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which he has since continued. He has been very successful in agricultural pursuits and in connection therewith he has also followed milling to some extent and has found this a profitable line of effort. His farm comprises two hundred and sixty acres, of which one hundred and fifty-five are under the plow and maintained in a highly productive con- dition. The buildings are all substantial and kept in good repair and during Mr. Rogers’ thirty-seven years of residence here he has kept his place at the highest standard of ex- cellence, he being considered one of the real- , 1y progressive agriculturists in this vicinity. I On December 29, 1859, Mr. Rogers married Miss Mary Elizabeth Wright, a daughter of William Wright, of South Shore, and to them were born six children: Anna Isabel, the wife of L. U. Fowler, of Bedeque; Thomas Pictou, a merchant of British Co- lumbia; Elizabeth S., the wife of Stewart Cairns, of Freetown; Henry, who married Miss Louisa Wright and is living at home; Mattie, who became the wife of Herbert Birch, of Bentley, Alberta; and William, who died in infancy. Mrs. Mary Rogers died in June, 1874, and on October 18, 1876, Mr. Rogers married Miss Louisa W right, a daughter of John R. Wright, of Searletown, Lot 27, and to them has been born one child, Anna Sophia, who is now the wife of John Stafford Walker, of Freetown. Mrs. Louise Rogers died on March 16, 1903. Mr. Rog- ers is an active and faithful member of the Methodist church, in which he has served as local minister, steward, trustee and member of the quarterly board. In politics he as- sumes an independent attitude, preferring to vote for those policies and candidates that most nearly meet with his approval. He is a justice of the peace and occupies an influ- ential position in his community. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance and is

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a Past Grand Worthy Patriarch of the or- der. He is a man of many fine personal qualities and enjoys the good-will of all who know him.

JAMES RAMSAY, who until his death on December 30, 1905, at the ripe age of sev- enty-six years, was successfully engaged in the operation of his splendid farm at Ham- ilton, Prince county, was born at this place on October 7, 1829, and was a son of Don- ald and Penelope (McNutt) Ramsay, na- tives also of Prince Edward Island, the fa- ther having been born at Hamilton in I 773. The paternal grandfather, Archibald Ram- say, and the maternal grandfather, James McNutt, were both natives of Scotland. '

The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools, his privilege of attend- ance there being somewhat limited, but he supplemented this by study at home so that he became well informed and was considered one of the best reporters in the Provincial Legislature, having occupied this position in 1861. receiving his first appointment under the late Chief Justice Palmer. He served eighteen sessions as reporter in the Legisla- ture and two sessions in the assembly when, his health failing, he was compelled to de- cline further service in this line. However, farming was the main pursuit of his life and in it he achieved a distinctive success, being considered long before his death one of the leading farmers and representative citizens of the locality. Politically, he was a sup- porter of the Liberal party and in religion a member of the Presbyterian church, serv- ing faithfully and efficiently as a teacher in the Sunday school for over forty years. On November 6, 1865, he married Miss Eliza- beth Ramsay, a daughter of Edward and