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paternal grandparents were Angus and Mary (MacInnis) McPhee, the latter a sis- ter of the subject’s granduncle, Duncan MacInnis. To the subject and his wife have been born the following children: James A. is a teacher at Lakeville and is engaged in business with his father; John J. is a teacher and farmer at Lakeville; Elizabeth was a teacher for many years and is now the wife of M. J. L. Kennedy, of Manches- ter, New Hampshire; Mary Anna is the wife of P. J. Campbell, of Campbell’s Cove. Lot 47, Kings county; Ellen Gertrude lives in Portland, Oregon. The mother of these children died on May 10, 1903, at the age of sixty-nine years. The members of the fam- ily belong to the St. Columbo Roman Cath- olic church and are deeply interested in all movements having for their purpose the advancement of the community.
JOHN COLLIER UNDERHAY, a successful farmer and ex-member of the Legislative Assembly, was born at Bay Fortune on the farm adjoining the one he now owns in 1829, and is a son of William Underhay. who came from Devonshire, England, in 1818, and located on the homestead at Bay Fortune, living thereon until his death in 1862, at the age of sixty-four years. He occupied a high position in public esteem and served two terms as high sheriff and many years as magistrate. His father, who never left England, bore the Christian name of William and was a reliable farmer there. The subject’s mother was a daughter of James Withers, of Bath, Somersetshire, who with his wife, daughter and three sons left England to take a government position in Canada, but on reaching Newfoundland
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they heard of the death of the governor of Canada, which, 'he being a friend of Mr. Withers, changed their plans, and after a few years’ stay in Newfoundland they came to Prince Edward Island and settled on the farm, where the subject of this sketch now resides, leaving one son, J. C. Withers, in Newfoundland, where for sixty years he held the office of Queen’s Printer, a position now filled by his son, J. W. Withers. The father of James Withers was an intimate friend of the then celebrated William Jay and several of the letters published in his biography are addressed to Mr. Withers, one congratulating him on the approaching marriage of his son James to Miss Penelope Collier, the grandmother of the subject of this sketch. .
The latter was educated at Bay Fortune and spent his early years on the homestead farm. He was elected a member of the Legislature and in 1878 was re-elected, as he was also in 1886 and 1900. In the house he was a supporter of the Sullivan and McLeod governments and the Liberal Con- servative party. He still takes an active interest in public affairs. In his youth he became a land surveyor and has followed this pursuit to a greater or less extent ever since, having done a large amount of work in this Island. He has also been a strong advocate of temperance and in 1884 was a delegate to the world’s convention at \Vash- ington, D. C., and has served several times as grand worthy templar.
Mr. Underhay married Miss Rosaline Craswell, a daughter of Hon. James Cras- well, deceased, formerly of St. Eleanor's, and a member of the Legislative Council for this province. His father, \Villiam Cras- well, came from England with the father of Hon. George Coles. Hon. James Craswell