4iS PAST AND PRESENT OF and the mother of Pinette , born in 1830. Her father, Alexander Campbell , Esq., a farmer, was a native of Rosshire, Scotland , and came to Prince Edward Island on the ship "Polly" in 1803. The paternal grand¬ father, Donald MacRae , was a native of Scotland and came to Prince Edward Island in 1803 on the ship "Polly,"settling at Ponds , where he followed farming throughout his active years. James MacRae followed a sea¬ faring life for over twenty years, rising to the rank of captain . He was the father of five children, namely: Kate, deceased; Jeanette, the wife of Fred Whittle , an up- hoslter in Boston, Massachusetts , now de¬ ceased; Kenneth met his death by drown¬ ing ; John R. is the next in birth; Richard C, a farmer residing near the subject and a member of the firm of McRae Brothers. James McRae was a Liberal in politics, and a Presbyterian in religious faith. John R. MacRae received a good district school education and was reared to the life of a farmer. This he has followed during his mature years, and in connection with it he also operates a saw mill established by his father. He also does much contracting and carpenter work, in which he has been very successful. He owns one hundred and fifty acres of land, sixty of which have been cleared by himself, and on this are produced all the crops common to this latitude. In 1895 Mr. MacRae married Miss Jan - ette Martin, a daughter of Donald Martin , of Belle River . He is a Liberal in politics, but has no aspiration for public office. His religious membership is with the St. John's church, of which he is a trustee, while fra¬ ternally he is a member of St. Andrew's Lodge No . 13, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Montague Bridge. A man of many fine personal qualities and good busi¬ ness ability. Mr. MacRae has been successful and enjoys the high regard of all who know him. Wallace F. Hood , of Lot 32, Queens county, who has achieved pronounced suc¬ cess as a horticulturist, was born February 25, 1877, at Augustine Cove , Prince Edward Island , and is the son of Richard and Sarah A. (Stone) Hood. Richard Hood was born at Tryon in 1840 and was one of the early families of that section. The subject's ances¬ tors were English on both sides of the fam¬ ily. Richard Hood followed shoemaking for many years and also farmed extensively in Lot 48, being associated with the sub¬ ject of this sketch. Wallace Hood received a district school education and has always followed rural pur¬ suits. He is the owner of sixty-five acres of land near Cornwall and eight and one- half acres at that place, on which he is engaged in the raising of fruit and all kinds of berries, having sold six hundred crates of strawberries in 1905 to one party. In con¬ nection with fruit growing the subject and his father carry on general farming and dairying. Mr. Hood engaged in cheese making for three years in the Cornwall cheese factory, having caried off the three first prizes for the three years, and having been employed in the factory at Mt. Stewart for one year, and at the World's Fair he secured a diploma for excellency as a cheese maker. In politics Mr. Hood votes with the Liberal party, while in religion he is a Meth¬ odist. He has exercised sound judgment in his business affairs and is enjoying a very gratifying degree of prosperity, being con¬ sidered one of the representative citizens of his community.