Wellington County Methodists

The Log Church

Gothic Window Charles Willoughby, a native of Wiltshire, was about 20 years old when he left England and came to Puslinch. He took up 99 acres of land from the 1800 acres chosen by John Arkell. He built the house in which Lil Boreham, her son Frank and her daughter Edith now live. The Willoughbys also built the General Store in 1862. A strong Methodist, according to his great grandaughter Annie Gibson of Puslinch, Charles donated the land from the corner of his farm for the first log Methodist Church built in 1838. Mrs. Gibson also recalls that Charles returned to England to marry his childhood sweetheart, Mary Wilkins. Mary's father had been killed in a runaway horse and buggy accident and Rowland Hill had brought Mary up at his Hill Top School. Charles had attended the private school and this is where the couple met. Mary's guardian and family were not too keen about her plans to go to Upper Canada so Mary and Charles eloped and were married on the boat during the voyage here in 1839.

Many settlers did not take out Crown deeds their farms until 1856 when M.P. David Stirton advised them to do so. However, records show that the Crown transferred 99 acres of land to Willoughby on September 3, 1845. On May 16, 1863, Willoughby officially granted the one-quarter acre lot, which is part of Lot 6, Con. 9, to the Trustees of Plaines Congregation of Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada in connection with the English Conference. The size of the lot was 2 chains and a half going westerly and 1 chain, 2-1/2 links going southerly, which is 165 ft. by 67 ft. 7.8 inches.

John Petty, whose farm and home were kitty corner to the church, the present Cowell home, donated the logs for the church. Built by volunteer labour, with the older men working during the day and the younger men at night, the church was soon completed. It stood where the present Christian Education Building now stands and had a cottage roof., one door and three windows.

The whole community joined in the celebration of the opening and the first service was conducted by a Rev. Auld of Guelph. There were no musical instruments so John Petty chanted the hymns. A supper was held as part of the celebrations and Rachel Oulton used her china dishes which she had brought with her from Pennsylvania. Some of the ladies who poured tea were Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. John Oulton, Mrs. John Starkey, Mrs. William Decker and Mrs. John Petty.

Rev. James Evans, the famous Cree Missionary, lived in Guelph aout 1839, and was conected with the Norfolk congregation, while their first church was located on Nottingham Street. It was he who started the missio in Arkell.

The Wesleyan Methodists depended upon Circuit Riders to bring the gospel to rural people; ususally they rode horse-back. Records show that an early minister was Rev. Samuel Fear of Norfolk Street Church, Guelph. He was a preacher and a weaver from England.

Arkell Methodist Church was connected with Norfolk Street until 1860, when it was placed on the Rockwood Circuit.

The Brick Church

During the pastorate of Rev. David Auld (1875-1877) the congregation had grown quite large and they realized a new church was needed. In 1877 the present brick church was built. The pulpit and pews for the new church were made in a woodworking shop in the village of Belwood and James Starkey and Peter Scott took their wagons up to Belwood to get the furniture. A shed to shelter the horses, buggies and cutters was built on the left hand side of the church.

Rev. Buchanan laid the corner stone and the special opening service was conducted by Dr. E.B. Ryckman of Norfolk Methodist Church of Guelph. The choir of Rockwood Church provided the music.

Around 1879 the church was presented with its first musical instrument, a small melodeon. A few years later an organ was purchased and the first organist was 18-year-old Jemima Daniels.

The Union Church

By 1920 the congregation had dwindled to the point that they thought the church would have to close. A few of the Presbyterian families, who were attending church services elsewhere, felt this would be most unfortunate and joined with the Methodists to establish a Union Church. The first minister of this Union was Rev. N.A. Hurlbut from Paisley Street Methodist Church in Guelph. As he was a Methodist minister it was decided it would only be fair to use the Presbyterian Hymn Book. Mina Carter wrote that Rev. Hurlbut was unsparing in his efforts to keep the Arkell Union Church going. Arkell has the distinction of being one of the first United Churches in the area.

In the early 1920's, before the 1925 Union, ministers came to Arkell from the various churches in Guelph by horse and buggy in summer and by cutter in winter. Some even took taxis while others took the streetcar to the end of the line on Victoria Road to the Linen Mills where Hart Chemical now stands. The late Richard Starkey would pick them up and take them back to catch the streetcar after the service.

Church Cemetery

Charles Willoughby not only donated the land from the corner of his farm, where the first log Methodist Church was built in 1838, but he also left a legacy for the care and upkeep of the little cemetery behind the church where he and his wife Mary and their children are buried.

Down through the years the Arkell congregation, under the leadership of the Trustees, has been faithful in its commitment to maintain the cemetery.

The first recorded burial in the cemetery was on April 11, 1851, when Harriet, the wife of Thomas King was laid to rest in her 37th year. The last burial in the cemetery was on September 28, 1938, when Charles Willoughby's son Tom, who had settled in Toronto, died and wished to be buried in the little Arkell Cemetery. However, there hadn't been any burials in the cemetery since 1901. Ella Tolton recalls that her brother Will and Margaret Terry (nee Starkey) had to go to Dr. King, the Medical Officer of Health in Guelph to obtain permission for Tom's burial. He required the measurements to the nearest well before permission was granted. The late Richard Starkey, who was Chairman of the Trustees at the time, arranged for Trustee Jack Tolton to dig the grave. (Fifty years ago there were no backhoes and the backbreaking work had to be done by hand.) Richard Starkey also had to go to Toronto to finalize the details of the burial before Tom was finally laid to rest beside his first wife Jane Starkey and their young son Charles who had died when he was 10 months old.

FEAR, Samuel was born in 1803 in England, was received on trial in 1844 at Brock and died in 1896. 1836-1837 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.). was received on trial in 1844 and was ordained in 1848. 1842-1843 Chinguacousy/Brampton, 1844-1845 Brock/Lindsay, 1846 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), In 1847 he was received on three year probation at Toronto Conference. 1846 Gosfield/Amherstburg, ordained in 1848-1849 at Chatham, 1851 Strathroy, 1852 Ashfield/Hullett/Tuckersmith Tp. (Huron Co.), 1850-1852 Goderich, 1853 Hullett (Huron Co.), 1854 Sydenham, 1854 Holland (Grey Co.), 1853-1855 Owen Sound, 1856-1858 Brock (Ontario Co.), 1859-1861 Peel (Wellington Co.), 1862-1863 Blenheim, 1863 Woolwich (Waterloo Co.), 1864-1866 Elora/Peel (Wellington Co.), 1867-1869 Garden River/Sault Ste. Marie, 1870-1872 Battersea/Storrington (Frontenac Co.), 1873-1877 Tamworth/Montreal, 1877-1879 Elmira (retired), 1879-1881 Elora (Wellington Co.) (retired), buried in Elora Municipal Cemetery, Section A, Nichol Twp. (Wellington Co.).

EVANS, James was born on Jan 18 1801 in Kingston-upon-Hull, England and died at Keelby, in Lincolnshire, England on November 23, 1846. He was the brother of Rev. Ephraim Evans and in 1823 he married Mary Blythe Smith. He was received on trial in 1830 at Rice Lake, Methodist Episcopal, 1831 Credit, ordained in 1832 at Ancaster/Binbrook, 1833 joined Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 1833 Thorold, 1834-1837 St. Clair, 1838 Lake Superior, 1839 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1840-1845 Rossville Mission Norway House and General Superintendent for Missions in the Hudson Bay Territory, 1846 visiting England

SLIGHT, Benjamin A.M. was born in 1799 and died on January 16, 1858. Wesleyan Methodist received on trial in 1834-1835 at Amherstburg. In 1835 he was ordained for "Missionary work" at Conference in Hamilton, 1836-1839 Credit, 1839-1840 Woolwich (Wellington Co.), 1840 Nichol/Eramosa/Norfolk St. Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1841 Three Rivers, 1842-1843 St. John, 1844-1845 Three Rivers, 1846-1847 Crompton/Hatley 1848-1850 Melbourne (Quebec), 1851-1855 Sherbrooke (Quebec), 1856-1857 Chairman Napanee, (from the Oshawa Vindicator) Oct 18 1871 - Deaths -Slight-In the city of Oswego, NY, on Sunday 24th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Slight, widow of the late Rev. Benjamin Slight, Wesleyan Missionary and sister-in-law of Rev. William Scott, of Oshawa, age 85 years.

KER, Peter was born in 1809 in Ontario and died on April 8, 1878. He was received on trial in 1833 at Westminster, Wesleyan Methodist, 1834 Gosfield, 1835 Canboro (Niagara), 1836 Simcoe, ordained in 1837 at Brantford, 1838 Ancaster/Binbrook, 1839 Hamilton 1840 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1840 Oxford, 1841-1842 Simcoe, 1843 Windham (London), 1843-1844 Dumfries/Galt, 1844 Blenheim (Oxford Co.), 1845-1846 Nelson/Trafalgar (Halton Co.), 1847 Chinguacousy (Peel Co.), 1847 Toronto circuit,1848-1849 Brampton, 1850-1852 Markham, 1853-1854 Oshawa, 1856-1857 Dunville, 1858-1859 Galt/Paris (Brant Co.), 1860-1870 Drummondville (retired), 1870-1871 Stamford Welland, 1871 Medonte (Simcoe Co.), 1871-1872 Hillsdale, 1873 Chelsea, 1874 Thurso in Montreal Conference, 1875-1878 Drummondville (retired)

BREDIN, John was born in 1820 in Ireland and died in 1891, Wesleyan Methodist and was received on trial in 1843 at Goderich. In 1847 he was ordained at Guelph and was received at Toronto Conference. He married Sarah Ann Storm their daughter Mary Amelia died in Cobourg on May 1, 1858 at the age of 4 years and their son Samuel Storm died in Cobourg on Apr 29 1858 at 6 years old, 1842 London, 1843 Goderich, 1844 Woodstock/Stratford, 1845 Toronto West, 1846 Peterborough/Rice Lake, 1847-1848 Norfolk St. Guelph/Puslinch (Wellington Co.), 1847-1848 Upper Woolwich/Elora/Eramosa (Wellington Co.), 1849-1850 Cobourg, 1851 St. Thomas, 1852-1853 Barton/Hamilton, 1854-1855 Toronto East, 1856 Cobourg, 1857-1858 Arthur (Wellington Co.), 1858 Cobourg, 1859-1860 Woodstock, 1861-1863 Brockville, 1864-1865 Baltimore/Grafton, 1866-1868 Yonge Street North, 1869-1871 Yonge Street South, 1871 York East, 1872-1873-1874 Bowmanville, 1875-1877 Barrie, 1878 Walkerton, 1879-1880 Alliston, Journal Secretary of the General Conferences of 1874 and 1878 also of the Toronto Conference from 1874 to 1878 inclusive, Chairman of District 1874 to 1880. Delegate to the first General Conference, Toronto, 1874. On March 13, 1848 Rev. Bredin gave a lecture on "the moral influence of the Press" to the Guelph Mechanics' Institute at the Wellington County Courthouse, 1848 officer of the Guelph Branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society.

STONEY, Edmund was born in 1790 and died on august 8, 1862, Methodist Episcopal, was received on trial in 1824-1825 in London, 1823 Dumfries, ordained in 1826 at Thames, 1827-1828 Amherstburg, 1829-1830 Niagara, 1831-1832 Stamford, 1832 joined Wesleyan Conference, 1832 Beaverdams Thorold, 1833-1834 Yonge Street/Scarborough, 1835-1836 Toronto Circuit, 1837-1838 London, 1839-1840 Dumfries, 1841 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1841 Eramosa/Puslinch (Wellington Co.), 1842-1862 London Circuit (retired)

ADAMS, Ezra C. was born in 1787 in the United States and died on December 31, 1871, Methodist Episcopal and was received on trial in 1814 and was ordained in 1819. Methodist Episcopal Conference 1814-1832, 1815-1816 Bay of Quinte, 1817 Hallowell, 1818-1819 Ottawa, 1820-18121 Thames, 1822-1823 Niagara, 1823 Hallowell (Prince Edward Co.), 1830 Yonge St, 1831-1835 London/Munceytown, 1835-1836 Prescott/Augusta, 1836-1839 Nelson, 1840 Toronto, 1841 Woolwich/Norfolk St. Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1842 Queen's Bush (Wellington Co.), 1842-1844 Newmarket, 1845-1846 Markham, 1846 Pickering, 1847 Bradford, 1848 Stratford, 1849-1874 Drayton (Wellington Co.), 1851-1855 Peel (Wellington Co.) superannuated, 1863 Drayton (Wellington Co.), 1871 Peel (Wellington Co.)

FAWCETT, Thomas was born in 1808 in Scarboro, Yorkshire, England and was killed on the Great Western Railway March 19, 1859 and was buried at St. George United Church. Wesleyn Methodist. He was received on trial in 1833 at Toronto Twp., 1832 Dumfries South, (Brant Co.), 1833 Toronto Twp, 1834 Newmarket, 1835 Whitby, 1836 Yonge Street, 1837 ordained at St. Thomas, 1838-1839 Oxford, 1840-1841 Malahide/Goderich became the first resident minister., 1841 Adelaide, 1842-1843 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1844 Eramosa (Wellington Co.), 1844-1846 Brantford/Grand River, 1847 Woodstock, 1847-1848 Fredericksburg, 1847-1849 Sarnia, 1850 Chatham, 1851-1852 St. Mary's, 1853-1855 St. George (Brant Co.), 1856-1858 Grand River, 1858 Onondaga (Brant Co.),

BROWNELL, Stephen A. was born in 1801 in Ontario and died on March 22, 1871 and was buried at Craighurst Presyterian Cemetery, Medonte Twp., Simcoe Co. His son Stephen Cornelius died in Flos Twp. 24 June 1856 at the age of 2 years old. He was received on trial in 1834-1835 in Ottawa, 1833 Clarendon, 1836 Crosby, 1837 Mississippi, 1838 ordained at Clarendon, 1839-1840 Pembrooke/Bonechire, 1841 Owen Sound, 1842-1844 Norfolk Street Guelph District, 1843 Waterloo, 1843-1844 Nichol (Wellington Co.), 1844 Elora & Fergus (Wellington Co.), 1845 Woolwich (Wellington Co.), 1845 Agent for Connexional Funds, 1846 Grand River, 1847-1848 Chippewa, 1848 Wellesley (Waterloo Co.), 1849 Puslinch (Wellington Co.), 1850 Erin (Wellington Co.), 1850 Toronto/Durham Road, 1851 Kincardine, 1851 St. Vincent/Artemisia Twp. (Simcoe Co.), 1852-1854 Medonte/Vespra/Tiny/Penetanguishene (Simcoe Co.), 1855 Flos/Orillia, 1856-1858 Southampton, 1857 Woolwich, 1859 Arran (Bruce Co.), 1859-1863 Cape Crocker (Bruce Co.) 1862-1863 Peel/Erin (Wellington Co.), 1863-1869 Avonmore/Moulinette retired, 1871 Cornwall Twp. (Stormont),

BYERS, Henry was born in 1811 in Ireland and died in 1890 and was received on trial in 1838 in Gosfield and was ordained in 1842, Wesleyan Methodist, 1839 London, 1840 Oxford, 1840 Barrie, 1841 Amherstburg, 1842 Adelaide/Warwick, 1843 Brantford/Grand River, 1844 Puslinch Twp. (Wellington Co.), 1844 Peterboro, 1845 Goderich, 1846 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1847-1855 Kingston supernumerary, 1869 Kingston, 1871 Cataraqui (Kingston) (retired), 1880 deposed from the office of the ministry,

COSFORD, was born in 1814 in England, Wesleyan Methodist and was received on trial in 1839 at Murray Twp., died in 1892 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, London, (Middlesex Co.). He married Nancy and their daughter Cecilia Ann died 19 Sept 1855 in Bowmanville only 2 weeks old. Their daughter Lavinia Harriet died 12 Feb 1860 in Goderich 6 mos old. Their daughter Maria Isadore died in Eglington May 8, 1864 age 2 mos 22 days, 1840 Grimsby, 1841 Thorold/St. Catharines, 1842 Simcoe, 1843-1844 ordained at Nelson/Whitchurch, 1845-1846 Norfolk St. Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1845 Nichol (Wellington Co.), 1846-1847 Eramosa/Nichol/Garafraxa/Woolwich (Wellington Co.), 1847-1848 Richmond/York/Seneca, 1848 Superintendent at Simcoe, 1849-1850 Nelson (Halton Co.), 1851-1853 Drummondville/Niagara, 1854-1856 Bowmanville, 1855 Peel Twp. (Wellington Co.), 1856 Cartwright, 1856 Darlington (Durham), 1857 Stratford Chairman Goderich District, 1858 Blanshard (Oxford Co.), 1858 Stanley (Huron Co.), 1858-1860 Goderich, 1861-1862 St. Mary's, 1863-1865 Eglington/Yonge Street (York Co.), 1865 Stamford (Welland Co.), 1866-1868 Millbrook/Cavan (Durham) Chairman Peterborough District, 1869-1870 Whitby, 1871-1873 Strathroy, 1874 Mount Forest (Wellington Co.), 1875-1880 Governor of the Mount Elgin Industrial Institute, Muncey, Ontario. Chairman of District 1874, Delegate to the first General Conference, Toronto, 1874 and the General Conference in Montreal in 1878

BOOTH, James was born in 1781 in Yorkshire England, and died Jan 22, 1854 in Kingston. He was received on trial in 1816 at Montreal and ordained in 1819, Wesleyan Methodist, 1816-1817 Montreal, 1818 Bay of Quinte, 1819-1820 Kingston, 1819 preached in York, 1821 Quebec, 1822-1823 St. Armand, 1824 Odelltown, 1824-1826 Quebec, 1827-1828 Kingston, 1829-1830 Stanstead, 1831-1832 Shefford, 1833-1835 Odelltown, 1836 St. Armand, 1837 Three Rivers, 1838-1844 Kingston (retired) 1845 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1846 Peterborough, 1847-1848 Simcoe, 1849-1853 Kingston (Frontenac Co.)

GOODFELLOW, John was born in 1818 and died on July 22, 1861. He was received on tiral in 1843 at Albion, Wesleyan Methodist, 1844 Markham, 1845 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1846 York. In 1847 he was ordained at Toronto Conference, 1847 London, 1848 Elora (Wellington Co.), 1848-1849 Mono, 1850-1851 Newmarket, 1852-1853 Amherstburg, 1854-1855 Nanticoke, 1855 Arthur (Wellington Co.), 1855 Walpole (Talbot), 1856-1857 Norwood, 1858-1861 Omemee (retired)

HUNT, John was born in 1820 in England, was received on trial in 1844 at Woodstock, Wesleyan Methodist, and died on May 1, 1901 in Toronto. He married Susanna Hunt who was born in 1780 in Lincoln, England and died on January 2, 1859 in Brampton, Ontario, In 1847 he was received on three year probation at Toronto Conference. 1845 Goderich, 1846 Toronto West, 1847 Norfolk St. Guelph (Wellington Co.), ordained in 1849 at Stamford 1849-1850 Drummondville/Niagara, 1851 Dunnville, 1852-1853 Nelson (Gore), 1854-1855 Milton (Halton Co.), 1856-1858 Yonge Street, 1859 Brampton (Peel Co.), 1859 Whitby, 1860-1861 Port Hope (Durham), 1862-1864 Picton, 1865-1867 Woodstock/Blandford (Oxford Co.), 1868 Chairman Owen Sound, 1869-1871 Aurora (York Co.) (retired), 1872-1873-1874 Yonge Street North, 1875-1877 Yonge StreetChristie's/Scarborough Circuit (York Co.), 1878-1881 Orangeville, Financial Secretary 1878 to 1880

FISH, Charles Roy was born in 1820 in Selby, Yorkshire, England, came to Canada in 1848, was received on trial at Guelph in the same year Wesleyan Methodist, and he died in 1902 and was buried in Palermo United Cemetery, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co. He was twice married - first in 1842 to Mary Wilkinson and again in 1860 to Catherine Johnson. Wesleyan Methodist, 1848-1849 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1850 Elora/Peel (Wellington Co.), 1851 Nelson Census living in Nelson Township, ordained in 1852-1853 at Bowmanville, 1854-1856 Newburg (Kingston), 1855 Arthur Methodist (Wellington Co.), 1857-1858 Picton, 1859-1861 Toronto West, 1862-1863 Collingwood, 1864-1865 Kingston, 1866-1868 Streetsville (Peel Co.), 1867 Toronto Twp., 1868-1869 Yonge Street North (Richmond Hill), 1869-1871 Yonge Street/Markham (York Co.), 1871 Toronto Tp., 1873-1875 Peterorough, 1875-1876 Lindsay, 1875 Chairman of the Lindsay District preached at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Day at the dedication of George St. Methodist Church in Peterborough, 1877-1878 Cobourg, 1879-1880 Owen Sound, 1891 Toronto 1901 living in West Toronto, with wife Catherine who was born in 1833 and sons, Alfred C. Fish born in 1873 and George N. Fish born in 1875, Delegate to the First General Conference Toronto 1874, Chairman of District 1875, 1876, 1879 and 1880

SPENCER, James Jr. M.A. was born in 1812 and died on October 9, 1863, Wesleyan Methodist, was received on trial in 1838 at Grimsby, 1839 Newmarket, 1840 Whitby/St. Catharines, 1841 Brantford, 1842 Tuto Victoria College, 1842 Rock Chapel Thorold, 1843-1844 Dundas/Woolwich, 1845 Chinguacousy (Peel Co.), 1846-1848 Nelson/Oakville (Halton Co.), 1849-1850 Eramosa/Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1851-1859 Editor Christian Guardian and at Toronto Conference Editorial Office, 1860-1862 BramptonSpringhill (Peel Co.), 1863 Paris (Brant Co.), Representative to English Wesleyan Conference 1860, Secretary of Conference 1863. The honourary degree of M.A. was confered upon him by the University of Victoria College, May 1863.

GOODSON, George was born in 1811 in Ireland and died on May 11, 1874. He was received in 1836 at Matilda, Wesleyan Methodist, 1836-1837 Matilda, 1838 Richmond, 1839 Hull, ordained in 1840-1841 at Crosby, 1842-1843 Mississippi, 1843 Ramsay (Bathurst), 1844 Perth/Lanark, 1844 Claredon, 1844 Yonge (Johnstown), 1846 Bathurst Twp., 1847 Richmond (Midland), 1846-1847 Napanee/Ernestown/Camden East, 1846-1847 Richmond, 1848 Hamilton, 1848 Peterborough/Cavan (Newcastle), 1848-1849 Fredericksburg (Midland), 1849 Smith (Colbourne), 1849 Emily (Peterborough Co.), 1849-1850 Port Hope, 1851-1852 Norfolk Street - Guelph, 1853-1854 St. Catharines/Thorold, 1855 Dundas, 1856-1858 Mt. Pleasant, 1859-1861 Milton, 1862-1864 Owen Sound (Grey Co.) Chairman Owen Sound District, 1865-1867 Chatham Chairman Chatham District, 1868-1871 Chairman - Strathroy, (Middlesex Co.), 1872-1873 St. Clair,

WARNER, Lewis was born in 1812, Methodist Episcopal and was received on trial in 1832 at Bytown/Ottawa, died in 1882 and was buried at Hamilton Cemetery, Wentworth Co., 1831-1832 Ottawa, 1833 joined Wesleyan Conference, 1833 Rideau, ordained in 1834 at Nelson, 1835 Waterloo, 1836 Elizabethtown, 1837 Waterloo (Kingston)/Gananoque, 1838-1839 Stirling/Sidney Rawdon Twp. (Hastings Co.), 1840-1841 Hallowell, 1842-1843 Stamford (Welland Co.), 1844-1845 Hamilton/Binbrook, 1846 St. Catharines/Thorold, 1847-1849 Yonge St Circuit, 1850-1853 Barrie (Rev. Andrew Edwards, assistant for part of this time removed to Nebraska USA in 1887), 1852 Chairman Barrie District, 1853-1857 Chairman of Guelph District, 1853-1855 Norfolk St. Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1855 Maryborough (Wellington Co.), 1856 Galt/Berlin, 1857 agent Victoria College, 1858-1859 Chairman Port Hope, 1860-1862 Whitby, 1863 Chairman Chatham, 1864-1866 Chairman Ingersoll, 1866 Foldens (Oxford Co.), 1867-1868 Chairman St. Thomas, 1869 Eramosa (Wellington Co.), 1869-1870 Chairman Thorold, 1871-1872 Brighton retired, 1873 Hamilton, 1874 Victoria, Saskatchewan, 1875 Edmonton House, Saskatchewan, 1877-1879 Hamilton, 1879 Beamsville, 1880 St. Catharines

CLARKE, Richard was born in 1820 in Ireland and died in 1890. He was received on trial in 1851 at Kingston, Wesleyan Methodist, 1852 Crowland, 1853 Thorold/St. Catharines, 1854 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1854 Elora/Nichol/Pilkington (Wellington Co.), ordained in 1855 at Hemmingsford, 1856-1857 St. John's, 1858 Farmersville, 1859-1861 Maitland, 1862-1863 Moulinette, 1863 Maryborough (Wellington Co.), 1864-1865 Odessa/Osnabruck (Stormont), 1866-1868 Erin (Wellington Co.), 1869-1871 Welland, 1872-1873 Millbrook, 1874-1876 Norwood, 1877 Lloydtown, 1878 Schomberg, 1879 Rosemont, 1880 St. Vincent, Financial Secretary 1874

COONEY, Robert M.A., D.D. was born in 1800, was received on trial in 1831 in the Eastern British America Conference, Wesleyan Methodist. He died on March 17th, 1870 and was buried at Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St Catharines (Section B)Grantham Twp. Lincoln Co., 1831-1832 Prince Edward Island, 1833-1834 Liverpool N.S., 1835 Halifax, 1836-1837 Guysboro N.S., 1838-1839 Odelltown, 1840-1842 Stanstead, 1843-1844 Montreal, 1845-1846 Toronto West, 1847 Carlton N.B., 1848-1851 St. John N.B., 1852-1854 St. Stephen N.B., 1855 St. John's C.E., 1856-1857 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1858 Eramosa Twp. (Wellington Co.), 1858-1859 London Chairman of District, 1860-1867 St. Catharines retired 1865, 1868-1869 Toronto North (retired)

BARBER, Isaac was was received on trial in 1850 at St. Catharines and ordained in 1853, Welseyan Methodist, 1849 Grimsby, 1850 St. Catharines, 1851 Binbrook/Glandford/Seneca, 1852 Bradford, 1853 Stratford, 1854-1855 Huntingdon, 1856 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1856 Nichol (Wellington Co.), 1857 Galt, 1857-1858 Port Dover, 1859-1861 Lynedoch, 1861 Garafraxa (Wellington Co.), 1862-1863 London Circuit, 1864 Mt. Forest (Grey Co.), 1864-1865 Strathroy, moved to U.S. in 1866

JACKSON, John was born in 1840 in Ontario and was received on trial in 1856 st Stratford, Wesleyan Methodist, 1857 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), ordained in 1858-1859 at Consecon, 1860-1863 Stirling/Sidney (Hastings Co.), 1864 no station, 1865 expelled, 1871 Nottawasaga (Simcoe Co.)

DOUSE, John was born in 1802 in England Wesleyan Methodist and was received on trial and ordained in 1834-1835 at Grand River. He died in 1886 and his daughter Isabella Louisa died of cholera 26 Jan 1858 in London C.W. In 1835 ordained for "Missionary work" at Conference in Hamilton, 1834-1835 Grand River, 1836 St. Catharines/Thorold, 1836 Salt Springs/Brantford, 1837 Cobourg, 1838-1840 St. Clair, 1841-1844 Belleville, 1842-1843 Puslinch (Wellington Co.), 1845-1847 Binbrook/Hamilton (Wentworth Co.) 1848 Puslinch/Woolwich (Wellington Co.), 1848 Cobourg, 1849 Kingston Chairman, 1850-1852 Richmond Street Toronto West, 1853-1856 Barrie Chairman of District, 1856-1857 London Chairman of District, 1857-1858 Eramosa (Wellington Co.), 1857 Arthur (Wellington Co.), 1858-1860 Norfolk Street Guelph (Wellington Co.) Chairman of District, 1860-1861 Eramosa/Erin (Wellington Co.), 1861-1863 Thurlow/Belleville (Hastings Co.) Chariman of District, 1864-1866 Ottawa Chairman of District, 1867-1869 St. John, 1870-1872 Paris (Brant Co.), 1873-1874 Toronto retired Co-Delegate of the Conference 1858 and 1859, Treasurer of the Superannuated Minister's Fund 1860-1874

BROCK, James was born in 1812 in Ireland and died in May 1901 in Kingston and was received on trial in 1831 Methodist Episcopal, 1830 Rideau, 1831 Bonchire, 1832 Mississippi, 1833 joined Wesleyan Conference, 1835 Perth (Lanark Co.), 1836 Bytown, 1838 Elizabethtown, 1839 Cobourg, 1841 Quebec, 1843 Stanstead, 1846 St. Johns, 1849 Huntingdon, 1852-1855 Odelltown Montreal, 1855-1857 Ottawa, 1858-1860 Brockville, 1861-1863 Norfolk Street - Guelph (Wellington Co.), 1864 Smith, 1865 Peterborough, 1866-1867 Prescott, 1868-1871 St. Catharines, 1872-1874 Lindsay, 1878 Kingston (Frontenac Co.)

AULD, David was born in 1836 in Scotland, New Connexion, was received on trial in 1856 at Manvers, 1855 Brock, 1857 Arthur, 1859 Hope, 1860 Arthur, 1861 Meaford, 1862 Crosby, 1863 Arkell Puslinch (Wellington Co.), 1865 Smith's Falls, 1866 Lansdown, 1869-1871 Galt, 1871 Ainleyville, 1872 Erin (Wellington Co.), 1875 Arkell Puslinch (Wellington Co.)

HURBURT, N.A. Primitive, 1918-1922 Paisley St. Guelph & Arkell Puslinch (Wellington Co.)

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