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1772 as members of Capt. John McDonald’s colony, an account of which appears else- where in this volume; Father McDonald, after his ordination, passed thirteen years on the Island teaching at St. Dunstan’s College and doing parochial work in Mis- couche and Grand River, Lot 14. He then moved to the United States, where for eleven years he was engaged in missionary work. Returning to the Island in 1891 he was as- signed to the parish of Rustico, Queens county, Prince EdWard‘ Island, where he remained for ten years. In May, 1902, he was appointed in charge of the parish of St. Mary’s church at Souris, where he has since remained. Father McDonald is an earnest and indefatigable worker in the cause of his Master and has been effective in the ac- complishment of much good in the locali- ties in which he has-laboured. In his present

parish he has greatly strengthened the.

church, both materially and spiritually, and has endeared himself to the parishioners be- cause of his kindly sympathy. genial man- ner and his devotion to the church’s best interest.

ENOCH PAIGE, who during his long and active life occupied'a commanding position in commercial circles in Boston, Massachu- setts, was well known to many of the leading people of Prince Edward Island, where he had spent a part of each year for nearly two decades, and many and sincere were the ex- pressions of regret when he passed into the silent land. Mr. Paige was born in Deer- ing, New Hampshire, on the 24th of Feb- ruary, 1817, and was descended from Scotch and English ancestors. On the paternal side he was descended from Co]. Samuel Paige, formerly an officer in the English army who

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came to America and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he died in 1676. An- other ancestor was Cornet Paige, who, on‘ April 19, 1775, carried the flag in a company of minute men from New Bedford to Con- cord. This flag had no stars, being com- posed only of thirteen stripes, and it is now in the possession of the Paige descendants, at New Bedford, Massachusetts. The subject’s brother, George, was a captain in the war of 1812 and his nephew, John Ware Paige, was a naval captain in the Civil war under Farragut. Lieut. Frank Paige, a son of George, above referred to, was a member of the Forty-second United States Infantry, and served valiantly through the Civil war, being honorably discharged at its close. In 1869 he re-enlisted in the army at Philadel- phia and served until discharged on account of impaired health in 1881 with a record of over twenty years’ faithful service and seven bullet holes on his person. During his serv— ice he was in several campaigns against the Indians, as a member of General Sheridan’s staff and cherished as his dearest possession a sword presented to him by that leader. Enoch Paige was reared under the pa— rental rooftree and received his education in the district schools of his neighborhood and in 1833,at the age of sixteen years, he entered mercantile life in Boston, and from the begin- ning success accompanied his efforts. He controlled at onetime almost the entire native wine business in the East and for many years his place of business was located under the arches of the old reservoir, being removed afterwards to make way for the extension of the present capitol building. After a contin- uous and active business life of’ thirty-six years, Mr. Paige retired in 1869. He had resided in Boston for seventy—eight years, and was one of the old Hawes School boys in