied  several 
positions  in  connection  with 
the  Eye  and  Ear  Hospitals 
in  London.  Dr.  Morrison 
is  well  up  in  his  profession, 
and  has  worked  up  a  large 
and  satisfactory  practice  in 
St.  John,  where  he  is  popu- 
lar alike  with  the  public 
and  the  profession.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Masonic  and 
Orange  orders,  also  the  Ancient  Order 
United  Workmen,  and  is  Past  Master 
in  the  latter.  While  in  Manitoba,  he 
was  inspector  of  schools  for  five  years, 
Provincial  Coroner  and  medical  health 
officer,  and  also  surgeon  to  the  Indian 
Department.  In  politics,  he  is  an  active 
Conservative,  and  has  addressed  meet- 
ings in  the  interests  of  his  party,  in 
different  parts  of  the  Dominion.  In  reli- 
gion, he  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  Dr.  Morrison  was  married  in 
1 88 1,  to  Ida,  daughter  of  T.  W.  Kier- 
stead,  Esq.,  of  Rothesay.  Mrs.  Mor- 
rison died  in  1887.  His  family  consists 
of  one  daughter. 


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1VIEN 


CANADA. 


THOMAS  RYAN,  whole- 

•^  sale  boot  and  shoe 
merchant,  and  ex-mayor  of 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  was 
born  in  1849,  in  tne  Town 
of  Perth.  His  parents  were 
Michael  and  Sarah  (Maly- 
naux)  Ryan.  When  fifteen 
years  of  age,  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  Robert  Cookary,  of 
Perth,  where  he  remained 
for  five  years.  In  1874,  he 
removed  to  Winnipeg,  where 
he,  with  Mr.  McFarlane, 
began  business  in  a  modest 
way.  In  1878,  Mr.  Ryan 
bought  his  partner's  interest, 
and  in  a  few  years,  business 
amounted  to  $120,000,  an- 
nually, probably  the  largest 
retail  boot  and  shoe  trade  in 
the  Dominion.  In  1887,  he 
embarked  in  the  wholesale 
trade,  which  has  now  reached 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million, 
annually,  and  extends  from 
Rat  Portage  to  British  Col- 
umbia, his  business  relation- 
ships being  of  the  most 
pleasant  character.  Three 
consecutive  years,  1885-86- 
87,  Mr.  Ryan  was  alder- 
man of  his  adopted  city,  and  in  1 888  he 
was  honored  with  the  highest  municipal 
gift  in  the  hands  of  the  people,  the  mayor- 
ality.  His  rapidly  growing  business, 
however,  demanded  all  his  attention, 
and  he  wisely  permitted  an  honorable 
municipal  course  to  close.  Since  then, 
he  has  sold  his  large  retail  business  to 
his  brother,  built  a  magnificent  four 
story  block,  with  all  modern  improve- 
ments, in  which  he  carries  on  his 
wholesale  trade  with  great  success. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Ryan  is  a  Methodist, 
a  prominent  and  influential  worker, 
being  a  duly  appointed  local  preacher, 
a  class  leader  and  a  teacher  in  the 


Sabbath  school.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  R.T.  of  T.,  and  an  earnest  ad- 
vocate of  temperance.  As  alderman, 
and  while  the  chief  magistrate  of  the 
city,  Mr.  Ryan  left  his  impress  for 
good  in  many  respects,  notably  in  the 
Ryan  Sunday  by-law,  which  closed  up 
places  illegally  open  on  the  Sabbath. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and 
though  often  solicited  to  stand  for 
Parliamentary  honors,  pressure  of  busi- 
ness has  always  forbidden.  Mr.  Ryan 
was  married,  in  1881,  to  Miss  Annie 
Anderson,  of  Winnipeg,  Man.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons  and  five 
daughters. 


181 


.  JOHN  ROBBINS,  Trtiro, 
N.S.,  is  the  son  of  the  late 
Rev.  Charles  Robbins,  at 
one  time  clergyman  in  Oxford,  and 
later  Norwich,  England.  He  was  born 
at  High  Wycombe,  famous  as  the  seat 
of  the  Disraeli  family.  Mr.  Robbins 
occupies  a  unique  position  in  the  Pres- 
byterian pastorate,  in  that  he  is  minister 
of  the  oldest  congregation  in  the  Do- 
minion, viz:  the  first  Presbyterian 
Church,  Truro,  N.S.,  which  was  organ- 
ized September  i3th,  1770.  He  is  the 
fourth  pastor  of  this  venerable  congre- 
gation, Rev.  Daniel  Cock  having  occu- 
pied the  parish  from  1772  to  1810, 
Rev.  John  Waddell,  who 

became  Mr.  Cock's  assistant 

and  successor  in  1798,  held 
the  post  until  1837,  when 
Dr.  D.  MacCulloch  became 
minister  in  1839,  retiring  in 
1886,  in  which  year  Mr. 
Robbins  was  called  and  in- 
ducted. In  the  Maritime 
provinces,  he  is  prominently 
associated  with  the  Home 
Mission  Committee,  and 
takes  a  deep  interest  in  the 
aggressive  work  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  also 
claims  quite  a  clerical  circle, 
his  grand-uncle  being  one 
of  the  prominent  mission- 
aries, in  connection  with  the 
Heroic  Church  of  the  Mor- 
avians. He  has  travelled 
extensively,  and  takes  an 
active  part  in  the  work  of 
the  Church,  both  Synod 
and  Assemblies.  Prior  to 
his  residence  in  Nova  Scotia, 
Mr.  Robbius  was  pastor  of 
St.  Andrew's  Church,  Glen- 
coe,  Ont.,  and  is  well  known 
in  that  province.  The  fact 
that  so  many  Maritime  Pro- 
vince ministers  hold  pro- 


minent pastorates,  in  Ontario,  and  that 
so  many  Ontario  men  occupy  similar 
positions  in  the  East,  is  another  proof 
of  the  unity  of  the  Dominion,  and  the 
fusion  of  the  best  interests  of  the 
people,  accomplished  by  Confederation, 
and  by  the  union  of  the  churches  with 
one  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada. 
Mrs.  Robbins  is  the  daughter  of  the 
late  George  Brown,  Esq.,  of  Milton, 
Ontario,  one  of  the  best  known  men  in 
the  County  of  Haltoii.  Her  grand- 
father was  Alexander  Brown,  who 
came  from  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland,  in 
1803,  and  was  amongst  the  first  settlers 
in  the  County  of  Wentworth,  Ont. 


182 


F.  HUTCHINGS,  wholesale 
dealer  and  manufacturer  of  sad- 
dlery  and  harness,  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba,  was  born  June  I3th,  1855, 
near  Newboro,  Leads  County,  Out.  His 
parents  were  Elijah  and  Harriet  (Gif- 
ford)  Hutchings,  of  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
gland.  When  fifteen  years  of  age,  he 
went  to  learn  the  saddlery  and  harness 
trade,  and  at  eighteen,  returned  to  his 
father's  farm.  In  1876,  he  went  out  to 
Manitoba.  When  he  reached  Win- 
nipeg, in  1875,  things  did  not  look  pro- 
mising, yet  he  never  despaired  of  the 
ultimate  prosperity  of  the  Province. 
He  shrewdly  invested  all  his  earnings 


and  all  he  could  borrow,  in  half  breed 
script,  at  from  thirty  to  sixty-four  dol- 
lars each.  In  1877,  he  sold  out  at  one 
hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  each,  and 
with  the  capital,  some  three  thousand 
dollars  went  into  business.  In  1879, 
Mr.  Hutchings  became  a  partner  of 
Robert  Stalker,  and  their  business  grew 
rapidly.  In  1884,  he  became  sole  pro- 
prietor and,  to-day,  does  a  business  of 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million  per  an- 
num, for  besides  his  Winnipeg  stock  of 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  a 
trade  that  extends  from  the  great  lakes  to 
the  Pacific,  he  owns  large  retail  establish- 
ments, in  Winnipeg,  Neepawa,  Prince 
Albert  and  Portage  La 
Prairie,  which  carry  stocks 
averaging  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars each.  As  a  man  of 
integrity  and  liberal  public 
spirit,  Mr.  Hutchings  is 
held  in  universal  esteem. 
He  is  a  prominent  worker 
in  the  higher  Masonic  Arts, 
a  trustee  of  the  City  Sinking 
Fund,  a  director  of  the  Per- 
manent Mortgage  and  Trust 
Company,  a  large  stock- 
holder in  the  Great  West 
Life  Assurance  Company, 
has  been  city  alderman,  and 
has  often  been  pressed  to 
stand  for  Parliamentary  hon- 
ors, but  pressure  of  business 
has  forbidden.  His  brick 
blocks,  in  Winnipeg  and 
other  towns,  and  his  palatial 
residence,  "  Gifford  Hall," 
are  a  fitting  tribute  to  his  en- 
terprise. In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics, 
an  influential  Liberal-Con- 
servative. On  Oct.  3rd,  1882, 
he  was  married  to  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Denby,  of 
Newboro,  Ont.  His  family 
consists  of  four  children. 


MEN     OR     CANADA. 


1 8; 


OYLE  TRAVERS,  A.B.,  M.D., 
T.C.D.,  St.  John,  N.B.,  was 
born  in  September,  1824,  in 
Clonakilty,  County  Cork,  Ireland. 
Boyle,  though  a  surname,  is  the  Chris- 
tian name  of  the  elder  branch  of  the 
Travers  family,  taken  from  one  of  the 
family  intermarrying  with  Boyle,  Earl 
of  Cork.  He  is  the  son  of  Dr.  Boyle 
Travers  and  Dorothea  Heagarty.  Left 
an  orphan  at  the  age  of  five  years,  he  be- 
came a  ward  of  chancery,  under  the 
guardianship  of  Mr.  Kearney,  principal 
of  Lord  Shannon  Endowed  School,  Clo- 
nakilty. At  the  age  of  fifteen,  he  en- 
tered Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and 


graduated  from  that  institution,  A.B., 
M.B.  He  afterwards  came  to  America, 
and  started  to  practice  his  profession, 
in  which  he  has  had  remarkable  success. 
Dr.  Travers  has  been  president  of  the 
Board  of  Health,  and  School  Trustee, 
and  at  present  is  a  member  of  the  Senate 
of  the  University  of  New  Brunswick.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and  in  religion, 
a  Roman  Catholic.  He  was  married  in 
1864,  to  the  youngest  sister  of  Bishop 
Sweeny.  His  family  consists  of  two 
sons  and  four  daughters.  His  eldest 
sou  is  an  M.D.,  and  graduated  from 
McGill  College,  and  his  second  son  is 
practicing  dentistry. 


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CANADA. 


,EV.  MARK  C.  RUMBALL, 
B.A.,  Pastor  of  Knox  Presby- 
terian Church,  Morden, 
Manitoba,  was  born  April  i6th,  1857, 
at  Clinton,  Ont.  His  father,  Ebenezer 
Rumba.ll,  was  English,  and  his  mother 
Martha  Cassils,  was  Irish.  Mr.  Rum- 
ball  received  his  education  at  the  Hol- 
mesville  public  school,  the  Jones  Com- 
mercial College,  London,  Out.,  and 
the  Clinton  High  School.  He  then 
taught  school  for  two  years,  and  attend- 
ed the  Cobourg  Collegiate  Institute,  a 
little  over  one  year,  after  which  he  en- 
tered Victoria  College,  Cobourg,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1886.  His  the- 


ological  course  was  taken  in  Kuox  Col- 
lege, Toronto,  where  he  graduated  in 
the  Spring  of  1889.  He  visited  Man- 
itoba that  Summer,  and  received  a  call 
to  High  Bluff  and  Prospect,  where  he 
was  ordained  October  8th,  1889.  He 
entered  his  present  charge,  January  ist, 
1893.  His  diligent  labors  have  been 
rewarded  by  a  large  measure  of  success, 
and  the  Morden  church  is  now  being 
enlarged.  Mr.  Rumball  is  a  member  of 
the  I.O.F.,  and  a  Reformer  in  politics. 
He  was  married,  September  i8th,  1889, 
to  Miss  Emily,  daughter  of  Robert 
McCullagh,  of  Cobourg,  Ont.,  by  whom 
he  has  two  daughters. 


185 


,EV.  RALPH  BRECKEN,  M.A., 
D.D.,  Methodist  Minister,  Fred- 

ericton,  York  County,  N.B.. 

was  born  in  Charlottetown,  P.E.I., 
September  23rd,  1845.  He  is  the  son 
of  Ralph  Brecken  and  Phoebe  Maria 
Wright,  both  of  Prince  Edward  Island. 
On  his  father's  side  he  is  descended 
from  U.E.  Loyalist  stock,  while  his 
mother  was  of  English  descent,  and 
her  father  was  administrator  of  the 
Government  in  Prince  Edward  Island, 
during  the  interval  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  Britain  appointing  a  Governor. 
He  received  his  early  education  in 
Charlottetown,  P.E.I.,  principally  at 


the  Prince  of  Wales  College,  and  con- 
tinued it  in  England,  where  he  en- 
tered the  matriculation  class  of  the 
London  University  at  Wesley  College, 
Sheffield,  England,  and  on  his  return 
to  Canada,  studied  for  three  years  with 
a  practicing  physician  in  Charlottetown. 
He  then  entered  Sackville  University, 
taking  the  complete  course,  and  gradu- 
ating from  that  institution  with  first- 
class  record,  and  the  degree  of  B.A. 
He  was  ordained  in  1874,  to  the  min- 
istry of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  his 
first  charge  was  in  the  city  of  St.  John. 
From  there  he  went  to  Halifax,  where 
he  remained  for  nine  years,  with  also 
three  years  at  Windsor, 
,  N.S.  He  was  then  trans- 
ferred to  the  Sackville,  N.B., 
circuit,  but  his  health  giving 
way,  he  spent  two  years  in 
travel  and  study  in  Palestine 
and  Egypt,  and  on  his  re- 
turn to  America,  resumed 
study  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
then  entered  on  the  staff  of 
Mount  Allison  University, 
Sackville,  N.B.,  where  he 
remained  three  years.  He 
was  then  compelled  to  retire 
on  account  of  ill  health,  but 
with  rest,  he  hopes  to  regain 
this  and  resume  active  work 
again.  Mr.  Brecken  was 
married,  January  6th,  1876, 
to  Jessie,  youngest  daughter 
of  Aaron  Eaton,  Esq.,  ship 
builder,  of  St.  John,  N.B. 
His  family  consists  of  three 
children  living.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  I.O.O.F., 
but  has  not  been  actively 
connected  with  the  society 
for  some  time  on  account  of 
the  state  of  his  health.  In 
politics,  he  is  an  Indepen- 
dent, although  favoring  the 
Conservative  policy. 


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MEN     OR 


,EV.  JOHN  SEMMENS,  Metho- 
dist Clergyman,  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba,  was  born  Janu- 
ary Qth,  1850,  in  Penzance,  Cornwall, 
England.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Sarah  Semmens.  His  father  was  a 
miner  who,  through  accident,  was  laid 
aside  in  mid-life,  making  it  necessary 
for  the  eldest  son  to  go  into  the  mines 
at  the  early  age  of  eight,  in  order  to 
help  in  the  support  of  the  family. 
Kept  from  the  common  school  by  his 
daily  duties,  he  nevertheless  so  im- 
proved his  spare  time,  that  when  eigh- 
teen, he  was  able  to  pass  the  prelimin- 
ary examination  at  Victoria  College, 
Cobourg.  He  remained  at 

college  nearly  three  years,         , 

working  his  own  way  by 
the  sale  of  books,  and  by 
private  tuition,  until  his 
call  to  the  ministry  in  1870. 
He  was  ordained  in  1872,  in 
Hamilton,  Ont.,  by  the 
Rev.  William  Morley  Pun- 
shon,  L.L.D.,  Rev.  Enoch 
Wood,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  S. 
D.  Rice,  D.D.  His  early 
charges  were :  Walkerville, 
Chatham,  Dundas,  Daven- 
port and  Bruce  Mines.  He 
was  sent  to  the  Red  River 
country,  in  1872,  where  he 
became  the  assistant  of  the 
Rev.  George  Young,  D.D. 
Subsequently  he  was  in 
charge  of  Zion  Church, 
Winnipeg ;  Emerson,  Mani- 
toba ;  Norway  House,  Nel- 
son House,  and  Berens 
River,  Keewatin,  serving 
as  missionary  to  the  In- 
dians, and  after  his  return 
to  civilization,  at  Carberry, 
Wesley  Church,  and  Me 
Dougall  Church, Winnipeg. 
He  was  the  first  regular  mis- 
sionary at  Nelson  House, 


founded  Fisher  River  Mission,  in  1876, 
and  in  1886-89  na^  charge  of  a  field, 
800  by  350  miles.  His  self-sacrifice  and 
untiring  energy,  cannot  fail  to  leave  a 
marked  impress  for  good.  He  is  very 
popular  with  his  congregation,  and 
with  the  clergy.  He  was  secretary  of 
Conference  in  1883  a°d  in  1891,  was 
elected  to  the  presidency  in  1892,  was  a 
member  of  the  General  Conference  in 
1890,  and  of  the  General  Board  of 
Missions  in  1891.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  Winnipeg  District  in  1890-93. 
He  was  married  in  1878,  to  Helen  Ka- 
lista  Behimer  of  Dundas.  His  family 
consists  of  five  sons  and  two  daughters. 


187 


,EV.  JOSEPH  THO- 
MAS PARSONS, 
F.C.,  Baptist  Mi- 
nister, Marysville,  York 
County,  New  Brunswick, 
was  born  at  Newfield,  Maine, 
U.S.A.,  December  9th, 
1828.  He  is  the  son  of 
Stephen  and  Eliza  Parsons, 
both  of  the  State  of  Maine, 
whe removed  to  New  Bruns- 
-wick  in  1831,  and  settled  in 
Woodstock.  Mr.  Parsons 
received  his  early  education 
at  the  schools  of  Woodstock, 
N.B.,  and  took  his  higher 
training  at  Foxcraft  Acade- 
my, Maine,  graduating  from 
that  institution  with  first- 
class  honors.  He  was  or- 
dained to  the  ministry  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  July 
4th,  1861,  at  Nashwaak, 
N.B.,  by  the  Revs.  Geo. 
A.  Hartley,  J.  Gunter,  W. 
Downey  and  W.  Kinghorn. 
His  first  charge  was  at 
Nashwaak,  and  Marysville 
for  one  year,  after  which  he 
was  pastor  of  the  First  F.  C. 
Baptist  Church,  Woodstock, 
N.B.,  from  July,  1862,  until 
July,  1865,  and  from  the  latter  time, 
until  July,  1866,  he  was  engaged  in 
Home  mission  work.  After  this  he 
was  pastor  of  the  church  at  North 
Head,  Grand  Manan,  until  1867,  when 
he  returned  to  his  pastorate  at  Wood- 
stock, remaining  there  until  1869,  and 
in  October  of  that  year  accepted  a  call 
to  the  First  Church,  St.  John,  N.B., 
where  he  continued  for  twenty-two 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Marysville, 
where  he  is  also  pastor  of  the  churches 
of  Nashwaak  and  Gibson.  Since 
occupying  his  present  charge,  he  has 
received  a  large  number  of  new  mem- 
bers into  his  church.  During  his  long 


term  in  the  ministry,  he  has  baptized 
upwards  of  900  persons,  and  has  been 
honored  with  gratifying  success  where- 
ever  he  has  labored.  Mr.  Parsons  was 
married,  September  3rd,  1851,  to  Sarah 
A.,  daughter  of  H.  Larlee,  Esq.,  of 
Perth,  Victoria  County,  New  Bruns- 
wick. His  family  consists  of  two 
daughters.  Mr.  Parsons  has  done  good 
work  in  several  temperance  organiza- 
tions. But  few  have  had  the  honor  to 
spend  over  thirty  years  in  continuous 
work  for  the  good  of  humanity,  and  at 
the  eventide  of  life  to  be  found  engaged 
with  unabated  vigor,  in  labors  abun- 
dant for  the  welfare  of  others. 


i88 


,EV.  WILLIAM  GOOLD  HEN- 
DERSON, Pastor  of  Zion 
Methodist  Church,  Winni- 
peg, Manitoba,  was  born  in  Ayr,  Scot- 
land, in  1850.  His  father  was  Rev. 
Joseph  Henderson,  pastor  of  the  Reform- 
ed Presbyterian  Church,  of  that  place, 
and  his  mother  was  the  daughter  of  the 
late  Rev.  William  Goold,  and  a  sister 
of  the  Rev.  William  Henry  Goold,  DD., 
who  has  been  for  fifty  years  pastor 
of  the  Martyr's  Church,  Edinburgh. 
After  receiving  his  early  education,  he 
studied  law  for  a  time,  but,  upon  joining 
the  Methodist  Church,  felt  called  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  and  after  pre- 


paring    for   the    same,   was 
ordained    at    the    Montreal 
Conference,    in    Brockville, 
Ontario,  in  1885.     The  ties 
of  blood  and  early  associa- 
tion would  lead  him  to  the 
Presbyterian  fold,  but  to  be 
a    Methodist,    however,    is 
with  him  a  matter  of  pure 
conviction.      While    enthu- 
siastically    loyal     to      the 
Church  of  his  choice,  he  has 
a  warm  love  for  the  historic 
faith    of  his    fathers.     His 
rise     in    the     Church     has 
been  rapid,  having  been  sta- 
tioned   in    such    important 
charges   as    Prescott,   Pitts- 
burg,  Perth,  and  now  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba,  to    which 
latter  charge  he  received  a 
cordial  and  unanimous  call 
in    1892.     Although    being 
so  recently  connected  with 
the  ministry,  he  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  secretary  of 
the  Montreal  Conference  in 
1891,     and     upon     retiring 
from  that  conference  to  en- 
ter upon  his  present  pastor- 
ate, he  was  honored  by  the 
passing   of  a    highly   com- 
plimentary resolution  of  thanks  for  his 
services  by  that  body.     In  addition  to 
the  above  mentioned  appointments,  he 
has   received  invitations    to   several   of 
the  most  desirable  congregations  in  the 
denomination.     Mr.   Henderson    is    an 
eloquent  and  forcible  speaker,  of  pleas- 
ing   address,    an    active    and    zealous 
worker  in  every  good  cause  which  he 
undertakes.     He   is    affable   and    cour- 
teous to  all,  and  a  kind  and  sympathiz- 
ing pastor.     He  is  also  an  earnest  and 
influential  worker  in    the    temperance 
cause.     Mrs.  Henderson  is  the  daughter 
of  the  late  Henry  Lee,  Esq.,  of  Lyn,  Out. 
He  has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


OFS   CANADA. 


189 


,EV.  JOSEPH  HOGG,  Pastor 
of  St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian 
_  Church,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  at  Clyde  River,  Shelburne 
County,  N.S.,  February  8th,  1841.  He 
is  the  son  of  Alexander  Hogg,  of  that 
place.  His  early  childhood  was  spent 
at  Barrington,  N.S.,  and  when  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  he  obtained  a  first- 
class  license  as  public  school  teacher, 
and  while  prosecuting  his  studies, 
taught  in  three  Superior  Schools  of  the 
province  for  five  years.  He  took  his 
arts  course  in  the  Presbyterian  Semi- 
nary, Truro,  and  his  theological  course 
in  the  Presbyterian  College,  Halifax. 


He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Halifax,  and  immediately  began  to 
travel  over  a  considerable  portion  of 
Canada  and  the  United  States,  and 
then  went  to  Edinburgh,  where  he  took 
the  senior  course  in  the  regular  classes 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  College  and 
afterwards  the  senior  course  in  the  New 
College.  After  travelling  a  good  deal 
in  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa,  giving 
special  attention  to  Syria  and  Palestine, 
he  returned  to  Nova  Scotia,  in  1867, 
and  accepted  work  as  a  probationer. 
He  was  ordained  in  October,  1868,  and 
accepted  a  call  from  the  Presbyterian 
congregation  of  Cornwallis,  where  he 
remained  six  and  one  half 
years.  His  next  charge  was 
Moncton,  where  he  remain- 
ed until  June,  1888.  When 
he  entered  upon  this  charge, 
the  membership  was  only 
47,  and  when  he  left,  it 
was  upwards  of  500.  He 
was  called  to  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  Winnipeg,  in  May, 
1888,  and  became  pastor  of 
that  church  in  July,  of  that 
year,  and  has  received  up- 
wards of  800  into  full  com- 
munion, since  his  pastorate 
there.  He  was,  for  two 
years,  president  of  the 
Ministerial  Association  of 
Winnipeg,  and  is  now  pre- 
sident of  the  Manitoba 
Branch  of  the  Dominion 
Alliance,  and  vice-president 
of  the  Manitoba  League, 
which  he  was  chiefly  instru- 
mental in  organizing.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the 
I.O.O.F.  He  was  married 
in  Sept.,  1871,  to  Mary 
Cogswell,  daughter  of  the 
late  Henry  B.  Webster,  of 
Kentville,  N.S.  His  family 
consists  of  fourj  daughters. 


190 


1VEEN 


CANON    EDWYN   SAN- 
DYS     WETMORE     PENT- 

REATH,  B.D.,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Winnipeg,  was  born 
December  5th,  1846,  at  Clifton,  Kings 
County,  N.B.  His  parents  were  the  late 
Captain  Edwin  Pentreath,  formerly  of 
Cornwall,  Eng.,  and  Elizabeth,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  Colonel  Justus  S. 
Wetmore,  J.  C.  P.,  of  Clifton,  N.  B. 
Canon  Pentreath  was  educated  in  Eng- 
land, and  returned  to  New  Brunswick  in 
1866.  He  entered  the  General  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  of  New  York  in  1869,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1872.  In  the  same 
year,  he  was  ordained  deacon  at  South 
Orange,  N.J.,  by  the  Bishop 
of  New  Jersey,  and  entered 
on  the  charge  of  Grace 
Church,  Rutherford  Park, 
N.J.  In  1874,  he  was  or- 
dained priest  at  Fredericton, 
N.B.,  by  the  late  Metropo- 
litan of  Canada,  and  be- 
came rector  of  St.  George 
Church,  Moncton,  N.B., 
where,  for  eight  years,  his 
labors  were  greatly  blessed. 
In  1882,  Canon  Pentreath 
accepted  his  present  position 
and  the  fruits  of  his  labors, 
in  Winnipeg,  have  justified 
in  a  very  marked  degree,  the 
wisdom  of  the  appointment. 
His  work  in  a  parish,  large 
in  numbers,  and  not  strong 
financially,  has  been  very 
arduous,  but  his  success  has 
been  most  gratifying.  All 
denominations  speak  of  him 
in  the  highest  terms,  on 
account  of  his  wide  and 
liberal  views,  his  eloquence, 
and  general  worth.  In  1886, 
he  was  appointed  Rural 
Dean  of  Selkirk,  and  Hono- 
rary Canon  of  St.  John's  Ca- 
thedral, Winnipeg,  in  1891, 


the  first  appointment  of  the  kind  made 
in  the  diocese.  In  1887,  ne  became 
B.D.  of  St.  John's  College,  and  ex- 
aminer in  Exegetical  Theology.  He 
was  appointed  chaplain  to  the  9ist 
Battalion,  in  1885.  He  has  also  been 
connected  with  the  cause  of  temperance, 
and  was  for  some  time  president  of  the 
Dominion  Alliance.  In  1879,  in  con- 
junction with  Rev.  J.  D.  H.  Browne, 
then  of  Halifax,  N.S.,  he  founded  the 
Church  Guardian  and  was  for  years  its 
associate  editor.  In  1875,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Clara  Woodford,'  third  daughter 
of  the  late  S.  Sayre,  barrister  of  Dor- 
chester, N.B.  He  has  three  children. 


MKN   OF" 


191 


JOHN  LOUIS  CARLETON, 
Barrister-at-Law,  St.  John,N.B., 
was  born  October  ist,  1861,  at 
St.  John.  His  parents  were  William 
and  Bridget  Carleton.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  Christian  Brothers' 
School,  St.  John,  and  then  entered 
upon  the  study  of  law,  was  admitted,  as 
attorney,  in  October,  1882,  called  to  the 
Bar  in  Michaelmas  Term  of  the  following 
year,  and  has  since  that  time  practiced 
his  profession  in  St.  John,  where  he  has 
succeeded  in  building  up  an  important 
and  remunerative  clientage.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit 
Association,  is  president  of  Branch  134, 


and  a  member  of  the  Executive  of  the 
Grand  Council  of  Canada.  He  is  also 
an  official  referee  in  Equity,  appointed 
by  the  Provincial  Government.  Mr. 
Carleton  has  made  rapid  progress  in 
his  profession,  having,  very  early  in 
life,  reached  a  desirable  standing  among 
his  fellows  in  law,  and  his  past  suc- 
cesses would  indicate  for  him  a  brilliant 
future.  In  politics,  he  is  an  influential 
Liberal,  and  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
political  affairs.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Roman  Catholic.  He  was  married, 
September  22nd,  1886,  to  Teresa  G. 
Sharkey,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Ann 
Sharkey. 


192 


WESLEY  BROWN, 

wholesale  meat  and  provision 
merchant,  Port  Arthur,  Out.,  was  born 
at  the  "  Humber,"  York  County,  Out, 
May  loth,  1859.  His  father,  Thomas 
Allen  Browu,  is  still  living,  and  his 
mother,  Sarah  (Miles)  Brown,  died  in 
1862.  Mr.  Brown  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Meaford  and  Colling- 
wood,  Out.,  and  after  serving  an  appren 
ticeship,  he  started  in  business  with  his 
father  at  Collingwood,  in  1876.  He  re- 
moved to  Port  Arthur  in  1880,  where  he 
has  been  very  successful  in  building  up 
a  large  and  profitable  business  in  fresh 
and  cured  meats  and  provisions,  both 


wholesale  and  retail.  His  wholesale 
trade  extends  for  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  East  and  West,  along  the  line  of  the 
C.P.R.,  into  the  mining  regions,  and  in 
other  directions  as  well.  Mr.  Brown  is 
a  member  of  the  Town  Council  (1893), 
and  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Works. 
He  has  been  honored  by  a  seat  at  the 
Council  Board,  for  nearly  eight  years. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Shunah  Maso- 
nic Lodge  No.  287.  He  is  a  Liberal- 
Conservative,  and  in  religion,  a  Pres- 
byterian. He  is  also  president  of  the 
Port  Arthur  Steam  Packet  Company, 
and  owns  a  controlling  interest  in  the 
passenger  steamer  "  Cambria." 


193 


yrLBERT  MITCHELL  PERRIN, 
_X\  M.D.,  Yarmouth,  N.S.,  was 
V®  born  at  New  Glasgow,  Pictou 
County,  N.S.,  in  1849.  O11  h*5  pa- 
ternal side,  he  is  of  Huguenot  ex- 
traction. His  great-grandfather  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  county  in 
which  he  was  born.  His  mother,  now 
deceased,  was  Anna  Darby  Burns,  a 
native  of  the  North  of  Ireland.  He  is 
also  a  nephew  of  Dr.  S.  W.  Burns, 
Shelburne,  and  of  Rev'ds.  William  and 
James  Burns,  of  Chicago,  111.  Dr. 
Perrin  received  his  early  education  in 
the  schools  of  Pictou,  after  which  he 
entered  the  New  York  Medical  Uni- 


versity, in  1867,  from  which 
institution  he  received  his 
diploma  in  1873.  He  then 
settled  in  the  town  of  Shel- 
burne, N.S.,  succeeding  the 
late  Dr.  Snyder,  where  he  re- 
mained for  three  years.  He 
then  returned  to  New  York, 
taking  up  special  studies 
as  post  graduate.  In  the 
Spring  of  1878,  he  settled 
in  Yarmouth,  N.S.,  as  gen- 
eral practitioner,  although 
making  a  speciality  of  the 
diseases  of  women  and  chil- 
dren, also  of  the  eye,  ear, 
throat  and  nose,  and  in 
these  specialities,  has  had 
marked  success.  The  Sum- 
mer succeeding  his  removal 
to  Yarmouth,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  position  of 
port  surgeon,  and  medical 
superintendent  of  Marine 
Hospital,  which  position  he 
has  held  since  that  date. 
Dr.  Perrin  was  married,  in 
1876,  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
W.  H.  Gridley,  Esq.,  of 
Yarmouth,  N.S.,  and  great 
grand  daughter  of  General 
Richard  Gridley,  of  distin- 
guished Revolutionary  mention.  His 
family  consists  of  one  son.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  staunch  Conservative,  having 
the  courage  of  his  convictions,  and,  in 
a  county  essentially  Liberal,  has  stood 
boldly  for  his  party.  In  religion,  he 
belongs  to  the  Episcopalian  Church. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge, 
A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  of  Union  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  and  Yarmouth  Precep- 
tory  of  Knight  Templars,  and  I.O.O.F. 
In  1879,  he  was  appointed  Coroner  of 
the  town,  and  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Health.  In  1882,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Medical  Board  of  Nova 
Scotia. 

13 


CANADA. 


TfLEXANDER  HUGH 
±\  FERGUSON,  M.B., 
V?)  M.D.C.M.,  Profes- 
sor of  Surgery,  and  Asso- 
ciate Professor  of  Clinical 
Surgery,  Manitoba  Medical 
College,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  February  27th, 
1853,  in  Ontario  County, 
Ont.  His  parents  were 
Alexander  and  Ann  (Mc- 
Fadyen)  Ferguson,  natives 
of  Scotland.  Dr.  Ferguson 
was  educated  at  Rockwood 
Academy,  Manitoba  Col- 
lege, and  Trinity  Medical 
School,  Toronto,  where  he 
graduated,  in  i88i,as  First 
Silver  Medalist.  In  1882, 
he  left  a  promising  practice 
in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  went 
to  Winnipeg.  In  the  same 
year,  he  was  appointed  Re- 
gistrar of  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
Manitoba,  and  the  following 
year,  1883,  was  made  Pro- 
fessor of  Physiology  in  the 
Manitoba  Medical  College, 
which  institution  he  was 
so  largely  instrumental  in 
founding.  In  1886,  he  ac- 
cepted his  present  professorship.  He 
is  registrar  and  treasurer  of  the  college, 
a  member  of  the  Provincial  Board  of 
Health,  and  surgeon-in-chief  to  the  St. 
Boniface  Hospital.  His  confreres  ap- 
pointed him  first  president  of  the  Mani- 
toba branch  (pioneer)  of  the  British 
Medical  Association,  formed  by  Mr. 
Ernest  Hart,  in  1892.  He  is  also  an 
active  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  other  kindred  socie- 
ties. One  of  his  addresses,  "  Hydatids 
of  the  Liver,"  was  given  by  invitation 
before  the  Minnesota  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, St.  Paul,  in  1892,  and  was  consi- 
dered an  able  lecture.  In  1889,  Dr. 


Ferguson  visited  the  best  surgeons  of 
England,  Scotland,  France  and  Ger- 
many, taking  a  special  course  in 
bacteriology,  under  Dr.  Koch.  He  is 
fully  abreast  of  the  rapid  strides  made 
in  modern  surgery,  and  has  gained  for 
himself  more  than  a  provincial  reputa- 
tion. In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and 
in  religion,  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Scottish  Right,  A.F. 
&  A.M.,  and  other  societies.  In  1882, 
Dr.  Ferguson  was  married  to  Miss 
Thomas,  daughter  of  the  late  Edward 
Thomas,  Esq.,  a  wealthy  pioneer  of 
Nassagaweya,  near  Guelph,  Ont.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons. 


MKN 


CANADA. 


195 


ERASTUS  DEWITT, 

Physician,  Wolfville,  N.S.,  was 
born  at  Bridgetown,  N.S.,  October  i5th, 
1842.  He  is  the  son  of  Jacob  and 
Caroline  Eliza  DeWitt,  both  deceased, 
of  that  place.  The  great-grand-father 
of  Dr.  DeWitt  was  one  of  the  loyalists 
who  came  to  Nova  Scotia  at  the  time  of 
the  revolution  in  the  United  States, 
and  settled  in  the  County  of  Annapolis. 
The  early  life  of  Dr.  DeWitt  \vas  spent 
in  Bridgetown,  where  he  received  his 
primary  education.  He  graduated  in 
medicine  at  Harvard  University,  in 
1872,  after  which  he  practiced  at  Ches- 
ter, N.S.j  for  fourteen  years.  In  1879, 
he  was  appointed  Registrar 
of  Deeds  for  the  District  of 
Chester,  which  office  he 
resigned,  when  moving  to 
Halifax  in  1886.  In  that 
year  he  also  attended  the 
New  York  Polyclinic,  and 
received  a  diploma  at  the 
end  of  the  term.  He  re- 
mained in  Halifax  for  six 
years,  and  during  that 
period  took  an  active  part 
in  matters  of  public  health ; 
was  a  member  of  the  Staff 
of  Halifax  Infirmary,  of  the 
City  Board  of  Health,  and 
during  the  diptheria  epide- 
mic in  1890-91,  was  assist- 
ant City  Medical  Officer. 
In  1892,  he  removed  to 
Wolfville,  where  he  still 
resides.  Dr.  DeWitt  is  a 
member  of  the  British  Me- 
dical Society  of  Halifax,  of 
the  Harvard  Medical  Alum- 
ni Association,  the  Nova 
Scotia  Medical  Society,  the 
Maritime  Medical  Associa- 
tion, and  holds  the  office  of 
treasurer  in  the  latter.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  and  in. 


politics,  a  Conservative.  He  is  well 
known  as  an  able  and  skilful  physician, 
and  highly  esteemed  for  his  many  good 
qualities  as  a  neighbor  and  citizen. 
Dr.  DeWitt  was  married  July  7th,  1873, 
to  Henrietta,  daughter  of  William  and 
Teresa  Chipman,  of  Bridgetown,  N.S. 
She  died  January  29th,  1879.  He  again 
married,  October  2Oth,  1881,  Annie 
M.  daughter  of  C.  E.  Brown,  of  Halifax, 
N.S.  His  family  consists  of  seven  chil- 
dren. The  eldest  son  of  Dr.  DeWitt  is 
a  student  in  the  electrical  department 
of  Lehigh  University,  Pa.,  and  his 
daughter  Carrie,  of  Acadia  Seminary, 
Wolfville,  N.S. 


196 


OF"    CANADA, 


J 


OHN  HARRISON  O'DON- 
NELL, M.D.,  C.M.,  Trinity 
<?L>^  Medical  College,  professor  of 
Sanitary  Science  and  Bactereology,  Man- 
itoba Medical  College,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  in  1838,  in  Simcoe,  Norfolk 
County,  Out.  His  father  was  John 
O'Donnell,  of  Delhi,  Ont.,  formerly  of 
Wexford,  Ireland,  and  a  descendent  of 
the  O'Donnells,  of  Donegal.  Dr.  O'Don- 
nell received  his  medical  education  at 
Victoria  University  and  Trinity  Medical 
College,  Toronto.  He  was  called,  by 
the  Dominion  Government,  to  the  Legis- 
lative Council  of  Manitoba,  on  the  form- 
ation of  that  body  in  1871.  and  when  it 


was  abolished  in  1876,  was  speaker. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial 
Board  of  Education  (Catholic  section), 
but  on  giving  notice  that  he  would  move 
that  the  curriculum  of  Catholic  and 
Protestant  schools  be  uniform,  a  new 
Board  was  immediately  gazetted,  and 
his  name  left  off.  In  1871,  he  was 
appointed  Provincial  Coroner,  and  also 
Provincial  Justice  of  the  Peace,  but  his 
name  was  struck  from  the  Commission 
of  Peace,  when  he  signed  the  warrant 
for  the  arrest  of  Louis  Riel,  Lepine  and 
others.  Dr.  O'Donnell  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Winnipeg  General 
Hospital,  and  did  most  of  the  surgery 
for  the  first  nine  years  of  its 
existence,  and  is  now  the 
senior  member  of  the  con- 
sulting staff.  He  is  also 
chairman  of  the  Dominion 
Militia  Medical  Board  for 
Manitoba  and  the  North- 
West  Territories.  He  has 
always  been  one  of  the 
University  examiners,  and 
for  years  represented  St. 
Boniface  College  on  the 
University  Council.  As 
chairman  of  the  Provincial 
Board  of  Health,  he  repre- 
sented the  Province  at  the 
Inter-Provincial  Sanitary 
Conference,  at  Ottawa,  in 
1893.  In  religion,  the  Doc- 
tor is  a  Roman  Catholic, 
but  favors  a  purely  secular 
system  of  schools.  He  was 
the  first  from  his  place  on 
the  floor  of  the  Legislative 
Council  to  advocate  the  abo- 
lition of  the  French  as  an 
official  language  in  the  Le- 
gislature and  Courts.  In 
1 86 1,  he  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  the  late  H.  Rout- 
ledge,  of  Toronto,  by  whom 
he  has  four  daughters. 


197 


J  BURPEE  BLACK, 
M.D.,  Windsor,  N. 
S.,  was  born  at  St. 
Martin's,  New  Brunswick, 
August  1 5th,  1842.  His  fa- 
ther, Thomas  Henry  Black, 
was  a  native  of  Armagh 
County,  Ireland,  while  his 
mother,  Mary  E.  Fownes, 
was  a  native  of  St.  Martin's. 
Dr.  Black  received  his  early 
education  in  St.  Martin's, 
and  continued  his  course  in 
St.  John,  N.B.,  and  at  the 
Mount  Allison  Wesleyan 
Academy,  Sackville,  N.B. 
Having  completed  his  stud- 
ies at  Sackville,  he  studied 
medicine  at  Berkshire  Medi- 
cal College,  Massachusetts, 
and  received  the  degree  of 
M.D.  He  commenced  to 
practice  in  the  village  of 
Hantsport,  N.S.,  but  after 
residing  there  for  five  years, 
removed  to  Windsor,  where 
he  has  since  remained,  and 
worked  up  one  of  the  largest 
practices  in  the  Province. 
In  politics,  Dr.  Black  has 
always  been  a  Conservative, 
and  in  religion,  a  Metho- 
dist. He  has  also  been  frequently 
spoken  of  as  a  possible  candidate  for 
legislative  honors.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Town  Council  for  the 
town  of  Windsor,  in  1882,  and  held  the 
position  until  his  time  of  service  ex- 
pired, in  1884,  when  he  was  elected 
warden  of  Windsor  by  acclamation. 
During  his  term  as  councillor,  the 
town  was  supplied  with  an  excellent 
water  service,  he  being  chairman  of  the 
water  committee,  and  the  works  under 
his  management  were  constructed  for 
a  less  cost  than  that  estimated  by  the 
engineer.  He  has  also  been  interested 
in  many  of  the  new  manufacturing 


enterprises.  He  stands  high  in  the 
Masonic  Order,  having  held  the  office 
of  Master  of  Poyntx  Lodge,  at  Hants- 
port,  from  1867  to  1870,  and  in  1873, 
became  high  priest  of  Hiram  Chapter, 
at  Windsor.  He  was  also  District  De- 
puty Grand  Master  of  the  Nova  Scotia 
Grand  Lodge,  in  1883  and  1885.  Dr. 
Black  was  married,  May  nth,  1864,  to 
Bessie,  daughter  of  Hon.  E.  Churchill, 
who  worked  his  way  from  the  hum- 
blest beginnings  to  the  position  of 
M.P.,  for  Nova  Scotia,  before  Confeder- 
ation, and  a  senator  of  the  Dominion. 
His  family  consists  of  nine  children 
living,  and  one  deceased. 


198 


V\/ALPOLE  ROLAND,  Civil  and 
r  \  Mining  Engineer,  Port  Arthur, 
Out.,  was  born  iu  Roorkee,  Bengal, 
November,  1830.  His  parents  were 
Louis  and  Marie  (Walpole)  Roland. 
Mr.  Roland  was  educated  in  Edinburgh, 
Scotland,  and  received  a  military  edu- 
cation and  training  in  England  and 
India.  He  went  to  India  in  the  En- 
gineers, and  was  present  at  the  siege 
of  Lucknow  and  Cawnpore.  '  After 
spending  several  years  in  India,  he 
went  to  China,  still  in  Her  Majesty's 
service.  After  a  brief  stay  in  the  latter 
place,  he  returned  to  England,  where, 
after  remaining  about  one  year,  he  was 


sent  to  the  West  Indies, 
and  from  thence,  leaving 
Her  Majesty's  service,  he 
came  to  Nova  Scotia,  Cana- 
da, and  entered  the  service 
of  the  Intercolonial  Rail- 
way Company,  during  its 
construction.  He  afterwards 
engaged  with  the  C.P.R.  Co., 
as  Topographical  Engineer, 
and  since  the  completion  of 
that  Railway,  he  has  fol- 
lowed the  profession  of  civil 
and  mining  engineer.  Mr. 
Roland  is  thoroughly  posted 
in  the  topography  and  min- 
ing interests  of  Algonia 
West.  In  1887,  he  pub- 
lished an  illustrated  vol- 
ume of  about  200  pages, 
entitled :  "  Algoma  West, 
its  Scenery  and  Industrial 
Resources."  He  is  one  of 
the  ablest  and  most  expert 
engineers  on  this  continent, 
and  is  fully  qualified  by 
education  and  experience, 
to  practice  his  profession  in 
a  manner  that  is  impossible 
to  many  men  who  have  had 
fewer  opportunities  in  the 
same  calling.  His  services 
are  beyond  computation  in  opening  up 
the  resources  of  the  mining  districts  of 
the  county  in  which  he  resides.  In 
politics,  he  is  'a  Liberal-Conservative, 
and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  the  party.  In  religion,  he  is 
an  adherent  of  the  English  Church. 
Mr.  Roland  was  married,  December 
20th,  1875,  to  Miss  Isabella  Watt  of 
Port  Arthur,  Out.,  daughter  of  Robert 
Watt,  Esq.,  who  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Hudson  Bay  Co.,  and  stationed  on 
Hudson's  Bay,  although  Montreal  was 
the  nominal  home  of  her  father's  fami- 
ly. His  family  consists  of  six  chil- 
dren, living. 


199 


TX/ILLIAM  MINET  DE  BLOIS, 
^  r  Barrister-at-Law,  Annapolis 
Royal,  N.S.,  was  born  January  29th, 
1857,  at  Lunenburg,  N.S.,  and  is  des- 
cended from  an  ancient  and  noble 
French  Family,  the  Comte  de  Blois. 
He  is  the  second  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Despard  de  Blois,  M.A.,  rector  of  St. 
Paul's,  Rosette,  and  Rural  Dean  for 
the  Counties  of  Annapolis  and  Digby, 
and  Eleanor  Esmonde  (Spurr)  de  Blois. 
Mr.  de  Blois  was  educated,  first  private- 
ly, and  afterwards  at  University  Col- 
lege, London,  England.  He  studied 
law  with  J.  M.  Owen,  Esq.,  Annapolis 
Royal,  and  in  London,  and  was  ad- 


mitted  to  the  Bar,  December  i6th,  1880. 
He  has  built  up  a  large  and  increasing 
practice,  especially  in  real  estate  and 
commercial  law,  and  takes  a  strong 
interest  in  all  manly  sports.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  is 
senior  church  warden  of  St.  Luke's 
Church,  Annapolis.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal-Conservative.  Mr.  de  Blois 
was  married,  Aug.  nth,  1886,  to  Eliza- 
beth J.,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Jas. 
Johnston  Ritchie,  M.A.,  rector  of  the 
Parish  of  Annapolis,  and  niece  of  the 
late  Sir  Win.  Johnston  Ritchie,  Chief 
Justice  of  Canada.  He  has  one  son, 
Theo.  Despard,  born  March  i4th,  1889. 


2OO 


OK   CANADA. 


HAGEL,  Q.C.,  Winnipeg, 
Man., was  born  Feb.  2Oth,  1846, 
in  Oxford  County,  Ontario. 
His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Eliza 
Ann  (Tapley)  Hagel,  whose  four  grand 
parents  were  U.  E.  Loyalists.  Mr. 
Hagel  was  educated  at  the  Ingersoll 
and  Woodstock  Grammar  schools,  after 
which  he  was  articled  to  Warren  Tot- 
ten,  Q.C.,  of  Woodstock.  He  concluded 
his  legal  studies  with  Mr.  (afterwards 
Chief  Justice)  Harrison  and  Honorable 
Senator  O'Donolme.  Mr.  Hagel  was 
called  to  the  Bar  in  Michaelmas  Term 
of  1873,  and  entered  upon  his  profession 
in  Toronto,  where,  for  several  years,  he 


was  a  partner  of  the  late  N.  Gordon 
Bigelow,  M.P.P.,  and  afterwards  senior 
partner  with  Messrs.  Murdoch  &  Schoff. 
In  1881,  he  removed  to  Winnipeg,  and 
became  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Hagel, 
Henderson  &  Delahaye.  Afterwards 
he  was  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Hagel,  Davis  &  Gilniour,  and  in  1884, 
he  was  created  Q.C.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  other  societies, 
and  in  politics,  a  staunch  Conservative. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
has  been  lay  delegate  to  the  Synod.  In 
1870,  he  was  married  to  Susan  Adele, 
second  daughter  of  David  Summers, 
Esq.,  of  Middlesex  County,  Ont. 


201 


.  THOMAS  FRANCIS  FO- 
THERINGHAM,  M.A.,  Pres- 
byterian  Clergyman,  St. 
John,  N.B.,  was  born  April  6th,  1847, 
at  Hamilton,  Ont.  His  parents  were 
Thomas  and  Fanny  S.  (Flaws)  Fother- 
ingham,  natives  of  Orkney,  Scotland. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Central  School, 
Hamilton,  Upper  Canada  College,  Tor- 
onto University,  from  which  he  received 
his  B.A.,  in  1871,  and  M.A.,  one  year 
later;  Knox  College,  with  post  graduate 
year  at  U.  P.  Hall,  Edinburgh,  and 
Leipzig  University,  under  Prof's.  Kah- 
nis  and  Luthardt.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Toronto,  and  ordained 


\ 


over  Norwood  and  Hastings,  July  2ist, 
1875.  He  was  lecturer  in  Apologetics, 
at  Queen's  College,  in  1 880-81,  but  re- 
signed these  positions  and  removed  to 
California,  in  the  latter  year.  He  was 
inducted  into  his  present  charge,  St. 
John  Presbyterian  Church,  St.  John, 
N.B.,  January  9th,  1883,  and  is  con- 
venor of  the  General  Assembly's  S.  S. 
Committee,  since  1889.  In  this,  as 
well  as  in  all  other  important  trusts, 
his  zeal,  ability  and  enthusiasm  are 
productive  of  great  good.  He  is  an  ac- 
tive promoter  of  the  Christian  En- 
deavor movement,  and  organized  a  so- 
ciety in  his  church,  in  1885.  He  is 
also  doing  a  successful  work 
among  the  youth  of  his  sec- 
tion, and  has  shown  great 
energy  in  introducing  the 
u  Boys'  Brigade,"  into  Can- 
ada, and  organizing  the  "ist 
St.  John  Company  of  the 
B.  B.,"  in  Canada,  May 
3rd,  1889.  He  is  captain  of 
his  own  company,  president 
of  the  St.  John  Battalion, 
and  brigade  president  for 
Canada.  A  military  school 
course,  in  his  early  college 
days,  gives  him  exceptional 
fitness  for  this  kind  of  work. 
In  politics,  Mr.  Fothering- 
ham  is  a  Liberal,  but  does 
not  take  any  active  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  the  party. 
Says  The  Golden  Rule : 
"  The  multiplicity  of  his  la- 
bors, his  tireless  energy,  pro- 
gressiveness,  large  minded 
grasp  of  principles,  com- 
bined with  an  ability  to 
trace  them  down  into  work- 
ing details,  together  with 
an  enthusiasm  that  sets 
other  hearts  burning,  call 
forth  spontaneous  expres- 
sions of  admiration. n 


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EO.  TURNER  ORTON,  M.D., 
M.R.C.S.,  Eng.,  ex-M. P.,  Win- 
nipeg, Man.,  was  born  January  iQth, 
1837,  in  Guelph,  Out.  His  father,  the 
late  Dr.  Henry  Orton,  of  Guelph,  came 
from  England  to  Canada  in  1834. 
Dr.  G.  T.  Orton  was  educated  at  the 
Grammar  School,  Guelph,  and  also  by 
private  tuition  in  Berlin,  Ont.  He  then 
pursued  his  medical  studies  at  the 
College  of  Surgeons,  Dublin,  and  after- 
wards at  the  University  of  St.  Andrew's, 
Scotland,  from  which  he  graduated 
M.D.,  in  1860.  He  was  subsequently 
elected  a  member  of  the  Royal  College 
of  Surgeons,  England.  In  1861,  he 
located  in  Fergus,  Ontario, 
where  he  soon  built  up  a 
large  practice.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  a  volunteer  company, 
formed  in  Fergus,  and  after- 
wards surgeon  of  the  3oth 
Battalion,  Wellington  Rifles. 
He  began  his  public  career 
as  Councillor,  then  as  Reeve 
of  Fergus,  for  three  years 
in  succession.  He  was  first 
elected  M.  P.,  for  Centre 
Wellington,  in  1874,  and 
repeatedly  afterwards,  no- 
tably in  1882,  when  he_ 
defeated  Sir  Richard  Cart- 
wright.  In  1883,  he  remov- 
ed to  Winnipeg,  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  Dr. 
Brett.  He  was  also  trans- 
ferred from  the  3oth  Batta- 
lion to  the  goth,  Winnipeg 
Rifles,  with  which  corps  he 
went  to  the  front  in  1885,  as 
brigade  surgeon  in  the  ad- 
vance column,  under  Gen. 
Middleton,  and  was  present 
at  Fish  Creek  and  Batoche. 
In  1884-85,  Dr.  Orton  was 
Medical  Superintendent  of 
the  Rocky  Mountain  Div- 
ision of  the  C.  P.  R.,  and 


subsequently  Coroner  for  British  Col- 
umbia. He  is  now  Medical  Superin- 
tendent of  Indian  Affairs  for  Manitoba. 
The  Doctor  has  always  been  loyal  to  the 
Conservative  party,  and  his  country's 
interests,  and  the  records  of  the  labor 
and  achievements  of  the  Parliamentary 
Committee  which  bears  his  name,  have 
become  part  of  the  history  of  our  coun- 
try. He  is  active  in  the  work  of  the 
International  Reciprocity  Association, 
representing  Winnipeg,  at  the  conven- 
tion held  in  St.  Paul,  in  1893.  In  1861, 
he  was  married  to  Ann,  daughter  of  Wni. 
Farmer,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Sutton,  Eng. 
His  family  consists  of  two  children. 


203 


GORDON 
MONROE,  Barris- 
ter,  Digby,  N.S., 
was  born  December  nth, 
1848,  in  Clarence,  County 
of  Annapolis,  N.S.  He  is 
the  son  of  Innis  and  Marion 
(Young)  Monroe,  natives  of 
that  place.  His  father  was 
the  grandson  of  Colonel 
Henry  Monroe,  of  Crotnar- 
ty,  Scotland,  who  was  the 
first  representative  for  the 
township  of  Granville,  in 
the  General  Assembly  of 
Nova  Scotia.  Mr.  Monroe 
received  his  primary  educa- 
tion at  the  schools  in  his 
native  district,  and  conti- 
nued it  at  Acadia  College, 
from  which  he  graduated, 
taking  the  degree  of  B.A. 
in  1872.  He  began  the 
study  of  law  with  the  pre- 
sent Hon.  Judge  Savary, 
then  M.P.  for  the  County  of 
Digby,  and  finished  with  T. 
D.  Ruggles,  Q.C.,  Bridge- 
town,  N.S.,  passing  his  final 
examination  in  November, 
1876.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  August,  1877, 
and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  pro- 
fession, after  making  a  three  months' 
tour  of  Great  Britain.  He  has,  from 
the  first,  occupied  a  leading  position  at 
the  Bar,  and  been  engaged  in  the  most 
notable  trials  before  the  courts,  in  his 
vicinity,  among  which  may  be  men- 
tioned the  libel  suit  growing  out  of  the 
"  White  Slave  Agitation,"  in  which  he 
completely  succeeded,  and  the  charges 
against  his  client  shown  to  be  without 
foundation.  In  politics,  Mr.  Monroe  is 
a  Liberal-Conservative,  has  been  secre- 
tary for  his  party  almost  continuously 
since  1878,  and  has  taken  a  leading 
part  in  every  political  contest  in  the 


county  since  that  time.  He  ranks  as  a 
forcible  and  eloquent  speaker,  and 
the  presentation  of  the  case  and  policy 
of  his  government  and  party,  have 
always  fallen  to  him.  He  has  twice 
contested  his  county  for  the  Local 
House,  the  first  time  facing  the  Repeal 
Agitation,  single  handed,  in  1886.  In 
religion,  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  the  I. O.K.,  and 
is  P.M.  in  the  former,  and  H.C.R.  for 
Nova  Scotia,  in  the  latter.  Mr.  Monroe 
was  married,  September  23rd,  1880,  to 
Minnie  B.,  daughter  of  James  E.  Fel- 
lows, Esq.,  Bridgetown,  N.S. 


2O4 


MEN 


-4  TON.  JAMES  EMILE  PIERRE 
crM  PRENDERGAST,  B.A.,  L.L. 
V«>  B.,  M.P.P.,  Barrister,  Saint 
Boniface,  Manitoba,  was  born  March 
22nd,  1858,  in  the  city  of  Quebec.  He 
is  a  French  Canadian  of  Irish  descent. 
His  father,  James  Prendergast,  now  de- 
ceased, was  a  Barrister  and  Coroner  for 
the  District  of  Quebec.  His  mother, 
Emilie  (Gauvreau)  Prendergast,  is  still 
living  (1893).  Mr.  Prendergast  was 
educated  at  the  Quebec  Seminary,  and 
Laval  University,  where  he  graduated 
in  arts  and  law.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  1881,  and  in  1882,  settled  in 
Manitoba.  Was  elected  M.P.P.,  in 


1885,  1886,  and  1888  for  La 
Verandrye ;  in  1889,  for 
Woodlands;  and  1892,  for 
St.  Boniface.  He  entered  the 
Greenway  Administration, 
as  Provincial  Secretary,  in 
1888,  but  resigned  in  1889, 
upon  his  colleagues  adopt- 
ing the  Public  School  policy. 
Since  then  has  unceasingly 
and  strenuously  opposed,  by 
speech  in  the  House,  writ- 
ings in  the  press,  and  me- 
morials to  the  federal  autho- 
rities, the  abolition  of  se- 
parate schools.  He  was,  for 
five  years,  treasurer  of  St. 
Boniface,  and  twice  elected 
by  acclamation  mayor  of 
the  same  town.  Mr.  Pren- 
dergast is  also  an  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  St.  Jean-Baptiste 
Society  of  Manitoba,  and  a 
member  of  the  Provincial 
Board  of  Education  for  six 
years,  prior  to  its  abolition, 
in  1890.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Coun- 
cil. As  a  journalist,  he 
founded  L ^  Quest  Canadien. 
During  his  university  ca- 
reer made  himself  known, 
in  French  Literary  circles,  by  the 
publication  of  poetry,  followed  by  his- 
torical essays.  He  was  married,  in 
1886,  to  Olivina,  daughter  of  the  late 
Francis  Mundor.  of  St.  Boniface.  His 
family  consists  of  five  children.  He 
now  practices  law  with  John  Thompson 
Huggard,  Esq.,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Prendergast  &  Huggard,  solicitors 
for  the  Hochelaga  Bank  and  Credit 
Foncier.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic,  and  in  politics,  a  Liberal. 
For  a  young  man  of  34,  Mr.  Prender- 
gast has  his  fair  share  of  warmest 
friends  and,  as  with  all  able  men,  a  few 
bitter  enemies. 


OK   CANADA. 


205 


W  TON.  ROBT.  WATSON,  M.P.P., 
C*XH  Minister  of  Public  Works,  Win- 
V«>  nipeg,  Manitoba,  was  born 
April  29th,  1854,  in  Elora,  Ontario. 
His  parents,  George  and  Elizabeth 
(McDonald)  Watson,  were  among  the 
early  pioneers  of  Wellington  County. 
Mr.  Watson  received  a  liberal  public 
school  education,  and  when  seventeen 
years  of  age,  went  to  Gait,  Ont,  to  learn 
the  trade  of  millwright  with  Goldie  & 
McCullough.  In  1876,  he  removed  to 
Manitoba,  and  built  a  mill  at  Portage 
La  Prairie,  and  the  following  year,  he 
built  the  first  mill  erected  at  Stonewall, 
Manitoba.  He  then  rented  and  operated 
on  his  o\vn  account,  for  three 
years,  the  mill  he  had  built 
at  Portage  La  Prairie,  after 
which  for  several  years,  he 
farmed  and  was  a  contractor. 
In  the  year  1886,  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  bro- 
ther John,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  R.  & 
J.  Watson,  Marquette  Ma- 
chine Shops,  Portage  La 
Prairie.  At  the  general 
elections  of  1882,  Mr.  Wat- 
son was  elected  M.  P.  for 
Marquette,  and  again  in  1887 
and  1891;  he  being  the  only 
Reformer  elected  in  Man- 
itoba at  these  elections.  In 
1892,  he  resigned  his  seat 
in  the  Dominion  Parliament, 
and  entered  the  Greenway 
Administration,  as  Minister 
of  Public  Works,  and  at  the 
general  election  in  1892,  was 
elected  M.P.P.,  for  Portage 
La  Prairie.  Mr.  Watson  is 
a  formidable  opponent  in 
a  Parliamentary  campaign, 
being  a  forcible  speaker, 
level  headed,  fearless  and 
independent.  In  his  elec- 
tion he  has  had  to  contend 


against  heavy  odds,  the  Dominion 
Government  forces  and  the  railway 
corporations  having  joined  his  oppo- 
nents, both  striving  to  defeat  him, 
but  this  makes  his  success  all  the 
more  striking.  Mr.  Watson  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  being  one  of 
the  charter  members  of  the  Assiniboine 
Lodge,  No.  7,  Portage  La  Prairie.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  is 
very  decided  in  his  faith  in  the  Reform 
party.  In  1880,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Isabella  Brown,  daughter  of  Dun- 
can Brown,  Esq.,  of  Lobo,  Middlesex 
County,  Ontario.  His  family  consists 
of  four  daughters. 


2O6 


1VIKN 


7T  LFRED  MARKHAM,  Major  8th 
J^  \  P.  L.  Hussars,  managing-di- 
VS>  rector  of  the  Sun  Printing 
Co.,  St.  John,  N.B.,  was  born  February 
a6th,  1841,  in  Lincolnshire,  England. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Markham,  the  former  being  a  farmer, 
expressman  and  horse  dealer,  and  did 
a  large  business  in  handling  ship  tim- 
ber, spars,  oak-bark,  etc.  Major  Mark- 
ham  received  his  education  at  the 
Common  and  Grammar  schools,  after 
which  he  was  engaged  in  the  Railway 
and  Dock  Service,  until  1864,  when  he 
embarked  for  the  United  States,  in 
S  S.  "  Bohemian,"  which  was  wrecked 


near  Portland,  Maine,  on  22nd  Febru- 
ary, of  that  year,  at  which  time  forty- 
two  persons  were  drowned.  He  was 
employed  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way, at  Portland  and  Boston,  for  nearly 
two  years,  after  which  he  was  engaged 
as  clerk  of  the  International  Company's 
Steamer  "  New  Brunswick,"  and  in 
April,  1866,  took  charge  for  an  Ameri- 
can Company  of  a  Manganese  property, 
at  Hammond  Vale,  Kings  County, 
N.B.,  where  he  lived  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  established  a  mining  village, 
which  was  named  "  Markhaniville," 
and  succeeded  in  making  it  the  most 
famous  Manganese  Mine  on  the  Conti- 
nent. He  was  warden  of 
Kings  County,  when  the 
Marquis  of  Lome  and  the 
Princess  Louise  visited  New 
Brunswick,  and  presented 
an  address  to  them  at  Sus- 
sex. In  1880,  he  was  ap- 
pointed senior  Major  of  the 
8th  Princess  Louise  New 
Brunswick  Hussars,  and  is 
an  efficient  officer,  and  pop- 
ular with  the  regiment.  In 
1 891,  he  bought  the  St.  John 
Daily  Sun  newspaper,  and 
on  the  organization  of  the 
Sun  Printing  Co.,  was  ap- 
pointed managing-director. 
Major  Markhain  belongs  to 
St.  George's  Society,  and 
the  Knights  Templar,  and 
has  been  vice-president  in 
the  former.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Liberal-Conservative, 
taking  an  active  interest  in 
the  welfare  and  progress  of 
that  party.  In  religion,  he 
is  an  Episcopalian.  He 
was  married  in  November, 
1866,  to  Naida  daughter  of 
John  and  Annie  Turnbull. 
His  family  consists  of  two 
sons  and  four  daughters. 


CANADA. 


207 


J 


OHN  CULVERWELL  OLAND, 
Mayor  of  Dartmouth,  N.S.,  senior 
partner  of  the  firm  of  S.  Oland, 
Sons  &  Co.,  manufacturers,  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  born  at  Trowbridge,  Wilt- 
shire, England,  December  i/th,  1849. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  James  Dunn 
Oland,  now  deceased,  and  Susannah 
Culverwell,  both  natives  of  England. 
Mr.  Oland  received  his  education  at  the 
schools  of  Hungerford,  Berkshire,  Eug. 
In  1865,  he  settled  in  Nova  Scotia, 
where  he  has  succeeded  in  working  up 
a  large  and  profitable  business.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and 
St.  George's  Society,  president  of  the 


Canada  Peptonized  Beef  and  Ale  Co.,  a 
director  of  other  manufacturing  con- 
cerns, captain  No.  4  Battery  Halifax 
Garrison  Artillery,  and  is  at  present 
mayor  of  the  town  of  Dartmouth,  N.S. 
where  he  is  exceedingly  popular  with 
all  classes.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal- 
Conservative,  always  ready  to  advance 
the  interests  of  his  party  when  neces- 
sity requires.  In  religion,  he  is  an 
Episcopalian,  and  for  several  years  was 
vestryman  and  church  warden.  Mr. 
Oland  was  married,  December  i3th, 
1876,  to  Sarah  Anne  Ruggles,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Henry  D.  Ruggles.  His  family 
consists  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 


208 


OR 


4  TENRY  GLYNNE  FIENNES- 
^jH  CLINTON,  Clerk  in  Holy 
vS>  Orders,  Incumbent  of  St. 
James'  Church,  Vancouver,  B.C.,  whose 
portrait  appears  on  this  page,  was  born 
in  Nottinghamshire,  England,  in  1854. 
His  parents  are  Henry  and  Catharine 
Fiennes-Clinton.  His  father,  the  Rev. 
Henry  Fiennes-Clinton,  is  the  rector 
of  Cromwell,  Nottinghamshire,  and  he 
is  also  Rural  Dean.  Mr.  Clinton 
received  his  education  at  Keble  College, 
Oxford  University,  graduating  B.A. 
in  1877.  He  had  a  successful  edu- 
cational course  and  graduated  with 
distinction.  He  was  ordained  to  the 


order  of  deacon  in  1878,  and  that  of 
priest  in  1880,  both  ordinations  being 
conducted  by  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury. 
He  held  the  office  of  vice-principal  of 
the  Mission  House,  Warminster,  dio- 
cese of  Salisbury,  from  1878  to  1881, 
and  subsequently  was  appointed  assist- 
ant curate  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen's, 
Bradford,  where  he  remained  from  1881 
to  1885.  Coming  to  Canada  in  1885, 
he  became  the  rector  of  St.  James' 
Church,  at  Granville,  (now  Vancouver), 
where  he  has  since  remained.  He  is 
an  able  preacher  and  a  faithful  pastor, 
and  is  highly  esteemed.  Mr.  Clinton 
is  well  known  on  the  cricket  field. 


CANADA. 


209 


THOMAS  w.  PETERS, 

LL.D.,  Barrister-at- 
Law,  St.  John,  N.B.,  was 
born  in  1848,  in  St.  John, 
N.B.  He  is  the  son  of 
Thomas  W.  Peters  and  Mary 
McMonagle,  of  U.E.  Loyal- 
ist stock.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  schools  of 
St.  John,  after  which  he  en- 
tered the  Cambridge  Law 
School,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  graduated,  and 
engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  his  native 
city.  He  is  also  prominent 
in  municipal  affairs,  and 
was  elected  councillor  for 
Wellington  ward,  St.  John, 
in  April,  1882,  and  so  con- 
tinued until  1884,  when  he 
was  elected  alderman  for 
the  same  ward,  which  office 
he  held  until  1891,  when'he 
was  elected  mayor  of  the 
city,  and  has  since  held 
this  position  with  much 
satisfaction  to  all.  His  Wor- 
ship fills  the  chair  of  Chief 
Magistrate  with  much  credit 
to  himself  and  the  city.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  warden 
of  the  Municipal  Council,  and  in  1887  ne 
was  re-elected,  and  again  occupied  the 
position  in  1890.  He  has  also  been 
chairman  of  the  Finance  and  Treasury 
Board,  and  member  and  chairman  of 
the  Committee  of  Legislation.  Also 
president  of  the  Exhibition  Association, 
since  1892,  and  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  School  Trustees  since  1888.  His 
experience  in  public  matters  gives  him 
a  ready  grasp  of  all  business  coming 
before  him,  and  enables  him  to  act 
with  ability  and  despatch.  Mayor 
Peters  belongs  to  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity, the  I.O.O.F.  and  Knights  of  Py- 
thias. He  is  senior  warden  in  the  Mas- 


onic Order,  and  representative  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  in  the  I.O.O  F-,  and  is 
also  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Indust- 
rial Home  for  Boys  and  holds  offices  in 
several  of  the  athletic  and  city  clubs. 
In  politics,  he  is  an  influential  Libe- 
ral-Conservative, and  has  always  been 
identified  prominently  with  this  party, 
taking  an  active  part  in  elections. 
Mr.  Peters'  family  have  always  been 
members  of  the  Church  of  England. 
Mr.  Peters  was  married  in  1880,  to 
Jennie  Sullivan,  who  died  in  1882,  in 
1885,  he  was  married  to  ^nfonetta, 
daughter  of  John  Rogers.  His  family 
consists  of  one  daughter. 

14 


2IO 


1VIEN   OR 


ALPHONSUS  AVILA 
CHERRIER,  Parish  Priest  of 
tne  Immaculate  Conception, 
of  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  September 
26th,  1849,  at  Laprairie,  P.Q.  His 
parents  were  Leon  T.  Cherrier  and 
Lena  F.  Yian  dit  L'Esperance,  both 
French  Canadians,  and  still  living 
(1893).  Father  Cherrier  took  his  ele- 
mentary education  at  Beauharnois,  and 
his  classical  course  at  the  College  of 
Ste.  Therese  de  Blainville,  County  of 
Terrebonne,  and  graduated,  in  1871,  as 
Bachelor  of  Sciences  of  the  Laval  Uni- 
versity. He  was  ordained  priest  by 
Bishop  Fabre,  of  Montreal,  in  the  Je- 


suits' Church,  at  Montreal, 
August    3oth,     1874.      He 
spent  three  years  as  a  pro- 
fessor of  Literature,  and  a 
similar  period  as  professor 
of  Natural  Sciences  at  the 
above  College  of  Ste.  The- 
rese.    In   1878,  he  went  to 
St.  Boniface,  Manitoba,  and 
spent   three    years   as    cure 
d^  office    of    the    Cathedral, 
and  steward   of  the   Archi- 
episcopal  Palace.     In  1881, 
he  accepted  the  presidency 
of  the   new  College  of  St. 
Boniface,    and    directorship 
of  the  Seminary  in  connec- 
tion  therewith,   and  at  the 
same  time  taught  theology. 
He  was   also   a   member  of 
the     Board    of    Education, 
from     1878,    until     it    was 
abolished   in   1890,  a  mem- 
ber of  the    Council  of  the 
University      of      Manitoba 
since    1878,    and    president 
of  the  Board  of  Studies  since 
1883.     In    1884,    owing    to 
ill  health,  he  left  the  college 
and     took     charge    of    the 
parish    of  the    Immaculate 
Conception,    of    Winnipeg, 
where  he  has  been  ever  since.    In  1890, 
he  went  to  Europe,   visiting    Ireland, 
Scotland,    England,     France,   Switzer- 
land, Bavaria  and  Italy.   In  September, 
1890,  as  the  delegate  of  His  Grace,  the 
Archbishop  of  St.  Boniface,  he  paid  the 
visit    "  ad    Liniina    Apostolorum  "    in 
Rome,  and  was  favored  with  a  private 
audience    from    Pope    Leo    XIII.      In 
September,  1891,  he  began  the  building 
of  the  new  church  of  the  Immaculate 
Conception,  which  was  finished  in  less 
than  two   years,  it  being  blessed   and 
dedicated  on  the  i7th  of  March,  1893. 
This    church    is   one  of  the   finest   in 
Winnipeg. 


IVIKN   OR   CANADA. 


211 


\ 


L 


rEO.  M.  GREER,  M.A.,  repre- 
senting the  Western  of  Toronto, 
Manchester  of  England,  Albion  Fire 
Insurance  Association  of  England, 
Connecticut  of  Hartford,  Fire  Insu- 
rance Companies,  and  the  London  & 
Lancashire  Life  Insurance  Company 
of  England,  and  Accident  Insurance 
Company  of  North  America,  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  born  November  yth,  1844,  at 
"  Rose  Lawn,"  Colborne,  Ont.  His 
parents  were  Thomas  Greer,  Esq.,  son 
of  Geo.  Greer,  Esq.,  of  Dungannon, 
Ireland,  and  Eliza  Blackstock,  daughter 
of  Rev.  M.  Blackstock,  of  Fairmount, 
Ont.  Mr.  Greer  received  his  education 


at  the  Peter boro  Grammar  School, 
Colborne  High  School,  and  entered  the 
University  of  Toronto  in  1861,  gra- 
duating with  honors  in  1865,  and 
receiving  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1869. 
He  removed  to  Halifax  in  1866,  and 
shortly  after,  went  into  the  insurance 
business,  which  he  has  made  a  decided 
success.  In  religion,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  England,  and  in  pol- 
itics, a  Conservative.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order,  Virgin  Lodge, 
and  represents  the  "  Alliance  Scien- 
tifique  "  Society  of  Paris.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Halifax  Club,  Studly  Quoit 
Club,  Royal  N.S.  Yacht  Squadron,  etc. 


212 


OK 


r 


.  WILLIAM  LIDDLE  HIS- 
LOP  ROWAND,  Pastor  of 
St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian 
Church,  Fort  William,  Ontario,  -was 
born  April  8th,  1860,  at  Walkerton, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  Abraham  and 
Elizabeth  (Hislop)  Rowand,  both  Scotch. 
Mr.  Rowand  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  after  taking  his  regu- 
lar course  in  the  public  and  High 
schools  of  Walkerton,  he  entered  To- 
ronto University,  and  was  graduated 
with  first-class  honors  from  that  insti- 
tution in  1882,  and  from  Knox  College, 
Toronto  in  1885.  He  was  ordained  to 
the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 


April  I4th,  1885,  at  Portage  La  Prairie, 
was  chaplain  for  the  95th  Manitoba 
Grenadiers  during  the  North- West  Re- 
bellion, after  which  he  served  at  Battle- 
ford,  Saskatchewan,  oue  year;  Burn- 
side,  Man.,  four  and  one  half  years ; 
Rapid  City,  Man.,  two  years  ;  and  was 
inducted  into  his  present  charge  at 
Fort  William,  September  26th,  1893. 
He  has  been  very  successful  on  all  his 
charges,  is  very  popular  with  his  people, 
and  a  clear  and  most  effective  preacher 
of  the  Gospel.  He  was  married,  Oct. 
3rd,  1888,  to  Sadie  M.,  daughter  of  John 
McLeod,  Esq.,  of  Portage  La  Prairie, 
Man.,  by  whom  he  has  two  sons. 


OR 


213 


HE  RIGHT  REV.  R.  YOUNG, 
D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  Bishop  of  Atha- 
baska,  was  born  at  Hull,  England,  in 
September,  1843.  He  is  a  son  of  A. 
W.  Young,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Louth 
Park,  Lincolnshire.  He  received  his 
early  education  at  Kingston  College 
School,  Hull,  and  at  the  Louth  Gram- 
mar School.  In  1865,  he  entered  Clare 
College,  Cambridge,  graduating  B.A., 
in  1 868.  In  December  of  the  same  year, 
he  was  ordained  deacon,  in  Worcester 
Cathedral,  and  in  the  following  May, 
was  ordained  priest,  in  St.  Michael's 
Church.  Coventry.  During  this  period, 
and  until  December,  1869,  he  held  the 


curacy  of  Halesowen,  Worcestershire. 
In  December,  1869,  he  was  instituted 
to  the  vicarage  of  Fulstow,  Lincoln- 
shire. He  resigned  this  in  1872,  to 
accept  the  position  of  Association  Se- 
cretary to  the  Church  Missionary  So- 
ciety, and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the 
important  district  of  West  Yorkshire. 
In  1873,  he  was  married  to  Julia  H., 
youngest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  W.  B. 
Harrison,  rector  of  Gay  ton,  Lincoln- 
shire. In  1875,  at  the  call  of  the  C.M. 
Society,  he  proceeded  to  Manitoba,  to 
take  charge  of  St.  Andrew's.  Part  of  the 
special  work  entrusted  to  him  by  the 
Society,  as  financial  secretary  to  their 
missions  in  Rupert's  Land, 
in  conjunction  with  the 
Bishop  and  the  Society's 
Finance  Committee,  was  to 
inaugurate  and  carry  out  a 
scheme  for  the  gradual  with- 
drawal of  the  Society's  aid 
from  such  of  its  missions  as 
seemed  no  longer  to  require 
the  Society's  support,  and 
the  same  was  successfully 
carried  out.  There  is  no 
need  to  dilate  upon  his 
labors  in  this  connection, 
and  in  the  secretariat.  Suf- 
fice it  to  say  the  work  was 
thoroughly  done,  and  while 
filling  several  important 
posts  in  connection  with  ec- 
clesiastical and  educational 
work,  his  own  parish  was 
most  conscientiously  cared 
for.  In  Oct.,  1884,  he  was 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Atha- 
baska,  in  St.  John's  Cathe- 
dral, Winnipeg.  Shortly 
after,  he  received  the  degree 
of  D.D.,  from  the  University 
of  Manitoba,  and  in  Sept. 
1893,  the  degree  of  D.C.L., 
of  Trinity  College  Univer- 
sity, Toronto. 


214 


HUESTIS  CAMPBELL, 
Manager']  Winnipeg  Electric 
Street  Railway,  was  born  in  Great 
Village,  Colchester  County,  N.S.,  De- 
cember 4th,  1858.  His  parents  John 
M.  and  Catharine  Campbell,  still  reside 
there,  and  are  held  in  general  esteem. 
Mr.  Campbell  was  educated  at  the 
Nova  Scotia  public  schools,  and  at  an 
early  age,  engaged  on  the  construction 
of  the  Intercolonial  Railway.  He 
afterwards  learned  the  trade  of  black- 
smith, which  he  followed  for  some 
years.  Later,  he  was  employed  for 
several  years  in  connection  with  the 
Road  Department  of  the  I.C.R.,  at 
Truro,  N.  S.  In  1879,  Mr. 
Campbell  went  West  in 
connection  with  the  con- 
struction of  the  C.  P.R., 
section  "  B,"  at  Rat  Port- 
age, and  in  1880,  he  was 
appointed  cashier  in  the 
C.P.R.  Freight  Department, 
at  Winnipeg.  In  1881,  he 
was  appointed  City  Pas- 
senger and  Ticket  Agent  of 
the  C.P.R., a  position  he  held 
until  1890,  when  he  accept- 
ed the  position  of  General 
Immigration  Agent.  The 
following  year,  he  formed  a 
strong  company  of  capital- 
ists, comprised  of  the  wealth- 
iest men  in  the  country, 
and  secured  the  franchise 
for  an  Electric  Railway  in 
Winnipeg,  and  since  that 
time  has  devoted  his  whole 
time  and  attention  to  the 
construction  and  operation 
of  the  line,  of  which  he  is 
General  Manager,  and  it  is 
due  to  his  untiring  zeal  and 
indefatigable  efforts,  that 
Winnipeg  now  enjoys  an 
Electric  Railway  service, 
second  to  none.  Mr.  Camp- 


bell has  been  married  twice :  first,  in 
1883,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  A.  Russell,  of  Dalhousie,  N.B., 
who  died  in  1889,  leaving  one  son,  and 
in  1892,  to  Jean  Russell,  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Metho- 
dist, and  in  politics,  a  Conservative. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  I.O.O.F.  and 
A.O.U.W.  For  several  years  he 
was  a  J.  P.  for  Manitoba,  and  for 
two  consecutive  years  \\as  a  member 
of  the  City  Council,  but  has  since  de- 
clined to  accept  municipal  honors.  He 
is  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him,  as  a 
citizen  of  integrity  and  public  spirit, 
and  as  a  business  man  of  push  and  tack. 


,EV'D.  FATHER  EDMOND 
DOYLE,  of  Mill  Town,  Char- 
lotte County,  N.B.,  was 
born  at  Youghal,  County  of  Cork, 
Ireland,  April  loth,  1839.  He  is  the 
son  of  Denis  Doyle  and  Catherine 
Murphy,  both  of  County  Cork.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the 
National  and  Classical  schools  of  the 
County  of  Cork,  after  which  he  spent 
a  term  at  the  Seminary  of  Mount  Mal- 
leray,  in  the  County  of  Waterford,  and 
graduated  with  honors.  He  then  en- 
tered the  College  of  All  Hallows, 
Dublin,  from  which  institution  he  also 
graduated,  taking  first-class  honors. 


He  was  ordained  priest,  June  29th, 
1866,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Whelan, 
Bishop  of  Bombay,  India,  at  the  Col- 
lege of  All  Hallows,  and  after  ordin- 
ation he  came  to  the  City  of  St.  John, 
and  officiated  as  curate  at  the  Cathedral 
for  five  years,  when  he  was  given 
charge  of  the  parishes  of  St.  George 
and  Roblingdam,  where  he  remained 
for  over  fifteen  years,  during  which 
time  he  also  had  charge  of  St.  Andrew's 
and  other  parishes,  until  September, 
1886  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
parishes  of  Mill  Town  and  St.  Stephen, 
N.B.  He  celebrated  his  Silver  Jubilee, 
July  ist,  1891. 


216 


W  XON.  ROBERT  FERN  LYONS, 
(3jM       M.  P.  P.,    grain    dealer,    stock 

VS>  raiser  and  agriculturist,  Car- 
berry,  Man.,  was  born  July  ist,  1856, 
in  Leeds  County,  Out.  His  parents 
are  Michael  and  Ann  (Gardner)  Lyons, 
now  living  at  Carberry,  Man.  After 
leaving  the  public  schools,  he  attended 
the  Grammar  School  at  Farmersville, 
Ont.  He  was  then  clerk  in  a  general 
store,  for  some  five  or  six  years,  and  in 
1878,  removed  to  within  three  miles  of 
Carberry,  where,  with  his  brother,  J. 
H.  Lyons,  he  conducted  a  general  store 
and  farmed  for  about  four  years.  On 
the  advent  of  the  C.  P.  R.,  he  started  a 


general  store  in  Carberry,  which  he 
sold  out  in  1886.  Since  then,  Mr. 
Lyons  has  devoted  himself  to  farming, 
stock  raising  and  the  exporting  of  grain. 
He  owns  a  large  elevator  and  a  farm  of 
sixteen  hundred  acres,  within  two  miles 
of  Carberry.  His  four  brothers,  John, 
Andrew,  Joseph  and  Harmon,  are  also 
located  in  the  neighborhood.  In  1892  he 
was  elected  M.P.P.  for  the  electoral  dis- 
trict of  Norfolk,  Man.,  on  the  Conser- 
vative ticket.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Metho- 
dist, and  also  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
Fraternity.  On  April  2oth,  1888,  he 
married  Jennet,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hume,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Hamilton, 


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JAMES  HANNAY* 
Editor  of  the  Tele- 
graph,  St.John,N.B., 
was  born  in  Richibucto, 
N.B.,  April  22nd,  1842.  He 
is  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Jas. 
Hannay  and  Jane  Salter. 
Mr.  Hannay  was  educated 
in  Scotland;  studied  law  in 
St  John,  N.B  ,  and  in  1866 
was  called  to  the  Bar.  A 
year  later  he  became  re- 
porter of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  that  province,  which  po- 
sition he  held  until  1873. 
From  1872  to  1883.  he  was 
associate  editor  of  the  J^ele- 
graph,  St.  John,  from  1883 
to  1884,  occupied  a  similar 
position  on  the  Montreal 
Herald.  In  1885.  joined  the 
staff  of  the  Brooklyn  Eagle, 
first  as  general  writer,  then 
as  literary  editor,  and  fin- 
ally as  associate  editor.  In 
1888,  he  accepted  the  chief 
editorship  of  the  Gazette, 
St.  John,  but  in  1892,  re- 
turned to  the  Telegraph. 
He  is  a  far  seeing  and  bril- 
liant editor,  a  writer  of 
sound  English,  and  a  man 
of  quick  perception  and  broad  views. 
He  is  also  famous  as  a  writer  of  prose 
and  poetry.  When  quite  young  he  pub- 
lished poems  over  the  nom  de  plume 
"  Saladin "  which  attracted  much  at- 
tention. Over  his  own  name  he  pub- 
lished "  The  Ballads  of  Acadia,"  "An 
Apostrophe  to  the  River  St.  John,"  a 
number  of  sketches  of  the  early  forts 
of  New  Brunswick,  and  several  spirited 
tales  in  Stewarfs  Quarterly,  from  1867- 
72.  In  1875,  he  published  the  "  Cap- 
tivity of  John  Gyles,"  with  notes.  His 
elaborate  and  scholarly  "  History  of 
Acadia,"  appeared  in  1879,  and  was 
published  in  St.  John  and  London.  In 


1883,  he  wrote  the  "Story  of  the 
Queen's  Rangers,"  one  of  the  Loyalist 
regiments  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution, 
and  recently  completed  "A  history  of 
the  War  of  1812."  He  has  now  in 
press  "  The  Life  and  Times  of  Sir 
Leonard  Tilley,"  and  is  publishing  in 
the  Telegraph,  a  "  History  of  the  Loy- 
alists." Mr.  Hannay  is  president  of  the 
New  Brunswick  Historical  Society, 
historian  of  the  Loyalist  Society,  cor- 
responding member  of  the  Literary 
and  Historical  Society  of  Quebec,  and 
of  the  Nova  Scotia  Historical  Society. 
In  1864,  he  was  married  to  Margaret, 
daughter  of  EHas  T.  Ross,  of  St.  John. 


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CANADA, 


,EV.  C.  B.  PITBLADO,  Winni- 
peg, Man.,  was  boru  in  1836, 
_  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland.  His 
parents  were  John  and  Ann  (McDonald) 
Pitblado.  In  1850,  Mr.  Pitblado  came 
to  Nova  Scotia,  with  his  father  and  the 
family,  and  for  several  years  was  en- 
gaged in  railway  construction  with  his 
father,  who  was  a  railway  contractor. 
He  studied  at  the  Normal  School, 
Truro,  at  the  Free  Church  College, 
Halifax,  and  the  Presbyterian  Semina- 
ry, Truro.  He  taught  for  several  years 
prior  to  his  ordination,  first  in  the 
Academy  of  Windsor,  then  at  Richi- 
bucto,  N.B.  He  was  licensed  by  the 


Presbytery  of  Miraniichi,  in 
August,  1864,  and  ordained 
over  the  congregation  of 
Glenelg ;  East  River  and 
Caledonia,  N.S.,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1865.  He  then  became 
pastor  of  Chalmers  Church, 
Halifax,  where  he  remained 
about  ten  years.  Ini88i,he 
accepted  a  call  from  a  small 
band  of  pioneer  settlers  in 
Winnipeg,  who  formed  what 
is  now  St.  Andrew's  Con- 
gregation. Seven  years  of 
arduous  labour  in  the  new 
field  told  upon  his  health, 
and  he  removed  to  Califor- 
nia, where  he  remained  for 
about  five  years,  after  which 
he  was  called  by  the  newly 
formed  congregation  of 
Westminster,  Winnipeg,  of 
which  he  is  now  pastor. 
He  was  married  to  Sophia, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Christie, 
of  Truro,  N.S.,  in  1865.  His 
family  consists  of  four  sons 
and  one  daughter,  some  of 
whom  hold  responsible  posi- 
tions in  the  large  institu- 
tions of  the  country.  Mr. 
Pitblado  has  always  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  the  Home  Mis- 
sions of  the  Church  and  the  Edu- 
cational Institutions  of  the  country. 
For  many  years  he  was  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Education,  ap- 
pointed by  the  Synod  of  the  Lower 
Provinces.  During  the  Riel  Rebellion, 
he  went  to  the  front  as  chaplain  of 
the  Halifax  Batallion,  and  was  one  of 
the  company  that  brought  Riel  in 
from  Batoche  to  Regina.  Mr.  Pitblado 
has  kept  himself  abreast  of  the  times, 
has  taken  an  intelligent  interest  in 
all  public  questions,  is  a  brilliant  and 
scholarly  speaker,  and  a  popular  and 
esteemed  pastor. 


OK 


219 


VD.  FATHER  WILLIAM 
BOLLARD,  St.  Stephen,  Char- 
lotte  County,  N.B.,  was  born 
in  Kilkenny,  Ireland,  May  ist,  1861. 
He  is  the  son  of  Michael  Bollard  and 
Anastasia  Quinn,  both  of  Kilkenny. 
His  father  was  a  nephew  of  the  first 
Bishop  of  New  Brunswick,  the  Right 
Rev.  William  Bollard,  B.B.,  and  his 
mother  was  a  sister  of  the  late  Revds. 
James  and  Edmond  Quinn,  of  the  dio- 
cese of  St.  John,  N.B.,  who  labored 
there  for  a  number  of  years.  Father 
Bollard  received  his  early  education  at 
the  schools  of  the  city  of  Waterford,  Ire- 
land and  St.  John's  College,  Waterford, 


graduating  from  that  college  with  first- 
class  honors,  but  being  too  young  for 
ordination,  he  came  to  St.  John  and 
taught  for  one  year,  when  he  entered 
Laval  University,  Quebec,  and  after 
remaining  there  for  some  time,  he  was 
ordained  Beacon  by  Archbishop  (now 
Cardinal)  Taschereau,  and  afterwards 
Priest  by  Bishop  Sweeney,  at  the  Ca- 
thedral, in  the  city  of  St.  John,  in 
January,  1884.  He  then  remained  with 
the  Bishop,  at  the  Cathedral,  for  three 
years,  when  he  was  given  charge  of  the 
newly  organized  parish  of  St.  Stephen, 
where  he  still  continues,  and  lives  in 
the  affection  of  his  parishioners. 


22O 


CANADA. 


®<J^\EV.  WM.  BERNARD  McDO- 
Tv      NALD,    B.D.,    Parish    Priest, 

"  v^)  Lourdes,  N.  S.,  was  born 
April  i5th,  1849,  at  Merigomishe,  N.S. 
His  parents  were  Angus  McDonald 
and  Eunice  (McLeod)  McDonald.  His 
father  was  the  grandson  of  Angus 
McDonald,  who  was  the  first  of  his 
name  to  settle  in  Merigomishe,  coming 
there  about  1775,  from  the  Braes  of 
Lochabar,  Scotland.  His  mother  was 
of  the  oldest  McLeod  family  in  Scot- 
land, from  the  Isle  of  Egg,  and  a  sister 
of  Rev.  W.  B.  McLeod,  late  of  Arisaig, 
N.S.,  and  Monsignor  Neil  McLeod,  late 
of  East  Bay,  Cape  Breton.  Father 


McDonald  is  related  to  nearly  all  the 
Scotch  clergymen  of  Antigonish  and 
Charlottetown  dioceses,  including  the 
late  Bishop  McKinnon  and  the  present 
learned  Bishop  Cameron,  of  Antigo- 
nish, N.S.  He  was  educated  at  St. 
Francis  Xavier  College,  Antigonish, 
and  Laval  University,  Quebec.  Or- 
dained at  Laval  University,  in  1876, 
by  Cardinal  Taschereati,  located  at 
Lourdes,  (Stellarton,  N.S.,)  from  1876 
to  the  present  time.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Conservative,  and  a  supporter  of  Sir 
John  Thompson  and  Sir  C.  H.  Tupper. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  an  old  and  most 
highly  respected  family. 


221 


^<TXONALD  MACRAE,M.A.,D.D., 
1  Presbyterian  Clergyman,  St. 
John,  N.B.,  was  born  Novem- 
ber a6th,  1833,  in  Picton  Comity,  N.S. 
His  parents  were  John  and  Julia  C. 
(McDongal)  Macrae.  His  father  was 
also  a  Presbyterian  Minister,  for  over 
half  a  century,  being  about  eighteen 
years  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  remain- 
der of  his  life  in  the  North  of  Scotland. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  Uni- 
versities of  Aberdeen  and  Edinburgh, 
and  was  educated  expressly  for  the 
ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Aberdeen,  ordained  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Lews,  and  inducted  into 
the  charge  of  the  Congre- 
gation of  the  East  and  West 
Branches  of  the  East  River 
of  Pictou,  in  1856,  as  suc- 
cessor, after  an  interval  of 
twelve  years,  to  his  father. 
He  was  called  to  St.  John's, 
Newfoundland,  in  1858,  and 
remained  there  for  twelve 
years.  His  former  congre- 
gation showed  their  appreci- 
ation of  his  labours,  by  re- 
calling him  in  1870;  he 
remained  with  them  four 
years,  when  he  was  called 
to  the  Congregation  of  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  St.  John, 
N.B.,  of  which  he  is  still 
pastor  (1893).  He  was 
elected  Moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Ca- 
nada, in  1880,  and  has  been 
clerk  of  the  Presbytery 
of  St.  John,  and  convener  of 
Home  Mission  Committee. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Ma- 
sonic, Oddfellows,  St.  An- 
drew's societies,  has  held 
the  office  of  Chaplain  to 
these  orders,  and  was  also 


a  Garrison  Chaplain  for  a  time  in  St. 
John's,  Newfoundland.  Dr.  Macrae 
has  had  a  long  and  successful  career. 
The  important  offices  filled  by  him, 
speak  volumes  for  the  high  esteem  in 
which  he  is  held  by  his  denomination. 
He  may  be  said  to  be  yet  in  his 
prime,  and  pursuing  his  work  with 
unabated  vigor.  His  many  friends 
hope  that  his  valuable  life  may 
be  long  spared.  He  was  married,  in 
1863,  to  Catherine  Harriet,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Kenneth  McLea, 
of  St.  John's,  Newfoundland.  His 
family  consists  of  six  sons  and  three 
daughters,  living. 


222 


EORGE  BROWNE,  architect, 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  in 
1852,  in  Montreal.  He  is  the  youngest 
son  of  the  late  Geo.  Browne,  Esq.,  who 
for  many  years,  was  one  of  the  leading 
architects  and  most  extensive  real  estate 
owners  in  that  city.  His  wife,  Anna 
Maria  (Jameson),  was  born  in  Dublin. 
Mr.  Browne  is  a  descendant  of  General 
Seaban,  Governor  of  Gibraltar,  a  dis- 
tinguished officer  in  the  reign  of  George 
II.  He  was  educated  in  Montreal  High 
School,  after  which  he  entered  his  father's 
office,  where  he  remained  until  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to 
New  York,  where  he  studied  in  the 


office  of  Russell  Sturgis.  In  1873,  he 
visited  Europe,  where  he  remained  for 
three  years  and  a  half,  studying  the 
different  styles  of  architecture  in  Eng- 
land, Ireland,  France,  Italy,  and  Switz- 
erland. He  also  took  a  course  at  South 
Kensington  School  of  Art,  and  won 
prizes  in  the  International  Competition 
in  the  class  of  design.  In  1877,  Mr. 
Browne  returned  to  Montreal,  where  he 
practiced  his  profession  for  two  years. 
In  1879,  he  went  to  Manitoba,  and 
farmed  until  1882,  when  he  removed  to 
Winnipeg,  to  resume  the  practice  of 
architecture.  His  patrons  include  many 
of  the  best  men  and  corporations  in  the 
West.  He  erected  theware- 
-  -,  houses  of  Massey,  Harris  & 
Co.,  McKeuzie,  Powis  & 
Co.,  and  others ;  the  resi- 
dences of  D.  K.  Elliot,  Dr. 
Orton,  A.  Wickson,  W.  J. 
Watson,  J.  C.  Gordon,  and 
others,  the  Mulvey,  the 
Aberdeen  and  the  North 
Central  Schools,  the  city 
market  (won  in  competition) , 
and  the  new  addition  to 
Manitoba  College,  on  the 
public  opening  of  which  he 
was  publicly  complimented 
by  Chief  Justice  Taylor, 
and  Principal  King,  on  the 
skill  and  taste  which  he 
displayed.  He  does  much 
of  the  work  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Co.,  whose  new  offices 
in  Winnipeg,  and  new  whole- 
sale warehouse  in  Vancou- 
ver, B.  C.,  he  designed.  In 
1883,  Mr.  Browne  was  mar- 
ried to  Louisa  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Capt.  E.  E. 
Nicolls,  of  H.M.  56th  Re- 
giment Foot,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  Lient.- 
Col.  Nicolls,  of  H.  M.  72nd 
Highlanders. 


CANADA, 


223 


WTENRY  HAVELOCK  JAMES, 
C*J^"J  Barrister,  Buctouche,  Kent 
vS>  County,  N.  B.,  was  born  at 
Richibucto,  Kent  County,  November 
8th,  1857.  He  is  the  son  of  James 
Alex.  James,  barrister,  of  Richibucto, 
who  came  from  England,  and  of  Phoebe 
Shaw,  who  was  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  Richi- 
bucto Grammar  School,  and  commen- 
ced to  study  law  in  his  father's  office, 
when  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  was 
admitted,  as  attorney,  in  October,  1879, 
and  sworn  in  as  barrister  in  1880.  He 
immediately  began  to  practice  his  pro- 
fession in  Richibucto,  but  subsequently 


removed  to  Buctouche.  He  is  at  present 
Judge  of  Probate,  and  in  1889,  was 
made  Referee  in  Equity.  He  has  thus, 
in  early  life,  obtained  a  leading''position 
in  the  front  ranks  of  the  legal  pro- 
fession, and  if  his  past  success  outlines 
his  future  achievements,  he  will,  un- 
doubtedly, leave  his  impress  on  his 
times  and  country.  Mr.  James  was 
married  in  January,  1884,  to  Jane, 
widow  of  Rufus  Desbrisay,  of  Richi- 
bucto, N.B.  In  religion,  he  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Church  of  England. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Independent 
Order  of  Foresters.  His  family  con- 
sists of  one  daughter. 


224 


OR 


TX/ILLIAM  McCULLY,  Postmas- 
r  *  ter,  Truro,  Nova  Scotia,  was 
born  in  that  place,  November  9th,  1826. 
He  is  the  son  of  William  McCully  and 
Elizabeth  Arnold,  both  born  in  Colches- 
ter County,  Township  of  Onslow,  in 
the  same  house,  having  no  relation  to 
each  other,  however,  and  with  but  two 
years  intervening.  Mr.  McCully  re- 
ceived his  education  at  Truro  Academy. 
The  first  part  of  his  life  was  engaged 
in  farming,  and  in  February,  1871,  he 
received  the  appointment  of  Postmaster 
of  Truro,  which  position  he  now  holds 
with  much  satisfaction  to  the  commu- 
nity. He  has  had  the  honor  of  receiv- 


ing, from  Ottawa,  the  high  compliment 
of  having  the  best  regulated  and  best 
conducted  office  in  Eastern  Canada. 
He  is  a  man  of  very  thorough  business 
habits,  has  a  keen  grasp  of  detail,  and 
is  possessed  of  the  desirable  faculty  of 
being  able  to  address  himself  to  a  mul- 
tiplicity of  duties,  with  correctness  and 
despatch,  which  renders  his  service  so 
acceptable  to  the  public.  In  religion, 
he  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
On  the  twenty-ninth  of  October,  1855, 
he  was  married,  to  Miss  Martha  G. 
Wilson,  daughter  of  James  Wilson, 
Esq.  His  family  consists  of  five 
children. 


225 


KORGE  ALBERT   HETHER- 


INGTON,  M.D.,  L.M.,  Dublin, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  St.  John,  N.B., 
was  born  March  lyth,  1851,  at  Johnston, 
N.B.  He  is  the  son  of  James  Grierson 
and  Mary  J.  (Clark)  Hetherington. 
Dr.  Hetherington  received  his  education, 
first,  in  Johnston,  and  afterwards  at- 
tended the  Normal  School,  where  he 
procured  a  teacher's  license  in  1860,  and 
taught  school  for  a  time.  He  after- 
wards attended  the  Baptist  Seminary, 
Fredericton,  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  Michigan,  and  was 
resident  physician  in  Washtenaw  Alms- 
house  Hospital  and  Insane  Asylum, 


for  one  year.  He  took  the  second 
year  special  course  in  the  University 
of  Michigan.  After  studying  in  the 
General  Hospital  and  College  of  Medi- 
cine and  Surgery,  at  Cincinnati,  gradu- 
ating M.D.,  A.D  1875,  he  returned  to 
New  Brunswick,  and  practiced  medicine 
for  nearly  five  years.  He  then  spent  a 
period  in  Edinburgh  Royal  Infirmary, 
took  qualification  Lie.  Mid.,  of  Dublin 
Rotunda  Hospital  for  Women,  together 
with  a  special  course  for  diseases  of 
women  and  children.  He  afterwards 
received  the  appointment  of  assistant 
clinical  instructor,  for  same  hospital, 
and  clerk,  having  charge  of  the  extensive 
Maternity  Department.  He 
returned  to  St.  John  in  1882, 
and  began  general  practice. 
Dr.  Hetherington  is  a  Li- 
centiate of  the  Council  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
N.B.,  Fellow  of  the  British 
Gynecological  Society  of 
London,  Commissioner  of 
General  Public  Hospital,  St. 
John,  lecturer  and  examiner 
St.  John  Training  School 
for  Nurses,  pathologist  of 
St.  John  General  Public 
Hospital,  Coroner  for  St. 
John  City  and  County,  Sur- 
geon for  St.  John  Firemen 
Mutual  Relief  Association, 
etc.  He  also  holds  second- 
class  certificates  from  Mil- 
itary School  and  Royal  In- 
fantry School,  Fredericton. 
Dr.  Hetherington  belongs  to 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  In- 
dependent Order  of  For- 
esters and  the  Masonic  Or- 
der. In  religion,  he  is  a 
Baptist,  and  in  politics,  an 
active  Liberal.  He  was  mar- 
ried, September  5th,  1876, 
to  Sybil  Mclntyre,  of  Sus- 
sex, now  deceased. 

'5 


226 


CANADA. 


ADAMS  BLAKELY, M.D., 

Winnipeg,  Man.,  Deputy  Minis- 
ter  of  Education  for  the  Pro- 
vince of  Manitoba,  was  born  November 
4th,  1854,  at  Cherry  Valley,  Ont.    His 
parents  were  William  Brock  and  Lucy 
(Adams)    Blakely,    of   U.  E.  Loyalist 
stock.     He    received  his   education   at 
the  High  schools  in  Picton  and  Napa- 
nee,  and  the  Toronto  Normal  School. 
He  went  to  Winnipeg  in  1881,  passed 
the  examination  for  first-class  teachers, 
and  was  at  once  employed  on  the  staff 
of  the  city  schools.    Being  a  successful 
and  progressive  teacher,  his  promotion 
was    rapid.     He   was    soon    placed    in 
charge  of  the  Central  School, 
then  the  largest  in  the  Pro-        r— — - — 
vince,  and  did  much  to  carry 
it    forward   to   its    present 
state    of    efficiency.     After 
he  resigned  the   principal- 
ship  to  complete  his  course 
in   medicine,  he  was  twice 
elected    school    trustee   by 
large  majorities.     Dr.  Bla- 
kely graduated  from  Mani- 
toba   University    in    1889, 
and   was    appointed   to  his 
present  position  in  Novem- 
ber of  the  same  year.     His 
executive  ability  and  expe- 
rience   as    a    teacher    has 
eminently  qualified  him  for 
this  office,  and  he  is  doing 
good  work  in  the  interest  of 
education  in  the  Province. 
He  his  widely  known  and 
highly  respected  thoughout 
the  Province,  he  has  always 
taken     an    active     interest 
in  church   work,  being  an 
official    member    of    Grace 
Methodist    Church,    and   a 
teacher  of  the  Young  Peo- 
ple's Bible  class  in  its  Sun- 
day School.    He  did  a  large 
share  of  work  in  connection 


with  the  organization  of  Wesley  Church 
and  McDougall  Memorial  Church,  and 
was  the  first  recording  Stewart  in  each 
of  them.  He  is  also  an  active  tempe- 
rance worker,  and  at  present  is  Grand 
Chief  Templar  of  the  I. O.G.T.,  for  Mani- 
toba. He  is  active  in  every  good  word 
and  work,  and  spares  neither  time  nor 
energy  to  help  a  good  cause.  Dr. 
Blakely  was  married,  September  24th, 
1890,  to  Miss  Arrninda  Myrtal,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Abraham  Law,  of  Rich- 
mond Hill,  York  County,  Ontario. 
Mrs.  Blakely  is  Provincial  president 
of  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance 
Union  in  Manitoba. 


IVIKN 


227 


^/TELBORNE  MACMONAGLE, 
^Yl  Barrister,  St.  Stephen,  N.B., 
V?)  was  born  in  Sussex  Vale, 
N.B.,  March  2oth,  1846.  He  is  the 
son  of  Henry  MacMonagle  and  Isa- 
bel Perkins,  both  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. He  received  his  education  at 
the  schools  of  Sussex,  the  Grammar 
School,  St.  John,  after  which  he  entered 
the  law  office  of  Wedderburn  (now 
judge)  and  MacMonagle,  in  St.  John. 
Was  called  to  the  Bar  in  February, 
1871,  and  sworn  in  as  Barrister  the 
following  year.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  in  St.  Stephen  in  1871, 
where  he  has  worked  up  a  very  large 


and  lucrative  practice.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Municipal  County  Council 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  Town  Sol- 
icitor for  St.  Stephen.  He  joined  the 
Military  School  of  Instruction  in  1870, 
and  received  a  second-class  certificate 
from  the  Major  of  the  78th  Highlanders. 
He  has  lately  devoted  a  large  portion  of 
his  time  to  farming,  being  the  owner 
of  two  hay  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  St. 
Stephen.  He  was  married  in  April, 
1877,  to  Annie  J.  Mcllroy,  of  St. 
Stephen,  N.  B.  His  family  consists  of 
three  daughters.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Loyal  Orange  Order,  being  P.D.G.M. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 


228 


CANADA. 


.  JOHN  SHAW,  Parish  Priest 
of  New  Glasgow,  N.S.,  was 
born  in  December,  1828,  in 
Cape  Breton,  N.S.  He  is  the  son  of 
Michael  and  Christie  (Morrison)  Shaw, 
natives  of  the  Highlands,  Scotland. 
His  father  died  when  he  was  about  six 
months  old,  and  his  mother  afterwards 
married  Archibald  McEachern.  Father 
Shaw's  mother  was  Presbyterian  up  to 
the  time  of  her  second  marriage,  when 
she  became  a  Roman  Catholic.  He 
received  his  education  at  St.  Francois 
Xavier  College,  Antigonish,  N.  S., 
and  was  ordained  priest  in  September, 
1 86 1,  by  the  late  Right  Rev.  Bishop 


McKinnon.  His  first  charge  was  In- 
gonish  and  Bay  St.  Lawrence,  Victoria 
County,  C.B.  In  1866,  he  took  charge 
of  Little  Glace  Bay,  Bridgeport,  Cow 
Bay  and  Reserve  Mines,  C.B.,  and  con- 
tinued pastor  of  the  same  until  July, 
1 88 1,  when  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Parish  of  Arisaig  and  Malignant  Brook, 
where  he  continued  until  September, 
1885,  when  he  was  sent  to  the  new 
mission  of  New  Glasgow  and  Trenton, 
N.S.,  where  he  still  continues.  His 
busy  life  contains  the  fullest  evidence 
of  his  untiring  efforts  in  behalf  of  his 
beloved  church,  and  the  affection  of  his 
people,  speaks  for  his  success. 


M:KN 


229 


JOHN  W.  DANIEL, 
M.  D.,  M.  R.  C.  S., 
Eng.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  St.  John,  N.B.,was 
born  January  27th,  1845. 
He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Daniel,  a  retired  clergyman 
of  the  Methodist  Church, 
and  his  mother  was  a  cousin 
of  the  novelist  Charlotte 
Bronte.  Dr.  Daniel  received 
his  education  at  New  Kings- 
wood  School,  Bath,  Eng- 
land, taking  the  scholarship, 
granted  for  the  highest  aver- 
age in  all  branches.  He  pas- 
sed the  Junior  Extra  Acade- 
mical examination  of  the 
University  of  Cambridge, 
and  commenced  profession- 
al education  at  New  York, 
at  Bellevne  Hospital  Med- 
ical College,  where  he  was 
a  private  pupil  of  the  late 
Prof.  Austin  Flint,  in  di- 
seases of  the  heart  and 
lungs,  and  graduated  from 
that  institution  in  March, 

1865.  He  then  entered  the 
U.S.    Army,   as   acting   as- 
sistant surgeon,  remaining 
over  a  year ;  was  in  charge 

of  the  Officers'  Hospital  at  Mobile, 
Alabama,  and  afterwards  surgeon  in 
charge  of  Post  Hospital  at  Shreveport, 
Louisiana ;  resigned  this  position  in 

1866,  and  returned  to  England,  and  at- 
tached himself  to  the  London  Hospital, 
until  July,  1867,  at  which  time  he  passed 
the  examinations  of  the  Royal  College 
of  Surgeons  of  England,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a   Member.     He    has   practiced 
his  profession  in  St.  John,  since  1871, 
and  was  appointed  one  of  the  visiting 
staff  of  the  St.  John  General  Hospital, 
in  1886.     In  1875,  he  was  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  N.  B.  B.  G.  A., 
and  in  August,  1876,  was  promoted  to 


be  surgeon  of  the  same  corps.  He 
is  vice-president  of  St.  George's  Society, 
a  member  and  past  president  of  the  St. 
John  County  Medical  Society,  and  past 
president  of  the  New  Brunswick  Med- 
ical Society.  For  five  years,  he  has 
been  an  elected  member  of  the  council 
of  Physicians  and  surgeons  of  New 
Brunswick,  is  now  its  president,  and 
was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  St. 
John  Lodge  A.F.  &  A.M.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Conservative,  and  in  religion, 
an  adherent  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  was  married,  October  i5th,  1890,  to 
Jessie  Porteous,  daughter  of  the  late 
Mr.  John  Ennis,  of  St.  John,  N.B. 


230 


OK   CANADA. 


^T\  G.  O'MALLEY,  M.P.P.,  for 
1^  Lome,  County  of  Rock  Lake, 
V5>  Manitoba,  was  born  Au- 
gust yth,  1857,  in  Galway  County, 
Ireland.  His  parents,  John  and  Cath- 
arine (Robinson)  O'Malley,  died  when 
he  was  very  young,  and  left  a  family 
of  eight  small  children,  of  which  Mr. 
O'Malley  was  one  of  the  youngest. 
He  came  to  Canada  when  sixteen,  and 
for  three  years  was  engaged  on  the 
surveys  of  Manitoba,  after  which  he 
engaged  for  a  year  and  a  half  in  the 
construction  of  telegraph  lines.  He 
then  bought  a  farm  in  Marquette  coun- 
ty, Manitoba,  but  after  two  years  sold 


out,  and  settled  in  Somerset, 
in    the    County    of    Rock 
Lake,   where   he  has  been 
farming  ever  since.     On  the 
organization     of    the     pro- 
vince   into     municipalities, 
Mr.  O'Malley  \vas  gazetted  a 
councillor  by  Lieut.-Gover- 
norCauchon.     In  1880,  and 
for   five    consecutive    years 
after  that,  he  was  elected  to 
that  office.     In  1885-86,  he 
was    elected  to  the  Reeve- 
ship    by   large    majorities, 
since  then  he  has  not  been 
opposed,  but  is  elected  an- 
nually by  acclamation.     In 
1888,    Mr.    O'Malley    was 
elected  to  the  Local  Legis- 
lature, and  in  1892,  after  the 
redistribution    of    the    pro- 
vince into  counties,  he  was 
returned  by  acclamation,  a 
tribute  to  his  sterling  worth, 
and  an  honor  of  which  the 
once    penniless    Irish    boy 
may  very  justly  be  proud. 
He  is  president  and  director 
of  the   Lome   Agricultural 
Society,  and  not  only  takes 
,        an  interest  in  whatever  per- 
tains to  the  welfare  of  his 
constituency,  but  he  is  an  ardent  friend 
of    Manitoba,    and    has    done    yeoman 
work   in    the    interest   of  his    adopted 
country.     In  politics,  he  is  a  staunch 
Conservative,   and    an    able    exponent 
of  the  principles  of  his  party,  but  he  is 
respected   alike  by  Conservatives  and 
Liberals    for   his    ability    and    manly 
qualities.     In  religion,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Episcopal  Church.     On  March 
2nd,    1882,    he    was    married    to    Miss 
Sarah  Clouston,   daughter  of  the  late 
Wm.     Clouston,     Esq.,    an     old     and 
highly  esteemed  officer  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Co.     His  family  consists  of  one 
son  and  two  daughters. 


MEN 


231 


JAMES  ALBERT  KAULBACH 
M.A.,  Archdeacon  of  Nova 
Scotia,  Canon  of  St.  Luke's 
Cathedral,  and  Vicar  of  Truro,  N.S., 
was  born  at  Lunenburg,  N.S.,  August 
3Oth,  1839.  His  parents  were  John 
Henry  and  Sophia  Fredericka  (New- 
man) Kaulbach.  His  father  was  High 
Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Lunenburg, 
N.S.,  for  56  years,  and  his  grandfather, 
Henry  Kaulbach  was  also  Sheriff  for 
thirty  years,  prior  to  that.  Mr.  Kaul- 
back  was  educated  at  King's  College, 
Windsor,  N.S.,  and  was  ordained  dea- 
con in  Halifax,  in  1864,  by  Bishop  Bin- 
ney,  and  priest  in  1865.  He  then 


served  five  and  one  half  years  at  River 
John,  Pictou  County,  N.S.,  and  then 
removed  to  Truro,  in  1870,  where  he 
has  since  remained.  The  Archdeacon 
is  a  man  of  sterling  parts,  of  great  in- 
fluence in  his  church,  and  widely  es- 
teemed as  an  able  minister  and  Christian 
gentleman.  His  scholarly  attainments, 
genial  spirit  and  brilliant  parts,  account 
for  his  success  and  popularity,  and  his 
numerous  friends  hope  that  his  useful 
life  may  be  long  spared.  He  was 
married  in  1876,  to  Miss  Mary  Sophia 
Bradshaw,  daughter  of  Jas.  T.  Brad- 
shaw,  Esq.,  of  Quebec.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son. 


232 


(TEORGE  A.  B.  ADDY,  M.  D., 
^-A  C.M.,  Practicing  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  St.  John,  N.B.,  was  born  in 
that  city,  January  2nd,  1869.  His 
parents  were  H.  George  Addy,  and 
Cecelia  (Bessonett)  Addy.  His  grand- 
father was  the  Rev.  John  S.  Addy,  who 
came  from  Sheffield,  County  of  York, 
Eng.,  to  St.  John's.  Newfoundland,  in 
1836,  then  to  Liverpool,  N.  S.,  and 
Halifax,  N.  S.  and  St.  John,  N.  B.  He 
was  a  Wesleyan  clergyman,  and  left 
St  John's,  Newfoundland,  in  1857,  and 
died  in  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,  in  1884.  Dr. 
H  G  Addy,  came  to  Halifax  from  St. 
John's,  Newfoundland,  in  1860,  and 


served  three  and  one  half  years  in  the 
American  Rebellion,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Halifax,  and  finally  to  St. 
John,  N.  B.  Dr.  Geo.  A.  B.  Addy  was 
educated  in  the  St.  John  schools,  and 
graduated  at  McGill  University,  Mont- 
real, after  which  he  practiced  for  a  short 
time  in  St.  John,  North  End.  Since 
1891,  he  has  been  superintendent  of 
the  General  Hospital,  St.  John.  He 
belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  St.  George's  societies,  and  is  se- 
cretary of  the  New  Brunswick  Medical 
Society,  and  second  vice-president  of  St. 
John  Medical  Society.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal,  and  in  religion,  a  Methodist, 


CANADA. 


233 


MARKS  PORTER,  re- 
tired  merchant,  ship  builder 
and  farmer,  of  St.  Stephen,  N.B.,  was 
born  in  that  place,  June  24th,  1804. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  schools 
of  St.  Stephen,  and  in  1828  commenced 
business  as  general  merchant,  at  Mill 
Town,  N.B.  He  also  did  a  large  busi- 
ness in  lumber,  and  in  connection 
with  his  brother  John,  did  quite  an  ex- 
tensive business  in  ship  building,  under 
the  firm  name  of  John  and  G.  M.  Por- 
ter. His  brother  having  died  on  his 
way  home  from  California,  where  he 
had  been  with  one  of  their  vessels,  Mr. 
George  Porter  continued  to  carry  on 
the  different  branches  of 
business  by  himself,  re- 
maining in  Mill  Town  for 
forty-one  years.  He  then 
removed  to  his  present  resi- 
dence in  St.  Stephen,  and 
continued  in  business  there 
until  1876.  He  was  for 
nineteen  years  a  director  of 
St.  Stephen's  Bank,  for 
fifteen  years  consular  agent, 
and  for  forty-five  years  presi- 
dent of  the  St.  C  roix  and 
Penobscot  Railway,  which 
position  he  still  holds.  He 
has  been  married  twice ; 
first,  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Topliff,  Esq.,  of 
Robinston,  Maine,  in  1829, 
by  whom  he  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters,  and 
after  her  death,  he  married 
Elizabeth  M.,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Housley,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  who  died  in  March, 
1891.  In  religion,  Mr.  Por- 
ter is  a  congregationalist, 
and  holds  the  office  of 
deacon.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Liberal-Conservative. 
When  a  mere  youth,  he 
was  appointed  a  Justice  of 


the  Peace,  and,  having  been  a  strong 
advocate  of  the  temperance  cause  all 
his  life,  he  fought  hard  to  do  away 
with  the  granting  of  liquor  licenses  in 
Charlotte  County,  and  succeeded  in  the 
non-granting  of  the  same  for  one  term. 
When  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  nearly 
lost  his  life  by  a  lightning  stroke, 
which  rendered  him  insensible,  but  his 
career  was  not  so  to  terminate,  and  in 
his  ninetieth  year  (1893),  Mr.  Porter 
looks  back  with  pleasure  on  a  long, 
honorable  and  eventful  life.  His  chil- 
dren occupy  various  positions  of  trust, 
most  of  them  residing  in  the  United 
States. 


234 


MEN     OFS 


FORBES  ALLOWAY, 
banker,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was 
born  at  "  The  Berries,"  Queen's  Coun- 
ty, Ireland,  on  the  2oth  August,  1852. 
His  parents  were  Arthur  Wni.  and 
Mary  Christina  (Johnson)  Alloway. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Thomas  Johnson,  Esq.,  of  Dublin,  who 
was  a  brother  of  the  late  Hon.  Robert 
Johnson.  His  father  was  late  of  the 
4th,  King's  Own.  Mr.  Alloway  was 
educated  at  the  Montreal  High  School, 
and  in  1870,  joined  Lord  Wolseley's 
Red  River  Expedition.  In  1873,  he 
became  a  partner  in  the  transportation 
business,  in  Manitoba,  with  the  late 


Hon.  James  McKay,  and  so  continued 
for  some  years.  Afterwards  he  con- 
ducted the  business  on  his  own  account. 
In  1879,  Mr.  Alloway,  with  Mr.  H.  T. 
Champion,  founded  the  Banking  House 
of  Alloway  &  Champion,  the  name  of 
which  has  always  been  a  synonym  for 
integrity  and  honor.  This  institution 
is  one  of  the  few  which  weathered 
the  collapse  of  Winnipeg's  boom.  Mr. 
Alloway  built  the  magnificent  Ogilvie 
Mills,  of  Winnipeg,  Man.,  of  which  he 
was  the  first  manager,  he  being  one  of 
the  charter  stockholders  of  the  Ogilvie 
Milling  Company,  (Ltd.),  Winnipeg. 
For  six  years,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Winnipeg  City  Council,  and 
took  an  active  interest  in 
all  that  pertained  to  the 
improvement  and  prosperity 
of  the  city.  Since  1879,  n^s 
business  has  demanded  all 
his  time  and  attention,  so 
that  he  has  had  to  refuse 
further  municipal  honors. 
He  was  instrumental  in 
bringing  about  the  abolition 
of  the  C.P.R.  monopoly,  in 
Manitoba,  anent  the  Disal- 
lowance Question.  He  is 
an  able  business  man,  and 
has  done  much  to  help  for- 
ward the  interests  of  Man- 
itoba. In  religion,  Mr. 
Alloway  is  an  Episcopalian, 
and  in  politics,  a  Liberal. 
On  the  3rd  of  September, 
1878,  he  was  married  to 
Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  late  James  Maclaren, 
Esq.,  of  Pinehurst,  Buck- 
ingham, Que.,whowas  pre- 
sident of  the  Bank  of  Ot- 
tawa, and  one  of  the  lumber 
kings  of  the  Dominion. 
Mrs.  Alloway  is  a  niece  of 
Prof.  Maclaren,  D.  D.,  of 
Knox  College,  Toronto. 


235 


ON.  JAMES  G. 
STEVENS,  Q.  C., 
St.  Stephen,  N.B., 
judge  of  the  County  Courts 
of  the  counties  of  Charlotte, 
Carleton,  Victoria  and  Mad- 
awaska,  was  born  in  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  February 
25th,  1822.  He  is  a  son  of 
Andrew  Stevens,  Esq.,  and 
Grace  Buchanan  Campbell, 
daughter  of  Sir  Colin  Camp- 
bell, of  Auchinbreck,  Ar- 
gyleshire.  Although  des- 
cended directly  from  the 
nobility  of  Scotland,  Judge 
Stevens  thinks  more  of  the 
nobility  of  intellect  which 
he  inherited  from  his  pa- 
rents. He  came  to  New 
Brunswick  in  1840,  and 
located  at  St.  Stephen, 
where  he  began  the  study 
of  law  with  Judge  Alex. 
Campbell,  and  finished  with 
D.  S.  Kerr,  then  practicing 
at  Fredericton.  He  was 
admitted  to  practice,  in  1845, 
called  to  the  Bar  in  1847, 
created  a  Q.C.  in  1867,  and 
practiced  in  St.  Stephen  un- 
til appointed  to  his  present 
position,  June  loth,  1867.  Judge  Ste- 
vens sat  for  the  County  of  Charlotte 
in  the  New  Brunswick  Assembly,  from 
1861  to  1865,  when  he  was  defeated 
on  the  question  of  Confederation,  and 
again  from  1866,  until  he  received  his 
Judgeship.  He  succeeded  in  getting 
an  Act  passed,  relieving  the  Port  of 
St.  Stephen  from  payment  of  ex- 
port duties,  and  has  left  a  record  of 
able  speeches  in  the  Legislature.  He 
was  a  successful  legislator,  as  several 
of  his  Acts  on  the  Statute  book 
will  show.  He  is  the  author  of  "  An 
Analytical  Digest  of  the  Decisions  of 
the  Supreme  Courts  of  New  Brunswick, 


from  1825,  to  Easter  Term,  1886,  in- 
clusive," u  Index  to  the  Statutes,  Rules, 
Orders,  Regulations,  Treatises  and 
Proclamations  of  the  Dominion  of  Can- 
ada," and  "  Indictable  Offenses  and 
Summary  Convictions,"  which  have  had 
a  large  sale.  He  is  greatly  interested 
in  education,  and  also  tries  to  en- 
courage the  manufacturers  to  locate  in 
his  town.  He  is  a  prominent  Presby- 
tarian,  and  president  of  the  St.  Stephen 
Branch  of  the  Bible  Society.  Judge 
Stevens  was  married  in  December,  1845, 
to  Elizabeth  Helen,  daughter  of  John 
Marks  of  Loyalist  descent.  His  family 
consists  of  thirteen  children,  living. 


236 


JAMES  WEIDMAN,  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Record,  Rat 
Portage,  Ont.,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 1 2th,  1850,  in  the  township  of 
Pickering,  Ontario  County,  Ont.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  he  is  practically  a  self- 
made  man.  He  subsequently  served 
an  apprenticeship  to  the  printing  trade, 
on  the  York  Herald,  at  Richmond  Hill, 
Out.,  where  he  originated  the  process  of 
printing  several  colors  at  one  im- 
pression, on  a  hand  press.  He  remained 
on  this  paper  six  years,  and  afterwards 
worked  at  different  places,  and  estab- 
lished the  Brampton  Progress,  now  the 


Conservitor.  In  1878,  he 
started  the  Inter-Ocean,  at 
Selkirk,  Man.,  this  being 
the  first  paper  in  the  North- 
West,  outside  of  Winnipeg. 
In  1880,  this  plant  was  re- 
moved to  Rat  Portage,  and 
the  Progress,  now  the  News, 
was  established.  After  six- 
teen months,  he  accepted 
the  office  of  Registrar  of 
Deeds  for  Manitoba,  but 
when  the  territory  was 
given  over  to  Ontario,  he 
lost  the  office.  In  1885, 
he  started  the  Progress  at 
Qu'Appelle,  Assa.,  and  in 
1891,  sold  the  same  to  Mr. 
A.  C.  Paterson,  and  re- 
turned to  Rat  Portage,  in 
July,  1891,  and  established 
the  Record,  which  is  fast 
pushing  to  the  front.  Mr. 
Weidman  is  one  of  the 
ablest  and  most  pushing 
newspaper  men  in  the  Do- 
minion of  Canada,  and  pos- 
sesses that  keen  insight 
and  enterprise  which  are  so 
helpful  in  opening  up  the 
resources  of  a  new  country, 
and  judging  from  his  past 
successes,  it  is  quite  safe  to  predict 
for  him  a  brilliant  future.  In  poli- 
tics, he  is  an  Independent-Conservative, 
and  in  religion,  a  Methodist,  and  is 
superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  School, 
in  his  town.  He  is  also  a  strong  prohi- 
bitionist, and  a  past  D.D.G.M.,  in  the 
Masonic  Order.  Mr.  Weidman  has 
been  married  twice:  first,  in  1873,  to 
Hattie  Oriel,  daughter  of  John  Adair, 
of  Toronto,  Ont.,  by  whom  he  has  one 
son  and  one  daughter,  and  second,  in 
iSSi,  to  Elile  Jane,  daughter  of 
Charles  Bamforth,  of  Manitou,  Mani- 
toba, by  whom  he  also  has  one  son  and 
one  daughter. 


MEN 


237 


REDERIC  E.  BARKER,  M.A., 
>.C.L-,  Q.C.,  Barrister,  etc.,  St. 

John,  N.B.,  was  born  December 
27th,  1838,  at  Sheffield,  Sunbury  Coun- 
ty, N.B.  He  is  the  son  of  Enoch  and 
Mary  S.  Barker,  now  deceased,  whose 
ancestors  came  from  Massachusetts  to 
Sheffield,  previous  to  1760.  Mr.  Barker 
received  his  education  at  Sunbury  Gram- 
mar School  and  King's  College.  He  gra- 
duated from  the  latter  institution,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1856,  and 
subsequently  took  the  degrees  of  M.A., 
B  C.L.  and  D.C.L.  in  due  course.  He 
was  admitted  as  attorney  in  1860,  and 
barrister  in  1861.  He  studied  with  the 


late  Mr.  Justice  Fisher,  and  was,  for  six 
3'ears  in  partnership  with  the  late  Mr. 
Justice  Wetmore.  Mr.  Barker  has  been 
president  of  the  Barristers'  Society  of 
N.B.,  and  the  St.  John  Law  Society, 
and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the 
council  of  these  societies.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  St.  George's  Society,  and 
was  its  president  for  two  years,  is  pre- 
sident of  the  St.  John  Bridge  and  Rail- 
way Extension  Co.,  and  a  director  in 
St.  John  Gas  Company.  In  politics, 
he  is  an  active  Conservative.  He  was 
representative  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons of  the  city  of  St.  John,  having 
succeeded  Sir  Leonard  Tilley  on  his 
appointment  to  the  Gover- 
norship of  New  Brunswick 
in  1885,  but  -was  defeated  at 
the  general  election  in  1886. 
In  religion,  he  belongs  to 
the  Episcopalian  Church, 
and  is  church  warden  of  St. 
Paul's  Church,  St.  John. 
He  was  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners appointed  by  the 
N.  B.  Government  to  con- 
solidate the  statutes  in  1875, 
and  a  member  of  the  Law 
C  ommission,  afterwards  ap- 
pointed by  the  same  gov- 
ernment. Mr.  Barker  has 
been  married  twice  :  first,  in 
1865,  to  Julia,  daughter  of 
Edward  Lloyd,  at  that  time 
of  the  Royal  Engineers 
Civil  Staff,  stationed  at  St. 
John,  by  this  marriage 
there  were  two  daughters 
,  and  one  son  ;  the  latter  a  gra- 
duate of  the  R.M.C.,  King- 
ston, is  now  a  lieutenant  in 
the  Royal  Artillery,  sta- 
tioned in  Egypt;  he  was  mar- 
ried afterwards  to  Mary  Ann, 
daughter  of  the  late  B.  A. 
Black,  of  Halifax,  N.S.,  by 
whom  he  has  two  daughters. 


238  MEN 

\\/ILLIAM  HENRY  JOHNSON, 
V\  M.D.,  M.R.C.S.,  Eng.,  L.R. 
C.P.,  Edinburgh,  Physician  and  Sur- 
geon, Fergus,  Ont.,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 1 8th,  1850,  in  Wellington  County, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  John  and  Mar- 
garet (Smith)  Johnson,  who  came  to 
America  when  young,  with  their  pa- 
rents, settling  in  Guelph  and  Eramosa 
townships.  His  father  was  present  at 
the  meeting  for  organizing  Eramoza 
Township  in  1827,  an(^  never  missed  a 
meeting  for  over  fifty  years.  Dr.  John- 
son was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Gait  Grammar  School,  under  the 
well  known  Dr.  Tassie.  He  afterwards 
matriculated  in  medicine, 
and  succeeded  in  taking  a 
scholarship  the  second  year, 
and  the  gold  medal  with  his 
degree  of  M.D.,  from  Vic- 
toria College,  in  1873.  He 
then  spent  a  year  in  Lon- 
don, England,  attending  St. 
Thomas  and  other  noted 
hospitals,  and  obtained  cer- 
tificates of  honor  in  surgery, 
medicine  and  obstretrics, 
also  the  degree  of  M.R.C.S. 
Eng.  He  then  spent  a 
short  time  in  Edinburgh, 
where  de  obtained  the  de- 
gree of  E.R.C.P.,  Edin- 
burgh. Returning  to  Cana- 
da, he  settled  in  Fergus  in 
1875,  where  he  established 
a  practice,  since  developed 
into  large  proportions.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order  S.O.S.  and  A.O.U.W., 
is  medical  examiner  in  the 
latter  and  has  filled  all  the 
offices  in  the  A.O.U.W.  He 
was  elected  councillor,  two 
years,  by  acclamation,  and 
Reeve  for  two  years,  the 
second  election  being  by 
acclamation  also,  when  he 


retired  voluntarily.  In  politics,  he  is 
an  active  Reformer,  secretary  of  Centre 
Wellington  Reform  Association,  and  a 
convincing  stump  speaker.  He  would 
have  honesty,  intelligence  and  inde- 
pendence the  first  considerations  in  a 
government.  He  is  also  fond  of  ath- 
letic sports,  is  an  active  player  on 
first  teams,  of  base  ball,  lacrosse,  foot 
ball,  cricket,  and  has  been  president  of 
several  local  clubs  in  this  connection. 
He  volunteered  and  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  of  3Oth  Battalion, 
during  the  Riel  trouble  in  1885,  and 
has  been  surgeon  since  1887.  In  re- 
ligion, the  Doctor  is  a  Presbyterian. 


OK 


239 


r.  HORACE  D.  COOPER, 
A.,  Incumbent  of  Emmanuel 
Episcopal  Church,  Holland, 
Man.,  was  born  July  I7th,  1838,  at  the 
Cross  Roads,  where  Clinton,  Out.,  now 
stands.  His  parents  were  Rev.  H.  C. 
Cooper,  B.A.,  and  Susan  Bowden.  Mr. 
Cooper's  father  was  also  an  Episcopal 
clergyman,  and  died  in  1878.  His 
mother  is  still  living.  Mr.  Cooper  re- 
ceived his  early  education  from  his 
father,  and  afterwards  at  the  Niagara 
Grammar  School.  He  entered  Trinity 
College,  Toronto,  in  October,  1855,  and 
graduated  B.A.  in  1859.  He  was  or- 
dained deacon  in  St.  James  Cathedral, 


Toronto,   in   October    1861, 
and     priest     in     the    same 
place,  in  October,  1862.    His 
first  charge  after  ordination 
as  deacon,  was  at  Beverly, 
where    he    remained    until 
1867.     He  was  then  incum- 
bent of  St.  James  Church, 
Fergus,    Ont.,    until    1872, 
then  Holland  Landing,  Out., 
until    January    1875,    then 
Col  borne  and  Brighton,  un- 
til October,  1880,  when   he 
exchanged    with    Rev.    Mr. 
Gardner   of    Morris    Man., 
for  one  year,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Ontario,  and  took 
temporary    charge    at    Bol- 
ton,  Ont.,  for  nine  mouths, 
He     was     then     at    Lloyd- 
town,    Out.,    from    March, 
1882,     to     December     ist, 
1886.  then  Battern  Mission, 
near  Coilingwood,   for   two 
and    one    half    years.      In 
July,  1888,  he  took  charge 
at  Stayner  and  Sunnidale, 
Ont., and  resigned  at  Easter, 
1893,  and  then  took  charge 
at  Holland,  Man.,  June  25th, 
1893.     When    Mr.    Cooper 
became  incumbent  here,  the 
church  was  in  a  weak  condition,  but  it 
is  already  prospering,  and  the  congre- 
gation is  about  to  erect  a  new  church 
building,  which  will  cost  about  $2,500. 
He    has    always    been    an    energetic, 
painstaking  and  successful  man,  and  in 
all   his  charges,  has  done  good  work, 
and  he   is   only   repeating  in  Holland 
what    he    has    done    elsewhere.      Mr. 
Cooper  is  a  P.M.  in  the  A.F.  &  A.M. 
He   was   married  July   2oth,    1864,  to 
Miss  Selina  Caroline,  daughter  of  the 
late  Peter  Ruthven  of  Hamilton,  Ont. 
His  family  consists  of  seven  sons  and 
two    daughters,    living,    and    one    son 
deceased. 


240 


LAWSON,  Ph. 
D.,  LL.D.,  F.I.C., 
Halifax,  N.S.,  was  born  at 
Newport,  Parish  of  Forgan, 
Fifeshire,  Scotland,  October 
I2th,  1827.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  received  at  a 
private  school,  from  which 
he  entered  the  University 
of  Edinburgh,  and  devoted 
his  attention  to  the  natural 
and  physical  sciences.  His 
studies  at  Edinburgh  ex- 
tended over  a  period  of  ten 
years,  during  which,  he  was 
occupied  with  scientific  and 
literary  work.  He  was 
curator  of  the  University 
Herbarium,  until  it  was  re- 
moved to  the  Royal  Botanic 
Garden.  He  assisted  Prof. 
Balfour  in  class  work,  con- 
ducted a  select  class  in  his- 
tology for  advanced  stu- 
dents, and  taught  the  use  of 
the  microscope  and  the  me- 
thods of  research  in  regard 
to  plants.  On  the  death  of 
Dr.  Fleming,  professor  of 
natural  science,  Dr.  Law- 
son,  in  conjunction  with 
the  late  Andrew  Murray, 
continued  the  lectures.  For  his  work  in 
preparing  and  carrying  through  the 
press,  the  catalogue  of  the  library  of 
the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh,  he 
was  complimented  by  Sir  R.  Christison, 
in  his  presidental  address.  In  1858, 
he  accepted  the  appointment  of  profes- 
sor of  chemistry  and  natural  history  in 
Queen's  University,  Kingston,  Out. 
On  leaving  for  Canada,  he  was  pre- 
sented with  a  purse  of  sovereigns,  and 
a  valuable  silver  salver,  in  order  that, 
as  one  of  the  speakers  said  at  his  fare- 
well meeting :  "  Canadians  might  know 
what  Scotland  thought  of  his  services." 
Dr.  Lawson  filled  his  position  in 


Queen's  College,  Kingston,  with  much 
acceptance  until  1863,  when  he  re- 
signed and  accepted  his  present  profes- 
sorship. The  space  allotted  to  his 
biography  will  not  admit  the  details  of 
his  success,  nor  afford  room  for  the 
mention  of  his  connection  with  all  the 
important  literary  and  scientific  socie- 
ties in  this  and  the  old  land.  In  reli- 
gion the  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland,  and  Conservative 
in  politics.  He  was  married  twice : 
first,  to  Lucy,  daughter  of  Charles 
Stapley,  Chelsea,  Eng.,  and  second,  to 
Caroline  Matilda,  daughter  of  Wm. 
Jordan,  Rosehall,  Halifax,  N.S. 


OR    CAN  An  A. 


241 


/CLEX.  W.  MACRAE,  A.M.,  Bar- 
X\  nster-at-Law,  St.  John,  N.B., 
VS>  was  born  at  St.  John's,  New- 
foundland. His  parents  were  Donald 
and  Catherine  H.  (McLea)  Macrae; 
his  father  being  a  Presbyterian  Clergy- 
man, whose  biography  appears  in  this 
volume.  His  paternal  grandfather  was 
a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
well  known  as  a  polemic  writer,  in  the 
days  of  the  disruption.  His  maternal 
grandfather,  the  Hon.  Kenneth  McLea, 
was  a  prominent  merchant  of  St.  John's, 
Newfoundland,  and  a  member  of  the 
Legislative  Council  of  that  colony.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  common 


schools  of  N.S.  and  N.B.,  graduating 
from  Dalhousie  College,  Halifax,  B.A., 
in  1886,  matriculated  with  high  honors 
into  the  University  of  London,  Eng., 
in  1887,  and  passed  the  intermediate 
L.L.B.  examination  of  that  institution, 
in  1889.  He  afterwards  graduated 
A.M.,  from  Harvard  University.  He 
was  mathematical  teacher  in  the  St. 
John  Grammar  School,  for  about  a 
year  and  a  half,  and  was  called  to  the 
Bar  in  Oct.,  1889.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Order,  K.  of  P.,  Orange  As- 
sociation, I. O.K.,  and  St.  Andrew's  So- 
ciety. In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal-Conser- 
vative, and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 

16 


CANADA, 


CHARLES  FERGIE,  Agent  and 
I  Manager  of  the  Intercolonial 

^^^"^  Coal  Mining  Co.,  limited., 
Westville,  N.  S.,  was  born  November 
29th,  1857,  at  Wigan,  Lancashire,  Eng. 
He  is  the  son  of  Thomas  Francis 
Fergie,  B.D.,  vicar  of  Ince,  honorary, 
canon  of  Liverpool,  chairman  of  the 
Wigan  Mining  and  Technical  School, 
a  clergyman  widely  known  and  greatly 
respected,  both  for  his  ability  and  his 
kind  manner.  Mr.  Fergie  was  educated 
at  the  Wigan  Grammar  schools  and  the 
Wigan  Mining  School,  graduating  with 
distinction.  After  completing  his  edu- 
cation, he  learned  the  profession  of 


mining  engineer,  which  occupation  he 
has  followed  up  to  the  present  time 
with  gratifying  success.  He  has  held 
positions  of  great  responsibility,  which, 
by  his  skill  and  industry,  he  has  filled 
with  much  satisfaction.  In  his  present 
responsible  position,  he  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence of  the  Intercolonial  Coal  Mining 
Company,  and  is  greatly  respected  by 
those  who  are  under  him  and  looked 
up  to  by  the  community  in  which  he 
lives.  In  religion,  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  England.  He  was  mar- 
ried, March  22nd,  1893,  to  Mary  Camp- 
bell, daughter  of  Howard  Primrose, 
Esq.,  Pictou  County,  N.S. 


243 


JOHN  RUTHERFORD,  Stellar- 
ton,  N.S.,  the  first  Government 
Inspector  of  Mines  for  Nova 
Scotia,  is  a  native  of  Durham  County, 
England.  He  was  educated  at  a  private 
school,  and  when  sixteen  was  placed 
with  a  civil  engineer  of  considerable 
repute,  at  Hartlepool,  after  which  he 
spent  two  years  in  the  engine  build- 
ing shops  of  the  now  well-known  Har- 
tlepool Engine  Works  of  Thomas  Rich- 
ardson &  Sons.  Here  he  gained  such 
a  practical  knowledge  of  machinery,  as 
was  very  valuable  in  after  life.  He 
abandoned  civil  engineering,  however, 
and  was  articled  to  Mr.  George  (now 
Sir  George)  Elliot,  the  emi- 
nent mining  engineer  and 
coal  owner,  after  which  he 
was  placed  in  a  position 
which  enabled  him  to  gain 
an  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  difficulties  in  sinking 
through  the  Magnesian 
limestone  and  beds  of  quick- 
sand, and  the  mode  of  over- 
coming them,  at  the  Seaham 
and  Seaton  collieries.  About 
this  time,  Mr.  Rutherford, 
entered  the  office  of  a  firm 
of  land  and  mining  survey- 
ors, where  he  remained 
until  appointed  mining  as- 
sistant of  Lord  Durham's 
extensive  collieries,  which 
office  he  held  for  some  years. 
In  1865,  Mr.  Rutherford, 
being  strongly  recommend- 
ed, was  engaged  as  inspector 
of  mines  for  the  province  of 
Nova  Scotia.  He  held  that 
position  for  six  years,  after 
which  he  resigned  to  become 
the  general  manager  of  the 
General  Mining  Association 
of  London,  which  position 
he  held  for  five  years,  after 
which  he  followed  a  private 


professional  practice.  In  1880,  when 
the  explosion  took  place  in  the  Albion 
Mines,  he  was  summoned,  from  Eng- 
land, to  assist  in  replacing  the  mines  in 
a  productive  condition.  He  was  subse- 
quently appointed  manager,  in  which 
position  he  remained  until  the  Vale  and 
Halifax  companies  were  amalgamated 
with  the  Acadia  Coal  Co.  He  was  ap- 
pointed, by  the  Dominion  Government, 
a  member  of  the  Advisory  Board,  for  the 
Philadelphia  Exhibition,  in  1876,  and 
was  one  of  the  superintendents  of  the 
collection  of  minerals  sent  there.  He 
was  also,  for  some  years,  examiner  in 
mining  at  King's  College,  Windsor,  N.S. 


244 


STEELE  CURRY, 

City  Comptroller,  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba,  was  born  in  Syd- 
ney, C.B.,  in  1852,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  a  private  school.  He  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Glasgow  and 
Cape  Breton  Coal  and  Railway  Co.,  at 
an  early  age,  and  at  the  time  of  the  com- 
pany's snspension;  owing  to  the  severe 
depression  in  the  coal  trade  in  1874, 
occupied  the  position  of  cashier  and 
paymaster.  In  June  of  that  year,  he 
joined  the  North- West  Mounted  Police 
at  Toronto,  and  served  under  Colonel 
French  in  the  celebrated  march  to  Fort 
Whoopup  and  return.  This,  at  the 


time,  was  claimed  to  be  the  longest 
continuous  march  of  a  military  force 
on  record,  the  distance  covered  being 
2,200  miles.  The  North-West  was 
then  to  a  large  extent  in  a  rough  state, 
and  many  privations  and  hardships 
were  experienced  during  the  march. 
In  June  1875,  Mr.  Curry  resigned  from 
the  N.-W.  Mounted  Police,  and  was 
appointed  commissariat  officer  for  the 
C.P.R.  surveys  in  the  Lake  of  the 
Woods  district.  Two  years  later,  he 
was  transferred  to  Winnipeg,  as  ac- 
countant in  the  office  of  the  paymaster 
and  purveyor.  On  the  retirement  of 
Mr.  Nixon,  Mr.  Curry  was  placed  in 
charge  as  accountant  and 
paymaster  at  Winnipeg, 
and  continued  in  this  office 
until  the  final  winding  up, 
in  1884,  of  the  Government 
business  in  connection  with 
the  C.P.R.,  being  latterly 
employed  in  the  Department 
of  Railways  at  Ottawa,  ad- 
justing Government  con- 
tract claims.  In  Aug.,  1884, 
he  was  appointed  auditor  of 
the  city  of  Winnipeg,  and 
subsequently  city  comptrol- 
ler, which  position  he  now 
fills.  Mr.  Curry  is  a  member 
of  the  trading  firm  of  Brown 
&  Curry,  Edmonton,  Al- 
berta, a  director  of  the 
North-West  Fire  Insurance 
Co.,  and  is  identified  with 
various  local  institutions. 
He  is  one  of  the  largest 
holders  of  Winnipeg  real 
estate,  and  has  unbounded 
faith  in  the  future  of  Mani- 
toba and  the  North-West. 
His  early  experience  in 
that  new  country,  has  en- 
abled him  to  render  valuable 
service  in  opening  up  its 
vast  resources. 


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,EV.  ARCHIBALD  BOWMAN, 
Presbyterian  Clergyman,  New 
Glasgow,  N.  S.,  was'  born 
April  24th,  1841,  at  Cadder,  near  Glas- 
gow, Scotland.  He  is  the  son  of  Jas. 
and  Jean  (Buchanan)  Bowman,  now 
deceased  ;  the  former  was  a  farmer  and 
grain  miller.  Mr.  Bowman  received  his 
primary  education  at  the  parish  school 
of  Cadder,  and  continued  his  higher 
education  at  Glasgow  University.  He 
was  ordained  in  1872  to  Braemer  Chap- 
el, Aberdeenshire.  Prior  to  that,  he 
was  assistant  in  St.  John's  Church  and 
to  Rev.  Dr.  Macleod,  Park  Church, 
editor  of  Good  Words,  and  afterwards 


became  minister  of  Forglen,  Banffshire. 
Mr.  Bowman  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Oddfellows.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Conservative.  He  is  a 
prominent  minister  in  his  denomination, 
and  is  an  ex-moderator  of  his  Synod. 
He  is  an  able  preacher,  active  in  all 
that  concerns  the  welfare  of  his  church, 
or  the  moral  uplifting  of  the  cominu- 
nity,  and  his  entire  ministry  has  been 
marked  by  success.  He  was  married, 
March  loth,  1874,  to  Miss  Helen  Mac- 
lean, daughter  of  John  and  Isabella 
Gemmell  Maclean,  of  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land. His  family  consists  of  two  sons 
and  one  daughter. 


,EV.  THOMAS  GUMMING, 
Pastor  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Truro,  N.S.,  is  a  native  of 
Stellarton,  Pictou  County,  N.S.,  but  of 
Scotch  parentage.  He  received  his 
education,  first  in  his  native  village, 
and  afterwards  continued  it  at  the  New 
Glasgow  Grammar  School  and  the 
Halifax  Academy.  He  received  his 
theological  education  in  the  Presbyte- 
rian College,  Halifax,  N.S.,  and  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry  in  1863.  He 
afterwards  visited  the  leading  colleges 
of  the  Dominion,  as  well  as  of  the 
United  States,  Scotland  and  Ireland. 
He  was  nine  years  pastor  of  Sharon 


Church,  Stellarton,  from  which  he  was 
called  to  Calvin  Church,  Montreal, 
succeeding  the  Rev.  Dr.  Scriniger.  In 
1884,  he  succeeded  Dr.  Burrows,  as 
pastor  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Truro. 
In  1890,  he,  in  company  with  his 
brother,  Rev.  Robert  Gumming,  tra- 
velled round  the  globe.  The  Presbyte- 
rian Record,  for  1891,  contains  sketches 
of  his  travels  in  the  Holy  Land. 
Under  Mr.  Cumining's  pastorate,  the 
congregation,  at  Truro,  is  in  a  flourish- 
ing condition.  In  1874,  he  was  married 
to  Tillie  McNairn,  of  Quebec.  He  has 
three  sons,  one  of  whom  is  studying 
with  a  view  to  entering  the  ministry. 


MEN 


247 


,KV.  JOHN  JOSEPH  CHIS- 
HOLM, P.P.,  Pictou,  N.S., 
was  born  at  Heatherton, 
March  3 ist,  1840.  He  is  the  son  of 
Alexander  Chisholm  and  Catherine 
Chisholm.  The  former  was  a  native 
of  Strathglass,  Invernesshire,  Scotland, 
and  came  to  Canada  in  1818,  locating 
at  Heatherton,  County  of  Antigonish, 
N.S.,  where  he  died,  October,  1879. 
Father  Chisholm  was  educated  at  the 
school  of  Heatherton,  and  the  Gram- 
mar School,  St.  Andrew's.  In  1857, 
he  entered  St.  Francis  Xavier  College, 
Antigonish,  where  he  finished  his 
course,  preparatory  to  entering  upon 


the  study  of  divinity.  In  1862,  he 
entered  the  Sulpician  Grand  Seminary, 
Montreal,  where  he  continued  his  stud- 
ies until  the  end  of  the  year  1865,  when 
he  was  ordained  priest,  by  Archbishop 
Lynch,  of  Toronto,  December  1 7th,  1865. 
Immediately  after  ordination,  he  be- 
came one  of  the  assistant  priests  of  St. 
Patrick's,  Montreal,  where  he  remained 
for  about  four  months,  when  he  returned 
to  his  native  diocese.  In  May  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  given  charge  of  the 
mission  of  Broad  Cove,  but  the  mission 
of  Margaree  being  vacant,  and  much  in 
need  of  the  services  of  a  priest,  at  the 
time,  he  was  sent,  after  six  weeks'  work 
in  Broad  Cove,  to  take 
charge  of  the  latter  mission, 
where  he  remained  until 
October,  1875.  On  the  ist 
November,  1875,  he  took 
charge  of  the  mission  of 
Heatherton,  where  he  served 
until  the  ist  of  November, 
1892,  when  he  was  put  in 
charge  of  the  mission  of 
Pictou,  where  he  still  conti- 
nues. When  Father  Chis- 
holm left  Heatherton,  he 
was  presented  with  a  purse 
of  money  and  other  tokens, 
from  his  parishioners,  as  an 
expression  of  their  good 
will  towards  him,  and  while 
regretting  his  departure 
from  among  them,  wished 
him  every  success  in  his 
new  field.  Although  coming 
to  Pictou,  almost  an  entire 
stranger,  it  was  not  long 
before  he  had  won  the  hearts 
of  his  people  there.  Father 
Chisholm  has  had  four  bro- 
thers and  three  sisters,  only 
one  brother  of  whom  is 
living,  namely :  Rev.  Ar- 
chibald Chisholm,  P.  P., 
Judique,  N.  S. 


248 


JOHN  SUTHERLAND,  farmer, 
Kildonan,  Man.,  was  born  De- 
cember 23rd,  1837,  in  Kildo- 
nan, Red  River  Settlement.  His  father 
was  Alexander  Sutherland,  who  came 
to  the  settlement  in  1823,  anc^  was  one 
of  that  body  of  sturdy  Presbyterians, 
that  strove  so  long  to  get  a  minister  of 
their  own  church,  for  the  settlers,  and 
in  1853,  visited  Toronto,  to  secure  the 
return  of  their  minister,  the  late  Dr. 
Black,  to  his  distant  parish.  His 
mother  was  Christina  McBeath,  who 
was  born  in  Kildonan,  in  1816.  Her 
parents  were  among  Lord  Selkirk's 
early  settlers.  Mr.  Sutherland  is  one 
of  our  many  self  edu- 
cated men,  being  at  school 
only  a  short  time.  He  is 
an  ardent  social  reformer, 
taking  a  deep  interest  in  the 
promotion  of  temperance, 
and  is  a  strong  prohibition- 
ist. He  is  a  "Templar," 
and  has  been  president  of 
his  lodge.  He  has  always 
taken  a  deep  interest  in 
public  affairs,  and  has  been 
for  some  years  a  member  of 
the  Kildonan  Council.  In 
politics,  Mr.  Sutherland  is, 
from  conviction,  a  Liberal. 
From  1871  to  1878,  he  re- 
presented Kildonan  in  the 
Legislative  Assembly,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the 
legislation  of  that  formative 
period.  He  had  the  honor 
of  introducing,  in  1871,  the 
first  bill  dealing  with  Pub- 
lic Education  in  Manitoba. 
This  bill  was  thoroughly 
non-sectarian, as  Mr.  Suther- 
land is  opposed  to  class 
legislation  of  every  kind. 
In  him,  corruption,  in  any 
party,  finds  an  uncompro- 
mising opponent.  In  re- 


ligion, he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  has 
long  been  an  elder,  having  been  ordain- 
ed, in  1867,.  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Black,  for 
whom  he  has  ever  had  the  warmest 
friendship.  Since  1879,  he  has  been 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  of 
the  Congregation,  and  conducts  the 
Bible  Class.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Management  of  Man- 
itoba College  from  its  foundation,  and 
called  the  first  meeting  to  take  steps  to 
erect  a  building  for  the  College  in  Kild- 
onan. In  1862,  he  was  married  to  Flora, 
daughter  of  Hugh  and  Jannet  Poison, 
both  among  Lord  Selkirk's  settlers.  He 
has  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 


249 


_X^ 

URED.    LAWRENCE    SCHAFF- 

jj  NER,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Boissevaiu, 
Man.,  was  born  August  iSth, 
1854,  in  Williamston,  N.S.  His  parents 
were  William  C.  and  Azuba  (Phinney) 
Schaffner.  Dr.  Schaffner  received  his 
education  at  the  Williamston  public 
school,  Truro  Normal  School,  Horton 
Academy,  and  Acadia  University,  gra- 
duating B.A.,  from  the  latter,  in  June, 
1882,  from  which  time,  until  1884,  he 
taught  school  at  Rapid  City,  Manitoba. 
He  then  attended  Trinity  Medical 
School,  Toronto,  graduating  in  1887, 
subsequently  taking  a  Post  graduate 
course  in  New  York  City.  He  settled 


at  Boissevain  shortly  after  graduation, 
and  has  been  conducting  a  very  suc- 
cessful practice  there  ever  since.  His 
grandfather,  Caleb  Schaffner,  was  a 
noted  Colonel  in  the  Canadian  forces. 
Dr.  Schaffner  is  health  officer,  president 
of  the  Liberal-Conservative  Association 
of  Boissevain,  was  the  Conservative 
candidate  for  the  Local  House  in  1892. 
He  was  married,  April  iQth,  1887,  to 
Miss  Christina,  daughter  of  J.  D.  Allan, 
Esq.,  now  of  Neepawa,  Man.  His  fam- 
ily consists  of  one  daughter.  Dr. 
Schaffner  is  a  P.  M.  Mason,  and  a 
Past  Noble  Grand  in  the  I.O.O.F.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Baptist. 


250 


MEN     OR 


ON.  JOHN  CRAWFORD,  ex- 
M.P.P.,  general  merchant,  Nee- 
pawa,  Manitoba,  was  born 
June  17th,  1856,111  Ashneld  Township, 
Huron  County,  Ont.  His  parents, 
James  and  Catherine  (McGregor)  Craw- 
ford, settled  in  Neepawa  district,  in 
1877.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
Port  Albert  public  school,  and  after 
spending  six  years  in  a  flour  mill,  at 
Port  Albert,  removed  to  Gladstone,  Man. 
In  1876,  he  took  up  land  in  Neepawa 
district,  and  carried  on  an  implement 
business  also,  until  1883,  when  he  re- 
moved to  the  town,  and  conducted  the 
implement,  lumber  and  grain  business, 


until  August,  1890,  when  he  opened  a 
general  store.  He  was  elected  to  Coun- 
cil, in  1884,  and  was,  for  some  years, 
Reeveof  Rosedale  municipality.  At  the 
time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  North- 
West  Rebellion,  he  raised  a  company 
of  volunteers,  which  was  attached  to  the 
95th  Battalion,  and  was  ga/etted  as  cap- 
tain. He  was  elected  M.P.P.  for  Beauti- 
ful Plains,  in  1886  and  1888,  but  was 
defeated  by  Mr.  Davidson  in  1892. 
Mr.  Crawford  is  a  Presbyterian  in 
religion,  and  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F. 
He  was  married,  February  2oth,  1881, 
to  Miss  Matilda,  daughter  of  \V.  J. 
Hayden,  of  Ashneld,  Out. 


MEN     OF 


251 


JOHN  McINTYRK, 
Indian  Agent,  Fort 
William,  Ont,  was 
born  in  1818,  in  Lochgoil- 
head,  Argyleshire,  Scotland. 
His  parents  were  Nichol 
.and  Violet  (Campbell)  Mc- 
lntyre. He  was  educated 
at  the  village  of  Glenorchy, 
and  afterwards  at  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  Mr.  Mclntyre 
has  been  brought  up  with 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Co.,  coin- 
ing to  this  country,  in  1841, 
with  Sir  George  Simpson's 
party,  on  his  trip  around 
the  world,  crossing  the  con- 
tinents of  America,  Asia 
and  Europe,  in  nineteen 
months  and  twenty-six  days, 
a  truly  wonderful  per- 
formance in  those  days. 
After  this  trip,  in  the  Spring 
of  1844,  ne  took  charge  of  a 
post  on  the  St.  Lawrence 
River,  thence  to  Brunswick 
House,  North  of  Lake  Su- 
perior, then  to  Fort  William, 
Lake  Superior,  where  he 
remained  in  charge  for 
twenty-four  years,  retiring 
as  factor.  He  then  entered 
the  Civil  Service,  as  Indian  Agent,  in 
charge  of  the  Savanne  Agency  (Mani- 
toba jurisdiction).  He  has  had  a  long 
and  intimate  acquaintance  with  the 
country  and  the  Indians  from  Moose 
Factory,  Hudson's  Bay,  to  the  St.  Law- 
rence River.  He  has  acted  as  Magis- 
trate since  1866,  and  has  also  received 
various  commissions,  from  time  to  time, 
from  the  government,  in  the  interests 
of  law  and  order,  and  has  served  as 
Councillor  in  his  municipality.  In 
politics,  Mr.  Mclntyre  is  a  Conserva- 
tive, and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 
Concerning  his  retirement  from  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Co.,  Harper  s  Magazine 


remarks :  ''  The  chief  glory  of  Fort 
William  has,  however,  passed  away  in 
the  retirement  of  Mr.  Mclntyre,  the 
last  of  the  local  factors,  who  looked  like 
an  old  Scotch  laird  with  his  ruddy  face, 
shaggy  eye  brows  and  a  white  tas- 
seled  cap  that  covered  locks  as  white 
as  the  northern  snows,  among  which 
he  has  spent  his  life."  He  rendered 
most  valuable  service  in  instructing 
the  troops  how  to  go  West  during  the 
first  Riel  Rebellion.  Mr.  Mclntyre  was 
married,  in  1849,  to  Jane  Stone,  of 
Bristol,  England,  who  died  in  1886, 
and  by  whom  he  has  two  sons  and 
three  daughters,  living. 


252 


MEN 


\\/M.  BEATTY,  M.A.,  LL.B., 
T  ^  general  merchant,  Parry  Sound, 
Ont..  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1835,  and 
came  to  Canada  with  his  parents  in  the 
same  year.  He  was  educated  at  Vic- 
toria University,  where  he  took  the 
degree  of  B.A.  in  1860,  M.A.  in  1863, 
and  LL.B.  in  1864.  In  1865,  he  was 
elected  to  the  Board  and  Senate  of  Vic- 
toria University,  continuing  a  member 
by  re-election  for  about  twenty-five 
years.  In  1863,  Mr.  Beatty  became  a 
Parliamentary  candidate  for  Welland, 
in  the  Reform  interest.  In  1867,  he 
ran  for  Welland  in  the  Provincial 
Legislature,  and  for  Algoma  in  the  Do- 


minion Parliament,  and  was 
elected  for  Weiland  by  a 
large  majority.  In  1863,  in 
association  with  his  brother, 
J.  H.  Beatty,  of  Sarnia,  and 
his  father,  Mr.  Beatty,  pur- 
chased the  Parry  Sound 
estate,  and  subsequently 
acquired  their  interest  by 
purchase,  thus  becoming 
the  sole  owner  of  the  estate. 
The  development  of  this 
large  and  important  in- 
terest, commercially,  soci- 
ally and  morally,  has  in  a 
great  measure  constituted 
his  life  work.  Parry  Sound 
was  founded  by  him,  and 
from  a  small  beginning  has 
now  grown  to  a  town  of 
more  than  2,000  inhabitants, 
with  large  lumbering  and 
shipping  interests,  and  pros- 
pects of  a  valuable  railway 
connection  now  rapidly  ap- 
proaching completion.  Mr. 
Beatty  is  a  Methodist  in 
religion,  and  while  devoted 
to  his  church,  is  always 
ready  to  help  forward  the 
work  of  any  other  denomin- 
ation. He  has  been  a 
member  of  every  General  Conference 
of  the  Methodist  Church  of  Canada, 
since  the  first  union,  and  of  every  An- 
nual Conference  since  the  introduction 
of  laymen.  He  has  always  taken  a 
deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  temperance 
and  prohibition,  inserting  a  prohibitory 
clause  in  all  his  deeds  of  town  property 
from  himself.  Mr.  Beatty  has  also 
been  largely  instrumental  in  bringing 
Parry  Sound  under  local  prohibition. 
In  1873,  he  was  married  to  Isabel  Eliza, 
daughter  of  the  late  J.  G.  Bowes,  Esq., 
for  many  years  mayor  of  Toronto.  His 
family  consists  of  four  daughters  and 
one  sou. 


CANADA. 


TV/ILLIAM  A.  DONALD,   B.A., 

*  +  Solicitor,  and  senior  member 
of  the  firm  of  Fraser  &  Co.,  bankers, 
Pilot  Mound,  Manitoba,  was  born 
June  9th,  1849,  i*1  Northumberland 
County,  Ont.  His  parents  were  Alex- 
ander and  Jean  (Scott)  Donald,  both 
Scotch.  Mr.  Donald  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  North- 
umberland County,  the  Collegiate 
Institute,  Kingston,  and  Queen's  Uni- 
versity, graduating  iu  1873.  He  then 
taught  in  the  High  School  of  Almonte. 
He  subsequently  studied  law  with  the 
late  J.  S.  Fead,  of  Orangeville,  Ont., 
and  continued  his  studies  in  Alliston 


and  Toronto.  He  became  a  solicitor  in 
1879,  and  practiced  in  Orangeville, 
Out.,  until  1882,  when  he  removed  to 
Winnipeg,  Man.  The  same  year  he 
settled  in  Pilot  Mound,  and  opened  a 
law  office.  In  1883,  he  embarked  in 
the  banking  business  with  his  present 
partner.  He  was  mayor  of  Pilot 
Mound,  in  1884  and  1885,  and  is  the 
present  treasurer  of  the  municipality  of 
Louise.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
Order.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  Conservative. 
On  July  4th,  1883,  he  married  Lucy, 
daughter  of  the  late  James  Holden,  of 
Orangeville,  Ont.  He  has  one  daughter. 


254 


,EV.  THOMAS  HENRY  JACK- 
SON WALTON,  B.A.,  Rector 
of  St.  Thomas  Episcopal 
Church,  Morden,  Manitoba,  was  born 
August  1 8th,  1866,  at  Dharwar,  Cent- 
ral India.  His  parents,  Rev.  William 
and  Mary  (McNeil)  Walton,  his  father 
being  of  English  and  his  mother  of 
Scotch  descent.  Mr.  Walton,  Sr.,  en- 
tered the  ministry  in  September,  1887, 
and  was  ordained  priest,  at  Win- 
nipeg, in  1888.  He  was  stationed 
at  Clearwater,  and  subsequently  at 
Morden,  where  he  was  Rural  Dean 
until  succeeded  by  his  son,  November 
6th,  1891.  Rev.  T.  H.  J.  Walton 


began  his  education  at  Allesley  Park 
College,  England,  and  subsequently 
attended  King's  College,  London,  Eng. 
In  1 88 1,  he  came  to  Ontario,  and  in 
1885,  he  removed  to  Manitoba.  In 
1887,  he  entered  St.  John's  College, 
Winnipeg,  graduating  in  arts  in  1890, 
from  the  University  of  Manitoba.  He 
was  ordained  deacon  in  1890,  and 
priest  in  1892,  by  Bishop  Machray.  His 
first  charge  was  Melita,  and  in  Novem- 
ber, 1891,  he  was  appointed  to  his  present 
charge.  He  married,  November  6th, 
1891,  Miss  Louisa  J.,  daughter  of  John 
Wilson,  Esq.,  of  Maringhurst,  Man., 
by  whom  he  has  one  son. 


MEN   OK 


255 


4  TENRY  LAWRANCE  STUR- 
<3]H  DEE,  M.A.,  High  Sheriff  of  the 
VS>  City  and  County  of  St.  John, 
N.B.,  was  born  April  nth,  1842,  in  St. 
John,  N.B.  His  parents  were  Henry 
Parker  Sturdee  and  Emily  Lawrance,  his 
wife,  both  natives  of  England.  Mr.  Stur- 
dee was  educated  at  private  schools  in  St. 
John,  the  Collegiate  School,  Frederic- 
ton,  N.B.,and  King's  College,  Freder- 
icton,  (now  the  University  of  New 
Brunswick).  He  matriculated  in  Sep- 
tember, 1858,  was  awarded  the  Douglas 
Gold  Medal  in  June,  1859,  graduated 
B.A.  in  1861,  and  M.A.  in  1863.  He 
studied  law  in  St.  John,  with  Messrs. 


Gray  &  Kaye,  barristers ; 
was  admitted  an  Attorney 
in  1864,  and  called  to  the 
Bar  in  1865,  and  has  since 
practiced  his  profession  in 
St.  John.  He  was  appoint- 
ed a  referee  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Brunswick, 
Equity  Side,  in  1886,  and 
was  appointed  Sheriff  in 
April,  1893.  He  was  elected 
an  alderman  for  ward  four, 
of  the  city  of  Portland,  (now 
forming  part  of  the  city  of 
St.  John),  in  1883,  1884  and 
1885.  He  was  also  elected 
a  councillor  of  the  munici- 
pality of  St.  John  in  1883, 
and  served  five  years  in 
that  capacity.  He  was  cho- 
sen warden  of  the  munici- 
pality in  April,  1884  and 
1885.  In  April,  1886,  he 
was  elected  mayor  of  Port- 
laud,  and  was  re-elected  by 
acclamation  the  following 
year.  Sheriff  Sturdee  be- 
longs to  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, and  has  been  vestry 
clerk  and  treasurer  of  Tri- 
nity Church,  St.John,  since 
1871,  and  secretary-treasu- 
rer of  the  Madras  School,  in  New 
Brunswick,  since  1877.  He  is  Wor- 
shipful Master  of  the  Union  Lodge  of 
Portland,  A.F.  &  A.M.,  is  a  member 
of  the  New  Brunswick  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  and  of  the  Encampment  of 
St  John  (Knights  Templar).  He  was 
two  years  vice-president  and  two  years 
president  of  St.  George's  Society,  and 
is  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  3rd  St. 
John  Reserve  Militia.  Sheriff  Sturdee 
was  married,  September  26th,  1866,  to 
Jane  Agnes,  daughter  of  the  late  Win. 
R.  Fraser,  Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Edinburgh, 
Scotland.  His  family  consists  of  three 
sons  and  two  daughters. 


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<»<7XUNCAN  MAcAR- 
1  THUR,  ex^M.P.P., 
Banker,  Winnipeg, 
Man.,  was  born  May  29th, 
1840,  at  Achneim,  Nairn- 
shire,  Scotland  .  His  parents 
were  John  and  Sarah  (Dal- 
las) MacArthur,  his  father's 
ancestors  coming  to  Nairn- 
shire  about  300  years  ago, 
while  his  mother  was  a 
direct  descendent  of  the 
Dallases,  of  Budgate,  an  old 
country  family  which  have 
been  settled  in  Nairnshire, 
for  over  600  years.  Mr. 
MacArthur  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  Free  Church 
Academy,  Nairn.  In  1865, 
he  came  to  Canada,  and  en- 
tered the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company's  service  at  Mont- 
real, in  that  year,  remaining 
with  them  until  1872,  when 
he  removed  to  Manitoba,  to 
establish  a  branch  of  the 
Merchants'  Bank  of  Canada, 
which  was  the  first  branch  of 
a  chartered  bank  established 
in  the  Province  of  Mani- 
toba. He  retired  from  this 
bank,  however,  in  1883,  and 
two  years  later  organized  the  Com- 
mercial Bank  of  Manitoba,  which,  in 
the  panic  of  1893,  was  compelled  to 
suspend  payment,  but,  which  was  quite 
solvent,  and  it  is  intended  to  organize 
a  new  bank.  Mr.  MacArthur  has  been 
instrumental  in  bringing  millions  of 
dollars  of  English  capital  into  Manitoba, 
which  almost  entirely  entered  public 
enterprises.  He  has  always  been  very 
sanguine  as  regards  the  capabilities  of 
the  province,  and  has  sought  to  supply 
the  needs  of  the  young  and  growing 
colony.  He  was  instrumental  in  form- 
ing the  Manitoba  and  North-West 
Railway  Co.,  whose  presidency  he  re- 


signed in  favor  of  Sir  Hugh  Allan, 
when  he  took  a  controlling  interest 
in  the  road.  He  also  organized  the 
North-West  Fire  Insurance  Co.  He 
takes  an  active  interest  in  promoting 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Railway,  of  which  he 
is  one  of  the  original  incorporators,  and 
is  vice-president  of  the  Northern  Pacific 
and  Manitoba  Railway.  In  politics,  he  is 
an  Independent,  and  represented  Assini- 
boia  in  the  Provincial  Parliament  in 
1888.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 
Mr.  MacArthur  married,  in  1886,  Eliza- 
beth, second  daughter  of  the  late  Hon. 
C. -J.  McKearney,  M.P.,  and  has  a  son 
and  daughter  by  former  marriage. 


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.  D.  J.  McINTOSH,  Parish 
Priest,  North  Sydney,  Nova 
Scotia,  was  born  November 
25th,  1849,  at  South  River,  St.  An- 
drew's Parish,  Antigonish  County,  N.S. 
He  is  the  son  of  Colin  Mclntosh  and 
Janet  McDonald,  the  former  being  a 
native  of  South  River,  and  the  latter  of 
Little  Harbour,  Pictou  County.  His 
grandfather  came  from  Scotland  in 
1801.  Father  Mclntosh  was  educated 
at  St.  Francois  Xavier  College,  Anti- 
gonish, and  received  his  theological 
training  at  Laval  University,  Quebec. 
He  was  ordained  priest,  June  8th,  1873, 
by  Cardinal  Taschereau.  He  was  first 


located  at  Cow  Bay,  N.S.,  where  he 
remained  from  July,  1873,  until  Nov- 
ember, 1877,  then  from  November, 
1877,  until  1878,  he  was  at  L'Ardoise, 
Richmond  County,  C.B.,  and  from  that 
time  until  the  present  at  North  Sidney, 
the  parish  of  Sydney  Mines  also  being 
under  his  charge,  until  August,  1884. 
From  1884  to  1888,  that  parish  was 
under  Rev.  Dr.  A.  Cameron,  and  from 
1888  until  1892,  it  was  again  under 
Rev.  Father  Mclntosh.  Father  Mc- 
lntosh belongs  to  the  C.  M.  B.  A., 
and  at  present  holds  the  office  of 
District  Deputy.  He  takes  no  interest 
in  party  politics. 

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<^TNUNCAN  MCDONALD  GOR- 

)  DON,  M.D.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Lucknow,  Ont.,  was 
born  at  St.  Helen's,  Huron  County, 
Ont.,  March  i2th,  1859.  His  parents 
were  John  E.  and  Jane  (McDonald) 
Gordon,  the  former,  a  native  of  Forfar, 
and  the  latter,  of  Inverness,  Scotland. 
Dr.  Gordon  was  raised  on  a  farm,  and 
educated  at  the  common  schools.  He 
then  spent  five  years  in  general  mer- 
chant business,  but  on  account  of  ill- 
health,  changed  his  course.  He  is  lar- 
gely a  self-educated  man,  having  studied 
the  higher  branches  without  the  aid  of  a 
teacher.  He  taught  school  very  suc- 


cessfully for  three  years,  and  then 
entered  Trinity  Medical  College,  gradu- 
ating in  the  Spring  of  1886.  He  im- 
mediatel}'  began  practice  in  Auburn, 
where  he  remained  four  years,  removing 
to  Lucknow,  in  1890,  where  he  enjoys 
an  extensive  practice.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic,  I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F., 
C.O.F.,  A.O.U.W.  and  S.O.S.  orders. 
He  has  never  aspired  to  municipal 
honors,  preferring  to  devote  his  full 
time  to  his  practice.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Liberal,  and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 
In  June,  1888,  he  married  Ida  Lurenia, 
daughter  of  Wm.  A.  Harrison,  of  West- 
field,  by  whom  he  has  two  daughters. 


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259 


,EV.  DANIEL  A.  CHISHOLM, 
D.D.,  Rector  of  St.  Francois- 

Xavier  College,  Antigonish, 

N.S.,  was  born  January  Qth,  1859,  in 
North  Intervale,  Guysboro  County. 
His  parents  were  Colin  Chisholm,  Esq., 
and  Christina  Chisholni,  both  natives 
of  Scotland,  the  former  coming  to  this 
country  in  1842,  and  the  latter  in 
1820.  Dr.  Chisholni  began  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place,  he  continued  it  in  Guys- 
boro Academy,  and  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen, entered  St.  Francois-Xavier  Col- 
lege, of  which  he  is  now  rector.  Here 
he  spent  two  years.  For  eight  years 


he  was  a  student  of  the  Propaganda 
College,  Rome,  where  he  was  ordained 
priest,  and  where  he  took  his  degree  in 
Theology  in  1888.  Since  his  return  to 
Nova  Scotia,  he  has  been  in  various 
capacities  attached  to  the  College, 
which  has  done  so  much  for  higher 
education  in  Eastern  Nova  Scotia,  and 
which,  judging  from  the  strides  made 
in  recent  years,  is  destined  to  achieve 
yet  greater  success.  Whilst  yielding 
to  no  man  his  right  to  hold  and  express 
his  views  on  political  and  other  ques- 
tions, he  feels  that  he  can  more  effi- 
ciently fulfil  his  duties,  by  keeping 
aloof  from  all  political  parties. 


26o 


.  WELLINGTON  BRIDG- 
MAN,  Methodist  Minister,  De- 
loraine,  Man.,  was  born 
July  1 2th,  1853,  in  Halton  County, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Bradt)  Bridgman  of  U. 
E.  Loyalist  stock.  After  completing 
his  earlier  education,  Mr.  Bridgman 
preached  two  years,  and  finished  at 
Victoria  College,  Cobourg,  Ont.  He 
was  ordained  at  the  Hamilton  Con- 
ference, in  1880,  after  which  he  was 
stationed  at  International  Bridge,  and 
travelled  one  year  in  the  work.  In 
1881,  he  became  Rev.  Dr.  Young's 
assistant  at  Emerson ,  Man. ,  for  one  year, 


then  assistant  to  Rev.  Thomas  Law- 
son,  at  Brandon  one  year,  after  which 
he  opened  the  work  at  Medicine  Hat, 
Assa.,  where  he  continued  three  years. 
He  was  subsequently  three  years  at 
Fort  McLeod,  where  he  built  three 
churches  and  a  parsonage.  His  next 
charge  was  Morden,  Man.,  where  he 
ministered  for  three  years,  and  was 
appointed  to  Deloraine,  in  1892.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  and 
I.O.F.,  and  in  politics,  is  a  Conserv- 
ative. He  was  married,  August  i3th, 
1883,  to  Miss  Anne  Jane,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Hoag,  of  Saginaw  City,  Mich. 
His  family  consists  of  four  children. 


261 


RIGHT  REV.  JOHN  CAM- 
ERON.,  D.D.,  Ph.D.,  Bishop  of 
Antigonish,  was  born  at  St.  Andrew's, 
Antigonish,  N.  S.,  February  i6th, 
1827.  His  parents,  John  Cameron  and 
Christina  Macdonald,  were  natives  of 
Scotland.  His  early  education  was 
received  at  St.  Andrew's  Grammar 
School.  In  1844,  he  was  sent  to  Rome, 
where  he  pursued  his  studies  until 
1854.  In  1851,  he  received  the  degree  of 
Ph.D.,  and  in  1854,  that  of  D.D.  For 
some  years  he  had  charge  of  the 
Library  and  Museum,  and  for  a  time 
acted  as  rector  of  the  college.  In  May, 
1854,  he  left  Rome,  reaching  Arichat, 


N.S.,  in  September,  where 
he  acted  as  rector  and  pro- 
fessor of  Classics,  in  the 
newly  established  college. 
In  June,  1855,  he  was  ap- 
pointed pastor  of  St.  Nin- 
ian's  and  rector  and  pro- 
fessor of  Sacred  Scripture, 
Moral  Theology  and  Ec- 
clesiastical History,  in  St. 
Francois  Xavier's  College, 
Antigonish.  In  1863,  he 
was  sent  to  take  charge  of 
the  Parish  of  Arichat,  where 
he  resided  until  1 880.  Early 
in  1870,  he  was  appointed 
co-adjuter  Bishop  of  Arichat, 
and  was  consecrated  in 
Rome,  by  Cardinal  Cullen, 
Archbishop  of  Dublin.  In 
April,  1871,  he  was  en- 
trusted with  an  important 
mission  to  Harbour  Grace, 
Newfoundland,  by  the  Holy 
See.  In  1877,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Bishop  of  Arichat. 
In  1880,  he  was  again 
charged  with  a  most  delicate 
task,  in  the  Diocese  of 
Halifax,  and  he  discharged 
it  so  as  to  merit  the  appro- 
bation and  thanks  of  His 
Holiness.  In  1885,  he  was  sent  as 
Delegate  Apostolic  to  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  on  a  very  difficult  mission, 
which  he  accomplished  with  such  success 
as  to  merit  and  receive  the  repeated 
thanks  and  congratulations  of  the  Pope. 
The  speedy  abolition  of  the  crushing 
diocesan  debt,  the  flourishing  state  of  the 
new  College  at  Antigonish,  the  eight 
successful  convents  he  has  added,  and 
the  ten  new  parishes  he  has  established, 
prove  the  success  of  his  administration. 
In  1886,  the  title  of  the  See  of  Arichat 
was  changed  into  that  of  Antigonish, 
where  he  took  up  his  permanent  resi- 
dence, in  1880. 


262 


TfA.    FAIRCHILD, 

•  I  •  Winnipeg,  Manitoba, 
wholesale  and  retail 
dealer  in  plows,  carriages, 
threshers,  etc.,  was  born 
December  yth,  1849,  in 
Oakland,  Brant  County, 
Ont.  His  father,  F.  G.  Fair- 
child,  who  is  still  living,  is 
the  son  of  Isaac  Fairchild, 
who  was  the  first  white 
settler  in  Brant  County, 
south-west  of  the  Grand 
River,  and  for  years  was 
Indian  agent  over  the 
famous  Joseph  Brant.  He 
came  to  Canada,  in  1784, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Brant  County,  which  has 
remained  in  the  possession 
of  the  family  ever  since. 
The  mother  of  our  subject, 
was  Priscilla,  J.  Harris, 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev. 
John  Harris,  but  now  de- 
ceased. Mr.  Fairchild  was 
educated  at  the  Mount  Plea- 
sant, Out.,  schools.  When 
seventeen  years  of  age,  he 
entered  mercantile  life,  as  a 
dry  goods  clerk  at  Dundas, 
where  he  remained  one 
year.  Then,  after  one  year  as  imple- 
ment agent  for  A.  Harris,  of  Beams- 
ville,  Ont.,  he  went  to  Illinois,  U.S. 
In  1878,  he  removed  to  Manitoba, 
taking  a  car  load  of  horses  and  imple- 
ments, being  a  pioneer  in  the  latter 
business.  He  soon  after  entered  into 
partnership  with  H.  S.  Westbrook, 
which  was  dissolved  in  1888,  when  he 
decided  to  establish  a  wholesale  busi- 
ness of  his  own,  which  now  extends 
from  Ontario  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and 
embraces  the  goods  of  the  Gananoque 
Carriage  Co.,  Moline  Wagon  Co.,  Deere 
Plow  Co.,  Wm.  Deering's  goods,  thresh- 
ers, and  the  Lundy  and  Fairchild 


"  Baud  Cutter  and  Feeder,"  the  latter 
implement  being  a  most  invaluable 
device  of  immense  labor  saving  value. 
In  politics,  Mr.  Fairchild  is  an  In- 
dependent, a  man  who  has  the  courage 
of  his  convictions,  strongly,  "  Canada 
First."  He  is  very  prominent  in  the 
Masonic  Order,  being  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar, and  holds  the  32nd  degree  in  the 
Scottish  rite.  In  1871,  Mr.  Fairchild 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ida  Bald- 
win, daughter  of  the  late  A.  N.  Bald- 
win, Esq.,  well-known  as  the  "Cattle 
King"  of  Green  Bush,  Warren  County, 
111.  His  family  consists  of  one  son 
and  four  daughters. 


MKN   OR   CANADA. 


263 


7T  NDREW  FRANCIS  McAVEN- 
ZC\  NEY,  D.D.S.,  practicing  den- 
V®  tist,  St.  John,  N.B.,was  born 
November  6th,  1844,  *n  that  city.  His 
parents  were  Francis  McAvenney  and 
Ellen  McAvenney,  both  natives  of  Ire- 
land. Dr.  McAvenney  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  St.  John,  N.B.,  the  Holy 
Cross  College,  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
St.  Mary's  College,  Montreal,  P.  Q. 
He  graduated  in  dentistry  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  in  1867,  and  is  the  oldest 
practicing  dentist  in  the  province  of 
New  Brunswick.  His  long  experience 
has  gained  for  him  one  of  the  largest 
dental  connections  in  his  community, 


and  the  confidence  of  the  public  gen- 
erally. He  was  the  first  president 
elected  for  the  New  Brunswick  Dental 
Society,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Dental  Council.  He  is  well  known  for 
his  professional  skill,  and  highly  es- 
teemed for  those  sterling  qualities  which 
so  materially  aid  an  individual  in  be- 
coming an  important  factor  in  the  com- 
monwealth. In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal, 
and  in  religion,  a  Roman  Catholic.  He 
was  married,  September  ayth,  1882,  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Watters,  daughter  of  the 
late  Hon.  Judge  Watters,  of  St.  John, 
N.B.  His  family  consists  of  three 
children,  one  son  and  two  daughters. 


264 


MEN     OB"     CANADA. 


,EV.  THOS.   C.    BUCHANAN, 
Pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church, 

Carberry,     Manitoba,     was 

born  October  6th,  1850,  in  the  Town- 
ship of  Goulbourn,  Carleton  County, 
Ontario.  His  parents  were  Francis 
and  Margaret  (Huston)  Buchanan, 
natives  of  the  North  of  Ireland,  who 
are  referred  to  in  Vol.  II.  of  this 
series.  After  leaving  the  public  schools, 
Mr.  Buchanan  attended  the  Grammar 
School  at  Richmond,  Ont.,  and  after 
teaching  for  some  time  attended  the 
Collegiate  Institute,  Cobourg,  Ont., 
matriculating  into  Victoria  University, 
in  1879.  He  entered  the  Montreal 


Conference  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
in  the  Spring  of  1881,  and  labored 
at  Mallorytown,  and  at  Cataraqui.  In 
the  Spring  of  1884,  he  removed  to 
Iowa,  U.S.,  and  was  ordained  a  deacon, 
in  the  M.  E.  Church  at  Spirit  Lake, 
in  the  Fall  of  the  same  year.  He 
removed  to  Rossburn,  Man.,  in  1885, 
and  was  ordained  at  Winnipeg,  in  1886. 
He  was  then  stationed  at  Birtle  for 
three  years,  Crystal  City  for  a  similar 
period,  and  was  appointed  to  Carberry, 
in  June,  1892.  Mr.  Buchanan  married 
Miss  Julia  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  S. 
Judd,  of  Mollorytown,  Ont.,  by  whom 
he  has  four  sons. 


CANADA. 


265 


J.  MAcDONALD,  Mer- 
chant,  M.P.P.,  Sydney,  N.S.,  was 
born  January  i7th,  1847,  at 
Lock  Lomond,  Cape  Breton,  N.S.  He 
is  the  son  of  John  MacDonald  and 
Catharine  MacDonald,  the  former  being 
a  farmer,  and  residing  at  Lock  Lomond, 
and  the  latter  deceased.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  Lock  Lomond, 
C.B.,  where  he  received  a  good  practical 
education.  For  some  years,  he  has 
been  engaged  in  his  present  business, 
which  he  has  made  a  great  success  of. 
Mr.  MacDonald  belongs  to  the  Free 
Masons  and  Odd  Fellows.  He  repre- 
sents Cape  Breton  County  in  the  Local 


House,  in  the  interests  of  the  Liberal 
party.  Was  warden  of  Cape  Breton 
County  for  two  years,  namely  :  1883-84, 
councillor  for  Cape  Breton  twice,  from 
1883  to  1887,  and  was  elected  M.P.P., 
in  May,  1890.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  a  trustee  of  St.  And- 
rew's Church,  Sydney.  Mr.  MacDon- 
ald was  married,  in  1875,  to  Miss  Har- 
riet, daughter  of  the  late  Win.  Moore- 
house,  who  was  for  twenty-two  years 
in  the  Royal  Artillery,  where  he  was 
very  highly  esteemed,  receiving  many 
papers  and  medals,  for  his  faithful  ser- 
vice to  the  British  Army.  His  family 
consists  of  four  sons  and  four  daughters. 


266 


JAMES  ALIC  PATERSON, 
M.D.,  C.M.,  Killarney,  Man., 
was  born  April  i6th,  1865,  at 
Port  Elgin,  Ont.  His  parents  were  Dr. 
James  R.  and  Constance  Paterson,  na- 
tives of  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland.  The 
former  has  for  many  years  conducted  a 
very  successful  practice  at  Port  Elgin. 
Dr.  Paterson  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic school  of  Tiverton,  Walkerton  High 
School  and  Queen's  University.  He 
graduated  in  medicine  from  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
May  22nd,  1889.  Both  in  his  classical 
and  professional  studies,  he  was  a 
bright  student,  standing  well  in  his 


classes  and  gave  bright  promise  for  the 
future.  After  graduation,  he  practiced 
with  his  father  at  Port  Elgin,  for  one 
year,  and  in  July,  1890,  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Killarney, 
where  he  has  remained  ever  since  with 
his  practice  constantly  increasing.  He 
is  also  health  officer  for  the  Municipal- 
ity and  a  coroner  for  the  province  of 
Manitoba.  He  is  a  pains-taking  phy- 
sician and  is  much  respected  by  his 
patients  and  esteemed  by  the  entire 
community.  Dr.  Paterson  is  a  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  I.O.O.F.,  and 
C.O.F.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Reformer, 
and  in  religion,  a  Presbyterian. 


267 


AMUEL    TILLEY 
GOVE,   M.D.,  St. 

Andrews,  Charlotte 
County,  N.B.,  is  the  son  of 
Jeremiah  Gove  and  Eliza- 
beth Tilley,  and  is  of  U.E. 
Loyalist  stock.  He  was 
born,  February  I5th,  1813, 
at  Gagetown,  Queen's  Coun- 
ty, N.  B.  Dr.  Gove  receiv- 
ed his  education  at  the 
schools  of  the  city  of  St. 
John,  and  then  studied  med- 
icine with  the  late  Dr.  Cook, 
of  St.  John,  for  six  years, 
after  which  he  entered  Phil- 
lip's Academy,  at  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  on  leaving 
which  institution,  in  1831, 
he  went  to  London,  Eng., 
and  attended  Guy's  and 
St.  Thomas'  hospitals,  and 
graduated  from  the  Royal 
College  of  Surgeons  in  1833. 
He  then  returned  to  New 
Brunswick,  and  began  to 
practice  in  Sussex,  and  from 
there  went  to  Gagetown, 
and  in  1839,  removed  to  St. 
Andrew's,  where  he  worked 
up  a  very  large  and  success- 
ful practice,  doing  at  least 
two  thirds  of  the  practice  of  the  surround- 
ing country.  He  is  the  oldest  registered 
practitioner  in  the  Province.  He  has  been 
Coroner  for  over  fifty  years,  and  was  one 
of  the  directors  of  the  first  railway  that 
was  built  in  the  Dominion.  He  was 
appointed  by  the  Hon.  Peter  Mitchell, 
Minister  of  Marine,  to  report  on  the 
working  of  the  Marine  Hospital,  and  a 
great  many  of  his  suggestions  were 
adopted.  He  was  married,  in  1835,  to 
Mary  Howe,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fair- 
weather,  Esq.,  of  Sussex,  a  descendant 
of  the  U.E.  Loyalists.  His  family  con- 
sists of  one  son,  who  is  now  practicing 
medicine  at  St.  Andrews.  Our  subject 


was  surgeon  to  the  Dominion  Troops, 
at  St.  Andrews,  during  the  Fenian 
Raid  of  1866;  he  also  has  charge  of 
the  Meteorological  Department  at  St. 
Andrews.  He  is  gradually  retiring 
from  the  medical  profession,  leaving  it 
to  younger  men.  He  has  had  charge 
of  the  Marine  Hospital  for  forty-five 
years,  and  is  also  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Health.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
in  politics,  a  staunch  Liberal-Conser- 
vative. He  has  also  been  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  Fraternity  since  1842,  and 
has  held  most  of  the  offices  in  the  gift 
of  that  order. 


268 


,EV.  ALFRED  FOWLER,  B.A., 
(Toronto) ,  Pastor  Knox  Presby- 
terian Church,  Morris,  Mani- 
toba, was  born  April  i9th,  1861,  in 
Oxford  County,  Ont.  His  parents 
were  Bartholomew  and  Phillippa  (Inch) 
Fowler,  both  English.  When  fourteen 
years  of  age,  Mr.  Fowler  left  the  public 
school,  and  entered  as  clerk  in  a 
grocery  store,  and  when  seventeen 
years  of  age,  had  full  charge  of  the 
store.  He  was  converted  in  1875,  and 
then  joined  the  Methodist  Church, 
under  Rev.  J.  B.  Clarkson,  and  from 
the  age  of  fifteen  had  thoughts  of  en- 
tering the  ministry.  He  devoted  him- 


self to  various  occupations, 
in  order  to  get  money  for 
an  education,  and  after  at- 
tending the  Manitoba  Col- 
lege and  Stratford  Colleg- 
iate Institute,  for  some 
years,  he  entered  Victoria 
College,  in  connection  with 
Toronto  University,  gradu- 
ating B.A.,  in  May,  1890, 
being  an  honor  graduate  in 
Philosophy.  During  his 
studies,  he  also  supplied 
many  prominent  pulpits 
very  acceptably.  After  prea- 
ching two  years,  he  joined 
the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
London,  Ont.,  July,  1892, 
and  shortly  afterwards  came 
West  as  a  missionary,  and 
was  appointed  to  Morris, 
Man.  He  was  ordained, 
September  i2th,  1893,  in 
Manitoba  College,  at  Win- 
nipeg. Mr.  Fowler,  found 
the  Morris  charge  with  a 
very  small  church  building, 
and  $6co.oo,  in  debt,  and  in 
the  short  time  he  has  been 
pastor,  has  cleared  the  debt, 
,  built  a  beautiful  new  church, 
worth  $3.000,  bought  a 
brick  manse  worth  $1,800,  besides 
other  improvements  in  connection  with 
the  charge,  all  of  which  are  paid  for. 
The  membership  of  the  church  has 
also  increased  by  40  or  50  members, 
and,  through  his  zeal  and  persever- 
ance, the  interest  in  Spiritual  things 
has  been  greatly  quickened  throughout 
the  entire  membership.  Mr.  Fowler 
raised  the  larger  part  of  this  money  by 
his  successful  preaching,  lecturing 
and  singing,  in  all  the  principal 
churches  between  Sarnia,  Ont.,  and 
Montreal,  Que.  In  politics,  he  is  an 
Independent,  and  is  a  strong  advocate 
of  the  temperance  cause. 


269 


W  TON.  E.  TILTON  MOSELEY, 
<rM  Q.C.,  Sydney,  C.B.,  was  born 
vS>  June  and,  1846,  at  Halifax, 
N.S.,  was  educated  there  in  the  Free 
Church  Academy,  and  at  Dalhousie 
College.  He  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  the  late  Judge  McCully, 
in  1863,  was  admitted  a  Barrister  and 
Attorney-at-Law,  in  1867,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Sydney,  where  he  has  since 
practiced.  Mr.  Moseley  is  a  Master  in 
Chancery,  and  was  created  a  Q.C.  by 
the  Dominion  Government,  in  1881. 
He  is  a  Conservative  in  politics,  was 
elected  to  the  Nova  Scotia  House  of 
Assembly,  as  one  of  the  representatives 


of  Cape  Breton  County,  in  1874,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1878.  When  the 
Legislature  met  in  1879,  the  Conserv- 
ative Party  having  a  majority,  Mr. 
Moseley  was  elected  as  Speaker,  which 
position  he  held  for  three  years,  until 
defeated  with  Sir  John  Thompson's 
Government,  in  1882.  Mr.  Moseley  was 
Mayor  of  Sydney  for  1890.  He  is 
president  of  the  Liberal-Conservative 
Association  for  his  constituency.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
holds  the  office  of  trustee.  He  married 
Isabella,  daughter  of  the  late  Samuel 
Brookman.  His  family  consists  of  one 
daughter  and  three  sons. 


270 


OR   CANADA. 


ASSAU  ROBINSON  PRES- 
TON, senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Preston  &  Norris,  im- 
porters and  merchants,  Winnipeg, 
Man.,  was  born  in  1856,  in  St.  Mary's, 
Ont.  His  parents  are  Rev.  and  Mrs. 
Walton  Preston,  of  Port  Lambton,  Ont. 
His  father  is  a  superannuated  Methodist 
minister,  who  for  forty-six  years,  ex- 
perienced all  the  hardships  of  the 
travelling  Methodist  preacher.  Mr. 
Preston  was  educated  at  the  Caledonia 
High  School,  and  at  fourteen  com- 
menced the  dry  goods  business  with 
Mr.  James  Walters,  of  Caledonia,  with 
whom  he  remained  two  years,  after- 


wards spending  about  ten  years  in  the 
trade  in  Watford,  Elora,  Norwood  and 
Port  Perry,  and  then,  in  1882,  went  to 
Winnipeg,  where  he  clerked  with  Alex- 
ander &  Bryce.  Mr.  Preston,  from  1883 
to  1886,  was  manager  for  Mr.  Alexander, 
then  engaged  in  business  for  himself, 
which  has  grown  to  such  proportions, 
that  he  takes  an  annual  purchasing 
trip  to  Europe.  In  religion,  Mr.  Pres- 
ton is  a  Methodist.  He  also  belongs 
to  the'I.O.F.  In  politics,  he  is  Inde- 
pendent. In  1888,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Myrtle  Hunter,  daughter  of  Wm. 
Hunter,  now  of  Lincoln,  111.  His  fam- 
ily consists  of  one  daughter. 


271 


APT.  JAMES  WISH  ART,  St. 
Martin's,  St.  John  County,  N.B., 
was  born  in  the  City  of  St. 
John,  July  nth,  1847.  He  is  the  son 
of  Benjamin  Wishart,  ship  owner,  and 
Charlotte  Moran.  His  father  came 
from  Montrose,  Scotland,  and  his 
mother  was  a  native  of  New  Brunswick. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  St. 
John  and  St.  Martin's,  and  completed 
it  in  Liverpool,  England,  the  last  two 
years  of  it  on  Her  Majesty's  School 
Frigate  "  Conway."  He  then  went  to 
sea,  in  the  "Prince  Rupert,"  in  1862, 
and  had  command  of  the  ship  "  Henri- 
etta," in  1872  ;  he  also  had  command  of 


the  following  vessels :  "  Prince  Pat- 
rick," '•'  Prince  Rudulph,"  "  Black 
Prince,"  "  Prince  Louis,"  "  Rowland 
Hill,"  "Roycroft,"  "  Macedon,"  the 
latter  being  his  last  command  before  re- 
tiring from  the  service.  He  was  trading 
chiefly  to  the  East  India,  Australia  and 
South  America  Ports.  He  was  mar- 
ried, in  1875,  to  Sophia,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  J.  A.  Smith,  late  of  St.  Martin's. 
His  family  consists  of  three  children, 
living.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  Conservative. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order.  Since  retiring  from  the  sea,  in 
1887,  he  has  been  living  in  St.  Martin's. 


272 


MRN 


71 LB.  LIVINGSTON  SHANKS, 
:£\  M.D.,  C.M.,  Physican  and 
VS>  Surgeon,  Miami,  Man.,  was 
born  June  i2th,  1865,  in  Huntingdon, 
Que.  His  parents  Daniel  and  Hen- 
rietta (Bradford)  Shanks,  were  of 
Scotch  and  English  descent,  respect- 
ively. Dr.  Shanks  was  educated  in  the 
Huntingdon  Academy  and  McGill  Uni- 
versity, Montreal,  graduating  M.D., 
from  the  latter  institution,  in  1889. 
He  then  practiced  in  Montreal  for  three 
years,  lectured  in  Bishop's  College 
about  two  years,  and  was  also  attending 
physician  to  the  Hervey  Institute,  and 
House  of  Refuge  at  Long  Point.  In 


December,  1892,  he  went  West,  and 
took  the  practice  of  Dr.  McConnell,  at 
Morden,  Man.,  for  some  months,  and  in 
June,  1893,  he  settled  in  Miami.  He 
is  physician  to  a  number  of  societies 
and  insurance  companies,  and  is  health 
officer  for  the  municipality  of  Lome. 
Dr.  Shanks  has,  by  his  kindly  and 
courteous  manner,  won  the  esteem  and 
affection  of  the  people  of  Miami,  and 
is  laying  the  foundation  for  a  large 
practice.  Scholarly,  steady  and  at- 
tentive to  his  profession,  with  all  the 
energy  and  push  of  a  young  man,  he 
is  bound  to  make  his  mark  in  his 
adopted  country. 


OF* 


273 


>2)ARL  OTTO  PAUL  HENNE- 
(  BERG,  Musical  Director,  Winni- 
^— ~^^>  peg,  Man.,  was  born  in 
Bobersberg,  Germany,  in  1863.  His 
parents  were  Wilhelni  and  Wilhelmiene 
(Burdack)  Henneberg,  his  father  being 
a  leading  musical  director  of  Bobers- 
berg. Mr.  Henneberg  received  his 
primary  education  at  home,  after  which 
he  served  three  years  in  the  Royal  Army, 
and  then  finished  his  education  at  the 
Royal  High  School,  Berlin.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-three,  he  went  to  Stockholm, 
as  solo  flute  player,  in  the  Orchestra  of 
the  Swedish  Royal  Opera,  for  one  sea- 
son, after  which  he  was  elected  as  musical 
director  of  Gothenberg,  Swe- 
den, where  he  remained  two 
years.  In  1889,  ne  came  to 
America,  and  was  invited  to 
become  a  member  of  the  cele- 
brated Mendelssohn  Quin- 
tette Club  of  Boston,  which 
for  three  years  travelled 
through  the  chief  cities  of 
the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada, delighting  the  music 
loving  public.  After  seve- 
ral visits  of  the  club  to 
Winnipeg,  Mr.  Henneberg 
was  urged  by  many  of  the 
leading  musical  men  of  that 
city  to  locate  there  perman- 
ently, which  he  did  in  1892. 
Since  then  he  has  conducted 
the  Apollo  Club  with  great 
success.  His  services  as  a 
flute  or  violin  soloist  are  in 
constant  demand,  while  as 
teacher  of  the  piano  and  all 
stringed  instruments,  his 
patronage  among  the  best 
people  is  very  gratifying. 
Mr.  Henneberg  is  perfectly 
at  home  in  music.  He 
seems  to  have  inherited  an 
aptness  and  love  for  it, 
which  elevates  his  teaching 


above  the  sometimes  arid  and  dry, 
and  his  pupils  frequently  gather  from 
him  the  same  inspiration.  Mr.  Hen- 
neberg is  doing  much  to  improve  the 
quality  of  the  music  of  the  Prairie  City, 
and  to  cultivate  a  correct  taste  for  the 
divine  art.  As  in  other  matters,  the 
citizens  of  Winnipeg,are  not  slow  to  ap- 
preciate so  eminent  a  man  in  their  midst, 
and  his  efforts  have  met  with  much  suc- 
cess. In  religion,  he  belongs  to  the 
German  Holy  Trinity  Church.  In 
1886,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta 
Holm,  daughter  of  the  late  Captain 
Holm,  of  Gefle,  Sweden.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  two  daughters. 


274 


OK 


McCOLL,  Inspector 
of  Indian  Agencies  and  Reserves 
in  the  Manitoba  Snperin- 
tendency,  was  born  August  I3th,  1835, 
in  Elgin  County,  Out.  His  father 
Samuel  McColl,  was  a  lieutenant  in 
the  British  Militia,  and  his  mother 
Mary  Leitch,  was  born  in  North  Knap- 
dale,  Scotland.  His  paternal  ancestors 
sprang  from  three  branches  of  the 
McColl  Clan,  viz :  of  the  houses  of 
Auchadhnandarroch  (Oakfield),  Glen 
Uachdrach  (Upper  Valley)  and  Glen- 
Creren.  His  father's  paternal  an- 
cestors were  chieftains  of  the  Clan, 
and  owned  the  beautiful  estate  of 


Auchadhnandarroch,  including  Ben- 
bheir,  or  the  Mountain  of  the  Flying 
Serpent.  His  father's  maternal  grand- 
father, Samuel  McColl  of  the  House  of 
Glen-Crereu,  was  ensign  by  hereditary 
right  at  the  fatal  and  disastrous  battle 
of  Colloden,  in  1745,  to  Mac-ian-Stuart, 
the  proprietor  of  the  Appian  estate  and 
chieftain  of  the  Clan.  Mr.  McColl  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  Fort  Edward  Institute,  New 
York,  and  the  Michigan  University,  at 
Ann  Arbor.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Old  School  or  Primitive  Baptists,  and 
in  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal.  In  1877, 
he  was  appointed  Inspector  of  Indian 
Agencies,  and  shortly  after- 
wards, a  commissioner  to 
audit  and  apportion  ac- 
counts, in  dispute  between 
the  Federal  and  Provincial 
Governments.  In  1878,  he 
was  made  a  commissioner 
to  investigate  alleged  ir- 
regularities in  the  adminis- 
tration of  Indian  Affairs  in 
the  Manitoba  Superintend- 
ency.  In  1879,  he  was  ap- 
pointed purveyor  of  all  In- 
dian supplies  for  the  Mani- 
toba and  North- West  Sup- 
erintendencies.  In  1883, 
he  received  the  position  of 
superintendent  of  the  Mani- 
toba Superintendency,  and 
in  1885,  became  a  commis- 
sioner to  investigate  alleged 
claims  by  others  than  In- 
dians, to  certain  lands  with- 
in the  reserve  of  St.  Peters. 
During  his  sixteen  years  in 
the  Civil  Service,  he  has 
travelled  chiefly  by  canoe. 
In  1879,  he  married  Miss 
Ella,  daughter  of  Elder  Win. 
L.  Beebe,  of  Middletown, 
N.  Y.  He  has  two  sons  and 
five  daughters. 


MKN 


275 


iOLIN  CHISHOLM,  Barrister, 
Sydney,  N.S.,  was  born  in  1850, 
at  Long  Point,  Inverness 
County,  C.B.  He  is  the  son  of  Rod- 
erick and  Isabella  (McKenzie)  Chis- 
holm,  natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  but  of 
Scotch  descent.  Mr.  Chisholm  received 
his  education  at  Belle  Air  College,  and 
by  private  tuition,  under  the  late  Mr. 
McCulloch,  Halifax.  He  prosecuted 
his  law  studies  with  Sir  John  Thomp- 
son, and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
1879,  since  which  time  he  has  practiced 
his  profession  in  Sydney,  and  has 
become  well-known  for  his  skill  in 
legal  matters.  He  has  been  Municipal 


Councillor,  also  clerk  of  the  Municipal- 
ity of  Cape  Breton  County,  from  1883 
to  1886.  He  resigned  to  accept  nom- 
ination of  the  Liberal-Conservative 
party  for  the  House  of  Assembly  of 
Nova  Scotia,  and  was  elected  in  1886, 
and  sat  during  the  term  1886-1890. 
He  is  at  present  secretary  of  the  Lib- 
eral-Conservative Association  of  Cape 
Breton  County.  In  religion,  Mr.  Chis- 
holm is  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  a  mem- 
ber and  president  of  the  Sydney  Branch 
of  the  C.M.B.A.  He  was  married,  in 
February,  1885,  to  Eveline,  daughter 
of  the  late  Alexander  Mclnnis,  of  Syd- 
dey,  C.B.  He  has  four  children. 


276 


JAMES  REDMOND,  Managing- 
Director  of  the  Ames,  Holden 
Co.,  Ltd.,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  March  6th,  1853,  at  Vienna, 
Norfolk  County,  Out.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  St.  Thomas,  and  taught  school 
for  one  year.  When  eighteen  years  of 
age,  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  uncle, 
D.  Regan,  Esq.,  of  London,  Ont,  as 
book-keeper.  In  1875,  he  went  on  the 
road  for  Win.  McLaren  &  Co.,  of 
Montreal,  until  1879,  when  he  removed 
to  Manitoba,  as  the  representative  of 
Ames,  Holden  &  Co.,  of  Montreal,  with 
whom  he  has  since  remained.  The 
volume  of  the  western  business  grew 


so  rapidly,  that  in  October  1883,  a  joint 
stock  company  was  formed,  with  Mr. 
Redmond  as  managing-director,  to 
operate  from  Port  Arthur  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  in  1886,  a  branch  house  was 
established  in  Victoria,  British  Colum- 
bia. For  many  years,  he  has  been  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Winnipeg 
Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  was  hon- 
ored with  the  presidency,  in  1889.  He 
is  a  typical  Western  business  man, 
possessed  of  tact,  push  and  principle, 
and  in  consequence  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic,  and  in  politics,  a  Liberal.  He 
is  unmarried. 


277 


*KT*\EV.  JAMES  HOSKIN,  Pastor 
r^  Methodist  Church,  Carman, 
"  v^)  Man.,  was  born  September 
i4th,  1846,  in  Hastings  County,  Out. 
His  parents  were  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Tuinmon)  Hoskin,  natives  of  England. 
Mr.  Hoskin  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  by  private  study,  and 
spent  his  early  life  on  his  father's  farm. 
When  aged  twenty-five,  he  was  convert- 
ed, and  united  with  the  Bible  Christian 
Body.  He  assisted  in  Sabbath-School 
work  for  some  time,  became  a  local 
preacher,  and  two  years  later  went  to 
Peterboro,  and  preached  under  the 
chairman  of  the  district.  In  June, 


1877,  he  entered  the  ministry  on  pro- 
bation, was  ordained  at  Port  Hope 
Bible  Christian  Conference,  in  1882, 
and  sent  as  missionary  to  Souris  City, 
Man.  On  the  union  of  the  Methodist 
churches  in  1884,  he  went  to  Otona. 
(now  Balder),  Man.,  where  he  minis- 
tered successfully  for  three  years.  He 
was  afterwards  three  years  at  Thornhill, 
Man.,  and  three  years  on  the  Roland 
circuit,  and  was  appointed  to  his 
present  charge  in  June,  1893.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  I.O.G.T.,  and  in  politics, 
a  Conservative.  He  was  married,  July 
3rd,  1888,  to  Miss  Mary  M.,  daughter 
of  Thos.  Pearce,  Thornhill,  Manitoba. 


MEN 


.  D.  MAcGILLVARY,  M.D., 
Sydney,  N.S.,  was  born  Janu- 
ary  22nd,  1842,  at  Spring- 
ville,  Pictou  County,  N.S.  His  parents 
were  Rev.  Angus  and  Anna  (Matheson) 
MacGillvary,  the  former  was  a  pioneer 
Presbyterian  clergyman  of  Pictou  Coun- 
ty, but  now  deceased.  Dr.  MacGill- 
vary received  his  education  at  Truro~ 
N.S.,  Presbyterian  College,  and  Har- 
vard University.  He  received  his  med- 
ical education  and  graduated  at  Belle- 
vue  Medical  College,  New- York  city. 
He  has  been  in  Sydney  since  1864, 
enjoying  a  large  medical  connection. 
Dr.  MacGillvary  belongs  to  the  Knight 


Templars,  and  other  Masonic  Orders, 
and  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Ma- 
rine Hospital,  for  nearly  tweuty  years. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and  in  reli- 
gion, a  Presbyterian,  and  an  elder  in  the 
church  to  which  he  belongs  in  Sydney. 
He  was  married,  in  1866,  to  Miss  Mc- 
Kenzie,  of  Sherbrooke,  N.S.,  daughter 
of  the  late  Abner  McKenzie.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons  and  three 
daughters.  His  eldest  son,  Dr.  S.  H. 
MacGillvary  is  assistant  physician  of 
the  Long  Island  Home,  Amityville, 
Long  Island,  U.S.,  and  his  second  son, 
Gordon,  is  studying  pharmacy  in  New 
York  city. 


279 


EDGAR  SKILLEN, 
J.P.,  Notary  Public,  Commis- 
sioner of  the  Parish  Court,  and  Insurance 
Agent,  St.  Martins,  St.  John  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  in  the  city  of  St.  John, 
December  i5th,  1850.  He  is  the  son 
of  Andrew  Skillen  and  Mary  Ann 
Vaughan.  His  father  canie  from  Ire- 
land, while  his  mother  is  a  native  of 
New  Brunswick,  and  a  daughter  of 
Simon  Vaughan,  Esq.,  ship  builder  of 
St.  Martins.  Mr.  Skillen  received  his 
earl}'  education  at  the  public  schools  of 
St.  Martins,  and  then  went  to  Ireland 
and  continued  it  at  the  schools  of  Killy- 
leagh,  the  school  being  under  the  pa- 


tronage   of    Lord    Dufferin.     On     his 
return  to   New  Brunswick,  he  took  a 
course  at  the  Commercial  College,  St. 
John.     In    1866,    he    entered    the    dry 
goods  business  at  St.  Stephen,  where  he 
remained  until  1870.     While  there,  he 
was  sergeant  of  No.  8  Battery  N.B.G.  A. 
After  leaving  St.  Stephen,  he  returned 
to  St.  Martins,  and  entered  in  business 
with   his   father,   running  the  steamer 
"  Earl  Dufferin,"  between  St.  Martins 
and  St.  John.     After  the  railway  was 
built,  they  had  the  steamer  engaged  by 
the  Nova  Scotia  Government,  on  Minas 
Basin,     running     between     Wolfville, 
Windsor,  and   Parrsboro,  after  which, 
they  sold  the  boat  and  Mr. 
Skillen  returned  to  St.  Mar- 
tin's, and  commenced  busi- 
ness  by   himself.     He   was 
married  in  October,  1876,  to 
Beatrice,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Silas  Vaughan.     He  is 
a  member  of  the  Free  Ma- 
sons,    being     Past     Grand 
Junior    Warden,    and    Past 
District  Deputy  Grand  Mas- 
ter in  the  same.     He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order   of   Foresters,    being 
Court   Deputy  High   Chief 
Ranger,  and  has  held  offices 
in   the  High  and  Supreme 
Courts.     In   religion,  he  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Presby- 
terian  Church,  and   in   po- 
litics   is   a  Liberal.     He  is 
also  chairman  of  the  Board 
of  Assessors,  School  Trus- 
tee, president  of  the  Agricul- 
tural Society,  and  was  one 
of  the  promoters  of  the  direct 
line  of  railway  between  St. 
Martins  and   St.  John,  and 
is     now    secretary    of    the 
company.     Mr.  Skillen  en- 
joys the  respect  of  all  who 
know  him. 


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\\7lLLIAM  IRELAND,  publisher 
r  \  and  proprietor  of  The  North 
Star,  Parry  Sound,  Out.,  was  born 
September  i4th,  1852,  in  the  town  of 
Chard,  Somersetshire,  England.  His 
father  was  William,  and  his  mother, 
Mary  Ann  (Clift)  Ireland,  who,  with 
their  family,  came  to  Canada,  in  1854. 
Mr.  Ireland  was  educated  in  the  public 
school  of  Aurora,  Ont.,  taking  a  special 
course,  with  a  view  to  the  requirements 
of  "  The  Art  preservative  of  all  Arts," 
was  apprenticed  to  the  printing  busi- 
ness, at  the  Aurora  Banner  office,  in 
1867,  and  subsequently  completed  his 
apprenticeship  in  the  offices  of  The 
Newmarket  Era  and  7/2^- 

Sarnia      Observer.       From         . 

Sarnia,  he  returned  to  Au- 
rora, taking  the  position  of 
foreman  in  the  Banner  office, 
which  position  he  held  for 
about  eight  years.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1880,  he  purchased 
7/fe  North  Star,  from  the 
estate  of  the  late  B.  N. 
Fisher.  Leaving  Aurora, 
he  began  business  on  his 
own  account,  when  Parry 
Sound  was  scarcely  more 
than  an  organized  township. 
The  town  is  now  a  thriving 
community,  of  about  2,000 
population,  with  the  assu- 
rance of  a  completed  railway 
within  one  year.  Great 
progress  has  been  made  in 
the  development  and  gene- 
ral prosperity  of  the  town, 
all  of  which  The  North 
Star  has  been  largely  in- 
strumental in  promoting. 
Mr.  Ireland  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  being  church  clerk 
and  Sabbath  School  super- 
intendent. He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  I.O.G.T. 


and  I.O.F.  He  was  municipal  clerk 
of  the  Township  of  McDougall,  for  a 
number  of  years,  has  been  license  in- 
spector for  the  district  of  Parry  Sound, 
since  1884,  alld  is  district  secretary  of 
the  S.  S.  Association,  for  the  district  of 
Parry  Sound.  In  politics,  Mr.  Ireland 
is  a  Reformer,  and  for  several  }rears 
was  secretary  of  the  Reform  Association 
of  the  district  of  Muskoka  and  Parry 
Sound,  therefore  The  North  Star  is  an 
exponent  of  the  ethics  of  Liberalism. 
Mr.  Ireland  was  married,  in  June, 
1874,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Jane  Brodie,  of 
Aurora,  Ont.  His  family  consists  of 
one  daughter,  living. 


CA.NA.DA, 


281 


JOSEPH  ALEXANDER  GIL- 
LIES, Barrister,  M.P.,  Syd- 
ney, N.S.,  was  born  September 
1 7th,  1849,  at  Irish  Cove,  N.S.,  He  is 
the  third  son  of  John  Gillies  and  Mary 
McLean.  Mr.  Gillies  was  educated  at 
St.  Francois  Xavier's  College,  Antigon- 
ish,  graduating  in  April,  1871.  He 
was  Registrar  of  Probate,  for  the 
County  of  Cape  Breton,  from  August, 
1872,  until  he  resigned  to  contest  Cape 
Breton  County,  for  the  Dominion  Par- 
liament, in  1887.  Was  clerk  of  the 
Peace  for  same  county,  from  December, 
1875,  until  January,  1880,  when  the 
county  was  incorporated,  and  then  he 


was  appointed  Municipal  clerk,  which 
he  held  until  January,  1883,  when  he 
became  solicitor  of  the  municipality,  a 
position  which  he  has  since  held.  He 
contested  unsuccessfully  Cape  Breton 
County,  for  the  House  of  Commons,  in 
1887,  and  Richmond  County,  at  the 
General  Election  in  1891,  and  was  re- 
turned, but  was  unseated  upon  peti- 
tion and  at  the  by-election  held  in 
January,  1892,  was  re-elected.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Gillies  is  a  Roman  Ca- 
tholic. He  was  married,  July  i6th,  1883, 
to  Josephine  Eulalie,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Seraphin  Bertrand,  of  Prescott, 
Ont.  He  has  one  son,  living. 


282 


MBN 


CANADA. 


LATE  REV.  ALEXANDER 
FARQUHARSON,  Sydney,  C.B., 
N.S.,  was  born  in  1838,  at  Middle  River, 
Cape  Breton,  N.S.,  and  died  October  2  ist, 
1892,  at  Sydney,  C.B.,  N.S.  His  father 
was  the  Rev.  Alex.  Farquharson,  one 
of  the  pioneer  ministers  of  Cape  Breton, 
and  his  mother  was  Annie  McKenzie, 
of  Middle  River,  C.B.  He  received  his 
education  at  Dalhousie  College,  Hali- 
fax, and  the  Theological  Hall,  Halifax. 
He  was  ordained  to  the  sacred  ministry, 
in  December  1864.  His  first  appoint- 
ment was  at  Leitche's  Creek,  C.B.,  and 
afterwards  at  Glace  Bay  and  then  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  Sydney,  of  which 


latter  church  he  was  pastor  seventeen 
years,  or  until  his  death,  in  October, 
1892.  In  politics,  Mr.  Farquharson 
was  a  Conservative,  and  in  religion,  a 
Presbyterian.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order.  His  memory  is 
tenderly  cherished  by  all  who  knew 
him,  as  a  true  friend,  a  devoted  hus- 
band and  father,  and  a  faithful  mi- 
nister of  the  Gospel.  He  was  mar- 
ried, in  1875,  to  Miss  Barbara  McLeod, 
eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Hugh  Mc- 
Leod, D.D.,  of  Sydney,  Cape  Breton, 
who  survives  him.  His  family  con- 
sists of  three  children,  one  daughter 
and  two  sons. 


CA.NADA. 


283 


iEV.  HUGH  McLEOD,  A.M., 
D.  D.,  Sydney,  C.  B.,  was 
born,  April  23rd,  1803,  at 
Rhitongue,  Sntherlandshire,  Scotland. 
His  parents  were  George  and  Barbara 
McLeod.  Dr.  McLeod  was  educated 
at  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  and  The 
Hall,  Edinburgh.  The  degree  of  M.A. 
was  conferred  on  him  in  1826,  by  King's 
College  and  University  Aberdeen.  He 
was  licensed  in  1831,  and  ordained  two 
years  later,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Tongue. 
He  visited  Canada  and  the  United  States, 
1845,  as  deputy  of  the  Free  Church, 
and  again  in  1848.  His  pastoral  char- 
ges have  been  Melness,  parish  of  Ton- 


gue, Edinburgh,  and  Logie  Easter, 
Ross-shire.  He  came  to  Canada  in  1850, 
and  was  inducted  at  Mira,  C.B.,  where 
he  remained  until  he  retired.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  D.D.  in  1854,  from 
the  University  of  Indiana,  U.S.  Dr. 
McLeod  was  elected  Moderator  of  Pres- 
bytery, twenty  times,  Moderator  of 
Synod,  four  times,  and  Moderator  of 
General  Assembly,  once.  He  was  mar- 
ried, April  6th,  1841,  to  Catherine  Ross, 
only  daughter  of  Rev.  Hugh  Ross,  of 
Fearn,  Ross-shire.  Dr.  McLeod  has 
had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  six  of 
whom  are  now  living,  and  are  occupying 
various  positions  of  trust  in  the  country. 


284 


ARNER  GAHAN,  M.A.,  M.D., 
C.M.,  Hartney,  Manitoba,  was 
born  April  loth,  1860,  in  Cheshire, 
England.  His  parents  were  M.  and 
Ellen  (Revell)  Gahau,  both  Irish.  His 
father  was  head  master  of  E.  Smith's 
schools,  at  Roscrea,  Tipperary,  Ireland, 
where  the  Doctor  received  his  classical 
education.  He  then  attended  the  Nor- 
mal Schools  of  Science,  of  South  Ken- 
sington, London,  Eng.,  for  two  years, 
then  Queen's  College,  Galway,  Ireland, 
as  a  science  scholar  for  four  years, 
where  he  obtained  distinguished  honors. 
He  then  spent  two  years  more  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  Queen's  College, 


and  took  honors,  after  which  he  stud- 
ied at  the  Carinichael  College  of  Medi- 
cine, Dublin,  for  two  years,  and  gradu- 
ated with  honors  from  the  Royal  Uni- 
versity of  Ireland,  (with  which  Queen's 
is  connected),  in  1882.  He  came  to 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  in  1885,  studied  in 
the  Medical  School.  Winnipeg,  from 
1890  to  1892,  and  graduated  in  the 
Spring  of  the  latter  year.  He  then 
took  charge  of  Dr.  Thornton's  practice 
at  Deloraiue,  for  one  year,  when  he 
settled  in  Hartney.  He  is  a  member 
and  examiner  for  the  I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F. 
and  C.O.F.  He  is  an  Episcopalian, 
and  in  politics,  a  Reformer. 


OK   CAN  A  ID  A. 


285 


4  TON.  JAMES  FOGO, 
<3jH  Pictou,  N.S.,  Judge 
vS)  of  Probate,  for  the 
County  of  Pictou,  was  born 
in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  June 
3oth,i8n.  His  parents  were 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Me 
Clure)  Fogo,  natives  of 
Scotland.  Judge  Fogo  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the 
Pictou  Academy.  He  after- 
wards studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Jotham  Blanchard, 
and  was  admitted  Attorney 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  in 
1837,  and  Barrister  in  1838. 
He  received  the  judicial 
appointment  which  he  now 
holds,  December  3oth,  1850, 
and  has  ever  since,  with  the 
exception  of  a  short  inter- 
regnum, which  took  place 
on  a  change  of  government 
in  1864,  discharged  the 
duties  with  marked  ability 
and  satisfaction.  He  is  well 
up  in  his  profession,  and 
his  judgments  have  almost 
invariably  been  sustained 
by  the  Supreme  Court,  in 
cases  of  appeal.  In  1851, 
he  was  offered  the  solicitor- 
generalship  of  an  adjoining  colony, 
but  declined.  Before  accepting  the 
judgeship,  he  was  an  active  politician, 
in  the  interests  of  the  Liberal  party, 
and  was  on  several  occasions  urged  to 
accept  nomination  for  Parliamentary 
honors.  He  was  also  at  one  time  con- 
nected with  the  militia,  and  in  1864, 
obtained  the  commission  of  major, 
having  previously  held  the  commission 
of  first  and  second  lieutenant  in  the 
service.  He  was  created  a  Q.C.,  in 
1878,  by  the  Local  Government,  his 
commission  giving  him  precedence  as 
such  in  all  courts  of  the  province,  over 
all  other  Q.C's.,  appointed  after  Octo- 


ber 23rd,  1833.  In  1879,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  Master  in  Chancery,  now 
called  a  Master  of  the  Supreme  Court. 
In  1880,  he  received  the  appointment 
of  Q.C.,  from  the  Dominion  Govern- 
ment, and  since  the  date  of  his  com- 
mission, has  been  appointed  by  the 
presiding  judge,  when  that  power 
vested  in  him,  to  conduct  the  criminal 
business  of  the  Court  at  Pictou.  Judge 
Fogo  has  been  married  twice :  first,  in 
December,  1846,  to  Jane,  daughter  of 
the  late  Rev.  John  McKinlay,  M.A.,  of 
Pictou,  N.S.,  and  second,  to  Elizabeth 
Ives,  daughter  of  the  late  James  Ives,  of 
Halifax.  He  is  a  Presbyterian. 


286 


CANADA. 


V.  SAMUEL  MACMORINE, 
M.A.,  Rural  Dean  of  Mar- 
quette,  and  Rector  of  St. 
Mary's  Episcopal  Church,  Portage  La 
Prairie,  Manitoba,  was  born  September 
6th,  1847,  at  Almonte,  Ont.  His  par- 
ents, Rev.  John  Macmorine,  D.D.,  and 
Sophia  Dunbar  Brodie  Airth,  were 
both  natives  of  Scotland.  His  father 
was,  for  over  twenty  years,  pastor  of 
St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian  Church,  at 
Almonte,  and  died  in  1867.  His 
mother  died  in  1870.  Mr.  Macmorine 
was  educated  chiefly  by  private  tutors, 
amongst  whom  were :  Rev.  Robert 
Campbell,  D.D.,  Rev.  James  Car- 


michael  and  Prof.  Donald 
Ross.  He  entered  Queen's 
University,  in  1861,  and 
graduated  B.A.,  May  7th, 
1865,  and  received  his  M.A., 
in  1872,  from  the  same 
University.  He  took  charge 
as  licentiate  of  St.  John's 
Presbyterian  Church,  Pitts- 
burg,  Ont.,  where  he  re- 
mained for  about  three 
years ;  he  was  then  two 
years  pastor  of  St.  Andrew's 
Presbyterian  Church,  Hunt- 
ingdon, P. Q.  Having  been 
in  sympathy  with  the  Ang- 
lican Church  for  some  time, 
he  now  prepared  to  enter 
that  body.  He  was  ordained 
deacon,  October  28th,  1874, 
at  Christ  Church,  Ottawa, 
by  the  Bishop  of  Ontario, 
and  priest  in  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Trenton,  Out.,  No- 
vember 7th,  1875.  He  was 
curate  for  the  Bishop  of 
Ontario,  at  the  Church  of 
St.  John  the  Evangelist, 
Ottawa,  for  six  months, 
then  incumbent  of  Christ 
Church,  Huntley,  Ontario, 
three  years,  then  Christ 
Church,  Bell's  Corners,  Ont.,  three 
and  one  half  years,  then  Holy  Trinity, 
Ottawa,  one  year,  and  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Pakenham,  Ont.,  and  removed 
to  Portage  La  Prairie,  Man.,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1887,  where  the  church  has  had  a 
large  measure  of  prosperity  under  his 
charge.  Mr.  Macmorine,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I. O.K.,  and  in  politics, 
is  a  Conservative.  He  was  married, 
January  loth,  1872,  to  Miss  Adelaide 
Louisa,  daughter  of  Win.  B.  Meyer,  of 
Quebec  city,  by  whom  he  has  five 
daughters.  His  brother,  Rev.  John 
K.  Macmorine,  is  rector  of  St.  James 
Church,  Kingston,  Ont. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


287 


TX/ALTER  HENRY  HALL, 
V  \  editor  and  proprietor  of  the 
Advance,  Virden,  Man.,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 29th,  1858,  at  Bristol,  Eng.  His 
parents  were  Thomas  Henry  Wait  and 
Elizabeth  (Burrough)  Hall.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  Bristol  Grammar  School, 
and  came  to  Canada  in  the  Summer  of 
1882,  and  settled  at  Portage  La  Prairie, 
Manitoba.  In  the  winter  of  1883,  he 
entered  upon  journalistic  work,  on  the 
Portage  La  Prairie  Review,  and  subse- 
quently served  on  the  Liberal,  of  that 
place.  In  June,  1885,  he  established 
the  Advance  for  Mr.  C.  J.  Atkinson,  of 
the  Liberal,  and  in  April,  1889,  bought 


out  the  entire  plant,  which  he  has  en- 
larged and  improved  several  times,  un- 
til the  paper  has  become  one  of  the 
leading  journals  of  the  district.  The 
Advance  takes  an  independent  stand  on 
all  public  questions,  political  or  other- 
wise, while  Mr.  Hall,  personally,  is  an 
Independent-Conservative.  The  circula- 
tion of  the  paper  has  wonderfully  in- 
creased. In  religion,  he  is  Baptist,  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Orange  Order,  Black 
Knights  of  Ireland,  and  the  R.T.  of  T. 
Mr.  Hall  was  married,  May  25th,  1887, 
to  Miss  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bulloch,  of  Reston,  Man.,  by  whom  he 
has  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 


288 


\\7lLLIAM  HENRY  ROURKE, 
V  \  St.  Martin's,  N.B.,  retired  mill 
owner  and  lumberman,  was  born  at 
St.  George.  N.B.,  February  8th,  1836. 
He  is  the  son  of  William  Henry 
Rourke,  late  of  Fredericton,  N.B.,  and 
Phoebe  Cronk,  of  Granville,  N.S.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  schools 
of  the  Parish  of  Lancaster,  St.  John 
County.  After  leaving  school,  he  was 
engaged  with  his  father  in  the  lumber- 
ing business,  at  Musquash  River.  In 
1854,  he  was  employed  on  the  survey 
of  the  first  railway  that  was  built  in 
his  county,  and  on  his  return,  his 
father  having  gone  into  farming,  he 


remained  on  the  farm  until  1857,  when 
he  went  into  partnership  with  his  bro- 
ther James,  in  Albert  County,  remaining 
until  1863,  when  they  removed  to  St. 
Martin's,  and  did  business  in  lumber- 
ing and  ship  building.  He  dissolved 
partnership  with  his  brother  in  1887. 
He  was  married,  October  aoth,  1870,  to 
Rachel  E.,  youngest  daughter  of  the 
late  Simon  Vaughan,  Esq.,  of  St. 
Martin's.  His  family  consists  of  two 
sons  and  one  daughter.  His  eldest 
son  is  an  electrical  engineer,  living  at 
Hampton,  N.B.  In  religion,  Mr.  Rourke 
is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in  politics, 
a  Conservative. 


289 


r.  NOAH  HEWITT,  M.A., 
B.D.,  Incumbent  of  St.  John's 
Episcopal  Church,  Manitou, 
Manitoba,  and  Rural  Dean  of  Dufferin, 
was  born  April  2nd,  1856,  at  Kingston, 
Ont.  His  parents  were  John  Howard 
and  Sarah  Ann  (Harper)  Hewitt,  of 
English  and  Irish  descent.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bruce  and  Huron  counties, 
Ontario,  and  the  Goderich  High  School. 
He  then  entered  St.  John's  College, 
Winnipeg,  and  graduated  in  Arts  in 
1890,  and  in  Divinity  in  1891.  He  was 
ordained  deacon  in  St.  John's  Cathedral, 
Winnipeg,  May  25th,  1890,  and  priest 
in  Christ  Church,  Winni- 
peg, March  25th,  1891. 
Prior  to  this  Mr.  Hewitt 
taught  school  two  years  in 
Ontario,  and  nine  years  in 
Manitoba,  seven  years  of 
which  were  in  Winnipeg.  He 
took  all  the  teachers'  exam- 
inations from  third  class  to 
first  class,  making  an  ex- 
ceptionally brilliant  course, 
and  taking  grade  A  in  the 
latter.  Immediately  after 
ordination  as  deacon,  Mr. 
Hewitt  took  charge  of  the 
Manitou  Mission,  which  has 
been  rapidly  growing  under 
his  care  ever  since,  until  it 
was  found  necessary  to 
divide  it  in  1892.  He  was 
also  instrumental  in  build- 
ing the  Winram  Memorial 
Church  (eight  miles  south 
of  Manitou),  at  a  cost  of 
about  $6,500.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Rural  Dean  in 
April,  1893,  and  in  the 
same  year  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.A.,  at  the  con- 
vocation of  Manitoba  Uni- 
versity. He  is  admirably 
adapted,  by  education  and 


refinement,  to  the  sacred  work  to  which 
he  has  devoted  himself,  and  the  marked 
success  which  has  attended  his  ministry, 
is  ample  evidence  of  the  wisdom  of  his 
choice  in  the  selection  of  his  life  work. 
He  is  an  office  holder  in  the  Masonic 
Order  and  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  I.O.O.F.,  for  Manitoba. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Conservative.  He 
was  married,  December  25th,  1883,  to 
Rebekah,  daughter  of  Frederick  A. 
Barnes,  of  Kincardine,  Ont.,  by  whom 
he  has  one  son.  Mrs.  Hewitt  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Kincardine  and  Winni- 
peg High  schools,  and  holds  a  second- 
class  life  certificate. 


•P" 


2QO 


"YVOLLIAM  BATHGATE,  Man- 
V  V  aging  Director  of  the  Manitoba 
Electric  and  Gas  Light  Company,  Win- 
nipeg, was  born  in  1832,  in  Edinburgh, 
Scotland.  His  father  was  Joseph  Bath- 
gate,  for  many  years  a  trusted  official 
in  the  employ  of  the  Duke  of  Buc- 
cleugh,  and  his  mother  was  Grace 
Hyslop  Bathgate.  They  were  descended 
from  two  of  the  oldest  families  of  Scot- 
land, and  emigrated  to  Wisconsin, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  1852,  and  settled  in  Janes- 
ville,  where  the  father  died  in  1856  and 
the  mother  in  1874.  Mr.  Bathgate 
went  into  business  in  Montreal  in  1861, 
where  he  remained  until  1870,  when  he 


removed  to  Guelph  Township,  Welling- 
ton Co.,  Ont,  where  he  bought  a 'fine 
farm  ;  and  the  following  year  was  mar- 
ried to  Margaret  Armstrong,  daughter 
of  the  late  Jas.  Loughrin,  of  Eramosa, 
one  of  the  first  and  most  highly  re- 
spected pioneers  of  that  township,  he 
having  settled  there  early  in  this  cen- 
tury with  his  father,  a  native  of  the 
North  of  Ireland.  His  family  consists 
of  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  viz.: 
James  L-,  Joseph,  Elizabeth  L.,  and 
Maggie  A.  In  1878,  Mr.  Bathgate  re- 
moved to  Winnipeg  and  engaged  in  the 
furniture  business,  which  occupied  his 
attention  until  1883,  when  the  company 
of  which  he  is  at  the  head, 
was  formed,  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed manager.  In  reli- 
gion, he  is  a  Presbyterian, 
a  member  of  Kuox  Church, 
of  which  Board  of  Trustees 
he  was  chairman  for  some 
time.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  of 
the  Winnipeg  St.  Andrew's 
Society.  In  politics,  Mr. 
Bathgate  is  a  staunch  Con- 
servative, an  active  and  in- 
fluential member  of  the 
Winnipeg  Conservative  As- 
sociation, and  is  well  known 
throughout  the  Dominion  as 
a  ready,  clear,  and  incisive 
writer  on  the  trade  ques- 
tion, being  thoroughly  con- 
versant with  all  important 
public  issues,  not  only  civic 
and  provincial,  but  also 
federal  and  foreign.  His 
long  experience  and  his 
keen  grasp  of  all  questions 
relating  to  politics  or  trade 
constitute  him  one  of  the 
best  informed  and  most  use- 
ful men  in  Manitoba  and 
the  North  -  West  Territo- 


ries. 


OF- 


291 


*— ^^ 

[HEO.  ARTHUR  BURROWS, 
-*-  M.  P.  P.,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Burrows  &  Hall, 
lumber  merchants,  was  born  in  Ottawa, 
August  1 5th,  1857.  His  parents  were 
Henry  J.  Burrows  and  Sarah  Sparks, 
both  now  deceased.  Mr.  Burrows  was 
educated  at  the  Ottawa  public  schools, 
Collegiate  Institute  and  Manitoba  Col- 
lege, Winnipeg.  Shortly  after  remov- 
ing to  Manitoba,  he  engaged  in  lum- 
bering, and  for  many  years  did  the 
largest  saw  milling  business  on  Lake 
Winnipeg.  In  1890-91,  he  had  charge 
of  construction  of  public  works  in  the 
northern  and  northwestern  part  of  the 


Province,  and  after  the  last  redistribu- 
tion, when  the  northern  part  of  the 
Province  was  formed  into  the  separate 
electoral  division  of  "  Dauphin  "  was 
elected,  in  1892,  as  its  first  representa- 
tive in  the  Manitoba  Legislature,  as  a 
supporter  of  the  Green  way  Government. 
The  County  of  Dauphin  comprises 
nearly  one  quarter  of  the  whole  area  of 
Manitoba,  and  contains  the  greater 
portion  of  the  fertile  land  in  the  Pro- 
vince left  open  for  hoinesteading,  and 
Mr.  Burrows  represents  it  ably  in  Par- 
liament. He  is  a  believer  in  National 
schools,  an  advocate  of  Tariff  Reform, 
and  a  staunch  "  Manitoba  First  "  man. 


\\7lLLIAM  ROSS  BLACK,  B.A., 
r  *  Barrister,  Solicitor,  etc..  Car- 
man, Manitoba,  was  born  January  nth, 
1855,  in  Kildonan  settlement,  near 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba.  His  parents  were 
Rev.  John  Black,  D.D.  and  Henrietta 
(Ross)  Black.  Mr.  Black  was  edu- 
cated in  Kildonan  parish  school,  St. 
John's  College,  Winnipeg,  the  Mani- 
toba College  Winnipeg,  and  Toronto 
University,  graduating  from  the  latter 
in  1877,  as  silver  medallist  in  classics. 
He  was  then  in  the  law  office  of  Messrs. 
Bain  and  Blanchard,  Winnipeg,  three 
years,  and  was  called  to  the  bar  in 
February,  1881.  He  practiced  in  Port- 


age La  Prairie  until  appointed  Reg- 
istrar of  Norfolk  County,  in  1884, 
which  he  held  until  the  office  was  abol- 
ished. He  settled  in  Carman  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1890,  where  he  has  since  con- 
ducted a  successful  general  law  practice. 
Mr.  Black  was  Conservative  candidate 
for  the  Local  House  for  Portage  La 
Prairie,  Feb.  23rd,  1883,  and  was  de- 
feated by  Hon.  Jos.  Martin,  by  only 
a  few  votes.  In  religion,  Mr.  Black  is 
a  Presbyterian  and  in  politics,  a  Con- 
servative. He  was  married,  Oct.  i2th, 
1 88 1,  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Senator 
John  Sutherland,  of  Kildonan.  He  has 
one  son  and  two  daughters. 


JVTKN    OK 


293 


JOHN  BEAUFORT 
SOMERSET,  busi- 
ness manager  of  the 
Manitoba  Free  Press,  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba,  was  born 
March  and,  1843,  near  Dub- 
lin, Ireland.  He  received 
his  education  in  Ireland, 
and  came  to  Canada  in  1861, 
and  taught  school  in  Ont- 
ario, until  1871,  when  he 
was  appointed  an  inspector 
of  schools,  under  the  law 
passed  that  year.  He  filled 
this  position  for  the  County 
of  Lincoln,  until  1882,  when 
he  accepted  the  position  of 
inspector  for  the  city  of 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  which 
at  that  time  employed  twelve 
teachers.  From  that  time 
until  October  1883,  he  filled 
this  position,  his  ability  as 
an  organizer  being  tested 
by  the  increase  of  teachers 
to  over  50,  the  building  of 
the  necessary  school  rooms, 
and  the  grading  of  pupils 
from  all  parts  of  the  world 
into  proper  classes.  In 

1883,  he  was  appointed  Sup-        !__ 

erintendent  of  Education  for 
the  Protestant  Schools  of  Manitoba, 
which  numbered  at  that  date  less  than 
200,  the  Rev.  W.  C.  Pinkham,  now 
Bishop  of  Saskatchewan,  being  his 
predecessor.  From  this  date  until  De- 
cember 3rd,  1889,  ne  occupied  this  po- 
sition, during  which,  assisted  by  a 
Board  of  Education,  he  organized  over 
400  additional  schools,  introduced  a 
system  of  Normal  school  training,  the 
equal  of  that  in  any  of  the  older  pro- 
vinces, organized  a  thorough  system  of 
inspection,  and  examination  of  teachers, 
and  provided  a  code  of  regulation  which 
remained  practically  the  same  after  the 
abolition  of  the  distinction  of  Protestant 


and  Catholic  schools,  and  the  organiz- 
ation of  the  new  system  of  uniform  pro- 
vincial schools.  From  the  date  of  the 
abolition  of  the  office  then  held  by  him, 
he  ceased  to  be  actively  connected  with 
educational  matters,  and  in  1891  became 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Manitoba  Free 
Press,  the  leading  newspaper  of  the 
North-West,  which  position  he  still 
holds.  In  religion,  Mr.  Somerset  is  a 
Methodist,  a  member  of  the  board  of 
Wesley  College,  of  which  institution  he 
was  one  of  the  original  promoters.  In 
1867,  he  was  married  to  Miss  E.  S. 
Darche,  by  whom  he  has  two  sons  and 
two  daughters. 


294 


MEN   OR 


YJ<DWARD  L.  DREWRY,  ex-M. 
t\  P.  P.,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born 
"^>sS>  in  London,  Eng.,  in  1851.  In 
1857,  his  father  emigrated  to  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  U.  S.,  his  mother,  brother,  sis- 
ter and  himself  following  three  years 
later.  His  parents  still  reside  in  St. 
Paul.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  Mr. 
Drewry  entered  his  father's  employ. 
Early  in  1875,  he  removed  to  Pembina, 
Dak.,  and  in  1877  to  Winnipeg,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  brewing  and  malting 
business,  and  has  by  industry  and 
honorable  dealing,  risen  to  be  one  of 
the  leading  and  most  respected  business 
men  of  the  city.  He  was  elected  a 


member  of  the  City  Council 
in  1883-84,  resigning  before 
the  expiration  of  the  second 
year.  In  1886,  he  was  re- 
turned a  member  of  the 
Local  Legislature  for  North 
Winnipeg,  by  a  majority 
nearly  double  that  of  any 
other  member  of  the  House. 
On  the  dissolution  of  the 
Legislature  in  1888,  Mr. 
Drewry  declined  further 
parliamentary  honors  owing 
to  the  state  of  his  health 
and  pressure  of  business. 
Since  then  he  has  been  ten- 
dered the  nomination  for 
several  positions  of  public 
trust,  notably  that  of  the 
mayoralty  and  representa- 
tive in  the  Commons,  but 
declined  for  the  reasons  al- 
ready given.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Permanent  Mort- 
gage and  Trust  Co.,  also  of 
the  Public  Parks  Commis- 
sion, director  of  the  B.  N.  A. 
Fire  Insurance  Co.,  Winni- 
peg General  Hospital,  and 
other  companies.  He  is  also 
|  an  active  and  prominent 
patron  of  the  Winnipeg  In- 
dustrial Exhibition  Association,  Rifle 
Range  Co.,  Lacrosse  and  Curling  clubs 
and  Operatic  Society,  of  which  he  is 
president.  He  is  one  of  the  solid  men 
of  Winnipeg,  and  takes  a  hearty  inte- 
rest in  the  prosperity  and  progress  of 
Winnipeg  and  the  Province  in  general. 
Mr.  Drewry  is  a  Conservative  taking 
an  active  part  in  politics ;  and  in  reli- 
gion, he  is  an  Episcopalian.  In  1874, 
he  married  Eliza,  eldest  daughter  of  the 
late  Captain  James  Starkey,  of  St.  Paul, 
Speaker  of  the  first  Legislature  of 
Minnesota.  Mr.  Drewry's  family  con- 
sists of  three  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters. 


MEN: 


295 


^ 

KRED.     WILLIAM     DREWRY, 

Oj  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  Aug. 
6th,  1855,  at  Newport,  Eng.  In  1857, 
his  father  left  England  for  America, 
being  followed  by  the  rest  of  the  family 
in  1860,  in  which  year  they  located  in 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  U.  S.  A.,  where  Mr. 
Drewry,  sr.,  has  resided  since,  being 
one  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly 
respected  citizens  of  that  city.  Mr. 
Drewry  was  educated  at  the  public 
schools  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  the 
Business  College  there,  after  which  he 
took  the  management  of  his  father's 
business  until  1876,  when  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Drewry  &  Son, 


brewers  and  bottlers  of  that  city.     In 
1 88 1,  he  removed  to  Winnipeg,  enter- 
ing his  brother's  business  in  the  same 
line,  where  he  has  since  remained,  and 
has  become  very  popular  in  business 
as  well  as  in  social  circles.      He  be- 
longs to  the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  A.  O.  U.D., 
K.  of  P.,  St.  George's  Society,  Winni- 
peg Rowing  Club,  Winnipeg  Camera 
Club,    Winnipeg    Lacrosse    Club,    St. 
George's    Snowshoe    Club,    St.   John's 
Tennis  Club,  and  is  a  member  and  vice- 
president   of  the  Liberal-Conservative 
Association,  a  director  of  the  Winnipeg 
Lacrosse  Club,   a  director  and  one  of 
the  promoters  of  the  Home  Building 
and  Savings  Association  of 
Winnipeg.   He  takes  an  ac- 
tive  part    in    all    political 
questions,    and     has     been 
pressed  to  stand  for  parlia- 
mentary and  civic  honors, 
but  has  so  far  declined.   He 
is   greatly  interested  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  business 
and    social   interests  of  the 
Manitoban    capital.     He  is 
possessed  of  a   very  genial 
temperament,   and  being  a 
ready  and  successful  origin- 
ator of  legitimate  sports  and 
amusements,  has  become  a 
favorite  among  his  fellows. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Drewry  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  and  holds  the  of- 
fice of  auditor  of  St.  John's 
Cathedral,    Winnipeg.     He 
was    married,    in    1881,    to 
Gussie  E.  Kiefer,  daughter 
of  Col.  A.  R.  Kiefer,  of  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  who  is  at  pre- 
sent a  member  of  Congress 
from  that  district,  and  has 
been  for  many  years  one  of 
St.  Paul's  most  prominent 
citizens.    Mrs.  Drewry  died 
in  1885. 


296 


OR 


]VflVEN  AGNEW,   M.D,  Winni- 
^J>  ^     peg,   Manitoba,    was    born    in 
Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in  the  year 
1828.     His  father  was  John  Agnew,  and 
his   mother,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Hume  Tnrnbull,  was  a  descendant  of 
the  historic  Sir  John  Turnbull,  whose 
heroic  intervention  between  his  King 
and  an  infuriated  bull  gave  rise  to  the 
surname    and    his    knighthood.      Mr. 
John  Agnew  came  to  Canada  in  1833, 
and  settled  in  Ontario  County,  where 
for    years    he    followed    farming,    and 
latterly  insurance  business.    Dr.  Agnew 
was  educated  at  Victoria  College,  Co- 
bourg,  and  McGill  University,   Mont- 
real, from  which  former  in- 
stitution   he   graduated    in 
1858.     For  a   time  during 
his  college  course,  Dr.  Ag- 
new was  a  private  pupil  of 
the  late  Prof.  Rolph,  of  To- 
ronto, Ont.     On  graduating 
he  located  in  Prince  Albert, 
Ont.,    where    he    remained 
until    1872,    when    he    re- 
moved to  Toronto  to  prac- 
tice.     He    was    afterwards 
associated  some  years  with 
the    famous    eye    and    ear 
doctors,      Roseburgh      and 
Reeve,  of  Toronto.  He  after- 
wards removed  to  Manitoba, 
and    settled    at   Winnipeg, 
where    he    is    now   giving 
special  attention  to  the  dis- 
eases   of  the   eye,  ear   and 
throat,  in  which  he  is  very 
successful.     He  was  a  cor- 
oner    in     Ontario,    fifteen 
years.     Is  a  Liberal  in  poli- 
tics, and  a  Presbyterian  in 
religion.     He  has  been  an 
elder  in  Knox  Church,  To- 
ronto, and  in  Knox  Church, 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  and  a  de- 
legate to  the  Synod  and  to 
the  General  Assembly.    He 


belongs  to  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
I.O.O.F.,  in  which  orders  he  has  taken 
an  active  official  part.  In  1863,  Dr. 
Agnew  was  married  to  Miss  Jane  Sonier- 
ville,  daughter  of  the  late  Geo.  Ross, 
Esq.,  Railway  Contractor,  of  London, 
Ont.  She  died  in  1875,  leaving  four 
sons  and  three  daughters,  namely :  John 
H.,  barrister,  Virden,  Man.;  Win.  L-, 
cashier  of  the  St.  Paul  Trust  Co.,  U.S.; 
Harry,  a  banker  in  Colorado  ;  Fred  R., 
Winnipeg  ;  Maggie  L.,  teacher,  Winni- 
peg ;  Helena,  now  Mrs.  Lethbridge,  of 
Lethbridge,  Alberta;  and  Mary,  at  home. 
Dr.  Agnew  is  a  distant  relative  of  the 
late  Sir  Andrew  Agnew,  of  Scotland. 


297 


r.  WM.  CAVEN,  Pastor  of  St. 
Andrew's  Presbyterian  Church, 
_  Manitou,  Manitoba,  was  born 
April  1 8th,  1840,  at  Stranarrder,  Scot- 
land. His  parents  were  John  and  Mar- 
garet (McRobert)  Caven.  He  received 
his  primary  education  in  the  parish 
school  of  his  native  town,  and  in  1856 
came  to  America,  and  made  his  home 
with  the  Rev.  Principal  Caven's  father. 
After  attending  the  Rockwood,  Ont., 
Academy  for  some  months,  he  entered 
the  U.  P.  Hall,  Toronto,  under  the  late 
Rev.  Dr.  Taylor.  The  following  year, 
he  entered  Knox  College,  Toronto, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  Theology 


in  1864.  He  was  ordained  at  Ridge- 
town,  Ont.,  October  i8th,  1865,  where 
he  remained  seven  years.  Subsequently 
he  was  three  years  at  Tilsonburg,  then 
two  years  at  Fredericton,  N.B.,  where 
he  occupied  St.  Paul's  Presbyterian 
Church,  after  which  he  was  eleven  years 
at  Buckingham,  Que.,  and  December 
3ist,  1889,  entered  upon  the  duties  of  » 
his  present  charge.  He  is  clerk  of  the 
presbytery  of  Rock  Lake,  a  member  of 
the  I.O.F.,  and  a  Reformer  in  politics. 
He  was  married,  January  3ist,  1866, 
to  Miss  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  the 
late  Robert  Ferries,  of  Eramosa  Town- 
ship, Wellington  County,  Ont. 


298 


OR 


TTRCHIBALD  E.  SPERA,  Whole- 
3~\  sale  Merchant,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
VS>  was  born  Aug.  Qtn,  1849,  in 
Wentworth  County,  Ont.  His  parents, 
William  and  Sarah  Ann  Spera,  were 
farmers,  well-to-do,  and  held  in  uni- 
versal esteem.  Mr.  Spera  was  educated 
primarily  at.  the  common  school,  and 
then  at  the  Hamilton  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute. During  his  early  manhood,  he 
worked  on  his  father's  farm,  and  after- 
wards entered  commercial  life  as  a 
"  knight  of  the  grip,"  which  occupation 
he  followed  for  sixteen  years.  On  the 
i3th  December,  1877, .  Mr.  Spera  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  Mr.  Cornell, 


which  partnership  has  been  continued 
until  the  present.  They  do  a  very  ex- 
tensive trade  in  gents'  furnishings, 
etc.,  from  Winnipeg  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  are  well  known  as  a  reliable 
and  honorable  firm.  The  wholesale 
house  of  Cornell,  Spera  &  Co.  has 
worked  up  for  itself,  and  deserves,  the 
excellent  reputation  which  it  bears. 
Mr.  Spera  belongs  to  the  A.F.  &  A.M., 
in  which  order  he  is  Master  Mason. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  adherent  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  in  politics  is  a 
Liberal,  and  an  active  and  influential 
worker  in  the  ranks  of  his  party.  He 
is  married. 


299 


JOHN  WILLIAM  McLEAN, 
M.D.,  C.M.,  North  Sydney, 
Cape  Breton,  N.  S.,  was  born 
Sept.  and,  1856,  at  Lake  Ainslie,  C.  B. 
His  parents  were  Allan  and  Margaret 
McLean  of  that  place.  Dr.  McLean 
received  his  education  at  Picton  Aca- 
demy and  McGill  University,  Montreal, 
graduating  in  1883,  after  which  he 
practiced  for  three  years  in  Port  Has- 
tings, C.  B.  He  then  took  a  Winter 
course  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  after 
which  he  returned  to  Canada  and  lo- 
cated in  North  Sydney,  where  he  has 
since  remained,  and  has  succeeded  in 
working  up  a  large  practice.  He  is 


well  up  in  his  profession,  and  is  known 
as  a  skilful  physician  and  surgeon. 
Dr.  McLean  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Sons  of  Temperance,  and  the 
Cape  Breton  Medical  Society,  and  is 
coroner  for  the  counties  of  Inverness 
and  Cape  Breton.  In  religion,  the 
doctor  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  holds  the 
office  of  elder  in  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
North  Sydney.  He  was  married  Nov. 
8th,  1887,  to  Miss  Ada,  daughter  of  Dr. 
S.  G.  A.  McKeen  and  Rebecca  Jane 
Hadley,  of  Baddeck,  Cape  Breton. 
His  family  consists  of  two  daugh- 
ters. 


300 


OR 


\\/M.  EDWARD  EMMONS,  L. 
*  V  D.S.,  D.D.S.,Winnipeg,  Mani- 
toba, was  born  September  2nd,  1861,  in 
Hastings  County,  Ont.  He  studied  with 
Dr.  Neelands  of  Lindsay,  Out.,  from 
1879  until  1882,  when  he  went  to 
Manitoba  and  entered  the  office  of  Dr. 
Benson,  whose  assistant  he  was  until 
1884,  when  he  opened  an  office  on  his 
own  account,  which  he  conducted  for 
three  years.  In  1887,  Dr.  Emmons 
entered  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental 
Surgery,  where  he  remained  six 
months.  In  the  Fall  of  1889,  he  re- 
turned to  the  same  institution,  and  in 
the  Spring  of  1890,  took  his  final  de- 


grees,  as  above  indicated.  He  is  well 
equipped  by  education  for  his  pro- 
fession, and  it  is  therefore  but  natural 
that  he  should  be  in  the  enjoyment  of 
a  large  dental  connection.  In  religion, 
Dr.  Emmons  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church,  and  is  librarian 
in  Grace  Church  Sunday  School.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Reformer,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of 
Oddfellows.  On  the  nth  of  June, 
1891,  Dr.  Emmons  was  married  to 
Miss  Jennie  McCrossan,  daughter  of 
Thos.  McCrossan,  Esq.,  of  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba.  His  family  consists  of  one 
daughter. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


301 


++^^ 

THE  LATE  HON.  AN- 

A  DREW  GRAHAM 
BALLENDEN  BAN- 
NATYNE,Winnipeg,  Man- 
itoba, was  born  in  1830,  at 
St.  Margaret's,  Orkney. 
He  was  educated  in  Strom- 
ness,  and  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen, came  to  Rupert's  Land. 
His  career  in  the  North- 
West  dates  from  1846,  when 
arriving  at  Sault  St.  Marie, 
he  entered  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company's  service, 
under  his  uncle,  chief  factor 
John  Ballenden,  where  he 
remained  five  years,  when 
he  removed  to  Fort  Garry, 
and  commenced  business  on 
his  own  account.  To  give 
the  details  of  Mr.  Banna- 
tyne's  thirty-eight  years  ex- 
perience in  the  North- West, 
would  exceed  the  space  at 
our  command ;  he  was  a 
prosperous  merchant  years 
before  the  advent  of  rail- 
ways, when  he  could  only 
import  goods  once  a  year, 
via  the  ice  bound  regions  of 
Hudson's  Straits,  or  twice 
a  year  by  sending  teams 
over  land  to  St.  Paul.  He  also  held 
large  and  valuable  blocks  of  land  in 
Winnipeg  and  Manitoba,  which  as  the 
country  developed,  became  very  valu- 
able, but  as  values  decreased,  he  had  to 
reckon  with  heavy  losses,  which  would 
have  been  far  less,  had  it  not  been  for 
his  open  handed  disposition,  and  the 
part  he  took  in  numerous  enterprises, 
which  benefited  the  public  at  the  expense 
of  the  promoters.  In  1851,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Annie,  fifth  daughter  of  the  late 
Andrew  McDerinot.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bannatyne  were,  from  their  wealth  and 
influence,  leaders  in  the  social  circle, 
and  were  known  for  their  wide  and 


generous  hospitality.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Presbyterian,  and  a  liberal  supporter 
of  that  church.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  active  promoters,  and  a 
chairman  of  Manitoba  College,  and  a 
member  in  high  standing  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  and  of  St.  Andrew's  So- 
ciety, one  of  the  directors  of  Winnipeg 
General  Hospital,  and  did  many  things 
to  promote  the  common  weal.  He  was 
also  postmaster  for  Assiniboia,  first  po- 
lice magistrate  for  Winnipeg,  member 
of  the  House  of  Commons  for  Proven- 
cher,  and  a  member  of  the  N.-W.  Coun- 
cil. He  died  May  i8th,  1889,  leaving 
a  widow  and  five  children. 


302 


,EV.  THOS,  VINCENT,  D.D., 
Archdeacon  of  Moose,  a  mission- 
_  ary  in  the  diocese  of  Mooso- 
min,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ch. 
Missionary  Society,  Salisbury  Square, 
London,  England,  was  born  March  ist, 
1835,  at  Osnabrugh,  in  the  Albany 
River  District.  He  is  the  son  of  John 
and  Charlotte  (Thomas)  Vincent.  His 
father  was  an  employee  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  and  held  the  position  of 
senior  clerk  in  the  service.  He  retired 
from  the  company  about  the  year  1841, 
settled  in  Red  River,  in  St.  Paul's  Par- 
ish, and  died  in  1874.  His  mother  is 
still  living  (1893).  He  received  his 


early  education  in  St.  Paul's 
Parish  School,  and  then  at 
St.  John's  College,  Winni- 
peg. He  assisted  on  his 
father's  farm  until  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age,  when 
he  went  out  with  Bishop 
Anderson  to  Moose  Factory, 
in  1855,  and  was  a  catechist 
there  for  five  years,  filling 
the  position  very  success- 
fully. He  was  ordained 
deacon  at  Moose  Factory,  in 
July,  1860,  and  received 
priest's  orders  in  St.  John's 
Church,  Winnipeg,  in  May, 
1863.  He  has  been  in 
charge  of  the  Albany  Mis- 
sion since  1860,  and  has 
also  had  charge  of  the  Moose 
Mission  for  six  years.  He 
was  married  in  September, 
1 86 1,  at  Moose  Factory,  to 
Eliza  Ann  Gladman,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Gladman,  Esq., 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Com- 
pany. His  family  consists 
of  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. The  Archdeacon's 
zeal,  courage,  self-sacrifice, 
and  the  hardships  he  has 
endured,  during  his  long 
term  of  ministry,  cannot  be  fully 
described,  although  he  considers  no 
sacrifice  too  great  to  advance  the  in- 
terests of  his  beloved  cause.  As  a  la- 
bour of  love  he  translated  Bunyau's 
Pilgrim's  Progress,  from  the  English 
to  one  of  the  Indian  languages,  which 
task  took  up  all  his  leisure  hours  for 
several  years.  His  life  is  an  unanswer- 
able argument  against  agnosticism,  and 
he  is  very  popular  with  all  who  know 
him.  He  is  often  for  many  months  at 
a  time  away  from  his  family.  Former- 
ly, he  could  receive  mail  only  once  a 
year,  but  now  receives  it  about  once  in 
every  three  months. 


MKN 


CANADA. 


303 


fc^^^"^ 

[HE  LATE  EDWARD  WILLIS, 
-*-  Postmaster,  St.  John,  N.B.,  was 
born  November  5th,  1835,  at  Halifax, 
N.S.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Dorothy  Le  Roi  Willis.  He  received 
his  education  at  the  National  and 
Grammar  schools,  Halifax.  The  great- 
er part  of  his  life  was  spent  in  the 
newspaper  business,  at  which  he  was 
very  successful,  and  by  means  of  which 
he  was  widely  known.  Mr.  Willis, 
although  a  self-made  man,  acquired  a 
thoroughly  good  education,  and  was 
possessed  of  a  keen  intelligence,  which 
resulted  from  a  sound  training  in  prac- 
tical life.  In  conducting  a  journal,  he 


was  eminently  successful,  and  being  a 
forcible  and  vigorous  writer,  was  able 
to  record  himself  with  great  ability  and 
clearness.  He  also  took  an  active  part 
in  political  matters,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Legislative  Assembly  for  ten 
years,  namely  from  1872  to  1882.  In 
religion,  he  was  an  Episcopalian,  and 
a  member  of  St.  James  Episcopal 
Church,  St.  John,  N.B.,  and  held  the 
offices  of  Church  Warden  and  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Sabbath  School.  He 
was  married  in  1858,  to  Sarah  Adams, 
daughter  of  Zechariah  and  Mary  Chap- 
man Adams.  His  family  consisted  of 
five  sons  and  three  daughters. 


304 


\\/  W.  GLASS,  merchant  tailor, 
r  ^  •  268  Yonge  street,  Toronto, 
Ont.,  was  born  March  27th,  1862,  at 
Tiverton,  Ont.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
and  Jane  Glass,  who  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Church  and  highly 
respected.  Mr.  Glass  attended  public 
school  at  Tiverton,  afterwards  moving 
to  Bervie,  where  he  continued  his 
studies.  At  sixteen  years  of  age,  he 
went  to  Kincardine  to  serve  an  ap- 
prenticeship to  the  tailoring  trade. 
Coming  to  Toronto  in  1882,  he  worked 
as  a  journeyman  tailor  for  a  short  time, 
but  soon  was  promoted  to  the  position  of 
head  cutter  in  a  leading  tailoring  estab- 


lishment in  that  city.  By  painstaking, 
industry  and  economy,  he  accumulated 
sufficient  capital  to  commence  business 
on  his  own  account,  when  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  his  present  quarters, 
with  a  select  line  of  goods.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  also 
of  the  I.O.F.,  and  is  Past  Chancellor  in 
the  K.  of  P.  He  has  always  been  act- 
tively  identified  with  temperance  work 
and  is  a  popular  Orangeman.  Mr. 
Glass  was  married  in  1882.  His  fam- 
ily consists  of  five  children.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  a  Methodist.  He  is  one 
of  the  rising  men  of  Toronto,  and 
highly  respected. 


305 


THE  LATE  LIEUT.-COLONEL 
A  HON.  WILLIAM  NASSAU 
KENNEDY,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was 
born  at  Darlington,  Ont.,  on  the  27th 
of  April,  1839,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion at  Peterboro,  Ont.  He  began  life 
as  a  contractor,  and  subsequently  gave 
up  that  occupation  for  the  study  of  law. 
He  removed  to  Fort  Garry  in  1870,  and 
received  the  appointment  of  Registrar 
of  Deeds  in  1872,  which  position  he 
held  till  the  time  of  his  death,  in  May, 
1885.  During  his  life,  he  held  many 
prominent  positions,  among  which  may 
be  mentioned  that  of  mayor  of  Winni- 
peg for  two  years,  member  of  the  North- 
West  Council,  president  of 
the  P.  &  W.  R.  R.,  the 
S.  W.  C.  R.  R.,  the  North- 
West  Fire  Insurance  Co., 
Winnipeg  Philharmonic  So- 
ciety, a  member  of  the 
Orange  Lodge,  Grand  Mas- 
ter A.  F.  &  A.  M.  for  Mani- 
toba, and  in  musical  circles 
always  welcomed.  His  mili- 
tary career  was  a  very  bright 
one.  At  the  early  age  of 
seventeen  years  he  joined 
the  volunteers,  and  ever 
afterwards  evinced  a  keen 
interest  in  all  military  mat- 
ters, receiving  the  highest 
tokens  of  recognition  for  his 
services,  and  holding  at  the 
time  of  his  death  a  lieut- 
enant-colonelcy. As  captain 
and  adjutant  he  served  with 
the  57th  Battalion,  during 
the  Fenian  Raid  in  1866, 
and  in  1870  he  was  chosen 
to  accompany  the  first  Red 
River  Expedition  to  Fort 
Garry.  In  1873,  he  organ- 
ized and  commanded  the 
Winnipeg  Field  Battery  till 
1883,  when  he  resigned  its 
command  to  accept  the  lieut- 


enant-colonelcy of  the  QOth  Battalion 
then  organizing.  In  1884,  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  Imperial  Government,  he 
organized  the  Manitoba  contingent  of 
the  Nile  Voyageurs  for  the  Gordon 
Relief  Expedition,  under  command  of 
General  Lord  Wolsley,  and  accompanied 
it  to  the  close  of  the  campaign.  When 
on  his  return  to  his  native  land,  he  was 
taken  ill  at  London,  Eng.,  and  died 
May  3rd,  1885.  He  was  buried  in 
Highgate  Cemetery  with  full  military 
honors,  His  Royal  Highness  the 
Duke  of  Cambridge,  General  Lord 
Wolsley,  and  many  others,  being  in 
attendance. 


;o6 


+r^7S> 
[HE  LATE  REV.  JOHN  BLACK, 

*-  D.  D.,  Kildonan,  Man.,  was  born 
January  8th,  1818,  in  Dumfrieshire, 
Scotland.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
William  Black  and  Margaret  Halliday. 
His  education  was  begun  in  the  '  Gair 
School,"  where  the  foundation  was  laid 
of  that  extensive  knowledge  of  Latin, 
Greek  and  French,  for  which  he  was 
afterwards  distinguished.  After  leav- 
ing school,  he  was  a  successful  teacher 
for  some  years.  In  1841,  he  came  to 
America  and  settled  in  New  York  State, 
remaining  three  years,  resuming  at  the 
Delaware  Academy  his  literary  prepara- 
tion for  the  ministry.  In  1844,  he  en- 


tered Knox  College,  Toronto,  after 
which  he  was  for  three  years  mission- 
ary and  agent  of  the  French  Canadian 
Missionary  Society.  In  1851,  there 
was  a  request  for  a  minister  for  the  Red 
River  Settlement,  and  Mr.  Black  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  missionary  to 
Kildonan.  He  was  ordained  3ist  July 
of  that  year,  and  immediately  started 
for  his  distant  mission,  arriving  on  igth 
of  September  at  Kildonan,  and  for 
eleven  years  toiled  on  alone,  when  he 
was  joined  by  the  Rev.  James  Nisbet, 
who  assisted  him  for  four  years.  In 
1870  the  Presbytery  of  Manitoba  was 
formed,  and  in  1871  Manitoba  College 
established,  both  of  which 
steps  were  taken  mainly 
through  his  efforts.  Prob- 
ably the  most  trying  crisis 
of  his  life  was  the  Metis  Re- 
bellion in  1869-70,  and  his 
wise  and  prudent  counsel  in 
this  time  of  trouble,  helped 
to  avert  much  blood  shed 
and  save  life.  In  the  Win- 
ter of  1 880-8 1,  under  too 
great  work,  his  health  gave 
way,  and  he  went  abroad  for 
a  time,  returning  in  the 
autumn,  temporarily  im- 
proved ;  but  passed  peace- 
fully away  February  nth, 
1882.  He  was  an  eloquent 
preacher  and  a  faithful  and 
much  beloved  pastor,  was 
president  of  the  Bible  So- 
ciety for  years,  and  deep- 
ly interested  in  educational 
matters  and  in  the  cause  of 
temperance.  In  1876,  the 
degree  of  D.  D.  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  Queen's 
University.  A  wife,  three 
sons  and  three  daughters 
survive  him,  some  of  whom 
hold  important  positions  in 
the  country. 


OK 


307 


,EV.  A.  MCDONALD  HAIG, 

B.  A.,  Pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian  Church,  Glenboro', 
Man.,  also  at  Cypress  River,  Man., 
was  born  November  nth,  1855,  at  Bal- 
timore, Ont.  His  parents  were  David 
and  Margaret  (McDonald)  Haig,  na- 
tives of  Scotland,  and  farmers.  Mr. 
Haig  received  his  education  at  the  Bal- 
timore public  school  and  Cobourg  Col- 
legiate Institute,  after  which  he  taught 
school  four  years.  After  remaining 
six  months  in  the  Brantford  Collegiate 
Institute,  he  entered  Toronto  Uni- 
versity, graduating  in  the  Spring  of 
1883,  and  from  Knox  College  in  1886, 


having  a  brilliant  college  course.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  at  Brandon, 
Man.,  July  i4th,  1886,  after  which 
he  was  missionary  on  the  Cypress 
Field  one  year,  during  which  time 
he  was  very  successful,  and  was 
inducted  into  his  present  charge  in 
August,  1887,  and  has  succeeded  in 
making  the  Congregation  self  support- 
ing, and  in  building  them  up  spiritu- 
ally. In  politics,  Mr.  Haig  is  a  Re- 
former. He  was  married,  October  6th, 
1887,  to  Miss  Jean,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Elliott,  of  Agincourt,  Ont.  He  has  two 
children  :  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


308 


MEN   OR 


ISAAC  CRISP,  Auc- 
tioneer,  Real  Estate  and  Com- 
mission  Agent,  Souris,  Man., 
was  born  Nov.  8th,  1849,  at  Swaffham 
Prior,  Eng.  He  was  educated  at  trie 
Commercial  School,  Cambridge,  after 
which  he  was  employed  by  a  wholesale 
grain  dealer,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  some  time.  He  then  farmed  four 
years,  subsequently  going  into  the 
auctioneer  and  real  estate  business  with 
Mr.  Hawkes,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hawkes  &  Crisp.  In  1880,  he  came 
to  Canada,  settling  in  the  Plum  Creek 
Settlement,  Man.,  in  1881,  where  he 
farmed  and  ranched  for  six  years.  He 


represented  Ward  No.  3,  in  the  muni- 
cipality of  Whitewater  in  1884,  but  re- 
signed at  the  end  of  his  term.  He  is 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  "  Glenwood 
Agricultural  Society,"  "  The  Farmers 
Institute,"  "The  Souris  Turf  Club," 
and  of  the  Liberal-Conservative  Asso- 
ciation of  Souris  and  district.  He 
takes  great  interest  in  agriculture, 
stock  raising,  and  all  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  advancement  and  good  of  the 
country.  He  is  also  C.P.R.  ticket  and 
telegraph  agent,  and  lessee  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Bell  Telephone  system 
in  the  town  of  Souris.  In  religion,  he 
is  an  Episcopalian. 


OR   CANADA. 


309 


\\/M.     McKENZIE     McLEOD, 

V  \  M.D.,  ex-M.P.,  Medical  Super- 
intendent of  Quarantine  Station,  Syd- 
ney, C.  B.,  was  born  July  4th,  1854,  at 
that  place.  He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  Hugh 
McLeod,  D.D.  Dr.  McLeod  was  edu- 
cated at  Sydney  Academy,  Sydney, 
C.B.,  and  Dalhousie  College  and  Uni- 
versity, Halifax.  He  took  his  medical 
course  at  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College,  graduating  from  that  institu- 
tion in  1875.  In  1889  and  1890  he  also 
took  special  courses  in  the  diseases  of 
the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat,  at  New 
York  Post  Graduate  Medical  Hospital, 
and  this  specialty  he  now  practices 


during  the  closed  season. 
From  1875  until  1879,  ^e 
practiced  his  profession  in 
Sydney,  when  he  entered 
the  political  field,  and  was 
elected  M.P.  to  succeed  his 
brother,  the  late  Hugh 
McLeod,  to  represent  the 
County  of  Cape  Breton,  and 
held  that  honor  until  1882. 
In  1883,  he  was  appointed 
Medical  Superintendent  of 
Quarantine,  at  Sydney, 
which  position  he  still  holds. 
Dr.  McLeod  is  also  pre- 
sident of  the  Cape  Breton 
Medical  Society,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Nova  Scotia  Med- 
ical Society.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
also  takes  an  active  interest 
in  the  work  of  the  Y.M. 
C.  A.,  and  holds  a  com- 
mission as  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  He  was  married  in 
December,  1884,  to  Miss 
Hattie  Tremaine,  daughter 
of  Lewis  H.  Tremaine,  Judge 
of  Probate  and  Inspector  of 
Weights  and  Measures  for 
the  County  of  Cape  Breton. 
His  family  consists  of  one 
son  and  one  daughter.  In  1886,  he  or- 
ganized the  Sydney  Battery  of  Field 
Artillery  (Canadian  Militia),  of  which 
he  is  the  Major  in  command,  a  position 
for  which  he  is  eminently  qualified, 
having  obtained  a  first-class  certificate 
from  the  R.  S.  A.,  Quebec,  in  March, 
1887.  Dr.  McLeod  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  schools,  for 
his  county,  appointed  by  the  Provincial 
Government,  and  permanently  holding 
office.  In  politics,  he  is  a  supporter  of 
the  Liberal-Conservative  administration 
in  the  House  of  Commons.  In  his 
profession,  he  is  a  skilful  and  widely 
known  specialist. 


CANADA 


JOHN  KELLY  BAR- 
RETT, LL.D.,  In- 
spector of  Inland 
Revenue,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  June  6th,  1850,  in 
Hamilton,  Ont.  He  is  the 
eldest  son  of  Charles  and 
Bridget  Barrett.  In  1854, 
his  parents  removed  to  Pus- 
linch,  Ont.,  where  in  the 
public  school  he  received 
his  primary  education.  Ow- 
ing largely  to  the  efforts  of 
his  father,  who  took  an  ac- 
tive part  in  municipal  and 
educational  matters,  this 
school  became  so  efficient, 
that  in  one  year,  six  of  its 
pupils  passed  teacher's  ex- 
aminations, Dr.  Barrett  be- 
ing the  first  among  its  pupils 
to  take  a  first  class  certi- 
ficate. After  teaching  for  a 
short  time,  he  entered  Holy 
Cross,  the  famous  Jesuit 
College, at  Worcester, Mass., 
after  leaving  which  he  be- 
came Principal  of  St.  Mary's 
Model  School  at  Hamilton. 
In  1873,  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Inland  Revenue 
Department ;  his  promotion 
was  rapid,  and  in  1885,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  his  present  position,  one  of  the 
highest  in  the  department.  He  always 
took  an  active  interest  in  educational 
matters,  and  was  superintendent  of 
Separate  Schools  in  St.  Catharines, 
Ont.,  for  three  years.  In  1890,  when 
the  Greenway  Government  abolished 
Catholic  schools,  he  immediately  came 
into  prominence  as  managing-director 
and  editor-in-chief  of  the  Northwest 
Review,  the  English  organ  of  the 
Catholic  party.  In  1892,  the  University 
of  Ottawa  conferred  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  One  month  later,  a 
similar  degree  was  conferred  upon  him 


by  his  Alma  Mater.  He  became  widely 
known  all  over  Canada  in  the  now  his- 
toric law  suit :  Barrett  vs.  City  of  Win- 
nipeg, which  was  taken  to  test  the 
constitutionality  of  the  new  School  Act. 
Dr.  Barrett  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Council  of  the  C.  M.  B.  A.,  and  Grand 
Deputy  for  Manitoba  and  British  Co- 
lumbia ;  first  vice-president  of  St.  Vin- 
cent de  Paul  Society,  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  Manitoba  University,  and  a 
trustee  of  the  Catholic  schools.  In 
1875,  he  married  Sarah  Maria,  eldest 
daughter  of  Win.  O'Brien,  of  Hamilton. 
His  family  consists  of  five  daughters 
and  two  sons,  living. 


CANADA. 


ARCHIBALD,  Bar- 
rister  and  Stipendiary  Magis- 
trate for  the  town  of  North 
Sydney,  Cape  Breton,  was  born  Janu- 
ary i8th,  1856,  at  Sydney  Mines,  C.  B. 
He  is  the  son  of  the  Honorable  Thos. 
D.  Archibald,  Senator,  and  Susan  Eliza- 
beth Corbett,  both  now  deceased.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  Boston 
Latin  School  and  the  Harvard  Law 
School.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia  in  June, 
1878,  and  has  since  practiced  his  pro- 
fession at  North  Sydney.  He  is  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Archibald  & 
Armstrong,  who  conduct  a  very  large 


and  successful  legal  practice  in  the  town 
and  province.  He  is  admirably  adapted 
for  the  honorable  and  important  office 
which  he  holds.  His  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  law  and  his  keen  ability  to 
analyze  evidence,  enables  him  to  dis- 
pose of  the  different  matters  brought 
before  him,  with  ability  and  dispatch. 
Judging  from  his  past  record,  his  future 
is  full  of  promise.  In  politics,  Mr. 
Archibald  is  a  Conservative,  and  in 
religion  a  Presbyterian.  Mr.  Archibald 
was  married,  June  I4th,  1887,  to 
Zaidee  Francis  Boggs,  daughter  of 
George  Prior  and  Frances  Ann  Boggs, 
now  deceased. 


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W  yENRY  GEORGE  COOK,  B.A., 
<3jM       M.D.,    C.M.,    member    of   the 

VS>  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Manitoba,  Manitou,  Man., 
was  born  September  2 2nd,  1867,  at  Fort 
Ellis,  Man.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late 
Rev.  Thomas  Cook,  Rural  Dean  of 
Marquette,  Manitoba,  and  Ann  Bruce, 
of  English  and  Scotch  descent  respect- 
ively. His  father  was  a  missionary  of 
the  Church  of  England  in  the  North- 
West  Territory  for  forty  years,  and 
was  widely  known  and  very  highly  re- 
spected. Dr.  Cook  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  public  schools  and  at  St. 
John's  College,  Winnipeg,  graduating 


in  Arts  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1887.  He  entered  Manitoba  Medical 
College  in  1889,  and  graduated  with  the 
degrees  of  M.D.,andC.M.,  in  the  Spring 
of  1892,  after  which  he  immediately 
settled  in  Manitou,  where  he  still  re- 
mains, and  is  fast  building  up  a  large 
and  important  medical  practice,  and 
judging  from  his  past  record,  he  will 
doubtless  take  a  high  stand  in  the 
Medical  profession.  In  religion,  the 
Doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  and  in  politics,  a  Conserv- 
ative. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  and  of  the  I.O.F.,  and  is 
physician  to  the  latter. 


MEN 


313 


,EV.  HUGH  J.  BORTHWICK, 
A.M.,  editor  of  the  Herald,  and 
a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Borthwick  &  Fox,  publishers  of  the 
Herald,  Morden,  Man.,  was  born  July 
26th,  1824,  in  the  Parish  of  Glencorse, 
Midlothian,  Scotland.  His  parents 
were  John  and  Elizabeth  (Jameson) 
Borthwick,  the  former  being  a  parish 
school  teacher  for  over  fifty  years.  Mr. 
Borthwick  was  educated  at  his  father's 
school,  Cauvin's  Institution,  near  Edin- 
burgh, and  Edinburgh  University,  gra- 
duating from  Victoria  University,  Co- 
bourg,  Ont.,  in  1859.  In  1845,  ^e 
came  to  Canada,  and  taught  school  near 
Montreal,  Que.,  for  about 

one  year,  then  removed  to        • — 

the  neighborhood  of  Hamil- 
ton, where  he  was  tutor  for 
about  two  years,  after  which 
he  was  assistant  in  the  pri- 
vate school  of  Rev.  J.  G. 
Geddes,  who  was  also  in- 
cumbent of  Christ's  Church, 
Hamilton.  He  was  licensed 
in  1858  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Hamilton,  in  connection 
with  the  Church  of  Scot- 
land. He  was  Principal  of 
the  Newmarket  Grammar 
School  for  about  three  years, 
then  of  Queen's  College 
School,  Kingston,  about 
three  years,  then  of  the  Ot- 
tawa Grammar  School,  and 
held  the  office  of  Inspector 
of  Public  Schools  for  Ot- 
tawa for  three  years,  all  of 
which  offices  he  filled  with 
the  best  of  satisfaction  to 
all.  In  1876,  he  removed 
to  Manitoba,  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  Presbyterian 
Home  Missionary  Commit- 
tee, and  remained  in  charge 
of  the  Pembina  Mountain 
district  until  1884,  when  he 


retired  from  the  ministry ;  and  subse- 
quently entered  inio  partnership  with 
Mr.  Neil  Fox  and  bought  the  Morden 
Herald  from  Mr.  E.  A.  Bailey.  Prior 
to  coming  to  Manitoba,  he  had  charge  of 
Chelsea  and  Hull,  in  Ottawa  Co.,  P.Q. 
Mr.  Borthwick  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F. 
&  A.M.,  and  in  politics  is  a  Liberal,  al- 
though formerly  giving  his  support  to 
the  Conservative  party.  He  was  mar- 
ried, April,  1848,  to  Miss  Marion  Tay- 
ler,  daughter  of  John  ^Eneas  Tayler, 
S.  S.  C.,  of  Edinburgh.  His  family 
consists  of  two  sons  and  four  daughters 
living,  his  eldest  son,  John,  being  reeve 
of  the  Municipality  of  Stanley. 


3H 


V.  DR.  3RYCE,  (Toronto 
University,  B.  A.,  1867,  M.  A., 
>  1868,  LL.B.,  1878,  LL.D., 
1884),  Professor  of  Science  and  Litera- 
ture in  Manitoba  College,  Winnipeg, 
Man.,  was  born  in  Brant  County,  Ont., 
April  22nd,  1884,  of  Scottish  parentage. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  the 
public  and  High  schools  of  Brant  Co., 
and  the  Brantford  Collegiate  Institute. 
At  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  matriculated 
with  honors  in  Toronto  University,  and 
during  his  course  took  numerous  prizes, 
especially  in  higher  English  and 
Science.  In  1868,  he  entered  Knox 
College,  where  he  took  five  out  of  the 


six  scholarships  open  in  the  last  year. 
In  1861,  he,  in  company  with  another, 
raised  the  Mount  Pleasant  Infantry 
Company,  at  the  time  of  the  Trent 
affair,  and  during  his  University  course 
he  was  a  member  of  the  University 
Company,  Q.  O.  R.  He  was  present 
at  the  skirmish  with  the  Fenians  at 
Limeridge,  and  acted  as  ensign  of  Uni- 
versity Company,  which  was  severely 
handled  in  the  fight.  He  was  a  gra- 
duate of  Toronto  Military  School,  and 
was  present  at  Laprairie  at  the  camp 
under  Colonel  (now  General)  Wolseley. 
At  the  close  of  his  Theological  course, 
he  was  selected  as  assistant  for  Chal- 
mer's  Church,  Quebec,  but 

,        was  appointed  to  found  and 

be  first  professor  of  Mani- 
toba College.  The  college 
begun  at  Kildonan  was  re- 
moved to  Winnipeg  in  1874, 
and  in  1877,  Prof.  Bryce 
was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Manitoba  University.  Not 
only  in  higher  education, 
but  in  public  school  and  col- 
legiate training  has  Doctor 
Bryce  taken  part,  and  has 
held  many  offices  in  connec- 
tion with  education  in  Mani- 
toba. In  addition  to  his 
professional  duties  in  Win- 
nipeg, he  was  entrusted 
with  the  care  of  Knox 
Church,  and  has  been  pro- 
minently connected  with  it 
since  that  time,  and  also  or- 
ganized St.  Andrew'sChurch 
in  1 88 1.  He  was  also  for 
ten  years  secretary  of  Home 
Missions,  and  for  the  last 
four  years  H.  M.  Convener 
of  Winnipeg  Presbytery. 
He  has  devoted  much  time 
to  literature,  and  is  widely 
known  in  scientific  and 
literary  circles. 


CANADA. 


315 


,EV.  WILLIAM  LE  BARON 
McKIEL,  Rector  of  Holy 
Trinity  Church,  St.  Martin's 
St.  John  County,  N.  B.,  was  born  at 
Greenwich,  N.  B.,  July  6th,  1841.  He 
is  the  son  of  Lient.-Col.  Wm.  B.  McKiel 
and  Emily  Catherine  Gorman,  both 
descendants  of  U.  E.  Loyalist  stock, 
his  great-grandfather  McKiel  coming 
to  Nova  Scotia  with  Delance's  Division 
in  1783,  he  being  in  the  British  Army 
carrying  despatches  from  post  to  post, 
and  on  arriving  in  Nova  Scotia  settled 
on  the  St.  John  River.  Mr.  McKiel 
received  his  primary  education  at  the 
schools  of  Kingston,  N.B.,  and  the  Col- 


legiate Institute,  Windsor,  N.  S.,  after 
which  he  entered  King's  College, Wind- 
sor, graduating  in  1863.  In  1864,  he 
was  appointed  rector  of  St.  George's 
Church,  Bathurst,  N.  B.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1874,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Bishop  to  the  rectorship 
of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Douglas,  N.  B., 
where  he  remained  for  seventeen  years, 
when  he  was  unanimously  elected  to 
Holy  Trinity  Church,  St.  Martin's,  his 
present  charge.  He  was  married,  in 
1864,  to  Eliza  Frederika,  daughter  of 
Captain  John  Christopher  Rudolf,  of 
Lunenburg,  N.  S.  In  politics,  Mr. 
McKiel  is  a  Liberal-Conservative. 


3i6 


OR 


,EV.  LAWRENCE  CHARLES 
PRIDEAUX  FOX,  O.M.I., 
Parish  priest  of  St.  Mary's 
Catholic  Church,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was 
born  August  22nd,  1820,  at  Kings- 
bridge,  Devonshire,  Eng.  His  parents 
were  Robert  Were  Fox,  born  at  Wade- 
bridge,  Cornwall,  and  Rachel  C.  Pri- 
deaux,  of  Kingsbridge,  Devon.  He 
received  his  education  at  schools  be- 
longing to  the  Society  of  Friends,  at 
Sidcot  and  Fal mouth.  After  his  con- 
version to  the  Catholic  faith,  he  joined 
the  Congregation  of  Oblates  of  Mary 
Immaculate,  and  was  prepared  by  them 
in  different  houses  for  the  priesthood. 


He  was  ordained  at  Abbotsford,  the 
seat  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart.,  the 
celebrated  Scottish  poet  and  novelist, 
in  1853.  Besides  pastoral  and  mission- 
ary duties  discharged  during  nearly 
twenty  years  in  Ireland,  ten  years  in 
England,  four  years  in  Scotland  and  six 
years  in  Winnipeg,  he  was  for  six  years 
the  manager  of  a  large  reformatory  for 
Catholic  boys,  near  Dublin,  Ireland. 
The  life  of  Father  Fox  has  been 
marked  by  earnest  toil  and  painstaking 
in  his  work.  His  political  views  may 
be  expressed  in  these  words  :  "Justice 
and  Charity  to  all,  and  Home  Rule  for 
Ireland." 


OF- 


317 


,EV.  JOHN  CHARL- 
TON  BERRIE,  Me- 
thodist  Minister, 
Hillsboro,  Albert  County, 
New  Brunswick,  was  born 
at  Tarn  worth,  Warwick- 
shire, England,  December 
25th,  1840.  He  is  the  sec- 
ond son  of  Charles  James 
Berrie,  Analytical  Chemist, 
and  Sarah  Russell,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Howitt,  of  Long 
Eaton,  Derbyshire.  His 
great  grandmother  was  a 
sister  of  the  Earl  of  Kil- 
marnock,  the  family  name 
being  originally  de  Berri, 
of  French  origin.  Mr.  Ber- 
rie received  his  early  edu- 
cation at  Tainworth  and 
Horlock's  Academy,  Read- 
ing, Berkshire,  on  leaving 
which  he  was  apprenticed 
to  Phythian  &  Co.,  grocers 
of  the  Strand,  London, 
afterwards  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  Elizabeth  Lazen- 
by,  Italian  Warehousemen, 
then  he  was  manager  for 
Wace  &  Co.,  and  then  jun- 
ior partner  of  the  firm  of 
John  Howgate  &  Co.,  West- 
bourne  Grove.  He  studied  under  the 
direction  of  the  Rev.  T.  M.  Albrighton, 
of  London.  He  was  a  local  preacher 
on  the  Great  Queen  Street  and  Bays- 
water  circuits,  and  in  October  1871, 
was  one  of  the  twelve  that  came  to 
America.  He  was  stationed  in  Sum- 
merside  and  Souris,  P.E.I.,  where  his 
health  broke  down,  and  he  had  to  un- 
dergo a  serious  operation.  On  recover- 
ing his  health  he  was  stationed  at  Little 
York,  Murray  Harbour  and  Montague 
P.E.I.,  then  Shediac,  Jacksonville,  Sus- 
sex, Milltown,  and  then  at  his  present 
charge,  Hillsboro,  N.B.  Mr.  Berrie 
was  married,  in  May  1876,  to  Hannah 


S.  L.,  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  Macintyre, 
M.A.,  and  grand  daughter  of  a  former 
Attorney-General  of  Prince  Edward  Is- 
land. His  family  consists  of  one  son  and 
one  daughter.  Mr.  Macintyre  was  in 
charge  of  St.  James  Church,  Charlotte- 
town,  P.E.I.,  when  he  married.  Mr. 
Berrie  belongs  to  the  I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F., 
S.O.T.  and  Good  Templars,  being 
Grand  Chaplain  of  the  Order  for  the 
Province.  He  is  also  a  freeman  of  the 
city  of  London,  in  the  Goldsmith's  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  man  of  much  force  and 
power  ;  his  services  are  very  acceptable 
and  helpful,  and  much  is  yet  expected 
from  him. 


CANADA. 


jm 


,EV.  THOMAS  HART,   M.A., 
B.D.,    Winnipeg,    Man.,    was 

born  iii   Paisley,  Scotland. 

When  quite  young,  he  removed  with 
his  parents,  John  Hart  and  Jean  Mason 
Semple,  to  Canada,  settling  in  Perth, 
Ont.,  where  he  received  his  early  edu- 
cation. In  1857,  he  matriculated  at 
the  University  of  Queen's  College, 
Kingston,  where  he  took  his  degree, 
carrying  off  prizes  in  classics,  mathe- 
matics and  philosophy.  He  was  for 
some  time  head  master  of  the  Wards- 
ville  Grammar  School,  during  which 
time  he  also  took  an  additional  course 
in  French  at  the  Pointe-aux-Trembles 


School.     He  then  returned 
to     Queen's,    and     studied 
theology    for    three    years, 
taking  the  degree  of  B.D. 
He     was     then     appointed 
principal  of  the  Perth  High 
School,  which   he  resigned 
in  1870,  to  spend  a  year  in 
Scotland,    attending     selec- 
ted   classes    in    Edinburgh 
University.     While     there, 
he    was    received     by    the 
General  Assembly  as  a  li- 
centiate of  the  Church    of 
Scotland.     On  his  return  to 
Canada,   he   was   asked   by 
the    Synod's   committee   to 
undertake  college  and  mis- 
sion   work     in     Manitoba, 
and  entered  upon  the  work 
in  1872.     He  was  thus  the 
first,  and  at  the  time  of  the 
union   of  the    Presbyterian 
churches,  the  only  minister 
of  the  Church  o1    Scotland 
in   Manitoba.     In  1874,  in 
view    of    the    approaching 
union,    his    status    as    pro- 
fessor in  Manitoba  College 
was  formally  accorded  him. 
The  subjects  taught  by  him 
are  the  Ancient  Classics  and 
French.     In   1877,  he  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  University  of  Manitoba, 
and  has  been  a  member  of  its  council 
since  that  time  ;  since  1879  he  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Board  of  Studies  of  the 
University,  and  since  1878  an  examiner 
in  classics.     He  has  also  been  closely 
identified    with    church    and    mission 
work  and  for  nearly  twenty  years  he 
has  been  either  secretary  or  chairman  of 
the  committee  for  the  Indian  missions 
of  his  church,  and  in  1889-90,  was  mod- 
erator of  the  Synod  of  Manitoba  and  the 
North- West  Territories.     He  was  mar- 
ried   in    1872,    to    Isabella     Margaret, 
daughter  of  Judge  Malloch,  of  Perth. 


MEN 


^TN  AVID  HOUSSER,  Beamsville, 
I  Out.,  retired  farmer,  was  born 
June  8th,  1818,  in  Lincoln 
County,  Ont.  He  is  the  son  of  Samuel 
and  Catharine  (Hoch)  Housser.  His 
father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in 
1782,  and  his  greatgrandfather  was  also 
born  in  the  same  state.  Mr.  Housser 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  day, 
and  his  educational  advantages  were 
few,  but  he  improved  his  opportunities 
outside  of  school,  and  is  a  well  informed 
man.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Municipal  Council  and  School  Board,  a 
number  of  times,  and  active  in  political 
matters  in  the  interests  of  the  Liberal 


party.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Methodist, 
and  has  been  class  leader,  local  preach- 
er, an  active  member  of  the  Trustee 
Official  Boards,  and  was  recording 
steward  for  many  years.  Mr.  Housser 
was  married,  October  17,  1843,  t°  Anna 
Gross,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Anna 
Bechtel  Moyer  Gross,  who  came  from 
Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  the  Town- 
ship of  Clinton,  County  of  Lincoln, 
Out.,  early  in  this  present  century. 
He  has  seven  children  living,  namely  : 
Israel,  G.,  Salome,  John  H.,  Winnipeg; 
Gideon  B.,  Portage  La  Prairie;  Susan, 
married  and  living  at  Thorold ;  Isaac 
Wesley,  Winnipeg;  and  Annie  Jane. 


320 


WjENRY  HALL  SMITH,  Com- 
c*t"|  rnissioner  of  Dominion  Lands 
V«>  and  a  member  of  the  Do- 
minion Lands  Board,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
whose  duties  among  others  embrace  the 
administration  of  Dominion  Lands  in 
Manitoba,  the  North-West  Territories 
and  British  Columbia,  and  investigation 
of  disputed  claims  to  land  under  u  The 
Manitoba  Act,"  was  born  December 
1 7th,  1867,  at  Cobourg,  Ont.  He  is  the 
sou  of  the  late  Hon.  Sidney  Smith, 
who  was  a  member  of  Legislative  As- 
sembly, and  subsequently  of  Legis- 
lative Council  of  Canada,  prior  to  Con- 
federation, and  was  Postmaster  General 


in  the  Macdonald-Cartier  adminis- 
tration. After  receiving  his  early  edu- 
cation, Mr.  Smith  entered  Upper  Can- 
ada College,  Toronto,  after  which  he 
began  the  study  of  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted as  attorney  and  barrister.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Municipal  Council 
of  the  town  of  Peterboro',  from  1878  to 
1883,  being  mayor  during  the  last 
three  years.  In  religion,  he  is  an 
Episcopalian.  He  was  married,  October 
2ist,  1867,  at  Dundas,  Minnesota,  to 
Georgina  McAlpin.  His  family  con- 
sists of  one  son,  Dr.  W.  Harvey  Smith, 
at  present  House  Surgeon  of  Manhattan 
Eye  and  Ear  Hospital,  New  York. 


MKN 


321 


^REDBRICK  WM.  STOBART, 

-I  Wholesale  Dry  Goods  Merchant, 
and  president  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  Winnipeg,  was  born  January 
2yth,  1859,  in  Roker,  Durham  County, 
Eng.  His  parents,  William  and  Sophy 
(Wylde)  Stobart,  are  both  living  and 
reside  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.  The  Stobarts 
and  the  Wyldes,  for  generations  back, 
have  been  typical  English  country  gen- 
tlemen, Mr.  Stobart,  sr.,  being  at  pre- 
sent the  managing-director  of  a  large 
mining  (coal  and  iron)  corporation,  and 
also  on  the  directorate  of  several  other 
such  companies.  Mr.  Stobart  was  edu- 
cated at  Wellington  College  and  Jesus 
College,  Cambridge,  Eng., 
after  which  he  came  to  Can- 
ada, in  1880,  to  look  after 
his  father's  interests  in  the 
firm  of  Stobart,  Eden  &  Co., 
formerly  Kew,  Stobart  & 
Co.,  fur  traders,  established 
in  1874  in  opposition  to  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company,  by 
his  eldest  brother.  Mr. 
Stobart,  soon  after  coming 
to  Manitoba,  began  to  take 
an  active  interest  in  the 
Winnipeg  Board  of  Trade, 
was  soon  elected  to  its  coun- 
cil, and  in  February,  1893, 
to  preside  over  its  delibera- 
tions. It  is  needless  to  say 
he  is  deservedly  held  in  uni- 
versal esteem,  both  as  a 
citizen  and  as  a  progressive 
and  honorable  business 
man,  and  is  admirably  qua- 
lified to  assist  in  opening 
up  a  new  country.  He  has 
also  for  years  been  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Winnipeg  General 
Hospital,  in  which  institu- 
tion he  takes  a  great  inte- 
rest. He  steadily  refuses 
municipal  or  political  office, 
but  accepted  appointment 


by  the  city  council  on  the  first  Board 
of  Park  Commissioners  of  Winnipeg,  a 
position  he  now  holds.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Stobart  is  an  Episcopalian.  On 
January  loth,  1885,  he  was  married  to 
Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of  the 
late  C.  J.  Brydges,  who  was  for  so  many 
years  a  prominent  figure  in  such  cor- 
porations as  the  Grand  Trunk,  the  In- 
tercolonial, the  Great  Western  railways, 
and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  being 
for  several  years  general  manager  of 
the  former,  and  subsequently  for  some 
years  Land  Commissioner  of  the  latter. 
His  family  consists  of  three  daughters 
and  one  son. 


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ML  EN   OR 


T^RANK  DUNCAN  STEWART, 
-I  Clerk  of  the  Mimicipality  of 
Dufferin,  and  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  business  men  of  Car- 
man, Man.,  was  born  May  i5th,  1853, 
in  London,  England.  His  parents, 
George  McKenzie,  and  Jane  Angelica 
(Wilson)  Stewart,  were  both  Scotch. 
At  the  age  of  three,  Mr.  Stewart  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Canada,  and 
settled  in  Guelph,  Ont.,  where  he  took 
a  full  course  in  the  public  schools,  and 
subsequently  attended  the  Gait  Gram- 
mar School.  He  then  worked  for  John 
A.  Wood,  grocer,  Guelph,  for  one  year, 
and  afterwards  two  years  for  the  Great 


American  Tea  Company,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  U.S.  In  1873,  he  made  his  way 
to  Manitoba,  and  located  near  where 
the  town  of  Carman  now  flourishes. 
After  watching  the  development  of  the 
country  and  increasing  his  farm  to  ex- 
tensive proportions,  until  the  advent  of 
the  railway,  Mr.  Stewart  removed  to 
Carman  in  1889,  and  for  one  year  con- 
ducted the  business  of  the  Massey 
Company  at  this  point.  Then  he  opened 
the  furniture  business  which  he  still 
conducts  successfully,  also  an  extensive 
insurance  and  real  estate  business.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Stewart  is  a  Presbyterian, 
and  in  politics,  a  Conservative,  and 
secretary  of  the  Conserv- 
ative Association  in  his  dis- 
trict, ticket  agent  for  N.  P. 
and  M.  Railroad,  sec.-treas. 
Canadian  Mutual  Loan  and 
Investment  Co.,  lessee  and 
manager  of  Dufferin  Opera 
Hall.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  Orange 
Order,  I.O.O.F.,  and  C.O.F. 
In  the  Orange  Order,  he  is 
P.W.M.  of  the  Local  Lodge 
No.  1490,  P.  County  M.  of 
Dufferin,  was  two  years 
Deputy  Grand  Treasurer  of 
British  America,  and  is  at 
present  Recording  Secretary 
of  Local  Lodge  and  Grand 
Treasurer  of  the  Provincial 
Grand  Lodge  of  Manitoba. 
In  Masonry,  he  is  P.  M.  of 
Oakland  Lodge  No.  9,  P.G. 
Steward  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Manitoba,  and  P.D.D. 
G.M.  He  was  also  first 
Chief  Ranger  of  the  Local 
Court  of  Foresters.  .Mr. 
Stewart  was  married,  March 
2ist,  1878,  to  Miss  Martha 
Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Kennedy, of  Carman.  He  has 
four  sons  and  two  daughters. 


MEN     OF1 


323 


JT.  CARROLL,  M.  D.,  C.  M.» 
.  Vancouver,  B.  C.,  was  born 
June  1 5th,  1857,  in  the  Town- 
ship of  Garafraxa,  Wellington  County, 
Out.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Ellen  (Atcheson)  Carroll,  both  natives 
of  Ireland.  After  completing  his  pri- 
mary education  in  his  native  place,  Dr. 
Carroll  took  a  course  in  the  Georgetown 
Academy  and  at  the  Fergus  Grammar 
School.  He  took  his  medical  course  in 
the  Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  gradu- 
ating in  April,  1883.  He  then  visited 
Great  Britain ,  and  put  in  two  years  in  the 
hospitals  of  London  and  Edinburgh. 
Returning  to  Canada,  he  commenced 


the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Wei- 
land,  Ont,  in  1884,  where  he  remained 
about  four  years.  He  then  spent  some 
time  in  the  hospitals  of  New  York,  and 
finally  settled  in  Vancouver,  in  August, 
1888,  where  his  large  and  constantly 
increasing  practice  is  an  evidence  of 
how  his  superior  professional  skill  is 
appreciated  by  the  public.  In  religion, 
Dr.  Carroll  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  is  a  member  of  Mary's 
Chapel,  Lodge  No.  i,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  also  an  Odd- 
fellow and  a  Forester.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Conservative.  He  was  an  alderman 
of  Vancouver  from  1889  to  1891. 


324 


]VtEN   OK 


RED.  LAWRENCE  FAIR- 
WEATHER,  LL.B.,  Barrister, 

etc.,  Sussex,  N.B.,  was  born  July 
ist,  1868,  at  Sussex.  He  is  a  son  of 
Douglas  M.  Fairweather  and  Sarah 
(Spear)  Fairweather,  of  London,  Eng. 
He  received  his  primary  education  at 
the  King's  County  Grammar  school  in 
Sussex,  N.B.,  and  then  entered  Dal- 
housie  College,  Halifax,  N.S.,  remain- 
ing there  for  three  years,  graduating 
from  that  institution  in  1890,  with  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  He  was  the  leader  of 
the  Mock  Parliament  of  Dalhousie  Col- 
lege, and  gave  promise  then  of  a  bright 
future.  He  began  the  study  of  law  in 


the  office  of  Mr.  Ora  P.  King,  in  Sussex, 
and  continued  it  in  the  office  of  White, 
Allison  &  King,  of  the  same  town.  He 
was  called  to  the  Bar  as  attorney  Octo- 
ber 1 6th,  1890,  and  sworn  in  as  bar- 
rister October  6th,  1892,  in  which  year 
he  was  also  a  member  of  the  Council 
Board  of  the  parish  of  Sussex.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  an  adherent  of  the  Church 
of  England.  In  politics  he  is  a  Liberal, 
and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  his  party,  being  secretary  of  the 
Liberal  Association  of  King's  County, 
N.B.  He  is  a  young  man  destined  to 
make  his  mark  among  the  leading 
men  of  the  country. 


325 


S^TNOBT.  ADAMSON, 
|\^  manager  of  the  Com- 
VS>  mercial  Bank  of 
Manitoba,  Virden,  Man., 
was  born  January  i3th, 
1852,  at  Stanochy,  Forfar- 
shire,  Scotland.  His  parents 
were  David  H.  and  Maria 
(Torrance)  Adamson,  both 
natives  of  Scotland.  After 
completing  his  course  in  the 
High  School,  Mr.  Adamson 
was  articled  to  the  late  Win. 
Shires,  solicitor  of  Breachen, 
with  whom  he  remained  for 
about  five  years.  He  then 
came  to  America,  and  was 
engaged  as  cashier  for 
Messrs.  Ogilvie  &  Co.,  of 
Toronto,  Ont.,  from  1872  to 
1877.  From  1877  to  1880, 
he  occupied  a  similar  posi- 
tion with  Mr.  W.  R.  Brock, 
of  the  same  city.  He  then 
removed  to  Manitoba  and 
carried  on  a  private  bank- 
ing business  in  Winnipeg 
for  one  year.  In  1888, 
he  established  a  private 
bank  in  Virden,  and  when 
the  Commercial  Bank  was 
started  in  that  town,  he  was 
appointed  manager  in  November,  1890. 
Mr.  Adamson  was  the  first  mayor  of 
Virden,  occupying  that  office  during 
the  years  1890,  '91  and  '92.  He  was 
also  the  first  president  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  for  the  township  of  Dennis, 
and  is  still  in  that  responsable  position, 
which  he  fills  ably  and  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  business  community. 
He  was  also  the  first  man  to  establish 
a  bank  in  Manitoba,  west  of  Winnipeg. 
Mr.  Adamson  is  one  of  Virden's  most 
representative  men,  and  has  done 
much  to  stimulate  the  progress  of  the 
country  of  his  adoption.  As  a  banker, 
he  is  admirably  adapted  to  gain  and 


retain  the  confidence  and  business  of 
the  public,  wherever  he  is  known.  In 
1876,  his  parents  and  the  rest  of  the 
family  came  to  this  country  and  settled 
in  North  Ontario  County,  Ont.,  and 
subsequently  removed  to  Winnipeg, 
Man.,  where  his  father  died  in  May, 
1889.  In  religion,  Mr.  Adamson  is 
a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  a  sup- 
porter of  the  Conservative  party.  He 
is  also  a  P.  M.  in  the  Masonic  Order. 
He  was  married,  June  2ist,  1882,  to 
Miss  Effie,  daughter  of  the  late  Alex- 
ander Caldwell,  of  Lanark,  Ont.,  by 
whom  he  has  three  sons  and  three 
daughters. 


326 


1VLEN 


FRASER,  Flour  Miller, 
Morden,  Manitoba,  was  born 
September  i8th,  1855,  at  New 
Glasgow,  N.S.  His  parents  are  James 
H.  and  Ann  (Turnbnll)  Fraser,  both 
of  Scotch  descent.  His  father  was  an 
extensive  railway  contractor  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  one  of  the  contractors  for 
sections  "  B  "  and  "  15  "  of  the  C.P.R. 
in  Manitoba.  He  built  the  Morden 
Roller  Mill  in  1885,  and  is  now  living 
retired  in  Morden.  After  passing 
through  the  public  and  Grammar 
schools,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  at- 
tended the  Wesleyan  Academy  at  Sack- 
ville,  N.B.,  and  subsequently  took  a 


commercial  course  in  Hali- 
fax.    He  then  devoted  him- 
self to  the  furniture    busi- 
ness in   New   Glasgow   for 
two  years,  and  in  1878,  vis- 
ited Manitoba,  returning  in 
the  Fall  of  the  same  year. 
The    following    Spring    he 
removed     permanently     to 
the    North-West,    and    for 
some  time  was  engaged  in 
the  C.P.R.  office  work,  and 
conducting    a  supply   store 
at  Rat  Portage.     Mr.  Fra- 
ser, sr.,  subsequently  built 
the  roller  mill  at    Nelson, 
Man.,  and  became  actively 
engaged    in    its    operation. 
After  the  Morden  Mill  was 
built,  and  had  been  run  for 
some  months  in  connection 
with   the    Nelson    Mill,    in 
1891,  Mr.  Fraser  rented  the 
Morden  Mill  from  his  fath- 
er on  his  own  account,  and 
subsequently     rented     the 
Trehorne  Roller  Mill,  giv- 
ing a  total  capacity  in  the 
two    mills    of    200    barrels 
daily.     In    addition    to   his 
large  local  trade,  Mr.  Fra- 
ser makes  large  shipments 
of  flour  to  the  Eastern  Provinces.     He 
is  a  very  active  Free  Mason,  being  a 
Past  Master  of  the  Morden  Lodge,  and 
a  P.D.D.G.M.     He  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  Morden  Masonic  Hospital, 
a  most  creditable  institution,  and  is  a 
prominent   worker    in    the    Y.M.C.A., 
being  vice-president  of  the  Provincial 
convention,  and  a  member  of  the  Pro- 
vincial committee.     In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  a  Conserv- 
ative.    He    was    married,    July    i3th, 
1887,  to  Miss  Florence,  daughter  of  the 
late  Benjamin  McConnell,  lumberman, 
of  Pembroke,  Ont.,  by  whom  he   has 
two  sons  and  two  daughters. 


MEN    OK    CANADA. 


327 


GOVE,  M.  D.,  St.  An- 

drews,  N.B.,  was  born  at  that 
place  August  yth,  1845.  He 
is  the  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Tilley  Gove, 
of  St.  Andrews,  and  Mary  Howe, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Fairweather,  Esq., 
of  Sussex,  N.  B.  The  father  of  our 
subject  is  perhaps  the  oldest  and  most 
widely  known  physician  in  New  Bruns- 
wick. Dr.  Gove  received  his  education 
at  the  Charlotte  County  Grammar 
School,  St.  Andrews,  the  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York,  and  Edinburgh  University.  He 
finally  graduated  M.D.  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 


York,  with  first-class  honors,  in  1862. 
He  then  practiced  in  St.  Andrews  and 
the  State  of  Maine,  also  in  New  Jersey, 
after  which  he  returned  to  New  Bruns- 
wick and  practiced  at  Deer  Island.  In 
1 889,  he  came  back  to  St.  Andrews, where 
he  is  doing  a  very  large  practice.  Dr. 
Gove  was  married  April  24th,  1881,  to 
Georgie,  daughter  of  Robert  Townsend, 
Esq.,  Chamcook,  N.  B.  His  family 
consists  of  four  sous  and  two  daugh- 
ters. He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
Brunswick  Medical  Association,  also 
the  Maritime  Province  Medical  Associa- 
tion. In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian, 
and  in  politics  a  Liberal-Conservative. 


328 


CANADA. 


EORGE  H.  MURRAY,  M.L.C., 
Barrister,  North  Sydney,  C.  B. 
was  born  in  1861,  at  Grand  Narrows, 
C.  B.  He  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Jane  Murray.  His  father  was  a  pro- 
minent merchant  in  the  county.  After 
obtaining  a  classical  education,  Mr. 
Murray  received  his  professional  train- 
ing at  the  Boston  Law  School.  He  was 
admitted  as  barrister  in  the  year  1883, 
since  which  time  he  has  practiced  his 
profession  at  North  Sydney,  where  he 
is  popular  alike  with  the  profession 
and  the  public.  In  politics,  Mr.  Mur- 
ray is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Liberal  party.  He  is  an  effective  plat- 


form  speaker  and  an  able  exponent  of 
Liberal  principles.  He  contested  Cape 
Breton  County  in  1886,  1887  and  1890, 
the  two  latter  years  running  for  the 
House  of  Commons,  but  was  defeated 
after  an  able  campaign.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  Nova  Scotia 
Government  in  1890,  and  continues  so 
at  present.  He  is  an  ardent  believer 
in  reciprocity  with  the  United  States, 
and  a  revenue  tariff  for  Canada.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  Mr. 
Murray  was  married  in  1889,  to  Miss 
Moore,  a  daughter  of  J.  B.  Moore,  Esq., 
Sydney,  N.  S.  His  family  consists  of 
two  sons. 


MKN 


329 


**^^ 

THE    REV.   GEORGE   YOUNG, 

-*-  D.D.,  was  born  in  the  County  of 
Prince  Edward,  Ont.,  December  3ist, 
1821.  His  early  educational  advantages 
were  few,  and  his  boyhood  was  spent 
mainly  in  tilling  the  soil.  During  the 
rebellion  of  1837-38,  he  rendered  six 
months  active  service  in  the  Second 
Prince  Edward  Troop  of  Cavalry,  and 
in  1871,  when  volunteers  were  called 
for  in  Winnipeg  to  repel  the  Fenian 
invaders,  he  with  his  son,  joined  the 
force  and  marched  to  the  front.  He 
was  converted  in  1840,  and  received  his 
first  appointment  from  Conference, 
June,  1842,  being  stationed  on  the  Ox- 


ford  circuit.  Subsequently  he  was 
called  to  fill  various  important  stations, 
as  Montreal,  Quebec,  Kingston,  To- 
ronto, Hamilton,  etc.  In  1868,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  Red  River  country, 
which  he  reached  by  driving  from  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  He  has  been  frequently 
designated  "  the  pioneer  and  founder  of 
Methodism  in  Manitoba."  In  his 
pioneer  work,  he  conducted  services  at 
Fort  Garry,  the  Lower  Fort,  Sturgeon 
Creek,  Headiugly,  Poplar  Point,  High 
Bluff,  Portage  La  Prairie,  Woodlands, 
Rockwood,  Springfield,  Prairie  Grove, 
Boyne  River,  Pembina  Mountain,  etc. 
For  eight  years  he  remained  in  charge 
of  his  large  circuit  and  vast 
district,  during  which  he 
built  the  original  Grace 
Church  and  Mission  House, 
Zion  Church  and  the  Wes- 
leyan  Institute,  which  was 
the  commencement  of  the 
prosperous  Wesley  College 
of  to-day,  besides  establish- 
ing several  missions  in  the 
Province.  In  1876,  he  re- 
turned to  Toronto,  and  was 
elected  president  of  To- 
ronto Conference  in  1877. 
In  1879,  he  established  a 
mission  at  Emerson  and 
built  two  churches.  In  1882, 
he  was  appointed  Superin- 
tendent of  Missions  in  the 
North- West,  and  first  presi- 
dent of  that  Conference, 
which  he  organized  in  1883. 
During  twenty-two  years, 
he  served  the  Church  in  the 
chairmanship  of  districts. 
In  1878,  Cornell  College 
conferred  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  D.D.  In  1884,  his 
health  gave  way,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  re- 
siding in  Toronto,  doing 
good  work  for  the  Church. 


330 


PW^'**' 

THOMAS    GILROY,    Winnipeg, 

•*-  Man.,  Manager  of  the  Sun  Life 
Assurance  Company  for  Manitoba  and 
the  North-West  Territories,  was  born 
in  1848,  in  Norfolk  County,  Ont.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Simcoe  Grammar 
School,  shortly  after  which  he  engaged 
in  life  insurance  business,  rising  rapid- 
ly in  his  work  and  in  the  esteem  of  his 
company.  He  was  appointed  Inspector 
of  Agencies  of  the  Sun  Life,  a  position 
he  filled  with  much  acceptance  in  On- 
tario for  several  years.  In  1882,  Mr. 
Gilroy  was  promoted  by  the  company 
to  his  present  position,  and  certainly, 
under  his  management,  the  volume  of 
the  Western  business  of 
this  popular  company  has 
been  highly  satisfactory. 
Two  elements  contribute  to 
this  result :  first,  the  popu- 
larity among  shrewd  busi- 
ness men  of  the  "  Uncondi- 
tional "  policies  issued  by 
the  institution  which  he  re- 
presents ;  and,  secondly,  the 
universal  esteem  and  re- 
spect in  which  Mr.  Gilroy 
is  deservedly  held.  To  do 
business  with  him  is  to  be- 
come his  friend.  He  is  also 
a  public  spirited  citizen.  For 
years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Winnipeg  Municipal 
Council,  and  he  is  one  of  its 
most  popular  aldermen,  tak- 
ing a  leading  part  in  the 
business  of  the  council.  He 
has  been  the  efficient  chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee for  two  years,  and  it 
is  needless  to  say,  takes  an 
active  interest  in  the  im- 
provement, prosperity  and 
financial  security  of  his 
adopted  city.  In  religion, 
he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
repeatedly  has  been  a  dele- 


gate to  the  Provincial  Synod,  is  a  pro- 
minent official  in  Holy  Trinity  Church, 
and  a  man  whose  hand  is  ever  open  to 
any  worthy  cause.  He  is  treasurer  of 
St.  Paul's  Indian  School,  and  is  also  a 
director  of  the  North-West  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Winnipeg.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  staunch  Conservative  and 
has  rendered  good  service  to  his  party. 
In  1892,  Mr.  Gilroy  was  married  to  Miss 
Groff,  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Groff, 
of  Simcoe,  Ont.,  a  gentleman  long  and 
favorably  known  in  Norfolk  County, 
having  been  county  treasurer,  bank 
manager,  and  a  prominent  official  in 
Masonic  circles. 


MKN   OR 


331 


,EV.  CHARLES  WOOD,  In- 
cumbent of  St.  Luke's  Episco- 
_  pal  Church,  Souris,  Man., 
was  born  March  4th,  1856,  at  Bloxwich, 
Staffordshire,  England.  His  parents 
were  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Pinson) 
Wood.  When  a  mere  youth,  he  felt 
his  call  to  the  ministry,  and  with  this 
in  view,  pursued  his  education  at  St. 
Paul's  Theological  College,  Burgh, 
Lincolnshire,  England.  He  was  or- 
dained deacon,  January  i5th,  1888,  in 
St.  .John's  Church  Winnipeg,  and 
priest,  on  the  23rd  September,  1888,  in 
Holy  Trinity  Church  of  the  same  city. 
He  came  to  Canada  in  November,  1887, 


and  settled  at  Winnipeg,  Man.,  where 
he  remained  three  months,  when  he 
took  charge  of  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Boissevain,  and  All  Saints  Church, 
Turtle  Mountain,  in  January  1888, 
where  he  remained  for  two  and  one 
half  years  ;  and  on  August  6th,  1890, 
came  to  Souris,  Man.,  where  he  still 
remains,  and  his  influence  for  good  has 
already  been  felt.  Mr.  Wood  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  of 
the  Canadian  Order  of  Foresters.  In 
politics,  he  belongs  to  the  Conservative 
party.  In  1890,  he  married  Henrietta, 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  C.  Brittain, 
M.A.,  of  Birmingham,  England. 


332 


,EV.  AND.  LOGAN  GEGGIK, 
Presbyterian  Minister,  Truro, 
N.S.,  was  born  March  2oth, 
1863,  at  Ormiston,  Parish  of  Eckford, 
Roxburghshire,  Scotland.  His  parents 
were  Thomas  and  Jane  (Patterson) 
Geggie.  His  father  was  a  manufac- 
turer and  corn  merchant  for  many 
years.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  University  of  Edinburgh,  after 
which  he  pursued  his  theological  course 
in  Free  Church,  New  College,  Edin- 
burgh, and  was  ordained  to  the  minis- 
try of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  St. 
Paul's  Church,  June  26th,  1888.  He 
came  to  Canada  in  1887,  and  has  since 


labored  here  and  has  been  attended 
with  a  large  degree  of  success.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Orange  Society  and  the 
Sons  of  Temperance,  taking  an  active 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  cause  of 
the  latter.  Mr.  Geggie  is  a  young  man 
of  education  and  refinement,  popular 
with  his  congregation,  and  has  already 
secured  a  desirable  place  in  the  esteem 
of  the  Church  and  work  to  which 
he  has  devoted  his  life.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Janet  Mearns  Miller,  of  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  daughter  of  William 
and  Jane  (Scott)  Miller  of  that  place. 
His  family  consists  of  two  sons  and 
one  daughter. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


333 


,EV.  HENRY  WIL- 
LIAM LITTLE, 
Rector  of  Sussex, 
N.B.,  was  born  January 
23rd,  1848,  at  Torrington, 
Norfolk,  England.  His  fath- 
er was  head  master  for  forty 
years  of  the  High  School 
there.  Mr.  Little  received 
his  education  from  Rev.  R. 
A.  Whalley,  and  at  the  St. 
Augustine's  College,  Can- 
terbury, where  he  gradu- 
ated, receiving  his  diploma 
and  the  special  hood  granted 
by  His  Grace  the  Arch- 
bishop, to  the  students  who 
pass  their  course  with  hon- 
ors. He  was  ordained  at 
Winchester  Cathedral  in 
1874,  by  Rt.  Rev.  Harold 
Brown,  D.D.,  Lord  Bishop 
of  Winchester.  He  imme- 
diately went  to  Madagascar 
in  company  with  Dr.  Cor- 
nish, bishop  of  that  island. 
Reaching  there  in  1874,  he 
took  charge  of  the  East 
Coast,  where  the  climate  was 
so  bad  that  no  English 
clergyman  had  been  able 
to  continue  longer  than  a 
few  months.  He  remained  there  six 
years,  organizing  14  stations  and  built 
St.  James  Church  at  Andevoranto,  an 
old  Arab  slave  market.  This  was  the 
first  consecrated  church  in  Madagascar, 
and  his  congregation  there  included 
500  natives,  chiefly  slaves  and  slave- 
holders and  soldiers  of  the  Hova  gar- 
rison. He  has  had  more  than  one  in- 
terview with  the  Prime  Minister,  and 
assisted  in  passing  a  law  for  compul- 
sory education,  for  which  he  received 
the  thanks  of  the  government  and  the 
Queen.  In  1879,  ^e  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  after  some  months  spent  at 
Oxford,  he  took  charge  of  the  Parish  of 


Cheadle,  and  then  of  the  Parish  of 
Healy,  Mashani,  York.  In  1882,  he 
was  called  to  take  part  in  the  great 
London  Mission,  when  he  labored  in 
the  Parish  of  Regent  Square,  London, 
with  Rev.  E.  Steele,  as  commissioner. 
Settling  at  Forest  Hill,  he  officiated  as 
curate  of  St.  Paul's,  also  assisting  in 
the  Church  of  St.  George's,  Perry  Hill. 
He  afterwards  acted  as  curate  of  the 
Rev.  E.  Robinson  of  St.  Lawrence, 
Catford.  Having  accepted  a  call  to 
Canada,  he  reached  Fredericton  in  De- 
cember, 1889,  and  was  inducted  as  rec- 
tor of  Sussex,  in  January,  1890.  Mr. 
Little  is  the  author  of  several  works. 


334 


CANADA. 


M.  SIMPSON,  M.D.,  C.  M., 
Manitoba  University,  L.R.C. 
P.,  L.R.C.S.  and  L.M.Edin- 
burgh, L.F.P.S.,  Glasgow,  professor  of 
the  Principles  and  Practices  of  Medi- 
cine, Manitoba  Medical  College,  Win- 
nipeg, Man.,  was  born  October  i6th, 
1864,  at  Carleton  Place,  Lanark  County, 
Ont.  His  father,  now  deceased,  was 
Robert  Simpson,  a  man  of  sterling 
character,  and  one  who,  as  reeve  and 
school  official  for  years,  took  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs.  His  mother, 
who  is  still  living  (1893),  was  Fanny 
A.  Cathcart,  a  woman  of  noble  Chris- 
tian character  and  devoted  to  the  higher 


interests  of  her  family. 
They  removed  to  Manitoba, 
about  1878,  and  at  nineteen 
years  of  age,  Dr.  Simpson 
entered  Manitoba  Medical 
College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1886.  He  then 
accepted  the  position  of  As- 
sistant Surgeon  of  the  St. 
Paul,  Minneapolis  &  Mani- 
toba Railway,  in  Montana, 
where  he  soon  rose  to  be 
Chief  Surgeon.  In  1887, 
he  went  to  Great  Britain, 
where,  in  the  hospitals  of 
London  and  Edinburgh,  he 
applied  himself  to  the  fur- 
ther study  of  his  chosen 
profession.  In  1889,  he 
graduated  in  Scotland,  as 
above  indicated,  and  then 
returned  to  Winnipeg,where 
he  soon  became  favorably 
known  for  his  ability  and 
skill.  In  politics,  Dr.  Simp- 
son is  a  Conservative,  and 
ex-president  of  Dennis  Co. 
Conservative  Association. 
He  is  an  adherent  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  is 
unmarried.  He  has  one 
brother,  a  medical  student, 
and  another  (Holmes  Simpson),  a  gra- 
duate in  Medicine,  who  is  now  more 
thoroughly  preparing  himself  in  New 
York.  In  1890,  Dr.  Simpson  accepted 
the  chair  of  Materia  Medica  in  Mani- 
toba Medical  College,  and  in  1892  was 
appointed  to  his  present  professorship, 
for  which  he  is  most  fully  qualified  by 
education  and  experience.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  staff  of  physicians  and 
surgeons  of  the  Winnipeg  General 
Hospital.  He  has  very  rapidly  reached 
a  prominent  place  in  his  profession,  and 
also  in  the  confidence  of  his  adopted 
province.  His  success  is  well  merited 
and  will  doubtless  greatly  enlarge. 


OR 


335 


APT.   WM.    HENRY   MORAN, 

St.  Martin's,  N.  B.,  was  born  at 
that  place,  June  8th,  1849. 
He  is  the  son  of  James  H.  and  Caroline 
Moran.  He  received  his  education  at 
the  schools  of  his  birth  place,  Sackville 
Academy,  N.  B.,  and  Liverpool,  Eng. 
He  was  for  two  years  on  Her  Majesty's 
School  Frigate,  Conway,  and  followed  a 
sea-faring  life  for  fifteen  years,  princi- 
pally in  the  East  India  and  Australian 
trade.  He  commanded  three  vessels  in 
the  Royal  Navy,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  he  had  the  command  of  a 
looo-ton  vessel.  He  retired  from  sea  in 
1884.  He  was  appointed  Justice  of  the 


Peace,  December  25th,  1888,  his  father, 
grandfather  and  great  grandfather 
having  held  that  office  before  him.  He 
married,  in  1870,  Georgina  Adelaide, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Silas  Vaughan,  of 
St.  Martin's.  His  family  consists  of 
seven  children.  His  eldest  daughter  is 
a  graduate  of  St.  Martin's  Seminary, 
and  is  a  superior  artist.  Mr.  Moran 
has  held  the  offices  of  Assessor  and 
Inspector  for  the  Board  of  Health.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and 
Past  Master  of  St.  Martin's  Lodge.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  I.  O.  G.  T.  In  reli- 
gion, he  is  a  Baptist,  and  in  politics,  a 
Conservative. 


336 


W  TON.  DANIEL  McLEAN,  Sher- 
<5jH  iff  of  the  Central  Judicial  Dis- 
vS>  trict  of  Manitoba,  Portage  La 
Prairie,  Man.,  was  born  May  2oth,  1854, 
in  the  Township  of  Aldborough,  Elgin 
County,  Ont.  His  parents  were  John 
and  Margaret  (McCallum)  McLean, 
natives  of  Argyleshire,  Scotland.  Mr. 
McLean  has  made  his  own  way  in  the 
world.  While  working  on  his  father's 
farm,  he  secured  a  teacher's  certificate 
in  1876,  and  taught  school  for  about 
six  37ears.  In  1883,  he  removed  to 
Manitoba,  and  settled  at  Pipe  Stone, 
and  in  1884,  was  elected  reeve  of  that 
municipality.  He  was  elected  on  the 


Liberal  ticket,  the  first  representative 
of  Dennis  in  the  Local  House,  in  1886, 
and  was  returned  at  the  General  Election 
of  1888.  In  October,  1889,  ne  was 
sworn  in  as  Provincial  Secretary,  which 
position  he  held  until  June,  1892.  He 
was  also  head  of  the  Department  of 
Education  for  the  Province,  from  May, 
1891,  to  June  ist,  1892.  He  was  a 
defeated  candidate  for  the  Legislature, 
in  July,  1892,  and  was  appointed  sheriff, 
October  loth,  of  that  year.  Mr.  McLean 
is  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F.,  and  a 
Presbyterian  in  religion.  He  was  mar- 
ried, May  22nd,  1891,  to  Miss  Lizzie, 
daughter  of  Geo.  H.  Strevil,  Esq. 


MEN 


337 


\\/ILLIAM     H.    ARCHIBALD, 

V  >  Merchant,  North  Sydney,  N.S., 
was  born  at  that  place,  September  23rd, 
1842.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of  Hon. 
Thomas  Dickson  Archibald  and  Susan 
Elizabeth  Corbett,  the  former  being  a 
Conservative  and  a  member  of  the 
Senate  of  Canada,  and  was  prominent 
in  the  political  affairs  of  the  Province 
of  Nova  Scotia.  Mr.  Archibald  was 
educated  at  the  schools  of  Sydney 
Mines  and  by  private  tuition.  He  went 
into  business  at  the  age  of  seventeen  as 
book-keeper,  for  the  firm  of  Archibald 
&  Co.,  this  being  the  oldest  firm  doing 
business  in  Cape  Breton,  and  have 


been  connected  with  all  the  enterprises 
that  have  been  started  in  that  county 
during  the  past  sixty  years,  namely : 
fisheries,  ship  building  and  mining. 
They  owned  and  operated  the  "  Gowrie 
Mines,"  at  Cow  Bay,  for  over  thirty 
years,  until  sold  to  the  Dominion  Coal 
Syndicate  in  1893.  Our  subject  was 
admitted  a  partner  of  the  firm  in  1867. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Archibald  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  in  politics,  a  Conservative. 
He  is  also  a  Free  Mason.  He  was 
married,  in  1876,  to  Eleanor  Georgina 
Hughes,  daughter  of  Geo.  Hughes, 
Esq.,  of  Boston,  Mass.  His  family 
consists  of  five  children. 


338 


.  WALTER  R.  JOHNSON, 
Incumbent  of  Holy  Trinity 
>  Episcopal  Church,  Killarney, 
Man.,  was  born  May  2oth,  1858,  in 
Perth  County,  Out.  His  parents  were 
John  and  Martha  (Bainbridge)  Johnson, 
both  English.  Mr.  Johnson  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Perth  County,  and  Wickliffe  College, 
Toronto.  He  studied  Latin  and  Greek 
under  Rev.  W.  B.  Evans,  of  Mitchell, 
Ont.  He  removed  to  Manitoba  and 
settled  at  Emerson  in  1881,  and  in 
1882,  took  land  north  of  Boissevain, 
where  he  remained  until  he  went  East 
to  College  again,  and  finished  his  course 


at  Wickliffe  in  1886.  July  i5th,  1888, 
he  arrived  as  a  missionary  at  Killar- 
ney, was  ordained  deacon  in  1889, 
priest  in  1891,  and  appointed  incum- 
bent at  Killarney.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a 
most  successful  worker,  and  loves  to 
work  in  harmony  with  other  denomina- 
tions. He  has  now  a  handsome  brick 
church  at  Killarney,  and  the  mission 
is  now  strong  and  active.  He  is  also  a 
school  trustee  and  a  member  of  the 
C.O.F.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Conserva- 
tive. He  was  married,  January  ist, 
1885,  to  Miss  Sarah,  daughter  of  Edwin 
Olver,  of  Killarney,  Man.  His  family 
consists  of  three  daughters. 


OF- 


339 


\\/ILLIAM  AGNEW 
V  V  DENNY  MORSE, 
Judge  of  the  County  Court 
for  District  No.  5,  Nova 
Scotia,  including  the  associ- 
ate counties  of  Pictou  and 
Cumberland,  the  two  largest 
mining  and  manufacturing 
counties  in  the  Lower  Pro- 
vinces, was  born  January 
i3th,  1837,  at  Aniherst, 
Cumberland  County,  N.S. 
His  father,  James  Shannon 
Morse,  was  in  public  life  for 
over  forty  years,  and  was 
the  grandson  of  an  officer, 
Joseph  Morse,  who  served 
under  Lord  Amherst,  and 
in  connection  with  Major 
Allan,  a  Scotch  officer,  and 
Joshua  Winslow,  and  other 
officers,  laid  the  foundation 
of  the  first  English  settle- 
ment, in  1763,  at  the  head 
of  the  Bay  of  Fundy,  called 
the  Town  of  Cumberland, 
named  after  the  Duke  of 
Cumberland.  His  mother, 
Augusta  Agnew  Kinnear, 
was  the  granddaughter  of 
Andrew  Kinnear,  Esq.,  an 
officer  who  served  in  the 
States  during  the  Rebellion  of  1 776,  and 
afterwards  was  the  barrack  master  and 
commander  at  Fort  Cumberland,  the 
strongest  fort  at  the  head  of  the  Bay  of 
Fundy,  and  which  commanded  the 
isthmus  of  Chignecto.  Judge  Morse 
was  educated  at  a  private  school,  under 
Dr.  Hea,  and  at  Sackville  Academy, 
Westmoreland  County.  He  studied  law 
with  the  late  Sir  William  Young,  Chief 
Justice  of  Nova  Scotia,  who  afterwards 
offered  him  a  partnership,  but  he  en- 
tered into  business  with  Hon.  Leonard 
Shannon,  of  Halifax,  and  continued 
with  him  for  twenty  years,  when  he 
returned  to  Amherst,  and  became  Judge 


of  Probates,  on  the  death  of  his  brother, 
and  afterwards  accepted  the  position  of 
County  Court  Judge.  In  religion, 
Judge  Morse  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in 
politics,  his  sympathies  were  with  the 
late  Hon.  Joseph  Howe.  He  was  mar- 
ried, December,  1873,  to  Ella  Frances 
Rebecca  Boggs,  daughter  of  Richard 
Beaumont  Boggs,  Esq.,  a  descendant 
of  Dr.  Boggs,  who  was  selected  by  the 
British  Government  to  conduct  Loya- 
lists from  Boston  to  Guysboro  and 
Halifax,  and  Isabella  Jane  Russell, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Russell,  an  officer 
in  the  Queen's  Eight  Regiment.  He 
has  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  living. 


340 


CANADA. 


JOHN  FRASER  CALDWELL, 
Miningman,  Lake  of  the  Woods, 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  April 
i4tli,  1852,  in  Lanark  County,  Ont. 
His  parents,  John  and  Mary  Probie 
Mackenzie  (Fraser)  Caldwell,  are  both 
living  and  reside  in  Montreal,  where 
they  are  held  in  the  highest  esteem, 
his  father  being  a  retired  timber  mer- 
chant, whose  family  name  is  well 
known  in  connection  with  the  famous 
Streams  Bill.  Mr.  Caldwell  received 
an  excellent  education  at  the  Montreal 
High  School,  where  he  put  in  six  years 
hard  study.  When  seventeen  years  of 
age,  he  entered  the  Military  School, 


where  he  obtained  a  certifi- 
cate. He  afterwards  joined 
the  Montreal  (Volunteer) 
Victoria  Rifles,  and  went  to 
the  front.  He  was  also  for 
some  time  attached  to  a  pro- 
visional battalion  in  Mont- 
real. In  his  early  manhood, 
Mr.  Caldwell  attended  Dr. 
Girdwood's  classes  in  chem- 
istry, and  spent  some  months 
in  the  laboratory  of  a  chem- 
ist, all  of  which  training  he 
now  finds  very  helpful  to 
him.  In  1876,  he  went  to 
Winnipeg,  where  for  some 
years  he  conducted  a  whole- 
sale and  retail  drug  busi- 
ness. For  the  last  four  or 
five  years,  he  has  been  oper- 
ating in  his  present  field, 
latterly  as  owner  of  the  Sul- 
tana Mine,  whose  products 
are  now  exciting  unusual 
interest  among  capitalists. 
The  future  historian  of  the 
Rainy  River  District  must 
pay  a  tribute  to  the  fore- 
sight, courage  and  dogged 
perseverance  of  this  pioneer 
miner,  who,  in  spite  of  na- 
tural obstacles  (hard  and 
refractory  ore),  Government  restric- 
tions, both  Provincial  and  Federal,  ad- 
verse criticisms  of  a  number  of  mining 
experts,  heavy  railway  rates,  etc.,  is 
proving  to  the  mining  world  that  gold 
is  present  in  paying  quantities  in  that 
region.  The  present  development  of 
this  important  industry  is  entirely  due 
to  the  keen  perception  and  persistent 
courage  of  Mr.  Caldwell,  who  has  suc- 
ceeded against  great  odds.  On  the 
28th  of  December,  1882,  he  was  married 
to  Mary  Everett  Wallbridge,  niece  of 
the  late  Chief  Justice  of  Manitoba.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons  and  two 
daughters. 


\\/  A.  WEIR,  Manager  of  the 
¥  ¥  •  Imperial  Bank  of  Canada, 
Rat  Portage,  Out,  was  born  near  Gl&s- 
gow,  Scotland,  in  1862.  His  father, 
Patrick  Weir,  Esq.,  of  Lower  Strath- 
spey, Scotland,  is  a  gentleman  highly 
esteemed  and  widely  known,  not  only 
on  account  of  his  pronounced  political 
views,  but  also  as  a  descendant  of  one 
of  the  oldest  families  of  that  district. 
A  younger  brother  of  Patrick  Weir's, 
was  the  late  George  Weir,  LL.D.,  at 
one  time  professor  of  Classical  Litera- 
ture in  Queen's  College,  Kingstou,  and 
latterly  in  Morrin  College,  Quebec.  Mr. 
W.  A.  Weir  received  his  early  educa- 


tion at  Aberlour,  Strath- 
spey. He  then  attended 
the  old  Aberdeen  Grammar 
School,  and  finally  com- 
pleted his  studies  at  Aber- 
deen University.  In  1882, 
he  came  to  Canada  and  en- 
tered the  banking  profession 
at  Quebec,  obtaining  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Quebec  Bank, 
which  he  left  in  1884,  to 
accept  a  position  in  the  Im- 
perial Bank  of  Canada,  and 
after  having  risen  somewhat 
rapidly  through  various  po- 
sitions in  Toronto,  Gait  and 
elsewhere,  he  was  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1890,  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  Fergus  Branch, 
and  in  September,  1891, 
was  promoted  to  his  present 
position.  At  the  close  of 
his  short  stay  in  Fergus, 
his  sterling  worth  and  un- 
failing courtesy  received  a 
pleasant  and  hearty  tribute. 
Nor  is  he  filling  his  present 
arduous  position  less  satis- 
factorily. Mr.  Weir,  in 
politics,  is  a  staunch  Con- 
servative, but  pressure  of 
business  prevents  his  taking 
any  active  part  in  political  matters.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  Mr. 
Weir  was  married,  in  1889,  to  Josephine, 
daughter  of  the  late  George  Van  Felsou, 
M.D.,  of  Quebec,  and  grand-daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  Judge  Van  Felson, 
S.  C.,  of  Quebec,  who  was  an  intimate 
personal  friend  of  the  late  Duke  of 
Kent  (father  of  Her  Majesty),  during 
his  residence  in  Canada.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
Mr.  Weir  is  a  voluminous  reader  of  not 
only  works  pertaining  to  theoretical 
banking,  but  also  of  historical  subjects 
and  leading  current  topics. 


342 


CANA.DA. 


W  TON.  JAMES  COX 
<3]H  AIKINS,  P.  CM 
V»>  LL.D.,  Toronto, 
Ont.,  was  born  March  3oth, 
1823,  in  the  Township  of 
Toronto,  Ont.  He  is  the 
eldest  son  of  James  Aikins, 
Esq.,  who  cauie  from  Coun- 
ty Mouaghan,  Ireland,  to 
Philadelphia,  in  1816,  where 
he  resided  until  1820,  when 
he  removed  to  Toronto 
Township.  Mr.  Aikins  was 
educated  at  Cobourg  Aca- 
demy. In  1854,  he  was 
elected  to  Parliament  for  the 
County  of  Peel,  which  he 
represented  until  the  elec- 
tion of  1 86 1,  when  he  was 
defeated.  In  1862,  he  was 
elected  for  the  Home  Divi- 
sion to  the  Legislative  Coun- 
cil of  Canada  until  the 
Union,  when  he  was  called 
to  the  Senate.  He  became 
Secretary  of  State  in  1869, 
in  the  administration  of  Sir 
John  Macdonald,  and  retired 
with  his  chief  in  1873.  In 
1878,  he  was  again  appoint- 
ed Secretary  of  State,  and 
held  that  office  until  1880, 
when  he  was  appointed  Minister  of  In- 
land Revenue,  retiring  in  1882,  when 
he  was  appointed  Governor  of  Manitoba 
and  Keewatin,  which  position  he  held 
until  July,  1888.  He  is  president  of 
the  Manitoba  and  North-West  Loan 
Co.,  and  of  the  Trusts  Corporation  of 
Ontario,  and  officially  connected  with 
several  monetary  institutions.  He  is 
a  warm  adherent  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  lay  treasurer  of  the  Missionary 
Society,  a  strong  supporter  of  the  tem- 
perance cause,  and  takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  whatever  tends  to  the  advance- 
ment of  religion  and  morality.  Mr. 
Aikins  was  married,  in  1845,  to  Mary, 


only  daughter  of  John  Somerset,  Esq. 
His  family  consists  of  three  sons  and 
four  daughters.  The  eldest  son,  J.  S. 
Aikins,  is  a  broker  in  Winnipeg,  the 
second  son,  J.  A.  M.  Aikins,  Q.C.,  also 
resides  in  Winnipeg,  the  third  son,  Dr. 
W.  H.  B.  Aikins,  is  a  graduate  of  To- 
ronto School  of  Medicine,  a  member  of 
the  University  Senate  and  is  a  resident 
of  Toronto.  The  eldest  daughter  mar- 
ried Rev.  D.  G.  Sutherland,  M.  A., 
LL.B.,  D.D.,  an  eminent  and  scholarly 
man  ;  the  second  daughter  married  Dr. 
J.  E.  Graham,  M.R.C.P.,  London,  Eng., 
and  the  two  younger  daughters  are 
unmarried  and  live  with  their  parents. 


OK   CANADA. 


343 


JOHN  NEVILLE  ARMSTRONG, 
Barrister,  North  Sydney,  N.S., 
was  born  at  Sydney  Mines,  N.S., 
June  28th,  1854.  His  parents  were 
James  Armstrong  and  Catherine  Ne- 
ville, whose  brother,  John  M.  Neville, 
after  whom  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  named,  on  leaving  his  native  pro- 
vince in  1849,  became  the  founder  of 
one  of  the  leading  manufacturing  es- 
tablishments in  San  Francisco.  Mr. 
Armstrong  was  educated  at  the  High 
School,  North  Sydney,  and  for  some 
time  attended  Harvard  University, 
Cambridge,  Mass.  He  taught  in  the 
High  School,  North  Sydney,  for  several 


years,  and  in  1885,  at  incorporation, 
was  appointed  town  clerk,  and  treas- 
urer of  North  Sydney,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  well-known  law  firm  of  Archi- 
bald and  Armstrong.  Mr.  Armstrong 
is  also  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
School  Commissioners,  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  educational  matters. 
He  is  president  of  the  Liberal  Associ- 
ation of  the  County  of  Cape  Breton. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Baptist.  He  was 
married  January,  1890,  to  Jennie  E. 
Rice,  who  graduated  in  both  musical 
and  literary  courses,  in  Acadia  Semin- 
ary, Wolfville,  N.S.,  in  June,  1888. 
His  family  consists  of  two  children. 


344 


MEN 


CANADA. 


WILLIAM  MAC- 
CHARLES,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Prac- 
ticing  Physician  and  Sur- 
geon, Cypress  River,  Man.,  was  born 
November  28th,  1858,  at  Middle  River 
Settlement,  Victoria  County,  Nova 
Scotia.  He  is  the  son  of  Malcolm  and 
Margaret  (Mackay)  MacCharles,  na- 
tives of  Scotland,  and  farmers.  His 
father  died  at  the  age  of  74  years,  and 
his  mother  is  still  living  at  the  age  of 
79,  (1893).  Dr.  MacCharles  was  edu- 
cated at  the  public  schools  of  his  birth 
place,  Pictou  Academy,  Dalhousie  Uni- 
versity, graduating  from  the  latter  in- 
stitution in  1892,  with  the  degree  of 


M.D.,  C.M.  In  July  of  that  year,  he 
removed  to  Manitoba,  and  settled  at 
Cypress  River,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained, and  has  succeeded  in  working 
up  a  large  and  highly  satisfactory  prac- 
tice, and  winning  the  confidence  of  the 
public.  He  is  well  qualified  by  edu- 
cation for  his  important  profession,  and 
from  his  past  record,  will  doubtless 
stand  high  in  the  medical  world.  In 
religion,  the  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  politics,  a 
Conservative.  He  was  married,  July 
i4th,  1892,  to  Miss  Florence  Armenia 
MacLean,  daughter  of  Donald  Mac- 
Lean,  of  Middle  River,  Nova  Scotia. 


CANADA. 


345 


JAMES  H.  HARTNEY,  M.P.P., 
General  Merchant,  etc.,  Souris, 
Man.,  was  born  September 
22nd,  1848,  at  Arnprior,  Ont.  His 
parents  were  James  and  Elizabeth  Hart- 
ney.  He  received  his  education  at  the 
Pakenham  High  School,  after  which  he 
went  into  business  with  James  M.  Rob- 
ertson, in  1870,  at  Pakenham,  where 
he  remained  five  years.  He  then  worked 
for  his  father,  at  Arnprior,  for  four 
years,  then  in  partnership  with  George 
Wilson,  in  Arnprior,  for  three  years. 
He  removed  to  Manitoba,  in  1882,  and 
for  six  years  farmed  where  Hartney 
now  stands.  He  then  went  to  Souris, 


and  in  1890,  bought  the  store  of  W.  H. 
Hall  &  Co.  In  the  Fall  of  that  year, 
he  opened  the  store  at  Hartney,  and 
the  Post  Office  there  was  opened  in 
1885,  with  Mr.  Hartney  as  postmaster. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
in  politics,  a  Conservative.  He  was 
elected  Reeve,  in  1891,  of  the  munici- 
pality of  Glenwood,  and  M.P.P.  in  1892, 
to  represent  the  new  constituency  of 
Avondale.  Mr.  Hartney  was  married 
twice:  first,  Aug.  loth,  1870,  to  Sarah 
Jane,  daughter  of  Wm.  Cowan,  of  Pak- 
enham, who  died  in  1877,  and  second, 
to  Annie  Evans  Cuthbert,  of  Paken- 
ham. He  has  six  children. 


346 


MKN 


7Y  H.  S.  BESSETTE,  General 
^T\  •  Merchant,  Magog,  Qtie.,  was 
V«>  born  July  3rd,  1859,  in  Ri- 
chelieu, P.Q.  He  is  a  son  of  N.  D.  D. 
Bessette,  N.  P.,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  citizens  of  Richelieu.  Mr. 
Bessette  is  also  a  nephew  of  the  well- 
known  M.  A.  Bessette,  ex-M.  P.  for 
Shefford  County.  His  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Stubinger,  who  is  descended 
from  an  old  and  distinguished  family, 
in  Germany.  Mr.  Bessette  commenced 
his  education  in  Richelieu,  but  at  an 
early  age  removed  to  Lougueuil,  where 
he  spent  five  years  in  the  High  School. 
In  1875,  he  entered  the  establishment 


of  Hon.  P.  E.  Roy,  M.L.C.,  at  St.  Pie, 
Que.,  with  whom  he  remained  for  thir- 
teen years,  and  rose  to  the  position  of 
head  manager.  In  1889,  he  went  into 
business  at  Magog,  on  his  own  account. 
In  1892,  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Board  of  School  trustees.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  I.O.F.,  and  has  been 
Vice-Chief  Ranger  in  that  order.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and  is  a 
forcible  and  pointed  political  speaker. 
Mr.  Bessette  was  married,  in  1882,  to 
Emma,  daughter  of  N.  Bertrand,  mer- 
chant of  St.  Liboire,  P.Q.  His  family 
consists  of  five  children.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Bessette  is  a  Roman  Catholic. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


347 


V.  FATHER  LEWIS  HEN- 
RY  DRUMMOND,  Priest  of 
tne  Society  of  Jesus,  was 
born  in  Montreal,  October  iQth,  1848. 
His  father  was  the  Hon.  Lewis  Thomas 
Drummond,  Attorney-General  for  Lower 
Canada  (1851-56),  and  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Queen's  Bench,  and  his 
mother  was  a  French  Canadian,  and  a 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  P.  D.  Debartzch. 
Father  Drummond  attended  the  Mont- 
real Collegiate  School  for  three  years, 
and  completed  a  six  years'  university 
course  in  St.  Mary's  College,  Montreal. 
After  studying  geology  at  the  Geolog- 
ical Museum,  he  entered  the  Jesuit 
Order  at  Sault-au-Recollet, 
where  he  spent  two  years 
and  a  half.  He  taught 
classics  at  St.  Mary's  Col- 
lege for  about  two  years, 
when  owing  to  excessive 
work  his  health  gave  way, 
and  he  was  compelled  to  go 
abroad  for  a  time.  Return- 
ing with  improved  health, 
he  devoted  three  more  years 
to  the  study  of  philosophy 
at  the  great  Jesuit  Col- 
lege, Woodstock,  Md.,  went 
through  four  years  of  col- 
lege work,  chiefly  as  teacher 
of  rhetoric,  in  the  colleges 
of  St.  Francis-Xavier  and 
St.  John's,  New  York  City, 
after  which  he  went  to  Eng- 
land, and  spent  four  years 
in  theological  studies,  and 
was  ordained  priest,  Sep- 
tember 23rd,  1883.  Ifl  X885, 
he  came  to  Winnipeg,  and 
was  appointed  professor  in 
St.  Boniface  College,  and  a 
member  of  the  Council  and 
Board  of  Studies  of  Mani- 
toba University.  In  1890, 
he  was  called  to  Montreal, 
to  take  charge  of  St.  Mary's 


College  and  of  Gesu  Church.  These 
institutions  greatly  prospered  under 
his  charge,  but  his  health  would  not 
stand  the  strain,  and  he  again  re- 
sumed teaching  philosophy  at  St.  Boni- 
face College,  and  his  connection  with 
the  University.  Notwithstanding  the 
fact  that  the  greater  part  of  his  time  is 
devoted  to  teaching,  yet  he  is  well 
known  as  a  preacher  and  lecturer, 
whose  favorite  theme  is  "  the  sweet 
reasonableness  of  true  Christianity." 
Father  Drummond  is  a  man  of  varied 
experience  and  information,  a  strong 
writer  and  accurate  thinker,  a  ripe 
scholar,  just  and  eloquent. 


348 


IVIEN 


- 


EO.  A.  GLINES,  Real  Estate, 
Loan  and  Financial  Agent,  Win- 
nipeg, was  born  in  October,  1849,  at  La- 
chute,  Que.  His  father  was  the  late  G. 
L.  Glines,  Esq.,  farmer,  who  was  widely 
and  favorably  known  in  that  district. 
His  mother  was  Maria  Hutchins,  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  best  pioneer 
families  of  Canada.  Mr.  Glines  was 
educated  at  the  public  schools  of  La- 
chute,  and  from  fourteen  to  twenty 
years  of  age,  clerked  in  Montreal. 
After  two  years  in  New  York  State,  he 
returned  to  Montreal  and  entered  the 
employ  of  his  uncle,  a  large  wholesale 
tea  merchant,  whonrhe  afterwards  suc- 


ceeded. In  1877,  he  went  to  Manitoba, 
and  soon  made  himself  familiar  with 
the  Province,  from  end  to  end,  by  tra- 
velling over  it  repeatedly.  He  was  in- 
duced, by  the  late  Col.  Kennedy,  to  lo- 
cate at  Morris,  where  he  acted  as  agent 
for  properties  of  the  Colonel  and  others. 
He  was  the  first  mayor  of  Morris,  when 
that  town  was  incorporated  in  1883, 
and  was  mainly  instrumental  in  getting 
the  charter  for  the  proposed  Manitoba 
Central  Railway,  passed  through  the 
Legislature,  and  years  ago  outlined  the 
railways  which  now  pass  through 
Morris.  In  1885,  he  went  to  the  front 
as  first  lieutenant  of  a  company  of 
Morris  volunteers,  under 
the  command  of  Col.  Scott. 
Soon  after  the  Rebellion,  he 
located  in  Winnipeg,  where 
he  established  his  present 
business.  He  does  an  agen- 
cy business  in  real  estate, 
farm  and  city,  and  is  agent 
for  the  Canadian  Mutual 
Loan  and  investment  Co. 
Mr.  Glines  is  a  man  of  great 
energy,  and  has  invariably 
manifested  his  ability  by 
successfully  carrying  out 
the  many  important  enter- 
prises with  which  he  has 
been  connected.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
He  has  been  largely  ins- 
trumental in  bringing  the 
resources  of  the  province  to 
the  notice  of  intending  set- 
tlers and  capitalists  in  the 
cities  of  Eastern  Canada, 
the  United  States  and  Euro- 
pean countries.  He  has 
unbounded  confidence  in  the 
future  development  and 
prosperity  of  Manitoba.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal- 
Conservative. 


349 


\\/M.     WARREN     HANSCOM, 

^  r  Superintendent  of  Havelock 
Mineral  Springs,  Havelock,  New  Bruns- 
wick, was  born  in  Maine,  U.  S.,  July 
3Oth,  1838.  His  parents  were  Lyman 
and  Betsy  Hanscoin,  of  that  State. 
Mr.  Hanscom  received  his  education  at 
the  Grammar  schools  of  Boston,  Mass., 
and  graduated  from  the  Quincy  Gram- 
mar School  in  1854,  and  in  1857  went 
to  Denver,  Col.,  there  being  only  one 
house  there  at  that  time.  He  after- 
wards went  to  Salt  Lake  and  Califor- 
nia, and  up  to  Puget  Sound,  and  in 
1 86 1,  entered  the  American  War.  He 
was  in  the  Rhode  Island  Battery,  oc- 


cupying different  ranks  from  private  to 
Captain  of  the  Battery,  remaining  four 
years,  and  was  in  thirty-three  different 
engagements.  On  leaving  active  ser- 
vice, he  embarked  in  the  mineral  water 
business  in  Boston,  remaining  there 
until  1889,  and  then  went  to  Nova 
Scotia  and  opened  springs  at  Middleton, 
remaining  two  years,  when  he  opened 
the  Havelock  Mineral  Springs.  Mr. 
Hanscom  was  married,  in  1865,  to  L,. 
Adella,  daughter  of  David  E.  Ward, 
Esq.,  of  New  Hampton,  N.  H.  He  has 
one  son.  In  religion,  Mr.  Hanscom  is 
a  Baptist.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
A.  F.  &  A.M.,  K.  of  P.,  and  G.  A.  R. 


350 


OK 


EV.     HUGH     CAMPBELL 
SUTHERLAND,  B.A.,  Pastor 

of  St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian 

Church,  Carman,  Man.,  was]  born"  Oct. 
25th,  1863,  in  Oxford  Co.,  Ont.  His 
parents  are  Thomas  and  Isabella 
(Campbell)  Sutherland,  highly  respect- 
ed residents  of  that  county,  and  High- 
land Scotch,  who  followed  the  life  of 
farmers  in  the  Old  Land,  and  also  after 
coming  to  this  country.  Mr.  Suther- 
land was  educated  at  the  public  schools 
of  his  birth  place,  after  which  he  taught 
school  in  Bruce  County,  Ont.,  for  four 
and  one  half  years.  He,  however,  felt 
called  to  the  ministry,  and  entered  Mc- 


Gill  College,  Montreal,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1890.  Two  years  later, 
he  graduated  from  the  Presbyterian 
College,  Montreal,  being  gold  medalist, 
MacKay  scholar,  and  valedictorian  of 
his  class.  He  was  editor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian College  Journal  during  the 
session  1890-91.  He  was  ordained 
October  4th,  1892,  and  inducted  into 
his  present  charge  at  Carman,  where 
he  is  meeting  with  gratifying  success. 
In  politics,  Mr.  Sutherland  is  an  Inde- 
pendent, with  Liberal  leanings.  He 
was  married,  September  6th,  1893,  to 
Miss  Isa  G.  daughter  of  the  late  Hugh 
Mackenzie,  of  Woodstock,  Ont. 


OK 


,EV.  ROBT.  SAMUEL  CRISP, 
Methodist  Clergyman,  Salis- 
bury,  Westmoreland  County, 
N.B.,  was  born  near  Norwich,  Eng., 
July  ist,  1848.  He  is  the  eldest  son 
of  James  and  Sarah  Crisp.  On  his 
father's  side,  he  is  descended  from  an 
old  Methodist  family  of  London,  Nor- 
folk, mentioned  by  Rev.  John  Wesley, 
in  his  journal,  during  his  travels  in 
that  part  of  the  country.  On  his 
mother's  side,  he  is  descended  from  the 
junior  members  of  the  Walpole  family, 
who  occupied  important  positions  in 
politics  in  the  reign  of  George  I.  and 
George  II.,  and  there  are  many  tradi- 


tions  and  relics,  as  well  as  valuable 
estates  in  Norfolk  still  in  possession  of 
this  branch  of  the  family.  Mr.  Crisp 
received  his  education  at  the  public 
school,  and  afterwards  by  private 
tuition.  He  received  his  theological 
course  with  the  Rev.  Thomas  G.  Keel- 
ing, M.A.,  well  known  in  certain  Divi- 
nity circles  in  the  Old  Land,  preparing 
to  offer  himself  for  the  Methodist  min- 
istry in  connection  with  the  English 
Conference.  -  He  received  a  letter  from 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Geo.  Scott,  asking  him  to 
go  to  America,  and  having  had  this 
idea  in  his  mind  for  some  time,  he  of- 
fered himself  for  the  work  under  the 
control  of  the  then  Eastern 
.,  British  American  Confer- 
ence, and  left  England  in 
October,  1871.  On  arriving 
in  this  country,  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  pastor  of 
a  large  country  charge  on 
the  banks  of  the  St.  John 
River,  N.B.  Among  other 
charges  held  by  Mr.  Crisp 
are  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I., 
Chatham,  Portland  and 
Moncton,  N.  B.,  which  are 
some  of  the  most  important 
charges  in  the  Conference 
of  New  Brunswick.  He  be- 
gan life  with  the  prestige  of 
an  honored  ancestry,  and 
by  his  personal  worth  soon 
secured  a  prominent  place 
in  the  Church.  Mr.  Crisp 
was  married,  October  igth, 
1875,  to  Matilda  E.,  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  Rev. 
William  Wilson,  for  many 
years  on  the  Wesleyan 
Mission  in  Newfoundland. 
His  family  consists  of  two 
daughters.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order, 
I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F.,  and  Sons 
of  Temperance. 


352 


JVIKN   OR   CANADA. 


J  JACKSON  YOUNG,  Editor 
of  the  Moosomin  Spectator, 
and  Managing  Director  of  the 
Moosomin  Printing  and  Publishing 
Company  (Limited),  was  born  June 
a6th,  1868,  at  Newark,  Eng.  His  pa- 
rents were  J.  W.  and  Sarah  Jackson 
Young.  The  family  emigrated  to  Can- 
ada in  1883,  and  settled  at  Regina, 
N.W.  T.  Mr.  Young  pursued  his 
educational  studies  to  a  considerable 
extent  before  leaving  England,  but  sub- 
sequently devoted  himself  diligently  to 
private  study,  the  better  to  fit  him  for 
the  profession  which  he  had  chosen. 
After  a  short  experience  in  the  book 
and  stationery  business  in 
Regina,  Mr.  Young  accepted 
a  situation  as  reporter  on 
the  Regina  Leader,  of  which 
Mr.  N.  F.  Davin  was  pro- 
prietor and  editor.  After  a 
few  months,  Mr.  Davin  was 
elected  to  Parliament,  and 
Mr.  Young  was  appointed 
editor  and  manager  of  the 
business,  which  he  con- 
ducted with  great  credit  to 
himself  and  the  satisfaction 
of  his  readers,  for  eight 
years.  Mr.  Young  was  but 
nineteen  years  of  age  when 
he  took  charge  of  the  Leader, 
but  before  he  left  it  he  had 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
its  circulation  more  than 
doubled.  In  October,  1892, 
he  accepted  his  present  po- 
sition. A  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  Spectator,  which 
is  acknowledged  one  of  the 
leading  papers  of  the  West, 
is  all  that  is  necessary  to 
convince  one  of  Mr.  Young's 
superior  ability  as  a  news- 
paper man.  In  politics,  the 
Spectator  is  Independent, 
with  Conservative  leanings. 


Mr.  Young  represented  his  paper  in 
the  Press  Gallery,  at  Ottawa,  during 
the  Parliament  of  1892,  and  has  a  large 
knowledge  of  political  affairs  in  the 
North-West.  While  in  Regina,  he  had 
charge  of  the  Methodist  Church  choir, 
which  is  said  to  be  the  leading  choir  in 
Manitoba  and  the  Territories,  outside 
of  Winnipeg.  He  now  occupies  a  simi- 
lar position  in  Moosomin.  Mr.  Young 
was  married,  August  nth,  1887,  to 
Miss  May,  second  daughter  of  D. 
Woodward,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Norfolk, 
Ont.,  but  now  of  Regina,  Assa.,  and 
has  two  children,  one  son  and  one 
daughter. 


OR    C 


353 


,EV.  JAMES  FARQUHAR- 
SON, Pastor  Knox  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  Pilot  Mound, 
Man.,  was  born  August  i7th,  1847,  lu 
Aberdeenshire,  Scotland.  He  is  the 
son  of  Charles  and  Margaret  (Fletcher) 
Farquharson.  The  family  emigrated 
to  America  in  1866,  and  settled  in 
Kent  County,  Out.  Mr.  Farquharson 
attended  the  parish  schools  in  Scotland, 
but  after  settling  in  Ontario,  he  worked 
three  years  on  a  bush  farm.  He  then 
taught  school  for  two  years,  and  sub- 
sequently attended  the  Chatham  High 
School,  after  which  he  taught  for  an- 
other year.  He  again  went  back  to  the 


High  School,  and  then  went  to  Toronto 
University  in  1874,  where  he  graduated 
in  1878,  afterwards  graduating  from 
Knox  College  in  1881.  His  first  charge 
was  Pilot  Mound,  Man.,  where  he  was 
ordained,  January  4th,  1882,  and  where 
he  has  remained  ever  since,  doing  a 
good  work.  A  beautiful  church  build- 
ing is  now  one  of  the  monuments  of  his 
enterprise  and  ability.  Mr.  Farquhar- 
son has  been  honored  with  many  pro- 
minent offices  in  connection  with  the 
Church  work.  He  was  married,  No- 
vember iSth,  1881,  to  Miss  Janet, 
daughter  of  the  late  John  Coutts,  of 
Kent  County,  Out. 

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354 


1VLEN 


JOHN  NICHOLSON 
PITHER,  Indian  Agent,  Rat 
Portage,  Ont.,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 29th,  1824,  i11  Montreal.  His 
parents  were  Robert  and  Margaret 
(Nicholson)  Pither,  of  English  birth. 
Mr.  Pither  was  educated  in  Montreal 
and  Quebec,  and  in  1846,  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Co.,  re- 
maining with  them  twenty-three  years. 
In  1846,  he  travelled  the  entire  dis- 
tance from  Lachine,  Que.,  to  Norway 
House,  Lake  Winnipeg,  by  canoe,  via 
the  Ottawa  River,  Lake  Nipissing, 
French  River,  Georgian  Bay,  Lake 
Superior,  Rainy  River,  Rat  Portage, 


Winnipeg  River  and  Lake  Winnipeg, 
the  trip  occupying  months  of  time  and 
covering  thousands  of  miles.  In  1870, 
Mr.  Pither  succeeded  in  keeping  the 
Indians  of  the  Rainy  River  district  and 
vicinity  from  joining  Riel ;  ever  since  he 
has  been  Indian  Agent,  chiefly  at  Fort 
Francis  and  Rat  Portage.  In  religion, 
he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in  politics,  a 
Conservative.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  is  a  correspondent 
of  the  Manitoba  Historical  and  Scientific 
Society, whose  museum  contains  several 
interesting  relics  donated  by  him.  He 
married,  June  22,  1882,  Rebecca,  daugh- 
ter of  W.  Barlow,  Esq.,  Binbrook,  Ont. 


355 


OST  REV.  ROBT. 
MACHRAY,  Pri- 
mate  of  all  Can- 
ada, Metropolitan  of  the 
Province  of  Rupert's  Land, 
and  Archbishop  of  the  dio- 
cese of  Rupert's  Land,  was 
born  in  Aberdeen,  Scot- 
land, in  1831.  His  father 
was  Robert  Machray,  advo- 
cate, Aberdeen.  Archbishop 
Machray  was  educated  chief- 
ly at  Coull,  Aberdeenshire, 
and  King's  College,  Aber- 
deen, graduating  M.  A.  from 
the  latter  in  1851,  winning 
the  Simpson  and  Hutton 
prizes,  and  in  the  same  year, 
entered  Sidney-Sussex  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  elected 
Foundation  scholar,  1851  ; 
Taylor  scholar,  185  2  ;  gradu- 
ating in  1855,  when  he  was 
elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Col- 
lege, which  he  still  is.  He 
received  the  degree  of  M.A. 
(Cambridge)  1858,  D.  D. 
1865,  LL.  D.  (Aberdeen) 
1865,  Hon.  D.D.  (Durham) 
1888,  and  D.C.L.  (Trinity) 
1893.  He  was  ordained 
deacon  in  1855,  and  priest 
the  following  year.  While  at  Cam- 
bridge, he  was  very  active  in  church 
and  university  work,  and  was  vicar 
of  Madingley ;  in  1858,  he  was  ap- 
pointed dean  of  Sidney-Sussex  Col- 
lege; in  1860-61,  was  University  ex- 
aminer; in  1865,  Ramsden  University 
preacher  ;  in  1888,  special  preacher.  In 
1865,  he  was  consecrated  second  Lord 
Bishop  of  Rupert's  Land,  his  diocese 
containing  some  two  millions  square 
miles,  from  which  seven  dioceses  have 
since  been  taken.  His  first  care  was 
to  revive  St.  John's  College,  and  he 
has  spared  neither  time,  labor  nor  ex- 
pense to  build  up  that  college  to  his 


tr- 

••  *:•••• 


ideal,  in  which  he  still  lectures  in 
mathematics  and  ecclesiastical  history. 
He  was  appointed  by  the  Queen,  prelate 
of  the  most  distinguished  Order  of  St. 
Michael  and  St.  George,  1851,  and  de- 
signated Archbishop  of  Rupert's  Land, 
and  elected  Primate  of  all  Canada,  at 
the  General  Synod,  1893.  He  has  been 
chairman  of  the  Provincial  Board  of 
Education,  and  chancellor  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Manitoba  since  its  founda- 
tion. To-day,  his  own  diocese  is  in  a 
remarkable  state  of  efficiency,  having  at 
the  centre  a  capitular  body,  with  a  dean 
and  four  residentiary  canons,  all  of 
whom  are  professors  in  the  college. 


356 


HOMAS  SCOTT,  Collector  of 
Customs,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was 
born  February  i6th,  1841,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Lanark,  Ont.  His  parents  came 
from  Armagh,  Ireland,  to  Canada,  in 
1836.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  High  School  of  Perth,  Ont.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  printer,  and  estab- 
lished the  Perth  Expositor,  in  1860. 
He  joined  the  Volunteer  force  in  1861, 
was  gazetted  Major  of  the  42nd  Batta- 
lion in  November,  1866,  and  Battalion 
Lieut-Colonel  in  1871.  He  was  senior 
Captain  of  the  Ontario  Rifles,  forming 
part  of  the  Red  River  Expeditionary 
force  of  1870,  under  Colonel  (now  Lord) 


Wolseley,  and  returned 
home  during  the  Winter  of 
1870-71.  In  October  of  the 
same  year,  news  reached 
Ottawa  of  an  intended  raid 
by  Fenians  on  Manitoba. 
The  Militia  Department  or- 
dered that  a  picked  force  of 
two  hundred  men  be  at  once 
sent  to  the  Province,  and 
Col.  Scott  was  selected  to 
command  the  same.  This 
force  left  Collingwood,  Oc- 
tober 26th,  on  board  the 
"  Chicora,"  for  Thunder 
Bay,  and  marched  across 
the  Red  River  on  the  ice,  to 
Fort  Garry,  on  November 
1 8th,  after  undergoing  the 
most  severe  hardships. 
When  the  Rebellion  of  1885 
broke  out.  Col.  Scott  was 
authorised  to  raise  a  regi- 
ment in  Manitoba  for  active 
service.  This  he  did  in 
thirteen  days,  and  left  for 
Qu'Appelle  with  440  men, 
fully  equipped.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Conservative.  He 
contested  Winnipeg  unsuc- 
cessfully in  1874,  and  was 
elected  for  the  Local  Legis- 
lature, in  1878  and  1879.  In  September, 
1880,  he  contested  Selkirk  County, 
for  the  Dominion  Parliament,  against 
Donald  A.  (now  Sir  Donald  A.)  Smith, 
and  was  elected.  At  the  General  Elec- 
tions of  1882,  he  was  returned  for 
Winnipeg,  but  did  not  offer  himself  for 
re-election  in  1887,  having  accepted 
the  position  of  Collector  of  Customs 
for  Winnipeg.  He  has  also  been  an 
alderman  of  Winnipeg,  and  mayor  at 
two  different  times.  In  religion,  he  is 
a  Presbyterian.  He  was  married,  in 
1863,  to  a  daughter  of  Robert  Kellock, 
Esq.,  of  Perth,  Ont.  His  family  con- 
sists of  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 


CANADA. 


357 


JAS.  EDWIN  ROBERTSON,  M.D., 
C.M.,  ex-M.P.P.  and  ex-M.P., 
Montague,  P.E.I.,  was  born  at 
New  Perth,  P.  E.  I.,  October  8th,  1840. 
He  is  the  son  of  Peter  Robertson  and 
Annie  McFarlane.  He  was  educated 
at  McGill  University,  Montreal,  where 
he  graduated  with  honors,  as  above  in- 
dicated, in  1865,  after  which  he  located 
in  Montague,  where  he  has  worked  up 
a  large  practice.  In  politics,  Doctor 
Robertson  is  a  Liberal,  and  has  been 
prominently  connected  with  his  party 
in  Prince  Edward  Island.  In  1870,  he 
was  returned  to  the  Legislative  Assem- 
bly by  acclamation,  and  again  by  ac- 


clamation in  1872.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Hy thorn-Palmer  Liberal  Gov- 
ernment until  1873,  re-elected  in  1876. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Davies'  Gov- 
ernment for  a  few  months  during  1878- 
79,  defeated  in  1879,  but  re-elected  in 
1882,  in  which  year  he  also  resigned  to 
run  for  the  House  of  Commons,  and 
was  elected,  and  re-elected  M.  P.  in 
1886.  In  religion,  the  Doctor  is  a  Bap- 
tist. He  was  married,  November  nth, 
1878,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James 
McFarlane,  of  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I. 
Dr.  Robertson  takes  an  active  interest 
in  whatever  tends  to  the  prosperity  of 
his  native  island. 


358 


OK 


ALGERON  SILVA 
WHITE,  B.A.,  Incumbent  of 
St.  John's  Episcopal  Church, 
Carman,  Man.,  was  born  December 
9th,  1866,  at  London,  Eng.  His  pa- 
rents were  Edward  Fox  and  Julia 
(Silva)  White,  his  father  being  of  Eng- 
lish and  his  mother  of  Spanish  descent. 
His  father  was  a  prosperous  general 
merchant  in  London,  Eng.  Mr.  White 
was  educated  at  the  Kensington  Gram- 
mar school,  London,  under  the  late 
Rev.  Dr.  Ackland,  and  at  a  private 
school  of  Rev.  Dr.  Dawes,  in  Surrey. 
In  1885,  he  came  to  Canada,  and  settled 
at  Shellmouth,  Man.,  where  he  taught 


school  for  two  years,  and  in  which  call- 
ing he  was  very  successful.  He  then 
entered  St.  John's  College,  Winnipeg, 
graduating  in  Theology  and  Arts  in 
1893,  with  first-class  honors.  He  was 
ordained  deacon  May  28th  of  that  year. 
During  his  college  course,  Mr.  White 
was  lay  reader  in  Canon  Pentreath's 
parish  for  over  three  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  England  and 
the  Masonic  Order.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Conservative.  Mr.  White  was  mar- 
ried, August  2nd,  1893,  to  Miss  Lilian 
St.  Martin.  He  is  possessed  of  con- 
siderable natural  musical  talent,  and  is 
exceedingly  fond  of  the  art. 


MEN"  OF* 


359 


ROBERT  GUMMING, 
Westville,  N.  S.,  was  boru  at 
Stellarton,  N.S.,  in  1840. 
His  father,  Robert  Gumming,  and  his 
mother,  Elizabeth  Denoon,  came  from 
Inverness,  Scotland,  in  1832.  He  re- 
ceived his  elementary  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  community,  and 
afterwards  attended  the  old  Presby- 
terian Seminary,  at  Truro,  N.S.,  for 
three  terms,  Dalhousie  University  for 
one  term,  Pine  Hill  for  two  terms, 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  for 
one  term,  and  was  licensed  at  Bound 
Brook,  N.J.,  in  April,  1868.  After 
laboring  in  P.  E.  I.,  for  about  two 


years,  he  removed  to  New  Glasgow,  and 
three  years  afterwards  was  translated 
to  the  large  congregation  of  Glenelg, 
where,  in  one  year,  there  were  added  to 
the  communion  roll  on  profession  of 
faith,  163  names.  After  seven  years 
there,  he  took  charge  of  the  congre- 
gation of  Carmel  Church,  Westville.  In 
1889,  accompanied  by  his  brother,  Rev. 
Thos.  Gumming,  of  Truro,  he  made  a 
tour  of  the  Globe,  travelling  through 
England,  France,  Switzerland,  Italy, 
Egypt,  Palestine,  China  and  Japan.  He 
was  married,  in  1874,  to  Coriuna,  daugh- 
ter of  Alex.  Grant,  of  New  Glasgow. 
His  family  consists  of  six  children. 


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OF- 


•I 


JAMES  CHARLES  STOYTE, 
B.A.,  M.B.  &  M.Ch.,  L.M.K., 
and  Q.C.P.I.,  Sotiris,  Man., 
was  born  March  i5th,  1852,  at  Kinsale, 
County  Cork,  Ireland.  His  parents 
were  Rev.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Bleaz- 
bey)  Stoyte,  the  former  being  a  Church 
of  England  clergyman,  and  well  known 
in  his  community  for  his  ability  and 
piety.  Dr.  Stoyte  received  his  early 
education  under  Rev.  Edward  Perdue, 
after  which  he  entered  Trinity  College, 
Dublin,  graduating  in  arts  with  B.A. 
degree,  in  1871.  He  received  his  medi- 
cal education  at  Trinity  Medical  Col- 
lege, graduating  M.D.  &  M.Ch.,  in 


1873.  He  then  practiced  in  Litchfield, 
England,  for  one  year,  then  with  the 
Pacific  Steam  Navigation  Co.,  for  about 
two  years,  after  which  he  practiced  in 
Kinsale,  until  1882,  when  he  removed 
to  Manitoba,  and  settled  iu  Souris, 
where  he  has  since  remained.  In  1888, 
he  started  a  drug  store  at  Souris,  which 
he  still  conducts  in  connection  with  his 
extensive  practice,  and  also  operates  a 
farm.  In  religion,  Dr.  Stoyte  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
in  politics,  a  Conservative.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and 
I.O.O.F.,  and  is  past  D.D.G.M.,  for 
Brandon  district  in  the  former. 


MKN 


361 


J 


OHN  BURKILL  ASHBY,  Prin- 
cipal of  Rupert's  Indian  In- 
QS  dustrial  School,  at  St.  Paul's 
(Middle  Church  P.O.),  Man.,  was  born 
January  I5th,  1850,  at  Cotes,  Leicester- 
shire, England.  His  parents  were  John 
and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Burkill)  Ashby. 
He  was  educated  at  Milton  College, 
Rugby,  England,  passed  his  Cam- 
bridge examination,  and  took  a  busi- 
ness course.  He  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
1880,  and  took  up  land  in  Manitoba, 
subsequently  he  qualified  in  Winnipeg 
Normal  School,  and  was  appointed 
assistant  principal  of  the  Indian  In- 
dustrial School  at  Battleford,  Sask.  In 


1893,  he  was  promoted  to  his  present 
position,  the  first  promotion  in  that 
department  through  service.  From 
1880  to  1886,  Mr.  Ashby  held  the  li- 
cense of  lay  reader  from  the  bishop, 
and  from  1886  to  the  present  time, 
from  the  bishop  of  Calgary  and  Sas- 
katchewan. In  politics,  he  is  a  Con- 
servative, and  in  religion,  an  Episco- 
palian. He  is  a  member  of  the  A.F. 
&  A.M.,  I.O.O.F.,  and  I.O.F.  Was 
secretary  of  Lome  Agricultural  Society, 
and  assessor  for  Lome  Municipality, 
for  four  years.  He  was  married,  June 
1 3th,  1 88 1,  to  Edith,  daughter  of  the 
late  Dr.  Thomas  Wright,  Toronto,  Ont. 


362 


JAMES  HEAP,  Solicitor,  etc., 
Selkirk,  Man.,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 2ist,  1830,  at  Burnley, 
Lancashire,  England.  His  parents 
were  John  and  Mary  (Stephenson) 
Heap,  both  English.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Burnley  Grammar  School,  and 
by  private  tuition.  He  was  then  for 
two  years  with  his  father  in  mercantile 
business,  and  came  to  Toronto,  Out.,  in 
1854,  where  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
the  late  Robert  J.  Turner,  afterwards 
studying  with  T.  A.  Hudspeth,  Lind- 
say, and  Geo.  Brogdin,  Port  Hope,  and 
completed  his  studies  with  Mr.  Huds- 
peth, and  then  entered  into  partnership 


with  him,  which  existed  until  his  death, 
after  which  Mr.  Heap  continued  the 
practice  until  1888,  when  he  removed  to 
Manitoba.  When  in  Lindsay  he  was  a 
member  of  the  town  council  and  also 
for  a  great  many  years  of  the  High 
School  Trustee  Board.  He  is  at  present 
Solicitor  for  the  Town  of  Selkirk,  and 
a  number  of  Loan  and  Railway  com- 
panies. In  religion,  Mr.  Heap  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  a  Con- 
servative. He  also  belongs  to  the  Ma- 
sonic Order.  He  was  married,  June 
3Oth,  1864,  to  Miss  Jeannie,  daughter  of 
Walter  Colcleugh,  Esq.,  of  Flamboro' 
West,  Ont.,  who  died  July  4th,  1874. 


IVIKN    OR    CANADA. 


363 


(^MLAS  PURDY,  M.D.,  Albert,  Al- 
^^  bert  County,  N.B.,  was  born  in 
Ainherst,  N.S.,  February  25th, 
1839.  He  received  his  early  education 
in  Amherst,  after  which  he  entered 
Mount  Allison  University,  Sackville, 
N.B.  Upon  leaving  there  he  began  the 
study  of  medicine,  in  1859  and  in  1860, 
entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia,  graduating  with  first-class 
honors  and  the  degree  of  M.D.,  in  1862. 
He  then  began  to  practice  in  Amherst, 
with  his  preceptor,  Dr.  B.  S.  Purdy, 
taking  his  practice  and  remaining 
fifteen  years,  and  then  removed  to 
Albert,  where  he  has  worked  up  a 


large  and  successful  connection.  While 
in  Ainherst,  he  was  Coroner  for  the 
county,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Health,  and  during  the  Fenian  Raid 
was  surgeon  to  the  8th  Cumberland 
Regiment.  Dr.  Purdy  was  married,  in 
April,  1862,  to  Mary  S.,  daughter  of 
Win.  Reese,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
His  family  consists  of  one  daughter, 
who  is  a  graduate  in  music,  having  di- 
plomas from  Mount  Allison  University, 
and  the  Conservatory  of  Music,  Liepzic, 
Germany.  In  religion,  the  Doctor  is  a 
Methodist,  and  in  politics,  a  Liberal. 
He  is  also  Coroner  for  Albert  County, 
and  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Health. 


364 


M.BN   OR 


7C  LVIN  DETTLER  CARSCAL- 
^f\  LEN,  M.D.,  Physician  and 
V^)  Surgeon,  Morris,  Man.,  was 
born  May  2yth,  1860,  in  Lennox  Coun- 
ty, Out.  His  parents,  Craig  and  Cath- 
erine (Dettler)  Carscallen,  were  of  U.  E. 
Loyalist  stock,  but  are  now  deceased. 
After  leaving  the  public  school.  Dr. 
Carscallen  attended  the  Napanee  and 
Belleville  High  schools,  after  which  he 
entered  the  Manitoba  Medical  College, 
at  Winnipeg,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  the  Spring  of  1888.  Since  that  time 
he  has  practiced  in  Morris,  and  has  been 
successful  in  working  up  a  large  and 
highly  satisfactory  practice.  In  Octo- 


ber, 1892,  he  started  a  drug  store  in 
Morris,  which  he  now  conducts  in 
connection  with  his  practice.  In  reli- 
gion, the  Doctor  is  a  Methodist.  He 
belongs  to  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  A.O.U.  W., 
and  is  Chief  Ranger  in  the  C.O.F.  He 
is  also  physician  to  the  N.  P.  Ry.  Co., 
and  numerous  societies  and  insurance 
companies.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Con- 
servative. Dr.  Carscallen  deserves 
great  credit  for  the  manner  in  which 
he  has  fought  through  his  studies  in 
the  face  of  ill  and  constantly  failing 
health,  but  he  is  now  strong  and  vigor- 
ous, and  gets  through  a  wonderful 
amount  of  work. 


365 


.  B.  N.  HUGHES,  Baptist 
Minister,  Hopewell  Cape,  N.B., 
was  born  at  Cambridge, 
N.B.,  January  lyth,  1833.  He  is  the 
sou  of  William  and  Achsah  (Harris) 
Hughes,  natives  of  Wales.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Queens  County,  and  then  entered 
the  Baptist  Seminary,  Fredericton, 
where  he  graduated  with  first-class 
honors,  and  was  ordained  in  1858,  at 
Maugerville,  after  which  he  became 
pastor  there,  remaining  one  year,  when 
he  took  charge  at  Jacksontown,  then 
St.  George,  after  which  he  [returned  to 
Jacksontown,  where  he  was  also  pastor 


of  several  other  charges.  In  1870,  he 
was  pastor  at  Upper  Gagetown,  remain- 
ing four  years,  then  removed  to  St. 
Mary's,  where  he  remained  thirteen 
years.  He  was  then  at  Havelock, 
Kings,  for  four  years,  and  on  leaving 
that  place,  entered  upon  his  present 
pastorate,  where  he  is  doing  a  good 
work.  Mr.  Hughes  has  been  married 
twice  :  first,  November  i6th,  1863,  to 
Maggie  Good,  of  Jacksontown,  and 
second,  October  8th,  1891,  to  Melissa 
Alice  Perry,  of  Havelock.  He  has  six 
children.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum  and  several  temperance  organ- 
izations, and  in  politics,  a  Liberal. 


366 


OK 


jrrlNSLIE  LUNHAM  YOUNG, 
J^  \  Real  Estate,  Insurance  and  No- 
V®  tary  Public,  Souris,  Man.,  - 
was  born  August  23rd,  1868,  at  Big- 
gleswade,  Bedfordshire,  Eng.  His  pa- 
rents were  the  late  Dr.  Francis  Young, 
M.A.,  and  Charlotte  Mongan,  natives 
of  County  Cork,  Ireland.  Mr.  Young 
was  educated  at  the  Bedford  Grammar 
schools,  in  Bedfordshire,  England.  In 
1885,  he  came  to  America,  and  settled 
at  Souris,  Man.,  where  he  farmed  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  engaged  with 
R.  B.  Kirchhoffer,  and  in  1890,  took 
over  Mr.  Kirchhoffer's  business,  and 
has  succeeded  in  working  up  a  large 


trade  in  his  town  and  the  country  sur- 
rounding, and  is  agent  for  numerous 
estates.  He  represents  the  leading  in- 
surance companies  on  the  continent, 
and  the  business  done  by  him  is  highly 
satisfactory  in  every  way.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Young  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Masonic  Order,  being  Master  of  Lodge 
No.  27,  also  Chief  of  the  Canadian  Or- 
der of  Foresters,  at  Souris.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Conservative.  He  possesses 
considerable  musical  talent,  and  was  in- 
strumental in  organizing  the  celebrated 
Souris  Band  in  1890,  and  has  been  the 
leader  of  the  same  since  the  beginning. 


367 


i 


IDEON  MITCHELL  DUNCAN, 

M.D.,  Bathtirst  Village,  Glouces- 
ter Couuty,  N.  B.,  was  born  at  Cold- 
stream,  Scotland,  July  3rd,  1842.  He 
is  the  son  of  Adain  Duncan,  a  native  of 
Swinton,  Berwickshire.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  the  Free  Church 
School,  in  Swinton,  and  in  Glasgow,  at 
the  Free  Church  Training  College,  and 
the  Andersonian  University.  He  came 
to  Canada  in  1864,  to  teach  the  Superior 
school,  Bathurst  Village,  N.B.,  and  af- 
terwards studied  medicine  with  Dr.  W. 
W.  Gordon,  of  that  place.  In  1868,  he 
went  to  McGill  University,  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  C.M.,  M.D.,  and  be- 


gan to  practice  in  Bathurst  Village, 
where  he  has  since  remained,  and  has 
succeeded  in  working  up  an  extensive 
practice  and  provincial  reputation.  Dr. 
Duncan  was  married,  in  1871,  to  Martha 
J.,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Dr.  Robt. 
Gordon.  In  religion,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  an 
elder,  and  also  session  clerk.  He  is 
P.  M.,  St.  John's  Lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
ex-president  of  the  New  Brunswick 
Medical  Association,  a  member  of  the 
New  Brunswick  Medical  Council,  and 
an  ex-vice-president  of  the  Canada 
Medical  Association.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Conservative. 


368 


CANADA. 


JOHN  HENRY  SPARLING, 
M.D.,  C.M.,  Pilot  Mound,  Man., 
was  born  October  29th,  1862,  at 
St.  Mary's,  Ont.  His  parents  were  Jas. 
W.  and  Margaret  (Gilpin)  Sparling,  of 
German  and  Irish  descent  respectively, 
who  are  now  living  at  Beulah,  Man. 
Dr.  Sparling's  early  life  was  spent  on 
a  farm.  He  was  educated  at  St.  Mary's 
High  School,  and  taught  school  in  On- 
tario for  one  and  a  half  years.  He  went 
to  Manitoba  in  July,  1883,  where  he 
also  taught  for  three  years  at  Beulah, 
Birtle  and  Minnedosa.  He  then  took 
a  Normal  school  course,  obtaining  first- 
class  certificate,  and  became  Inspector 


of  schools  for  Northwestern  Manitoba, 
which  office  he  held  for  two  and  one 
half  years.  In  the  meantime,  he  took 
up  medical  studies,  and  graduated  from 
Manitoba  Medical  College,  in  April, 
1891,  after  which  he  practiced  four 
months  at  Stonewall,  and  removed  to 
Pilot  Mound,  in  October,  1891,  and 
from  that  time  until  the  present,  has 
enjoyed  a  large  and  profitable  connec- 
tion. In  religion,  the  Doctor  is  a 
Methodist,  and  in  politics,  a  Reformer. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order.  Dr.  Sparling  was  married, 
August  29th,  1893,  to  Maud,  daughter 
of  Henry  Judd,  of  Mallorytown,  Ont. 


369 


REDPATH, 
Esq.,  late  of  Mont- 
treal,  Que.,  was  born 
in  that  city,  August  ist, 
1821.  His  parents,  John 
and  Janet  (McPhee)  Red- 
path,  were  both  born  in 
Scotland,  the  former  in  Ber- 
wickshire, and  the  latter  in 
Invernessshire.  His  father 
was  a  mechanic,  who  came, 
in  early  life,  to  Canada,  and 
with  remarkable  shrewd- 
ness, industry  and  perseve- 
rance, worked  his  way,  step 
by  step,  until  he  became 
one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  of  Montreal.  He  was 
for  a  time  joint  contractor 
on  the  Rideau  Canal,  with 
the  late  Honorable  Thomas 
McKay,  who  erected,  as  a 
private  residence  for  him- 
self, the  original  portion  of 
Rideau  Hall,  Ottawa.  Mr. 
Redpath  was  educated  in 
Montreal,  and  along  with 
his  father,  in  1854,  founded 
the  Redpath  Sugar  Re- 
finery, the  first  and  largest 
in  Canada.  In  this  enter- 
prise they  were  joined,  al- 
most at  the  first,  by  Mr.  G.  A.  Drum- 
mond,  now  a  Senator  of  the  Dominion. 
Mr.  Redpath's  busy  life  always  pre- 
cluded his  accepting  public  office  of 
any  kind,  for  which  he  was  never  de- 
sirous. He  has,  however,  always  taken 
a  practical  interest  in  the  educational 
and  benevolent  institutions  of  his  native 
city,  as  his  munificent  endowments  of 
McGill  College  and  his  administration 
of  the  Montreal  General  Hospital  tes- 
tify. His  public  spirit,  tact,  industry, 
integrity  and  generosity  have  brought 
him  before  the  public  as  one  of  the  pro- 
minent men  of  the  Dominion.  The 
success  of  the  Redpaths  is  an  evidence 


of  what  genuine  courage  and  determina- 
tion will  accomplish.  Their  accumula- 
tion is  not  simply  the  result  of  propi- 
tious circumstances,  but  rather  came  of 
that  ability  and  pluck  which  compelled 
ordinary  opportunities  to  yield  that 
which  they  sought,  thus  making  even 
obstacles  helpful  to  their  progress.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Redpath  is  a  Presbyterian. 
He  was  married,  in  1847, to  Miss  Grace 
Wood,  daughter  of  the  late  William 
Wood,  Esq.,  of  Bowdon,  Cheshire,  Eng- 
land. In  1881,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Redpath 
left  Montreal,  and  now  reside  in  the 
beautiful  Manor  House,  Chiselhurst, 
Kent,  Eng. 

24 


CANADA 


^T*\IGHT  REV.  PAUL  DURIEN, 
f\  Bishop  of  New  Westminster, 
""  VsS>"*  British  Columbia,  was  born 
December  3rd,  1830,  at  St.  Pal-de-Mons, 
France.  He  received  his  primary  edu- 
cation at  the  Monistrol  Seminary,  after 
which  he  joined  the  congregation  of 
O.  M.  I.  Subsequently  he  studied 
theology  at  Marseille,  and  was  ordained 
priest  in  March,  1854.  He  then 
started  for  the  Pacific  Coast  of  America, 
going  by  the  way  of  Liverpool,  Phila- 
delphia, Isthmus  of  Panama,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  finally  landed  at  Olympia, 
Wash.,  U.S.,  in  December,  1854.  Dur- 
ing 1855  and  1856,  he  was  missionary 


to  the  Indians  in  the  Ya- 
kima  country,  and  in  1857, 
was  sent  to  the  Puget  Sound 
country.  In  1861,  he  went 
to  Okanagan  mission,  B.C., 
and  in  1865,  to  Fort  Rupert, 
B.C.,  on  Vancouver  Island, 
where  he  established  a  mis- 
sion. During  his  labors  as 
a  missionary,  he  did  suc- 
cessful work  in  bringing 
the  Indians,  to  know  and 
experience  the  comforts  of 
religion.  In  January,  1868, 
he  came  to  New  Westmin- 
ster, as  Vicar  General  to 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
D'Herbomez,  who  was  then 
Vicar  Apostolic  of  the  main- 
land of  British  Columbia. 
Bishop  Durien  was  created 
coadjutor  Bishop,  in  June, 
1875,  and  consecrated  Bis- 
hop of  Marcopolis,  October 
24th,  1875.  As  such,  in 
1 88 1,  he  travelled  on  horse- 
back to  Kootenay,  starting 
at  Hope,  B.C.,  and  passing 
through  Colville  and  Spo- 
kane, Wash.,  and  Bonner's 
Ferry,  accompanied  by  two 
companions.  The  distance 
is  about  400  miles,  and  the  time  taken 
upon  the  journey  was  twenty-four  days. 
The  year  previous,  he  went  from  New 
Westminster  by  steamer,  canoe,  stage, 
horseback  and  on  foot,  to  Stuart's  Lake 
and  Babine  Lake,  in  all  about  500  miles, 
and  did  the  work  of  an  apostle,  establish- 
ing and  encouraging  the  men  engaged  in 
the  work  of  God.  The  Roman  Catho- 
lic Church  has,  at  New  Westminster,  a 
beautiful  church  (St.  Peter's  Cathedral), 
St.  Louis  College,  an  academy  for  girls, 
St.  Mary's  Hospital,  an  orphanage  and 
St.  Charles  Church,  for  the  Roman 
Catholic  Indians,  all  of  which  owe  their 
success  largely  to  Bishop  Durien. 


OK   CANADA. 


371 


JAMES  DUNCAN,  P.M.,  J.P., 
Agent  for  Massey-Harris  Co., 
Glenboro,  Man.,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 28th,  1850,  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland. 
His  parents  were  Andrew  and  Jean 
(Morrison)  Duncan.  Mr.  Duncan  was 
educated  at  the  Falkland  and  Scotland 
parish  schools,  after  which  he  spent 
some  seven  or  eight  years  as  gardner. 
He  came  to  Missouri,  U.S.,  in  1874, 
where  he  remained  until  the  Fall  of 
1879,  engaged  in  the  same  capacity, 
after  which  he  removed  to  Manitoba, 
and  took  up  land  where  the  town  of 
Glenboro  now  stands,  where  he  still  fol- 
lows farming,  in  addition  to  his  other 


duties.  He  was  appointed  P.  M.,  in 
1883,  and  agent  for  the  Massey  Co., 
now  Massey-Harris  Co.,  in  1886,  and 
a  J.P.,  in  1889.  Mr.  Duncan  began 
business  life  in  a  small  way,  but  has 
made  a  success  of  it.  He  takes  a  warm 
interest  in  public  affairs,  and  is  greatly 
interested  in  the  prosperity  of  Glenboro. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
holds  the  office  of  elder  in  that  church, 
and  in  politics,  is  a  Liberal.  He  was 
married,  October  28th,  1887,  to  Miss 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Jonas  Pitipiece, 
of  Carleton  County,  Ont.  His  family 
consists  of  four  children,  three  daugh- 
ters and  one  son. 


372 


OF    CANADA. 


JOHN  FITZGERALD,  Chief 
Messenger  of  the  Legislative 
Assembly  of  Nova  Scotia,  Por- 
tuguese Cove,  P.  O.,  Halifax  County, 
N.  S.,  was  born  September  24th,  1808, 
in  the  County  of  Halifax.  His  father 
was  Michael  Fitzgerald,  who  came  to 
this  country  from  Kilkenny  County, 
Ireland,  in  1797.  Mr.  Fitzgerald  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools  of 
Halifax.  In  1848,  he  received  the  ap- 
pointment of  Chief  Messenger,  which 
position  he  has  held  until  the  present 
(1893).  He  was  also  overseer  of  fish- 
eries for  West  Halifax,  from  1869  until 
November,  1891,  when  he  resigned. 


At  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  ser- 
vices in  the  House  as  Chief  Messenger, 
the  Assembly  presented  him  with  a 
valuable  gold  watch,  as  a  token  of  their 
esteem  and  appreciation.  Mr.  Fitz- 
gerald was  married,  in  1833,  to  Miss 
Isabell  Monroe.  He  has  had  eleven 
children,  seven  of  whom  are  now  living. 
One  of  his  daughters  built  an  hospital 
at  Kansas  City,  by  her  own  efforts,  and 
is  at  present  at  the  head  of  the  institu- 
tion. His  son,  George,  belongs  to  the 
Christian  Brothers  of  Montreal,  and  is 
now  at  Levis.  Mr.  Fitzgerald  is  a 
Roman  Catholic.  He  is  an  old  land 
mark  and  is  highly  respected. 


OF* 


373 


THADDEUS  STEVENS, 
Senior  Editor  and  Proprietor 
of  the  Daily  and  Weekly  Times, 
Moucton,  N.  B.,  was  born  at  Harvey, 
Albert  County,  N.  B.,  May  yth,  1840. 
He  is  the  fourth  son  of  Elisha  and 
Prudence  J.  (Beckwith)  Stevens,  the 
former  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  and 
the  latter  of  Cornwallis,  N.  S.  Mr. 
Stevens  received  his  early  education  at 
the  Grammar  school  of  Albert  County, 
and  continued  it  at  Horton  Academy 
and  Acadia  College,  Wolfville,  N.  S. 
After  leaving  the  latter  institution,  he 
taught  school  for  a  short  time,  and  then 
entered  the  newspaper  business  and 
bought  the  Eastern  Advo- 
cate, at  Hillsboro',  which  he 
continued  to  publish  for 
some  years.  In  1868,  he  re- 
moved to  Moncton,  and  es- 
tablished the  Weekly  Times, 
and  in  1877,  issued  the 
Daily  Times,  which  is  now 
one  of  the  leading  papers  in 
the  Maritime  Provinces, 
both  the  daily  and  weekly 
having  a  very  large  circula- 
tion, which,  imder  Mr.  Ste- 
vens' able  management,  will 
doubtless  reach  a  yet  larger 
issue.  After  removing  to 
Moncton,  Mr.  Stevens  was 
Collector  of  Inland  Revenue 
for  some  years,  until  that 
office  merged  into  that  of 
Collector  of  Customs.  As 
Moncton  progressed,  he 
favored  the  incorporation  of 
the  town,  and  after  much 
discussion  and  hard  fight- 
ing, his  party  succeeded  in 
getting  it  incorporated  on 
the  23rd  of  April,  1868,  and 
on  April  23rd,  1890,  it  was 
made  a  city.  After  incor- 
poration, Mr.  Stevens  served 
as  councillor  for  some  years, 


and  afterwards  was  the  first  elected 
mayor,  serving  three  consecutive  terms. 
In  1890,  he  was  elected  to  the  Legisla- 
tive Assembly  for  the  Province  of  New 
Brunswick,  in  the  interests  of  the  Op- 
position party.  Mr.  Stevens  has  been 
married  twice  :  first,  in  1862,  to  Sarah 
Ann,  youngest  daughter  of  the  late 
Judge  Davidson,  of  Newcastle,  N.  B., 
and  again  in  1884,  to  Mary  Jane, 
youngest  daughter  of  the  late  David 
Caldwell,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Halifax, 
but  then  of  St.  John,  N.  B.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  I.O.O.F. 
and  I. O.K.  In  religion,  Mr.  Stevens 
is  a  Baptist. 


374 


CANADA. 


JOS.  WALTER  SPARLING, 
M.A.,  D.D.,  Principal  of  Wes- 
ley College,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  February  i4th,  1843,  in  the 
Township  of  Blanchard,  County  of 
Perth,  Ont.  His  father  was  Lieut.-Col. 
John  Sparling,  who,  for  years,  was 
chief  magistrate  of  St.  Mary's,  Ont., 
and  whose  wife  was  Mary  Williams,  a 
descendant  of  Philip  Guier.  They  were 
very  worthy  people  of  German-Irish 
descent,  of  the  Palatine  stock  of  historic 
note,  in  connection  with  the  introduc- 
tion of  Methodism  into  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  Dr.  Sparling  was 
educated  at  St.  Mary's  High  School, 


under  the  principalship  of  Dr.  McLel- 
lan,  at  Victoria  University,  Cobourg, 
and  at  Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  of  the 
North-Western  University,  111.  He 
received  the  degree  of  B.A.  from  Vic- 
toria University  in  May,  1871,  and  the 
degree  of  B.D.  in  June  following,  from 
Garrett  Biblical  Institute  ;  M.A.  three 
•years  later,  and  D.D.  from  his  "  Alma 
Mater"  in  1889.  In  June,  1871,  the 
doctor  was  ordained  as  a  Methodist 
minister,  at  Belleville,  Ont.,  by  the 
Rev.  William  Morley  Puncheon,  LL.D. 
He  has  filled  the  following  appoint- 
ments with  much  acceptance,  viz.:  Bel- 
mont,  Lloydtown,  Chicago,  111.,  Mont- 
treal  (twice),  Ayliner,  P.Q., 
Quebec,  Ottawa  and  King- 
ston. In  1888,  Dr.  Sparling 
was  selected  to  fill  his  pre- 
sent responsible  position, 
and  the  remarkable  progress 
and  brilliant  success  of  the 
college  are  at  once  a  tribute 
to  its  Principal,  and  to  the 
wisdom  of  the  choice.  He 
possesses,  in  a  marked  de- 
gree, those  qualities  of  head 
and  heart,  so  necessary  to 
the  success  of  the  prominent 
position  which  he  fills.  He 
was  a  delegate  to  the  first 
General  Conference  in  1874, 
as  well  as  to  the  General 
Conferences  of  1878,  1886 
and  1890  ;  was  financial 
secretary  from  1874  to  1883, 
and  chairman  of  District  in 
1884-85,  and  president  of 
the  Montreal  Conference 
from  June,  1888,  to  June, 
1889.  In  1871,  Principal 
Sparling  was  married  to 
Susie  Weir,  daughter  of  ex- 
alderman  Kerr,  of  Toronto. 
His  family  consists  of  two 
sons  and  one  daughter,  liv- 
ing, and  one  son  deceased. 


375 


,EV.  ANDREW  STEWART, 
B.D.,  Professor  of  Systematic 
_  Theology,  Hebrew,  and  Old 
Testament  Exagesis  in  Wesley  College, 
Winnipeg,  Man.,  was  born  June  i8th, 
1852,  in  the  Township  of  Albion,  Peel 
County,  Ont.  His  parents,  John  and 
Mary  (Jameson)  Stewart,  natives  of  the 
North  of  Ireland,  settled  in  that  district 
early  in  the  present  century,  and  were 
among  the  most  highly  respected  pion- 
eers of  that  part  of  the  country.  Prof. 
Stewart  received  his  early  education  at 
the  public  and  High  schools,  after 
which  he  taught  school  for  four  years 
in  the  counties  of  Peel,  Simcoe  and 


York,  his  last  school  being 
that  of  the  village  of  Schom- 
berg,  in  North  York.  He 
then  entered  Victoria  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  gra- 
duated in  1879.  He  was 
ordained  at  the  Port  Hope 
Conference,  and  shortly  af- 
terwards went  to  Manitoba, 
and  at  once  entered  upon 
active  Church  work.  For 
the  next  ten  years,  he  had 
many  Methodist  churches 
to  organize,  chiefly  in  South- 
ern Manitoba,  making  Crys- 
tal City  his  headquarters. 
About  the  same  time,  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of 
inspector  of  public  schools, 
a  position  he  held  many 
years,  and  being  the  first 
inspector  of  public  schools 
in  the  counties  of  Turtle 
Mountain  and  Souris  River, 
he  organized  the  majority 
of  the  schools  there.  For 
this  work  or  organization, 
Prof.  Stewart  was  well  fitted, 
he  was  one  of  the  first  to 
publicly  advocate  a  uniform 
system  of  public  schools  for 
Manitoba,  and  by  special 
request  of  Premier  Greenway,  formed 
one  of  the  committee  that  drafted  the 
now  celebrated  School  Law.  In  1889, 
he  was  invited  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
Fort  Rouge  Church,  Winnipeg,  which 
he  accepted,  and  in  1890,  he  was  asked 
to  accept  his  present  chair  in  Wesley 
College.  He  has  been  honored  by  his 
clerical  brethren  in  Manitoba,  with  the 
positions  of  chairman  of  his  district, 
secretary  of  the  Conference  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Conference.  In  1880,  he 
married  Miss  Mary  A.  Sharp,  of  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.,  U.  S.  In  politics,  he 
is  an  Independent,  and  has  always  ex- 
ercised his  franchise  in  that  way. 


OR 


I.KING, 

M.A.  (Edinburgh), 
_  D.D.  (Knox  Col- 
lege, Toronto),  Principal  of 
Manitoba  College,  Winni- 
peg, Man.,  Lecturer  in  Men- 
tal and  Moral  Science  and 
German,  and  Professor  of 
Theology,  Greek  and  Heb- 
rew Exegesis,  was  born 
May  25th,  1829,  in  Yetholm, 
Roxburghshire,  Scotland. 
His  parents  were  Ralph 
King  and  Mary  Scott.  Dr. 
King  began  his  education 
at  the  parish  schools  of 
Yetholm  and  Mertoun,  con- 
tinued it  at  the  University 
of  Edinburgh,  and  took  the 
degree  of  M.A.  with  honors 
in  Mathematics,  in  1854. 
He  studied  Theology  in 
Edinburgh,  and  was  licensed 
in  1855.  He  also  attended 
the  University  of  Halle  in 
1855-56,  taking  the  classes 
of  professors  Tholuckjulius 
Miiller  and  Roediger.  He 
then  came  to  Canada  as  a 
missionary  in  1856,  and 
during  one  year  visited  most 
of  the  vacant  congregations 
and  mission  stations  of  the  then  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  from  Kincardine, 
Ont.,  to  New  Glasgow,  Que.  He  also 
spent  three  months  in  Gait,  where  he 
organized  a  new  congregation.  In  1857, 
he  was  called  to  the  Congregations  of 
Columbus  and  Brooklin,  Ontario  Coun- 
ty, Ont.,  and  ordained  in  October  of 
that  year,  and  in  March,  1863,  was  called 
to  Gould  Street  Church,  Toronto,  and 
was  inducted  in  May  of  that  year.  The 
membership  there  increased  from  about 
one  hundred  to  nearly  six  hundred,  and 
a  new  and  handsome  stone  church  was 
built,  now  known  as  St.  James  Square 
Presbyterian  Church.  Dr.  King  was 


moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  1883,  and 
was  also  appointed  by  the  Assembly, 
Principal  of  Manitoba  College  and  Pro- 
fessor of  Theology.  He  was  released 
from  the  pastorate  of  St.  James  Square 
in  October,  1883,  and  inducted  into  the 
principalship  at  Winnipeg,  as  above 
indicated.  The  college  has  prospered 
greatly  under  his  direction,  a  large 
debt  having  been  removed,  and  exten- 
sive improvements  and  additions  having 
been  made.  Dr.  King  was  married, 
December  4th,  1873,  to  Janet  Macpher- 
son  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Mary 
Skinner.  Mrs.  King  died  in  1886. 


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ylEUT.-COL.  CHARLES  MUS- 
I  GRAVE  BOSWELL,  A.D.C., 
^V®  Winnipeg,  Commanding  goth 
Rifles  of  Canada,  was  born  in  Cobourg, 
Ont.,  July  loth,  1849.  He  is  the  young- 
est son  of  the  late  Lieut-Col.  John 
Crease  Bos  well,  and  grandson  of  the 
late  Admiral  the  Hon.  Walter  Boswell, 
R.N.  He  was  educated  at  the  Cobourg 
Grammar  School,  and  Upper  Canada 
College,  Toronto,  and  received  his  mili- 
tary instruction  under  Lieut.-Col.  Low- 
ry  of  the  47th,  Lieut.-Col.  Jennings  of 
the  1 3th  Hussars,  and  Capt.  Penn,  of  the 
Royal  Artillery.  Col.  Boswell  was  on 
active  service  for  six  months  during  the 


Fenian  Raid,  saw  stern  service  in  the 
North- West  Rebellion  of  1885,  as 
Major  of  the  goth  Rifles,  and  was 
specially  mentioned  in  despatches  by 
Major  General  Middleton,  he  also  saw 
action  in  1866  Fenian  Raid.  On  the 
command  of  the  goth  becoming  vacant, 
he  was  appointed  Lieut. -Colonel,  and 
shortly  afterwards  A.  D.  C.  to  the  Gov- 
ernor-General of  Canada,  for  Manitoba. 
He  has  been  in  the  Civil  service  for 
fifteen  years.  In  politics,  the  Colonel 
is  a  staunch  Conservative,  and  in  re- 
ligion, a  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. In  1874,  he  married  Emily,  eldest 
daughter  of  John  Lasher,  of  Bath,  Ont. 


378 


CANADA. 


.  SAMUEL  POLSON,  Pastor, 
Presbyterian  Church,  Hartney, 
s>  Man.,  was  born  September 
25th,  1847,  in  the  Kildonan  Settlement, 
near  Fort  Garry.  His  parents  were 
Angus  and  Anne  (Henderson)  Poison, 
who  were  also  born  in  that  place,  and 
whose  ancestors  came  from  Scotland. 
Mr.  Poison  was  educated  in  the  parish 
school  of  Kildoaan,  after  which  he 
worked  for  a  time  on  the  farm.  He 
entered  Manitoba  College,  Winnipeg, 
in  the  Spring  of  1871,  and  graduated 
in  arts,  in  1875,  and  in  theology,  in 
1878.  He  then  took  the  session  of 
1878-79,  in  Knox  College,  Toronto,  and 


was  ordained,  at  Winnipeg,  in  January, 
1880.  He  was  in  the  mission  field  at 
Millbrook  and  Clear  Springs,  Mani- 
toba, for  six  years,  then  at  Nelson, 
Man.,  for  four  years,  and  was  appointed 
to  his  present  charge,  in  October,  1890. 
The  church  at  Hartney,  when  Mr.  Pol- 
son  took  charge  of  it,  was  new  and 
weak,  but  under  his  pastorate  it  has 
greatly  prospered,  and  may  now  be 
termed  strong.  He  is  thoroughly  de- 
voted to  his  work,  and  good  results 
follow  from  his  labors.  In  1888,  he  was 
moderator  of  the  Rockford  Presbytery. 
He  is  D.D.H.C.R.  of  the  I.O.F.,  and 
in  politics,  is  an  Independent  Reformer. 


379 


INKSTER,  Winnipeg, 
Sheriff  of  the  Eastern  Judicial 
District  of  Manitoba,  was 
born  August  3rd,  1843,  on  *ne  historic 
battle  field  Seven  Oaks,  or  perhaps 
more  properly  speaking,  the  site  of  the 
unhappy  massacre  of  the  Red  River 
Settlers,  under  Governor  Semple,  1816, 
which  spot  is  just  outside  the  city 
limits  of  Winnipeg  (North  Side),  and 
is  marked  by  a  granite  monument, 
erected  by  the  Historical  Society,  in 
1891.  Sheriff  Inkster's  parents,  were 
John  and  Mary  (Sinclair)  Inkster,  both 
his'grandfathers  being  natives  of  Ork- 
ney," Scotland,  and  fellow  voyagers  of 


Lord  Selkirk,  to  the  Red  River  Settle- 
ment, early  in  this  century.  He  was 
educated  at  the  St.  John  Parochial 
School,  after  which  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  On  the  i6th  of  March, 
1871,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Annie 
Tait,  daughter  of  Mr.  Wm.  Tait,  who 
also  came  from  Orkney.  They  have 
five  sons  and  two  daughters.  The 
Sheriff's  father,  John  Inkster,  who  died 
in  1874,  was  a  man  of  considerable  in- 
fluence and  force  of  character.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  for  some  years  a  mer- 
chant. In  1857,  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Council  of  Assiniboia, 
an  appointment  which  he  held  until 
the  transfer  of  the  colony  to 
the  Dominion  Government, 
in  1870.  Sheriff  Inkster 
was  one  of  the  first  Legis- 
lative councillors  of  Mani- 
toba, a  position  he  held 
throughout  the  existence  of 
that  body,  from  1871-76. 
He  was  speaker,  and  had 
the  casting  vote  to  abolish 
it.  In  1874,  he  was  Minis- 
ter of  Agriculture,  and  pres- 
ident of  the  Council  till 
1876,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed High  Sheriff  of  the 
then  Province  of  Manitoba. 
In  1 88 1,  when  the  growing 
province  was  divided  into 
three  districts,  he  was  re- 
tained as  Sheriff  of  the  East- 
ern Judicial  District,  a  posi- 
tion he  still  holds.  The 
Sheriff  is  an  Episcopalian 
in  religion,  and  a  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.  He 
is  universally  held  in  the 
highest  esteem,  and  admired 
and  honored  for  the  char- 
acter and  ability,  which 
have  enabled  him  to  fill 
the  various  important  of- 
fices mentioned. 


38o 


JH.  ASHDOWN,  J.P.,  Hard- 
ware Merchant,  Winnipeg, 
•  Man.,  was  born  in  London, 
Eng.,  in  1844,  but  the  family  removed 
to  Ontario  soon  after.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  somewhat  limited,  yet  he  is 
to-day,  and  lias  been  for  years,  one  of 
the  best  informed  men  in  the  West,  on 
the  leading  questions  of  the  day,  Civic, 
Provincial  and  Dominion.  When  eigh- 
teen years  of  age,  he  struck  out  for 
himself,  and  after  spending  some  time 
in  Ontario,  went  West,  where  he  im- 
bibed that  love  for  the  freedom  of  a  new 
country,  which  caused  him,  in  1868,  to 
locate  in  Winnipeg,  and  about  a  year 
afterwards  went  into  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  in  , — 
a  comparatively  small  way. 
During  the  Rebellion  of 
1869-70,  he  was  for  nearly 
three  months  one  of  Riel's 
prisoners,  in  Fort  Garry, 
closely  confined,  ill  fed,  and 
badly  treated,  but  from  the 
time  of  his  release,  his  busi- 
ness has,  by  dint  of  perse- 
verance, industry  and  fore- 
sight, grown  to  its  present 
gigantic  proportions.  In 
1871,  Mr.  Ashdown  was  ap- 
pointed a  J.P.,  by  Governor 
Archibald,  which  position 
he  still  holds.  He  has 
grown  up  with  the  country, 
so  that  to  write  his  bio- 
graphy, would  be  to  write 
the  history  of  the  city  and 
province  of  his  adoption,  for 
he  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  all  its  best 
interests.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  Citizens'  Com- 
mittee, which  secured  in- 
corporation for  the  city,  was 
president  of  the  Winnipeg 
Board  of  Trade,  during  the 
Disallowance  Agitation,  and 


in  his  valedictory,  in  1887,  called  in  no 
mistakeable  terms,  federal  attention  to 
the  position  and  feeling  of  the  country 
anent  the  same.  Mr.  Ashdown  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Wesley  Col- 
lege, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders, has  been  a  member  of  the  Hospi- 
tal Board,  School  Board,  City  Council, 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Grace  Methodist 
Church,  etc.,  and  has  always  taken  a 
practical  part  in  the  interests  of  any 
good  cause.  In  politics,  he  is  an  Inde- 
pendant,  and  has  the  courage  of  his 
convictions.  In  1876,  Mr.  Ashdown 
married  Miss  Susan  Crowson,  of  Win- 
nipeg. He  has  four  children,  living. 


CANADA. 


381 


.  GEORGE  HENRY  LONG, 

Methodist  Minister,  Souris, 
Man.,  was  born  September 
2ist,  1857,  in  Peel  County,  Ont.  His 
p&rents  are  Richard  and  Ann  Long. 
When  Mr.  Long  was  five  years  of  age, 
the  family  removed  to  Simcoe  County, 
and  when  seven  years  of  age,  he  began 
his  education  in  the  public  school, 
after  which  he  taught  school  for  three 
years,  and  then  entered  the  Collegiate 
Institute  at  Collingwood,  remaining 
one  year.  He  was  then  engaged  as 
local  preacher  for  one  year,  and  in  1882, 
went  to  Manitoba  as  missionary,  spend- 
ing one  year  atPembina  Mountain,  one 


year  at  Deloraine,  one  year  at  Riding 
Mountain,  and  one  year  at  Beulah. 
He  was  ordained  in  1886,  at  Winnipeg, 
after  which  he  spent  one  year  at  Rat 
Portage,  three  years  at  Edmonton, 
three  years  at  Boissevain,  where  he 
was  appointed  to  his  present  charge, 
in  June,  1893.  Mr.  Long  belongs  to 
the  Royal  Templars,  I.O.O.F.,  and  is 
a  Past  member  of  the  Grand  Council  of 
the  former.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal. 
He  was  married,  June  3Oth,  1886,  to 
Miss  Maggie  McHaffie,  daughter  of  the 
late  Peter  McHaffie,  of  Dunediu,  Ont. 
Mrs.  Long  died  in  October,  1892.  He 
has  one  son  and  two  daughters. 


382 


OF- 


JOHN  MOIR,  Proprietor  of  the 
Roller  Mills,  Holland,  Man., 
was  born  January  nth,  1848, 
at  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland.  His  pa- 
rents were  William  and  Isabella  (Tay- 
lor) Moir,  farmers,  but  now  deceased. 
Mr.  Moir  was  educated  at  the  parish  of 
Chapel  of  Garioch,  Aberdeenshire, 
Scotland,  after  which  he  farmed  with 
his  father  for  some  years.  In  the 
Spring  of  1869,  he  came  to  America, 
and  settled  at  Montreal,  where  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  hardware  estab- 
lishment for  some  ten  years.  In  1879, 
he  removed  to  Manitoba,  and  took  up 
land  near  Holland.  In  1886,  he  opened 


a  lumber  yard  there,  and  two  years 
later,  bought  the  mill  from  the  Holland 
Milling  Co.,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted, and  he  is  now  known  to  be  one 
of  the  foremost  millers  of  the  Province. 
His  flour  took  first  prize  in  the  Mani- 
toba exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair,  Chi- 
cago, in  1893,  and  the  judges  at  that 
Fair,  pronounced  it  to  be  the  best  in 
the  world.  In  religion,  Mr.  Moir  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  in  politics,  a  Reformer.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Oddfel- 
lows, and  was  Reeve  of  South  Norfolk 
for  four  years. 


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383 


^V/rAJOR    STEWART 
J.VI      MULVEY,  Secre- 

vS>  tary-Treasurer  of 
the  Winnipeg  Public  School 
Board,  was  born  in  May, 
1834,  in  Sligo,  Ireland.  His 
parents  were  Henry  and 
Barbara  (McGee)  Mulvey. 
He  was  educated  and  re- 
ceived his  training  at  the 
Irish  National  schools.  In 
1854,  he  was  invited  by  the 
late  Dr.  Ryerson  to  come  to 
Canada,  and  for  fourteen 
years  taught  in  Haldimand 
County,  where  he  rose  in 
the  ranks  to  the  highest 
place  of  honor,  viz.:  that  of 
president  of  the  County  As- 
sociation, which  he  organ- 
ized and  which  presidency 
he  held  for  four  consecutive 
years.  In  1870,  he  joined 
the  Red  River  Expedition 
as  ensign,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Col.  (now  Lord) 
Wolseley.  He  remained 
in  Winnipeg,  and  in  1871, 
founded  the  Liberal,  which 
he  edited  two  years,  when 
he  was  appointed  Collector 
of  Inland  Revenue,  having 
organized  the  Manitoba  Department. 
In  1882,  he  contested  Selkirk  for  the 
House  of  Commons,  but  was  defeated. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  school  trustees 
of  Winnipeg,  of  which  he  was  chairman 
for  many  years.  In  1885,  he  went  to 
the  front  as  Major  of  the  95th  Manitoba 
Grenadiers.  In  1885,  he  was  appointed 
to  his  present  position.  For  twelve 
years,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Provin- 
cial Board  of  Education,  and  drafted 
the  first  School  Act  governing  cities 
and  towns  in  Manitoba.  For  twelve 
years,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Winni- 
peg City  Council,  and  in  1889,  came 
within  a  few  votes  of  being  elected 


mayor.  In  politics,  he  was  formerly 
Conservative,  but  when  the  Jesuit  ques- 
tion was  before  the  Canadian  public, 
he  became  Independent.  In  1856,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca  A.  Gil- 
more,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Gilmore, 
Esq.,  of  Sligo,  Ireland,  who  died  in 
1892.  His  family  consists  of  five  sons 
and  one  daughter.  Major  Mulvey  is  a 
member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  Grand 
Master  of  the  L.O.  A.  for  Manitoba  and 
the  North-West  Territories,  over  which 
he  presided  for  a  period  of  fourteen 
years,  and  is  looked  upon  as  the  founder 
of  the  Orange  institution  in  Manitoba 
and  the  North- West. 


384 


OF" 


,EV.  ALEXANDER  URQU- 
HART,  Brandon,  Man.,  was 
born  in  Invergordon,  Ross- 
shire,  Scotland,  in  1854.  His  parents 
Donald  and  Jessie  (Archibald)  Urqu- 
hart,  came  to  Canada  in  1858,  and  set- 
tled in  the  County  of  Oxford,  Ont., 
where  they  still  reside.  From  early 
childhood  he  was  impressed  with  the 
thought  of  entering  the  ministry.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  experienced  a 
decided  change,  and  the  year  previous 
to  entering  college,  he  engaged  in 
evangelistic  work,  which  was  largely 
blessed,  and  resulted  in  some  three  or 
four  young  men  entering  college  to 


prepare  for  ministerial  work. 
Similar  success  attended 
the  various  mission  fields  in 
which  he  labored.  In  every 
field  he  has  been  much  en- 
couraged in  being  made  the 
recipient  of  addresses  and 
presentations,  expressive  of 
the  good  will  of  the  people. 
In  1883,  ne  came  to  Win- 
nipeg, as  assistant  to  Rev. 
C.  B.  Pitblado,  of  St.  An- 
drew's Church,  but  at  the 
urgent  request  of  the  Pres- 
byterians at  Regina,  he  was 
sent  there,  and  organized 
the  congregation,  where 
hitherto  there  was  but  a 
preaching  station.  On  gra- 
duating from  Knox  College, 
Toronto,  in  1884,  he  was 
ordained,  and  accepted  a 
call  to  Regina,  where  he 
labored  for  five  years,  his 
congregation  increasing  un- 
til it  became  the  largest 
in  the  Territories.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  the  work 
of  the  Presbytery,  and  filled 
for  some  years  the  position 
of  clerk  and  was  also  con- 
vener of  the  Home  Mission 
Committee.  He  also  established  preach- 
ing stations  in  outlying  points,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  connection  with 
the  Indian  mission  work.  In  1889,  he 
received  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  Brandon,  which  he  accepted, 
and  during  the  four  years  of  his  pas- 
torate, through  his  untiring  energy  and 
ever  increasing  popularity,  the  member- 
ship has  increased  three  fold.  There  is 
in  connection  with  the  congregation  a 
Bible  class,  with  an  average  attendance 
of  about  90,  and  a  Christian  Endeavor 
Society,  the  largest  in  the  province. 
He  was  married,  June  3oth,  1885,  to 
Miss  Annie  Elizabeth  Drysdale. 


385 


(TEORGE  CALHOON,  Registrar 
^-^  of  Albert  County,  Hopewell 
Cape,  N.  B.,  was  born  in  Hopewell, 
January  2gth,  1814.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  Calhoon  and  Rebecca  Rand.  Mr. 
Calhoon  received  his  education  at  the 
public  schools  of  Westmoreland  County, 
after  which  he  assisted  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  he  was  of  age,  then  com- 
menced in  the  mercantile  business  and 
farming  for  himself,  and  continued  in 
business  until  1844,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed Registrar  of  Albert  County, 
which  office  he  has  since  held.  In  that 
year,  he  was  also  appointed  a  magis- 
trate for  the  county,  but  resigned  from 


active  duty  in  1883,  although  still  being 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Magistrates 
for  the  county.  He  was  married,  in 
1835,  to  Devinia,  daughter  of  Reuben 
Peck,  Esq.,  of  Hopewell,  Albert  County. 
His  family  consists  of  one  son  and  one 
daughter,  living.  Mr.  Calhoon  is  a 
member  of  several  temperance  societies, 
and  of  the  first  division  that  was  organ- 
ized in  the  county,  he  being  president 
of  it,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Division  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  has 
been  school  trustee,  and  held  many 
municipal  offices,  among  which  he  was 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  county 
for  many  years. 

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386 


V\/ILLIAM  ROGER  GIVAN, 
r\  Manufacturer,  Moncton,  N.B., 
was  born  October  gth,  1841,  in  Kings 
County,  Nova  Scotia.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  and  Fanny  Givan,  formerly  of 
Omah,  Ireland.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Kings 
County,  N.  S.  In  1868,  he  removed 
from  St.  John,  N.B.,  to  Moncton,  where 
he  has  since  remained,  and  for  many 
years,  he  has  been  one  of  the  prominent 
manufacturers,  as  well  as  one  of  the 
leading  citizens  of  that  enterprising 
city.  He  has  been  for  ten  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Council  Board  of  that  city, 
and  has  occupied  many  other  important 


positions.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order,  and  in  politics,  a  Lib- 
eral-Conservative. He  takes  a  lively 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  country,  as 
well  as  of  the  city  of  Moncton.  Mr. 
Givan  was  married,  July  28th,  1862,  to 
Mary  Elizabeth  Rising,  daughter  of 
Captain  William  Rising,  of  Great  Yar- 
mouth, Norfolk,  Eng.  His  family  con- 
sists of  two  children,  both  sons ;  the 
eldest,  Fred.  W.  Givan,  of  the  firm  of 
Robertson  &  Givan,  hardware  mer- 
chants, Moncton,  and  his  second  son, 
Ernest  Washington  Givan,  proprietor 
of  the  steam  laundry  in  the  same 
place. 


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\\/M.  JAMES    ROCHE,    M.  D., 

^  r  Practicing  Physician  and  Sur- 
geon, Minnedosa,  Man.,  was  born  No- 
vember 3oth,  1859,  at  Clandeboye,  Ont. 
His  parents  were  W.  E.  and  Maria 
(Hodgins)  Roche,  of  Irish  extraction, 
the  former  being  a  prominent  grain  and 
general  merchant,  doing  business  at 
Lucan  and  Springfield,  Ont.,  and  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  and  town  site 
owners  in  Minnedosa,  Man.  Both 
parents  are  still  living  near  Minnedosa. 
Dr.  Roche  attended  the  public  school 
at  Lucan,  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of 
age,  after  which  he  attended  the  Lon- 
don High  School.  He  then  taught 


school  for  two  years,  and  subsequently 
put  in  three  sessions  at  Trinity  Uni- 
versity, Toronto,  and  one  at  the  West- 
ern University,  London,  Ont.,  graduat- 
ing in  1883.  Since  that  time,  he  has 
conducted  a  large  and  growing  medical 
practice  in  Minnedosa.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Manitoba  Medical 
Council  since  its  organization.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  A.O.U.W.,  and  is 
Provincial  Grand  Master  of  the  I.O.O.F. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and 
was  a  candidate  for  the  Local  House  in 
1892.  On  July  lyth,  1884,  he  married 
Miss  Annie  E.,  daughter  of  the  late 
Wm.  Cook,  of  Toronto,  Ont. 


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WOODLY  DOHERTY, 
M.  D.,  Campbellton,  Resti- 
gouche  County,  N.  B.,  was  born  at 
Shediac,  Westmoreland  County,  N.  B., 
November  4th,  1857.  He  is  the  son  of 
Isaac  W.  Doherty,  M.D.,  whose  portrait 
appears  in  this  volume,  and  Isabella 
Doherty,  of  New  Brunswick.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  at  the  Gram- 
mar school,  Richibucto,  Sackville  Aca- 
demy, St.  Louis  College  and  McGill 
University,  Montreal,  graduating  M.D., 
C.M.  from  the  latter  in  1885,  with 
honors,  also  receiving  the  first  prize  in 
Botany.  After  graduation,  he  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon  to  the  First  Hospital 


Company,  No.  i,  of  the  North-West  Re- 
bellion, being  stationed  at  Swift  Cur- 
rent, South  Saskatchewan,  and  Battle- 
ford,  and  was  in  charge  of  the  wounded 
of  Cut  Knife  Creek.  He  then  returned 
to  New  Brunswick,  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Dalhousie,  Restigouche  County, 
and  one  year  later  removed  to  Camp- 
bellton, and  has  worked  up  a  very  large 
practice.  Dr.  Doherty  was  married, 
September  i5th,  1886,  to  Alma,  young- 
est daughter  of  Alex.  Givan,  Esq.,  of 
Kingston,  N.B.  He  is  a  Presbyterian, 
a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Scotland, 
physician  to  the  port  for  Marine  and 
Fisheries,  and  Coroner  for  the  county. 


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ANDFORD      HARRINGTON 
PELTON,  Q.C.,  Barrister  and 

Solicitor,  Yarmouth  N.  S.,  was 
born  September  28th,  1845,  ^n  New 
York  City,  U.  S.  His  parents  were 
Milo  Sandford  and  Louisa  Maria  (Har- 
rington) Pelton.  Mr.  Pelton  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  of  Sydney 
and  Antigonish,  and  took  a  course  in 
classics  and  mathematics  at  Arichat, 
with  Rev.  R.  F.  Brine,  rector  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  of  that  place.  In 
1862,  he  began  the  study  of  law  with 
his  uncle,  Chas.  F.  Harrington,  Q.C., 
and  on  his  death,  in  1864,  continued  his 
studies  at  Antigonish,  with  his  cousin, 
Hon.  Daniel  Macdouald, 
who  was  afterwards  Attor- 
ney General  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  remained  with  him  until 
a  few  months  prior  to  his 
admission  to  the  Bar,  when 
he  went  to  Halifax  to  pre- 
pare for  examination,  where 
he  took  a  first-class  certifi- 
cate. He  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  of  Nova  Scotia  in 
1867,  and  commenced  to 
practice  in  Yarmouth  the 
same  year,  where  he  has  re- 
sided continuously  since. 
He  has  had  a  varied  and 
extensive  practice,  and  has 
had  charge  of  the  criminal 
business  of  the  county,  by 
appointment  of  the  Attorney 
General,  since  1887.  He 
was  created  a  Q.  C.  by  the 
Nova  Scotia  Government, 
May  27th,  1876.  Mr  Pelton 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, and  is  a  Past  Grand 
Warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Nova  Scotia,  and  a  Past 
Grand  Scribe  of  the  Grand 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  of  the 
same  province.  He  has  also 
been  actively  connected  with 


different  temperance  organizations,  and 
was  appointed,  in  1890,  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  School  Commissioners  for 
Yarmouth,  which  office  he  still  holds. 
For  several  years,  he  has  been  solicitor 
for  the  municipality  of  Yarmouth.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  and  a  member 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Yar- 
mouth Liberal  Association.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  for  many 
years,  has  been  a  trustee  and  manager 
of  St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church, 
Yarmouth.  Mr.  Pelton  was  married, 
November  i6th,  1869,  to  Mary  Georgina, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Joseph  W.  E.  Darby, 
He  has  ten  sons  and  two  daughters. 


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EORGE  JACKSON  LAIRD, 
^.,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Na- 
tural Science,  Wesley  College,  Winni- 
peg, Man.,  was  born  in  1859,  in  Thorold, 
Welland  County,  Ont.  His  father  is 
the  Rev.  John  G.  Laird,  superannuated 
Methodist  minister,  of  London,  Ont., 
formerly  president  of  Toronto  Confer- 
ence. His  mother,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Jackson,  was  a  daughter  of  one 
of  Canada's  earliest  pioneers.  Prof. 
Laird  was  educated  at  Victoria  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  graduated  in 
1 88 1,  and  after  teaching  two  years,  was 
called,  in  1883,  to  the  chair  of  Physics 
and  Chemistry  in  Mount  Allison  Uni- 


versity, N.B.,  which  he  occupied  with 
great  acceptance  and  where  he  remained 
two  years.  He  then  took  a  wise  step, 
and  went  to  Germany  to  complete  his 
studies  in  Natural  Science,  obtaining 
in  1888,  after  a  three  years'  course  at 
Breslau  University,  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Philosophy,  with  honors.  On 
his  return  to  Canada,  he  was  offered 
and  accepted  his  present  chair  in  Wes- 
ley College,  Winnipeg,  where  his  suc- 
cess as  a  teacher  has  been  very  gratify- 
ing, and  has  proved  that  he  was  a  strong 
acquisition  to  that  college  staff.  In 
four  years,  the  attendance  at  Wesley 
College  has  increased  ten  fold,  and  the 
students  have  fully  held 
their  own  in  the  Manitoba 
University  examinations, 
all  of  which  is  a  well-merited 
tribute  to  the  efficiency  and 
unflagging  zeal  of  Principal 
Sparling  and  his  three  col- 
leagues, whose  portraits  ap- 
pear on  these  pages.  Dr. 
Laird,  in  religion,  is  a  Me- 
thodist, and  an  active  mem- 
ber of  Grace  Church.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Board  of  Studies,  a 
member  of  the  University 
Council,  and  has  been  for 
years  an  ardent  working 
member  of  the  Manitoba 
Historical  Society,  and  is 
chairman  of  the  Archaeo- 
logical Committee  of  that 
body.  Dr.  Laird's  thorough 
preparation  is  now  bearing 
its  legitimate  fruit.  He  is 
always  "  master  of  the  situa- 
tion," and  loves  his  work. 
As  a  teacher,  he  is  clear, 
alert,  painstaking,  and  he 
has  that  necessary  faculty 
of  engendering  in  his  stu- 
dents a  love  for  their  sub- 
ject. He  is  unmarried. 


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RUTHER- 
FORD  COCHRANE, 

B.A.,  Professor  of 
Mathematics  in  Wesley  Col- 
lege, Winnipeg,  was  born 
August  Qth,  1850,  in  the 
Township  of  Sullivan,  Grey 
County,  Ont.  His  parents, 
James  and  Susanna  (Ruther- 
ford) Cochrane,  emigrated 
from  the  North  of  Ireland 
about  1830.  Mr.  James 
Cochrane  was  a  fine  type  of 
the  sturdy,  honest  Canadian 
pioneer.  His  house  was  the 
home  of  the  early  travelling 
Methodist  minister,  and  for 
many  years  served  as  the 
place  of  Sabbath  worship. 
When  the  community  de- 
cided to  establish  a  common 
school,  the  building  was 
erected  on  his  farm,  two 
acres  on  the  corner  of  which 
were  donated  by  him  for 
that  purpose.  He  died  in 
1879,  deeply  regretted,  hav- 
ing survived  his  estimable 
wife  nearly  twenty  years. 
His  eldest  son,  George,  is 
now  the  well-known  Rev. 
Dr.  Cochrane,  the  pioneer 
Methodist  missionary  in  Japan.  The 
training  afforded  by  the  common  school 
on  his  father's  farm,  supplemented  by 
diligent  home  study,  enabled  our  sub- 
ject to  qualify  as  a  school  teacher  in 
1866.  Three  years  spent  in  teaching 
in  Sullivan,  furnished  him  with  suffi- 
cient means  to  continue  his  studies  for 
a  term  at  Rockwood  Academy,  and  for 
the  next  four  years,  he  taught  school 
in  Wellington  County.  In  1875,  he 
attended  the  Normal  School  at  Ottawa, 
obtaining  a  first-class  grade  "  A  "  certifi- 
cate, after  which  he  taught  school  in 
Ottawa  for  six  years.  In  1879,  he 
matriculated  into  Toronto  University, 


graduating  in  ,1885,  taking  first-class 
honors  in  Mathematics  and  Physics. 
In  1886,  he  was  appointed  Principal  of 
Perth  Collegiate  Institute,  which  he 
held  until  September,  1888,  when  he 
received  his  present  appointment.  Prof. 
Cochrane  is  a  born  teacher  and  disci- 
plinarian;  he  loves  his  subject.  Hebe- 
longs  to  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  the  A.O.U. 
W.,  and  has  been  for  some  years  a 
member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Edu- 
cation for  Manitoba.  He  is  a  Liberal 
in  politics,  and  an  adherent  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  On  April  6th,  1891, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Rosetta 
Reilly,  of  Wiltshire,  Eng. 


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THOMAS    DICKEY    CUMBER- 

*  LAND,  Judge  of  the  County 
Courts,  Western  Judicial  District,  Mani- 
toba, Brandon,  Man.,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 3rd,  18.53,  in  the  County  of 
Simcoe,  Ont.,  the  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Dickey)  Cumberland.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  public 
schools,  the  Weston  Grammar  School, 
and  Queen's  University,  Kingston, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
1875.  After  teaching  one  year  in  the 
Collegiate  Institute,  St.  Catharines, 
Ont.,  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Miller, 
Miller  &  Cox,  in  1878,  where  he  re- 
mained three  years.  He  was  admitted 


to  the  Bar  of  Ontario,  in 
Hilary  Term,  1881,  and 
almost  immediately  after- 
wards removed  to  Manitoba. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
of  that  province,  in  1882, 
and  entered  upon  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  the 
city  of  Winnipeg,  in  part- 
nership with  Mr.  W.  A. 
Macara,  the  present  District 
Registrar  at  Winnipeg. 
Since  1887,  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Archi- 
bald, Howell  &  Cumber- 
land, and  while  his  practice 
has  not  been  confined  to 
any  particular  branch,  he 
has  given  special  attention 
to  commercial  law,  so  that 
his  recent  elevation,  this 
year  (1893),  to  the  judge- 
ship,  was  well  advised  and 
very  popular.  The  Judge 
is  to  be  congratulated  on 
having  received  this  im- 
portant appointment  before 
he  has  quite  reached  middle 
life,  and  his  numerous 
friends  and  the  public  gen- 
erally, hope  that  he  may  be 
long  spared  to  enjoy  his 
well  merited  distinction,  and  discharge 
the  duties  of  the  high  office  to  which 
he  has  been  called,  and  for  which 
he  is  so  well  qualified.  A  leading  con- 
temporary voices  competent  opinion 
when  he  says:  "Judge  Cumberland 
takes  with  him  to  the  Bench,  a  sound 
knowledge  of  law,  an  unstained  repu- 
tation, and  a  high  respect  won  from  all 
with  whom  he  has  been  in  contact." 
In  1884,  Judge  Cumberland  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Helen  Wallace,  a  daughter 
of  A.  T.  Wallace,  Esq.,  of  St.  Cath- 
arines, Ontario.  His  family  consists  of 
two  children,  both  daughters,  Mary  and 
Alice. 


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^TNOBERT  STIRTON  THORN- 
TV  TON,  M.B.,C.M.,  (Edinburgh), 
"  vs>  Deloraine,  Man.,  was  born 
May  8th,  1863,  at  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land. His  parents  were  David  and 
Mary  (Gavin)  Thornton,  the  former 
being  a  builder.  When  seven  years  of 
age,  Dr.  Thornton  was  sent  to  George 
Heriot's  Hospital,  Edinburgh,  where 
he  remained  eight  years,  and  on  leaving 
was  the  medalist  of  his  year.  When 
fifteen  years  of  age,  he  went  to  Edin- 
burgh University,  where  he  graduated, 
August  ist,  1884.  He  then  settled  in 
Deloraine,  Man.,  where  he  began  prac- 
tice the  same  year.  Since  then  he  has 


visited  Britain  once,  but  his  large  con- 
nection prevents  him  from  travelling 
more  extensively.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Medical 
Council,  since  1886,  and  Coroner  for 
Manitoba  for  five  years.  He  is  also 
health  officer  for  the  municipality  of 
Winchester,  master  of  the  Masonic 
Lodge,  of  Deloraine,  a  member  of  the 
I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F.  and  C.O.F.,  and  ex- 
aminer for  different  societies  and  insur- 
ance companies.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  an  Inde- 
pendent Free  Trader.  He  was  married, 
April  3Oth,  1889,  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  Johnston,  of  Princeton,  Ont. 


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/CHARLES  ARTHUR  PALMER, 
LL.B.,  Q.C.,  Barrister  and  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  St.  John,  N.B., 
was  born  June  6th,  1855,  at  Dorchester, 
Westmoreland  County,  N.  B.  He  is 
the  son  of  Acalus  Lockwood  Palmer 
and  Martha  Ann  Weldon.  His  father 
was  a  barrister  and  Judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  New  Brunswick.  Mr. 
Palmer  received  his  education  at  Mount 
Allison  College,  Sackville,  N.  B.,  and 
the  Law  School,  Harvard  University. 
He  was  admitted  as  barrister,  and  has 
since  practiced  his  profession,  and  has 
gained  for  himself  a  wide  reputation, 
and  a  large  and  important  clientage. 


In  politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
his  party,  but  has  never  aspired  to  Par- 
liamentary honors,  being  too  much  en- 
grossed with  his  professional  duties. 
Mr.  Palmer's  success  is  the  result  of  his 
real  worth  of  character  and  the  applica- 
tion of  the  habits  of  industry  which  he 
possesses.  He  has  gained  a  leading 
place  in  his  profession  early  in  life,  and 
his  present  outlook  is  encouraging.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Methodist.  He  was 
married  October  aoth,  1881,  to  Ada 
Louisa  Sancton,  daughter  of  George  P. 
Sancton,  Esq.  His  family  consists  of 
two  sons. 


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JOSEPH  ALEXANDER  F. 
D'ESCHAMBAULT,  M.  p., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Win- 
nipeg, Man.,  was  born  September  ipth, 
1861,  at  Chanibly,  Que.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Jesuit's  College,  Montreal, 
and  St.  Hyacinthe  College,  St.  Hya- 
cinthe,  where  he  carried  away  the 
Marquis  of  Lome  Medal,  which  is  the 
only  one  given  in  the  college.  During 
the  year  1880,  he  studied  Philosophy, 
and  the  three  successive  years  studied 
medicine  in  Laval  University,  and  gra- 
duated from  Victoria  University  in 
1887.  He  then  began  practice  in  Raw- 
don  Parish,  Que.,  where  he  remained 


for  about  three  years,  when  he  removed 
to  St.  Boniface,  Man.,  and  in  1893,  to 
Winnipeg.  In  religion,  the  doctor  is  a 
Roman  Catholic,  and  is  physician  to 
the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  in  St. 
Boniface  and  Winnipeg.  In  politics, 
he  is  an  Independent,  with  Conserva- 
tive leanings.  He  was  married,  May 
i4th,  1883,  t°  Miss  Corrine,  daughter 
of  the  late  Camille  Marcotte.  His 
family  consists  of  one  sou  and  three 
daughters.  Dr.  D'Eschambault  has, 
by  his  genial  manner  and  professional 
skill,  secured  a  large  practice  in  Win- 
nipeg, and  it  is  constantly  growing 
larger. 


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^r  RMIGER  IBBOT  HUBBARD, 
JX~\  General  Agent  for  the  London 
V<5>  Guarantee  &  Accident  Co., 
Ltd  ,  for  Quebec,  Maritime  Provinces 
and  Newfoundland,  at  Montreal,  Que., 
was  born  in  1862,  in  Norfolk,  England. 
His  parents  moved  to  Canada  in  1863, 
and  settled  near  Ancaster,  Ont.  Young 
Hubbard  was  educated  at  the  Gram- 
mar School,  Ancaster,  and  under  the 
tuition  of  the  Rev.  D.  D.  McLeod  and 
Canon  Belt.  He  entered  the  service  of 
the  G.  W.  Ry.,  in  1879,  at  Hamilton, 
where  he  remained  until  entering  the 
service  of  the  Canadian  Bank  of  Com- 
merce, in  1883,  serving  in  several  of  its 


most  important  branches.  In  1886,  he 
opened  a  general  insurance  and  bank- 
ing office  in  Montreal,  and  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  business  men  in  his 
line  in  Canada.  Mr.  Hubbard  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Barton  Lodge,  A.F.  &  A.M.,  of 
the  Montreal  Board  of  Trade,  secretary 
of  the  Montreal  Curling  Club,  captain 
in  3rd  Battalion,  Victoria  Rifles  of 
Canada,  and  a  member  of  several  other 
clubs  and  societies.  In  politics,  he  is 
an  Independent,  and  in  religion,  an 
Episcopalian.  He  was  married,  in  1886, 
to  Katharine  Caroline,  only  daughter 
of  the  late  E.  Lane,  Esq.,  merchant,  of 
Quebec  and  Montreal. 


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THE  LATE  J.  W.  TAYLOR, 
-•>-  United  States  Consul  at  Winni- 
peg, was  born  in  New  York  State. 
After  completing  his  primary  educa- 
tion, he  took  up  the  study  of  law,  and 
shortly  after  his  admission  to  the  Bar, 
removed,  in  1842,  to  Cincinnati,  remain- 
ing until  1853.  At  this  time,  a  great 
number  of  people  were  removing  to  the 
Northwestern  States,  and  Mr.  Taylor 
became  a  pioneer  in  the  Town  of  St. 
Paul,  Minnesota.  Here  he  followed 
the  life  of  a  Government  official, 
having,  in  Ohio,  become  connected  with 
State  affairs.  During  his  residence  in 
Ohio,  he  had  been  Librarian  of  the 


Legislature  of  that  State,  and  had  pub- 
lished a  k(  History  of  Ohio  from  1650 
to  1787,"  and  also  a  "Manual  of  the 
Ohio  School  System."  During  his 
residence  in  Minnesota,  from  1853  to 
1870,  Mr.  Taylor  had  taken  part  in  the 
exciting  life  of  a  frontiersman,  also  an 
active  part  in  politics.  It  had  been  a 
part  of  his  official  duties  to  have  deal- 
ings with  the  people  of  the  Red  River, 
in  whom  he  became  much  interested. 
He  had,  early  in  the  sixties,  visited  that 
country,  and  delighted  to  detail  the  in- 
cidents of  his  interesting  visit  to  the 
then  little  known  banks  of  the  Red 
River.  In  1870,  he  was  appointed,  by 
President  Grant,  Consul  of 
the  United  States,  resident 
at  Winnipeg.  His  life  was 
very  even  and  uneventful, 
chiefly  devoted  to  social 
duties,  and  he  made  himself 
very  popular  with  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  also  in- 
tensely interested  in  the 
work  of  the  Historical  Socie- 
ty, and  was  so  great  an  au- 
thority on  the  North- West, 
that  he  was  known  as  "  Sas- 
katchewan Taylor."  In  re- 
ligion, he  was  a  Presbyte- 
rian, though  broad  enough 
in  his  views  to  be  interested 
in  all  denominations.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Chloe 
Langford,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  had  a  family 
of  two  daughters.  He  died, 
April  28th,  1893,  deeply  re- 
gretted, as  his  life  was  an 
embodiment  of  geniality  and 
kindness.  Although  not  a 
Canadian  citizen,  he  had  so 
great  a  love  for  Manitoba, 
that  this  interest  and  his 
long  residence  here  justify 
us  in  claiming  him  among 
Canadian  public  men. 


398 


CANADA. 


,IGHT  REV.  JAS.  CHARLES 

MCDONALD,  D.D.,  Bishop  of 

Charlottetown,  was  born 
June  I4th,  1840,  at  Allisary,  in  the  Pa- 
rish of  St.  Andrew's,  P.E.I.  His  pa- 
rents were  John  and  Ellen  McDonald. 
In  1866,  he  entered  St.  Dunstan's  Col- 
lege, where  he  pursued  a  course  of 
classical  studies  for  four  years.  From 
there,  he  proceeded  to  the  Grand  Semi- 
nary, Montreal,  and  after  spending 
three  years  there  in  the  study  of  Theo- 
logy, was  ordained  to  the  priesthood, 
July  4th,  1873,  by  the  late  Bishop 
Mclntyre,  of  Charlottetown.  Soon  after 
his  ordination,  he  was  appointed  to  a 
professorship  in  St.  Dun- 
stan's College,  and  it  was  in 
this  position  that  he  first 
gave  evidence  of  that  energy 
of  character  and  strong  prac- 
tical judgment  which  are 
his  characteristic  traits.  In 
1875,  he  was  transferred 
from  the  congenial  atmo- 
sphere of  college  life  to  per- 
form the  more  active  duties 
of  a  missionary  ;  the  field 
of  his  labors  comprised  the 
present  flourishing  parishes 
of  St.  James,  Georgetown, 
All  Saints,  Cardigan,  and 
for  a  time,  St.  Paul's,  Stur- 
geon and  St.  Teresa's,  Bald- 
win's Road,  and  their  pre- 
sent prosperous  condition 
is  largely  due  to  the  energy 
and  zeal  of  our  subject. 
The  parish  of  All  Saints, 
Cardigan  Bridge,  was  then 
in  its  infancy,  but  under  his 
wise  and  judicious  adminis- 
tration, it  soon  could  boast 
of  a  beautiful  new  church 
and  parochial  house,  which 
are  a  credit  to  the  diocese. 
In  1884,  he  was  promoted 
to  the  rectorship  of  St.  Dun- 


Stan's  College,  which  position  he  filled 
successfully  until  called  to  a  wider  field 
of  action.  In  1890,  the  late  Bishop 
Mclntyre  petitioned  the  Holy  See  for 
a  coadjutor,  and  the  choice  of  the  Holy 
Father  fell  upon  Bishop  McDonald, 
who  had,  on  so  many  occasions,  proven 
himself  worthy  of  the  position,  and 
in  the  same  year,  he  was  consecrated 
titular  Bishop  of  Irina,  and  coad- 
jutor, with  right  of  succession  to  the 
See  of  Charlottetown,  and  since  then 
has  administered  the  affairs  of  the  dio- 
cese with  excellent  judgment.  Bishop 
McDonald  is  very  highly  esteemed  by 
all  classes  and  creeds. 


OK 


399 


AUSTIN  BOWEN,  M.D.,  C.M., 
*  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Magog, 
Que.,  was  born  October  igth,  1867,  at 
Compton,  Que.  His  father  is  the  well 
known  and  highly  respected  Fred.  F. 
Bowen,  of  Comptou,  and  his  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Mary  Martin.  After 
receiving  his  early  education,  Dr.  Bowen 
entered  Coaticook  High  School,  where 
he  manifested  great  ability  in  his 
studies,  carrying  off  many  valuable 
prizes  for  English  composition,  and 
graduating  when  seventeen  years  of 
age.  In  the  Fall  of  1888,  he  entered 
McGill  University,  Montreal,  taking 
up  the  study  of  medicine.  During  his 


university  course,  many  distinctions 
were  conferred  upon  him,  and  in  1892, 
he  graduated  from  that  institution  with 
first  rank  honors,  and  immediately  es- 
tablished himself  in  Magog,  where  his 
skill  as  a  physician,  his  genial  disposi- 
tion and  strong  personality,  are  already 
winning  for  him  the  confidence  of  the 
public,  and  a  large  and  satisfactory 
practice.  Judging  from  his  thorough 
equipment,  it  is  confidently  expected 
that  he  will  speedily  reach  a  front  place 
in  the  medical  world.  Dr.  Bowen  was 
married,  October  5th,  1893,  to  Mrs.  J. 
W.  Merry,  widow  of  the  late  John 
Merry,  of  Sherbrooke,  P.  Q. 


400 


CHARLES  REYNOLDS  SMITH, 
1  Amherst,  N.  S.,  was  born  at  that 

^— -""S*  place,  November  i8th,  1854. 
His  father,  the  late  Robert  K.  Smith, 
was  in  his  time  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants of  Amherst,  and  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  the  County  of  Cumberland. 
His  mother  is  still  living.  Mr.  Smith 
studied  law  with  J.  T.  Smith,  Amherst, 
and  afterwards  with  the  late  Honorable 
Hiram  Blanchard,  Q.C.,  Halifax.  He 
was  called  to  the  Nova  Scotia  Bar,  Jan- 
uary 1 3th,  1876,  when  he  began  to  prac- 
tice in  Amherst,  where  he  has  always 
had  command  of  a  large  and  lucrative 
clientage.  He  is  a  leading  Court  law- 


yer and  holds  a  high  position  at  the 
local  Bar.  In  1891,  he  was  created  a 
Q.C.  by  the  Dominion  Government. 
On  several  occasions,  he  has  been 
Crown  prosecutor,  under  the  Nova 
Scotia  Government,  and  is  at  present  a 
Master  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
Province,  a  commissioner  of  that  Court 
for  the  County  of  Cumberland,  and  also 
a  commissioner  in  Nova  Scotia  for  the 
courts  of  New  Brunswick  and  Prince 
Edward  Island.  In  religion,  he  is  an 
Episcopalian,  and  has  held  many  pro- 
minent offices  in  that  Church.  Mr. 
Smith  has  been  married  twice  ;  he  has 
three  sons  and  one  daughter. 


401 


>3)HAS.  WENTWORTH  UPHAM 
(/  HEWSON,  M.D.,  L.R.C.P.  and 
V^^~>  L.M.,  (Edinburgh) ,  Amherst, 
N.S.,  was  born  in  Jolicure,  N.B.,  Feb- 
ruary 28th,  1844.  His  parents  were 
William  A.  Hewson  and  Elizabeth 
Chandler.  Dr.  Hewson  received  his 
education  at  the  Sackville,  Mount  Alli- 
son and  St.  Joseph  colleges,  New  Bruns- 
wick. He  graduated  in  Medicine,  and 
began  to  practice  in  River  Herbert, 
N.S.,  where  he  continued  for  eleven 
years,  doing  a  successful  practice.  In 
1883,  he  went  to  Scotland,  and  for  some 
time  attended  the  Royal  Infirmary  of 
Edinburgh,  where  he  took  the  degrees 


of  L.R.C.P.  and  L.M.  Returning  to 
Canada,  he  settled  in  Amherst,  in  May, 
1884,  where  he  has  since  enjoyed  a 
large  and  lucrative  connection.  He  is 
also  Coroner  for  the  County  of  Cumber- 
land, a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
in  which  order  he  also  takes  an  active 
interest.  He  is  widely  known  for  his 
medical  skill,  and  highly  respected  for 
the  many  good  qualities  which  make 
him  a  desirable  public  man  and  a  good 
citizen.  In  religion,  he  is  Episcopalian, 
and  in  politics  a  Reformer.  On  Decem- 
ber 29th,  1874,  he  married  Mary  E. 
Hapgood,  a  native  of  Calais,  Maine.  His 
family  consists  of  one  daughter,  living. 

26 


402 


tt  ALLAN  BLACK,  M.  D.,  Am- 
l  •  herst,  N.S.,  was  born  August 
^— ^^>  23rd,  1844,  at  that  place. 
His  father  was  Hagen  Black  and  his 
mother  Martha  A.  Black.  Dr.  Black 
was  educated  at  Amherst  and  Sackville, 
N.B.,  Mt.  Allison  College,  now  Mount 
Allison  University.  He  received  his 
medical  degree  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  in  1867, 
since  which  he  has  practiced  in  Am- 
herst, where  he  has  succeeded  in  work- 
ing up  a  large  practice,  and  is  held  in 
esteem  by  the  entire  community.  Dr. 
Black  belongs  to  the  Good  Templars, 
also  the  Nova  Scotia  Medical  Society. 


In  religion,  he  is  a  Methodist,  and  a 
strong  advocate  of  the  temperance 
cause.  In  politics,  he  is  a  party  Pro- 
hibitionist. He  is  a  man  of  undoubted 
ability  and  great  erudition  in  his  pro- 
fession, and  is  very  widely  known, 
not  only  for  his  medical  skill,  but  also 
on  account  of  his  interest  in  all  matters 
concerning  the  public  welfare.  Dr. 
Black  was  married,  in  1871,  to  Miss 
Sarah,  second  daughter  of  the  late  Rev. 
Geo.  F.  Miles,  and,  after  her  death,  to 
Miss  Bessie  Elderkin,  eldest  daughter 
of  Capt.  John  K.  Elderkin.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son,  by  his  second  mar- 
riage. 


MKN   OF* 


403 


BLACKMER,  Watch- 
maker  and  Jeweller,  Frederic- 
ton,  N.B.,  was  born  at  Truro, 
N.S.,  February  loth,  1867.  His  pa- 
rents were  W.  W.  Blackmer  and  Annie 
J.  Irwin.  Mr.  Blackmer  received  his 
education  at  the  public  schools  of 
Truro,  graduating  from  the  High 
school  with  first-class  honors.  He  was 
then  apprenticed  to  the  watchmaking 
and  Jewellery  business  for  five  years, 
after  which  he  worked  for  some  time  in 
Halifax,  and  then  started  business  on 
his  own  account  at  Spring  Hill  Mines, 
N.S.,  where  he  remained  for  two  years, 
and  in  July,  1889,  removed  to  Frederic- 


ton,  and  is  now  doing  the  largest  busi- 
ness in  his  line  in  the  county.  Mr.  Black- 
mer was  married,  April  2Oth,  1892,  to 
Helen  A.,  daughter  of  Ludlow  Yerxa, 
merchant,  Fredericton.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  K.  of  P.,  Loyal  Orange  Order, 
being  Deputy  Grand  Chaplain  of  the 
Order,  and  also  secretary  for  York 
County,  the  Royal  Templars,  the 
Orange  Temperance  Society,  and  the 
Fredericton  Curling  Club.  He  recently 
presented  the  club  with  a  very  hand- 
some cup  for  competition  of  the  mem- 
bers. In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian, 
and  holds  the  office  of  Sabbath  School 
librarian. 


404 


JOHN  McCONNELL,  M.  B., 
M.  C.  P.  S.  O.,  Toronto,  Ont, 
was  born  March  4th,  1846. 
His  father,  John  McConnell,  was  lieut- 
enant under  the  late  Captain  Howard, 
of  Howard  Park,  in  the  defence  of  Little 
York,  in  1837,  against  Win.  Lyon 
McKenzie.  Dr.  McConnell  received 
his  education  at  the  High  School,  Rich- 
mond Hill,  and  began  the  study  of 
medicine  in  1864.  He  graduated,  in 
i865L  from  Toronto  University,  and  at 
once  began  to  practice  at  Thorhill, 
York  County,  Ont.,  where  he  remained 
for  fourteen  years,  when  he  removed  to 
Brockton,  Toronto,  where  he  was  Reeve 


of  the  village  of  Brockton,  and  after  wards 
alderman  of  the  city  of  Toronto.  Dr. 
McConnell  is  Coroner  for  York  County, 
and  holds  first  class  certificate  Military 
School,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  I.O.F,  and  is  Past  High  Physician 
of  that  order.  In  1868,  he  married  Miss 
Powell,  of  York.  In  politics,  the  Doctor 
is  a  Reformer,  and  president  of  West 
York  Reform  Association.  He  stands 
high  in  the  A.F.  and  A.M.,  is  a  member 
of  the  Protestant  Benevolent  Society  of 
Toronto,  and  at  present  is  physician 
and  surgeon  to  the  Protestant  Orphan's 
Home,  where  two  hundred  and  twenty 
orphans  are  under  his  care. 


405 


TV  LLAN  FINLAY- 
^£\  SON,  Charlottetown, 
V«>  Commander  of  the 
Dominion  Steamer  u  Stan- 
ley," was  born  April  i4th, 
1842,  in  Belfast,  P.E.I.  His 
parents  were  Angus  and 
Catharine  (McDonald)  Fin- 
layson,  well-knowu  resi- 
dents of  the  Island.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common 
school,  near  his  birth  place, 
went  to  sea  at  sixteen,  ob- 
tained, in  1868,  a  certificate 
of  competency  as  Master  in 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  and  re- 
mained in  the  merchant  ser- 
vice until  1876,  when  he 
was  appointed  Commander 
of  the  Dominion  steamer 
"  Northern  Light,"  the  first 
winter  mail  steamer  between 
Prince  Edward  Island  and 
Nova  Scotia.  In  1888,  Com- 
mander Finlayson  received 
his  present  appointment. 
His  duty,  from  December 
ist  to  May  ist,  is  to  carry 
mails  and  passengers  be- 
tween the  Island  and  Pictou, 
N.S.,  and  in  the  Summer, 
the  "  Stanley  "  is  an  armed 
cruiser,  engaged  in  the  Maritime  Fish- 
eries Protection  service.  The  "  Stan- 
ley "  is  a  powerful  screw  steamer  of 
looo-tons  and  300  horse-power,  built  in 
1887-88  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  under 
the  personal  supervision  of  Capt.  M.  P. 
McElhinney,  of  Ottawa,  and  can  cut 
her  way  straight  through  ice  from  ten 
to  fifteen  inches  thick,  at  the  rate  of 
ten  miles  an  hour.  She  can  also  cut 
her  way  through  ice  from  three  to  four 
feet  thick,  at  a  much  slower  speed,  of 
course,  by  being  fitted  with  compart- 
ments and  apparatus,  by  which  132 
tons  of  water  can  be  admitted  aft  quite 
readily.  This  permits  her  prow  to  be 


raised  over  the  ice  and  then  lowered, 
which  breaks  it  down  to  pieces.  Com- 
mander Finlayson  is  an  efficient  officer, 
of  excellent  judgment,  alert,  cautious 
and  firm  enough  when  necessary,  and 
his  knowledge  of  matters  pertaining  to 
his  chosen  calling  is  very  wide  and  re- 
cognized by  all.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  in  religion  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  On 
November  i4th,  1872,  he  was  married 
to  Annie,  daughter  of  the  late  Malcolm 
Forbes,  Esq.,  M.P.P.,  of  Vernon  River, 
P.E.I.  His  family  consists  of  nine 
children,  two  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters. 


406 


(S<7V  DARRACH,  M.D.  (Harvard), 
1 .  Kensington,  P.E.I.,  was  born 
October  26th,  1845,  in  Queens 
County,  P.E.I.  His  parents,  John  and 
Isabel  (McNeill)  Darrach,  were  also 
natives  of  the  Island,  of  Scotch  descent, 
and  held  in  high  respect.  Dr.  Darrach 
received  his  early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  winning  a  scholarship  in 
the  Prince  of  Wales  College,  Charlotte- 
town,  where  he  took  a  leading  place  in 
his  classes,  especially  in  Mathematics 
and  kindred  subjects.  After  spending 
a  short  time  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
later  in  the  General  Post  Office,  he 
commenced  to  study  medicine  with  the 


late  Dr.  Hammond  Johnson, 
in  1867,  attended  Bowdoin 
College,  and  graduated 
there  in  1870,  completing 
his  course  at  Harvard,  and 
graduating  in  1872.  He 
also  became  a  member  of 
the  Mass.  Medical  Society. 
For  fifteen  years,  the  Doctor 
practiced  his  profession  in 
Kensington  and  vicinity, 
where  he  enjoyed  a  large 
patronage.  In  1885,  he  with 
his  brother-in-law,  W.  D. 
McKay,  formed  the  partner- 
ship of  Reuben  Tuplin  & 
Co.,  of  which  he  is  the 
principal  stockholder  and 
managing  partner.  The 
business  was  established 
by  Reuben  Tuplin,  now  re- 
tired, nearly  half  a  century 
ago,  who,  from  a  small  be- 
ginning, built  up  a  large 
trade,  being  now  close  on 
$100,000  a  year.  The  Doc- 
tor also  owns  and  carries  on 
a  drug  business  as  well.  In 
religion,  he  is  a  Baptist ;  and 
in  politics,  a  Liberal,  with 
strong  independent  convic- 
tions. He  is  an  enthusiastic 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
was  Grand  Master  of  the  Province  in 
1891-92,  when  he  laid  the  corner  stone 
of  the  Masonic  Temple  in  Charlotte- 
town.  He  is  a  Coroner  for  Prince 
County,  a  J.  P.  and  a  commissioner  for 
taking  affidavits  in  the  Supreme  Court. 
On  the  24th  of  February,  1875,  he  was 
married  to  Tryphena  A.,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Reuben  Tupliu,  Esq.  His  fam- 
ily consists  of  one  daughter  and  two 
sons  living,  and  one  daughter  deceased. 
As  a  business  man,  the  Doctor  has  tact, 
push  and  principle,  while  socially  both 
he  and  his  estimable  wife  are  held  in 
universal  esteem. 


407 


SOMMERVILLE 
MORRISON,  M.D.,  Homeo- 
pathic Physician,  etc.,  St.  John,  N.B., 
was  born  September  soth,  1849,  at 
Wilinot,  Annapolis  County,  N.S.  His 
parents  were  Daniel  and  Margaret 
(Campbell)  Morrison,  natives  of  the 
North  of  Ireland,  whose  ancestors  were 
Scotch.  After  receiving  his  early  edu- 
cation, Dr.  Morrison  entered  Boston 
University,  where  he  graduated  M.D. 
He  has  built  up  a  large  practice,  in  St. 
John,  which  is  constantly  increasing, 
and  he  stands  high  in  the  estimation 
of  the  public  generally.  Dr.  Morrison 
belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 


I.O.O.F.,  A.O.U.W.,  and  various  tem- 
perance societies.  He  is  also  an  active 
member  of  the  Y.M.C.A.,  and  corres- 
ponding member  of  the  International 
committee  of  the  Y.M.C.A.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  Brunswick  Medi- 
cal Society,  and  the  American  Institute 
of  Homeopathy.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Liberal,  but  not  connected  prominently 
with  political  affairs,  being  obliged  to 
devote  all  his  time  to  his  extensive 
practice.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian. Dr.  Morrison  was  married, 
January  28th,  1885,  to  Mary,  daughter 
of  Rev.  James  Kennedy,  of  New  York 
City.  His  family  consists  of  four  sons. 


408 


OFN 


EORGE  DREWRY,  Wholesale 
Merchant,  Rat  Portage,  Ont., 
was  born  October  i2th,  1861,  in  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  He  is  the  son  of  Edward 
Drewry  and  Eliza  Starkey,  highly  es- 
teemed citizens  of  that  city.  Mr.  Drew- 
ry was  educated  in  the  schools  of  St. 
Paul,  and  when  sixteen  went  to  Winni- 
peg, where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
his  brother,  E.  L.  Drewry,  ex-M.P.P. 
In  1883,  he  removed  to  Rat  Portage, 
and  opened  up  a  business  on  his  own 
account,  where  he  has  remained  ever 
since.  In  religion,  Mr.  Drewry  is  an 
Episcopalian,  and  in  politics,  a  Con- 
servative, but  while  he  takes  no  very 


active  part  in  Provincial  or  Dominion 
affairs,  he  is,  as  a  shrewd  and  liberal 
business  man,  ever  ready  to  advance 
any  local  enterprise  which  tends  to 
the  prosperity  of  his  adopted  town.  He 
is  president  of  the  Rat  Portage  Regatta 
Association,  president  of  the  Curling 
Club,  and  chairman  of  the  council  of 
the  Rainy  River  District  Board  of 
Trade.  He  is  a  keen  sportsman,  and 
being  well  acquainted  with  the  Rainy 
River  region,  knows  where  and  how  to 
bag  the  primest  game,  of  which  his 
many  friends  always  get  a  generous 
share.  Mr.  Drewry  is  unmarried,  he  is 
very  popular  among  his  acquaintances. 


CANADA. 


409 


^KT^OBERT   CLARKE   BOYLE, 

JV  M.D.,  C.M.,  Morden,  Man., 
"  vs>  was  born  August  lyth, 
1869,  at  Millbank,  Ont.  His  parents 
were  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Busby) 
Boyle.  Dr.  Boyle  was  educated  at  the 
public  school,  Stratford,  and  in  1877, 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Winnipeg, 
where  he  continued  his  studies,  and  also 
at  the  Collegiate  Institute,  Portage  La 
Prairie.  He  wrote  for  first-class  certifi- 
cate, and  secured  a  second,  at  the  age 
of  thirteen.  He  also  took  a  Normal 
school  course,  and  taught  school  for  a 
year  and  a  half.  He  entered  Manitoba 
College,  in  1887,  graduating  in  1892, 


and  was  one  of  the  only  two  who  ever 
took  100%  in  surgery  there.  He  was 
house  surgeon  in  Winnipeg  General 
Hospital,  before  graduation.  In  1892, 
he  removed  to  Morden,  and  has  already 
laid  the  foundation  of  a  large  practice. 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Methodist.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F.,  A.F. 
&  A.M.,  and  physician  to  the  Foresters, 
S.O.E-,  and  I.O.O.F.,  vice-president  of 
the  British  Medical  Association  of 
Manitoba,  and  attending  physician  to 
Masonic  Hospital,  Morden.  He  was 
married,  September  9th,  1893,  to  Mar- 
garet A.  Y.,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev. 
Dr.  B.  Lane,  of  Winnipeg,  Man. 


JOHN  AGNEW,  Lobster  Packer 
and  Exporter,  Alberton,  P.E.I., 
was  born  August  22nd,  1853,  in 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  His  parents  were 
John  and  Jane  (McCullough)  Agnew. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Free  Church 
School,  Glasgow,  and  then  entered  a 
commission  merchant's  office  in  that 
city,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
In  1876,  Mr.  Agnew  left  Glasgow,  and 
came  to  Richibucto,  N.B.,  where  he  re- 
mained one  year.  He  then  went  to 
Alberton,  where  he  has  remained  ever 
since ;  the  first  year  or  so,  as  a  clerk, 
and  the  rest  of  the  time  in  his  present 
business.  He  started  with  a  very 


small  capital,  but  his  pluck  and  fore- 
sight, have  made  him  a  successful  man. 
He  is  popular  with  his  employees,  and 
thoroughly  honorable  in  all  his  deal- 
ings. He  has  an  interest  in  several 
enterprises,  notably  a  leading  mackerel 
canning  industry  in  Ireland.  His 
markets  are  chiefly  Ontario,  United 
States  and  Europe.  In  religion,  Mr. 
Agnew  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics, 
a  staunch  Reformer.  He  belongs  to 
the  I.O.F.,  and  is  treasurer  of  the  High 
Court  of  P.E.I.  December  22nd,  1882, 
he  was  married  to  Agnes,  daughter  of 
the  late  Capt.  James  Ireland,  of  Alber- 
ton, by  whom  he  has  five  children. 


CANADA. 


411 


CARRUTHERS,  M.D., 
C.M.,  (McGill),  L.R.C.P.,  (Lon- 
don, Eng.),  Alberton,  P.E.I.,  was  born 
September  nth,  1856,  at  Cape  Traverse, 
P.E.I.     His    parents   Samuel   and   So- 
phia   (Muttart)    Carruthers,    who    are 
both   deceased,   were   highly    esteemed 
and  respected.     His  father  was  born  in 
Dumfries,    Scotland,    and    his    mother 
was    a    native   of  P.E.I.     Her   grand- 
father was  a  veteran  under  Gen.  Wolfe, 
at  the  capture  of  Quebec,  and  for  his 
bravery  was  granted  a  tract  of  land  on 
which  that  city  now  stands.     He  was, 
however,  unfortunately  drowned  before 
he  got  his  title   registered.     Dr.  Car- 
ruthers   was    educated    at 
Prince    of    Wales    College, 
Charlottetown,  Queen's  Col- 
lege,  Kingston,    Ont.,    one 
year,  and  at  McGill  College, 
Montreal,  two  years,   from 
which  he  graduated  in  1883, 
first  in  the  honor  list.     He 
then     went     to     England, 
where     he     continued     his 
medical  studies  a  year,  gra- 
duating as   above  in    1884. 
After  continuing  his  studies 
for  some  time  in  Edinburgh, 
he  located  in  Suinmerside, 
P.E.I.,  where  he  practiced 
five     years.     In    1889,    he 
bought  the  practice  of  the 
late  Dr.  McLean,  of  Alber- 
ton, and  has  practiced  there 
ever  since,  having  succeeded 
in  working  up  a  very  large 
medical    connection.      The 
Doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
I.O.O.F.,   and   the   I.O.F., 
in  which  latter  order  he  is 
court     physician.       He     is 
Coroner  for  Prince  County, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Medical  Council  of  P.E.I., 
which    was     organized     in 
1890.     In  religion,  the  Doc- 


tor is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  u 
staunch  Liberal.  November  :6th, 
1885,  he  was  married  to  Phoebe,  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  Callbeck,  Esq.  His  fami- 
ly consists  of  one  daughter,  Georgie. 
The  Doctor's  ability  and  skill  would 
warrant  his  removal  to  any  city,  which 
step,  however,  would  be  very  much 
against  the  will  of  the  residents  of 
Alberton  and  vicinity,  who  value  his 
services  very  highly.  His  thorough 
qualification  for  his  chosen  profession, 
gives  him  a  leading  place  in  the  es- 
timation of  his  medical  brethren,  and  he 
is  destined  to  make  his  mark  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon. 


4I2 


1VIEN 


HARCOURT,  B.S.A., 

Prof,  of  Agriculture  in  Prince  of 
Wales  College,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I., 
was  born  November  3rd,  1863,  in  Huron 
County,  Ont.  His  father  John  T.  Har- 
court,  is  a  son  of  the  late  Geo.  Har- 
court,  Esq.,  Toronto.  His  mother  is 
Helen,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Rat- 
cliffe,  Esq.,  Columbus,  Ont.,  a  gentle- 
man of  Scottish  descent.  Mr.  Har- 
court  spent  the  first  seven  years  of  his 
life  on  a  farm,  the  next  four  in  Toronto, 
the  next  five  in  Preston,  and  at  six- 
teen, having  received  a  good  primary 
education,  returned]to^his  father's  farm. 
When  twenty-three  years  of  age,  he 


entered  the  O.A.C.,  at  Guelph,  to  learn 
more  about  the  occupation  he  was  fol- 
lowing. He  led  his  class  from  the 
start,  and  in  two  years  carried  off  the 
gold  medal  for  general  proficiency. 
Not  content  with  this,  he  spent  another 
year  in  the  further  study  of  agriculture, 
and  then  in  1889,  took  the  degree  of 
B.S.  A.,  from  the  University  of  Toronto. 
He  was  at  once  engaged  as  assistant  to 
Prof.  Robertson,  in  the  dairy  depart- 
ment of  the  O.A.C.,  and  when  that 
gentleman  was  appointed  Dairy  Com- 
missioner for  the  Dominion,  Prof.  Har- 
court  took  full  charge  of  the  work  and 
experiments  of  the  department,  until 
the  close  of  1890.  He  was 
then  appointed  assistant 
chemist,  which  he  held  till 
his  present  appointment. 
It  will  thus  be  readily  seen 
that  Prof.  Harcourt  is  well 
qualified  both  by  experience 
and  scholarship,  to  take 
almost  any  position  in  an 
agricultural  college.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  staunch 
Liberal,  and  in  religion, 
a  Presbyterian,  a  prominent 
worker  in  both  church  and 
Sabbath  school.  He  edits 
the  agricultural  depart- 
ment of  the  Island  Guard- 
ian, of  Charlottetown.  In 
1893,  he  was  married  to 
Ettie  J.,  daughter  of  Sheriff 
Stirton,  Morden,  Man.,  and 
grand-daughter  of  David 
Stirton,  P.M.,  Guelph,  and 
ex-M.P.  While  in  Mani- 
toba, in  1893,  Prof.  Har- 
court travelled  quite  exten- 
sively through  the  Province, 
and  its  extent,  fertility  and 
possibilities  as  an  agricul- 
tural country,  left  on  him 
a  deep  and  most  favourable 
impression. 


IVTKN 


CANADA. 


413 


\\/ILLIAM    HENRY    PRICE, 

V  \  M.D.,  Butternut  Ridge,  N.B., 
was  born  at  that  place,  September  4th, 
1839.  He  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Charlotte  Price.  He  was  educated  at 
the  schools  of  his  birth  place  and  the 
High  School,  Kentville,  N.  S.,  after 
which  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Shaw,  of  Kentville,  for  three  years,  and 
then  entered  Bowdoin  Medical  College, 
Maine,  and  afterwards  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  and  graduated  from  there 
with  honors  and  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
He  then  entered  the  United  States  Ser- 
vice, as  A.  A.  Surgeon,  at  Nashville, 


Tenn.,  and  remained  until  the  close  of 
of  the  war,  when  he  settled  at  Prospect 
Park,  remaining  until  1872,  when  he 
removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  practiced 
until  1876,  then  to  New  York  City, 
remaining  until  1881,  when  he  returned 
to  Butternut  Ridge,  where  he  still  con- 
tinues, doing  a  very  extensive  practice. 
Dr.  Price  was  married,  December  24th, 
1873,  to  Catharine  Jane,  daughter  of 
John  Watts,  Esq.,  of  Chicago.  His 
family  consists  of  four  children.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Medical  Associations 
of  New  Brunswick  and  the  Maritime 
Province,  and  wrote  the  well-known 
book  :  "  Baby's  Guide  to  Health." 


414 


IVIKN    OF" 


JAMES  McCON- 
NELL,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Practicing 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Mor- 
den,  Man.,  was  born  September  a8th, 
1 86 1,  in  North  Renfrew  County,  Ont. 
His  parents  were  Benjamin  and  Cath- 
arine (Melville)  McConnell.  After 
taking  his  regular  course  in  the  Pem- 
broke public  and  high  schools,  he  en- 
tered the  Royal  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Kingston,  where  he  gra- 
duated in  the  Spring  of  1880.  For  six 
months  before  and  six  mouths  after 
graduation,  he  was  assistant  surgeon  on 
the  C.P.R.,  from  Pembroke  to  Nipissing. 
In  November,  i88i,he  removed  to  Nel- 


son, Man.,  where  he  carried  on  a  suc- 
cessful practice,  until  1885,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Morden,  where  his  connection 
is  constantly  increasing.  Dr.  McCon- 
nell was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Morden  Masonic  Hospital,  of  which 
order  he  is  a  member,  and  also  of  the 
A.O.U.W.  He  is  examiner  for  the 
latter  society,  Coroner  for  the  Province, 
and  health  officer  for  the  municipality, 
In  religion,  he  is  a  Presbyterian, 
and  a  Reformer  in  politics.  He  was 
married,  November  i9th,  1884,  to 
Miss  Cassie  P.,  daughter  of  James  H. 
Fraser,  late  of  New  Glasgow,  N.S., 
now  of  Morden,  Man. 


OK   CANADA. 


415 


THOMAS  DAVIDSON,  Managing- 
Director  and  General  Agent  for 
Canada  of  the  North  British  and 
Mercantile  Insurance  Co.,  Attorney  for 
Scottish  American  Investment  Co., 
Montreal,  Que.,  was  born,  in  1835,  in 
Edinburgh,  Scotland.  His  father  was 
the  late  David  Davidson,  manager  of 
the  Bank  of  Scotland,  Edinburgh,  who 
came  to  Montreal  about  the  year  1840, 
remaining  about  twenty  years,  and 
taking  a  keen  interest  in  the  educa- 
tional matters  of  the  then  comparatively 
small  town.  He  was  deeply  interested 
in  the  work  of  McGill  University,  and 
for  many  years,  the  "  Davidson  Gold 


Medal  "  was  the  highest  prize  given  in 
the  institution.  He  had  been  a  director 
of  the  North  British  and  Mercantile 
Insurance  Company  on  the  Edinburgh 
Board  since  1863,  and,  in  1880,  became 
chairman  of  the  General  Court  of  Direc- 
tors. He  died  October  3Oth,  1891,  very 
deeply  regretted.  Mr.  Thomas  David- 
son was  educated  at  the  Edinburgh 
Academy,  and  took  a  finishing  course 
at  McGill  University.  He  entered 
business  life  in  the  firm  of  Gillespie, 
Moifat  &  Co.,  extensive  wholesale  mer- 
chants, in  Montreal.  He  was  after- 
wards allied  with  the  late  Mr.  Donald 
Lome  McDougall,  under  the  firm  name 
of  McDougall  &  Davidson, 
members  of  the  Montreal 
Stock  Exchange.  Mr.  Da- 
vidson has  been  managing- 
director  of  the  North  British 
and  Mercantile  Insurance 
Company  since  its  establish- 
ment in  Canada,  which  is 
about  thirty  years  (1893). 
The  Company  has  a  very 
large  revenue  in  the  Domi- 
nion, and  is,  of  course,  very 
well  and  favorably  known 
everywhere  as  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  equitable 
companies  in  existence.  The 
success  of  the  Company  in 
Canada  is  due  to  the  ex- 
cellent business  qualifica- 
tions of  its  managing-dir- 
ector. Mr.  Davidson  has 
secured  an  enviable  position 
for  the  Company,  by  his 
untiring  energy  and  sound 
business  knowledge  and 
judgment.  He  is  president 
of  the  Montreal  General 
Hospital,  and  one  of  the 
governors  of  the  Royal  Vic- 
toria Hospital.  Mr.  David- 
son is  very  well  known  in 
all  parts  of  the  Dominion. 


416 


OR   CANADA. 


.4  TENRY  A.  POWELL,  M.A., 
cr]M  M.  P.  P.,  Barrister,  Sackville, 
VS>  N.B.,  was  born  at  Richibucto, 
N.B.,  April  6th,  1855.  He  is  the  fifth 
son  of  Edmund  Powell,  of  Richibucto, 
now  deceased.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  Kent  County  Grammar 
school  and  the  Mount  Allison  Univer- 
sity, graduating  from  the  latter  with 
the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1875.  After  gra- 
duation, he  taught  mathematics  in  the 
Mount  Allison  Wesleyau  Academy  for 
two  years.  He  then  studied  in  the 
office  of  the  late  Christopher  Milner, 
and  was  called  to  the  Bar  of  New 
Brunswick  in  Trinity  Term,  1880.  At 
the  General  Elections  of 
1890,  he  was  returned  to  the 
House  of  Assembly,  as  a 
representative  of  the  Con- 
servative party  for  West- 
moreland County.  In  the 
same  year,  he  and  one  of  his 
colleagues  were  unseated, 
but  at  the  election  in  1891, 
he  was  again  returned  by 
his  old  constituency,  with 
much  enthusiasm  and  & 
handsome  majority.  At  the 
General  Elections  of  1892, 
he  stood  head  of  the  poll, 
and  was  the  only  Opposition 
candidate  returned  out  of 
the  four  representatives 
from  the  county.  He  stands 
high  in  the  Province  as  a 
politician,  and  it  seems  al- 
most useless  for  any  man 
to  oppose  him  in  his  own 
constituency.  In  1890,  Mr. 
Powell  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Regents 
of  Mt.  Allison  University, 
to  which  position  he  has 
been  twice  re-elected.  He 
takes  a  great  interest  in 
educational  matters,  and  is 
naturally  enthusiastic  in 


his  own  "  Alma  Mater."  He  is  an  able 
and  popular  lawyer,  and  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Powell  &  Bennett, 
who  conduct  one  of  the  largest  legal 
practices  in  the  Province  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. In  1878,  he  was  married  to  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  G.  B.  Payson,  a  min- 
ister of  the  New  Brunswick  and  Prince 
Edward  Island  Conference,  by  whom 
he  has  one  son  and  one  daughter.  In 
religion,  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  Me- 
thodist Church.  Besides  a  very  large 
law  library,  he  has  an  extensive  and 
most  interesting  library  composed  of 
scientific,  literary,  historical  and  poli- 
tical subjects. 


EDMUND  SPENCER, 
M.P.P.,  Farmer  and  General 
Merchant,  Frelighsburg,  Que., 
was  born  at  St.  Armand  East,  Que., 
April  iQth,  1846.  He  is  the  son  of  the 
late  Ambrose  S.  Spencer,  and  Mary, 
daughter  of  the  late  Major  P.  Thomas, 
descendents  of  United  Empire  Loyal- 
ists. Mr.  Spencer  was  educated  at  the 
Grammar  School,  Frelighsburg,  and  at 
Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.  In  the  Spring  of 
1868,  he  engaged  in  farming  at  St.  Ar- 
mand East.  In  December,  1889,  with 
H.  T.  Spencer,  he  purchased  the  well- 
known  mercantile  establishment  of  J. 
Landsberg,  Frelighsburg.  He  has  been 


a  councillor,  school  commissioner, 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Municipal 
Council  and  school  commissioners  of 
St.  Armand  East,  and  president  and 
manager  of  the  Mississquoi  and  Rou- 
ville  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
since  1884.  He  was  first  elected  a 
member  of  the  Local  Legislature  in 
1881,  re-elected  in  1886,  this  election 
however,  being  declared  void,  he  was  re- 
turned by  a  large  majority  in  1888. 
He  was  re-elected  at  the  General  Elec- 
tions of  1890,  and  again  in  1892,  by  an 
overwhelming  majority.  June,  1873,  he 
married  Francis  S.,  daughter  of  the  late 
R.  L.  Galer,  Esq.,  of  Dunham,  Que. 

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418 


McCUTCHEON,  Pro- 
pretor  and  Publisher  of  the 
Inland  Sentinel,  Kamloops, 
B.C.,  was  born  June  4th,  1854,  at  King, 
York  County,  Ont.  His  parents  are 
Hugh  and  Margaret  (Mills)  McCut- 
cheon.  He  was  educated  at  the  public 
schools,  and  by  private  study.  He 
spent  his  early  life  on  the  farm,  and 
when  twenty- one  years  old,  was  ap- 
pointed Inspector  of  Weights  and 
Measures  for  York  County,  by  the 
Mackenzie  Government.  Resigning 
that  position  in  1879,  he  spent  one  year 
in  Manitoba,  then  returned  to  Ontario, 
and  engaged  in  Mercantile  business  in 


Teeswater.  In  1885,  he  went  to  Kam- 
loops, B.  C.,  and  in  1886,  bought  the 
Sentinel.  In  1889,  he  established  the 
Kootenay  Star,  at  Revelstoke,  B.  C., 
which  he  still  conducts.  He  has  done 
much  in  revealing  the  interior  resources 
of  British  Columbia,  by  publishing 
many  valuable  reports  concerning 
them.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  at  Kamloops,  and  on  the 
board  of  management.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  I.O.O.F.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Reformer.  He  was  married, 
September  loth,  1888,  to  Miss  Maggie 
C.,  daughter  of  the  late  Roderick 
McLean,  of  Pictou,  N.  S. 


MKN   OK 


419 


WILLIAM 
HYNDMAN,  General 
Insurance  Agent,  Life, 
Fire  and  Marine,  Charlotte- 
town,  P.H.I.,  was  born  in 
1841,  in  Malpegtte,  P.E.I. 
His  father  was  a  native  of 
Antigua,  West  Indies,  his 
family  owning  plantations 
on  that  island.  His  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Anne 
McNutt,  daughter  of  the 
late  James  McNutt,  Esq., 
private  secretary  to  the  first 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  P. 
E.  I.  Mr.  Hyndman  was 
educated  at  the  Central 
Academy,  Charlottetown. 
He  entered  Her  Majesty's 
navy  in  1856,  and  served 
for  several  years,  under 
Captain  Orlebar,  R.N.,  in 
the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence 
and  Newfoundland  Survey, 
under  the  Admiralty,  sub- 
sequently in  the  flag  ships 
"  Indus,  "  "  Nile  "  and 
"  Duncan,"  on  the  North 
America  and  West  India 
Station,  under  Admiral  Sir 
Houston  Stewart,  Sir  Alex- 
ander Milne  and  Sir  James 
Hope,  respectively,  afterwards  serving 
in  H.  M.  S.  "  Victory,"  flag  ship  at 
Portsmouth,  Eng.,  under  Capt.  Beau- 
champ  Seymour  (now  Lord  Alcester). 
Afterwards  he  served  on  the  Mediter- 
ranean Station  in  H.M.S.  "  Newport," 
under  Capt.  Nares,  now  Sir  George  S. 
Nares,  of  Arctic  fame.  He  was  present 
at  the  formal  opening  of  the  Suez 
Canal,  in  1869,  by  the  Empress 
Eugenie,  and  accompanied  Her  Majesty, 
with  other  officers  of  the  fleet,  through 
the  canal  to  Suez.  Mr.  Hyndman  re- 
tired from  the  navy  in  1870,  under 
the  Childers'  scheme  of  retirement,  and 
came  to  Prince  Edward  Island.  He 


was  appointed,  in  1873,  secretary  of 
the  Railway  Commissioners,  and  after- 
wards held  the  position  of  Provincial 
Auditor,  and  Vice-Consul  for  the  United 
States.  In  1872,  he  was  appointed 
Marshal  of  the  Vice-Admiralty  Court, 
which  position  he  still  holds.  Since 
1878,  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  the 
business  of  insurance,  his  business 
being  now  the  largest  in  the  Province. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Hyndman  is  a  Presby- 
terian. He  also  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
Order,  and  Benevolent  Irish  Society. 
In  1871,  he  married  Eliza  Nelson,  third 
daughter  of  the  late  Wellington  Nelson, 
by  whom  he  has  five  children. 


420 


MEN   OK 


"Y\/ILLIAM  DAVID  HEPBURN, 
r-  \  of  the  firm  of  Hepburn  &  Co., 
Shoe  Manufacturers,  Preston,  Out., 
was  born  in  the  Township  of  East 
Whitby,  Ontario  County,  Ont.,  October 
2nd,  1835.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Helen  (Williamson)  Hepburn.  The 
former  was  a  prosperous  and  well- 
known  farmer  in  that  township.  Mr. 
Hepburn  began  and  finished  his  edu- 
cation at  the  public  schools.  His  early 
life  was  spent  on  a  farm.  When  a 
young  man,  he  learned  the  waggon 
making  business,  but  afterwards  con- 
cluded to  farm  on  his  own  account, 
which  he  did  for  several  years.  Later 


on,  he  bought  a  shoe  fac- 
tory, then  being  conducted 
at  Oshawa,  Ont.  After  con- 
ducting it  there  for  a  short 
time,  he  removed  the  plant 
to  Guelph,  where  he  carried 
on  the  business  for  several 
years,  manufacturing  and 
selling  boots  and  shoes, 
both  wholesale  and  retail. 
In  1875,  he  commenced  to 
manufacture  in  Preston,  and 
has  remained  there  ever 
since.  He  does  a  large 
wholesale  business  in  On- 
tario and  the  North- West, 
extending  to  British  Col- 
umbia. They  manufacture 
principally  men's  and  boys' 
boots  and  shoes,  and  kin- 
dred goods,  and  have  ob- 
tained a  first-class  repu- 
tation for  their  various  lines. 
His  success  as  a  manufac- 
turer is  due  largely  to  his 
thorough  understanding  of 
the  public  demands,  his 
strictly  honorable  methods 
of  doing  business,  and  his 
invincible  determination  to 
hold  his  own  against  all 
competitors.  Mr.  Hepburn 
is  a  member  of  the  Municipal  Coun- 
cil, and  has  also  been  a  member  of 
the  School  Board  for  many  years.  He 
is,  in  religion,  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  in  politics,  a  Re- 
former, but  does  not  take  an  active 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  party. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  A.F.  &  A.M., 
Workmen,  and  Royal  Arcanum.  He 
has  been  married  twice :  first,  on  the 
third  of  March,  1859,  to  Miss  Cath- 
arine E.  Bartlett,  and  again  on  the 
eleventh  of  November,  1862,  to  Miss 
Isabella  Stark.  His  family  consists 
of  three  children,  two  daughters  and 
one  son. 


421 


ORTON  IRWIN  GRAIN,  M.D., 
C.M.,  Selkirk,  Man.,  was  born 
August  Qth,  1863,  at  Fergus,  Out. 
His  parents  were  William  and  Mary 
(Orton)  Grain,  of  English  descent.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  Gibraltar,  a  bro- 
ther of  Major  Gen.  Edward  Grain,  of  the 
British  Army,  and  died  in  1877.  His 
mother  was  a  sister  of  Dr.  G.  T.  Orton, 
Ex-M.P.  for  Centre  Wellington,  Ont, 
but  now  of  Winnipeg.  Dr.  Grain  was 
educated  in  the  public  and  High  schools 
of  Fergus,  passed  his  matriculation, 
studied  medicine  in  the  Toronto  School 
of  Medicine,  and  graduated  from  Vic- 
toria University,  in  the  Spring  of  1886. 
He  was  assistant  surgeon 
for  the  C.P.R.,  two  and  one 
half  years  before  graduation, 
after  which  he  was  surgeon 
for  Manitoba  &  North- West- 
ern Railway  for  six  months. 
He  then  went  to  Banff  and 
took  charge  of  the  Sanita- 
rium for  Dr.  Brett,  and  was 
also  surgeon  for  the  C.P.R., 
from  Can  more,  Alberta,  to 
Donald,  B.C.,  six  months. 
He  then  practiced  in  Man- 
itou,  Man.,  nine  months, 
and  was  subsequently  in 
partnership,  with  Dr.  Orton, 
of  Winnipeg,  one  year,  after 
which  he  settled  in  Selkirk. 
He  has  now  taken  into  part- 
nership, his  cousin,  Dr.  R. 
H.  Orton,  at  Selkirk.  Dr. 
Grain  is  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  Winnipeg  and  Selkirk 
Electric  Railway,  and  is 
also  largely  interested  in 
the  Lake  Winnipeg  Fish 
Company.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Selkirk  Council, 
health  officer  for  the  town 
and  municipalities  of  St. 
Andrew's  and  St.  Clement's, 
and  coroner  for  Manitoba. 


He  is  an  Episcopalian  in  religion,  also 
a  member  of,  and  physician  to  the 
I.O.O.F.,  I.O.F.,  S.O.E.,  A.O.U.Wr., 
and  Clan  Cameron.  In  1892,  he  made 
a  professional  trip,  for  the  Government, 
of  over  three  hundred  miles,  in  a  canoe, 
visiting  all  Indian  reserves  from  West- 
burn,  North  Lake  Manitoba,  and  Water- 
hen  to  Waterhen  Lake,  then  to  Lake 
Winnipeg,  Lake  Cedar,  Charnahone, 
thence  back  to  Cross  Lake  and  south- 
east to  Grand  Rapids,  and  home  via 
Lake  Winnipeg.  He  was  married, 
October  7th,  1890,  to  Annie,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Cull,  of  Winnipeg.  His 
family  consistsl'of  two  children. 


422 


®<T*\EV.  W.  H.  SPENCER,  B.A., 
|^£  Presbyterian  Minister,  Mou- 
VS>  tague,  P.E.I.,  was  born  at 
Great  Village,  N.S.,  June  6th,  1855. 
His  father  was  the  late  J.  F.  Spencer, 
Esq.,  and  his  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Martha  Spencer.  They  were  both 
of  Irish  descent.  Mr.  Spencer  spent 
his  youth  and  early  manhood  on  his 
father's  farm.  At  the  age  of  seventeen, 
he  professed  conversion,  and  in  that 
year  he  also  represented  his  Sabbath 
school  at  the  Maritime  Convention  held 
in  Summerside,  in  1872.  He  attended 
Pictou  Academy  one  year,  Dalhousie 
College  four  years,  Princeton  Theo- 


logical College  one  year,  and  Theo- 
logical Hall  (Pine  Hill),  Halifax,  two 
years,  graduating  in  arts  in  1881,  and  in 
theology  in  1884,  and  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Halifax,  in  April  of  that 
year.  During  his  collegiate  course,  he 
also  taught  school  in  Mount  Pleasant, 
Highland  Village  and  Nappan,  in  his 
summer  vacations.  He  was  ordained, 
October  2nd,  1884,  at  Georgetown, 
P.E.L,  and  then  inducted  into  the 
charge  of  Georgetown  and  Montague, 
to  which  he  ministered  until  1888, 
when  Montague  was,  by  the  Presbytery, 
made  independent,  with  Mr.  Spencer 
pastor.  When  ordained,  the  charge 
lacked  organization,  but  in 
two  years  this  was  greatly 
improved,  and  in  1886,  above 
214  were  added  to  the  roll. 
The  present  charge  has  in- 
creased in  membership  four 
fold  and  financially  three 
fold,  with  complete  organiz- 
ation. It  is  needless  to  say 
that  Mr.  Spencer  is  a  hard 
worker,  an  earnest  and 
faithful  pastor.  He  is  a 
clear,  forcible  speaker.  In 
i89O,he  was  moderator  of  the 
P.E.I.  Presbytery,  appoin- 
ted commissioner  to  the 
General  Assembly  at  Tor- 
onto, in  1889,  and  in  Brant- 
ford,  in  1892.  He  has 
been  connected  with  the 
I.O.G.T.  at  intervals  for 
sixteen  years,  and  is  at 
present  High  Chaplain  of 
the  High  Court  of  the 
I.O.F.,  for  P.E.I.  January 
7th,  1884,  Mr.  Spencer  was 
married  to  Mary  E.,  eldest 
daughter  of  Joseph  Peppard, 
of  Great  Village,  N.S.,  by 
whom  he  has  three  child- 
dren,  two  sons  and  one 
daughter. 


423 


<^<TNR.  JAS.  WALKER  MOORE, 
1  Dentist,  St.  Stephen,  Char- 
lotte County,  N.B.,  was  born 
September  lyth,  1866,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  David,  Moore's  Mills,  Charlotte 
County.  He  is  the  son  of  John  A. 
Moore  and  Sarah  Brown,  daughter  of 
Hon.  James  Brown,  who  was  Surveyor 
General  of  the  province  for  ten  years. 
Dr.  Moore  received  his  early  education 
at  the  schools  of  Moore's  Mills,  after 
which  he  entered  the  Normal  School, 
Fredericton,  graduating  from  that  in- 
stitution with  first-class  honors,  in 
1887,  and  then  taught  the  Superior 
School,  at  Moore's  Mills,  for  two  years, 


and  during  his  vacation  studied  dentis- 
try in  the  office  of  Dr.  Whitney,  Calais, 
Me.  He  then  entered  the  Baltimore 
College  of  Dentistry,  graduating  March 
aoth,  1892,  with  honors,  being  the  fourth 
out  of  a  class  of  101,  and  receiving  the 
degree  of  D.D.S.  He  has  since  prac- 
ticed in  St.  Stephen,  where  he  is  working 
up  a  large  practice,  and  being  well 
equipped  with  modern  facilities,  will 
doubtless  succeed.  He  is  a  member 
of  Fellowship  Lodge  of  Oddfellows, 
Calais,  Maine,  and  of  Orient  Division, 
Sons  of  Temperance,  of  Moore's  Mills. 
In  religion,  he  belongs  to  the  Universa- 
list  Church. 


424 


1VLEN 


\\/M.  HENRY  ASHLEY,  Editor 
V  ¥  and  Proprietor  of  the  Globe, 
Boissevain,  Man.,  was  born  August 
30th,  1851,  at  Cataraqui,  Ont.  His 
parents  were  David  George  and  Re- 
becca Ann  (Wright)  Ashley,  whose 
ancestors  were  Irish  and  English,  and 
U.E.  Loyalists.  In  1857,  they  re- 
moved to  Picton,  Ont.,  where  Mr.  Ash- 
ley was  educated,  at  the  Grammar 
school.  In  1870,  they  removed  to  Osh- 
awa,  and  in  1871,  our  subject  entered 
the  Vindicator  office,  Oshawa,  remain- 
ing until  1877,  when  he  went  to  Win- 
nipeg, and  took  a  position  on  the  Stan- 
dard, for  about  one  year,  then  went  on 


the  Free  Press,  remaining  until  1881. 
In  November  of  that  year,  he,  with  Mr. 
Frank  Oliver,  published  the  Edmonton 
Bulletin,  The  following  year,  he  re- 
turned to  Winnipeg,  and  engaged  with 
the  Times.  Early  in  1883,  he  bought 
a  newspaper  plant  at  Toronto,  and  sub- 
sequently the  Hanover,  Ont.,  Post, 
which  he  conducted  until  May,  1889, 
when  he  removed  to  Boissevain,  and, 
in  August,  1890,  started  the  Globe.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Ashley  is  a  Methodist,  and 
in  politics,  a  Reformer.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  I.O.O.F.  He  was  mar- 
ried, June  8th,  1887,  to  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Hahn,  of  Hanover,  Ont. 


IVEKN    OF* 


425 


JAMES  STEWART 
NEILL,  Whole- 
sale and  Retail  Hard- 
ware merchant,  Fredericton, 
York  County,  N.B.,  was 
born  in  that  city,  October 
i4th,  1849.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  Neill  and  Jane 
McPherson,  the  former  be- 
ing a  native  of  Ayrshire, 
Scotland.  Mr.  Neil  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the 
private  academies  of  Fred- 
ericton, first,  under  Mr. 
Denton,  and  then  at  the 
Collegiate  School,  under 
Prof.  Roberts  and  Dr.  Cos- 
ter, and  after  completing 
his  studies,  engaged  as  clerk 
in  the  hardware  business  of 
his  father,  which  was  estab- 
lished in  1848,  and  in  1870, 
he  bought  out  the  business, 
which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted with  increasing  suc- 
cess. He  does  the  largest 
hardware  and  house  furnish- 
ing business  in  Frederic- 
ton,  and  has  had  a  number 
of  large  contracts,  among 
which  may  be  mentioned, 
the  pipes  for  the  water  sys- 
tem in  Fredericton,  New  Brunswick, 
which  amounted  to  700  tons  of  pipe, 
which  he  imported  from  the  well-known 
firm  of  D.  Y.  Stewart  &  Co.,  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  his  tender  for  the  pipe  being 
the  lowest.  Mr.  Neill  is  a  member  of 
St.  Andrew's  Society,  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  same  for  two  years,  also 
president  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  originators. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  delegates  to 
Ottawa,  in  1885,  in  the  matter  of  the 
Canada  Eastern  Railway,  of  which  he 
is  at  present  a  director.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  I.O.O.F.,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  is  president  of  the  Fredericton 


Curling  Club.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  holds  the  office  of  trustee.  Mr. 
Neill  has  been  married  twice :  first,  in 
1870,  to  Eliza  Davis,  daughter  of  John 
Barrett,  Esq.,  of  Fredericton,  by  whom 
he  has  one  son  and  one  daughter,  and 
second,  in  1879,  to  Mary  Todd,  daugh- 
ter of  Chas.  E.  Hill,  Esq.,  by  whom  he 
has  f  :.ur  sons  and  one  daughter.  He 
is  an  enthusiastic  sportsman,  and  spends 
several  weeks  every  year  in  shooting 
and  fishing.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Lib- 
eral-Conservative, and  has  done  good 
work  for  his  party  in  election  campaigns. 
He  stands  high  in  the  public  estimation. 


426 


CANADA. 


JAMES  PATON,  Dry  Goods 
Merchant,  Charlottetown,  P.  E. 
I.,  was  born  in  Paisley,  Scot- 
land, June  5th,  1853.  His  parents 
were  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Mc- 
Kechnie)  Pa  ton,  the  former  for  many 
years  a  designer  of  shawl  patterns,  etc., 
his  father  being  a  shawl  manufacturer. 
Mr.  Paton  was  educated  at  the  "  Moore 
School  "  and  the  Paisley  High  School, 
and  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  entered  the 
employ  of  Robertson  and  McGibbon, 
the  leading  drapers  of  Paisley,  with 
whom  he  remained  six  years.  In  1872, 
he  came  to  Prince  Edward  Island,  and 
clerked  in  Charlottetown  for  four  years, 


after  which  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  Mr.  W.  A. 
Weeks,  of  that  city,  under 
the  firm  name  of  W.  A. 
Weeks  &  Co.  In  1888,  Mr. 
Weeks  engaging  in  the 
wholesale  business,  Mr. 
Paton  soon  became  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  business, 
which  he  still  conducts 
under  the  firm  name  of 
James  Paton  &  Co.,  and  has 
succeeded  in  building  up  an 
excellent  reputation  for  his 
house.  He  is  a  man  of  tact, 
judgment  and  integrity.  He 
consults  his  own  interests, 
as  well  as  those  of  his  cus- 
tomers, by  crossing  to  Bri- 
tain twice  a  year  to  make 
his  purchases  there,  person- 
ally, and  has  crossed  the 
Atlantic  over  seventy  times. 
The  volume  of  his  business 
is  one  of  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  Province,  and  is 
steadily  increasing.  In  re- 
ligion, Mr.  Paton  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Church, 
a  steward  and  trustee  in 
his  church,  and  in  politics 
is  a  Liberal.  When  quite  a 
young  man,  he  was  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Abstainers  Union  of  Pais- 
ley, where  such  excellent  work  was 
done  in  the  way  of  evening  classes,  and 
where  he  acquired  much  useful  know- 
ledge. He  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Charlottetown  Caledonian  Club.  Mr. 
Paton  has  been  married  twice  :  first,  in 
1880,  to  Eva  Melcora,  daughter  of  the 
late  John  Anderson,  Esq.,  of  Sackville, 
N.B.,  who  died  in  1885  ;  and,  second, 
in  1887,  to  Florence  Gertrude,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  William  Brown,  Esq.,  of 
Charlottetown.  His  family  consists  of 
four  children  :  three  daughters  and  one 
son. 


427 


AINSLIE  BRAITH- 
WAITE,  M.  D.,  Edmonton, 
Alberta,  was  born  February 
1 6th,  1862,  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.  His 
parents  were  Rev.  Win.  and  L,.  E. 
Braithwaite.  He  was  educated  at  King's 
School,  Bruton,  Somerset  Westward, 
Devon.,  and  Victoria  College,  Jersey. 
After  leaving  school,  he  entered  King's 
College  Hospital,  London,  Eng.,  where 
he  remained  until  January,  1884.  He 
came  to  Canada  in  March  of  that  year, 
joined  the  North- West  Mounted  Police, 
served  for  eight  years,  sent  to  King's 
College  for  certificates  in  1889,  which 
he  sent  to  Manitoba  University,  and 


after  one  course,  was  admitted  to  ex- 
aminations. During  his  last  three 
months  at  Winnipeg  General  Hospital, 
he  was  resident  assistant,  but  leave  ex- 
piring, had  to  return  to  the  Police,  and 
for  two  years  more  did  the  duties  of  a 
surgeon,  which  he  left  in  April,  1892, 
and  began  to  practice  in  Edmonton, 
where  he  still  remains  and  enjoys  a 
large  and  profitable  connection.  Dr. 
Braithwaite  is  health  officer  for  Edmon- 
ton, and  during  1892,  for  the  district  of 
Edmonton.  In  religion,  he  is  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  was  married,  November 
30th,  1892,  to  J.  E.  Anderson,  daughter 
of  T.  A.  Anderson,  Esq. 


428 


OR 


ALLAN  RITCHIE,  Mill 
Owner  and  Lumberman,  New- 
castle,  N.B.,  was  born  near 
Paisley,  Scotland,  January  ist,  1848. 
He  is  the  son  of  David  Ritchie  and 
Mary  Young,  both  of  Renfrewshire, 
Scotland,  who  came  to  New  Brunswick 
when  Mr.  Ritchie  was  about  four  years 
of  age.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation at  the  public  schools  of  Resti- 
gouche,  and  Campbellton  High  School, 
and  completed  his  studies  at  Chatham, 
N.B.  In  1865,  he  entered  his  brother's 
lumber  business  as  clerk,  becoming 
a  partner  three  years  later.  They 
have  very  extensive  mills  at  New- 


castle, and  large  lumbering  interests  on 
the  Miramichi,  and  also  carry  on  an 
extensive  business  in  dry  goods  and 
groceries.  Mr.  Ritchie  was  a  member 
of  the  Legislative  Council  of  New 
Brunswick,  until  its  abolition.  He  was 
married,  in  1884,  to  S.  E.,  daughter  of 
Richard  Hocken,  Esq.,  of  Chatham, 
N.B.  His  family  consists  of  three  sons. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order 
and  Highland  Society.  In  religion,  he 
belongs  to  the  Church  of  England.  In 
his  business  are  employed  between  300 
and  400  men,  and  in  1893,  the  ship 
"  Ruby  "  made  four  round  trips  between 
Great  Britain  and  the  Miramichi. 


CANADA. 


429 


.  DAVID  LAIRD,  ex-Lieut.- 
Governor  of  N.W.T.,  Journa- 
list,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I., 
was  born  in  1833,  in  New  Glasgow, 
P.E.I.  His  father  was  the  late  Hon. 
Alexander  Laird,  a  native  of  Renfrew- 
shire, Scotland,  from  which  country  he 
emigrated  to  P.E.I.,  in  1819.  He  be- 
came a  successful  farmer,  and  was  for 
years  a  zealous  member  of  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Society  of  P.E.I.  He  was 
M.P.P.,  for  sixteen  years,  four  of  which 
he  was  a  member  of  the  executive  coun- 
cil. Mr.  Laird  was  educated  at  the 
Central  Academy,  Charlottetown,  and 
at  the  Presbyterian  Seminary,  Truro, 


N.S.  In  1860,  he  founded 
the  Patriot,  which  has  al- 
ways warmly  espoused  the 
cause  of  non-secretarian  edu- 
cation. In  1871,  he  was 
elected  to  the  Local  Legis- 
lature, in  1872,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  ex- 
ecutive, and  re-elected  in 
1873.  In  the  same  year,  he, 
with  the  Hon.  R.  P.  Hay- 
thorne,  Provincial  Premier, 
went  to  Ottawa,  to  discuss 
the  terms  on  which  P.E.I, 
would  enter  Confederation. 
Their  terms  were  afterwards, 
with  a  slight  modification, 
accepted.  In  1873,  Mr. 
Laird  having  resigned  his 
seat  in  the  Local  House, 
was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Dominion  Parliament,  for 
Queen's  County,  one  of  the 
first  M.P's.  of  the  Island. 
On  the  formation  of  the 
Mackenzie  Cabinet,  he  be- 
came Minister  of  the  In- 
terior, in  November,  1873, 
which  he  held  until  October, 
1876,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed Lieut-Governor  of 
the  North-West  Territories, 
his  term  expiring  in  1881.  He  then 
resumed  active  journalism,  to  which  he 
has  since  devoted  his  time.  In  politics, 
Mr.  Laird  is  a  Liberal,  and  in  religion 
a  Presbyterian  ;  has  been  an  elder  in 
his  church  for  over  thirty  years,  and 
in  1884,  was  a  delegate  to  the  Pan- 
Presbyterian  Council,  held  in  Belfast, 
Ireland,  and  also  to  that  held  in  To- 
ronto in  1892.  In  1864,  he  was  married 
to  Mary  Louisa,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  Thomas  Owen,  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral of  P.  E.  L,  by  whom  he  has  four 
sous  and  two  daughters,  one  of  his  sons 
being  a  Ph.D.,  and  a  junior  professor 
of  Greek  in  Cornell  University. 


430 


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THE    LATE    VERY 

A  REV.  DANIEL  Me 
DONALD,  D.D.,  and  Vicar 
General  of  the  Diocese  of 
Charlottetown,  Charlotte- 
town,  P.E.I.,  was  born  at 
Maple  Hill,  in  St.  Andrew's 
Parish,  February  I9th,  1822, 
and  died  January  3rd,  1886. 
His  father  Allan  McDonald, 
was  a  native  of  Moidart, 
Scotland,  and  his  mother 
Catherine  McGillivray,  of 
P.E.I.  In  1841,  he  entered 
St.  Andrew's  College,  and 
after  studying  there  for 
three  years  repaired  to 
Rome,  where  he  spent  seven 
years  in  the  study  of  rhe- 
toric, philosophy,  history, 
Can.  Law  and  theology,  and 
at  the  completion  of  the 
course,  received  the  degree 
of  D.D.  On  February  5th, 
1851,  he  was  solemnly  or- 
dained priest,  by  His  Grace 
the  Archbishop  of  Incon- 
ium,  vicegerent  of  Cardinal 
Patrizi,  in  the  Basilica  of 
of  St.  John  Lateran.  Many 
distinguished  men  passed  a 
few  years  in  the  Propa- 
ganda with  Dr.  McDonald,  and  it  was 
there,  under  its  celebrated  teachers, 
and  in  the  cultured  society  of  his  fellow 
students,  that  he  gained  that  solid  edu- 
cation, and  developed  that  love  of  study 
and  refinement  of  taste,  which  so  char- 
acterized him.  In  1857,  ne  returned 
home,  and  shortly  afterwards  was  as- 
signed missionary  duties  in  Rustico, 
where  he  remained  one  year,  when  he 
was  appointed  to  the  pastoral  charge  of 
St.  Columba's,  East  Point.  He  conti- 
nued there  for  nine  years,  during  which 
he  built  a  beautiful  church  at  St. 
Margaret's  In  1861,  he  was  named 
senior  priest  of  St.  Dunstan's  Cath- 


edral and  vicar  general.  For  seventeen 
years  he  labored  in  Charlottetown,  en- 
dearing himself  to  his  flock,  and  gain- 
ing the  friendship  of  all  classes  and 
creeds.  In  1878,  he  removed  to  St. 
Dunstan's  College,  where  he  taught 
the  classics,  English  rhetoric  and 
philosophy,  for  three  years.  In  1881, 
he  resumed  missionary  work,  and  was 
associated  with  his  nephew,  Rev.  J. 
Chas.  McDonald,  (now  Bishop  of  Char- 
lottetown), in  the  pastoral  charge  of 
Georgetown,  Cardigan  and  Sturgeon, 
where  he  continued  in  active  work 
until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
scholarly  man  and  a  pleasing  speaker. 


,EV.  LEVI  STEVENS  JOHN- 
SON, Methodist  Clergyman, 
_  Newcastle,  N.  B.,  was  born 
at  Head  of  Tatamagouche  Bay>  Col- 
chester County,  N.  S.,  May  25th,  1842. 
He  is  the  son  of  George  Johnson  and 
Mary  Stevens,  and  has  three  sisters  and 
seven  brothers,  two  of  whom  are  minis- 
ters in  the  Nova  Scotia  Conference,  and 
one  a  physician  in  Bangor,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Johnson  received  his  early  education  at 
the  public  schools,  near  the  home  of  his 
boyhood,  and  then  successfully  passed 
through  the  Provincial  Normal  School, 
at  St.  John,  N.B.  After  obtaining  his 
license,  he  taught  school  for  several 
years,  and  then  further  pro- 
secuted his  studies  for  about 
three  years  at  Mount  Alli- 
son University.  In  1868, 
he  offered  as  a  candidate  for 
the  Methodist  ministry,  and 
during  his  four  years  of 
probation,  was  stationed  at 
Guysboro,  Granville  Ferry, 
and  Weymouth,  N.S.  He 
was  ordained  in  1872,  at 
Halifax,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Pun- 
shon  delivering  the  ordina- 
tion charge  that  year.  His 
first  circuit,  after  ordination, 
was  Alberton,  P.E.I.,  where 
he  remained  the  full  term 
of  three  years,  as  he  has 
done  on  all  subsequent  ap- 
pointments. Leaving  Al- 
berton, he  went  to  the  Wels- 
ford,  Queens  County,  N.B., 
circuit,  and  thence  to  Nash- 
waak,  York  County,  and 
then  to  Albert,  Albert  Coun- 
ty, then  to  Milltown,  Char- 
lotte County,  then  St.  An- 
drew's, Charlotte  County, 
then  Baie  Verte,  Westmore- 
land County,  and  from  there 
to  his  present  charge  at 
Newcastle.  Mr.  Johnson 


was  first  married  on  November  4th, 
1872,  to  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Pickup,  Esq.,  of  Granville  Ferry,  Anna- 
polis County,  N.S.,  by  whom  he  had 
four  sons  and  two  daughters.  He  was 
married  the  second  time  on  October 
1 2th,  1892,  to  Susan  A.,  daughter  of 
Amos  F.  Lawrence,  Esq.,  of  Southamp- 
ton, Cumberland  County,  N.S.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Foresters,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  S.  of  T.,  and 
I.  O.  G.  T.  While  in  St.  Andrews,  he 
was  chairman  of  St.  Stephen  District, 
and  is  at  present  chairman  of  the  Mira- 
rnichi  District  of  the  New  Brunswick 
and  Prince  Edward  Island  Conference. 


432 


OF- 


REV.  PETER  McIN- 
TYRE,  D.D.,  Charlottetown, 
«>  P.E.I., third  Bishop  of  Char- 
lottetown, was  born  at  Cable  Head,  in 
the  Parish  of  St.  Peters,  on  2Qth  of 
June,  1818.  His  parents,  Angus  Mcln- 
tyre  and  Sarah  McKinnon,  were  natives 
of  Uist,  Invernessshire,  Scotland.  He 
commenced  his  studies  in  the  old  Col- 
lege of  St.  Andrew's,  after  which  he 
proceeded  to  the  College  of  St.  Hya- 
cinthe,  P.Q.,  where  he  continued  his 
classical  and  philosophical  studies  for 
five  years.  In  1840,  he  entered  the 
Grand  Seminary  of  Quebec,  and  after 
a  three  years'  course  of  theology  in 


that  institution,  was  on  the  26th  of 
February,  1843,  ordained  to  the  priest- 
hood, by  Bishop  Signay,  in  the  Cath- 
edral of  Quebec.  For  sixteen  months 
after  ordination,  he  was  assistant  to 
Rev.  S.  Perry,  at  Miscouche,  and  in 
the  Fall  of  the  following  year,  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  mission  of  S.  S.  Simon 
and  Jude,  at  Tignish,  where  he  re- 
mained seventeen  years.  On  the  8th  of 
May,  1860,  word  was  received  from 
Rome,  announcing  that  the  vacant  See 
of  Charlottetown  had  been  filled,  and 
that  the  choice  of  the  Supreme  Pontiff 
had  fallen  on  the  Rev.  Peter  Mclntyre. 
He  received  Episcopal  consecration  in 
August,  1860,  and  from  that 
day,  devoted  his  time  with 
great  diligence  to  the  diver- 
sified labors  of  his  calling. 
During  his  episcopate,  St. 
Dunstan's  College  was  re- 
built in  brick,  eight  con- 
vents were  established,  and 
over  a  score  of  churches  and 
parochial  houses  erected, 
but  the  crown  of  all  his  la- 
bors, was  the  bestowal  on 
the  city  of  Charlottetown, 
in  1879,  of  a  large  house 
finished  as  a  hospital,  open 
to  all.  He  visited  Rome 
five  times  during  his  Epis- 
copal career,  and  on  the  first 
occasion,  extended  his  jour- 
ney to  the  Holy  Land.  He 
took  part  in  the  Ecumenical 
Council  of  1870,  where  it 
was  generally  conceded  that 
no  more  imposing  figure 
than  Bishop  Mclntyre's  was 
seen  in  the  grand  procession 
of  churchmen.  In  his  death, 
which  occured  April  3Oth, 
1891,  the  church  has  sus- 
tained a  heavy  loss,  and  the 
Province  of  P.E.I.,  one  of  its 
noblest  citizens. 


JVIEN 


CANADA. 


433 


JOHN  JAMES  WEDDALL, 
Dry  Goods  Merchant,  Frederic- 
ton,  N.  B.,  was  born  at  Pictou, 
N.S.,  July  6th/ 1845.  His  parents  were 
Rev.  Richard  Weddall,  of  Yorkshire, 
and  Mildred  West,  of  Lincolnshire, 
Eng.,  who  came  to  this  country  in 
1842.  Mr.  Weddall  received  his  early 
education  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  then  en- 
tered Mount  Allison  University  at  Sack- 
ville,  N.  B.,  (it  then  being  known  as 
Sackville  Academy),  graduating  with 
first-class  honors  in  1862.  He  then 
removed  to  Fredericton,  and  entered 
the  dry  goods  business  in  the  employ 
of  the  late  George  Pattison,  and  subse- 


quently with  the  late  Thomas  Logan, 
and  on  the  death  of  the  latter,  in  1881, 
he  purchased  the  business  and  premises, 
and  has  made  very  extensive  altera- 
tions, and  his  establishment  is  now  one 
of  the  leading  dry  goods  firms  in  New 
Brunswick,  and  is  still  increasing.  Mr. 
Weddall  was  married,  in  1873,  to  Julia 
Louisa,  third  daughter  of  the  late  Geo. 
Hatt,  Esq.,  of  Fredericton.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
In  religion,  Mr. Weddall  is  a  Methodist, 
and  holds  the  offices  of  recording 
steward  and  assistant-superintendent 
of  the  Sabbath  School.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Conservative. 

28 


434 


,BV.  JOS.  LUDGER  BEAU- 
REGARD,  Parish  Priest,  Wa- 
_  terloo,  P.  Q.,  was  born  No- 
vember loth,  1853,  at  La  Presentation, 
P.  Q.  His  parents  were  Joseph  and 
Josephte  (Petit)  Beauregard,  highly 
respected  residents  of  that  place.  After 
receiving  his  primary  education,  Father 
Beauregard  entered  St.  Hyacinthe  Col- 
lege, where  he  spent  eight  years,  and 
at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  study, 
was  appointed  to  a  professorship  in  that 
institution,  which  he  held  for  eight 
years,  when  he  was  appointed  to  Sorel, 
as  vicar,  in  which  capacity  he  served  six 
years.  He  was  then  appointed  parish 


priest  of  St.  Joachim,  in  Shefford  Co., 
where  he  also  remained  for  six  years, 
and  was  then  appointed  to  Waterloo, 
his  present  charge,  where  he  has  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  good  cause, 
which  is  constantly  increasing  in  num- 
bers and  influence.  He  was  ordained  in 
the  Monastery  of  the  Precious  Blood,  by 
Bishop  Moreau.  While  in  St.  Joachim, 
his  church  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but 
he  erected  a  more  costly  one  in  the 
space  of  a  year.  Father  Beauregard  is 
a  fine  scholar  and  a  liberal  minded 
Christian,  and  stands  high  in  the  esti- 
mation of  his  parishioners  and  the  pub- 
lic in  general. 


JVlKN 


435 


,EV.  ALF.  EDWARD 
BURKE,  B.  D.,  J. 
Cn.B.,P.P.,  Al- 
berton,  P.  E.  I.,  was  born 
September  8th,  1860,  at 
Georgetown,  P.  E.  I.,  where 
his  parents,  Capt.  James 
Burke  and  his  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Mary 
Moar,  still  reside,  and  are 
held  in  much  respect.  Fa- 
ther Burke  was  educated  at 
Georgetown  High  School, 
St.  Dunstan's  College,  Char- 
lottetown,  and  Laval  Uni- 
versity, Quebec,  graduating 
as  above  in  1885.  He  was 
appointed  secretary  to  the 
late  Bishop  Mclntyre,  Char- 
lottetown,  with  whom  he 
remained  two  and  one  half 
years,  and  then,  in  1888, 
parish  priest  at  Alberton, 
where  he  has  since  labored 
with  so  much  acceptance. 
He  went  there  to  build  up 
the  ecclesiastical  institu- 
tions of  the  parishes  of  Al- 
berton and  Lot  Seven,  a  re- 
sult which  he  has  been  able 
to  accomplish  in  a  surpris- 
ingly short  time,  and  in  a 
most  efficient  manner.  He  is  untiring 
in  his  efforts  to  upbuild  his  church,  as 
well  as  in  every  other  good  cause  which 
has  for  its  aim  the  advancement  of 
morality.  Father  Burke  was  the  first 
to  organize  the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit 
Association  in  Prince  Edward  Island, 
and  has,  of  course,  always  taken  an  in- 
terest in  its  growth  in  that  province.  In 
1892,  in  company  with  other  prominent 
gentlemen,  he  went  out  to  the  North- 
West  and  Pacific  Coast,  at  the  invitation 
of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Co., 
to  report  upon  the  fertility,  extent, 
etc.,  of  those  regions,  as  a  field  for 
colonization.  His  report  was  exhaus- 


tive and  very  instructive.  He  has  fre- 
quently been  consulted  on  the  coloniza- 
tion schemes  of  the  country.  He  is  a 
staunch  Conservative  in  politics,  and 
takes  an  active  and  practical  interest 
in  whatever  tends  to  the  welfare  and 
prosperity  of  his  country.  Father 
Burke  is  a  fluent  and  able  preacher, 
a  frequent  contributor  to  the  press,  and 
as  such  wields  a  trenchant  pen,  into 
which  he  instils  all  his  energetic  man- 
ner and  wide  knowledge.  He  is  also  very 
popular  with  not  only  his  own  people, 
but  also  all  who  make  his  acquaintance. 
He  is  a  young  man  and,  doubtless,  high 
honors  are  in  store  for  him. 


436 


WILLIAM  GIRDLE- 

STONE,  Winnipeg,  Man.,  was 
born  in  1839,  at  Thornhill,  Ont.  His 
father  was  the  late  George  William 
Girdlestone,  barrister,  formerly  of  Kel- 
ling,  Norfolk,  Eng.,  and  son  of  the 
Rev.  William  Ewin  Girdlestone,  rector 
of  that  place,  many  of  whose  family 
occupied  very  prominent  positions  as 
professional  men.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  educated  at  the  London, 
Ont.,  Grammar  school.  Rev.  B.  Baley, 
principal.  After  leaving  school,  he  re- 
moved, in  1864,  to  Windsor,  Ont., 
where  he  was  engaged  chiefly  in  the 
forwarding  business.  While  residing 


there,  he  married,  in  1866, 
Louisa  R.,  the  second 
daughter  of  the  late  William 
Baby,  Sheriff  of  Essex  Co., 
Ont.  His  family  consists 
of  six  sons  and  one  daugh- 
ter. At  Windsor,  Mr.  Gir- 
dlestone had  his  share  of 
municipal  and  other  honors, 
having  been  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works, 
president  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  and  for  five  years 
president  of  the  Windsor 
Cricket  Club,  etc.  In  1879, 
he  removed  to  Winnipeg. 
He  was  a  promoter  and  one 
of  the  directors  of  the  Win- 
nipeg Gas  Co.,  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Winnipeg  Water 
Works  Co.,  but  sold  out  his 
interest  in  both  at  a  favor- 
able time.  He  organized 
and  successfully  managed 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Rail- 
way Express  Co.,  also  or- 
ganized the  North-West 
Fire  Insurance  Co.,  the  lead- 
ing local  fire  insurance  com- 
pany of  Manitoba,  of  which 
he  is  the  managing-director. 
The  firm  of  G.  W.  Girdle- 
stone  &  Sons  are  agents  for  Lloyds,  of 
London,  England,  and  for  a  number  of 
well  known  and  much  esteemed  British 
Fire  Insurance  offices,  and  at  the 
present  time  control  the  largest  fire  in- 
surance busiuess  west  of  Montreal,  cov- 
ering a  territory  from  Fort  William  to 
British  Columbia,  a  distance  of  more 
than  two  thousand  miles.  Mr.  Girdle- 
stone  has  been,  for  several  years,  a  de- 
legate from  Christ  Church  to  the  Eng- 
lish Church  Synod,  and  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee.  His  eldest 
son  is  a  medical  graduate  of  McGill  Uni- 
versity, Montreal,  and  is  practicing  in 
California. 


OR 


437 


ON.  JOHN  CHRISTIAN  ical  Board,  president  of  the  South 
SCHULTZ,  M.D.,  F.B.S.C.,  Western  Ry.,  and  chairman  of  the  corn- 
Fellow  of  the  Imperial  In-  mittee  of  the  Senate,  on  North-West 
stitute,  Winnipeg,  Lieut.-Governor  of  products,  and  of  the  committee  upon 
Manitoba,  was  born  January  ist,  1840, 


in  Amherstburg,  Ont.  Received  his 
preliminary  education  at  Amherstburg 
and  Oberlin  College,  and  his  medical 
education  at  Kingston,  and  medical 
branch  Victoria  College,  Toronto,  gra- 
duating as  M.D.  in  1861.  In  1863,  he 
assisted  in  forming  the  Institute  of 
Rupert's  Land,  of  which  he  became 
secretary.  In  1867-68,  he  urged  the 
union  of  the  provinces,  and  made  efforts 
to  induce  the  Western  extension  of  the 
Confederation  of  provinces, 

to  include  his  adopted  home,        , 

and  was  awarded  the  Con- 
federation medal.  When 
the  purchase  of  the  North- 
West  was  consummated  in 
1869,  and  after  the  capture 
of  Fort  Garry  by  the  in- 
surgents of  that  year,  his 
house  was  besieged,  he  being 
captured  and  incarcerated 
in  Fort  Garry.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  escaped,  and 
assisted  in  the  release  of  the 
other  prisoners.  He  was 
then  declared  liable  to  be 
shot,  a  reward  was  offered 
for  his  capture,  dead  or 
alive,  but  he  succeeded  in 
eluding  search,  and  after  a 
toilsome  journey  reached 
Ottawa.  In  1870,  he  re- 
turned to  Manitoba,  and 
was  chosen  to  represent 
Lisgar  in  the  Commons, 
which  seat  he  held  until 
1882,  when  he  was  promoted 
to  the  Senate.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Executive 
Council  for  the  N.W.T.,  in 
1872,  one  of  the  Board  of 
Governors  of  Manitoba  Med- 


the  resources  of  the  Mackenzie  Basin. 
He  was  appointed  Lieut.-Governor  of 
Manitoba,  July  ist,  1888.  In  1867,  he 
was  married  to  Agnes  Campbell, 
daughter  of  Jas.  Farquharsou,  Esq., 
formerly  of  British  Guiana.  An  ad- 
dress was  recently  presented  to  him  by 
the  prelates,  judges,  Conservative  and 
Reform  politicians,  and  citizens  of 
Winnipeg,  acknowledging  the  great 
value  of  his  public  services  for  the 
past  thirty-two  years. 


43* 


MEN 


ROGERS,  M.P.P., 
Wholesale  and  Retail  Hard- 
ware Merchant,  Charlottetown, 
P.E.I.,  was  born  at  Kintleth,  Carmar- 
thanshire,  Wales,  in  1836.  His  father 
was  the  late  Jonah  Rogers,  and  his 
mother  Hannah  Thomas,  was  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Abel  Thomas,  a 
noted  local  Methodist  preacher,  of  Car- 
marthan.  Mr.  Jonah  Rogers  was  a 
tradesman,  and  came  from  Wales  to 
P.E.I.,  in  1839,  settling  in  Bedeque, 
where  he  raised  a  large  family,  six 
sons  and  three  daughters,  and  where 
he  and  his  estimable  wife  are  held  in 
the  highest  respect.  Mr.  Benj.  Rogers 


was  educated  in  the  public  school  at 
Bedeque,  and  in  1854,  entered,  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Dodd, 
hardware  merchant,  Charlottetown.  In 
1859,  Mr.  Rogers  became  &  partner, 
and  in  1892,  sole  proprietor  of  the  im- 
mense hardware  business  carried  on 
under  the  firm  name  of  Dodd  &  Rogers, 
which  is  perhaps  the  wealthiest  hard- 
ware firm  in  the  colony.  Mr.  Rogers 
is  a  public  spirited  and  enterprising 
citizen,  being  extensively  identified 
with  the  chief  commercial  interests  of 
his  province,  such  as  banks,  steamship, 
telephone  and  other  companies,  being 
a  large  stockholder  in  many  of  them. 
He  is  a  director  of  the 
P.E.I.  Telephone  Co.,  and 
for  four  years  has  been 
president  of  the  Charlotte- 
town  Driving  Park  and  Pro- 
vincial Exhibition  Associ- 
ation. He  is  also  a  large 
real  estate  owner,  and  his 
residence,  Fairholm,  former- 
ly the  residence  of  the  late 
Hon.  Judge  Young,  is  per- 
haps the  finest  on  the  island. 
In  religion,  Mr.  Rogers  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church,  in  politics,  a 
staunch  Liberal,  and  one 
who  has  always  taken  an 
active  interest  in  both  Do- 
minion and  Provincial  elec- 
tions. In  1893,  he  was 
elected  by  a  large  majority 
to  the  Council  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Legislature  (prop- 
erty qualification).  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  A.F. 
&  A.M.  In  1866,  Mr. 
Rogers  was  married  to  Mary 
L.,  daughter  of  Richard 
Trenaman,  Esq.,  of  Ro- 
chester, N.Y.  His  family 
consists  of  three  sons  and 
one  daughter. 


MEN 


439 


^\  7TICHAKL  SCANLAN,  Superin- 
j[_\  I  tendeut  Dominion  Steamship 
vS>  Co.,  Montreal,  Que,  was 
born  in  1838,  in  Ireland.  His  father 
was  P.  Scan  Ian,  estate  agent,  Ireland, 
a  man  of  integrity  and  business  capac- 
ity. Mr.  Scanlan  was  educated  at 
Button's  Academy,  and  the  Jesuit's 
School,  and  was  an  apt  student,  always 
standing  well  in  his  classes.  After 
leaving  school,  he  commenced  business 
with  Messrs.  Cowan  &  Cross,  whole- 
sale grocers,  and  after  remaining  with 
them  some  time,  engaged  with  Bavid 
Torrance  &  Co.,  with  whom  he  still 
continues.  He  is  a  thorough  business 


man,  and  fully  iinformed  on  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  the  ocean  carrying 
trade,  in  which  he  holds  so  prominent 
a  place.  Under  his  superintendence 
the  Dominion  Steamship  Company  are 
doing  their  full  share  of  the  freight 
and  passenger  business  across  the  At- 
lantic, and  giving  satisfaction  to  all 
who  patronize  that  popular  line  of 
vessels.  In  religion,  Mr.  Scanlan  is  a 
Roman  Catholic,  and  in  politics,  is  in 
favor  of  Tariff  Reform.  He  was  mar- 
ried on  the  thirtieth  day  of  August, 
1862  and  has  a  family  of  seven 
children,  living,  four  sons  and  three 
daughters. 


CANADA. 


JOHN  DRINNAN,  Editor  and 
Proprietor  of  the  Medecine 
Hat  Times,  was  born  in  Mont- 
real, Que.,  October  4th,  1862.  His  pa- 
rents were  W.  C.  and  Isabella  (Keith) 
Drinnan,  both  Scotch.  Mr.  Drinnan 
received  his  education  at  the  Pene- 
tanguishene  public  school,  the  St. 
Catharines  Collegiate  Institute  and 
Queen's  University.  He  then  taught 
school  six  years  in  Ontario,  after  which 
he  removed  to  Manitoba,  in  September, 
1883.  In  1884,  he  left  Winnipeg,  with 
Col.  Dennison  as  a  Canadian  voyageur, 
to  join  the  expedition  for  the  relief  of 
Gordon,  on  the  Nile.  On  his  return 


he  settled  in  Medecine  Hat,  Assa.,  where 
he  taught  school  for  four  years.  He 
subsequently  bought  the  Times,  from 
a  local  company,  which  he  continues 
to  conduct  very  successfully.  Aside 
from  the  large  circulation  of  the  paper, 
the  7^imes  job  department  is  largely 
patronized,  and  all  the  appointments  of 
the  enterprise  are  on  the  best  modern 
scale.  In  religion,  Mr.  Drinnan  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  an  Inde- 
pendent with  Conservative  leanings. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F. 
and  A. O.K.  societies.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Meteorological  Observer,  in 
August,  1891,  at  Medecine  Hat. 


CANADA. 


441 


AMUEL  C.  SMITH,  Editor  and 
Publisher  of  the  North  Onta- 
rio Times,  Uxbridge,  Ont, 
was  born  February  2 8th,  1830,  at  Coal- 
brookdale,  Shropshire,  England.  His 
father  was  a  printer  and  publisher,  as 
was  also  his  grandfather,  both  doing 
business  at  Ironbridge,  Shropshire. 
Mr.  Smith  learned  the  trade  of  a  prin- 
ter in  his  boyhood,  in  the  publishing 
house  of  Thompson  &  Davidson,  in  the 
great  English  Metropolis,  after  which 
he  worked  as  a  journeyman  for  some 
years,  when  he  began  business  as 
printer  and  bookseller,  in  Ironbridge, 
Eng.,  where  he  conducted  a  successful 


trade  until  1857,  when  he  came  to  Can- 
ada and  located  at  Niagara.  He  bought 
the  Niagara  Mail,  and  conducted  it  for 
several  years.  He  then  went  to  Coati- 
cook,  Que.,  and  purchased  the  Observer, 
which  paper  he  conducted  with  good 
success  for  several  years.  In  1890,  he 
moved  to  Uxbridge,  and  bought  the 
two  papers,  The  Guardian  and  The 
North  Ontario  Times,  amalgamating 
them  both  into  the  latter.  The  North 
Ontario  Times  is  a  Conservative  paper 
of  the  progressive  type.  It  has  a  large 
circulation  and  a  profitable  advertising 
patronage.  Mr.  Smith  gets  up  a  paper 
of  great  interest,  and  there  is  but  little 
going  on  in  Uxbridge  and 
the  country  around,  that 
may  not  be  read  in  its  pages. 
There  is  also  a  well  con- 
ducted job  office  in  connec- 
tion with  the  paper  which 
is  well  patronized.  Mr. 
Smith  was  magistrate  for 
over  twenty  years,  and  has, 
at  different  times,  occupied 
a  seat  at  the  Council  Board. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  ad- 
herent of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  has  also  been 
a  member^  of  the  A.  F.  and 
A.  M.  for  over  thirty  years, 
and  owns  a  considerable 
amount  of  real  estate  in  the 
towns  of  Uxbridge,  Ont., 
and  Coaticook,  P.  Q.  Mr. 
Smith  was  married  on  the 
twenty-second  of  December, 
1851,  to  Miss  Miriam  Gard- 
ner, daughter  of  Charles 
Gardner,  of  Oxford,  Eng. 
Mrs/Smith  died  on  the  iQth 
of  December,  1893,  at  Ux- 
bridge, Ont.,  and  was  buried 
on  the  22nd  day  of  that 
month,  that  being  the  forty- 
second  anniversary  of  her 
wedding. 


442 


CHARLES  HENRY  PARME- 
1  LEE,  Editor  and  Proprietor  of 

^—- -^£>  the  Waterloo,  Que.,  Adver- 
tiser, was  born  June  ist,  1855,  at  Water- 
loo. He  is  the  eldest  son  of  Rufns  E., 
and  Jane  (Me Vicar)  Parmelee,  who  are 
among  the  best  known  and  most  highly 
respected  citizens  of  that  place.  Mr.  Par- 
melee  was  educated  at  Waterloo  Aca- 
demy, and  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  be- 
came editor  of  the  Advertiser,  which  he 
conducted  for  some  years.  In  1880,  he 
joined  the  staff  of  the  Montreal  Herald, 
and  was  for  two  .and  one  half  years, 
financial  and  commercial  editor  of  that 
journal.  He  returned  to  the  Advertiser, 
in  1883,  with  which  he  has 
since  been  connected,  and 
it  is  now  the  leading  Liber- 
al organ  of  the  Eastern 
Townships.  Besides  his 
journalistic  work,  Mr.  Par- 
melee  has  always  taken  an 
active  part  in  municipal  and 
educational  matters.  He  is 
at  present  a  member  of  the 
municipal  council,  was  for 
years  secretary-treasurer  of 
Waterloo,  and  is  at  present 
sec.-treas.  of  the  Protestant 
School  Board.  He  is  a  sup- 
porter of  the  Liberal  party, 
and  as  such,  is  widely 
known  in  the  province  and 
many  other  parts  of  the 
Dominion.  His  stirring  edi- 
torials command  the  atten- 
tion and  admiration  of  both 
liberals  and  conservatives, 
and  at  many  public  assem- 
blies, he  has  proved  to  be  an 
eloquent,  effective  and  log- 
ical speaker.  Having  de- 
voted the  greater  part  of  his 
life  to  the  careful  study  of 
grave  political  problems,  it 
may  be  readily  supposed 
that  he  evinces  a  good  grasp 


of  public  affairs,  and  his  opinions  are 
eagerly  sought.  His  writings  are 
characterized  by  great  vigor,  and  his 
sentences  are  remarkable  for  their  brev- 
ity and  force.  In  religion,  he  is  an 
Episcopalian.  He  was  president  of  the 
Eastern  Townships  Press  Association 
for  1892.  His  genial  nature  has  won 
for  him  a  host  of  friends,  and  he  is  one 
of  the  few  men  who  can  mingle  with 
political  matters,  and  sustain  popular- 
ity with  both  parties.  He  was  mar- 
ried, iii  1887,  to  Miss  Christina  Rose, 
daughter  of  Henry  Rose,  Esq.,  of 
Waterloo,  Que.  His  family  consists  of 
three  children. 


MEN 


443 


ATTHEW  TEN- 
NANT,  of  the 
firm  of  Tennant, 
Davies  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods 
Merchants,  Fredericton, 
York  County,  New  Bruns- 
wick, was  born  in  the  city 
of  St.  John,  N.B.,  March 
i/th,  1847.  His  parents 
were  George  Tennant  and 
Elizabeth  Newman,  highly 
respected  citizens  of  that 
city.  His  father  was  born 
in  London,  Eng.,  and  his 
mother  in  the  North  of  Ire- 
land. He  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  schools  of  St. 
John,  and  after  completing 
his  studies,  he  was  for  a 
short  time  in  the  book  and 
stationery  business,  and 
then  entered  the  dry  goods 
trade,  with  the  firm  of  Ennis 
&  Gardner,  St.  John,  N.B., 
with  whom  he  remained  five 
years,  gaining  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business, 
when  he  engaged  with  Mr. 
Chas.  R.  Ray,  with  whom 
he  continued  for  one  year. 
He  then  went  to  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  U.S.,  and 
engaged  with  the  firm  of  Callander, 
McAuslan  &  Troupe,  remaining  with 
them  for  about  five  years,  when  he 
began  business  on  his  own  account  in 
the  city  of  Providence,  where  he  re- 
mained about  seven  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Fredericton,  and  took  the 
management  of  the  dry  goods  business, 
conducted  by  A.  A.  Miller  &  Co.,  and 
on  the  death  of  Mr.  Miller,  he  succeeded 
to  the  business,  forming  a1  partnership 
with  Mr.  R.  Davies,  with  whom  he  still 
continues.  They  are  now  doing  a  very 
extensive  business,  having  increased  it 
greatly  of  late  years,  and  being  direct 
importers,  are  in  a  position  to  supply 


the  needs  of  the  public  in  a  way  that 
demands  appreciation,  the  dry  goods 
firm  of  Tennant,  Davies  &  Co.,  being 
well  known  in  Fredericton  and  vicinity, 
as  a  reliable  and  fully  equipped  estab- 
lishment. Mr.  Tennant  was  married, 
in  1870,  to  Marianie,  daughter  of  the 
late  Rev.  Jacob  Gunter,  of  Fredericton. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  and 
Oddfellows  societies,  and  in  religion, 
is  a  Baptist.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal- 
Conservative.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  an  enthusiastic  sports- 
man, and  president  of  the  Renous  and 
Dungarvein  Salmon  Club,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fredericton  Curling  Club. 


444 


MEN 


y  E.  PROWSE,  M.P.  P.,  Senior 
!•  member  of  the  firm  of  Prowse 
^V§>  Bros.,  dry  goods  merchants, 
Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I.,  was  born  near 
that  city,  February  2nd,  1858.  His 
parents,  William  and  Violet  (Home) 
Prowse,  highly  respected  people,  are 
both  living,  and  reside  near  Boston, 
Mass.  Mr.  Prowse  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  Island,  and  at 
the  age  of  sixteen,  entered  upon  his 
commercial  career,  as  a  clerk  in  the 
employ  of  James  Higgins,  with  whom 
he  remained  two  years,  after  which  he 
entered  the  establishment  of  W.  A. 
Weeks  &  Co.,  where  he  remained  five 


years,  gaining  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  mercantile 
pursuits.  In  1881,  Mr. 
Prowse  started  business  on 
his  own  account  in  a  small 
way.  Since  then,  it  has  in- 
creased six  fold,  and  his 
business  is  now  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  Province,  com- 
prising dry  goods,  clothing 
and  carpets.  In  1889,  the 
rapid  growth  of  the  business 
necessitated  a  partner,  and 
a  brother,  Mr.  B.  C.  Prowse, 
was  admitted.  Mr.  Prowse's 
success  may  be  traced  large- 
ly to  his  own  popularity, 
tact  and  push,  and  also  to 
direct  importation  and  right 
prices.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of 
Foresters,  and  a  Past  Grand 
in  the  Independent  Order 
of  Oddfellows,  In  religion, 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Me- 
thodist Church,  a  trustee  in 
the  church  to  which  he  be- 
longs, a  member  of  the 
Quarterly  Board,  and,  in 
fact,  active  in  all  the  work 
tending  to  the  advancement 
of  religion  and  morality. 
In  politics,  he  is  a  staunch  Liberal,  and 
in  1893,  was  elected  by  a  very  large 
majority  as  a  representative  of  the 
franchise  (popular  vote),  in  the  Pro- 
vincial Legislature,  the  first  Liberal  of 
Charlottetown  elected  to  the  Local 
House  in  the  history  of  that  city,  which 
shows  the  place  he  holds  in  the  respect 
of  the  community.  On  July  22nd, 
1879,  Mr.  Prowse  was  married  to  Miss 
Frances  Stanley,  daughter  of  George 
Stanley,  Esq.,  of  Pownal,  P.E.I.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons  and  one 
daughter,  namely  :  Herbert  Tippett, 
Georgina  Margaret  and  William  Le- 
muel. 


MKN   OR   CANADA, 


445 


JOHN  T.  McKENZIE,  Merchant 
Tailor,  Proprietor  of  the  Star 
Tailoring  Establishment,  Char- 
lottetown,  P.E.I.,  was  born  October  ist, 
1854,  in  Strathalbyn,  P.E.I.  His  par- 
ents, John  and  Catharine  (McDon- 
ald) McKenzie,  are  highly  esteemed 
residents  of  that  place.  Mr.  McKenzie 
was  educated  at  the  schools  of  his  birth 
place,  and  at  the  Desable  Grammar 
School,  and  at  fifteen  went  to  learn  his 
trade,  at  which  he  afterwards  worked 
for  some  years  as  a  journeyman.  In 
1879,  ne  went  into  business  on  his  own 
account.  From  1881  to  1887,  he  tra- 
velled extensively  through  the  U.S., 


working  in  the  best  establishments  of 
the  larger  cities,  gaining  in  this  way  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  business. 
In  1887,  he  returned  to  Charlottetown, 
and  went  into  business  with  Mr.  James 
McLeod.  This  partnership  lasted  six 
years,  when  Mr.  McLeod  retired,  and 
Mr.  McKenzie  became  the  sole  pro- 
prietor of  a  large  and  steadily  increasing 
business.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian, and  holds  the  office  of  elder.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  staunch  Liberal.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 
November  i5th,  1888,  he  was  married 
to  Mary,  daughter  of  the  late  Donald 
McDonald,  Esq.,  of  Rice  Point,  P.E.I. 


.MEN 


/CLINTON  JAMES  MORSE,  M.D., 
I  Amherst,  N.  S.,  was  born  Feb- 

^^-*^«^  ruary  loth,  1840,  at  that 
place.  He  is  the  son  of  the  Hon.  Jaines 
Shannon  Morse,  brother  of  Judge  W. 
A.  D.  Morse,  also  of  Amherst.  Dr. 
Morse  was  educated  at  Amherst  and 
Lower  Horton,  Kings  County,  N.  S. 
He  began  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  Benjamin  Purdy,  of  Amherst,  after 
which  he  went  to  Edinburgh  University, 
where  he  graduated  in  1862.  He  then 
settled  in  Amherst,  N.  S.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1875,  when  he  removed  to 
Montreal,  but  returned  to  Amherst  in 
1878,  where  he  still  remains,  in  the  en- 


joyment of  a  very  large  and  successful 
practice.  His  marked  success  is  the 
result  of  his  professional  skill,  and  the 
careful  attention  which  he  pays  to  all 
cases.  Dr.  Morse  belongs  to  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  is  a  member  of  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
the  Province  of  Quebec,  also  of  the 
Medico-Chirurgical  Society  of  Montreal. 
He  is  Coroner  for  the  County  of  Cum- 
berland, N.  S.,  and  held  the  position  of 
Assistant-Surgeon  in  First  Regiment, 
Cumberland  Militia.  In  religion,  he  is 
an  Episcopalian.  Dr.  Morse  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Mary  Boggs,  in  1871.  He 
has  three  daughters  and  one  son. 


IVIEN 


CANADA. 


447 


B.  NORTON,  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Hardware  Merchant, 
_  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I.,  was 
born  January  6th,  1858,  at  Roseneath, 
P.E.I.  His  father,  the  late  John  H.  Nor- 
ton, was  one  of  the  now  historic  u  Forty- 
niners,"  who,  in  the  year  1849,  went  to 
California  in  the  brig  "  Fannie,"  and 
after  a  few  years'  experience  of  the  tips 
and  downs  of  the  pioneer  miner,  re- 
turned to  Prince  Edward  Island,  and 
settled  down  as  a  farmer.  He  was  a 
man  of  sterling  integrity,  and  highly 
esteemed,  but  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  R. 
B.  Norton  was  not  favored  with  a  good 
education,  but  he  has  made  the  best 


use  of  what  little  he  received.  He  was 
out  for  himself  when  twelve  years  of 
age,  and  at  seventeen,  entered  the  hard- 
ware store  of  Bourke,  Son  &  Co.,  Char- 
lottetown, where  he  remained  seven 
years,  and  then  went  on  "  the  road  " 
for  one  year,  for  Gananoque  manufac- 
turing firms.  In  May,  1883,  he,  with 
his  brother,  E.  H.  Norton,  bought  out 
the  old  business,  which,  eight  years 
before,  he  had  entered  as  an  apprentice. 
In  1886,  the  firm  of  Norton  Bros,  dis- 
solved, and  Mr.  Fennell  succeeded  Mr. 
E.  H.  Norton  in  the  business.  In  June, 
1892,  Mr.  Norton  bought  out  his  part- 
ner, and  has  since  continued  the  busi- 
ness as  R.  B.  Norton  &  Co. 
In  December,  1892,  he  was 
burnt  out,  but  bought  the 
site  and  immediately  re- 
built, and  now  has  a  finer 
stock  than  ever  and  one  of 
the  best  fitted  hardware  es- 
tablishments in  the  Domi- 
nion, the  volume  of  the 
business  aggregating  about 
$65,000  a  year.  Mr.  Nor- 
ton is  a  typical  business 
man,  whose  forte  is  hard 
work,  and  as  such  commands 
universal  respect.  In  re- 
ligion, he  is  a  Baptist,  and 
in  politics,  a  Conservative, 
an  active  and  influential 
worker  in  his  party.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  I.O.O.F., 
and  has  had  all  the  honors 
in  his  lodge.  In  1892,  lie 
took  a  prospecting  trip  to 
the  Pacific  Coast,  returning 
via  the  United  States.  Sep- 
tember 3rd,  1884,  Mr.  Nor- 
ton married  Margaret  Law- 
sou,  daughter  of  the  late 
Stephen  McCallum,  Esq., 
of  Brackley  Point,  P.E.I., 
by  whom  he  has  four  daugh- 
ters. 


448 


MKN   OF* 


Y\7lLZJAM  BOWMAN,  London, 
r\  Ont.,  was  born  in  1820,  in  Liver- 
pool, Eng.  His  father,  Win.  Bowman, 
being  an  iron  monger,  and  a  local 
preacher,  a  zealous  and  influential 
worker  in  the  early  Methodist  Church. 
Mr.  Bowman  was  educated  in  Liverpool, 
where  he  also  learned  drawing  and  me- 
chanical engineering,  and  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  South  West.  Ry.  Co. 
In  1853,  he  was  sent  out  to  Canada,  by 
the  G.  W.  Ry.  Co.,  as  mechanical  super- 
intendent, with  head  quarters  at  Hamil- 
ton. In  1856,  he  was  appointed  Me- 
chanical superintendent  of  the  London 
and  Port  Stanley  Ry.,  with  head  quar- 
ters at  London,  and  soon 
afterwards  becarnesec.-treas. 
of  the  company,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  until  1893. 
Mr.  Bowman  is  president  ot 
the  Canada  Chemical  Co., 
in  which  he  is  a  large 
stockholder,  a  shareholder 
and  director  of  the  London 
Life  Insurance  Co.,  the  On- 
tario Loan  and  Debenture 
Co.,  and  the  London  Street 
Railway  Co.  He  has  also 
taken  an  active  interest  in 
public  and  beneficient  enter- 
prises. He  is  a  director  and 
trustee  of  the  London  Y.M. 
C.A.,  the  Protestant  Or- 
phans' Home,  and  the  Hu- 
mane Society,  and  is  ex- 
president  of  the  London 
Mechanics'  Institute,  to  all 
of  which,  and  many  other 
kindred  enterprises,  he  has 
been  a  princely  giver.  In 
religion,  Mr.  Bowman  is  a 
Methodist,  a  zealous  and 
faithful  worker  for  over 
half  a  century.  He  has 
been  honored  with  nearly 
every  office  conferred  on 
laymen,  delegate  to  Con- 


ference, both  General  and  Ecumenical, 
class  leader,  local  preacher,  and  for 
nearly  forty  years,  superintendent  of 
the  Sabbath  School,  where  so  many 
have  been  helped  by  his  precept  and 
example.  In  1844,  he  married  Miss 
Emma  M.  Smith.  His  family  consists 
of  five  children,  living,  viz :  John,  sen- 
ior member  of  Bowman  &  Kennedy, 
hardware  merchants,  of  London,  James 
H.,  prof,  of  chemistry,  in  the  Canada 
Chemical  Co.,  and  for  years  lecturer  of 
chemistry  in  the  Western  University, 
London,  Chas.  A.,  his  father's  partner 
in  the  coal  and  wood  business,  Emma 
S.  and  Elizabeth  E- 


OK   CANADA. 


449 


THE  LATE  REV.  EBENEZER 
-*•  ROSS,  Presbyterian  Minister, 
Truro,  N.S.,  was  born  July  22nd,  1824, 
at  West  River,  Pictou  County,  N.  S. 
His  father  was  the  Rev.  Duncan  Ross, 
who  came  from  Scotland,  and  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  Presbyterian  ministers 
of  Nova  Scotia.  Mr.  Ross  received  his 
education  at  Pictou  Academy,  and 
Glasgow  University,  Scotland,  and  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry  in  1849,  a^ 
Upper  Londonderry,  where  he  remained 
for  nearly  thirty  years.  He  afterwards 
removed  to  Truro,  N.  S.,  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  death,  June  I5th,  1891. 
In  1875,  Mr.  Ross  was  chosen  Modera- 


tor of  the  first  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada.  Ill- 
ness, however,  prevented  him  from  as- 
suming the  duties  of  that  honorable 
position.  His  entire  ministry  was 
marked  by  great  earnestness  and  a  de- 
voted attachment  to  the  people  among 
whom  he  labored.  He  was  an  able 
preacher  of  the  Gospel,  always  doing 
much  to  promote  the  moral  and  religious 
sentiment  of  the  community  in  which 
he  lived,  and  his  demise  closed  a  most 
honorable  and  successful  life.  He  was 
married  in  October,  1853,  to  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Wm.  Matherson,  Esq.  His 
family  consists  of  one  daughter,  living. 

29 


450 


"]%  If  P.  HOGAN,  Lumber  Merchant 
J^  I  .  and  Manufacturer,  Charlotte- 
VS>  town,  P.E.I.,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 4th,  1842,  in  Colchester,  N.S.  His 
parents  Michael  and  Catharine  (Mock- 
ler)  Hogan,  were  natives  of  Ireland. 
Mr.  Hogan  was  educated  at  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  province.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-two,  he  entered  mercan- 
tile life,  by  establishing  a  general  busi- 
ness of  his  own,  at  Brule,  N.S.,  which 
he  conducted  for  eleven  years.  In  1875, 
he  went  to  Charlottetown,  and  estab- 
lished his  present  business,  which  is 
the  leading  and  really  pioneer  lumber 
business  in  the  Province,  the  volume  of 


which  amounts  to  from  $30,000  to 
$40,000. a  year.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council  for  two  years, 
and  is  president  of  the  Charlottetown 
branch  of  the  A.O.H.  In  politics,  he 
is  a  Conservative,  an  influential  mem- 
ber of  his  party,  and  has  been  repeat- 
edly asked  to  become  a  candidate  for 
parliamentary  honors,  but  pressure  of 
business  forbids.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Roman  Catholic.  January  i5th,  1866, 
Mr.  Hogan  was  married  to  Miss  Mary 
Elizabeth  Baird,  daughter  of  the  late 
Patrick  Baird,  J.P.,  of  Cumberland  Co., 
N.  S.  He  has  three  sons  and  three 
daughters,  living,  and  one  son  deceased. 


451 


7TDAM  CARR  BELL, 
;£\  Druggist,  New  Glas- 
Vs>  gow,  N.S.,  was 
born  November  nth,  1847, 
at  Pictou,  N.S.  His  par- 
ents were  Basil  Hall  and 
Mary  Carr  Bell,  the  former 
was  born  in  Scotland,  and 
the  latter  was  a  native  of 
Pictou,  Nova  Scotia.  Mr. 
Bell  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  New  Glasgow, 
the  academy  at  Sackville, 
N.B.,  and  at  the  University 
of  Glasgow,  Scotland.  In 
1866,  he  returned  to  New 
Glasgow,  and  took  charge 
of  the  business  formerly 
conducted  by  his  father,  and 
subsequently  added  to  this 
a  flour  and  feed  business. 
Besides  these,  Mr.  Bell  is 
very  largely  engaged  in  the 
breeding  of  standard  bred 
trotting  horses,  and  of 
Clydesdale  horses,  Short- 
horn cattle  and  Shropshire 
sheep,  and  managed  two 
farms  in  connection  with 
that  branch  of  his  business. 
He  stands  high  in  the  A.F. 
&  A.M.,  for  many  years 
was  a  School  Commissioner  for  South 
Pictou,  and  on  the  incorporation  of  the 
town  of  New  Glasgow,  in  1876,  he  be- 
came first  warden  of  the  town,  and  was 
re-elected  by  acclamation  in  1884.  In 
1878,  he  was  elected  for  the  House  of 
Assembly  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  re-elected 
in  1882  and  1886.  In  1887,  ne  re- 
signed the  seat  in  the  Local  House, 
and  was  a  candidate  as  Independent- 
Conservative  for  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, but  was  defeated,  and  has  not  since 
taken  an  active  part  in  politics.  While 
a  member  of  the  Legislature,  he  became 
Provincial  Secretary  of  Nova  Scotia, 
under  the  leadership  of  Hon.  John 


Thompson,  Attorney-General  and  leader 
of  the  Government,  and  after  the  resig- 
nation of  that  government  in  July, 
1882,  was  appointed  leader  of  the  Op- 
position, and  continued  in  that  position 
until  he  resigned  the  seat.  Mr.  Bell 
has  always  been  a  pronounced  Liberal- 
Conservative,  supporting  the  Act  of 
Confederation,  and  all  the  important 
measures  of  the  party  in  the  Dominion, 
including  the  National  Policy,  and  the 
building  of  the  C.P.R.  In  religion,  he 
is  a  Presbyterian.  He  was  married, 
Sept.  4th,  1873,  to  Annie,  daughter  of 
John  Henderson,  of  Albion  Mines. 
He  has  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 


452 


IVLEISJ     OF" 


TX/ILLIAM  CAVEN  BARRON, 
r  r  Principal  of  the  London  Con- 
servatory of  Music  and  Elocution,  was 
born  in  1864,  in  St.  Mary's,  Ont.  His 
parents  were  James  and  Agnes  Perrie 
(Jackson)  Barren,  highly  respected 
residents  of  that  place.  Mr.  Barren 
was  educated  at  the  Collegiate  Institute, 
London,  Ont.,  but  having  felt  an  early 
and  strong  predilection  for  music,  he 
decided  to  make  that  his  life  work.  At 
seventeen  years  of  age,  he  went  to  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  during  which  time  he  received 
the  best  tuition  and  training  that  city 
could  afford.  On  his  return  to  London, 


he  was  appointed  professor 
of  music  in  Hellrnuth  Col- 
lege, a  position  he  filled 
with  much  acceptance  for 
several  years.  In  1888, 
having  decided  to  obtain  the 
very  best  training  possible, 
he  went  to  Leipzig,  Ger- 
many, where,  for  two  years, 
he^  studied  under  the  best 
European  masters.  On  his 
return  to  Canada,  in  1891, 
Mr.  Barren  established  the 
institution  above  named, 
one  of  the  very  best  in  the 
Dominion.  His  success  has 
been  far  beyond  his  most  san- 
guine expectations.  From 
a  small  beginning  of  one 
teacher  and  a  few  pupils, 
eleven  teachers  and  profes- 
sors are  now  required,  and 
the  attendance  has  increased 
more  than  ten  fold  in  the 
past  three  years,  and  is  still 
growing.  The  pupils  come 
from  all  parts  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Ontario,  and  from 
the  United  States,  as  far 
west  as  Chicago.  His  gra- 
duates are  granted  certifi- 
cates, and  many  of  them  are 
already  very  successful  teachers.  Mr. 
Barren  has  obtained  for  his  institution 
a  very  high  standing,  both  in  the  mus- 
ical and  elocutionary  departments,  and 
his  thorough  qualification  enables  him 
to  hold  what  he  has  succeeded  in  build- 
ing up.  In  religion,  Mr.  Barren  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  is  organist  in  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  London. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  A.F  &  A.M., 
being  connected  with  Tuscan  Lodge 
No.  195.  On  the  twenty-fourth  of 
September,  1890,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Ella  A.  Leonard,  a  daughter  of 
the  late  Senator  Leonard,  of  London, 
Ontario. 


453 


.  G.  D.  WEAVER,  Disciple, 
Pastor,  Church  of  Christ,  Mon- 
tague,  P.  E.  I.,  was  born 
April  3rd,  1866,  at  Weymouth  Bridge, 
Digby  County,  N.S.,  where  his  parents, 
William  C.  and  Sarah  (McAlpine) 
Weaver,  still  reside.  His  paternal 
great-grandfather,  was  a  staunch  U.E. 
Loyalist,  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  and  settled  in  Weymouth  after  its 
close.  The  subject  of  this  sketch,  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  matricu- 
lated for  the  University.  In  1887,  ne 
entered  Kentucky  University,  and  gra- 
duated in  1891,  in  which  year  he  was 
also  ordained,  after  which  he  spent  one 


year  in  evangelistic  work  in  Ontario, 
chiefly  in  Hamilton  and  Blenheim, 
with  marked  success.  In  1892,  Mr. 
Weaver,  on  invitation,  went  to  Mon- 
tague, his  present  charge,  where  bless- 
ings continue  to  follow  his  earnest 
labors,  a  large  number  of  additions 
having  been  made  to  his  church  in  his 
first  year.  It  is  one  of  the  leading 
churches  in  P.E.L  Mr.  Weaver  is  a 
member  of  the  I.O.G.T.,  and  takes  an 
earnest  and  active  interest  in  every 
good  cause,  but  especially  in  the  one 
to  which  he  has  decided  to  give  all  his 
time  and  talents.  Earnest  and  eloquent, 
we  predict  for  him  a  brilliant  future. 


454 


MEN 


CANADA. 


,EV.  FATHER  MICHAEL 
ALEXIS  O'KEEFE,  Rector 
5)  of  the  Church  of  Assumption, 
Grand  Falls,  Victoria  County,  N.B., 
was  born  at  Chatham,  N.B.,  July  i6th, 
1865.  His  parents  were  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Delaney)  O'Keefe,  the  for- 
mer being  a  native  of  the  County  of 
Cork,  Ireland,  and  the  latter  of  Chat- 
ham, N.B.  Father  O'Keefe  received 
his  early  education  at  the  common 
schools  of  Chatham,  and  then  entered 
the  Seminary  of  Quebec,  and  took  his 
classical  course,  graduating  from  that 
institution  with  honors,  after  which  he 
received  his  theological  course  at  the 


Grand  Seminary,  Montreal.  He  was 
ordained  at  Montreal,  December  iQth, 
1891,  by  the  Archbishop  of  Montreal, 
and  given  charge  of  the  parish  of 
Grand  Falls,  which  includes  the  par- 
ishes of  Drunimond,  St.  Anne's  Church, 
Tobique  Point,  and  other  outlying  mis- 
sions. The  Church  of  Assumption, 
at  Grand  Falls,  was  begun  in  1882, 
and  in  1885,  was  ready  for  worship. 
In  June,  1892,  Father  O'Keefe  became 
rector,  succeeding  the  late  Rev.  J.  J. 
O'Leary.  It  is  one  of  the  finest 
churches  in  the  diocese,  the  interior 
being  beautifully  fitted  up.  Father 
O'Keefe  is  popular  with  all  classes. 


JVIKN 


455 


^   YENRY     MOWAT     DRUM- 
(SjL\      MOND,    Assistant    Receiver- 

vS>  General,  Winnipeg,  Man., 
was  born  August  iQth,  1848,  at  Ottawa, 
Ont.  His  father,  Andrew  Drummond, 
Ottawa,  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
1811,  came  to  Kingston,  Can.,  in  1834, 
to  join  his  uncle  Robert  Drummond. 
His  uncle's  death,  shortly  after,  resulted 
in  his  entering  the  Commercial  Bank's 
service,  Kingston.  However,  in  1847, 
he  resigned  its  Ottawa  (then  Bytown) 
agency,  and  was  appointed  manager  of 
the  Bank  of  Montreal,  there.  For 
nearly  forty  years,  he  managed  three 
of  its  important  branches,  until  his 
retirement  in  1884.  Mr.  H. 
M.  Drummond  was  edu- 
cated in  Kingston,  and, 
in  1867,  entered  the  service 
of  the  Bank  of  Montreal, 
remaining  with  them  until 
1872,  when  he  resigned  and 
went  to  Fort  Garry,  in  the 
employ  of  the  Dominion 
Government.  The  first  Riel 
Rebellion  had  just  been  re- 
pressed, and  with  the  re- 
establishment  of  order,  the 
Government  extended  to 
Manitoba  the  same  financial 
connections  as  existed  in 
the  older  provinces.  Hence 
in  1871-72,  the  offices  of 
Assistant  Receiver-General 
and  Government  Savings 
Bank  were  opened  under 
the  immediate  supervision 
of  the  late  Hon.  Gilbert 
McMicken,  Mr.  Drummond 
assuming  control  of  the  Sav- 
ings Bank  Branch.  At 
this  time  there  were  no 
banking  facilities  in  the 
country,  no  bank  or  Do- 
minion notes  were  in  circu- 
lation, the  current  money 
being  notes  issued  by  the 


Hudson's  Bay  Company,  in  the  denom- 
inations of  ^i,  and  five  shillings,  these 
notes  were  redeemable,  at  York  Factory, 
by  bill  of  exchange  on  London.  On  the 
superannuation  of  Mr.  McMicken,  Mr. 
Drummond  assumed  full  control  of  both 
the  offices.  He  is  a  thoroughly  qualified 
and  painstaking  officer,  admirably 
equipped  for  the  responsible  positions 
filled  by  him,  and  his  entire  service  has 
been  marked  by  great  fidelity  to  the 
trusts  imposed  on  him.  In  1875,  ^e 
was  married  to  Helen,  fourth  daughter 
of  the  late  Dr.  Eduiondson,  of  Brock- 
ville,  Ont.  His  family  consists  of  one 
sou. 


456 


OR 


^  TON.  HENRY  JOHN  CALL- 
<3jH  BECK,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I., 
V®  ex-M.P.P.,  was  born  atTryon, 
P.E.I.,  ln  1818.  His  father  was  the 
late  Phillipps  Morris  Callbeck,  whose 
father  was  Phillipps  Callbeck,  Attorney- 
General,  president  of  the  Council  of 
P.E.I.,  and  Acting  Administrator  in 
the  absence  of  Governor  Patterson. 
While  acting  in  the  latter  capacity,  he 
was  taken  "a  State  prisoner  to  Boston, 
by  a  U.S.  cutter,  during  the  War  of 
1812,  but  was  at  once  released  and  re- 
turned to  Halifax,  by  the  U.S.  author- 
ities, the  captain  of  the  cutter  receiving 
a  severe  reprimand.  Our  subject  was 


educated  at  Tryon,  after  which  he  went 
into  mercantile  pursuits  there,  for  some 
years.  He  also  built  several  vessels 
for  the  Newfoundland  and  English 
markets.  In  1851,  Mr.  Callbeck  re- 
moved to  Charlottetown,  and  conducted 
a  general  store  for  several  years,  and 
latterly  a  large  woollen  business.  In 
1867,  he  was  elected  M.P.P.  for  the 
2nd  District  of  Queen's  County,  and 
re-elected  four  times,  never  defeated, 
and  withdrew  from  politics,  in  1878. 
In  1880  and  1881,  he  was  High  Sheriff 
of  Queen's  County,  and  as  such  had 
charge  of  the  Provincial  and  Dominion, 
elections  of  the  time.  In  politics,  he  is 
a  Liberal,  and  in  religion, 
a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  and  for  years  was 
a  prominent  official  in  his 
church.  He  is  held  in  uni- 
versal esteem  by  the  public, 
and  much  beloved  by  his 
relatives  and  friends,  and 
his  declining  years  are 
brightened  by  the  thought 
of  noble  deeds  which  he  has 
been  able  to  accomplish. 
In  1843,  Mr.  Callbeck  was 
married  to  Miss  Charlotte 
Amelia  Robinson,  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Major  Rob- 
inson, of  Brighton,  Char- 
lottetown, Prince  Edward 
Island.  He  has  had  a 
family  of  seven  children, 
five  of  whom  are  now  liv- 
ing, namely  :  Annie  B., 
now  Mrs.  R.  D.  Coffin,  of 
Charlottetown  ;  Selina  H., 
now  Mrs.  H.  H.  Schafer,  of 
Shediac,  N.  B.  ;  Charlotte 
A.,  now  Mrs.  A.  Love,  Ken- 
sington, P.  E.  I.  ;  Matilda 
C.,  now  Mrs.  Capt.  Muttart, 
of  Cape  Traverse,  P.  E.  I., 
and  Thos.  R.,  of  Portland, 
Oregon,  U.S.A. 


457 


CTEO.  WENTWORTH  ADAMS, 
•*•  Undertaker  and  Embalnier, 
Fredericton,  N.  B.,  was  born  in  that 
city,  July  22nd,  1865.  He  is  the  son 
of  Jackson  Adams,  who  carried  on  the 
undertaking  business  there  for  many 
years.  Mr.  Adams  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
graduated  from  the  Grammar  school 
with  first-class  honors  in  1881,  after 
which  he  entered  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  continued  for  some 
time.  In  1889,  the  death  of  Mr. 
Adams,  sen.,  took  place,  and  it  was 
from  this  time  that  our  subject  con- 
nected himself  with  the  business,  which 


was  continued  by  the  sons  of  the  de- 
ceased, under  the  firm  name  of  Adams 
Bros.  In  1893,  he  decided  to  open  up 
on  his  own  account,  and  prior  to  estab- 
lishing himself,  took  a  thorough  course 
in  the  United  States  College  of  Em- 
balming, New  York  city,  after  which  he 
spent  some  weeks  in  Boston,  gaining  a 
practical  insight  into  the  latest  methods 
and  ideas  of  undertaking.  On  his  re- 
turn to  Fredericton,  he  opened  up  a  new 
and  extensive  establishment  at  the 
upper  end  of  Queen  St.,  where  he  has 
built  up  a  first-class  trade.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  a  member  of 
the  K.  of  P.  and  Orange  Order. 


IVIEN    OR 


\\TILLIAM  T.  WARE,  of  the 

^  r  firm  of  William  Ware  &  Sons, 
Butter  and  Cheese  Exporters,  Montreal, 
Que.,  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  in 
1855.  He  received  a  thorough  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  that  city,  and 
in  1865,  came  to  America,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  business  for  twenty-two  years, 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  "in  1888,  he 
removed  to  Montreal,  and  became  man- 
ager of  the  Canadian  branch  of  the 
above  firm's  business,  whose  head- 
quarters are  at  New  York,  where  they 
have  carried  on  an  extensive  trade  for 
the  past  twenty-five  years.  They  ex- 
port chiefly  to  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 


land, and  are  well-known  throughout 
the  Dominion  and  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Ware  has  earned  a  high  position 
in  the  respect  of  his  fellowr  citizens,  by 
his  perseverance  and  honorable  dealing. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Pro- 
duce Exchange,  Montreal  Board  of 
Trade,  and  Butter  and  Cheese  Associ- 
ation. In  religion,  he  is  a  Methodist,  a 
member  of  the  Douglas  Methodist 
Church,  of  the  quarterly  board,  teacher 
of  a  Bible  class,  active  in  the  work  of 
the  Christian  Endeavor  Society,  and  in 
all  other  departments  of  Christian 
work.  He  was  married  in  1881.  His 
family  consists  of  two  children. 


459 


G~ 
-EO.  WASHINGTON 
STEPHENS,    Jr., 
Real     Estate    Broker,    and 
member    of    the     firm     of 
Stephens    &    Warnecke, 
Montreal,   P.  Q.,  was   born 
August  3rd,  1866,  at  Mont- 
real.       His    parents     were 
Geo.  Washington  Stephens 
and  Elizabeth  Mary  Mcln- 
tosh.     His  father  is  the  sec- 
ond   son    of  Harrison   Ste- 
phens, who  came  to  Mont- 
real in  1828.       He  was  for 
twenty-three  years  an  alder- 
man of  that  city,  and  now 
is  the  member  for  Hunting- 
don County  in  the  Quebec 
Legislature,    being   one    of 
the  ablest  and  most  brilliant 
speakers  of  that  Assembly. 
His    mother   is    the    eldest 
daughter  of  John  Mclntosh, 
of     Edinburgh,      Scotland. 
Mr.  Stephens  was  educated 
at    the    High    School    and 
McGill    College,   Montreal, 
and   continued    his    studies 
at  Geneva  University,  Swit- 
zerland, and  the  University 
of  Marburg,   Germany,  for 
two  years,  namely  :  1886-88. 
He  started  business  in  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many, in  the  office  of  Steidtman  &  Co., 
South  American  import  agents,  after- 
wards returning  to  Montreal,  and  en- 
gaged with  J.  H.  Taylor  and  Thomas 
Robertson  &  Co.,  hardware  and  metal 
merchants.     He  afterwards  became  di- 
rector and  vice-president  of  the  Cana- 
dian B.  &  I.  Company,   now  doing  a 
leading  real  estate  business  in   Mont- 
real.    In  politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  vice- 
president  of  the  Junior  Liberal  Club, 
life  governor  of  Montreal  General  Hos- 
pital and  Protestant  Insane  Asylum,  a 
member  of  the  Mechanics  Institute,  of 
the  Montreal  Athletic  Association  and 


Montreal  Curling  Club,  director  of  St. 
George's  Snow  Shoe  Club,  Fellow  As- 
sociate of  the  University  of  Geneva, 
Switzerland,  and  a  life  member  of  the 
Artists  Society  of  Schlarafia,  Hanover, 
Germany.  He  is  also  vice-president  of 
the  Volunteer  Electoral  League  of 
Montreal.  In  religion,  he  is  a  Unita- 
rian, and  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
the  Messiah,  Montreal,  and  holds  the 
office  of  president  of  the  Young  People's 
Society.  He  is  unmarried.  Mr.  Ste- 
phens' thorough  education  fully  quali- 
fies him  for  his  present  position,  and  he 
is  destined  to  make  his  mark  among 
the  business  men  of  the  Dominion. 


460 


IVLEN    OK 


<^T\  C.  NILES,  L.D.S.,  Winnipeg, 
I  Man.,  was  born  October  26th, 
1854,  in  Col  borne,  Ont.  His 
father,  the  late  Wm.  Henry  Niles,  was 
a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  Quaker 
families  of  Prince  Edward  County.  He 
removed  to  Northumberland  County 
about  the  year  1850,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  and  was  held  in  high 
esteem.  He  was  an  extensive  grain 
dealer,  owned  and  operated  large  flour 
mills  and  barrel  factories,  dealt  in 
land  plaster,  which  he  imported  in  large 
quantities  from  Oswego,  N.Y.,  and  was 
the  first  cash  grain  buyer  in  that  dis- 
trict. His  wife,  Maria  (Haight)  Niles, 


is  still  living  and  resides  in 
Colborne.  Dr.  Niles  was 
educated  in  Colborne,  after 
which  he  was  in  his  father's 
employ  for  several  years. 
In  1882,  he  went  to  Mani- 
toba, and  built  in  Portage 
La  Prairie,  one  of  the  lar- 
gest biscuit  factories  in  the 
West,  the  machinery  alone 
of  which  cost  $35,000.  He, 
however,  made  Winnipeg 
his  headquarters,  and  Dr. 
Benson's  house  his  home, 
in  which  family  he  always 
received  the  greatest  kind- 
ness and  hospitality.  In 
1883,  ne  entered  the  office 
of  Dr.  J.  L-  Benson,  dentist, 
where  his  mechanical  skill 
soon  received  recognition. 
He  became  one  of  the  char- 
ter members  of  the  Dental 
Association  of  Manitoba. 
In  1884,  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  Dr.  Em- 
mons,  which  partnership 
lasted  until  1891,  when  he 
opened  an  office  of  his  own. 
His  specialities  are  gold 
work  and  regulating  natural 
teeth  by  means  of  bands. 
As  a  gold  worker,  he  is  one  of  the  best 
artizans  in  the  Dominion,  as,  having  a 
fine  natural  mechanical  genius,  he  un- 
dertakes his  professional  duties  with 
the  touch  of  a  born  artist.  His  prac- 
tice is  steadily  growing,  and  his  patrons 
among  the  best  citizens  of  Winnipeg. 
In  politics,  Dr.  Niles  is  a  staunch  Con- 
servative, an  influential  worker  in  the 
Winnipeg  Conservative  Association. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 
January  i4th,  1891,  he  was  married  to 
May  Bell  Taylor,  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Dr. 
Benson,  and  daughter  of  Wni.  Taylor, 
Esq.,  Winnipeg.  His  family  consists 
of  one  daughter. 


IVTKN    OF* 


461 


YOUIS  HENRY  DAVIHS,  Q.C., 
I  M.P.,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.,  was 
/V®  born  May  4th,  1845,  in  that 
city.  He  is  the  son  of  the  Hon.  Benj. 
Davies,  of  Charlottetown.  Mr.  Davies 
was  educated  in  the  Charlottetown 
Academy,  the  Prince  of  Wales  College, 
and  finished  his  professional  education 
at  the  Temple,  London,  Eng.  He  was 
called  to  the  Bar  of  P.E.I.,  in  1866, 
appointed  Q.C.,  in  1880.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Liberal.  He  was  Solicitor- 
General  of  P.E.I.,  in  1869,  and  again 
in  1872-73,  was  leader  of  the  Opposition 
in  the  Legislative  Assembly,  until 
September,  1876,  when  he  became 


Premier  and  Attorney-General.  His 
administration  resigned,  in  March, 
1879.  He  was  elected  to  the  Dominion 
Parliament,  in  1882,  1887,  and  1891.  At 
the  General  Convention  held  in  Ot- 
tawa, in  June,  1893,  Mr.  Davies  was 
chosen  leader  of  the  Liberals  of  the 
Maritime  Provinces.  He  is  president 
of  the  Merchants'  Bank,  of  P.E.I.,  was 
counsel  for  the  tenantry  before  the 
P.E.I.  Land  Commission,  and  was  one 
of  the  Canadian  counsel  before  the  In- 
ternational Fishery  Commission  at  Hali- 
fax, in  1877.  In  1872,  he  married  Susan, 
fourth  daughter  of  the  late  A.  V.  G. 
Wiggins.  He  has  four  children. 


462 


XIKN 


<  J.  ESTY,  J.P.,  General  Merchant, 
Postmaster  and  Mayor  of  East- 
man,  P.  Q.,  was  born  August 
25th,  1843,  atSutton,  Que.  His  father 
was  James  Esty,  who  was,  for  several 
terms,  mayor  of  Sutton,  and  his  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Samantha  Squire. 
Mr.  Esty  was  educated  at  the  public 
school,  Sutton,  and  at  Richelieu  High 
School,  where  he  completed  his  course, 
after  which  he  followed  farming  for 
some  years,  and  in  1867,  he  entered 
mercantile  life  in  Glen  Sutton,  where 
he  remained  until  1883,  when  he  re- 
moved to  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt,  where  he 
successfully  conducted  a  retail  boot  and 


shoe  establishment  for  three  years. 
Returningto  Canadain  i887,heopened, 
up  a  general  store,  at  Eastman,  where 
he  now  resides.  Mr.  Esty  is  a  member 
of  the  I. O.K.,  and  has  held  many  offices 
in  that  society.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Municipal  Council  for  twelve 
years,  at  Sutton  and  Eastman.  In 
politics,  he  is  an  active  Conservative, 
and  has  done 'good  work  for  his  party. 
In  religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  is 
one  of  the  wardens  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Eastman.  Mr.  Esty  was  mar- 
ried, in  1869,  to  Miss  Ellen  S.  Double- 
day,  daughter  of  Ransler  Doubleday, 
of  Sutton,  Que. 


OK   CANADA. 


463 


EV.  LOUIS  CAMPBELL 
WURTELE,  M.  A.,  Incum- 
_  bent  of  Acton  vale,  P.  Q., 
was  born  September  ist,  1831,  at  Que- 
bec, P.Q.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Jona- 
than Wurtele,  Seigneur  of  River  David, 
County  of  Yamaska,  P.Q.  He  began 
his  education  at  River  David,  under  a 
tutor,  with  whom  he  studied  for  seven 
years,  during  which  time  he  went 
through  more  Greek  than  he  afterwards 
did  at  college.  In  1853,  he  entered 
Bishop's  College,  from  which  he  gra- 
duated in  1857,  taking  highest  honors 
in  Mathematics.  He  then  spent  a  year 
in  London,  Eng.,  to  complete  a  course 


in  Science,  under  the  distinguished 
professors  of  the  time.  On  his  return 
to  Canada,  he  took  deacon's  orders  at 
Quebec,  and  two  years  later,  received 
priest's  orders.  He  first  served  as  tra- 
velling missionary  in  the  district  of  St. 
Francis,  taking  seven  months  to  com- 
plete his  circuit.  The  good  he  accom- 
plished in  this  capacity  was  great,  and 
he  soon  became  extremely  popular  in 
all  parts  of  his  circuit.  His  first  charge 
was  the  mission  of  Actonvale,  to  which 
he  was  appointed,  May  26th,  1862,  re- 
ceiving his  license  from  the  late  Rev. 
Samuel  S.  Wood,  M.A.,  rural  Dean  of 
the  districts  of  Three  Rivers  and  St. 
Francis,  commissary  for  the 
time  being,  and  has  re- 
mained there  ever  since. 
Mr.  Wurtele  is  master  of 
five  languages,  viz.  :  Eng- 
lish, French,  Greek,  Latin 
and  Hebrew.  He  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  scholarly 
men  in  the  Eastern  Town- 
ships. He  has  a  most  ex- 
tensive library,  containing 
the  largest  collection  of  rare 
and  classic  works  to  be 
found  in  the  district.  He 
has,  by  his  genial  disposi- 
tion, established  himself  in 
the  good  graces  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends.  He  is  a 
Fellow  of  the  American  As- 
sociation for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  which  he 
joined  in  1857.  He  is  also 
a  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order.  He  has  al- 
ways taken  an  active  part 
in  educational  matters.  Mr. 
Wurtele  has  been  married 
twice  :  first,  in  1860,  to  Miss 
Emily  Towle,  of  Lennox- 
ville,  and  second,  in  1874, 
to  Miss  Isabella  G.  Hunter, 
of  Richmond,  Me. 


464 


IVIEN 


HE  RIGHT  REVEREND  AN- 
DREW HUNTER  DUNN,  D.D., 
Lord  Bishop  of  Quebec,  Quebec,  P.Q., 
was  born  October  i6th,  1839,  at  Saffron 
Walden,  Essex,  Eng.  He  is  the  son  of 
Hannibal  Dunn,  Esq.,  Town  Councillor 
and  Mayor  of  Saffron  Walden,  Essex, 
and  Mary  Ann  Hunter,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  Right  Hon.  William  Hunter, 
alderman,  Sheriff  and  Lord  Mayor  of 
London.  After  school  life  and  a  resi- 
dence of  nearly  two  years  at  Hiedelberg, 
Germany,  and  a  year's  experience  of 
business  in  the  city  of  London,  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Corpus  Cbristi  College,  Cam- 
bridge, Eug.,  where  he  obtained  a  Maw- 
son  scholarship,  in  1860, 
and  a  Manners  scholarship, 
in  1861,  and,  graduating  as 
29th  Wrangler,  in  January, 
1863,  he  obtained  his  B.A. 
degree.  In  1866,  he  became 
M.A.,  and  in  May  1893,  his 
university  gave  him  his 
D.D.  He  is  also  an  honor- 
ary D.D.,  of  the  University 
of  Bishop's  College,  Lennox- 
ville.  He  was  ordained 
deacon,  in  St.  Paul's  Cath- 
edral, by  the  Right  Rev. 
Archibald  Campbell  Tait, 
Lord  Bishop  of  London,  on 
Trinity  Sunday,  1864,  and 
was  advanced  to  priest's  or- 
ders on  the  same  day  in  the 
following  year.  He  worked 
as  curate  of  St.  Mark's, 
Notting  Hill,  London,  W., 
from  1864  to  1870.  He 
was  curate  of  St.  Mary's, 
Acton,  London,  W.,  from 
1870  to  1872,  and  Vicar  of 
All  Saints',  South  Acton, 
from  1872  to  1892,  when  he 
was  elected  by  the  Diocesan 
Synod,  to  be  Bishop  of 
Quebec,  and  by  his  zeal 
and  activity  in  the  cause  of 


the  church,  has  well  sustained  the 
name  which  he  had  made  for  himself. 
Bishop  Dunn  is  a  member  of  the  S.P.G. 
and  S.P.C.K.,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
committee  of  the  London  Diocesan  Lay 
Helpers'  Association.  He  is  the  author 
of  the  following  works  :  "  Our  Church 
Manual,"  "  Holy  Thoughts  for  Quiet 
Moments,"  "  Helps  by  the  Way,  or 
Prayers  for  Children  "  and  "  Our  only 
Hope,"  for  those  who  have  been  con- 
firmed. He  was  married,  in  1866,  to 
Alice  Hunter,  only  daughter  of  William 
Hunter,  Esq.,  of  Purley  Lodge,  Croy- 
don,  Surrey.  His  family  consists  of 
five  sons  and  two  daughters. 


1VIKN 


465 


-rf  TTUGHMcKAYFER- 
(SjH  GUSON,  Merchant, 
VS>  Kingston,  N.  B., 
was  was  born  at  Earl  Town, 
Colchester  Co.,  N.  S.,  Aug. 
i2th,  1853.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  Ferguson  and  Eliza- 
beth McKay,  daughter  of 
the  late  Alex.  McKay,  of 
Dalhousie,  Pictou.  Mr.  Fer- 
guson was  educated  at  the 
common  school,  at  Earl 
Town,  and  when  twelve 
years  of  age,  commenced 
driving  the  mail  to  Pictou, 
a  distance  of  thirty-six 
miles.  He  was  subsequently 
apprenticed  to  the  tailoring 
trade,  at  which  he  remained 
four  and  a  half  years,  and 
during  the  last  year  was 
foreman.  He  then  removed 
to  Moncton,  and  entered  the 
employ  of  D.  A.  Duffy,  for 
two  years,  and  then  went  to 
Boston,  Mass.,  for  two 
years,  being  in  the  employ 
of  the  Continental  Clothing 
House.  Mr.  Duffy  then 
asked  him  to  return  to 
Moncton,  which  he  did,  and 
remained  with  him  until 
1 88 1.  He  then  removed  to  Kingston, 
and  started  in  business  for  himself,  in 
February  of  the  same  year,  and  has 
built  up  a  very  extensive  trade.  Mr. 
Ferguson  is  also  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
an  issuer  of  Marriage  Licenses,  school 
trustee  for  the  past  five  years,  and  sec- 
retary of  the  Board,  also  secretary- 
treasurer  of  St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian 
Church  for  nine  years.  He  was  mar- 
ried, February  iath,  1882,  to  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Wni.  Farrow,  Sheniogue, 
N.B.,  by  whom  he  has  two  children. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
also  of  the  Oddfellows  and  Foresters. 
He  first  joined  Keith  Lodge  of  Masons 


in  Moncton,  and  afterwards  St.  An- 
drew's Lodge,  of  Richibucto,  in  which 
he  was  advanced,  step  by  step,  and  is  a 
Past  Master,  and  Past  Senior  Grand 
Deacon  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
Brunswick  and  Botsford,  Royal  Arch 
Chapter.  While  in  Moncton,  he  was 
permanent  secretary  of  Prince  Albert 
Lodge  of  Oddfellows,  for  three  sessions. 
He  has  always  taken  a  very  active  part 
in  politics,  supporting  the  Blair  party 
for  the  Local  House,  and  the  Conserva- 
tive party  for  the  Dominion.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Municipal  Coun- 
cil, having  been  elected  for  the  Shin- 
town  Parish,  October  i8th,  1892. 

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466 


M.EN 


OWEN  HERRING, 
Petrolia,  Ont ,  Editor  and  Prop- 
5)  rietor  of  the  Petrolia  Adver- 
tiser, was  born  at  Maranichnrch,  Corn- 
wall, Eng.,  April  27th,  1846.  His 
parents  were  Richard  and  Matilda 
(Herring)  Herring.  The  father,  who 
was  a  leading  barrister  of  London,  Eng., 
died  when  Richard  was  a  child.  In 
1852  Mrs.  Herring  came  out  to  Canada 
with  her  son,  and  settled  in  Seaforth, 
Ont.  She  was  a  woman  of  beautiful 
character  and  passed  to  her  reward, 
December  4th,  1891,  in  her  86th  year. 
At  Seaforth,  young  Herring  received  a 
common  school  education,  and  at  fif- 


teen entered  the  office  of  the 
Stratford  Examiner,  then 
published  by  the  late  T. 
M.  Daly,  M.  P.  P.,  from 
1862  to  1865  he  was  on  the 
Stratford  Beacon  staff,  after 
which  he  was  manager  of  the 
Huron  Signal  for  a  short 
time.  Mr.  Herring  then 
founded  at  Goderich,  the 
Conservative  journal,  77ie 
Canadian  Colonist,  now  the 
Goderich  Star.  At  the  end 
of  one  year,  feeling  his  lack 
of  a  thorough  education, 
Mr.  Herring  went  to  col- 
lege for  two  years.  On  the 
outbreak  of  the  "  oil  exci- 
tement," he  went  to  Oil 
Springs,  and  in  1867  re- 
moved to  Petrolia,  where  he 
founded  the  Advertiser,  the 
only  Canadian  oil  journal, 
which  he  has  continued  to 
edit  with  great  ability  and 
success,  having  made  it  the 
recognized  organ  of  the  oil 
industry  in  Canada.  Mr. 
Herring  is  a  staunch  Con- 
servative in  politics,  and  was 
always  a  great  admirer  and 
strong  supporter  of  his  late 
lamented  chieftain,  Sir  John  A.  Mac- 
donald,  from  whom  he  has  received 
many  confidential  autograph  letters. 
He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  whatever 
tends  to  the  development  of  the  oil 
industry,  and  the  prosperity  of  Petrolia 
in  general,  and  his  well  directed  efforts 
in  these  particulars  are  appreciated  by 
the  people.  In  religion,  he  is  an  Epis- 
copalian ;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
A.F.  &  A.M.  On  June  6th,  1877,  Mr. 
Herring  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
White,  daughter  of  Colonel  White, 
of  Lapier,  Michigan,  U.S.  Three  sons 
have  been  born  to  them,  but  all  died 
in  infancy. 


467 


EORGE  ED  WARD  LOUD,  Dry 
Goods  Merchant,  Farnharn,  Que., 
was  born  May  27th,  1850,  in  the  parish 
of  Merevale,  Warwickshire,  Eng.  His 
parents  were  John  W.  Loud  and  Jane 
Alcock,  who  were  descended  from  old 
and  distinguished  families  of  Warwick- 
shire. Mr.  Loud  was  educated  at  the 
Atherstone  Grammar  School,  where  he 
spent  five  years.  He  served  an  appren- 
ticeship with  John  Wilkins,  dry  goods 
merchant,  Coleshill,  Eng.,  where  he  re- 
mained four  years.  He  afterwards 
engaged  with  Holiday  &  Co.,  of  New 
street,  Birmingham,  where  he  remained 
one  year.  He  then  came  to  Canada, 


and  shortly  afterwards  went  to  Michi- 
gan, U.S.,  afterwards  returning  to 
Montreal,  and  spending  one  year  with 
A.  A.  Murphy  &  Co.  In  1874,  he  re- 
moved to  Farnham,  and  entered  into 
partnership  with  J.  W.  Loud,  which 
partnership  existed  for  seven  years. 
Mr.  Loud  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of 
a  good  cash  business,  and  stands  high 
in  the  estimation  of  the  public.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Conservative,  and  in 
religion,  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  He  also  belongs  to  the  I.O. 
O.F.  He  was  married  in  June,  1876, 
to  Miss  Frances  E.  Allen,  of  Farnham, 
Que.,  daughter  of  J.  S.  Allen. 


468 


IMMONS  S.  SCOVIL,  C.  M., 
M.D.,  Rat  Portage,  Ont.,  was  born 
November  29th,  1854,  at  Port- 
land, Leeds  County,  Ont.  He  is  the 
son  of  Samuel  S.  and  Adeline  Scovil, 
the  former  being  a  general  merchant 
and  well-known  resident  of  Leeds  Co. 
After  receiving  his  primary  education 
in  the  public  and  High  schools,  Dr. 
Scovil  entered  the  Royal  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Kingston, 
Ont.,  from  which  institution  he  gradu- 
ated, taking  the  degrees  as  above  indi- 
cated. He  began  to  practice  his  pro- 
fession, in  1877,  *n  North  Gower,  Ont., 
and,  in  1882,  removed  to  Rat  Portage, 


where  he  still  remains,  and  is  now  in 
the  enjoyment  of  a  large  and  im- 
portant connection,  which  is  steadily 
increasing.  He  is  also  Gaol  surgeon, 
Medical  Health  officer,  and  surgeon  to 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway  in  his  dis- 
trict, having  held  the  last  mentioned 
position  for  twelve  years.  In  religion, 
Dr.  Scovil  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  in  politics,  a  Conser- 
vative. He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity.  He  was  married 
in  Feb.,  1878,  to  Ella  Ursula,  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  A.  J.  O.  Laughlin,  of  North 
Gower,  Ont.  His  family  consists  of  four 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


469 


HAS.  W.  STRONG, 
Collector  of  Customs, 
Summerside,  P. 
E.I.,  was  born  2nd  July, 
1829,  in  St.  John,  N.B.  His 
father  was  the  late  Rev. 
John  B.  Strong,  Methodist 
minister,  born  in  Binghain, 
Nottinghamshire,  Eng.,  and 
was  sent  out  in  1813,  by 
the  British  Wesleyan  Con- 
ference to  Canada.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Gambee, 
daughter  of  Luke  Gambee, 
of  Quebec,  by  whom  he  had 
five  sons  and  two  daughters. 
After  laboring  over  forty 
years  in  the  active  work  of 
the  ministry,  principally  in 
the  Maritime  Provinces,  he 
becamea  supernumerary  and 
resided  in  Bedeque,  P.E.I. 
He  died  at  Summerside,  in 
May,  1870,  and  his  wife  in 
October,  1872.  Mr.  Strong 
was  educated  at  Woodhouse 
Grove  School,  Yorkshire, 
Eng.,  and  in  the  various 
public  schools  of  the  towns 
in  which  his  father  was  sta- 
tioned. He  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits  for  several 
years,  in  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.,  Fred- 
ericton,  N.B.,  Bedeque,  P.E.I.,  and 
Summerside.  In  1870,  he  became  joint 
proprietor  of  the  Summerside  Journal, 
which  he  assisted  to  conduct,  with  much 
success.  In  1873,  he  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  that  paper,  and  received  his 
present  position  from  the  Local  Gov- 
ernment of  P.E.I.  In  religion,  Mr. 
Strong  is  a  Methodist,  and  has  held 
the  office  of  S.  S.  Superintendent  with 
much  acceptance.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
Conservative.  In  1861,  Mr.  Strong 
married  Miss  Martha  A.  Wright,  eldest 
daughter  of  Jesse  Wright,  Esq.,  of 
Bedeque,  by  whom  he  has  had  five 


children,  two  of  whom  are  living,  viz  : 
Allen  Wilmot  Strong,  B.Sc.,  of  the 
High  School,  Montreal,  and  Jessie  W. 
Strong,  a  graduate  of  Mount  Allison 
Musical  Conservatory.  In  May,  1870, 
Mrs.  Strong  died,  and  in  July,  1876,  he 
married  Charlotte  Maria  Treadwell, 
youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Nathaniel 
Treadwell,  of  Fredericton,  N.B.  Mrs. 
Strong  is  active  and  zealous  in  church, 
mission  and  temperance  work,  and  is 
one  of  the  Dominion  superintendents 
of  the  W.C.T.U.,  and  on  account  of 
her  possessing  rare  executive  ability, 
her  services  in  these  departments  are 
much  appreciated. 


470 


THE  LATE  NATHANIEL  PET- 
TES, rM.P.  for  Brome,  was  born 
near  the  village  of  West  Brome,  P.Q., 
April  2ist,  1816,  and  died  at  Knowlton, 
Que.,  October  2oth,  1889.  Mr  Pettes' 
early  educational  advantages  were  limit- 
ed, but  he  made  the  most  of  them,  and 
finally  became  a  school  teacher.  When 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  met  with 
an  accident  which  necessitated  him  de- 
voting himself  to  other  than  manual 
labor,  and  with  his  meagre  savings,  he 
opened  a  small  store  in  a  room  of  his 
father's  house,  and  after  remaining 
there  for  a  time,  removed  to  Brome, 
enlarged  his  operations,  and  carried  on  a 


prosperous  business.  After 
some  years  he  sold  out  his 
business  there,  and  engaged 
in  trade  in  Knowltou,  and 
succeeded  in  accumulating 
a  handsome  fortune.  In  the 
midst  of  his  busy  life,  he 
always  found  time  to  devote 
his  energies  to  public  mat- 
ters. In  1845,  he  identified 
himself  with  municipal  and 
school  concerns,  and  from 
that  time  until  shortly  be- 
fore his  death,  gave  his 
valuable  experience  to  the 
Township  and  County  of 
Brome,  in  some  capacity. 
He  was  seven  times  mayor 
of  the  township,  and  five 
times  warden  of  the  county. 
He  was  also  for  many  years 
one  of  the  directors  of  the 
South  Eastern  Railway  Co., 
and  also  for  a  time,  of  the 
Canada  Central  Railway. 
At  the  Elections  of  1874,  the 
electors  showed  their  appre- 
ciation of  Mr.  Pettes'  ser- 
vices, by  electing  him  by  ac- 
clamation, and  during  the 
four  years  he  was  in  Parlia- 
ment, he  gave  his  support 
to  the  administration  of  the  Hon. 
Alexander  MacKenzie,  but  he  did  not 
care  for  political  life,  and  so  did  not 
offer  himself  as  candidate  for  re-elec- 
tion. Mr.  Pettes  has  left  an  untar- 
nished reputation  behind  him,  and  a 
career  full  of  interesting  and  profitable 
less  :,ns  for  young  men  to  profit  by.  He 
was  exact  and  methodical  in  his  busi- 
ness habits,  industrious  and  indefa- 
tigable in  whatever  he  undertook,  zeal- 
ous in  his  support  of  what  he  considered 
Bright  and  fearless  in  his  denunciation 
of  what  he  felt  to  be  wrong.  In  1844, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Narcissa  Far- 
rand,  who  survives  him. 


MEN 


CANADA. 


JOHN  R.  ALEXANDER,  M.D., 
Proprietor  of  the  Turkish  Baths 
Hotel,  Montreal,  was  born 
March  i5th,  1841,  at  Mascouche  Rapids, 
P.Q.  His  father,  John  Alexander,  and 
his  mother,  Rebecca  Robinson,  belonged 
to  families  noted  for  longevity  and 
vigor  of  character.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Grammar  School,  Lindsay,  Ont., 
Bishop's  College,  Lennoxville,  P.Q., 
McGill  University,  Montreal,  and  the 
University  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.  For  six 
years,  till  his  voice  failed,  he  was  a 
zealous  Methodist  Minister,  when  his 
spirit  of  enterprise  and  talent  for  busi- 
ness drew  him  into  lumbering  and  chair 
manufacturing  in  New  York 

State,  which  he  successfully        , 

continued  three  years.  In 
1872,  he  became  associated 
with  The  ^Etna  Life  Insur- 
ance Co.,  and  in  1875,  was 
appointed  manager  for  Mont- 
real district,  which  position 
he  still  occupies.  In  1884, 
in  consequence  of  great  bene- 
fit to  his  health  derived  from 
his  treatment  there,  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  Turk- 
ish Baths  Institute  of  Mont- 
real, which  he  purchased. 
Under  his  supervision,  this 
business  grew  from  a  modest 
structure  of  fifteen  rooms  to 
one  of  nearly  two  hundred. 
The  many  advantages  of  the 
place  for  boarders  and  tra- 
vellers has  gradually  chang- 
ed the  character  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  in  1893,  it  was 
changed  to  the  Turkish 
Baths  Hotel,  and  is  now 
widely  known  as  the  largest 
and  finest  temperance  house 
in  Canada.  Dr.  Alexander 
is  a  trustee  of  Dominion 
Square,  First  French,  Mount 
Royal  Vale  and  Cote  St. 


Louis  Methodist  churches,  Stanstead 
Wesleyan  College,  and  the  Wesleyan 
Theological  College,  Montreal,  etc.,  etc. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  General  Confer- 
ence Superannuated  Ministers  Board 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Annual 
Conferences,  1876  to  1892.  He  has 
always  been  interested  in  Church  work 
and  advancement,  and  is  known  as  a 
quiet,  but  liberal  giver  in  religious  and 
charitable  causes.  Dr.  Alexander  was 
married,  July  22nd,  1866,  to  Eunice 
Emma  Watts,  daughter  of  Mr.  Jas. 
Watts,  of  Lancaster,  State  of  New  York. 
His  family  consists  of  two  daughters 
and  one  son. 


472 


OR   CANADA. 


EORGE  EDWARD  JAQUES, 
Forwarder  and  Shipping  Agent, 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  was  born  June  26th, 
1842.  His  parents  were  George  E. 
Jaques  and  Anne  Heap.  Mr.  Jaques  was 
educated  at  the  High  School,  Montreal, 
at  that  time  a  department  of  McGill 
College.  Having  been  head  of  the 
school,  he  was  entitled  to  a  scholarship 
from  McGill  College,  which  however 
he  did  not  claim.  The  firm  of  G.  E. 
Jaques  &  Co.,  is  well  and  favorably 
known  in  Canada.  It  was  first  estab- 
lished in  1836,  and  under  the  success- 
ive names  of  Henderson  &  Hooker ; 
Hooker  &  Holton ;  Hooker,  Jaques  & 


Co. ;  Jaques,  Tracy  &  Co.,  and  G.  E. 
Jaques  &  Co.,  have  held  a  foremost 
position  among  the  carriers  of  the 
River  St.  Lawrence  and  the  Great 
Lakes.  Mr.  Jaques  has  been  a  Free 
Mason  for  many  years,  and  has  held 
the  offices  of  Junior  Deacon,  Secretary, 
Senior  Warden  and  Worshipful  Master 
of  St.  George's  Lodge,  No.  u,  Quebec 
Register,  also  for  several  years  Secre- 
tary of  Hochelaga  Grand  Lodge  of 
Perfection  and  Registrar  of  Hochelaga 
Chapter  of  Sovereign  Princes  of  the 
Knights  of  Rose  Croix,  and  also  one  of 
the  Grand  Stewards  of  Grand  Lodge  of 
Quebec.  He  has  also  been  promin- 
ently connected  with  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation, being  for  several 
years  on  the  Board  of  the 
Montreal  Association,  and 
has  been  chairman  of  em- 
ployment committee,  also  of 
rooms  and  library  and  the 
reception  committees.  He 
is  also  an  active  Methodist, 
having  held  the  positions  of 
secretary  of  the  Sunday 
School,  steward  and  trustee 
steward  of  the  West  End 
Methodist  Church,  secretary 
for  several  terms  of  the 
Methodist  Sunday  School 
Association,  and  is  at  the 
present  time  (1894)  record- 
ing steward,  and  also  trus- 
tee of  St.  James  Methodist 
Church,  the  largest  Metho- 
dist Church  in  the  Domin- 
ion. He  has  also  been  for 
several  terms  a  member  of 
the  Montreal  Conference. 
He  was  married  in  1868,  to 
Miss  Clarke,  daughter  of 
the  late  William  Clarke, 
merchant,  of  Melbourne, 
Australia.  His  family  con- 
sists of  four  children. 


CANADA. 


473 


McLEOD,  Q.  C.,  M.P., 
Barrister,  etc.,  St.  John,  N.  B., 
was  born  October  29th,  1840, 
at  Cardwell,  Kings  County,  N.B.  His 
parents  were  John  and  Mary  (McCready) 
McLeod.  He  received  his  education  at 
the  High  School,  Sussex,  N.B.  He 
was  admitted  as  attorney  in  October, 
1867,  and  called  to  the  Bar  in  October 
of  the  following  year,  and  created  a 
Q.  C.,  in  1882.  Since  his  admission  to 
the  Bar,  he  has  practiced  his  profession 
with  success,  in  St.  John.  In  May, 
1882,  he  was  appointed  Attorney-Gen- 
eral, and  elected  to  the  Local  Legislature 
for  the  city  of  St.  John,  in  May  of  that 


year,  and  remained  a  member  of  the 
Government  until  March,  1883,  when 
the  Government  was  defeated,  when  he 
resigned  with  his  colleagues,  and  con- 
tinued in  opposition,  until  the  dissolu- 
tion of  the  Legislature.  In  1886,  he 
was  again  a  candidate  for  the  Local 
Legislature,  but  was  defeated.  In  1887, 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  Dominion 
Parliament,  at  the  General  Elections, 
for  the  District  and  County  of  St.  John, 
with  Mr.  C.  A.  Everett,  but  was  again 
unsuccessful.  In  1891,  he  was  elected 
for  the  city  of  St.  John.  In  religion, 
he  is  a  Baptist,  and  in  politics,  a 
Liberal-Conservative. 


JVTEN   OK 


JOHN  C.  MEAHAN,  M.D., 
Bathurst  Village,  Gloucester 
County,  N.B.,  was  born  at  that 
place,  February  ist,  1859.  His  par- 
ents were  James  and  Bridget  (Don- 
nelly) Meahan,  natives  of  County  Ty- 
rone, Ireland.  The  former  was  a  mer- 
chant in  connection  with  his  brother's 
very  extensive  ship  business.  His 
uncle,  John  Meahan,  was  member  for 
the  County  of  Gloucester  for  a  number 
of  years,  before  Confederation.  Dr. 
Meahan  received  his  early  education  at 
the  Bathurst  schools,  and  then  went 
to  St.  Joseph  College,  Memramcook, 
N.B.,  from  which  institution  he  gradu- 


ated in  1878.  He  then  began  the 
study  of  medicine,  with  Dr.  Duncan, 
for  one  year,  after  which  he  entered 
McGill  University,  Montreal,  gradu- 
ating from  there  in  1884,  with  the 
degrees  of  M.D.,  C.M.  He  then  com- 
menced to  practice  his  profession  in 
his  native  place,  and  has  worked  up  a 
very  large  connection.  He  was  mar- 
ried, November  2ist,  1879,  to  Delia 
M.,  sister  of  Rev.  Father  Dixon,  of 
Newcastle,  N.B.  In  religion,  Dr. 
Meahan  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  C.M.B.A.,  and  is  ex- 
aminer to  the  same,  also  of  several 
leading  insurance  companies. 


475 


TTIEUT.-COL.  ARTHUR 
I       H.    GILMOUR,  Ban- 

^VS>  ker,  Stanbridge 
East,  Que.,  was  born  at 
"  The  Manor,  "  Nicolet, 
Que.,  March  i3th,  1848. 
His  grandfather  was  the 
late  assistant  commissary 
Gen.  Gilmour,  and  his  fath- 
er, the  widely  known  Dr. 
Gilmour,  F.R.H.S.,  Glas- 
gow, Scotland.  His  mother 
was  the  daughter  of  the 
late  wealthy  Michael  de 
Cressi,  Seigneur  of  Nicolet. 
Col.  Gilmour  stands  high  in 
the  Masonic  Order,  having 
been  installed  and  pro- 
claimed Knight  Preceptor 
of  the  Order  of  the  Temple, 
in  1877,  and  Past  Eminent 
Preceptor,  in  1883.  He  is 
president  of  the  Montreal 
and  Vermont  Junction  Ry. 

+J  */ 

Co.,  and  sec.-treas.  of  the 
board,  vice-president  of  the 
M.  P.  and  B.  Ry.  Co.  He 
also  holds  several  important 
local  positions,  such  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Stanbridge  Ag- 
assiz,  Missisquoi  County 
Plowing,  6oth  Batt.  Rifle 
Associations,  and  of  the  6oth  Batt.  Band, 
also  president  and  first  organizer  of 
the  Farmers'  Institute,  for  the  County 
of  Missisquoi,  and  a  director  Central 
Canada  Agricultural  Association.  In 
June  1885,  the  three  latter  associations 
united  in  a  grand  demonstration  in  his 
honor,  to  show  their  appreciation  of 
the  valuable  services  he  had  rendered 
them ;  it  was  the  grandest  affair  of  the 
kind  ever  held  in  the  Townships.  Col. 
Gilmour  is  now  the  owner  of  the  most 
valuable  real  estate  properties  in  the 
county.  His  Manor  Stock  Farm,  Rice- 
burg,  Que.,  is  a  little  short  of  a  square 
mile  in  extent,  and  stood  first  in  the 


county,  first  in  the  district,  and  second 
in  the  Provincial  competition  for  the 
"  Merite  Agricole,"  in  1891,  receiving 
the  silver  medal  and  diploma.  Col. 
Gilmour  is  also  a  merchant,  carrying 
a  large  stock  of  dry  goods  ;  a  manufac- 
turer, proprietor  of  the  Missiquoi  Rec- 
ord, and  has  been  an  candidate  for 
parliamentary  honors.  He  is  also  well 
up  in  military  matters,  receiving  a 
first-class  certificate  from  the  Military 
School  of  Instruction,  Quebec,  Oct.  29th, 
1864.  He  was  appointed  major,  Aug. 
4th,  1871  ;  Lieut-Col.  Aug.  4th,  1876, 
and  Lieut-Col,  commanding  the  6oth 
Batt.  of  Infantry,  I4th  June,  1889. 


476 


|EV.  DANIEL  FISKE,  Presby- 
terian Clergyman,  Florenceville, 

^S>  Carleton  County,  N.B.,  was 
born  at  Passadonkeag,  in  the  State  of 
Maine,  U.S.A.,  December  10, 1855.  He 
is  the  son  of  Benjamin  N.  Fiske,  and 
Catherine  McClnre.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  and 
his  mother,  of  Bayside,  N.  B.  He  could 
read  in  the  New  Testament  before 
going  to  school.  Mr.  Fiske  received 
his  early  education  at  Harvey,  York 
County,  N.B.,  where  he  worked  on  the 
farm  in  summer  and  attended  school  in 
winter,  and  where  he  began  teaching 
school,  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  He 


continued  his  studies  at  the 
Normal  and  High  schools, 
Fredericton,  N.  B.,  from  the 
former  of  which  he  took,  at 
intervals,  higher  grades  of 
license,  up  to  that  of  Gram- 
mar School,  obtained  in 
1881.  He  then  entered  New 
Brunswick  University,  gra- 
duating from  that  institu- 
tion with  first-class  honors 
in  1881,  and  in  his  third 
year,  obtained  the  mathe- 
matical scholarship.  He 
taught  between  terms.  He 
felt  his  call  to  the  ministry, 
however,  and  with  this  end 
in  view  took  his  theological 
course  at  Pine  Hill  College, 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  graduating 
in  1885,  and  was  ordained 
in  the  Fall  of  the  same 
year.  For  about  five  years 
he  engaged  in  Home  mis- 
sion work  on  the  Upper  St. 
John  River,  after  which  he 
was  on  probation  for  a  few 
months,  and  was  inducted 
into  his  present  pastorate, 
December  3rd,  1890,  where 
he  has  been  very  successful 
in  building  up  his  charge, 
both  spiritually  and  financially.  He  is 
an  able  preacher,  a  faithful  pastor  and 
is  very  devoted  to  his  work.  He  was 
married,  December  3oth,  1885,  to  Jessie 
R.,  daughter  of  the  late  well-known 
merchant,  C.  F.  McLeod,  of  Belle  Isle, 
N.B.,  a  native  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
and  a  second  cousin  of  the  late  Sir 
John  A.  Macdonald,  Premier  of  Canada. 
His  family  consists  of  four  children, 
three  sons  and  one  daughter.  Mr. 
Fiske  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Loyal  Orange  Order  and  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance,  and  takes  a  warm  in- 
terest in  the  success  of  each  of  these 
associations. 


MKISI 


477 


\\7lLLIAM  WRIGHT,  Commer- 
^  ^  cial  Traveller,  Hats,  Caps  and 
Furs,  representing  James  Coristine  & 
Co.,  Montreal,  was  born  in  the  County 
of  Armagh,  Ireland,  July  I2th,  1849. 
He  is  a  son  of  Win.  Wright,  Esq.,  who 
was  educated  for  the  ministry,  but 
abandoned  that  calling  for  agriculture. 
Mr.  Wright  was  educated  at  the  First 
National  School  in  his  native  place,  and 
afterwards  attended  the  High  School 
(Portadowu),  where  he  completed  his 
commercial  course.  After  leaving 
school,  he  followed  farming  for  three 
years,  when  he  came  to  Canada  (1873), 
and  immediately  entered  the  wholesale 


hat  and  fur  establishment  of  Greene  & 
Sons  Co.,  Montreal,  where  he  remained 
for  twelve  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time,  he  associated  himself  with  the 
firm  of  James  Coristine  &  Co.,  with 
whom  he  has  since  been  identified  as 
traveller  in  the  Eastern  Townships  and 
Prince  Edward  Island.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Wright  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in 
politics,  a  Conservative,  and  active  in 
election  campaigns.  He  is  also  a  pro- 
minent member  of  the  I.O.O.F.  Mr. 
Wright  was  married,  in  1883,  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Fraser,  daughter  of  the  late 
Thomas  Fraser,  of  Montreal,  who  died 
one  year  after  her  marriage. 


478 


JAMES  W.  REID,  M.D.,  C.M., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Wind- 
sor, N.S.,  was  born  in  Musquo- 
doboit,    Halifax  Co.,  N.S.,  May   3Oth, 
1859.     His  parents    were   Robert   and 
Mary    Ann,     (Archibald)     Reid.     Dr. 
Reid  was  educated  in  arts  in  Dalhousie 
University,  and  took  the  degree  of  M.D., 
C.M.,  from  Halifax  Medical  College  in 
taking   the    faculty    graduating 


prize  for  the  year,  and  has  also  taken 
Post  Graduate  courses  in  the  Post 
Graduate  School  of  Medicine,  New 
York,  and  the  New  York  Polyclinic. 
He  immediately  began  to  practice  his 
profession,  and  for  a  time  was  a  partner 


of  Dr.  J.  B.  Black,  but  now  practices 
alone,  and  has  a  very  large  and  pro- 
fitable connection.  For  a  young  man, 
Dr.  Reid  is  moving  rapidly  to  the  front 
in  his  profession,  being  already  known 
as  a  skilled  physician,  and  a  most  high- 
ly respected  and  desirable  resident  of 
the  community.  In  religion,  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  in  politics,  a  liberal. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  British  Me- 
dical Association  and  the  Nova  Scotia 
Medical  Society,  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity.  He  was  married, 
in  1891,  to  Miss  Minnie  Falconer, 
daughter  of  *Dr.  A.  F.  Falconer,  of 
Sherbrooke,  N.S. 


]VLKN 


479 


,BV.  BENJAMIN  WILLIAM 
DAY,  Congregational  Clergy- 
man,  Granby,  P.Q.,  was  born 
at  Birmingham,  Eng.  He  is  a  son  of 
Benjamin  D.  Day,  who  was  in  his 
day  a  well-known  local  preacher.  His 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Harriet 
Phillips.  Mr.  Day  was  educated  at 
the  Toronto  Congregational  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1861.  He 
was  ordained  by  the  Rev.  John  Wood, 
Rev.  E.  Ebbs,  and  others  in  1862,  after 
which  he  took  charge  of  the  mission  of 
Turnbury  and  Howiclc,  where  he  re- 
mained four  years,  afterwards  remov- 
ing to  the  Stouffville  and  Markham 
churches,  where  he  remain- 
ed ten  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Cowansville,  P.Q., 
serving  for  four  years.  He 
then  went  to  Lanark,  Ont., 
and  after  preaching  there 
for  nine  years,  retired  for 
two  years  on  account  of  ill 
health.  He  then  removed 
to  Mansville,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  continued  for  two  years, 
and  in  the  Autumn  of  1893, 
received  and  accepted  a  call 
to  Granby,  the  most  impor- 
tant charge  in  the  Eastern 
townships.  Mr.  Day  has 
been  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful ministers  of  the 
Gospel.  On  all  his  charges, 
he  has  gained  the  affection 
and  esteem  of  his  people, 
and,  indeed,  there  is  rarely 
found  a  clergyman  in  whom 
are  combined  so  many  gifts. 
He  is  an  able  preacher  as 
well  as  a  devoted  pastor, 
and  his  long  service  in  his 
church  has  had  a  good 
influence  on  many.  In 
politics,  he  is  a  Liberal,  but 
takes  no  active  part  in  poli- 
tical affairs,  preferring  to 


devote  his  time  and  energy  to  preaching 
the  Gospel.  Mr.  Day  was  married,  in 
June  1862,  to  Miss  Jennie  Foggin, 
daughter  of  the  late  John  Foggin, 
Toronto.  Mrs.  Day  has  always  taken 
an  active  part  with  her  husband  in 
church  matters,  and  her  amiable  qua- 
lities and  rare  gifts  have  placed  her 
high  in  the  esteem  of  the  people  among 
whom  she  has  lived.  His  family  con- 
sists of  one  son,  Francis  John,  who  is  in 
his  final  year  in  arts  at  McGill  College, 
Montreal,  and  has  thus  far  taken 
honors  at  each  examination,  and  is 
now  giving  special  attention  to  the 
study  of  Semite  languages. 


480 


OR 


4  TON.  WILLIAM  RICHARDS, 
^^M  ex-M.P.P.,  Bideford,  Hllerslie 
V«:  P.O.,  P.E.I.,  was  born  May 
1 5th,  1819,  in  Swansea,  South  Wales. 
His  parents  were  the  late  Capt.  Wm. 
Richards  and  Margaret  Thomas.  He 
was  educated  in  Swansea  and  Water- 
ford,  Ireland.  Very  early  in  life,  he 
exhibited  a  partiality  for  the  sea,  and 
when  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  went 
to  sea  with  his  father,  and  at  twenty- 
five,  had  risen  to  be  master  mariner, 
and  subsequently  a  vessel  owner.  Early 
in  the  "  fifties,"  Mr.  Richards  left  the 
sea  and  engaged  in  ship  building  and 
mercantile  pursuits,  first  in  Port  Hill, 


P.E.I.,  but  ultimately  at  Bideford, 
where  he  soon  owned  one  of  the  finest 
ship  yards  in  the  Province,  and  where 
he  built  vessels  for  the  English  market, 
and  for  trading  on  his  own  account, 
chiefly  to  the  West  Coast  of  South 
America,  Brasil,  the  East  Indies 
and  the  Mediteranean.  Latterly,  he 
and  his  sons  have  been  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising,  on  a  large 
scale,  and  have  been  very  successful  in 
this  departure.  Mr.  Richards  is  also  a 
director  and  large  stock  holder  in  the 
Charlottetown  Steam  Navigation  Com- 
pany, ltd.,  who  own  "  The  Northumber- 
land," "The  St.  Lawrence,"  "The 
Princess  of  Wales,"  "The 
M.  A.  Starr,"  £tc.  In  1870, 
he  was  elected  by  acclama- 
tion to  the  Legislative  As- 
sembly of  P.E.I.,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Government 
during  1871-72.  April  4th, 
1872,  a  general  election  took 
place,  in  which  he  was  de- 
feated. He  did  not  take  an 
active  part,  in  politics  then 
until  i876,when  he  was  elec- 
ted to  the  Legislative  Coun- 
cil, and  when  his  term  ex- 
pired, did  not  offer  himself 
again.  In  politics, he  is  a  Con- 
servative, and  in  religion,  an 
Episcopalian.  In  1849,  Mr. 
Richards  was  married  to 
Susan,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  James  Yeo,  a  promi- 
nent merchant  and  ship 
owner  of  Port  Hill,  formerly 
of  Cornwall,  England.  His 
family  consists  of  two  sons 
and  one  daughter,  viz.  : 
Hon.  James  W.  Richards, 
M.  P.  P.,  Bideford,  John 
Richards,  of  Charlottetown, 
and  Isabel  M.,  now  Mrs. 
W.  McLea  Walbauk,  of 
Montreal. 


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M.  CAMPBELL,  Photo- 
grapher,  Woodstock,  N.  B.,  was 
born  in  Carleton  County,  Sep- 
tember 1 7th,  1843.  He  is  the  son  of 
Enoch  Campbell  and  Eliza  Dickinson. 
His  father  was  born  on  the  Tobique 
River,  Victoria  County,  his  grandfather, 
Edmund  Campbell,  being  the  first  man 
who  settled  there.  Mr.  Campbell  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the  schools  of 
Carleton  County,  and  at  the  Woodstock 
Grammar  School,  after  which  he  assist- 
ed his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-five  years  of  age,  when  he  went 
to  the  State  of  Maine  to  learn  photo- 
graphy. After  making  himself  master 


of  the  art,  he  did  a  travelling  business 
in  the  U.  S.  for  eight  years.  He  then 
returned  to  his  native  town,  and  pur- 
chased the  gallery  formerly  occupied 
by  W.  A.  Moores,  the  leading  photo- 
graphic establishment  of  the  place. 
Since  then,  Mr.  Campbell's  work  has 
become  well  known  and  largely  patron- 
ized throughout  his  section  of  country. 
Mr.  Campbell  has  been  married  twice, 
and  the  last  time,  in  1881,  to  Ida  L., 
daughter  of  Andrew  Given,  Esq.,  of 
Plymouth,  Me.  His  family  consists  of 
one  daughter  and  three  sons.  In  religion , 
he  is  a  Calvanistic  Baptist.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  I.O.O.F.  and  I.O.F. 

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482 


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JAMES  TEMPLE  FORBES, 
Contractor  and  Builder,  Monc- 
ton,  N.B.,  was  born  in  Albert 
Co.,  N.B.,  June  24th,  1847.  He  is  tne 
son  of  J.  W.  Forbes,  of  Halifax,  N.S. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Nova  Scotia,  and  then  learned  the  drug 
business,  after  which  he  worked  in 
Boston,  Mass.  Returning  to  Monctou, 
he  was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness until  1875,  when  he  became 
accountant  and  paymaster  on  the 
Moncton  and  Buctouche  R'y,  then 
being  built,  and  so  continued  until  the 
road  was  completed.  He  then  com- 
menced as  a  contractor,  and  has  so 


continued  to  the  present  time.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  also 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  was  a  member 
of  the  Council  Board  of  Moncton  for 
seven  years,  also  of  the  County  Council, 
and  was  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
health  for  a  number  of  years,  and  at 
present  (1893)  is  a  member  of  that 
body.  He  is  a  Conservative,  and  for 
many  years  was  secretary  of  the  Con- 
servative Association  of  the  Moncton 
district.  In  December,  1872,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Henderson,  of  White  Haven,  England. 
He  has  had  seven  children,  two  of  whom 
are  now  living. 


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483 


McCOURT, 
Editor  of  the  Watch- 
man, Charlottetown, 
Prince  Edward  Island,  was 
born  April  29th,  1850,  at 
West  Newton,  Lot  26,  P.E.I. 
His  parents,  Bernard  and 
Margaret  (Hughes) 
McCourt,  were  natives  of 
Ireland,  and  highly  respect- 
ed for  their  honesty  and  in- 
dustry. After  a  public 
school  education,  Mr.  Mc- 
Court entered  a  printing 
office  where  he  learned  the 
art  of  printing.  In  1876  he 
started  the  Advertiser  in 
Georgetown,  P.  E.  I.,  which 
he  conducted  with  much 
usefulness  and  vigor  until 
1882.  From  1885  until 
1892,  Mr.  McCourt  held  a 
position  in  the  registry  office, 
Charlottetown,  during  part 
of  which  time  he  collected 
under  great  difficulties,  the 
material  for  the  work  enti- 
tled "Biographyand  Speech- 
es of  Hon.  E.Whelan,"  pub- 
lished in  1888.  The  subject 
of  this  volume  was,  for  many 
years,  a  leading  statesman 
of  P.  E.  Island,  and  the  biography,  thus 
written,  has  been  a  very  valuable  work. 
In  1890,  when  the  Watchman  was  start- 
ed, Mr.  McCourt  assumed  the  editor- 
ship, and  now  gives  it  his  entire  time 
and  attention,  and  under  his  able 
management  the  paper  has  become 
widely  known  throughout  the  Island, 
and  is  a  powerful  organ  in  the  interests 
of  the  conservative  party.  In  religion, 
Mr.  McCourt  belongs  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  and  in  politics  he  is 
a  staunch  Liberal-Conservative,  and  an 
active  and  influential  member  of  his 
party.  He  is  president  of  the  Bene- 
volent Irish  Society,  and  second  vice- 


president  of  the  Catholic  Mutual  Bene- 
fit Association  of  Charlottetown.  In 
1883,  Mr.  McCourt  was  married  to 
Miss  Fannie  B.  Byrne,  daughter  of 
the  late  Martin  Byrne,  Esq.,  of  George- 
town, by  whom  he  has  five  children, 
three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Mr. 
McCourt  is  an  enthusiastic  journalist, 
a  loyal  Canadian  and  believes  strongly 
in  British  institutions  and  toleration 
towards  all  classes  and  creeds,  always 
has  the  courage  of  his  convictions, 
and  is  fearless  in  defending  the  right 
and  denouncing  the  wrong,  conse- 
quently he  has  the  esteem  and  consi- 
deration of  all  who  know  him. 


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r.  MOSES  P.  ORSER,  Pastor 
the  Free  Baptist  Church, 
Hartland,  Carleton  County, 
N.  B.,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Brigh- 
ton, Carleton  County,  November  22nd, 
1833.  He  is  the  son  of  Moses  Orser 
and  Martha  Hamilton,  his  father  was 
born  on  the  farm  our  subject  is  now 
living  on,  and  his  mother  in  Lincoln, 
Sunbury  County,  N.B.  His  grand- 
father, William  Orser,  came  to  this 
country  with  the  U.  E.  Loyalists,  and 
for  a  few  years  resided  near  Fredericton, 
after  which  he  removed  to  Hartland, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  Mr. 
Orser  received  his  education  at  the 


public   schools   of  Carleton 
County,    and     on     leaving 
school,   went  on   the  farm, 
and  continued  farming  until 
1 870,  when  he  commenced  to 
study  for  the  ministry,  and 
was      ordained     December 
26th,  1875,  his  first  pastor- 
ate being  the  parish  of  Peel, 
Carleton  County.     He  was 
then  at  Simmons,  Carleton 
County,     and     Canterbury 
Station,  York  County.     He 
then  labored  for  some  years 
in  Nova  Scotia,  afterwards 
returning  to  Carleton  Coun- 
ty, where   he   now  resides. 
He   was    chairman   of    the 
Free    Baptist  Assembly   of 
New  Brunswick,  for  thirteen 
years  in   succession,   when 
he    resigned,    and    became 
assistant  clerk  for  two  years, 
and  in   1893,  he  was  again 
elected  chairman,  although 
not  being  desirous  of  hold- 
ing the  position.     Mr.  Or- 
ser was  married,  December 
3ist,  1853,  to  Caroline  S., 
daughter  of  G.   R.   Boyer, 
Esq.,    of    Victoria    Corner, 
parish  of  Wakefield,  Carle- 
ton  County,  N.B.      His  family  consists 
of    five    children,    three    daughters    of 
whom   are  now   living ;    the  eldest  is 
now  Mrs.  David  E.  Morgan,  of  Hart- 
land,  the  second,  Mrs.  S.  H.  White,  of 
Hartland,  and  the  youngest  is  living  at 
home.     In  his  earlier  days,  Mr.  Orser 
held    many    municipal    offices,  and    at 
present  is  auditor  of  the  Carleton  Agri- 
cultural Society,  and  chairman  of  the 
Dairymen's    Association    of    Carleton 
County.     For  five  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  active  militia,  and  for  three 
years  held  the  commission  of  ensign  in 
Capt.  Vinces  Company,  and  was  after- 
wards elected  captain  of  a  company. 


MEN     OF*     C  AX  ADA. 


485 


T^REDERICK  JOHN  BRADD, 
-I  M.D.,  C.M.,  also  Licientiate,  Uni- 
versity State  of  New  York,  Oiiie- 
inee.  Out.,  was  born  in  Northumberland 
County,  Ont,  October  3ist,  1860.  His 
father,  John  Bradd,  was  of  U.  E.  Loy- 
alist descent,  and  his  mother,  Jean 
Masson,  was  born  in  Wales.  Dr. 
Bradd  received  his  primary  education 
at  the  public  schools  and  the  Colborue 
and  Brighton  High  schools.  When 
seventeen  years  of  age,  he  procured  a 
teacher's  certificate,  and  taught  for  one 
year,  after  which  he  returned  to  the 
High  School  and  secured  a  higher  cer- 
tificate, on  which  he  taught  in  Percy 


for  five  years.  In  1884,  he  entered  Tor- 
onto University  Medical  College,  where 
he  remained  four  years,  graduating  in 
1888.  He  then  removed  to  Campbell- 
ford,  and  in  1892,  settled  in  Omeniee, 
where  he  has  secured  a  large  practice. 
In  religion,  Dr.  Bradd  is  an  adherent 
of  the  Church  of  England.  He  is  a 
member  of  and  physician  to  the  I.O.O.F. 
and  I. O.K.  societies,  also  a  member  of 
A.F.  &  A.M.  He  is  a  Conservative,  and 
an  advocate  of  Canadian  Independence. 
May  27th,  1881,  he  married,  Margaret 
Victoria,  eldest  daughter  of  Jas.  McCor- 
mack,  of  Warkworth,  Ont.  His  family 
consists  of  one  son  and  two  daughters. 


486 


.  J.  K.  FRASER,  B.  A., 
Presbyterian  Minister,  Alber- 
ton,  P.E.I.,  was  born  there, 
August  3ist,  1864.  His  father,  the 
late  Rev.  Allan  Fraser,  was,  for  fifteen 
years,  the  beloved  pastor  of  the  church, 
whose  pulpit  his  son  now  occupies. 
He  died  in  1870,  aged  45  years,  deeply 
regretted.  His  wife,  Annie  Keir  Fraser, 
who  is  still  living  and  resides  with  her 
son,  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  widely 
known  Rev.  Dr.  Keir,  professor  of  theo- 
ology  to  the  Lower  Province  Synod.  It 
was  but  fitting,  that  the  daughter  of  such 
a  revered  and  excellent  man  should  be 
the  wife  of  one  equally  pious  and  Godly. 


Mr.  Fraser  was  educated  at  the  Prince 
of  Wales  College,  Charlottetown,  and 
Dalhousie  University,  Halifax,  where 
he  took  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1889,  after 
which  he  took  his  theological  course  in 
the  Presbyterian  College,  Montreal, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1891,  with 
first  rank  honors,  taking  the  gold  medal. 
While  in  Montreal,  Mr.  Fraser  edited 
the  Presbyterian  College  Journal.  He 
is  an  earnest  and  eloquent  advocate  of 
prohibition,  and  has  been  asked  to  pub- 
lish his  lectures  and  speeches  on  this 
subject,  which  are  highly  interesting. 
He  entered  upon  his  present  charge 
in  1891. 


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487 


TT  QUILLA  ORMSBY  GRAY- 
_X~\  DON,  City  Engineer,  London, 
V£»)  Ont.,  was  born  in  that  city, 
July  yth,  1854.  His  father  was  the 
late  Simpson  Hackett  Graydon,  B.A., 
(T.  C.  Dublin),  barrister,  etc.,  and  ex- 
mayor  of  London.  He  was  a  promin- 
ent Conservative,  an  alderman  of  Lon- 
don for  many  years,  and  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Education  of  that  city  for 
several  years.  He  was  a  man  of  bril- 
liant parts,  of  sterling  integrity,  and 
the  better  he  was  known,  the  more 
highly  esteemed  he  became.  He  died 
in  1884,  deeply  regretted.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic and  Grammar  schools  of 
his  native  city.  At  seven- 
teen, he  entered  the  Mer- 
chants' Bank  of  Canada,  in 
whose  service  he  remained 
three  and  a  half  years,  but 
ill  health  compelled  him  to 
relinquish  banking,  and  he 
was  soon  after  appointed 
paymaster  for  Wm.Hendrie, 
of  Hamilton,  and  for  three 
years  acted  in  that  capacity 
on  the  W.  G.  &  B.  R'y, 
south  extension,  and  on  the 
Hamilton  and  Lake  Erie 
R'y.  After  this,  he  returned 
to  London,  and  studied 
civil  engineering  and  archi- 
tecture, under  Robinson  & 
Tracy,  both  of  whom  after- 
wards became  city  engi- 
neers of  London.  In  1881, 
Mr.  Graydon  became  a  P. 
L.S.,  opened  an  office  of  his 
own,  and  soon  had  a  large 
practice  in  the  County  of 
Middlesex.  In  1891,  he  re- 
ceived his  present  appoint- 
ment, succeeding  Col.  Thos. 
H.  Tracy,  whose  assistant 
he  had  been  for  'the  three 
previous  years.  Mr.  Gray- 


don is  resident  engineer  of  the  L.  & 
P.  S.  R'y,  is  a  member  of  the  Canadian 
Society  of  Engineers,  and  of  the  Lon- 
don Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  A.F.  &  A.M.,  Tuscan  Lodge, 
and  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  also  of  L.O.L., 
No.  298,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Mizpah  Lodge,  belongs  to  the  London 
Club  and  the  London  Hunt  Club.  Mr. 
Graydon  is  well  versed  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  civil  engineering.  In 
religion,  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in 
politics,  a  Conservative.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Town  Council  of  London 
East,  the  year  it  was  amalgamated  with 
the  city.  He  is  unmarried. 


488 


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JOSEPH  B.  MACDONALD, 
Merchant,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I., 
was  born  in  Souris,  Kings  Co., 
P.E.I.,  March  22nd,  1848.  His  father 
was  the  late  Capt.  Donald  Allan  Mac- 
donald,  and  his  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Mary  McCormack.  They  former- 
ly lived  at  St.  Peter's,  and  were  widely 
known  and  highly  respected.  Mr. 
Macdonald  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Souris.  When  about  fifteen 
years  of  age,  he  entered  upon  mercan- 
tile life  as  a  clerk,  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Wm.  Stone,  Souris,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained two  years,  after  which  he  en- 
tered the  establishment  of  the  late  Hon. 


Patrick  Walker,  of  Charlottetown,  re- 
maining with  him  five  years.  In  1870, 
Mr.  Macdonald  established  his  present 
business,  which  embraces  dry  goods, 
clothing,  boots  and  shoes.  In  1892,  he 
was  burnt  out,  but  immediately  rebuilt, 
and  now  has  a  finer  trade  and  better 
stock  than  ever.  His  establishment 
has  the  reputation  for  honorable  dealing, 
and  as  such  controls  a  large  trade  in 
the  city  of  Charlottetown  and  country 
surrounding.  In  business,  he  is  enter- 
prising and  pushing,  and  has  a  wide 
knowledge  of  his  business,  while  soci- 
ally he  is  a  liberal  and  public  spirited 
citizen,  universally  esteemed.  In  reli- 
gion, Mr.  Macdonald  is  a 
Roman  Catholic,  and  in 
politics,  a  Liberal,  an  ac- 
tive and  influential  mem- 
ber of  his  party.  He  is 
vice-president  of  the  Cale- 
donia Club,  of  Charlotte- 
town,  president  of  the  C.M. 
B.A.,  of  that  city,  and  a 
member  of  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  of  Char- 
lottetown, for  ten  years, 
three  of  which  he  was  chair- 
man. He  has  been  married 
twice :  first,  in  1876,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Quirk,  a 
daughter  of  John  Quirk, 
Esq.,  of  Charlottetown, 
P.E.I.,  by  whom  he  had  one 
daughter,  and  again  in  1881, 
to  Catharine,  daughter  of 
James  McDonald,  Esq.,  of 
Orwell,  and  niece  of  the 
Very  Reverend  Monsieur 
James  McDonald,  of  St. 
Andrew's,  by  whom  he  has 
had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters,  namely  :  Joseph 
Bernard,  Mary,  Annie  Eliz- 
abeth, Ernest  Somerled, 
Frederick  Charles,  Louis 
James  and  Agnes. 


INDEX. 


Adams,  George  W.,  Fredericton,  N.B.  457 

Adamson,  Robert,  Virden,  Man.  .  .  .  325 

Addy,  Geo.  A.  B.,  M.D.,  St.  John,  N.B.  232 

Agnew,  John,  Alberton,  P.E.I 410 

Agnew,  Niven,  M.D.,  Winnipeg,  Man.  .  296 
Aikins,  Hon.  James  Cox.,  P.C.,  LL.D., 

Toronto,  Ont 342 

Alexander,  J.  R.,  M.D.,  Montreal,  Que.  471 
Allen,  Hon.  Sir  John  Campbell,  K.B., 

LL.D.,  Fredericton,  N.B 21 

Allen,  Rev.  John  Salter,  Richibucto,  N.  B.  79 

Allison,  J.  Walter,  Halifax,  N.S.  ...  19 

Allison,  Leonard,  Sussex,  N.B '50 

Alloway,  Wm.  Forbes,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  234 

Anderson,  Robt.  Alex.,  Vancouver,  B.C.  36 
Archibald,  Blowers,  North  Sydney,  Cape 

Breton 311 

Archibald,  Wm.  H.,  North  Sydney,  N.S.  337 

Archibald,  Donald,  Sheriff,  Halifax,  N.S.  112 
Armstrong,  Hugh,  M.P.P.,  Portage  La 

Prairie,  M 139 

Armstrong,  J.  Neville,  N.  Sydney,  N.S.  343 

Ashby,  John  Burkill,  St.  Paul's,  Man.  .  361 

Ashdown,  J.  H.,  J.P.,  Winnipeg,  Man.  .  380 

Ashley,  Wm.  Henry,  Boissevain,  Man.  .  424 

Baker,   Hon.   Loran  Ellis,  M.L.C.,  Yar- 
mouth, N.S 174 

Bannatyne,  The  late  Hon.  And.  Graham 

Ballenden,  Winnipeg,  M 301 

Barker,  Frederic  E.,  Q.C.,  St.  John,  N.B.  237 

Barrett,  J.   Kelly,   LL.D.,  Winnipeg,  M.  310 

Barren,  William  Caven,  London,  Ont.     .  452 

Bathgate,  William,  Winnipeg,  Man.    .    .  290 

Beatty,  Wm.,  M.  A.,  LL.B.,  Parry  Sound.  252 

Beauregard,  Rev.  J.  Ludger,  Waterloo,  Q.  434 

Bell,  Adam  Carr.,  New  Glasgow,  N.S.    .  451 

Belliveau,  Rev.  Phil.  L.,  Barachois,  N.B.  51 


Benson,    Edward,     M.D.,     Bensonhurst, 

Winnipeg,  Man 1 1 

Bernier,  Hon.  Thos.  A.,  St.  Boniface,  M.  26 

Berrie,  Rev.  J.  Charlton,  Hillsboro,  N.B.  317 

Bessette,  A.  H.  S.(  Magog,  Que 346 

Best,    Rev.    John    Harden,    New    West- 
minster, B.C.     . 54 

Black,  C.  Allan,  M.U.,  Amherst,  N.S.    .  402 

Black,  J.  Burpee,  M.D.,  Windsor,  N.S.  .  197 

Black,  J.  Ferguson,  B.A.,M.U.,  Halifax.  99 
Black,  The   late  Rev.  John,   D.D.,   Kil- 

donan,   M. 306 

Black,  William  Ross,  B.A.,  Carman,   M.  292 

Blackmer,  Reuben,  Fredericton,  N.B.      .  403 

Blakely,  Elgin  Adams,  M.D.,  Winnipeg.  226 

Borthwick,  Rev.  Hugh  J.,  A.M.,  Morden  313 
Boswell,   Lieut.   Col.   Charles  Musgrave, 

A. B.C.,  Winnipeg,  Man.    .....  377 

Boucher,  Rev.  Father  Amadeus  A.,  Upper 

Charlo,  N.B 

Bourque,  Thomas  Jean,  M.D.,  Richibucto 
Bousquet,  J.S.,  Montreal,  Que.  .';•..  38 
Bowen,  G.  A.,  M.D..C.M.,  Magog,  Q.  .  .  399 
Bowman,  Rev.  Archibald,  New  Glasgow  245 
Bowman,  William,  London,  Ont.  .  .  .  448 
Boyd,  Hon.  Nath.,  M.P.,  Carberry,  M.  .  32 
Boyle,  Robert  Clarke,  M.D.,  Morden,  M.  409 
Bradd,  Fred.  J.,  M.D..C.M.,  Omenee,  O.  485 
Braithwaite,  Edward  Ainslie,  M.D.,  Edm- 
onton, Alta 427 

Brecken,   Rev.   Ralph,  M.A.,D.D.,  Fred- 
ericton, N.B 185 

Bridgman,  Rev.  Wellington,  Deloraine,  M.  260 

Brigham,  Isaac  R.,  Moosomin,  Assa    .    .  72 
Brigstocke,  Frederick  Herveyjohn,  D.D., 

St.  John,  N.B 27 

Brown,  George  Wesley,    Port  Arthur,  O.  192 

Browne,  George,  Winnipeg,  M 222 


490 


INDEX 


Brunet,  Alfred,  Montreal,  Q 164 

Bryce,  Rev.  Dr.  B.A.,M.A.,  LL.  B., 

LL.D.,  Winnipeg,  M 314 

Buchanan,  Rev.  Thos.  C.,  Carberry,  M.  264 

Burke,  Rev.  Alfred  Ed.,  B.D.,  Alberton.  435 

Burrows,  Theo.  A.,  M. P. P., Winnipeg, M.  291 
Byrne,  Rev.  Father  Edward  John,  B.A., 

Sussex,  N.B 47 

Calder,  John  Geo.,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Medecine 

Hat,  Assa 98 

Caldwell,  John  Fraser,  Winnipeg,  M.  .    .  340 
Calhoon,  George,  Hopewell  Cape,  N.B.  .  385 
Callbeck,   Hon.   Henry  John,    Charlotte- 
town,  P.E.I 456 

Cameron,  The  Right' Rev.  John,   D.D., 

Ph.D.,  Antigonish,  N.S 261 

Cameron,  The  Hon.  John  Donald,  B.A., 

Winnipeg,  M 13 

Campbell,  Duncan  Hugo,  Toronto,  O  .    .  93 

Campbell,  Enoch  M.,  Woodstock,  N.B.  .  481 

Campbell,  Geo.  Huestis,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  214 

Campbell,  Guy,  Ottawa,  0 49 

Carleton,  John  Louis,  St.  John,  N.B.  .  .  191 
Carroll,  J.  T.,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Vancouver, 

B.C 323 

Carruthers,  Geo,  M.D.,  Alberton,  P.E.I.  411 

Carscallen,  Alvin  D.,  M.D.,  Morris,  M.  .  364 

Caven,  Rev.  Wm.,  Manitou,  M 297 

Chalmers,  The  late  John,  Poole,  O.     .    .  89 
Cherrier,  Rev.  Alphonsus  Avila,  Winni- 
peg, M 210 

Chipman,  Judge,  John  P.,  Kentville,  N.S.  25 

Chisholm,  Colin,  Sydney,  N.S 275 

Chisholm,  Rev.  John  J., P.P., Pictou,  N.S.  247 
Chisholm,   Rev.  Daniel  A.,   D.D.,   Anti- 
gonish, N.S 259 

Church,    Charles    Edward,    M.P.  P.    and 

M.E.C.,  Halifax,  N.S 159 

Clinton,     Rev.    Henry    Glynne-Fiennes, 

Vancouver,  B.C 208 

Cochrane,  Robert  Rutherford,  B.A.,  Win- 
nipeg, M 391 

Colcleugh,    Frederick  William,    M.P. P., 

Selkirk,  M 24 

Conmee,  James,  M.P. P.,  Port  Arthur,  O.  29 
Cook,  Henry  George,  B.A.,  M.D.,  C.M., 

Manitou,  M 312 


Cooper,  Rev.  H.  D.,  M.A.,  Holland,  M.  239 
Cooper,  Hugh  M.,  M.D.,  New  Westmins- 
ter, B.C 48 

Cormier,  Rev.  F.  X.,  Cocagne,  N.B.    .    .  146 

Crawford,  Hon.  John,  Neepawa,  M.     .    .  250 

Crisp,  Rev.  James,  Sussex,  N.B 37 

Crisp,  Robert  Isaac,  Souris,  M 308 

Crisp,  Rev.  Robt.  S.,  Salisbury,  N.B.      .  351 

Crowell,  S.  Atwood,  Yarmouth,  N.S.      .  156 
Cumberland,    Thomas    Dickey,    Judge, 

Brandon,  M 392 

Gumming,  Rev.  Robert,  Westville,  N.  S.  359 

Gumming,  Rev.  Thomas,  Truro,  N.S.     .  246 

Curry,  Duncan  Steele,  Winnipeg,  M.  .    .  244 

Curry,  Nathaniel,  Mayor,  Amherst,  N.S.  8 

Dagenais,  Edward,  Montreal,  Q 43 

Daley,  Major  John,  Digby,  N.S 166 

Daniel,  John  W.,  M.D.,  St.  John,  N.B.  .  229 

Darrach,  D.,  M.D.,  Kensington,  P.E.I.  .  406 

Davidson,  John  A.,  M.P. P.,  Neepawa,  M.  120 

Davidson,  Thomas,  Montreal,  Q 415 

Davies,    L.H.,    Q.C.,    M.P.,    Charlotte- 
town,  P.E.I 461 

Day,  Rev.  B.  W.,  Granby,  Q 479 

De  Blois,  Wm.  Minet,  Annapolis  Royal, 

N.S 199 

Dennis,  James  Duncan,  Yarmouth,  N.  S.  153 
D'Eschambault,    Joseph    Alexander    F., 

M.D.,  Winnipeg,  M 395 

Dewitt,    George    Erastus,     M.D.,    Wolt- 

ville,  N.S 195 

Doane,  F.  W.  W.,  Halifax,  N.S.      ...  71 
Doherty,  I.Wilson,  M.D.,  Kingston,  N.B.  149 
Doherty,  Wm.  Woodly,  M.D.,  Campbell- 
ton,  N.B 388 

Dollard,    Rev.    Father  William,  St.   Ste- 
phen, N.B 219 

Donaldson,  Samuel  James,  Prince  Albert, 

Saskatchewan 148 

Donald,  Wni.  A.,  B.A.,  Pilot  Mound,  M.  253 

Doody,  Rev.  Walter  J.,  Annapolis,  N.S.  119 

Dore,  Joseph,  Emery,  Montreal,  Q.      .    .  39 

Dowswell,  Albert  E.,  Fort  William,  O.  .  126 

Doyle,  Rev.  Father  E.,  Mill  Town,  N.B.  215 

Drewry,  Edward  L,.,  Winnipeg,  M.      .    .  294 

Drewry,  Fred.  William,  Winnipeg,  M.    .  295 

Drewry,  Geo.,  Rat  Portage,  Out 408 


INDEX. 


49 i 


Drinnan,  John,  Medicine  Hat,  Assa.    .    .  440 

Drummond,  Henry  Mowat,  Winnipeg,  M.  455 
Drummond,  Rev.  Father  Lewis  Henry, 

Winnipeg,  M 347 

Dubuc,  Arthur,  Montreal,  Q 52 

Dumaresq,  James  C.,  Halifax,  X.S.  .  .  96 
Duncan,  Gideon  Mitchell,  M.D.,  Bathurst 

Village,  N.B 367 

Duncan,  James,  P.  M.,  J.P.,  Glenboro.M.  371 
Dunn,  Right  Rev.  A.H.,  D.D.,  Quebec,Q.  464 
Durien,    Right    Rev.    Paul,    New  West- 
minster, B.C 370 

Dyke,   Rev.  Joshua,   Moosomin,  N.W.T.  158 

Ellis,  Wm.  Harrington,  Victoria,  B.C.  .  34 
Emmons,  Wm.  Edward,  L.D.S.,  D.D.S., 

Winnipeg,  M 300 

Esty,  E.  J.,  J. P.,  Eastman,  Q 462 

Fairchild,  F.  A.,  Winnipeg,  Man  .  .  .  .  262 
Fairweather,  Fred.  Lawrence,  LL.B., 

Sussex,  N.B 324 

Farquharson,  The  late  Rev.  Alexander, 

Sydney,  C.B.,  N.S 282 

Farquharson,  Rev.  Jas.,  Pilot  Mound,  M.  353 

Fergie,  Charles,  Westville,  N.S 242 

Ferguson,  Alex.  H.,  M.D.,  Winnipeg,  M.  194 

Ferguson,  Hugh  McKay,  Kingston,  N.B.  465 

Finlayson,  Allan,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.  405 

Fisher,  J.,  M.  A.,  M. P. P.,  Winnipeg,  M.  20 

Fiske,  Rev.  Daniel,  Florenceville,  N.B.  .  476 

Fitzgerald,  John,  Portuguese  Cove,  N.  S.  372 

Fogo,  Hon.  James,  Pictou,  N.S 285 

Forbes,  James  Temple,  Moncton,  N.B.  .  482 

Forsyth,  Rev.  D.,  A.B.,  Chatham,  N.B.  .  1 1 1 
Fotheringham,  Rev.  Thomas  Francis, 

M. A.,  St.  John,  N.B 201 

Fowler,  Rev.  Alfred,  B.A.,  Morris,  M..  .  268 
Fox,  Rev.  Lawrence  Charles  Prideaux, 

O.M.I.,  Winnipeg,  M 316 

Frame,  James  Finley,  Virden,  M  .  .  .  .  88 

Fraser,  Byron,  Morden,  M 326 

Fraser,  Hon.  J.  J.,  Q.C.,  Fredericton,  N.B.  157 

Fraser,  Rev.  J.  K.,  B.A.,  Alberton,P.E.I.  486 

Gahan,  Garner,  M.A.,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Hart- 

ney,  M 284 

Gauvin,  George  A.,  Halifax,  N.S.  ...  80 


Geggie,  Rev.  And.  Logan,  Truro,  N.S.  .  332 
George,  Dr.  Henry  M.R.C.S.,  L.R.C.P. 

Calgary,  Alta 82 

Gibson,  Robert,  M.D.,  Watford,  O.  .  .  57 

Gillies,  Jos.  Alex.,  M.P.,  Sydney,  N.S.  .  281 
Gilmour,  Lieut. -Col.,  A.  H.,  Stanbridge 

East,  Q.  .  .  475 

Gilroy,  Thomas,  Winnipeg,  M 330 

Girdlestone,  Geo.  Wm.,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  436 

Gisborne,  Hartley,  Qu'Appelle,  Assa.  .  106 

Givan,  William  Roger,  Moncton,  N.B.  .  386 

Glass,  W.  W. ,  268  Yonge  st.,  Toronto,  O.  304 

Glines,  Geo.  A.,  Winnipeg,  M 348 

Gordon,  D.  McD.,  M.D.,  Lucknow,  O.  .  258 

Gove,  Harry,  M.D.,  St.  Andrews,  N.B  .  327 

Gove,  Sam.  T,,  M.D.,  St.  Andrews,  N.B.  267 

Grain,  Orton  Irwin,  M.D.,  Selkirk,  M.  .  421 

Gray,  Rev.  James,  M.A.,  Sussex,  N.B.  .  45 

Graydon,  Aquilla  Ormsby,  London,  O.  .  487 

Greenway,  The  Hon.  T.,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  14 

Greer,  Geo.  M.,  M.A.,  Halifax,  N.S  .  .  211 

Grimmett,  Martin  L.,  Winnipeg,  M  .  .  .  137 

Gurd,  Charles,  Montreal,  Q 130 

Hagel,  N.  F.,  Q.C.,  Winnipeg,  M   .    .    .  200 

Hague,  Rev.  Dyson,  M.A.,  Halifax,  N.S.  53 
Haig,  Rev.  A.  McDonald,  B.A.,  Glen- 

boro,  M 307 

Hall,  Herbert  Ernest,  D.D.S.,  New  West- 
minster, B.C 44 

Hall,  Walter  Henry,  Virden,  M 287 

Hames,  Rev.  Arthur  Benjamin,  Ph.   B., 

Oak  Lake,  M 151 

Hannay,  James,  St.  John,  N.B 217 

Hanscom,  Wm.  Warren,  Havelock,  N.B.  349 
Harcourt,  George,  B.S.A.,  Charlottetown, 

P.E.I 412 

Harris,  Robert  E.,  Q.C.,  Halifax,  N.S.  .  94 
Harrison,  David  Howard,  M.D.,  C.M., 

Neepawa,  M 125 

Hart,  Rev.   Thomas,   M.A.,   B.D.,  Win- 
nipeg, Man 318 

Hartney,  James  H.,   M.P.P.,  Souris,  M.  345 

Harvey,  A.  E.,  M.D.,  Wyoming,  O.     .    .  46 

Harvey,  Leander,  M.D.,  Watford,  O.  .    .  65 

Heap,  James,  Selkirk,  M 362 

Henderson,  D.,   M.D.,   F.R.C.,   P.  &S., 

Kingston,  0 145 


492 


INDEX. 


Laird,     George   Jackson.    M.A.,    Ph.D., 

Winnipeg,  M 390 


Lang,  Hamilton,  Moose  Jaw,  Assa.  .  .  . 
Langis,  Jos.  Antoine,  M.D.,  Petit  Rochtr 
Lathern,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  Halifax,  N.S. 
Law,  Wm.,  M.P.P.,  Yarmouth,  N.S.  .  . 
Lawson,  Geo. ,  LL.D.,  Halifax,  N.S.  .  . 
Lewis,  William  James,  M.D.,  M.P.P., 

Hillsboro,  N.B.  31 


107 

124 

73 
167 
240 


Henderson,  Rev.  Wm.  Goold,  Winnipeg.  188 

Henneberg,   C.  Otto  Paul,  Winnipeg,  M.  273 

Hepburn,  Wm.  David,  Preston,  O.  .    .    .  420 

Herring,  Richard  O.,  Petrolia,  O.     .    .    .  466 

Hetherington,  G.  Albert,  M.D.,  St.  John  225 

Hewitt,  Rev.  Noah,  M.A.,  B.D.,  Manitou  289 
Hewson,     Charles    Wentworth    Upham, 

M.D.,  Amherst,  N.S 401 

Hodd,  James,  Stratford,  0 122 

Hodges,  Rev.  David  H.,  Oak  Lake,  M.  92  Little,  Rev.  Henry  Wm.,  Sussex,  N.B.  .     333 

Hogan,  M.P.,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.        .  450  Long,  Rev.  George  Henry,  Souris,  M.     .     381 

Hogg,  Rev.  Joseph,  Winnipeg,  M.  189  i^ud,  George  Edward,  Farnham,  Q.    .    .     467 

Holdsworth,  Judge  John,  Digby,  N.S.     .  172  Luxton,  William  Fisher,  Winnipeg,  M.  .     133 

Hoskin,  Rev.  James,  Carman,  M.     .    .    .  277  Lyons,  Hon.   Robert  Fern,  M.P.P.,  Car- 

Housser,  David,  Beamsville,  0 319              berry,  M .216 

Howard,  Rev.  Samuel,  Hampton,  N.B.  .  59 

Hubbard,  Armiger  Ibbot,  Montreal,  Q.    .  396  j  MacArthur,  Duncan,  Winnipeg,  M.     .    .     256 

Hughes,   Rev.   B.   N.,  Hopewell  Cape   .  365  MacCharles,    Roderick   William,    M.D., 

Hutchings,  E.  F.,  Winnipeg,  M.      ...  182              C.M.,  Cypress  River,  M 344 

Hyndman,  Fred.  Wm.,  Charlottetown     .  419  MacDonald,  Angus  J.,  Sydney,  N.S.  .    .     265 

Macdonald,    Joseph    B.,    Charlottetown, 

Inkster,  Colin,  Sheriff,  Winnipeg,  M.  .    .  379  |           P.E.I 488 

Ireland,  William,  Parry  Sound,  O.  .    .    .  280  I  MacGillvary,  A.  D. ,  M.D.,  Sydney,  N.S.     278 

I  Mackay,    Alex.    Howard,    B.A.,    B.Sc., 

Jack,  Isaac  Allen,  Q.C.,  St.  John,  N.B.  .  177  LL.D.,   F.S.Sc.    (London)   F.R.Sc., 

Jack,  Rev.  Lewis,  Buctouche,  N.B.      .    .  76              Halifax,  N.S 9 

Jaques,  George  Edward,  Montreal,  Q.     .  472  Mackid,  H.  Goodsir,  M.D.,  Calgary, Alta.      41 

James,  Henry  Havelock,  Buctouche,  N.B.  223  Machray,  Most  Rev.  Robt.,  Winnipeg,  M.     355 

Jardine,  Thos.,  Kingston,  Kent  Co.,  N.B.  147  Macklin,  Marshall,  M.D.,  M.C.,  P.S.O., 

Johnson,  Rev.  Levi  Stephens,  Newcastle.  431              Portage  la  Prairie,  M 121 

Johnson,   Rev.  Walter  R.,   Killarney,  M.  338  Maclean,  Rev.  John,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Port 

Johnson,  Wm.  H.,  M.R.C.S.,  Fergus,  O.  238  I           Arthur,  0 162 

Jones,  J.  R.,  M.D.,  Winnipeg,  M.      .  ,    ..  173  Macleod,  D.  J.,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.  .  .       17 

Macmillan,  Rev.  J.,  B.A.,  B.D.,  Halifax, 
Kaulbach,     Archdeacon    James    Albert,  N.S 68 

M.A.,  Truro,  N.S 231  Macmonagle,  Melborne,  St. Stephen,  N.B.     227 

Kennedy,    The    late    Lieut.    Col.    Hon.  Macmorine,  Rev.  Samuel,  M.A.,  Portage 

William  Nassau,  Winnipeg,  M.     .    .  305              La  Prairie,  M 286 

King,  Edwin  David,  Q.C.,  Halifax,  N.S.  141  |  Macrae,  Alex.  W.,  A.M.,  St.  John,  N.B.     241 

King,  Rev.  John  M.,  M. A.,  Winnipeg,  M.  376  Macrae,   Rev.   Donald,   D.D.,    St.    John, 

Kinnear,  Thos.  Anderson,  Sackville,  N.B.  35              N.B 221 

Kirchhoffer,   Hon.  Senator  John  Nesbitt,  Mader,  Anthony  Ivan,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Ha- 

Brandon.  M. .  169              lifax,  N.S '.     138 

Kirkpatrick,   Everind  A.,    M.D.,    C.M.,  Markham,  Major  Alfred,  St.  John,   N.B.     206 

Halifax,  N.S ;    .    .    .  102  Martin,  Jean-Baptiste  A.,   Montreal,  Q.  .       33 

Martin,  Joseph,  Winnipeg,  M 30 

Laing,  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.,  Halifax,  N.S.  132  Martineau,  F.  R.  S.,  Montreal,  Q.    .    .    .       77 

Laird,  Hon.  David,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.  429  Masse,  Rev.  E.  N.,  Grande  Digue,  N.B.       63 


INDEX. 


493 


McAvenney,    Andrew    Francis,    D.D.S., 

St.  John,  N.B 263 

McColl,  Ebenezer,  Winnipeg,  M.  ...  274 
McConnell,  Benjamin  James,  M.D.,  Mor- 

den,  M 414 

McConnell,  John,  M.B.,  Toronto,  O.  .  .  404 
McCourt,  Peter,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.  .  483 
McCoy,  Rev.  Joseph,  Chatham,  N.B.  .  .  117 

McCully,  William,  Truro,  N.S 224 

McCutcheon,  Hugh,  Kamlocps,  B.C.  .    .     418 
McDevitt,    Rev.    Father  J.,    M.A.,   Sus- 
sex, N.B 75 

McDevitt,  Rev.  James  Charles,  Frederic- 
ton,  N.B 171 

McDiarmid,  A.,  M.D.,  Winnipeg,  M,  .  161 
McDonald,  Rev.  Win.  Bernard,  B.D., 

Lourdes,  N.S 220 

McDonald,  Right  Rev.  Jas.  Chas,  D.D., 

Charlottetown,  P.E.I 398 

McDonald,   The  late  Very  Rev.  Daniel, 

D.D.,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I 430 

McDougall,    Adam    Gerrond,  J.P.,   Vir- 

den,  M ......       84 

McEwen,  James  Arthurson,  M.D.,  Mel- 
bourne, 0 86 

McFadden,  John  Jas,  M.D.,  Neepawa,  M.  163 
Mclnnis  Herman  Lewis,  M.D.,  C.M., 

Edmonton,  Alta 56 

Mclntosh,  Rev.  D.  J.,  P.P.,  North  Syd- 
ney, N.S • 257 

Mclntyre,  John,  Fort  William,  O.     ...     251 
Mclntyre,  Right  Rev.  Peter,  D.D.,  Char- 
lottetown, P.E.I 432 

McKellar,  John,  Fort  William,  O.    .    .    .     154 
McKenzie,  JohnT.,  Charlottetown, P. E.I.     445 
McKiel,   Rev.  Win.   Le  Baron,  St.   Mar- 
tins, N.B 315 

McLarren,  Prince   Doane,  Halifax.  N.S.       95 

McLean,  Donald,  Calgary,  Alta 74 

McLean,   Honorable  Daniel,  Portage  La 

Prairie,  M 336 

McLean,  John  Clarke  Carlos  de  Leano, 

L.D.S.,  Montreal,  Q 69 

McLean,    John    William,    M.D.,  C.M., 

North  Sydney,  Cape  Breton,  N.S.  .  299 
McLelan,  Hon.  Arch.,  W.,  Halifax,  N.S.  5 
McLeod,  Ezekiel,  Q.C.,  M.P.,  St.  John, 

N.B.    .  473 


McLeod,  Rev.  Hugh,  A.M.,  D.D.,  Syd- 
ney, C.B 283 

McLeod,  Wm.  McKenzie,  M.D.,  Sydney, 

C.B 309 

McMicken,  the  late  Hon.  Gilbert,  Win- 
nipeg,  M 1 8 

McMillan,   Col.   D.   H.,  Winnipeg,  Man.  15 
McNeill,    Hon.    Daniel,    M.  P.  P.,    Port 

Hood,  C.B 23 

McNinch,  Rev.  Abner  Mercereau,   F.C. 

Petitcodiac,  N.B 127 

Meahan,  John  C.,   M.D.,  Bathurst  Vil- 
lage, N.B.  .  .    .  474 
Meikle,  John  Lovell,  Port  Arthur,  O.  .    .  170 
Michaud,  Rev.  F.X.Jos.,  Buctouche.N.B.  90 

Mitchell,  John  F. ,  Winnipeg,  M 178 

Moir,  John,  Holland,  M 382 

Monroe,  Robert  Gordon,  Digby,  N.S.   .  .  203 
Moore,  Dr.  James  Walker,   St.  Stephen, 

N.B.    .    .                                423 

Moortel,  Rev.  Theophilus  Van  De,  Belle- 
dune,  N.B 136 

Moran,  Capt.  Wm.   Henry,   St.   Martins, 

N.B 335 

Morrison,  Jos.  H.,  M.D.,  St.  John,  N.B.  179 

Morrison,  Rev.  Peter  M.,   Halifax,   N.S.  60 
Morrison,  William  Somerville,  M.D..  St. 

John,  N.B 407 

Morse,  Clinton  Jas.,  M.D.,  Amherst,  N.S.  446 

Morse,  Edward  Jas.,  B.A.,  Windsor,  N.S.  108 
Morse,   William  Agnew  Denny,  Judge, 

Amherst,  N.S 339 

Moseley,  Hon.  E.  Tilton,  Q.C.,  Sydney  .  269 

Mott,  The  late  John  P.,  Halifax,  N.S.     .  134 

Mulvey,  Major  Stewart,  Winnipeg,  M.    .  383 

Murphy,  Rev.  Edward  F.,  D.D.,  Halifax  83 

Murphy,  Dr.  Martin,  Halifax,  N.S.      .    .  58 

Murray,  George  H.,  M.L.C.,    N.  Sydney  328 

Neill,  James  Stewart,  Fredericton,  N.B.  .  425 
Newman,    Frederick  Leslie,   Portage  La 

Prairie,  M 131 

Niblock,  John,  Medecine  Hat,  Assa.    .    .  101 

Nicholson,  Robt.,  M.D.,  Newcastle,  N.B.  104 

Niles,  D.C.,  L.D.S.,  Winnipeg,  M.      .    .  460 

Nolan,  Michael  F. ,  Montreal,  Q 81 

Norton,  R.B.,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.    .    .  447 

Norquay,  The  late  Hon.  J.,  Winnipeg,  M.  10 


INDEX. 


O'Donnell,  John  Harrison,  M.D.,  Winni- 

peg, M  ..............  196 

O'Keefe,  Rev.  Father  Michael  Alexis, 

Grand  Falls,   N.B  .........  454 

Oland,  John  Culverwell,  Mayor,  Dart- 

mouth, N.S  ............  207 

O'Malley,  R.  G.,  M.P.P.,  Lome,  M.  .  .  230 

Orser,  Rev.  Moses  P.,  Hartland,  N.B.  .  484 

Orton,  Geo.  T.,  M.R.C.S.  Winnipeg,  M.  202 

Oulton,  Alf.  K.,  Judge,  Dorchester,  N.B.  160 
Palmer,  Charles  Arthur,  IX-  B.,  Q.C., 

St.  John,  N.B  ...........  394 

Parmelee,  Charles  Henry,  Waterloo,  Q.  .  442 
Parsons,  Rev.  Jos.  Thos.,  F.C.,  Marys- 

vine,  N.B  ............  187 

Partridge,  Rev.  Francis,  M.A.,  D.D., 

Halifax,  N.S  ...........  70 

Pascoe,  Rev.  Joseph,  Petitcodiac,  N.B.  .  109 
Paterson,  James  Alic,  M.  D.,  C.  M., 

Killarney,  M  ...........  266 

Paton,  James,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I.  .  .  426 


176 

389 

190 
193 
209 


218 
354 
378 
233 


Payson,  Rev.  George  Best,  Fredericton  . 
Pelton,  Sandford  H.,  Q.C.,  Yarmouth  . 
Pentreath,  Rev.  Canon  Edwyn  Sandys 

Wetmore,  B.D.,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  .  . 
Perrin,  Albt.  Mitchell,  M.D.,  Yarmouth  . 
Peters,  Thos.  W.,  LL-D,  St.  John,  N.B. 
Pettes,  The  late  Nathaniel,  M.P.,  Knowl- 

ton,  Q  ..............    470 

Pitblado,  Rev.  C.  B.,  Winnipeg,  M.     .    . 
Pither,  Robert  J.  Nicholson,  Rat  Portage 
Poison,  Rev.  Samuel,  Hartney,  M.  .    .    . 

Porter,  George  Marks,  St.  Stephen,  N.B. 
Powell,  Henry  A.,  M.A.,  M.P.P.,  Sack- 

ville,  N.B  .......    .....    416 

Prendergast,   Hon.  James  Emile  Pierre, 

M.  P.  P.,  Saint  Boniface,  M  .....  204 
Preston,  Nassau  Robinson,  Winnipeg,  M.  270 
Price,  William  Henry,  M.D.,  Butternut 

Ridge,  N.B  ............    4J3 

Prowse,   L.   E.,  M.P.P.,   Charlottetown, 

P.E.I  ..............    444 

Purdy,  Silas,  M.D.,  Albert,  N.B.      ...     363 

Purves,  William,  North  Sydney,  C.B.     .       16 

Rainnie,  Re  v.Wm.  Wright,  St.  John,  N.B.  91 
Redmond,  James,  Winnipeg,  M  .....  276 
Redpath,  Peter,  Montreal,  Q  ......  369 


Reid,  Jas.WT.,  M.D.,  C.M., Windsor,  N.S.  478 
Richards,  Hon.  Win..  ex-M.P.P..  Ellers- 

lie.  P.O.,  P.E.I 480 

Ritchie,  Hon.  Allan,  Newcastle,  N.B.    .  428 
Robbins,  Rev.  John,  Truro,  N.S.      .    .    .  181 
Robertson,  Jas.  Edwin.  M.D.,  C.M.,  Mon- 
tague, P.E.I 357 

Robertson,  J.  Palmerston,  Winnipeg.  M.  22 
Robinson,  Alex.,  B.A.,  Vancouver,  B.C. 
Roche,  Wm.  Jas.,  M.D.,  Minnedosa,  M. 
Rogers,     Benjamin,    M.P.P.,     Charlotte- 
town,  P.E.I 438 

Rogers,     Frederick,     D.C.L.    Sault   Ste. 

Marie,   0 118 

Roland,  Walpole,  Port  Arthur,  O.    .    .    .  198 
Ross,  Rev.  Andrew  W.,  Portage  La  Prai- 
rie, M 150 

Ross,  The  late  Rev.  Ebenezer.Truro,  N.S.  449 
Rouleau,   Ed.    Hector.,    M.D.,    Calgary, 

Alta 66 

Rouleau,  Hon.  Chas.  B.,   Calgary,   Alta.  28 

Rourke,  Wm.  Henry.,  St.  Martins,  N.B.  288 

Routledge,  Tom,  J.  P.,  Virden,  M.  .    .    .  142 
Rowand,   Rev.   William,   Liddle  Hislop. 

Fort  William,  0 212 

Rurnball,  Rev.  Mark  C.,  B.A.,  Morden,M.  184 

Rutherford,  John,  Stellarton,  N.S.    ...  243 

Ryan,  Thomas,  Winnipeg,  M 180 

Sables,  Rev.  Chas.  Watson,  Campbellton, 

N.B 115 

Scanlan,  Michael,  Montreal,  Q 439 

Schaffner,  Fred.   Lawrence,   M.D.,   C.M. 

Boissevain,  M 249 

Schultz,    Hon.    John    Christian,     M.D., 

Winnipeg,   M 437 

Scott,  Thomas,  Winnipeg,  M.  .    .    ."  .    .  356 
Scouler,  Rev.  Thomas.,  New  Westmins- 
ter, B.C 62 

Scovil.S.  S.,  C.M.,  M.D.,  Rat  Portage,  O.  468 

Seeley,  Rev.  Geo.,  Petitcodiac,  N.B.    .    .  too 

Semmens,  Rev.  John,  Winnipeg,  M.    .    .  186 
Shanks,    Alb.   Livingston,    M.D.,   C.M.. 

Miami,  M 272 

Sharp,     Isaac    Clarence,     M.  D.,    Marys- 

ville,  N.B 175 

Shaw,  Rev.  John,  New  Glasgow,  N.S.    .  228 

Shortt,  Alfred,  Halifax,  N.S 155 

Sifton,  Clifford,  Brandon,  M 12 


INDEX. 


495 


Simpson,  Rev.  Allan,  Halifax,  N.S.    .    .  67 
Simpson,    R.   M.,    M.D.,    C.M.,    Winni- 
peg, M 334 

Skillen,  William  Edgar,  J.  P.,  St.  Mar- 
tins, N.B 279 

Smith,  Captain  W.  H.,   F.R.G.S.,  Hali- 
fax, N.S 114 

Smith,  Chas.  Reynolds,  Amherst,  N.S.  .  400 
Smith,    Joshua    Newton,    M.D.,    Hamp- 
ton, N.B 55 

Smith,  Henry  Hall,  Winnipeg,  Man.  .    .  320 

Smith,  Montague  A.  B.,  M.D.,  Halifax,  103 

Smith,  Samuel  C.,  Uxbridge,  0 441 

Somerset,   John   Beaufort,   Winnipeg,  M.  293 
Sparling,  John  Henry,  M.D.,  C.M.,  Pilot 

Mound,  M 368 

Sparling,  Jos.  Walter,  M.A.,  D.D.,  Win- 
nipeg, M 374 

Spencer,   Elijah  Edmond,   M.P.P.,  Fre- 

lighsburg,  Q 417 

Spencer,   Rev.  W.  H.,  B.A.,  Montague, 

P.E.I 422 

Spera,  Archibald  E.,  Winnipeg,  M.      .    .  298 

Starr,  John,  Halifax,  N.S 129 

Stephens,  George  W.,  jr.  Montreal,  Q.  .  459 
Stevens,  Hon.  James  G.,  Q.C.,  St.  Steph- 
en, N.B 235 

Stevens,  Hy.  Thaddeus,  Moncton,  N.B.  .  373 

Stewart,  Frank  Duncan,  Carman,  M.  .    .  322 

Stewart,   Rev.  A.,    B.D.,  Winnipeg,   M.  375 

Stobart,  Frederick  Wm.,  Winnipeg,  M.  321 

Stoyte,  J.  Chas.,  B.A.,  M.B.,  Souris,  M.  360 

Strong,  Charles  W.,  Sutnmerside,  P.E.I.  469 
Sturdee,     Henry    Lawrence,     M.A.,    St. 

John,  N.B 255 

Summers,    Rev.   Donald,  J.,    L,.D.   Pros- 
pect,   N.S 152 

Sutherland,  John,   Kildonan,   M  .    .    .    .  248 
Sutherland,  Rev.  Hugh  Campbell,  B.A., 

Carman,  M 350 

Sutherland,    Rev.    John    Sanders,    B.A., 

Sussex,    N.B 42 

Tache,    The  most  Rev.  Alex.  Antonin, 

St.  Boniface,  M 113 

Taylor,  The  late  J.  W.,  Winnipeg,  M.  .  397 

Taylor,  Thomas  B..   Watford,    O.  .  61 


Templeman,  William,  Victoria,  B.C.  .  .  123 

Tennant,  Matthew,  Fredericton,  N.  B.  443 
Thompson,  A.  Stewart,  M.B.,  L.R.C.P., 

Strathroy,  0 73 

Thornton,  Robert  Stirton,  M.B.,  C.M., 

Deloraine,  M 393 

Tobin,  Wm,  M.D.,  Halifax,  N.S.  ...  105 

Torrens,  Benj.  Henry,  Fredericton,  N.B.  168 

Travers,  Boyle,  M.D.,  St.  John,  N.B.  .  .  183 

Tupper,  Jas.  Stewart,  Q.C. ,  Winnipeg,  M.  7 
Tupper,  Hon.  Sir  Chas.,  Bart,  G.C.M.G., 

C.B.,  LIv.D.,  M.D.,  Amherst,  N.S.  6 

Tweed,  Thos.,  M.L.A.,  Medicine  Hat,  A.  64 

Urquhart,  Rev.  Alex.,  Brandon,  M.  .  .  384 
Vincent,  Rev.  Thos.  ,D.D.,  Moose  Factory 

N.  W.  T 302 

Walker,  Hon.,  David  Marr, Winnipeg,  M.  165 
Walton,  Rev.  Thos.  Henry  Jackson,  B.A. 

Morden,  M.  .  .  . 254 

Ware,  Wm  T.,  Montreal,  Que 458 

Watson,  Hon.  Robt,  M.P.P.  Winnipeg,  M.  205 

Weaver,  Rev.  G.  D.,  Montague,  P.  E.  I.  453 

Weddall,  John  James,  Fredericton,  N.B.  433 

Weidman,  James,  Rat  Portage,  O.  .  .  .  236 

Weir,  W.  A.,  Rat  Portage,  0 341 

Wemyss,  John,  M.A.,  Neepawa,  M.  .  .  143 
White,  Rev.  Alg.  Silva,  B.  A.,  Carman,  M.  358 
White,  Wm,  Q.C.,  Moosomin,  Assa.  .  .  no 
Whitman,  Alf. ,  B.  A. , LL.  B. , Halifax, N.S.  87 
Wickwire,  The  late  John  L,eander,  Can- 
ning, N.S 128 

Wilcocks,  Geo.  Cornish,  Granby,  Q.  .  .  116 

Willis,  The  late  Edward,  St.  John,  N.B.  303 
Wilson,  Hon.  Herbert  Charles,  M.D.. 

Edmonton,  Alta 85 

Wishart,  Capt.  James,  St.  Martin's,  N.B.  271 

Wood,  J.  Taylor,  Halifax,  N.S 97 

Wood,  Rev.  Charles,  Souris,  M 331 

Wright.  William,  Montreal,  Q 477 

Wurtele,  Rev.  L.  C.,  M.A.,  Actonvale,  y.  463 

Young,  Ainslie  L,unham,  Souris,  M.  .  .  366 

Young,  J.  Jackson,  Moosomim,  Assa.  .  .  352 

Young,  J.  Pringle,  Portage  La  Prairie,  M.  135 

Young,  The  Rev.  Geo.,  D.D., Toronto,  O.  329 
Young,  The  Right  Rev.  R.,  D.D.,  Bishop 

of  Athabaska 213 


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