David and Simon. David stayed, and married Bella Dutney of Murray River. She and her son Wallace still live on the place, Charlie and Ann settled in Boston, Sandy settled in Borden, P.E.I., John was drowned and Gavin died while young. Simon journeyed out West, and finally died there.

Next is the home of W. S. Beck and his wife who was Lucy Lums— den. They have passed on, and the house is still vacant.

Victor Strickland and his wife (who was Hattie Jackson) and fam- ily live on the late father’s home. At one time, Oliver White and his wife lived there, where he operated a lobster factory.

BEACH POINT SETTLERS

Beach Point is a very picturesque settlement overlooking the water. Many of the Williams families, the MacLeods, the MacKays, MacNeils, Grahams, Sencabaughs, Dalys, Stewarts, Cahoons, Whites, Jacksons, Jor- dans and others lived within a radius of a few miles from each other. John Stewart lived there and his son Elmer, bought a little house there and moved it up the ice to Murray Harbour, where he lived for some time, then moved to New Glasgow. After Robert Kennedy left Beach Point, his house was in the rear of our school. Captain Edward Chapman bought the farm and moved the Kennedy house down nearer the MacFadyen home. When the captain’s wife died, his son Milton, had settled in Mur- ray Harbour. A daughter Della went to Boston and the captain remarried Clara Hume (James Hume’s daughter).

The house almost opposite the school was one time owned by John MacLeod and his wife whose maiden name was Ross. She was from Ver— non River. He had several daughters and two sons, Isabella married Dan- iel Machon and settled at Guernsey Cove. Maria married Charles LeLach- eur and lived at Guernsey Cove. Rebecca married Joseph Brehaut, and lived also at Guernsey Cove. Jane married Albert Clements and lived at Murray Harbour. Emily and Lizzie married, and settled at Vernon River, the two sons, Amos and Spurgeon went away to sea, and died away.

John MacLeod was one time foreman of the ship yard at Beach Point, but died by accidental drowning. His brother George MacLeod and his wife, the former Ann Matheson of Scotland and Glen William bought the place. North of their place was a man by the name of Dawe who brought his family here from Newfoundland. He had a large family of girls and two boys. In later years, they moved to Maine, then his son-in- Iaw, William Herring, and his wife Louisa bought their place. They then sold a lot to Alexander MacKenzie of Cape Breton and his wife Sarah, for- merly of Murray Harbour North, and they built a very nice little home here.

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