41 he went to the government office dealing with lighthouses. An 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, pi Q "No, the light keeps me", 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. 219 Eliza Beaton died in December of 1899. 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 220 Hospital to spend the winter. His pallbearers were Hon . J.R. MacLean, Messrs. R.F. MacDonald , John McLean , Geo. B. McEachern , F. Morrow and Jos. Mclnnis. Revs. D.F. MacDonald , Dr. Walker , P. Curran 221 and A.J. Mclntyre 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 « which was leased to a Mr. McLarren (sic) and land in Souris East which was occupied by Benjamin Heartz of Charlottetown , Rev. Donald ??? P?7 F. MacDonald was executor. His house built by Bernard Creamer , "\ 224- cousin of Ellen, was vacant for a while then rfc 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 225 Stanley Cameron . ' Stewart, Reme'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