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JOHN J. MCPHEE, who is now the well known and successful manager of the firm of Prowse & Son, general merchants at Mur- ray River, was born at Cardigan Bridge, Prince Edward Island, on April 8, 1861, and is a son of Murdock and Flora (Mac- Donald) McPhee, the former born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and the latter at Point Prim, Belfast, Prince Edward Island. They were agricultural people and stood high in the esteem of the locality where they lived. The paternal grandparents, John and Annie (Cameron) McPhee, were natives of Scotland and came to Prince Edward Island in 1842, while the maternal grand- parents were Ronald and Catherine (Gillis) MacDonald, who came to Prince Edward Island in 1803 on the ship “Polly.”

The subject of this sketch attended the district schools of his native place and in 1882 left Prince Edward Island for the United States. He spent one year in the territory of Dakota and then went to Michi- gan, where he remained until 1886, being engaged in the mercantile business in which he was fairly successful. He then returned to Prince Edward Island and located at Little Sands, Lot 64, where he entered into the lobster canning business, having a fac- tory both there and at Pictou Island. He followed this pursuit until 1898, when he accepted his present position as manager of the mercantile business of Prowse & Son at Murray River. They conduct a large and rapidly increasing business and much of the success of the enterprise has been due to the energetic efforts and the personal popu- larity of the subject. On May 7, 1895, Mr. McPhee married Miss Mary M. Stewart. a daughter of the late Murdock Stewart and his wife Christie (Stewart) Stewart, the former a native of the Isle of Skye, Scot-

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land, and the latter of High Bank, Prince Edward Island. Mrs. McPhee was born at the latter place in August, 1872, and to her union with the subject have been born seven children, namely: Charles T., Murdock S., Lorne R., Florence B., Christina M., Annie C., Isabella N. The family are members of the Presbyterian church and take an active part in its varied interests. Mr. McPhee is a Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, while in politics he is a Liberal Conservative, giving his support to all measures calculated to advance the best interests of the neighborhood.

ARCHIBALD RAMSAY, a successful farmer at Hamilton, Prince county, was born at this place on December 12, 1826, and is a son of Donald and Penelope (McNutt) Ram- say, who were both also natives of Prince Edward Island but are now deceased. The father was during his life time a prominent and highly respected citizen of his neigh- bourhood, having served several years in the Provincial Legislature and died on April 20, I879. The paternal grandfather, Archibald Ramsay, who was a native of Scotland, settled at Prince Edward Island in 1770.

Archibald Ramsay received his educa- tion in the district schools and during nearly all his life has followed farming, the home- stead which he now occupies having been originally settled by his paternal grand- parents and consisting of over two hundred acres of well improved and highly produc- tive land. Mr. Ramsay is practical and pro- gressive in his ideas and methods and his efforts have been rewarded with a very gratifying degree of success. Politically he supports the Liberal party and in religion