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James Mackie was born August 10, 1829 in Scotland, and came to Canada in 1862. He was one of the 29 co-signers of the petition to make Langley a municipality. He was the first Reeve of Langley in 1873, and was re-elected in 1874 and 1875. He and his wife Ann had a son, James Jr., who died at the age of 11 in 1885 and was buried with his grandfather, Robert Mackie, the first person to be buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery. (Note: James Jr. is thought to have been an illegitimate son by a Native wife (in the fashion of the country), Ann is thought to have come out from Scotland after Jamie's birth.). James appears to be married to an "Emma" on the 1901 census, but it could be a spelling mistake. James Mackie died on January 29, 1903, and is buried in Fort Langley Cemetery with his son and father.