460 PAST AND PRESENT OF paternal grandparents were Angus and Mary ( Maclnnis ) McPhee, the latter a sis¬ ter of the subject's granduncle, Duncan Maclnnis . 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 they heard of the death of the governor of Canada , which, Tie 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 Wash¬ 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, William Cras ¬ well, came from England with the father of Hon . George Coles . Hon . James Craswell