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and general merchandising business, in which he is still occupied. In the latter line he carries a large and comprehensive stock of such articles as are in demand by the local trade and enjoys his full share of the public patronage. He is a man of good business judgment and has been enabled to build up a large and constantly increas- ing trade. He was married to Miss Mary Lythe Lowther, a daughter of David Low- ther, of Carleton, and to them have been born six children: Deborah, the wife of Rev. Fred Clay, now of New York City; Annie, the wife of Wilfred Clark, of Cape Travis, now of Salida, Colorado; Hannah Grace, married to Thomas W. McBreath, of Moncton, New Brunswick; Ernest, in Seat- tle, \Vashington; William Henry, a farmer in the Northwest, and Harrison, who fol- lows the same vocation in the same region. In politics Mr. Brien is a Liberal and in re— ligion a Methodist. He devotes the greater part of his attention to his mercantile busi— ness, though he is also the owner of a farm of twenty-five acres which is devoted to mixed farming. He is a man of sterling qualities of character and enjoys the confi- dence and good will of all who know him.

MARTIN BETTS, a leading agriculturist in Lot 65, Queens county, was born at Nine-Mile Creek on December 10, 1839, a son of Joseph and Ruth (Ladner) Betts. The former was born at Wallace, Nova Scotia, April 29, 1808, and came to Prince Edward Island at the age of twelve years and here followed farming throughout his life, his death occurring in 1892. He was a member of the Prsebyterian church and in politics a Liberal. He married Miss Ruth

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Ladner, who was born at Nine-Mile Creek on September 25, 1810, and they had issue as follows: Martin, the subject of this sketch, and Silas, who was born June 14, 1841. ‘

Martin Betts, after receiving a good edu- cation in the district schools, took up farm- ing and has made this his life work. He has been indefatigable in his industry and has exercised good judgment in all of his affairs, the results of his efforts being com- mensurate with his energy and skill. He is a member of the Scottish Kirk, votes with the Liberal party and is affiliated with the Orange Society. On February 13, 1868, he married Miss Margaret Elizabeth Martin, a daughter of John and Emily A. (Compton) Martin, and to them were born the follow-- ing children: Ruth, who married John H. McDonald; Emily Jane, who married John A. McDonald; Joseph Martin, of Boston, Massachusetts; Artemus, at home; William Compton, now in the Northwest; Silas Sandford, also in the Northwest; Mary‘ Louise, who married James McQuarrie; John James; Arthur and Alexander Wil- liam, who are in the Northwest, and Reuben Benjamin, at home.

Artemas Betts was born on the place on which he now resides on February 22, 1873. He received a good district school educa- tion, attending until he was fifteen years of age, and then clerked for the period of three ' years for Ferguson & Stewart at Westville. He next took up farming which he has since followed, and in addition he operates a saw mill and grain crusher. He has a farm of ninety-five acres, sixty-five of which are in cultivation, the rest containing some excel- lent timber. He belongs to the Scottish Kirk and in politics supports the Liberal party._ Mr. Betts is numbered among the