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Mr. Lord has twice been married. In December, 1859, he married Miss Carrie M. Rich, a daughter of Lathley Rich, of Win- terport, Maine, and to them was born one child, a boy, who died in 1865, at the age of seventeen months. Mrs. Carrie Lord died in 1864, and in December, 1869, Mr. Lord married Miss Margaret P. S. Gray, a daughter of Colonel, the Hon. John Hamil- ton Gray, who was chairman of the first con- vention held in connection with Prince Ed- ward Island going into the confederation, and who at that time was adjutant general of the province. To this union have been born the following children: William W., de- ceased; John H., deceased; Roland Ernest. who went to South Africa with the First Contingent and has since remained there, being engaged in contracting in the mines; Harry Hope is now a resident of New Haven, Connecticut, where he is engaged as inspector of telephones for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; Victor Hamilton is a mechanical engineer in W'inni- peg, Manitoba; Gladwys S. and Florence are at home. In religion Mr. Lord was reared a Wesleyan Methodist, but in 1876 he identi— fied himself with the Presbyterian church. During his active business career Mr. Lord made frequent trips across the Atlantic, nine- teen round trips in all, spending three years in London, Liverpool and other of the large cities, visiting Ireland and the highlands of Scotland, as well as New York and many other American cities. The Lord family has been an active one in the affairs of the Island, the members of the family being character— ized by public spirit, enterprise and energy, always standing ready to advocate and sup- port any movement for the advancement of the best interests of the people. The subject of this sketch is a magnificent specimen of

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physical manhood, despite his seventy years, and enters heartily into the activities of life. He enjoys an extensive acquaintance and is popular with all who know him.

BENJAMIN BALDERSTON, who occupies the responsible position of auditor for the province of Prince Edward Island, and who stands high in general public esteem, is a native of this Island, having been born at York, Queens county, on November 12, 1843, and is the son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth (Deacon) Balderston, the former born in Lincolnshire, England, and the latter in Ireland. The paternal grandfather, John Balderston, who was a native of Lincoln- shire, England, came to Prince Edward Is- land about 1822, and located at Belfast, where he followed his trade, that of a mill- wright. He built the first windmill on the Is- land, utilizing it to grind grain, and in many other ways exhibited a progressive disposi- tion. He died at the age of seventy-four years. Benjamin Balderston learned the trade of millwright under his father and about 1857 he removed to North \Viltshire, where he bought a mill and farm. For many years he was considered one of the best mill- wrights on the Island and was employed in the construction of a large number of mills. He died in 1876, at the age of seventy-three years.

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools at York and at \Viltshire and finished his education in the old Central Academy, at Charlottetown, now Prince of Wales College. He then commenced teach- ing school, first at Pownal and then at W ilt- shire, being so engaged about three years. During this time he had pursued the study