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district schools in his youth. and on reach- ing his maturity entered upon agricultural pursuits to which he has given some atten- tion during all his life. In 1902 he began the operation of a general store at Kensing- ton in which he has been successfully en. gaged ever since. He is a man of good busi- ness qualifications and his business trans- actions have been characterized by square dealing and the evident desire to please his customers, the result being that he now com- mands a large share of the local patronage. He has always taken a prominent part in local public affairs, giving his support to the Liberal party. In religion he is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Hynes married Charlotte McKin- lnon, eldest daughter of the late Murdock McKinnon and Charlotte (Duff) McKin- non. The father, a large landowner and successful miller. was born in 1826. at Grand River. Lot 14. The mother was born at Fredericton. New Brunswick. in 1824, and was a daughter of the late Charles and Bar- bara (Reid) Duff. who emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland, in 1804, and a sister of the late Justice Duff. of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick.

Mr. and Mrs. Hynes have the following children: Justin. \Vinfred, Duff, Story, John and Jessie May, all at school. Mr. Hynes is an intelligent and progressive citizen, gives an active and hearty support to every measure calculated to advance the best in- terests of the community, and enjoys the high respect of all who know him.

LEMUEL CAMBRIDGE HAYDEN, who suc- cessfully operates a fine farm in Lot 50, was born at Vernon River on August 11, 1842.

The earliest ancestral record is of James Louis Hayden, Lemuel's paternal great- grandfather, who was a native of New York. During the war for Independence of the Colonies, he remained loyal to the Em- pire, and was forced to leave the Colonies. Coming to Prince Edward Island he located at .Lot 49, where he followed the trade of millwright. He was also a justice of the peace, performing many marriage ceremo- nies. He married a Miss Hoss. His son, James Hayden, Lemuel‘s grandfather, was born in Lot 49, and afterward moved to Vernon River, where he followed his fa- ther's trade, that of millwright, throughout life. To his marriage to Miss Auld, of Cove Head, were born four children: Isabella, the wife of John R. Burke; Caro- line, the wife of John Fletcher; Ann, the wife of a Mr. Beaton, and James Louis, fa- ther of Lemuel. James Hayden was a mem- ber of the Church of England, and in poli- tics was a Liberal. James Louis Hayden, father of the subject, was born at Vernon River in 1815, and was educated in the pub-

lic schools there. He was variously employed ‘

throughout life, having followed the occu- pations of milling, ship building, farming and mercantile business in each of which he was fairly successful. He was a member of the Methodist church and in politics a Lib- eral. He married Margaret Fumess, a daughter of John Fumess, a native of Eng- land, and a shipwright by trade, and to them were born eight children: Robert Auld,; of Boston, Massachusetts; Ann Maria; Lem- uel C.; James Alexander, of California; John Fumess, of Vernon River; Benjamin Davis, deceased; Eliza, wife of Hayden Van Talestine: and Isabella, deceased.

Lemuel C. Hayden attended the public schools at Vernon River and throughout his

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