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ILLIAM FORSYTH ALLEN, Mayor of Bowmanville, Ont., was born near Port Hope, Durham county, June 27th, 1833. His parents were William H. and Margaret (Fair) Allen, both natives of Ireland. He was educated at the public schools of the township of Hope. Until his removal from Clarke to Bowmanville in 1878, he was engaged in farming, filling at the same time various public offices; was treasurer of the townships of Hope and Clarke, held a seat at the Council Board in the latter township nine years, and in the County Council six years. Was warden of the United Counties of

Northumberland and Durham. He has been elected mayor of Bowmanville by acclamation three successive times. Mr. Allen is a director of the Standard and Western Banks, and vice-president of the Ontario Loan and Savings Co. Few men have been the recipients of so many public honors, and the sterling qualities exhibited by him in filling the many responsible offices to which he was called are seldom seen. is an active, staunch Reformer, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1862, he was married to Lucy Lyall, daughter of the late John Lyall, Durham county, Ontario.

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HEODORE DOUCET, notary public, Montreal, Que., was born in that city June 18th, 1846. His father, the late Theodore Doucet, and his grandfather, Benjamin Doucet, were notaries public until their death, and their large and important clientelles descended from father to son. Benjamin Doucet, a jurist of note, published several important works on Canadian laws, etc., and was otherwise known as an able professional man. Our subject was educated at the Jesuit College, subsequently devoted his time to notarial business, and continues to merit and enjoy public confidence. He is a com

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missioner for taking affidavits for Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. He took an active part in Militia matters, and served as captain of No. 1 Battery, Montreal Garrison, and was under fire in the second Fenian raid at Trout River, county of Huntingdon. grandfather was major in the Canadian Militia, and obtained the Chateauguay Medal. Mr. Doucet was married September 26th, 1871, to Jessy Ann, daughter of the late George Pascal Desbarats, Queen's Printer, and great granddaughter of the late Col. Bruyères, of the Royal Engineers, A.D.C., in Quebec, to the Duke of Kent.

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EO. ALVA CARSON, M.D., Collector of Customs, Whitby, Ont., was born in Prince Edward county, Ont., February 13, 1822. He is the son of William and Rachael (VanDusen) Carson, of U. E. Loyalist stock. Dr. Carson began his studies at the common schools, but is practically a self-educated man. He first studied medicine in Central Medical College, Rochester, N.Y., and graduated in 1852. He then attended McGill College, Montreal, for one year, subsequently graduated at Victoria College, Cobourg, in 1858, and was registered a member of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1866. Dr. Carson has practiced medicine in several places since 1852, but has been in Whitby for the last thirty-five years. His name is familiar to the public as the inventor and manufacturer of patent medicines, notably amongst these is his "Liver Tonic and Blood Purifier," which is now, probably, one of the best and most widely known remedies on this continent. He has been coroner of the county of Ontario for more than twenty years, and surgeon of the Grand Trunk Railway Co. for a lengthened period. He takes a lively interest in municipal matters and has been a member of the Whitby town council for several years. In religion he is a Methodist and has been identified with that body since childhood. He has occupied nearly every office in the Church open to laymen, and although now (1892), more than seventy years of

age, is still active as class leader, trustee and steward. His religious life has been marked by unusual liberality to all charitable purposes. For years he gave one fifth of his income in this way, and latterly though advancing in age, continues to give one-tenth of all he makes. Dr. Carson is a member of the A.F. and A.M.; I.O.O.F., I.O.F. and Sons of Temperance Societies, and, being universally respected, has held nearly all the important offices in each order. He was married twice: first in 1852 to Miss A. Vandervoort, of Hastings county, and second to Miss A. VanDusen in 1856.

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AMES DUNBAR, Q.C., Quebec, Que., was born 10th April, 1833. His father was the late Ferguson Dunbar, paymaster of Her Majesty's 74th Highlanders. Mr. Dunbar was educated at the Gosport Naval Academy, other well-known schools of the United Kingdom, and at the Quebec High School. In early life he turned his attention to journalism, and for a time was editor of the Quebec Morning Chronicle, still the leading daily of that city. However, he always evinced a taste for law, and after occupying the editorial chair of the Chronicle for about five years, he gave up newspaper life

and devoted himself to the study of the profession to which he has so long belonged. At the age of twenty-two he was called to the bar of Lower Canada, was appointed Q.C. in 1873, and named Crown prosecutor for the district in 1878, which position he has filled ever since, except between 1886 and 1890. In 1875 his colleagues of the Quebec bar elected him their Batonnier, and they have annually chosen him as a member of the Council of the bar for the past twenty-eight years. He has been registrar of the Admiralty Court since 1873. He is a churchman of broad views, has been a delegate to the diocesan and provincial Synods of the Church of England, and in that capacity has always given an able and valued representation. He has held high office in the Masonic order, being a past principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada, and past grand master of the Grand Lodge of the Province of Quebec. Mr. Dunbar is a much esteemed and leading member of the Quebec bar, as evinced by the distinguished offices, above enumerated, he has been chosen to fill, and has been a successful practitioner for more than thirty years, during which time he has been retained in many important cases before all the courts of the Province. Province. In politics he is a moderate Conservative. He was married in 1862, and his family consists of one son and two daughters; the former is a Quebec barrister, and an L. L. L., of Laval University.

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EV. EDWARD HORAN MURRAY, rector of St. Michael's Church, Cobourg, Ont., was born in the city of Quebec, March 27th, 1843. His parents were Hugh and Henrietta (Horan) Murray. The former was a wholesale merchant, a memof Quebec City Council and one of the founders of St. Patrick's Church of that place. Our subject received his primary education from English tutors at private schools. He took Greek and Latin at Regiopolis College, Kingston; Natural Science at Laval University, Quebec, and Theology at the Grand Seminary in that city. Father Murray

was ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston, December 30th, 1866, by his uncle the late Bishop Horan. His two first years were spent as R. C. Chaplain to the British troops then stationed at Kingston. In September 1869, he became rector of the parish of Wolfe Island where he erected a handsome and commodious church and remained six years. In 1875 he was named to the pastorate of Kemptville and Mountain, where he labored most acceptably until 1879, when he was made rector of St. Michael's Church, Cobourg, his present field of labor. present field of labor. Father Murray is a much respected divine.