PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 455 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 . 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 (Coffin) McEwen. The father was also a native of Lot 39 and followed farming dur¬ ing his active years, his death occurring in 1803, at the age of sixty-eight years. The paternal grandfather was David McEwen , 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 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 (Sterns) 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 Coffin , who received from the British Government a grant of the . 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 West 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 1885 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