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and enjoys the sincere regard of all who know him. He has been successful in business and upright in his dealings with his fellows.

DAVID GORDON, who occupies an envi- able position among his fellow citizens be- cause of his success as an agriculturist and the earnest and active part he has taken in the promotion of the welfare of the commu- nity, was born at Cascumpec Village, Prince Edward Island, on April 28, 1834, and is a son of Robert and Margaret (Sinclair) Gordon, the former of whom was born in Lot 16, in 1786, followed farming during his active years and died at Cascumpec at the age of eighty-four years. The paternal grandfather, Robert Gordon, was a native of Inverness, Scotland, came to Prince Ed- ward Island in an early day and secured a grant of land from the government as a reward for his faithful service in the army. He settled on this grant and while on a trip to Charlottetown to secure axes for clear- .ing the land, he was drowned in Rustico Bay. To the subject’s parents were born the following children: Isabella, John, Robert, Neill, William, Edward, Donald, Henry, Rachael, David, George, James and Archibald. The father was a Conservative in politics, though never an aspirant for public ofiice, and was an elder in the Pres- byterian church for many years. He was successful in business and enjoyed the re- spect of all who knew him.

David Gordon was reared on the paren- tal homestead and in his youthful years se- cured a good education in the district schools. Under his father’s supervision he learned the secret of successful husbandry and has during the subsequent years given this vocation his earnest attention with a

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gratifying degree of success. He is now the owner of eighty—six acres of splendid land, sixty acres of which are under cultivation, having been cleared by the subject himself. He has erected all of the buildings which now adorn the place and which are modern in design and substantial in construction. He devoted his entire attention to the va- ried interests connected with his farm, which includes some dairying, the milk be- ing sent to the cheese factory. Mr. Gordon assumes an independent attitude in politics, voting for men and measures that most nearly meet with his approval. His reli- gious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder and superin- tendent of the Sunday school, while frater- nally he belongs to the Masonic order at Al- berton. In 1861 Mr. Gordon married Miss Martha Owen, a daughter of George and Ellen (Montgomery) Owen, the father, who was a successful farmer in Lot I8, be- ing now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don have been born the following children: Donald S., a carpenter of Worcester, Mass- a chusetts; John 0., a farmer in Lot 3, this province; Annie, the wife of Captain D. S. Miller, a sailor whose home is at Alberton; Fulton, a carpenter at Worcester, Massa- chusetts; Lettie, at home; Arthur L., a car— penter at Newton Falls, Massachusetts. Mr. Gordon has by a life of right living and earnest and consistent endeavor earned the unreserved respect and confidence of his fel- low citizens and he enjoys a widespread popularity. throughout the community.

DANIEL MCLAREN, a successful mer- chant at Belle River, was born at New Perth, Kings county, Prince Edward Is- land, on January I, 1840, and is a son of