-48- Nicholson's, tobacconists, formerly stood on the site of Carvell Bros . Lemuel was elected to the Assembly in 1824, and was High Sheriff in 1825= Two other merchants of olden times are interred herei John LePage and Benjamin Svans . Messrs. John and ■ William Lepage did business on on the southwest corner of the site of the present Basilica. They were engaged in shipbuilding ~nd had considerable trade. John died in 1824, aged Vl years. Mr, Evans came to Charlottetown about 1785* He started a store with Mr. Win . Bremner in or about 1800, on . He afterwards did business on his own account in a large, low shop facing on . He died in 1825, leaving considerable property which he bequeathed to his employees. Paul Mabey was one of these, and his monu¬ ment is seen beside that of his benefactor. He represented Charlottetown in the Assembly for several years. No stone is more historically precious than that erected to the memory of Rev. Theophilus DesBrisay , Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and forty-seven years Rector of this parish. He died Mar. 14, 1823, aged 69 years. He was the son of Col. Thomas DesBrisay , who, with his family, came to the Island shortly after the arrival of Governor Patter ¬ son. The father and son were placed on the Civil List of the Island by virtue of their appointments. On the 21st September, 1774$ Mr, DesBrisay was ap¬ pointed by the King, Rector of the Parish of Charlottetown . He arrived here in 1775 to commence his missionary labors among a few scattered inhabitants. During the 47 years that Mr. DesBrisay was Rector, he was the first and for many years the only resident minister on the Island, residing at Covehead during his early years. Nearby are stones to Thos. and Alfred DesBrisay , sons of the Rector, who followed each other closely to the grave in 1857, Thomas, the oldest son, was the founder of Apothecaries' Hall; Alfred was a Minister of the Wesleyan Church, Among those whose names were associated with law and order, we find Thos. Alexander who died in 1824. He was for many years Crier of the Court and Sergeant at Arms. No stone brings more vividly to our minds the changes- which have come over Charlottetown than that erected to the memory of William Pepperal . He was a native of Eng¬ land and came to the town in 1810. Two long, low houses built of clay (commonly called "cat and clay" houses) ex¬ tended from Mrs. Findley 's corner (cor. Gt .George and Kent) West on . The walls were thick, and had the