PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

August, I850, a son of Stephen and Cath- erine (Norton) Bovyer, and the grandson of John and (Auld) Bovyer. The great-grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist, and upon the conclusion of the war for Independence, he removed from his home at Providence, Rhode Island, with three sons, John, Robert and Stephen, and took up land at Cove Head. Prince Edward Island, where he followed farming through- out his life. His son John subsequently moved to Bunbury and took up a tract of land, which was so named after the an- cestral home of the family in England. He followed his fathers’ footsteps and devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. He mar- ried a Miss Auld, of Covehead and to them were born five children: John; Robert; Stephen; Nancy, who became the wife of Henry Smith and moved to New Zealand, and Jane. the wife of John Calladan. Mr. Bovyer was a member of the Church of England. His son, Stephen, the subject’s father, was born in Bunbury in 1811, and died in November, 1895. In his early youth he received a good common school educa- tion and also followed farming throughout his life. He was a member of the Christian church, in which he was a deacon, and in politics supported the Liberal party. He oc- cupied a highly respected position in his community and held the oflice of justice of the peace. He married Miss Catherine Je- mima Norton. a daughter of John Norton. a

landscape gardener who emigrated to Prince Edward Island from Wales, and to this union were born six children: Frederick. residing in Georgetown Royalty, and known throughout the lower provinces as a success- ful prize winner and grower of pure bred cattle and sheep; Martha, deceased wife of N. A. Macdonald; Annie, the wife of George Bremner; Archibald, who died in childhood;

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Louisa, a physician at Lincoln, Nebraska, a graduate of the Woman’s Medical College, Philadelphia, who has the honor of being the first lady physician from Prince Edward Is- land; and Franklin. The last named was ed- ucated in the district schools and supple- mented this by attendance at Prince of \Vales College. Upon the conclusion of his studies he took up the pursuit of farm- ing and fruit growing. in which he is still extensively engaged. His farm com- prises one hundred sixty-eight acres of land, together with twenty-five acres of dyke marsh, one hundred twenty-five acres being under cultivation and well improved. He devotes special attention to the raising of all varieties of fruit, in which he has been eminently successful, shipping off large quantities of choice product every year. On March 15, 1886, Mr. Bovyer married Miss Theresa Baker, a daughter of John F. Ba- ker, of Summerside, and to them have been born one child, Catherine Frances. Mr. Bovyer is a member of the Christian church and in politics supports the Liberal party. He takes a deep interest in educational mat- ters and is now serving efficiently as the sec-

retary of the McDonald Consolidated Schools of Hillsboro. Mr. Bovyer is a deep thinker and a keen observer of men and events and is considered a well informed man on topics generally. He possesses many fine personal qualities and stands de-

servedly high in the estimation of all who know him.

EDWARD BOSWELL, who is numbered among the leading and successful merchants at Victoria, Queens county, was born at Souris, this Island, on October 13, 1860. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Alexander