PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

James Gerald, deceased; Katie, deceased, who was the wife of Edward McCabe; Susan, the wife of Lewis J. Clark, of Brad- ford; Bridget, deceased; Margaret, the wife of John Owen, of Haverhill, and Elizabeth (Sister Mary‘Constantine) a sister of char- ity in New York.

Thomas McCabe attended the district school and grammar school at Kinkora and the Charlottetown Normal School. Upon the completion of his studies, he was en- gaged in teaching school for six years and then took up railroad construction work, which he followed through Maine, New Brunswick and Pennsylvania, laying the track over the Kensor viaduct, at that time the highest railroad bridge in the world. This line of work he followed from 1880 to 1888 and then returned home, since which time he has engaged in farming here. He owns one hundred and thirty-four acres of excellent land, a large part of which is under cultivation, the balance being covered with a wealth of fine timber. He is system- atic in his operation of the place and achieved a distinctive success in this pursuit. He is a man of fine qualities of character, has won for himself many warm personal friends and is well liked by all who know him. In 1893 he married Miss Margaret Ann McBride, daughter of John McBride, of Maple Plains, and to them were born the following children: Clara May, Ethel L., John R., Anna T., James G. and Viola M. Mr. McCabe is a member of the Catholic church and in politics a Conservative.

JOHN M. CLARK, M. L. A., a leading lumber manufacturer and prominent con- tractor and builder, of Summerside, is a

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native of Prince Edward Island, having been born at Bedeque on October 8, 1854. His parents were Theophilus DesBrisay and Eleanor (Clarke) Clark, the former a native of Bedeque and the latter of Darfiley, this Island. The paternal grandfather, William Clark, was a successful farmer and miller and for many years ran the mill at Bedeque which is still in possession of the family. After his death his son, the subject’s father, continued to operate the mill up to within a few years of his death, which occurred in 1888, at which time he was seventy-three years old. Of his five children, the subject is the only survivor. The latter secured his education in the public schools of Be- deque and secured his early business train- ing with John R. Calhoun, Esq., who for some years did business in Summerside. In 1881 he started in the lumber businesss on his own account in Kensington, and shortly afterward bought his present plant in Sum- merside. He has since made a number of extensive and substantial additions to this plant, now having a sawmill, forty by sixty feet in size, and a sash and door factory, sixty by seventy feet in size. He is engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of lumber and finished products and is also engaged ex- tensively as a contractor and builder, having erected a number of the best buildings in this locality. He is possessed of good busi- ness ability and is meeting with a gratifying degree of success.

In May, 1877, Mr. Clark married Miss Sarah Reeves. of Freetown, this Island, and a daughter of Thomas Reeves, and to them have been born the following children: Eleanor, a teacher; Margaret, who is now in Edmonton; Peter. who is associated in busi- ness with his father; Theophilus, also asso- ciated with the business; \Villiam, in college;

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