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the present building. The land where the Cornwall church now stands was a government grant for a. Church of England. As there was no English church, the Methodist people ob= tained' the grant and Smith Bros. built the church. The

first minister was Rev. Robert Strong, the first Sexton, Mr. John Corbin, and Mr. Z. J. Mayhew was presenter.

The first man buried in Cornwall cemetery was Mr. McCallum, the second Mr. Joe. Kellow, grandfather of Miss Sadie; and the first woman Mrs. MacDonald. . '

Market day was Saturday. The main road to Charlottetown was around by Morris’ Mills at Milton, ano- ther route was down the Ferry Road and across the river in a flat bottomed boat pushed by long poles. The North River Bridge was build in 1856. The main means of transportation was by horseback, but many less fortunate thought nothing of walking the distance, carrying baskets to market,

Reaping hook and scythe were used. Caz-ding mills

were unknown. A small hand card was used to make the rolls, the rolls were made into yarn with a Spinning wheel, and then the yarn was turned into blankets and cloth on s. 100111.

John Hyde, built the mills later occupied by H. Crosby, Duncan Hyde, John McLaughlin and William Wright, and others. Early settlers in the district included Fred Strong, John Comfort, Welsh, Warren, Webster, Scott, Howard, 'Lowther, John Hyde and the Nelsons (now owned by Gordon MacMillan); Bains, John Burke, Henry Drake, Jacob Bain, Geo. McKenna, Hudson, L. Howard, Mr. Brown, Jae. Howard Mullally, George McDonald, Frizzells, Leonards, John Hearts, Jas. Crosby - these are numbered amongst early Cornwall settlers. Fred McGregor built the only log house now in Cornwall. Other early settlers include Scotts, now owned by Abbot and Hood, Colin MacPhail's by Bell, Gillespie and Ferno. Hoods, John Began, Snell and Pyes were old English settlers.

(From a paper by Mrs. Hazen Howard, Guardian, 1952)