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in I787 and there received his education. In 1808 he emigrated to Prince Edward Island, locating in Lot 48, where he fol- lowed the trade of a tailor, but subsequently discontinued this vocation and moved to De— Sable, where he engaged in agricultural pur- suits up to the time of his death in 1861. To his marriage with Miss Flora Campbell, also a native of the Isle of Mull, there were born ten children; namely: Dougall, Laughlin, Archibald, John, Donald, Alice, Christy, Mary, Elizabeth and Maggie. The mother of these children died in about 1865. The subject’s father, Charles McKinnon, was born in DeSable in 1837, educated in the dis- trict schools of that neighborhood and fol- lowed farming throughout his life, his death occurring in 1902. He married Miss Mar— garet McKay, a daughter of John McKay, of Canoe Cove, and to them were born eight children, namely: John, residing in the West; Dougall, who resides on the old homestead; Daniel, living in Boston, Mas- sachusetts; Ewan, subject of this sketch; Jane the wife of Peter Ferguson; Elizabeth, who is married and lives in Boston. Massa— chusetts; Flora, the wife of M. Dixon, of California; and Alice, who was married but is now deceased. Charles McKinnon was a faithful member of the Scotch Kirk and was actively interested in politics, being an ar- dent supporter of the Liberal party.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the schools of South Melville. and upon the completion of his studies he learned the trade of blacksmith which he followed for about twenty years. He then, in 1892 en- gaged in a general mercantile business at Hampton, which he has continued to the present time. He is also serving acceptably as the postmaster at Hampton. He is a man of good practical ideas and absolute in-

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tegrity and has commanded not only the respect of his fellow citizens but a large share of their patronage as well. Mr. Mc- Kinnon has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Hannah Maria Inman, daughter of John Inman, and to this union were born seven children: Mabel Burke, VVillma May, Janie Webster, Hannah Maria, Henry Dana, Miller Bowles, and John Hal— sey. Mrs. Hannah McKinnon died in 1893 and in November, 1895, Mr. McKinnon married Miss Hattie Belle Myers, a daugh- ter of Isaac Myers, of Hampton, and to them were born five children: George Os- wald, deceased; Kenneth Wilbur, Mary Nelder; Freda Grace and Frank Elmer, de- ceased. In politics Mr. McKinnon supports the Liberal party and in religion is affiliated with the Scotch Kirk. Fraternally he is a' member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Sons of Temperance and the Orangemen. A man of sterling integrity and pleasing address, Mr. McKinnon enjoys the friend- ship of a large circle of acquaintances.

H. JAMES PALMER, who enjoys a large legal practice and is justly considered one of the leading barristers in Charlottetown, is a native of this city, where he was born August 26, I851, and a son of Edward and Isabella Phoebe (Tremain) Palmer, the former a native of Charlottetown and the latter of Quebec. The paternal grandfather, James Bardon Palmer, who was a native of Dublin, Ireland, was a barrister and came to Prince Edward Island in 1802, as the agent ' for one of the landed proprietors of the Island. He afterward entered public life here and took an active part in affairs.

H. James Palmer received his early edu-