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ject’s father was born on Wood Islands on November 17, 1827, and to his union with Ellen Wea-therby were born the following children: Elizabeth, the wife of James Young, a farmer, who is the proprietor of Wood Islands ; Donald and John were twins and both are deceased; William is a farmer and married Prudence Drake; Christina, the wife of John McMurchie, an operator, on the Grand Trunk Railway, at Toronto, Ontario; John, a farmer and ranchman in California; the subject of this sketch is next in order of birth; A. M. died at Long Beach, California, in 1904; Walter D. died in California, hav- ing been a manufacturer of nitro-glycerine and being killed by an explosion in the fac- tory; Mary, who became the wife of Robert Chisholm, a farmer in Nova Scotia. Duncan Taylor followed farming and shipbuilding during his active years and now makes his home with the subject. being the only sur- vivor of his family.

The subject of this sketch received a good practical education in the district schools and, in connection with his father. owns a farm of fifty-two acres. For twelve years he followed a seafaring life, six years of this time on the Pacific ocean and six on the Atlantic, during which time he visited nearly every foreign country. During the last ten years he has been engaged in the general mercantile business on Wood Islands,in which he has been fairly successful.

In 1895 he married Miss Emma Mc- Millan, a daughter of Angus and Clara (Cornish) McMillian, the former having been a member of Parliament during two sessions. To the subject and his wife has been born one child, Clarice I. Mr. Taylor is a Liberal in politics and has served as justice of the peace during the past five years. His religious affiliation is with the

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Presbyterian church and he takes an active part in the various interests of this society. He has acquired all he has by his own exer- tions and is deserving of the high regard in which he is held by the community.

JOHN G. McLEOD, a prosperous miller at Wood Islands North, Queens county, was born at Strathalbyn, Prince Edward Island, in 1837, and is a son of Malcolm McLeod, a native of the Isle of Raasay. Scotland, who came to Prince Edward Island in 1830 and followed farming throughout his active years in Strath Alban. and died in 1865. He was the father of seven children. Jessie, Murdock, John G., Norman, Roderick D.. Alex G. and Allen.

The subject of this sketch received a good education in the district schools and has devoted his active years almost exclusively to farming. He and his son, D. M., are the owners of one‘hundred and eighty acres of fine land, eighty of which are under the plow, the balance containing some excellent timber. Mr. McLeod and his son have for thirty—eight years run a saw mill in Lot 62 devoted to the manufacture of shingles and boards and to custom sawing. They have been enterprising and progressive in their labours and have met with a very gratifying degree of success.

On April 10. 1860. Mr. McLeod married Miss Sarah McSwain, of \Volville, Lot 60. and to them have been born children. of whom the only one now living is Donald Morrison. who is engaged in business with his father. On October 29, 1903. he married Miss Christie A. McLeod. a daughter of John and Rachael McLeod. In politics Mr. McLeod supports the Liberal party, in re-