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throughout his active years. He owns an extensive and productive farm in Lot 56, on which he has resided since his location here in 1861. He has bred, purchased, handled and sold a large number of ﬁne horses and is high authority on horses and breeds today and is a leader among the farmers of his community, his progressiveness being indi- cated by the fact that he purchased the ﬁrst twine binder in Kings county and the ﬁrst hay-loader in Prince Edward Island. He gives his attention to every detail of the busi- ness and has been successful to a gratifying degree. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian, and has been a total abstainer all his life. He has served as jus- tice of the peace and magistrate for many years, also being commissioner for the set- tlement of small debts and commissioner for the provincial exhibition. His son, E. A. Robertson, is a leading and successful physi- cian at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and of the three daughters two are trained nurses in Boston, each being a graduate of three dif- ferent hospitals, while the third daughter is the wife of William H. Keefe, of Rollo Bay. The subject is a man of many excellent qual- ities of character and enjoys the sincere re- gard of all who know him, of whatsoever creed or country.

HARVEY DAVID McEWEN, one of the leading business men at Morrell, Kings county, was born in Lot 39, Prince Edward Island, and is a son of John and Jane (Coﬁin) McEwen. The father was also a native of Lot 39 and followed farming dur- ing his active years, his death occurring in 1893, at the age of sixty-eight years. The paternal grandfather was David McEwen,

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who was also born in Lot 39, and who was a son of Duncan McEwen, who, in 1763, at the age of twenty years, came to Prince Edward Island, from his native place, Perthshire, Scotland. He located at St. Peter’s Lake and there followed farming up to the time of his death. His remains now lie buried at New London Cape. One of his sons, Ed- ward, is still living, at the age of eighty-six years, and in the enjoyment of splendid health. David McEwen, the grandfather, married a Miss Douglass, a daughter of George Douglass, of the Head of Hillsboro. The Douglass family, who came from Scot- land, were the owners of a large tract of land in Lot 38. The subject’s mother, Jane Cof- ﬁn, was a daughter of Benjamin and Caro- line (Stems) Cofﬁn, of Morrell, the father being a son of Elisha Cofﬁn, who came to Prince Edward Island from Nantucket as a United Empire Loyalist. The latter was a near relative of Admiral Coﬁ‘in, who received from the British Government a grant of the Magdalen Islands. To John and Jane (Cofﬁn) McEwen were born the following children: Harvey D., subject of this sketch; R. W., a merchant at St. Peter’s Bay; Ben- jamin, a farmer at West St. Peter’s; Walter, also a farmer at W’ est St. Peter’s; Mrs. Os— wald Dingwell, of (Marie; Mrs. William Pickett, of Mt. Stewart; Alice, deceased, who married James Partridge; Fannie, deceased, and another who died some years ago. The subject of this sketch, who in his youth re- ceived a good district school education, sup- plemented this by’ attendance at the normal school in Charlottetown, and was then for seven years engaged in teaching school. In 188 5 he entered upon business on his own ac- count at Morrell and has since had a most successful business career. He carries a large stock of well selected goods and enjoys