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tion. He is a man of fine public spirit and is liberal in his support of all worthy public movements.

JOHN DAVIS SCHURMAN, who is success- fully engaged in the operation of a fine farm in Prince county and also' well known as a successful trader, was born at Freetown on the 23d of March, 1850, and is a son of Rob- ert and Lydia (Gouldrup) Schurman, both natives of Prince Edward Island, the former born at Bedeque and the latter at Tryon. The father, who followed farming through- out his active life, died on March 31, 1875.

J. D. Schurman attended the public schools of Freetown and upon attaining ma- ture years took up the vocation of farming, to which he has given some attention continu- ously since. He also a number of years ago entered upon a mercantile career in which he has achieved a fair degree 'of success. being accounted one of the leading and substantial citizens of the locality. His farm, which con- sists of one hundred seventy-five acres, is eli- gibly located and is maintained at the highest point of excellence, being improved with a full set of up—to—date farm buildings and other accessories. Mr. Schurman gives his personal attention to every detail of his busi— ness and has become a leader in his commu- nity, as an able business man and public spir- ited citizen. Politically he is a Liberal, fra— temally a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and in religion he with his fam- ily belongs to the Baptist church. On Janu- ary 29, 1878, Mr. Schurman married Miss Margaret A. Auld, a daughter of Robert and Mary Ann (Boughton )Auld, of Charlotte- town; the former being a native of Cove Head, the latter a native of Charlottetown. To them have been born three sons, namely:

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Robert P., who is an accountant in the Im- perial Bank of Canada at North Battleford, Saskatchewan; Evert T., who is now en- gaged in prospecting at Crystal City, Mani- toba; Walter Ray, who is now engaged in prospecting at Edmondton, Alberta.

CAPT. WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, who has acquired a wide-spread reputation as a painter in oils and who enjoys a large per- sonal acquaintance in Kings county, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, August 13, 1832, and is a son of Antipas and Mary Jackson, natives of Massachusetts, the for- mer born at Roxbury and the latter at Dor- chester. They are descendants of good, old New England families, who have resided in America for several generations.

The subject of this sketch received a common school education at VVatertown, Massachusetts, and was given a liberal edu- cation in art, in which he has since achieved such distinctive success. In 1861, when President Lincoln issued his call for volun- teers to aid in the suppression of the great insurrection in the United States, Mr. Jack- son enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment. Massachusetts Volunteers, and was at that time commissioned first lieutenant. In 1862 he was promoted to the rank of captain and the same year became major of the Second California Regiment. He proved a gallant and faithful supporter of his country in that terrible struggle and upon the close of the war received an honourable discharge.

In 1865 Captain Jackson married Miss Alice Holmes, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and a daughter of Edward and Mary Holmes. The Captain is a Republican in politics, though generally independent in