PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

local affairs, being a captain in the local militia company and his sword is now in the possession of Mrs. John A. Dingwell, widow of the subject of this sketch.

J. G. MCLEOD, who is successfully en- gaged in the insurance business at Bridge- town, Kings county, and who is also serv- ing as the capable postmaster at that place, was born at Vernon River, Prince Edward Island, and is a son of Murdock and Mar- garet (Gunn) McLeod, the former of whom was born at Uig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 1814, and died at New Uig, Prince Edward Island, in 1889, at the age of seventy-five years. Murdock, with his brothers, Samuel, John, Roderick and Neil, and his sisters, Katie, Mary and Ann, all settled at Uig and occupied respective positions in the com- munity. Katie became the wife of William Cameron, of Brown’s Creek; Mary, the wife of Angus McDonald, of Uig; and Ann, the wife of James McDonald, a brother of An- gus McDonald. The paternal grandfather, Norman McLeod, was also born in the Isle of Skye, and came to Prince Edward Island with his family in 1826 and settled at New Uig, Lot 50, on a wild tract of land which he cleared and developed into a splendid farm and where he died in about 1836. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Mc- Leod and she died in Scotland some time before 1826. The subject’s mother, Mar- garet (Gunn) McLeod, was born in Mira- michie, New Brunswick, and was a daugh- ter of Benjamin Gunn, a native of Scotland, who participated in the battle of Waterloo. Her mother bore the maiden name of Sty- mist, her family having been United Em- pire Loyalists, who came from New York

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to New Brunswick at the close of the Revo- lutionary war. Mrs. McLeod is still living, at the age of eighty-eight years and in the enjoyment of remarkable health.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools of his community and has always stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. His life has been charac- terized by upright living and his dealings have always been governed by those rules of action which commend him to those with whom he comes in contact. He has for a number of years been successfully engaged in the insurance business, representating a number of well known and high class com- panies and has handled a large amount of insurance in this locality. In his official po- sition as postmaster at Bridgetown he has handled the affairs of the oflice in a man- ner that has been highly satisfactory to the patrons and has exerted every effort to ac- commodate those having dealings therewith. He possesses a genial disposition and en- joys the friendship of all who know him.

JOHN ALEX. MACDONALD, a prosperous and successful merchant and sterling citizen at Cardigan, Kings county, was born at Tra- cadie in 1874 and is a son of John Charles and Elizabeth Mary (Macdonald) Mac- donald, the latter being a daughter of Hugh and Jane (McKenzie) Macdonald, the father of Tracadie Cross, Queens county, and the mother of Scotch Fort, both in this province. The paternal great-grand- father, Angus Macdonald, was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and came to Prince Edward Island in 1772 with Capt. John Macdonald. He was the father of eight sons, Roderick, Charles and Alexander