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whose parents were also born in Devonshire, and came to Prince Edward Island in 1836, locating on a fine farm in Lot 19, on which they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying there at the age of eighty-four years.

The subject of this sketch received his education in the district schools of the neigh- borhood and was reared to the life of a farmer, which vocation he followed until twenty-three years of age. He then learned the carriage-building trade with his brother, Reuben Tuplin, and about forty-two years ago entered upon the manufacture of car- riages on his own account in Lot 19, which business he continued successfully for twen- ty-two years. He manufactured carriages, wagons, carts, truck wagons and sleighs, for which he found a ready sale throughout the province. He acquired an excellent reputa- tion because of the high class of the products turned out and was very successful in a financial way, so that about twenty years ago he retired from active business and located on the farm where he now resides, which consists of two hundred and sixty acres of as good land as can be found in this locality. He has given his political support to the Liberal party and has served as magistrate for Prince county. In church relations he is a Methodist. Mr. Tuplin married Miss Eliza- beth McGregor, a daughter of Donald and Isabella (Campbell) McGregor, of Lot 48, and natives of Scotland. To this union have been born the following children: James Preston, a civil engineer in New York city; Franklin Folland resides on a farm in Lot 19;‘Chester Patterson resides on the old homestead. F ratemally Mr. Tuplin has been a member of the Masonic order for many years. The subject’s pater— nal grandfather was William Tuplin, who

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married a Miss Torre, a first cousin of Par- son Torre, of Devonshire, England, one of the most eloquent preachers of his time.

ROBERT LEARD, a successful and {well known merchant at Tryon, was born in this settlement on January 18, 1841, and is a son of James and Mary (Snow) Leard. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Leard, who was a native of Ireland, came to Prince Edward Island in young manhood, being the seventh pioneer in order of settlement at T ryon, where he took up a tract of land and thereafter followed farming. He was a member of the Methodist church. His death occurred in 1874 and his wife died in 1872. The mother’s maiden name was Elizabeth Brown, a native of Cove Head, Prince Edward Island, and to this union were born seven children: John; Samuel; James, father of the subject; Jane, the wife of John Gamble; Margaret, the wife of William Howatt; Elizabeth, the wife of John McRae; and Ann, wife of John Costin. James Leard was born at Tryon, educated in the schools here and followed farming throughout his active years. He occupied a high standing among his fellow citizens and as a member of the Methodist church was active in forwarding the best interests of the community along moral lines. In politics he supported the Liberal party. He died in 1856 and his widow survived until 1894. James Leard married Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow, of Tryon, and they had eight children: Joseph, deceased; Artemas, in Idaho; Robert, subject of this sketch; Samuel, a blacksmith at Tryon; Eliza, Jane and Annie, deceased; Cynthia and Ellen, still living.