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Robert Bruce Stewart, Jr. Eight years afterward, in 1884, the father died. Rob- ert Bruce Stewart, Jr., was born in 1842. When the family moved to Strath Gartney he assisted his father in the management of his property and also interested himself in farming. In 1878 he married Anne, second daughter of the Hon. James Warburton, late of Garryhinch, in Queen’s county, Ireland. He .was a man of rare mental ability and high moral integrity and was looked upon as an up—to—date and aggressive farmer. He died in 1897. His wife and their family of three sons and two daughters still survive him. The Stewarts were and are strong ad- herents of the Church of England.

DR. JOHN SUTHERLAND, vvho occupies a high standing among the leading members of his profession in Prince Edward Island, was born at Stanley Bridge, this Island, on March I I, 1846, a son of Alexander Suther- land, a native of the parish of Farr, Suther- landshire, Scotland, who was born in 1780. For a period of five years the father was a private in the Ninth Garrison Battalion of militia during the reign of George III, and on the expiration of his period of service he was honorably discharged. For a num- ber of years he followed farming in his na- tive land and about 1830 emigrated to Prince Edward Island, locating at Stanley Bridge, where, during the remainder of his life, he followed farming. He was elder of the Presbyterian church and in politics an old school Liberal, being a supporter of Coles and Whelan. He died in March, 1852, while his widow survived until 1901, dying at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. Mrs. Sutherland bore the maiden name of

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Katherine Campbell and was a native of Caithnesshire, Scotland. They were the parents of three children: John, subject of this sketch; Captain Daniel, of Stanley Bridge; and George, who died in 1872.

Dr. John Sutherland attended the public schools and later entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, where he was graduated with the class of 1876. Returning to Prince Ed- ward Island, he at once entered upon the practice of the profession at West Cape, where he remained for about eighteen months and in January, 1878, he located at Bedeque. where he has since remained. hav- ing during all these years enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. He has a deep and comprehensive knowledge of his profession and keeps in close touch with the latest ad- vances in the healing art. Combined with his accurate knowledge is a kindly sympathy and a genial presence which goes far to in- spire confidence on the part of his patients. He is a member of the Prince Edward Is- land Medical Association and in politics is a staunch supporter of the Conservative party. On March 17, 1898, he married Miss Alice P. McFarlane, a daughter of Malcolm McFarlane, Esq.. of Femwood. The Doc- tor and his wife enjoy a wide acquaintance and are popular in the social circles in which they move. .

THOMAS STAVERT, one of the pioneer settlers of Prince Edward Island, was born at Hawich, Roxburgshire, Scotland, in 1791. In 1805 he moved to Ettrick and in 1820 was married to Margaret Boa, of that place. Hearing some glowing accounts of Prince Edward Island, and as Scotland was princi- pally held by landlords who rented their