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has achieved a distinctive success in his call- ing. He owns a'fine place of one hundred and fifty acres, nearly all of which is under cultivation and well improved with a com- plete set of convenient and well constructed farm buildings, and because of his inde- fatigable energy and business discrimina- tion, he has been enabled to reap abundant harvest in return for his labor. He is a member of the Methodist church in which he occupies a prominent position, being ex- horter, prayer leader, circuit steward and trustee. In politics he supports the Liberal party and fraternally he is a member of the Orangemen and the Independent Order of Foresters. On January 6, 1869, Mr. Craig married Miss Jane S. Wright, a daughter of Thomas Wright, of Bedeque. She was born on October 19, 1843, and died on August 11, 1880. She became the mother of the following children: Albert T., born on February 26, 1870. He had been a mer- chant at Freetown for sixteen years and in February, 1906, sold out his mercantile business to D. H. Auld, of Cove Head. He married Jennie Taylor, daughter of Peter Taylor, of Freetown; Colin C (the son liv- ing on the homestead), was born March 6, 1872, married Mary Louise Wright, daugh- ter of Archibald T. Wright, of Bedeque; Lizzie May, born August 5, 1874,- and Sarah Jane, born December 22, 1875, who died January 2, 1879. John Craig has also four grandchildren, representing the sixth

generation of the family resident on the Island.

FRANK RICHARD HEARTZ, who is promi- nently identified with the banking interests of Prince Edward Island, and who has also large and important business connections

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elsewhere. was born in Charlottetown on January 7, 1871, and is a son of Benjamin and Henrietta V. (Davison) Heartz, the former now deceased. The subject’s paternal great-great—grandfather was born in Ger- many, but removed to America and settled in New York state. As a United Empire Loyalist, he came to Prince Edward Island where he received a grant of five hundred acres of land, one hundred on the river side of the town of North River, the balance be- ing located back from the river. Here he followed farming and lived until his death, at the age of about eight-six years. The sub- ject’s great-grandfather, John Martin Heartz, learned the trade of mason, which he fol- lowed during his active life, his death occur- ring at the age of eighty-four years. In 1805, in New York state, he married Miss Margaret Ann Dawson, a native of County Cavan, Ireland, and a daughter of Colonel Dawson, who came to Prince Edward Is- land, having an appointment in the militia, and here bought five hundred acres of land. He engaged in farming and took an active interest in public matters. He died after a short illness, leaving four sons and four daughters, from whom have sprung the Dawson families now on the Island. To John Martin and Margaret Ann Heartz were born ten children, of whom the fifth

bom was the subject’s grandfather, Richard

Jacob Heartz, who was born at North River, Queens county, on June II, 1816. The latter ter spent his early boyhood days at North River and at the age of sixteen years he went to Charlottetown, where he learned the trade of tanner and currier. which he fol— lowed until twenty-two years old, when he started in business for himself at Charlotte- town. He met with success and continued the business for twenty years. when he sold