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he went to the government office dealing with lighthouses. An 1 official tere asked him, "Do you belong to East Point?" He re— plied, "No, East Point belongs to me!" Unperturbed the man con— tinued, "Are you the keeper of the light?" He quickly replied, "No, the light keeps me",218 Both of his replies were true enough. His family, the Beaton's, owned a great deal of East Point. Alex owned "The Point” itself. The lighthouse provided his source of income.

Eliza Beaton died in December of 1899.219 Alex soon fol— lowed her to the grave. He died on Jan. 11, 1900 in Souris at the home of Rev. D.F.McDonald. He was on his way to the Charlottetown

Hospital to spend the winter.220

His pallbearers were Hon. J.R. MacLean, Messrs. R.F. MacDonald, John McLean, Geo. B. McEachern, F. Morrow and Jos. McInnis. Revs. D.F. MacDonald, Dr. Walker, P. Curran

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and A.J. McIntyre officiated at the services. Alex Beaton was bur—

ied beside his wife, Eliza, in St. Columba Cemetary.

His will listed his property as 240 acres at East Point a which was leased to a Mr. McLarren (sic) and land in Souris East which was occupied by Benjamin Heartz of Charlottetown. Rev. Donald

222 His house built by Bernard Creamer,225

F. MacDonald was executor. cousin of Ellen,224 was vacant for a while then it was occupied by Samuel Adams (who managed a lobster factory at East Point) and later Fidele Cheverie. The farm and house was sold to Renfrew (Renie) and Stanley Cameron.225 Stewart, Renie's son, has possession of the house which is still standing, and farm.

John MacDonald was born at East Point. He was the son of

Lauchlan MacDonald (who came to East Point in 1790) and Margaret