ELM TREE E . AST RIVER Un der this t ree Rev . as . Mc G re o J g r p reach ed t he first sermon o n the East Ri ver, Oc t 1 7 86

FOREWORD

HE preparation of thi s book has been a labor of

s love . Although the author has been called to pend

s of hi s s s has mo t life in other and di tant field , he never wavered in hi s devotion to the place of hi s birth and the

of hi s h as s hi s s friends youth . It at time been deare t

s s s s hope to repay in ome mea ure , by ome erviceable s hi s deed , the debt of gratitude which he owe to native land . s Hence the undertaking of thi book , the aim of which i s s s s to re cue from oblivion the name , the deed , the of s s heroism the pioneer of Pictou , and to how how not has able a contribution , in men and women , the county made to the intellectual life and growth of the country . No fairer scenes than Pictou County presents can be as found in the land . Merely a piece of Mother Earth it ~ is deserving of the most enthusiastic admiration and It s -s ardent attachment . beautiful elm tudded valleys , i ts i s i ts s s clear , wind ng treams , unlit hill with their fertile

s sea its fields gently loping toward the , bonnie , happy

s its s it s ul s its i n home , thriving town , peacef village , finitely varied forests and even its rugged glens present charms which never pall . ’ ’ But the county s moral claim for i ts people s love and N0 s ou r loyalty is stronger than the physical . pot in

of s h as wide Dominion , equal ize and population , contrib o u ted so much to all that i s best in ou r national life . N where else have religion and education so effectually joined hands for the uplift of the people and the promo ss tion of good . Nowhere have righteousne and truth

or been more genuinely wedded , produced finer fruit age . In support of these statements the evidence in this of book is confidently submitted . The gathering the

(iii) i s evidence has been a difficult task . It not claimed that

i s s it i s e ther exhau tive or ab olutely accurate , but the hi s s h as co author has done be t , and he had the hearty operation of many to whom he i s sincerely grateful . It h as been sai d that Pictou i s noted for coal and

as i s clergymen . Great the yield of coal , yet that which

’ i s Pi ct ou s proudest product i s her men and women . In less than a hundred years sh e ha s given to the church

h s s nearly three hundred clergymen . She a ent forth one i s s s - r s hundred and n nety phy ician , ixty th ee lawyer , forty

ss s ss s profe or , fifteen men and eleven women mi ionarie ,

s s s s eight college pre ident , four judge , two governor , two

s i s s s premier and a ch ef ju tice for the Province , be ide a

s s s s s ss ho t of journali t , politician and bu ine men of note and name . There i s inspiration in studying the lives of men and women . It stirs within u s a deepening desire to imitate

was s s and achieve all that be t in their lives . If thi book

hi s will help the youth of the land to do t , it will have

s s accompli hed the main purpo e of the writer . Our fathers have left u s a precious heritage and a rare record . We owe them the debt of a grateful remem ” “

. s s s brance Happy are the people , ay John Fi ke , that can look back upon the work of their fathers and in their ” of s heart heart pronounce it good .

1 1 91 4 M acPhie June , J . P .

(iv) TITLES OF CHAPTERS

T H E PIO NEE RS O F PICTO U

THE RELIGIO U S HISTORY O F T HE C O U NT Y

PI CT N IA N O S I N TH E PULPIT .

PI CT O N IA N S IN TH E MEDICAL PROF E SS IO N

THE B E N CH AND THE B AR

TH E STORY O F PI CTO U ACADE MY PICTO U ED UCATIONISTS

PI CTO NIANS IN FORE IGN FI E LD S

TH E PRESS AND PRINTE RS O F PI CTO U PICTO U IN POLITICS PICTO U IN THE B U SINESS WORLD

(V ) s v s i ts s s v s of A wise nation pre er e record , decorate the gra e ts s s s s s s s i illu triou dead , repair the great public tructure , and fo ter national pride and love O f country by perpetual references to the — Jose h sacrifices and glories Of the past . p

(vi) LIST OF ILLUSTRATI ONS

ELM E A TR E, E ST RIVER MAP OF PICTOU COUNTY LANDING OF THE HECTOR A HON . D . C . FR SER PIONEER MINISTERS OF PICTOU C HON. JAMES D . M GREGOR GROUP OF DECEASED MINISTERS CHURCHES IN NEW GLASGOW CHURCHES IN PICTOU TOWN PROFESSIONAL M EN OF PICTOU GROUP OF RETIRED MINISTERS

. A AS . . REV WILLI M FR ER . D D GROUP OF CHURCHES MINISTERS OF TODAY MINISTERS OF TODAY

M . AN . . PROF . WILLIA R GR T . M D THE BENCH AND THE BAR

~ REV . THOS . McCULLOCH , D . D . PICTOU ACADEMY GROUP OF EDUCATIONISTS

S R N LL. . I WILLIAM DAWSO . D COLLEGE PRESIDENTS FOUR STUDENTS GROUP OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES GROUP OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES MISSIONARIES IN THE FOREIGN FIELD GROUP OF MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE MEN IN PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC LIFE TOWN OF PICTOU TOWN OF NEW GLASGOW

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S s— v s ss s s s Our ire bra e heart that cro ed e tranging ea , s Of ri v And broke the hu h the p me al wood , l s s l Who lit their cand e in the o itude , And met the safiron morn upon their knees s v s What though their home were oid of luxurie , ’ n n or s s ss s Lear ing ne er begged , altar mokele tood , s s Nor Cheer nor Friend hip lacked the joy their rude , i lo - s ul v —It i s s K nd, g heaped hearth co d gi e, to the e I bare my hea d! They wrought without the aid v o s s of s In enti n bring , ere moke Indu try ’ Hung o er these hills and vales ; with care they made i s Of we Th place a garden the mind ; and , ’ f n ow M em r Cradled in com ort , bid y hold

The fragrance of their lives in jars of gold .

F s Alexander L. ra er .

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CHAPTER I

THE HOPE PEOPLE

HE begi nni ngs of hi story-making in Pictou were modest ; but they were hi ghly promising if there is aught of force in the adage which says that well begun is half done . There was good augu ry in the very name of “ ” r dr the b ig Hope , the first immigrant vessel which opped anchor in the Harbor . Yet the future importance Of Pictou was probably not even dreamed of by those con d ri necte with the little brig . At that time the enterp se ’ doubtless looked hopeful mainly from a land-speculator s f point o View . of l m The Hope , bearing officers the Phi adelphia Co so- of a di pany , called , and the families h lf a dozen inten ng e on settlers , arrived at Pictou from Philad lphia , June

1 0 1 67 . , 7 The Company had Obtained a Royal grant of of di r hi r acres land in the st ict . To t s g ant were attached the usual stringent settlement conditions . It was in compliance with those condi tions that the expedi l tion had been sent ou t . The fami ies who came by the “

di . e : . Hope , accor ng to Dr Patt rson , were Dr John of o hi e Harris , agent the C mpany and s wife ; Rob rt Pat ’ hi terson , the Company s surveyor , s wife and five children s M cCabe hi s hil Jame , wife and six c dren ; John Rogers , i dr Cu mmin er hi s his w fe and four chil en ; Henry g , wife and four or five children ; and a sixth family of unkn own —i n name t may have been Hand . There is o record in to of the Pictou Registry , a deed Recompense Hand land n adjoini g that origi nally taken up by John Rogers . Of these pioneers the only name whi ch has remained

s of r . continuou ly prominent in the County , is that Har is i . S m . s ri f sc a J Harri , the High She f , is a lineal de end nt , in PICTONIANS AT HOME AND AB ROAD

of . rri the fourth generation , Dr John Ha s . He is the ss fourth Sherifl in succe ion in that family . None but a ff of Harri s has ever been Sheri Pictou County . of hi No descendant Robert Patterson , bearing s name , i hi s is now resident with n the County , although blood runs in the veins Of a number of well- known Pictou ’ of M cCabe s ri his families . A few descendants bea ng name are to be foun d in the County . John Rogers gave his name t o the distri ct since known as Rogers Hill . His di s ui s of descendants are few , the most ting hed them being

Rev . Anderson Rogers Of Halifax , late Moderator Of the of ri Presbyteri an Synod the Ma time Provinces . The di s Cu mmi n ger name early appeared from the Coun ty . The courageous little band whi ch came in the “ Hope had to encounter the usual trials and difficulties Of pioneer settlers in a densely wooded country , remote from human ul neighborhood . But they had plentif supplies ; were busy making improvements , and were cheered from time to time by the arrival of other families and individuals to f h “ ” join their settlement . Of the early followers o t e Hop e r from Philadelphia the most impo tant were Rev . James

Lyon , a large shareholder of the Company , and Matthew f o . on Harris , an elder brother Dr John , who settled the a Davidson farm at West River , above the S w Mill bridge .

Addi tional settlers came from Truro . Of these the s r mo t notewo thy was William Kennedy, who located at the mouth Of what has since been known as Saw Mill 1 769 l hi Brook , where he erected , in , the mil from w ch the stream took its name . This mill was the first frame building erected in the County . 1 770 Up to the l st Of January , there had been 67 ar rivals and four births at Pictou . But 36 had removed or

di l l 84 . fir s ed , and the tota popu ation was The st cen us , then taken , sets forth that the settlement possessed 6 1 6 1 6 s 1 6 horses , oxen , cow , young cattle , 37 sheep and THE PIONEERS OF PICTOU

1 0 swine . Dr . Harris is credi ted with the ownership of a ’ i l f Pictou s fish ng boat and a sma l vessel , the pioneer o

subsequent extensive mercantile fleet . The settlers had that year harvested 64 bushels Of wheat and 60 of

oats .

of : rri The heads families were John Ha s , Robert Patter M cFad n n son , Robert de , Henry Cummi ger, James Mc mi Cabe , Nathan S th , Rev . James Lyon , Barnabas Mc Ai Gee , William Kennedy , Moses Blaisdell , William ken , Ou hterson George g , Thomas Skead , Matthew Harris , M cNutt hi al M cKa Barnett , James Arc b d , Charles y and

Robert Dickey . “ or of was The town centre the settlement , located ’ s n of oppo ite Brow s Point , at the mouth Haliburton Creek , “ ” since generally known as the Town Gut . This most unsuitable site had to be accepted because when the Phila hi r M u tt delp a settlers ar ived , Colonel cN , that notorious - u of Nova Scotia land grabber , had sec red a grant all the ’ shore lands from Brown s Point to the mouth of Pi ctou

Harbor , and thence around the coast to Cariboo Harbor . ’ It was not until the escheating of M cNutt s grant that the

Harbor front was made available for settlement . After

ll . that , a vi age sprang up at Norway House Point But it was only at a considerably later date that the present

Town site began to be occupied . The nearest settlement to Pictou was at the head of Cobe id u of . q B ay, near what is now , the town Truro It was imperative that a safe means of access to thi s settle

Cobe uid ul ment , then known as q , sho d be immediately f . n f o Opened up Accordingly , o e o the first cares the “ ” Hope settlers was to have a trail laid out between the “ ” wo t . hi Cobe uid places T s path , known as the q Road , was in no true sense Of the word a road ; but it served most ul usef purposes . It was free from dangerous Obstructions ; was - di on clear cut and rect , and could be easily traversed foot or horseback . PICTONIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

It seems rather singular that exact knowledge of the location of this most important land route should so soon s have perished . Even Dr . Patter on appears to have been able to secure only vague information as to the location of parts of it . But it can be clearly traced through the Cobe uid land Registry Office . The q Road followed the line Of the present West River Road from the Town Gut “ to Belmont the Evans farm . Thence it ran along the ” ’ West River old road t o a point near Leithead s stone of house . Thence it struck across the face the hill back of - s Of Durham , following exactly the south we t line James ’ M acl llan s D . e lands , and came out near the late Robert ’ Patterson s house . Thence , following the same direction ,

ss Au chin cairn r it cro ed to the Fou Mile Brook Road , a s of short di stance from the hou e the late Thomas Rogers , s s Postmaster . Thence it followed the pre ent Brook Road

to . hi s to Mount Thom , over the p of w ch it pa sed , and Cobe ui d thence down the Salmon River to q , now Lower xi Truro . The complete Oblivion into which the very e s tence of thi s road had fallen even among the grand-child It r ren of the s ettlers to whom had been so impo tant , was curiously illustrated some forty years ago when a rusted Au chin ca cannon ball was picked up in the woods at irn . di stri ct ‘ at There was much speculation in the the time , as hi to how t s Old round shot could possibly have come there . It was not until long afterwards that recovered knowledge Of the actual course Of the Cobequid Road suggested a nl al partial , but o y a parti , explanation Of the mystery . By whom or for what purpose such a piece of property as a cannon ball was being transported through the woo ds Cobe ui d between Truro and Pictou , over the q Road , and how r it came to be d opped in such a spot , cannot even be Cob u id guessed . The eq Road is said to have been laid out by Thomas Archibald and John Otterson Of Truro assisted by John Rogers . “ The Hope pioneers with the exception of Rogers ’

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s on e family , and pos ibly other family , were all located al r s Of s ong the no th ide the West River e tuary , from the “ “ ” Town Gut to the Harbor Head , when the ship Hector with her contingent arrived . The Tw o settlers had been advi sed of the coming of ” the Hope , and had sent a delegation to meet and wel on f come those board . The delegation consisted o Samuel A hi Archibald , father Of the afterwards famous S . G . W . rc bald , John Otterson , Thomas Troop and Ephraim Howard . Tradition says that the two last -mentioned bestowed their names as they passed on the outstandi ng hi lls still known as Mount Thom and Mount Ephrai m .

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The whole County was densely wooded at that time . s of di On the hores the Harbor , exten ng up the river valleys n and clothing the bi lls were magnificent growths of pi e , f almost every tree a gigantic model o its kind . The grove whi ch covered the present site of the town is said to have T . O been notably fine the north , more particularly Cari boo around the shores Of , there were splendid stretches

- of oakland . The coast waters and streams were over fi h s s s . flowing with , the wood with game With helter , ri n fuel and food thus at hand in chest abu dance , the ori gi nal pioneer band and the succeeding parties of settlers . can scarcely have suffered the harrowing experiences which O later imaginations have conjured up . N doubt they

endured certain trials , and privations , like all pioneers . But they were young and vi gorous ; and their healthy joys must have far more than counterbalanced their too troubles . The physical delights Of pioneering are Often overlooked in listening to the reminiscences of Old men and

women regarding their youthful days in the wi lds . — One thing is certain the children of the pioneers never “ ” e to s of ceas d regret the good Old time , the golden age ’ their youth , when they and their neighbors young folk

gathered in the evenings , around blazing wood fires in

d s lo - hi wi e , ho pitable , g cabin c mney places , and when PICTONIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

r hi social intercourse had a peculiar freedom and cha m , w ch was sadly missed in later and supposedly more happy

s . years , of greater eeming comfort ” The Hope settlers had completed the political or

ani zation di g of the Pictou strict , and their members had been materially increased from other sources before the

si x next large band of immigrants joined them , years later . s ul be The e are facts which should be d y kept in mind , cause they suggest a very di fferent idea of the relative importance Of the two first bands Of pioneers than that al on generally entertained . They so shed valuable light the real condition Of the Pictou settlement when the ship “ ” Hector arrived in 1 773 . ff E ective municipal government had , at that date , been s l of ffi al establi hed . The fo lowing is a list its O ci s in 1 775 : February , John Harris Clerk of District Robert M eresom

John Harris . Overseers of Poor James Fulton Moses Blai sdale William Kennedy Surveyors of Lumber

. Constable James Fulton Clerk of Market Abraham Slater Culler of Fish

’ M cNu tt s Before the Hector arrived , grant had been , 1 770 . in , escheated to the Crown The whole Harbor front and Cari boo shore were thus thrown open to settle “ ”

. on ment The Hector reached Pictou September 1 5 , 1 7 ' 73 . Some forty or more years ago this date was arbi ’ “ ” traril Pi ctou s y selected as Natal Day , a selection made for e purely temporary purpos s , which has been largely responsible for the popular modern belief that the real ” hi of o f story Pictou began with the coming the Hector . 1 5 But the truth is , that September was chosen because THE PIONEERS OF PICTOU

1 0 June , the Hope day was past at the time when it became desirable to hold a public picn ic for a charitable

purpose .

THE HECTOR PE OPLE

n Those who reached Pictou by the Hector , o Septem 1 5 1 773 di ber , , numbered , accor ng to one statement , 1 89 ;

1 79 . 1 1 770 according to another , On January , , there 4 were 8 in the Pictou settlement . Probably a good many others had arrived in the intervening three years ; so that “ ” had the whole Hector contingent remained in the County they would scarcely have outnumbered those already in

the settlement . But it appears from the list given by hi Dr . Patterson , w ch was compiled by William Mackenzie , who ul dl timately settled at Loch Broom , and was admitte y nl f of the o y specially educated member o the party , that 5 7 heads Of families or single men who came by the Hec

tor 27 in . im , only remained Pictou Thi rty almost f of medi ately left or other parts of the Province . Even the 27 who found ultimate resting-place in Pictou several at first went elsewhere ; and they or their childr en only

returned at later dates , when the settlement had been very materially increased by immigration from various “ ” other sources . These facts indicate that the Hope set tlem ent was far from being submerged or eclipsed by the “ ” s Hector party . It eems unlikely that those from the Hector who actually settled in the County numbered “ ” as many as the Hope people whom they found in original “ s ss po se ion . Moreover , the Hector element was much weakened in influence by two special causes . f M cKenzi e l With the exception o William a , A exander ll s Cameron , George Mcconne , Alexander Fra er and John s s Patter on , not many Of its members could peak English at all fluently ; and they scattered themselves over the

County , while the Hope people were compactly settled s of together on the Harbor front . It was the descendant the PICTONIANS AT HOME AND AB ROAD

Hector people rather than the first -comers Of them who made their influence felt in the District . But there were certain marked exceptions to this which will be duly noted . The party had been recrui ted from many parts of the

f . s North O Scotland Of those who shipped at Gla gow , s s M c o n ll John Patter on ettled at Pictou ; and George C n e , - f c great grand ather Of the late Robert Mc onnell , the well

s . s known journalist , at We t River Of tho e from Invernes l M cKa i shire , Wi liam y settled on the East R ver , near al M cKa M K 1: Stellarton ong with Roderick y , Colin c ay , Donald Cameron and Donald M cKay ; Hugh Fraser ’ settled at M cLenn an s Brook ; Donald M cD on ald at Middle River ; Colin Douglas at Middle River ; Hugh s s Fra er at Twelve Mile Hou e , West River ; Alexander l Fraser , at Midd e River ; James Grant , settled first in ’ King s County but returned to upper East River ; Alex s s ander Cameron ettled at Loch Broom ; Alexander Ro s ,

dl M cKen zi e s at Mid e River ; Colin at Ea t River , near New Glasgow ; William M acKen zie at Loch Broom ; John ’ M cLenn an at the mouth of M cLen nan s Brook ; William M cLenn an hi s s s Of , relative on the ea t ide West River ;

above Durham ; Alexander Falconer , near Hopewell . Of s m ou h rl n dshi re s tho e fro S t e a , Kenneth Fra er , after first settling at Londonderry returned and settled at Middle Of s River , back Green Hill ; Walter Murray ettled at M eri orni sh M cLeod g ; James , at Middle River ; Hugh Mc Leod at West River ; Willi am Matheson settled first at

Londonderry , but returned to Rogers Hill . Of those - s s above named , the following impressed them elve specially on the history of the County M cKa s s William y , who ettled at Ea t River became a Justice of the Peace ; and exercised much influence in his f hi . o s day One sons , William , prepared a map of Nova was l Scotia , which pub ished in London and was regarded

as . authoritative for many years Another son , Alexander , s s owned the town ite of New Gla gow .

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di literary man Of Toronto , and John D . Macdonald , e tor “ ” and proprietor of the Pictou Advocate ; the late Hon . of W . D . R . Cameron , formerly Durham , Member for Guysborough County of the Legislative Council of Nova - i P . n M . . Scotia ; William Cameron , ex P , at present Mu ci

f M rs . . . pal Treasurer O the County , and W E Maclellan ’ hi s l i s of Of Halifax . T partia l t Alexander Cameron s better-known descendants furni shes striking evidence Of the possible value of one good settler to a new country .

s . s Alexander Fraser , ettled at Middle River He al o

e as s was Of excellent birth . H w an immediate de cendant wi n f s . O the Fraser , Lords Lovat Along th the oble head

- of that House he was deeply involved in the Forty Five .

Two Of hi s brothers were slain at Culloden . His wife was s Of Of Marion Campbell , younge t daughter the Laird

In ern esshire s Skreigh , v , who had rai ed a troop for Prince l son Of Charlie , and was wounded at Cu loden . A this

- i couple was the first native born Pi cton an . From them l s s so in descended the Rock in Fra er , prominent in the s f l du stri al life of the County . John Fra er o Hopewel , is “ ”

s . Of a grand on His son , Thomas , the Beachcomber the Morning Chroni cle and formerly edi tor of the Halifax “ f s . Daily Echo , is at pre ent a leading citizen o Saskatoon ’

. s M rs. J P . Esdaile of Halifax is Alexander Fra er s great h s r . s s g an dau g ter Dr . Patter on tates that Fra er was in “ ” most comfortable circumstances when he left Scotland . l M acKen zie s Wi liam ultimately ettled at Loch Broom , s hi s s be ide particular friend and a sociate , Alexander s s s Cameron , after having pent ome year at Liverpool ,

Nova Scotia , where he married a daughter of on e of the s s Of al pioneer ettler that place , a line descendant of on e Of “ ri s who the Pilg m Father , came to Massachusetts Bay “ ” 2 1 6 1 . ll in the Mayflower , in Wi iam M acKen zi e also was Of good family . His father was a gentleman Of title

Of r M acKen zie and a scion the Seafo th family . Young M acKen zie was s a tudent Of eighteen , when he left Scot

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s as land . He engaged him elf schoolmaster to the Hector

s ul u s party in a pirit Of youthf advent re , but pressed al o ,

n s s . o doubt , by the nece sities of the time The party broke up at Pictou , and he was never required to exercise his assumed vocation ; but he became , which was Of much more importance , the historian Of the party . It was from ri his memoranda and dia es that Dr . Patterson Obtained most of hi s definite authentic information concerni ng the “ " on n Hector party . He had only e so and nearly all Of

to i his grandchildren removed the Un ted States where ,

s or . without exception , they prospered in bu iness industry Only two of his lineal descendants are now in Nova Scotia

of i . Mrs . W . E . Maclellan Hal fax and Mrs John Carson

of Pictou .

He was known in hi s day as the Peacemaker . It was he who donated the site of the first church erected in

Pictou County , which was situated at Loch Broom , close r on to the east shore of the West Rive estuary , lands lat

terly owned by the late Duncan M cCabe .

John Patterson , grandfather Of the late Rev . Dr . Patter son , the painstaking and talented historian of the County , s ettled near the future town , where he became a prosper s s of di ous busine s man , a Ju tice the Peace and a lea ng

of s . citizen . Several his de cendants , besides the late Dr Patterson have been prominent as public and business

men in Colchester and other counties of the Province .

His Honor , Judge Patterson , of the County Court , New

s i s f . Gla gow , a son o Dr Patterson and a great grandson Of “ ” John Patterson of the Hector s Alexander Falconer , who ettled near Hopewell , was : the grandfather of the late Rev . Dr Falconer , a few years ago Moderator of the General Assembly Of the Presby

terian Church in Canada , whose two talented and highly di s of s . stingui hed sons are Dr . R A . Falconer , Pre ident the

s . . Univer ity Of Toronto , and Dr James W Falconer , of the

s ri Pre byte an College , Halifax ,

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William Matheson who settled at Rogers Hill was the ll of father of the late Wi iam Matheson , Durham , grand f of father o the late David Matheson , barrister Pictou , and great grandfather of E . S . Matheson Town Engineer ,

Yarmouth . Should it seem surprising to any that so many men Of s i s nl good birth came to Pictou among the pioneer , it o y necessary to point ou t that the same thing is n ow happen s of s ing in the Northwest . Son some Of the be t families in the United Kingdom are at present homesteaders and s working farmers on the Canadian prairies . A few year ago the titled head of on e Of the Oldest Baronetcies in Ireland died as a billi ard-marker in a Winnipeg Saloon ; s and he was no scapegrace . He had gone to the We t in

s un s the hope of re toring the fallen family fort e , and had accepted the first employment available . It was only di after his death that his identity was sclosed , although wi thout proclaiming hi s title he had not changed his name . f s Speaking O the times when Pictou was first ettled , in connection with the fact that a noble Lord , a member Of the Scottish House Of Peers and the representative Of one of the Oldest families in Scotland was a glover in Edin “ ’ ” “ l O f burgh , Burke , compi er Burke s Peerage and Landed ” “ ” ss f s s Gentry , in his Vici itudes o Families tate that a on e s il s Nobleman , Of who e fam y afterwards ettled in s t o for Pictou County , u ed stand years in the Old Town , di r s li s s E nbu gh , el ng glove to tho e present ; for , according s Of to the fa hion the time , a new pair was required for every dance . The only occasion in which he was absent from hi s post was at the ball following the election of a s repre entative Peer , when he appeared in full dress , and s s j oined with tho e pre ent in the dance . It may be added that sons of the best families in Scotland are Often found s s s s at trade in the e time , ari ing from the di fficulty of being f r provided o .

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The great disadvantage under which most Of the Hec ” tor settlers labored was lack of means . The fact that n they were able to emigrate at all , at their ow charge in “ ” those days Of hard times is proof positive that they were the most prosperous and enterprisi ng of their con ri ff tempora es , and that they were much better O than the of average their countrymen at that time . Scotland was then in a state of extreme financial and industrial dep res sion . With reference to that period the latter half Of the - L s ss eighteenth century ord Ro ebery, in addre ing the of 1 909 annual meeting the Edinbur gh Savings Bank , in , “ stated that there was not then more than two or three hundred thousand pounds of current money in all Scot ” “ at of s land , whereas the date his peech there were over fourteen mi llion pounds Of deposits in the two savings ” s Banks of Edi nburgh and Glasgow alone . Lord Ro ebery who said , and his words are well worth pondering by all would form just conceptions of the character Of the Hec ” “ — s—m tor settlers in Pictou , Our great grandfather y — df . great gran ather , at any rate was living at that time Our great grandfathers di d great things in those days on — a mess of pottage they had no more but with it they to ul i helped mo d the Empire . They ma ntained their poor l i without legal compu sion . They sought noth ng from external help ; and they laid , in their nakedness , and barrenness , the foundations of the prosperity which reigns of ul to in Scotland at this moment . None us wo d care s our live as they di d . Some of the poore t in country at present would shrink from the manner of life which was s ul endured by some of the noblest in those days . We ho d n ot care to share their pri vations ; but we should not be unwilling to be convi nced that we possess their in dep en l - - s dence , their se f reliance , their self re pect ; and I regard — that as the greatest blessing resulting ou t Of thrift in Of s ar s dependence character . Whether Scotti h pride o e out of ri f r ou t Scottish th t , o whether Scottish thrift arose

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of S cottish pride , I really cannot decide ; but they are closely intertwined so closely that you cannot perhaps separate them . But , at any rate , the combination pro ” du ced a character which has governed the country . for These are striking facts , vouched by a very great ’ of and reliable man . Dr . Patterson s invaluable history Pictou County makes it clear beyond di spute that the “ ” “ ” “ ” Hector settlers possessed the thrift and the pride of their country in the highest degree . The subsequent lives Of them and their descendants have demonstrated beyond question that they possessed also the “governing ’ character . of 1 773 At the close , there were thus in Pictou County , di s two very tinct pioneer strains , almost equal in num — “ ” f mi bers the Hope settlers o xed American , English , f ri South Of Scotland and North o Ireland o gin , who had “ ” been some years in the country , and the Hector settlers , of north Of Scotland extraction , newly arrived and , for di to the imme ate time being , a charge rather than a help r the struggling settlement , although they cont ibuted so materi ally t o its development and progress in later years .

TH E SO UTH OF SCOTLAND PEOPLE

A year and a half after the arrival of the Hector came the thi rd and last band of those who may properly be f called the pioneers o Pictou . These were the south of s of Scotland people , sometimes erroneou ly spoken as the mf ” Du ries Settlers . Their party was organized to take up lands in Pri nce

Edward Island . They chartered their own vessel ; sailed of mf i from the port Annan , in Du riessh re , and arrived at

Georgetown in the spring Of 1 773 . Although exceptionally w ell outfitted , they were immedi ately overtaken by bad luck . ’ A great plague of mice destroyed their first season s crop . The following spri ng they procured seed from Nova

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re- Scotia , and planted ; but the mice ate the very seed in

r . to the g ound That autumn , crown their misfortunes , supplies which they had brought from Scotland and stored at Georgetown Harbor were plun dered by riotous New

England sailors and fishermen , who were ashore on a n on of for dru ken orgie the eve sailing their homes . The settlers were left in di re strai ts for food ; and sufiered i n ri n tensely du ng the succeedi g winter . In the following 1 775 to spring , , they removed in a body Pictou . There h rt li on e were t i een fami es and single man in the party . With on e exception they settled permanently in Pictou

County .

Seven Of the party located at West River . These were l ll t wart a Anthony Maclel an , Wi iam Clark , David S e , Willi m an B Smith , Joseph Richards , John M cM and Charles laikie . on Four settled the Middle River , namely , John Crockett ,

all . Two Robert Marsh , Robert Brydone and John Smith , l ul Thomas Turnbu l and Anthony C ton , went to the East l River . One , We lwood Waugh , remained in Pictou for a time , but later removed to Colchester County where he ’ hi s l il gave name to Waugh s River . His ha f brother , W of r liam Campbell , the bachelor the pa ty, settled at the

Beaches , a mile below the present Town Of Pictou . The members of thi s party added a new and specially valuable element to the pri mitive Pictou settlement . They came from one of the best agricultur al di stri cts in i Scotland . They had been closely associated w th the f of land all their lives . Several o them were sons land owners ; others had been tenant farmers . They knew how to to best deal with the soil , and they had the means enable them to put their knowledge into practice . They lost no time in getting to work . Most Of them prospered a of from the beginning . This p rty , more than any its di n i predecessors , rectly and i d rectly influenced the future s of Pictou . They seem to have been well atisfied with to their new home ; and at Once , by means of letters those

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hi s whom they had left be nd , became the mo t eflective of immigration agents . Through their representations their relatives and acquaintances in the South of Scotland were di rected to Pictou ; and continued coming in increasing numbers , for many years . The original members of the party were mostly from old ri Galloway , that famous , P ncipality in the extreme f cbtlan d f southwest o S , made up Of the Shires o Kirkcu d bright and Wigton ; but a few of them were from Dum or friesshi re and Ayr , had connections in those counties . A glance at the names Of those most promi nent in the l f f early commercial , industrial and political i e o Pictou will Show that a large proportion Of them were from on e or s other Of the outh Scottish counties above mentioned .

The monuments in the Old Cemetery Of Pictou , and the still Older Durham Cemetery reveal an overwhelming of mfri preponderance Galloway , Du es and Ayrshi re names . Of - These south Scotland settlers imported live stock ,

- seeds and fruit trees from the land Of their birth . At West River traces Of the famous black cattle Of Galloway were di stinctly discernible not many years ago ; and quite possibly are yet to be found . The sturdy Galloway breed

too . Of horses , , left its mark in the county But the Gallo way people made a far deeper and infini tely more valuable on s impress the ocial life Of the county . From them , to

d R . mention an outstan ing name , came ev Thomas M cCul of loch , the founder Pictou Academy , who , although him a i of n self native Of Renfrewsh re , was the descendant o e of the oldest and most honorable of the baronial families Of i hi Kirkcudbrightsh re , with a story dating back almost to

. of the Norman invasion The names Thomas , Michael M cCulloch hi and William , so familiar in Pictou story , are di stinctly traceable through hundreds of years Of the annals f i ’ Of Galloway . John Dawson , another o P ctou s worthy who l i early settlers , , fo low ng the southern pioneers , came

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PIC T ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

to s M aclel Of those who went the We t River , Anthony lan settled at Durham where he purchased a large block f f n o . o land o the west side the River In addition , he owned lands purchased from on e of the Blaiki es on the

- f re east side o the River opposite Durham , which were hi s ni conveyed by son Anthony Maclellan , ju or , to James

Blaiki 23 1 800. ou t of e by deed dated February , It was thi s lot that Anthony Maclellan set aside the site Of the Old West River Church and of the Older part Of the West i fir River Cemetery in wh ch he was the st man buried , in G the year 1 786. A Mrs . erard was interred there a year ’ hi s M aclellan s earlier . With t exception , Anthony is the oldest marked grave in Pictou County . Hi s n 1 93 eldest so James , was killed in 7 , by falling from a building whi ch was being erected near the Ten Mile Hi s son hi s bridge . remaining , Anthony , succeeded to s Ann ri property . Of his three daughter , , was mar ed first to William Smith and after hi s death to Donald M cLeod ;

ri s Cathe ne , to Joseph Richard , grandfather Of the late n to Rev . John Richards ; and Ja et John Collie , whose li s i s . grand on Dr . J . R Col e , Of River John and great

of . grandson Dr . J . R . M . Collie London , England A s i n omewhat striking incident , in th s con ection , was the

s of M rs marriage , at the ame place and date , the widowed . mi al M cLeod hi s son S th and her daughter to Don d and , who by these marriages became respectively the forefathers L f . od of o M c e . Judge John D Pictou and Rev John M . M cLeo d of n of Van , formerly Charlottetow , and later cou ver, B . C. ll was of M aclellan s B om bi Anthony Macle an the Of e, i ff of Hered tary Sheri s Galloway . He was born in 1 720 fift - s of t and was y three year age when he lef Scotland . In the list of hi s descendants are to be found the names Of

Six ri s s n thirteen clergymen , bar ters , even physicians, o e of member the Dominion Parliament , many successful

s ss of bu ine men , among them the late John S . Maclean

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al H ifax , the late Daniel Macdonald , Collector Of Customs ,

Pictou , the late Robert M cConnell of the Finance Depart

. l f . o ment , Ottawa , W E Mac ellan Halifax , Post Office In

for o spector Nova Scotia , and , last but n t least , Robert l Maclel an , LL . D . , the present honored Pri ncipal of Pictou

Academy .

of s to On the east side the River , Oppo ite Anthony Mac l ll Bl iki e an a e . settled Charles His lands were extensive , includi ng at on e time or another all those now or lately n of occupied by his descendants o Green Hill , and all the r n ow n David Matheson fa m , opposite Durham , ow ed by Blaiki Mr . Hamblin . Charles e , too , was in very comfort n i ul able circumstances O hi s arrival . He was a sk llf

s . farmer , and the family have always been pro perous One of hi s Al x early descendants was the late Rev . e ander

Blaiki D . D . e, . , long a prominent Clergyman in Boston r Bl iki L M . a e of Another is ondonderry , a wealthy retired n f o e o . . merchant , at time a business partner the late A W l M cLe an . , Lieutenant Governor Of Nova Scotia n s of Next above Anthony Maclellan , o the west ide the on hi River , settled William Clark lands all Of w ch have ever since been continuously held by hi s descendants . NO farmer s in the County have been more enterpri si ng s s s of and ucces ful than they . Among the descendant William Clark have been three clergymen of the Presby terian Church . Next above William Clark settled David Stewart on lands whi ch are n ow in the possession of his great grand son r h as , Robert Stewart . The Stewa t name at all times ri been synonymous with integ ty . Among Robert Stew ’ art s descendants are the two Drs . Collie above named .

Next above Robert Stewart settled William Smith , hi was s n ow s . where grandson Wilson Smith , reside He - mi descended from a Dumfriesshi re land owning fa ly , r i t oo membe s of wh ch had borne titles of honor . He was

s s s s pos e sed Of con iderable means . A milling indu try was

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early established at his place , which proved highly success ful and was of great benefit to the surroundi ng country . Hi s l son , the late Anthony Smith , father Of Wi son f of s . o Smith and grandfather Jame W Smith Pictou , head ll Of the Atlantic Mi ing Company , was long a prominent and active member Of the Old Court of Sessions for Pictou s County . Thi family too , has contributed most gener ou sly to the professional as well as to the business life Of ll ’ the Province . Among Wi iam Smith s descendants have

on e been member of the Dominion Parliament , six clergy men and three prominent barristers . s on Next above William Smith ettled Joseph Richards , the lands occupied by his descendants until Robert Rich

s hi r to ard removed some t ty years ago Manitoba , where hn l n ow of Rev . O he and his fami y reside . A brother his , J s ri was Richards , a Pre byte an clergyman , called to Ontario , where he pa ssed hi s life . hn Above Joseph Richards settled Jo Maclean , the far th s est south Of the members Of thi party . He was Of i Dumfriesshire family . Rev . John Maclean of R chibucto , f B . . O . of N , the father the late John S Maclean Halifax , l 1 775 hi s s . was grand on John Maclean , arriving in Ju y , , was one Of the fir st -chosen elders of the fir st Presbyterian congregation organized in Pictou County , to which Rev .

M cG r r w s mi of . e o a Dr g called to nister in , the autumn 1 786. The family have ever since been prominent in of Church work . The late Howard Maclean , Halifax , on e Of the most promising young barristers in Nova Scotia when his untimely death occurred was a great grandson

Of John Maclean , as was also the late J . J . Maclean Of

M rs . Hopewell . George Arthur Bayne Of Winnipeg is a great granddaughter . With such settlers on it s banks it is not surprising that the West River Should so long have been the ecclesiastical al of TO and education centre the County . Durham was s i early moved the fir t Presbyterian Church , located orig

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nally at Lo ch Broom . Durham did not receive its present of name until the time the late Lord Durham in Canada . of ll G The name was the suggestion the late Wi iam raham , wa m merchant , and s confir ed at a public meeting held for

‘ the purpose . The late Miss Margaret Cameron of Dur s n ham di ti ctly remembered the meeting , and that it was ’ on Mr . Graham s motion that the name Durham was chosen . At the West River church all those settled around di of the Harbor , inclu ng the people the Town , continued c ri to worship until Rev . Thomas Mc ulloch ar ved in 1 803 ni when a separate congregation was orga zed in Pictou . In Durham Cemetery most of the pioneer settlers Of West T ur . o a Pictou are b ied Durh m , at a later date , the Pres byt eri an Theological Seminary for Nova Scotia was re s moved , and there establi hed and conducted for a number of years .

s i 1 822 . But Durham , as a village , did not tart unt l The l on 1 9 first ot was sold March , Of that year , by Anthony ni Maclellan , ju or , to John Henderson , shoemaker . It

‘ - of on was the half acre lot , at the lower end the village , ’ s s which Waller s black mith hop stands . The price paid 1 4 1 0 s —not for was pounds , hillings a bad price a begin on 1 3 1 824 two ning . But April , , years later , Henderson al - lot for hi 25 bought the adjacent h f acre , w ch he paid on pounds . Henderson must have been prospering , for 1 4 1 26 30 of June , 8 , he bought acres Of land in the rear his 00 first two purchases for which he paid 1 pounds . Dur “ ” ham seems to have been experi encing a boom at thi s 1 6 1 830 MacD onald time . On May , , Alexander black ’ smith , bought an acre lot adjoining Henderson s lots , 1 5 1 832 r 50 . Two on p ice pounds years later , August , , a of ll large lot , in the southern angle the Rogers Hi road 1 2 re was sold for 5 pounds . The following day it was

f 1 . sold to J . R . Ritchie or 75 pounds hi on of From t s time , during a number years , Durham s grew and pro pered greatly , owing to the development of

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the timber trade Of whi ch it was a large purchasing centre . — “ ” At on e time it had four inns three of them licensed , and many places of gener al business . It had mechanical

s s s e tabli hment Of almost every kind ; two churches , and fi s n . 1 849 the Pre byterian Semi ary In , Durham Post Of ce i ranked fifth in the Prov nce in revenue collected , being , in

s s s . thi re pect , at that time ahead Of New Gla gow The ffi s Post O ce , with a larger revenue than that of Durham

li Te . were Ha fax , Yarmouth , and Pictou With the decay of the timber trade Durham fell into rapid decline . But the surrounding country has lost none Of its solid and - s s long e tabli hed prosperity .

T H E EARLY SETTLERS OF THE E AST RIVER

The East River i s well known for the variety and the its s il beauty of its scenery . On bank are Springv le , i Bridgev lle , and Sunny Brae , villages Of abundant peace it s ri and plenty . It is well known for ch deposits Of iron i and lime ; its vales and hills , its towering elms and w nding i s s river , but it till more famous for the men and women it has produced ; for the distri ct from Churchville to Ker row are i of o fif s g , a d stance ab ut teen mile , has given thirty

five clergymen to the Presbyt erian Church , a Gover

a s . nor , Chief Ju tice and a Premier to the Province What a community produces along educational and religious lines depends n ot a little upon its antecedents . s The early settlers of the Ea t River were a sturdy stock , al an d a sober , st wart worshipping set of men women , with iron in their blood , and a burning love in their hearts for the Church and the School . They yoked education and

' religion together , and the combination produced a fin e

of al . type men and mor ities The writer , thirty years ago , taught the Shorter Catechi sm in the public school at

Sunny Brae .

As far as can be ascertained . the first settler in Church ville was John Robertson . He ernigrat ed from the High

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of 1 7 4 Pi tOu lands Scotland and arrived in 8 , in c . He was -in - of M Ka a brother law Roderick c y, who was on e Of the

first settlers on the East River . The first clearing Rob ert son r i h s made in Chu chv lle was where Jo n Robert on , il m ler , once resided .

John Fraser was among the first settlers of Spri ngville . To distingu ish him from others of the same clan he was Ru aidh or . called Iain , Red John He settled about 1 40 a o on now n years g the place k own as the Holmes Farm , i s where he built the first frame house in Springville . It still standing . Later , the property was bought by Senator hi Holmes and here he always lived and ended s days . i “ The house is low , but comfortable , remind ng one Of the l Hon . . oe Ofed house Of Socrates . Here the Simon H

Holmes , once Premier Of the Province , was born and bred .

John Fraser , Red , had three sons James , Donald and

William who settled in the community . One of his s : daughters married Simon Fra er , Basin she was the of mother Thomas Fraser , Foreman , and consequently, o in of grandmother f Graham Fraser , the Iron K g New of Glasgow . Another daughter , married Mr . Fraser Mc Lenn an s f Mountain and was the mother o William Fraser ,

Postmaster , New Glasgow . hi s son Ru aidh James , eldest , always called Seumas Iain , s was a devout man and well known for his hone ty . He

Of u . raised a large family , who were all an intellectual t rn It was James Fraser who gave the name Spri ngville to the place from the many sparkling streams in the vi cinity . s of John Fraser , elde t son James Fraser , who went “ ” always by the name of Cat ach was qui te a celebrity hi s . was in day His second son , Donald the geologist Of was of the East River . His second daughter mother

. di . James A Fraser , E tor Of the Eastern Chronicle James Iain Ru aidh and Davi d M cLean were near neigh bors and each had an inexhaustible lime quarry on his

. 1 836 s farm In , three thousand bu hels Of lime were manu

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s factured and sold at the Albion Mines . In the ame year twenty-five hundred tons Of square timber were rafted — down the river by the athletic sons Of Sunny Brae the i s s M cD on alds Ch sholm , Kennedys , Thomson , and Mc

M cLean . In toshes. David was the father of the Rev

s . D . . Jame Maclean D , and Dr Duncan Maclean , both di settled for a long time in Shubenaca e , N . S . one of on s James Grant , the passengers the Hector ettled ’

CO . . . first in King s , N S He came from Glen Urquhart , hi s dr Scotland . He was married and some of chil en ’

CO . were born in the Old coun try . He moved from King s

o O . . to Caribo , Pictou C , and lived there for some years Before coming to thi s country he gained some knowledge hi be of milling . By t s time the Upper Settlement people s of gan to raise con iderable quantities grain , especially SO ll . wheat , but they had no mi to convert it into flour they persuaded James Grant to leave Cariboo and move to the East River . This he did , and settled at Mill l ui stream in 1 790. He erected a mi l on a stream iss ng ’ on S from Grant s Lake , a ite some twenty rods further ’ down than the on e now occupied by Grant s Mill . This i was the first regular gr stmi ll on the East River .

- 1 22 ni . James Grant died in February , 8 , age nety seven l as u . He is described a quiet , peacef man He lived for some years before hi s death on a farm subsequently owned i di by Duncan M cPh e . When James Grant ed , there were twelve fami lies in Millstream and Lime Brook : Duncan ll Grant , James Grant , dyer , Alexander Grant , mi er , Robert s M L n Grant , elder , John Fra er , James Fraser , David c ea , M cPhi e al M r Donald Fraser , Duncan , Don d o Fraser , h M cIntos . David , and Donald Cameron or r James Grant had four sons and two th ee daughters . Of hi s 1 4 One sons , Duncan , died in 8 7 and was buried at vi Spring lle Bridge , and was either the first or on e Of the

first buried there . He once owned the farm on which the M cGillivra di Rev . Angus y lived and ed .

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THE PIONEERS OF PICTOU

His s Al fl ons , exander and Robert were men of in uence and note and had much to do with the making of the life and the growth Of the community . They succeeded their father in the milling business and were leaders in the Church and the State . Alexander Grant was married to Nellie K M c a . . s o y The Rev Robert Grant , the hi torian f the s son East River was their son . James , elde t of Alexander M cKa as Grant and Nellie y, was known the Dyer . He s ll ll . owned woolen mi near Springvi e His sons Alexander , hi John Walter , Hugh and Robert succeeded m . of Robert Grant was married to Mary , daughter James s saw Robert on . He had three sons ; James , who owned a ’ mill at the head Of Grant s Lake and was for many years M cGillivra l an elder under the Rev . Mr . y ; A exander on s Robert , who owned a gristmill Mill tream ; and Dr .

di s n n l . i s William R Grant , a tingu shed professor in Pe y of hi s vania Medical College . One daughters , married s John Fraser , Ba in . Another was the wife of Colin s il Robert on , Churchv le . 1 784 s of di s In , a ettlement sbanded oldiers was made further up the river . They came to Pictou at the close of the American War . They were , originally , from the hl Hig ands Of Scotland . r s F s The fi t who came was James ra er , Big James , who al M cKa s in company with Don d y, elder , ettled on the ’ al . interv e a little below where St . Paul s Church now stands . He and fifteen others took up a tract of over ’ s s s three thou and acre , extending up to Samuel Cameron ’ on of ri s the east side the ver , and to James Fra er s , Cullo On s den , the west side . They were a ober and industrious class of people and endured great hardshi p . But they endured it with characteristic Scottish tenacity and in the belief that the future had much in store for them . A few years rolled by and they had made homes for their families and laid the foundations for a God-fearing and prosperous s s s community . To ponder over the hazard and hard hip

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i s s i s they faced w th uch optimi tic heroism , but to admire and pay them a justly earned tribute . The names Of these fir st settlers were : Donald Cam nl eron , his brothers Samuel and Fi ay , Alexander Cameron ,

s Robert Clark , Peter Grant , first elder in the ettlement , s M cD on ald M cD on ald on Jame , Hugh the east side of D n l . M c o a d the river James Fraser , Duncan , John Mc Of s dr Donald , brother James , John Chi holm , owned at nl D 2d the Narrows with Fi ay Cameron , John M c onald , , s John Chi holm , Jr . John M cD on ald was born at Glen Urquh art and be l of longed to the Glencoe M cD on a ds. At the time the s 1 692 M cD on alds Glencoe Ma sacre , , one Of the fled to M D on ald Glen Urquhart and settled there . John c was a o r grands n o great grandson of that man . He was about hl i eight years in the Royal Hig and Emigrant Reg ment , and three of hi s sons fought with him in the Revolutionary ’ on War the Loyalists side . He was married twice . B y

. s Al his fir t wife he had Duncan , exander , Mary and hi s Christy . B y second wife , Margaret Grant , he had s Jame , Ewen , Ann and Ellen . Ann was married to

s . as s Thomas Fraser , Ba in Ellen w married to Jame

s . Robert on The well known Deacon Robertson , Church ill was f . s son O v e , their son Duncan , elde t John Mc

Donald , was married to Catherine Fraser . James , their

son 1 59 . third , was born about 7 He was a Corporal in 4th 1 2 s 8 . 78 the regiment He married about , Mary Forbe ,

by whom he had Alexander , Edward and other sons . s 1 834 He left Ea t River about , and settled in Upper 1 Canada where he di ed in 85 7 . He was an elder under M cGre or Dr . g and a very prominent man on the East River

. M cD on ald hi s in his day Alexander , fifth son , settled of near Bridgeville and was the father Hon . James Mc f O . Donald , Chief Justice Nova Scotia s es M cD on ald Edward , econd son of Jam , had a son M cD on ald . s John A , who left the Ea t River and settled

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in Ontario . John A . was the father of James A . Mac di . . Of one donald , LL D , e tor the Toronto Globe and Of the i s ablest political writers in Canada . He a Presbyterian s l r minister and still preaches occa iona ly . Onta io claims hi s the honor Of being birthplace , but the East River is entitled to some recogni tion in any reference to his parent hi s age for both parents were born there . s s Jame Fraser , Culloden , married Ann Robert on , ll Churchvi e , and had John , Catherine , Margaret , Alex

s . ander and Jame Alexander married Catherine Rankine , of Merigomish . The late Rev . James W . Fraser , of Scots burn , was their son . Alexander Cameron settled on the first lot above Cullo al hi s den . Don d Cameron with brother Samuel were al s s natives Of Glen Urquhart . Don d erved eight year w s s dl in the army . He a settled on the ad e lot . It is said s s that the price given for it was a saddle . Thoma Fra er , i s who lived in Springv lle , purcha ed it from Donald Cam eron and settled on it about 1 81 5 . He married Janet

s of s . Fra er , widow Hector Thomp on He left the lot to of r Simon and Donald Thompson , sons his wife by her fi st son husband . Duncan , of Donald Cameron , was an elder ’

M cGre or s . in Dr . g time h l son of s Jo n , Campbel , Jame and Elizabeth Campbell

Garabe 24 1 790. was born at g, Glen Urquhart , July , He 1 2 81 . entered the army in He married Janet , daughter 2 s 1 1 . of Archibald Fra er , in 8 He came to Pictou in

1 1 was hi s s son . October 8 8 . Peter G . elde t He mar

s of al ried Elizabeth Kennedy , a ister Don d Kennedy ,

i s . s n K . n Sunny Brae . His o , Donald , is a mi ter in Illinois

One Of his sons is a physician in Illinois .

so In osh s Donald , n of Charles M c t , ettled on the lot l above Donald M cD on a d , Roy . He lived there for a few year s and then sold to William Ci ui n M cD onald and Ciuin removed to Fox Brook . William was a teacher s s r s but gave it up for other pur ui t . In the cou e Of

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s time he started a tore in New Glasgow . He put up a hi s s frame house on lot , boarded it , but never hingled it . cD on ald Donald M , Roy , bought a piece Of land near

New Glasgow from Dr . Skinner . He exchanged it with William Ciuin for the lot in the Upper Settlement and gave M cD on ald . s it to his son , John , Roy John fini hed the s Ciui n frame hou e which William had begun and lived in it . It is a question who had the honor of living in the first frame house above Springville . It may have been an ! who honor , but what Of it Were not the men were born

lo s in g hou es as strong , as wise and good as the men born in frame houses ! M cIn tosh M cIn tosh s David , son Of Charles , ettled a hi s M cIn h short distance above brother , Donald tos . as David w born in Inverness , Scotland , and married Int h s . M c os s Chri tie Chisholm James , his son , I land ,

East River , married Catherine Grant . Two of their

nl G . . ni s sons David C . and Fi ay , entered the mi try . Of M cInt osh ri Hugh , another son David , mar ed Isabel

Of s Polson and gave that man weight and wi dom , Rev . h M cIn tos s . Charles D . to the mini try Two other sons entered the medi cal profession .

Al M cD on ald was Ur u exander , Roy , a native Of Glen q 1 803 s hart , came to Pictou in , and ettled at Sunny Brae . He married Christy Fraser and had four sons and four s M D on ald Of daughter . Squire c Springvi lle was his Al his s seobn d . wa son exander , third son , well known in

s . nl Sunny Brae for many year The Rev . Fi ay R . Mc a Donald , minister in Scotland , was the youngest son Of n d Squire M cD o al . John Thompson and hi s son Alexander settled at Sunny

Brae in 1 801 . Alexander married Bella M cIn tosh by r l whom he had John , And ew , Alexander , Wil iam , James ,

nl . Fi ay , Christy , Janet and Mary John Thompson had l s a brother Dona d who ettled at Nine Mile River . Rev . Of was hi s n James Thomson the West River gra dson .

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M cPhie ri Angus , in Glen Urquhart married Ch sty ,

had s daughter Of John Thompson and Duncan , Chri ty ,

John , Ewen , Alexander , Mary and James . He came to 1 803 . hi Pictou in the ship Aurora in Duncan , s eldest

son , settled at Springville and was an elder in Rev . Angus M li ’ cGil vra s . M cPhie on e Of y day His son , John , was

the old Pictou magistrates . He di ed in May 1 91 2 in the -s ninety ixth year Of his age . The first settlers in Sunny Brae were : Robert M cIn s s s to h , Donald Kennedy , Jame Chi holm , John Grant ,

M cD on ald s M cD on ald Duncan , John Thomp on , John , n d cGre r Peter Crui kshank a John M go . They came to

Pictou in 1 801 and settled in Sunny Brae in 1 802 . s f Peter Cruik hank was a native o Strathspey , and came to 1 2 Pictou in 1 789 . In 79 he had two hundred acres of land

and a cow . He was married and had Elizabeth , William ,

John , Alexander , Marjorie and Peter . M In sh ri ss of Robert c to mar ed Je ie , daughter John l ss Thompson , and had John , Wi liam , Je ie and others .

son on . Finlay , his settled Blanchard Road He married ri M cIntosh hi s Cathe ne Fraser . John Robert , son , mar ri M cD on ald ed Margaret , daughter Of Donald , black

s n H . s . . . so B mith Their Finlay , is pa tor in Sydney , C s John M cGregor was a man of great trength . When ’ they were making the Big Miller s dam , he stood before

a log that was rolling down the bank to stop it , but the ’ s log went over him and killed hi m . The Big Miller dam w as built about the year 1 807 . M cD on ald Kerrow are Donald , Breac , came from g , 2 1 0 . Scotland , in 8 He was an intelligent man , and was 1 1 1 M re or. 8 an elder under Dr . cG g In he had four

dr of s . hun ed acres land , two cows and eight heep He had al eight children . Finlay settled in Caledonia ; Don d , his

s s was . elde t son , ettled in Sherbrooke , and a tailor Hi s M d s son , James cD on al , wa born in Scotland in 1 8 1 s ss 0 . He was a tailor but gave up the tailoring bu ine

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of for farming . He married Catherine , daughter Alex hi ander Fraser , Downie . He was ordained to the Elders p

. u . by the Rev . D . B Blair and f lly adorned his Office He hi s on hi s . was succeeded farm by son , the late John A

A. hi s n M cD on ald Kerrow are . so mi , g James , , is a nister i s in the Un ted State . ss Eddrachilli s Donald Ro , was born in , in Sutherland

s 1 8 1 6. hir e . He came to Nova Scotia in He lived for on e on s year Iri h Mountain , but removed to Iron Ore , and ’ s of l M on ld ettled back A exander cD a s place . He lived - of there twenty two years . He then purchased the farm

hi . James M cInt osh and occupied it . He had eight c ldren

M cKenzie Jessie was married to Kenneth , elder , Church

ri to Jane , who was born at I sh Mountain was married hi s of . James Cumming , elder , Sunny Brae William , son r of eldest mar ied Mary , daughter William Cumming , and had by her , Donald , William , Peter , Hugh and John s al hi s son who ettled in Ontario . Don d , eldest , has lived in New Glasgow for many years where he is greatly be ’

h as . loved . He been an honored elder in St Andrew s

Church for nearly half a century . ni ur New Hugh Ross was an elder in the U ted Ch ch , ll S s di s . Gla gow , and ed ome years ago Wi iam RO S was an elder in Sunny Brae Chur ch . He was married to Christy , ’

nl . daughter of Robert Grant , Fi ay s brother He had a large family , who were all actively identified with the

c . s D . hurch Two Of his son , William and Robert , entered the ministry . John Grant was born in Glen Urquh art and came to 1 1 Pictou in 80 and settled at Sunny Brae . He married M cIn tosh h ad b her ll Margaret , and y Peter , Wi iam , Robert , nl hr Catherine , and Fi ay . Robert was t ee years Old when he i M D d . r c on al came to Pictou He mar ed Mary , and had s five ons , John , Alexander , Peter , William and Duncan .

son li M . A Of Duncan Grant , Wil am , is a minister in

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CHAPTER I I

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY

ICTOU County is probably the strongest Presby P ni terian commu ty in Canada . Presbyterianism was

on ss s first the ground , and has continued in po es ion . “ ” “ SO as far known , all who came in the Hope and Hec tor s were Pre byterians , with the exception of one man “ ” “ ” on the Hope and on e family on the Hector who were l s . s s Roman Catho ic The South of Scotland ettler were , s without exception , Pre byterians . i s n M cGre or D . D . The fir t settled mi ster , Rev . James g , , was an ardent Presbyterian , as was also his coadjutor ,

. . . s i c ullo h Rev D Ross The e two , w th Dr . M C c who came later , for over forty years upheld the blue banner s s s f of Pre byteriani m , and planted the eed out o which of di grew many the lea ng churches , not only in the County ri s but in the Ma time Province . The early settlers in Pictou were almost exclusively

Scottish . They and their descendants have proved Of themselves worthy their nationality . They believed profoundly in the Word of God and in the blessings of s Of education . They were ardent lover the Sabbath and the Sanctuary . The great truths and principles Of Presby teri ani sm i they brought with them to the r new home , where they had much to do with the making and mould ’ P O ing of ictou s religious life and hi story . N gr oup of Scotsmen could long be content without the ordi nances of religion ; and hardly had the first ground been cleared and the first seeds planted in Pictou before its pioneers began to ask for the ministrations of their Church . s so One hundred and fifty year ago , there was not far

n s . as know , a ingle Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia

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a o or One hundred years g there were but eight nine , and none at all in any of the other Maritime Provinces . nl Indeed , there were then o y three other Presbyterian ministers in all Canada ; Revs . George Henry and Alexan e n f . O der Spark of Quebec , and Rev John B thu e Montreal , the latter Of whom held the first Presbyterian service in 2 1 1 786. s that city , on March , We t Of Montreal there s were at that time no Pre byterian ministers . Ontario i was an almost uninhabited w lderness , and the Great

North West was un known . The first mi nister who labored in Nova Scotia was

Rev . James Lyon who was an Ulster Scotsman . He arrived here in 1 764 or 1 765 and remained about seven f was O . . years . He was a graduate Princeton , N J , and 4 ordained to the mi nistry in 1 76 . He was a member Of the Philadelphi a Land Company whi ch sent the pio “ ” neer settlers to Pictou in the Hope ; and in all proba bili ty it was arranged that he should be the mini ster for al the new settlement . But it is found that for sever s of year he ministered to the people Halifax , Onslow hi s and Truro . In 1 769 , he removed to Pictou with nl family , remaining o y about two years , after which he l Of went to Maine . The on y memorial his visit to Pictou ’ is that he gave hi s name to Lyon s Brook . ’ A few years after Mr . Lyon s departure , James David son s s s , a schoolma ter , e tabli hed a Sabbath School at ’ Lyon s Brook for the religious instruction Of the young .

m u . Mr . Davidson ca e from Scotland to Tr ro with Rev 1 2 to Mr . Cock in 77 . Soon afterwards he removed ’ hi s l s s Pictou with fami y ; ecured a lot at Lyon Brook , hi and made s home there . On week days he taught the hi c ldren reading , writing and arithmetic ; on the Sabbath he gathered them together in hi s house to teach them the s Shorter Catechi m and the Word of God . It is said that hi s was the first Sabbath School in the

County , and probably in the Province . If this is true ,

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1 JO H N M AP ! F A N

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COU NTY then to an Old-time school master belongs the honor Of s originating the Sabbath School idea , and Mr . David on to was the first in line Of a noble band Of teachers , whom ,

of of was the county Pictou owes much its fame . This

' many years before Robert Rai kes began hi S world-wide s Sabbath School movement . Mr . David on returned in

1 776 s. , to Truro , where he ended his day 1 1 In April , 8 8, a Sabbath School was organized in

r . Prince St . Chu ch , Pictou Its promoters were Robert di ‘ c ulloch Dawson and John Ged e . Rev . Thomas M C

s s was pa tor when the chool started . It began with about eighty scholars . Ten years later the school had increased 2 s t to 60. The first superintendent were Rober and James

s r . Daw on . The fi st teachers were John Geddie , F Ross ,

s . David Fraser and R . S . Patter on In 1 823 a Sabbath School Society was formed for the purpose of organizing schools in the outlying di stricts . s 75 hi In four years the number had increa ed to , c efly s r s through the agency of this ociety . The fi t Sabbath 1 3 8 8 . School in New Glasgow was organized about , in St ’ was Andrew s Church , by Rev . John Stewart who then s was . s hi pastor He taught the Bible Cla , w ch held in s i the church during the ummer months , and in the w nter months in the manse . Among the first teachers were

M cKa M cKa . John y, Alexander y , Dr Forrest and the wife Of Rev . John Stewart . From the time Of the arrival of the Hope and Hec ” tor the colony increased in numbers and influence . A steady stream Of immigrants continued to pour into the i 1 786 ul county t ll , in , the total pop ation was about five s hundred . The e were settled principally along the three s dl s s s river , East , Mid e and We t with a few familie cattered

s s . around the hore , from Pictou to Merigomi h . Rev of Mr . Cock Truro frequently vi sited the people and hi m preached to them . Indeed , many considered their s i n mini ter , and traveled th rty miles o foot to Truro to

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’ ob serve the Lord s Supper sometimes carrying their s children there for bapti m . But the time had come for them to have a minister Of their own .

di s Accor ngly , a committee was appointed , con isting s Of of Robert and John Patter on Pictou , William Smith of s s dl the We t River , Robert Mar hall , Mid e River , and

M cKa s u s . Donald y of East River , to ec re a mini ter They agreed to pay eighty pounds for the first and second years . The call was sent to Scotland . It came before the General Associate Synod of Scotland at its meeting

on 3 1 86 . s May , 7 , when it was accepted by Rev Jame

M cGre or who s g accordingly ailed for Halifax , from Green f 1 o 786. ock , in the brig Lily , on the fourth day June , was s i M cGre or 1 5 9 . . 7 Dr g born in Perth h re , Scotland in ri 1 1 1 786 He ar ved in Nova Scotia in July , , when he was 27 years of age . He had had some experience in

s mi ni steri al work in Scotland . He was a good cholar and His f o a sound theologian . knowledge o Gaelic was a ur s Of c ate and his ma tery the language complete , as may “ ” s hi s be een from Gaelic Poems and Hymns , which are hl still in demand among Hig anders . of 37 He landed in Halifax , after a voyage days , and at on once proceeded to Pictou , where he arrived Saturday ,

- first of ul 1 786. was the twenty day J y , His welcome i fir s s cord al . His t ermon was preached in Squire Patter ’ son s barn about a mile west of the present town . He s hi preached in Engli h in the forenoon from the text , T s i s hful s a fait aying , and worthy of all acceptation , that ” s s s s Chri t Je u came into the world to ave sinners , and “ in Gaelic in the afternoon on The Son Of Man is come to ” seek and to save that which was lost . s ul 30th The econd Sabbath after his arrival , J y , he s preached at the Ea t River , a little below what was after hi ’ wards Albion Mines. The t rd Sabbath s preachi ng of took place at the lower end the Middle River , at what ’ s s s hi was then Alexander Fra er home tead . It was at t s

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two s During the summer , the people built log churche , on the first in the county . The e was situated near the Old uf di site Of the D f Cemetery , a short stance above New Glasgow ; the other on the Loch Broom side Of the on w West River , beside a brook , land , o ned at that time ,

a Ken zie s Gre or M c . M c by William , who gave the ite Dr . g describes the bui lding Of these churches . D uring the f ul 1 787 h month o J y , the men were c iefly engaged in building the two meeting houses . Instead of havi ng d contractors , to build them , they agreed to ivide the work among themselves . One party cut the logs and hauled them to the site ; another hewed and laid them ; another provi ded the shingles ; those who had knowledge of carpentering made the doors and the windows ; the glass ff and nails were bought . Moss was stu ed between the ur logs to keep out the wi nd and rain . The ch ches at l first had no pu pits, and , when they were provided at a hi later date , they were not Of mahogany , but Of the w te di -five or pine Of Pictou . The buil ngs were some thirty -fi ve hi . forty feet long , by twenty to t rty feet wide The only seats in them were logs of wood with the upper side s hewed . It is unneces ary to state that they were without

s i . or cu h ons There was a gallery , rather , an upper story , with a floor seated with logs and slabs to which the young went up by ladders .

Such were the first two churches of Pictou . They had n o modern improvements . Even the luxury Of a fire in winter was unknown . There were no carriages and no roads at that date Our dear mothers in Israel walked or or s to church , went by boat hor eback , in bonnet and s shawl and gingham dress . The mu ic was far from pre n i u ul n w te t o s. The preacher and his sermon wo d o be hi considered antiquated . But the writer Of t s volume is Old fashi oned enough to think that no sweeter praise and prayers ever ascended to God than these devout

pioneers Offered in glen and glade and primitive building .

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With all our knowledge and progress , we have not got ss s beyond them in e ential . 1 803 Old l s s In , the og church near New Gla gow wa - uil s replaced by a frame b ding at Iri htown , (now called

M cGre or s Plymouth) . Here Dr . g built a hou e made s of s Of brick , the fir t its kind in the Ea tern part Of the Old Provi nce . He employed a man from the c ountry s to make the brick . Here he lived till near the clo e of i h s . M cGre or life The fact that Dr . g received no salary until he had been over a year at work did not pre

as s vent him from doing his whole duty a mini ter . His s s s s alary was to be eighty pound for the fir t two year , ninety for the thi rd and fourth and one hundred pounds was s currency per year thereafter , which a very generou allowance for that time , more particularly in a new and s s s was s truggling ettlement . The salary at fir t rai ed by s an as essment on lands and cattle . With certain changes

' t l 1 8 1 5 of ai this was con inued ti l , when the method Obt n ing the salary was changed to voluntary subscription .

27th u 1 788 s On the day Of J ly , , the fir t Sacrament was

was di s . held at Middle River , in the Open air . It pensed

ul on on a beautif green plot , the left bank Of the river , n e hi sheltered by a lofty wood . Here o hundred and t rty ’ sat al down in Nature s great cathedr , for the first time in ’ own this new land , to a Saviour s dying love . There the

c s sa red Supper was dispen ed annually till 1 795 . At the

s ni - fir t commu on thirty eight new communi cants joined . s ll 1 793 Each year there were a few addition ti , in , the num s ber had reached two hundred and forty . At the ame time five hundred persons were under training with a

ni s view to becoming commu cant . 1 793 f s s o s . 1 7 9 a cen u the County wa taken In 6 , 1 8 1 2 had been families and a total population of 0. 86 90 , there were families and about 500 people . In

1 78 s one there were familie , a gain Of hundred per s cent in even years .

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M cGre Oi' For ni ne years Dr . g labored alone At the end Of that time two yo ung ministers arrived from Scot

s . s n . land , Rev Duncan Ros and John Brow They reached 1 795 Pictou in the summer Of , and remained there for a

s of little time to re t . Meantime the sacrament the Supper

ss . ss was dispensed at Middle River . Me rs Ro and Brown

assisted in preaching and serving the tables . The next step was for those three to organize a Presby of t r . e y Accordingly , at the close the sacrament , on

ul 7 1 795 s . M cGre or s Monday , J y , , Me srs g , Ro s and Brown ’ s held a meeting in Robert Mar hall s barn , and formed “ themselves into The Associate Presbytery of Nova ” M cGre or n s . o Scotia . On this occa ion Dr g preached “ u s Neh . The God Of heaven , he will prosper ;

therefore we his servants will arise and bui ld . The meet s Of ings of Presbytery were occa ions rich enjoyment .

s s s Bu ine s was apparently a econdary matter , at all s s s Of event , for five year , they kept no minute their pro s s s of ceedi n gs . But their meeting were cene hearty , Christian fellowship and conference about the trials or successes of their work ; intelligence from friends in the o ss s dear h meland , the new movement in Mi ion , the

n- Of s s mea ing some particular text , or ometime an hour

s s Of harmle s mirth and merriment , the e engaged their attention and made their meetings times Of fraternal en n j oym e t .

M cGre or . s ss s Dr . g and Mr Ro s were a ociate mini ters for l 1 4 1 801 s the county till Ju y , , when a divi ion was s s made . Thereafter We t and Middle River formed one ss as congregation, with Mr . Ro minister . East River ,

M c r or . G e another , with Dr g in charge ; and the Harbor i s s a th rd , to be upplied by the e two till another minister s could be ecured .

1 3 . . s . ll 80 . M cCu och In Nov , Rev Dr Tho , with his ri wife and three children , ar ved at Pictou from Scotland . His coming was a great event in the ecclesiastical and

40 M GRE N M S . C HO . JA E D GOR LIEUTENA NT G O V ERNO R O F THE PRO V I NCE

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY

s of as Of educational hi tory the County , as well in that the Province . He had been assigned to Prince Edward s ss of I land , but owing to the latene the season , he was s unable to secure passage . He wa engaged to supply the

s . was Harbor congregation till pring Before winter over , the people gave him a call , and he was inducted as their ni 1 04 6 8 . of mi ster , June , The town Pictou , at this

s of s hi s s time , con isted omet ng over a dozen hou e , a few

s s s s . barn , a black mith hop and the Court Hou e There was no church , and the people met in private dwellings and other places . Until that time the people of the shi Harbor had wor pped in the log church at Loch Broom , but they now set about the erection of a church Of their was on own , and a frame building built the lot at present occupied by Prince St . Church . That bui lding served the 1 848 s congregation till , when the exi ting church was M ullo h s erected . Dr . cC c re igned in 1 824 to gi ve his whole

. s time to educational work He was ucceeded by Rev . M cKi nla ll John y who continued in charge ti his death ,

1 50. ur w s s 8 a . He in t n ucceeded by Rev James Bayne ,

D . . M Ki nl D . c a Of Mr y was a native Scotland , and came s 1 1 For s to thi country in 8 7 . everal years he was a teacher in Pictou Academy before he became pastor Of the Harbor church . 1 River John was organized into a congregation in 808 ,

. as its s s n with Rev John Mitchell fir t ettled mi ister . There were about fifty families at this time in the com munity . Mr . Mitchell , who came from England , was in

- x early life a rope maker , but being an ious to preach the s s Go pel , he prepared him elf for the work when about thirty years of age . He made several mi ssionary tours in Canada before settling in River John . Though originally a Congrega ti onali st , he united with the Presbytery of Pictou . His

‘ labors extended over a district now served by five or six ministers . Here he labored with great diligence and

4 1 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

s ni faithfulness , giving pecial attention to the trai ng of s the young and the uperintendence of prayer meetings . 1 84 1 s -s He died in , in the eventy ixth year Of his age . He ul is described as a man Of great cheerf ness . fir s s Rev . William Patrick was the t mini ter at Meri

orni sh f . g , and the fi th in the county He came to Meri gomish in 1 81 5 an d was inducted pastor . In early life he was s brought up in the Reformed Pre byterian Church , e - but connected hims lf with the Anti Burgher Church . hi Mr . Patrick labored with great fidelity , preac ng on as week days as well Sabbaths , and faithfully attending

s s s s to family Vi itation , prayer and catechi ing . On “ ervice

. was 1 44 . . hi May 7 , 8 , the Rev A P Miller ordained as s f 1 844 l 25 th O . col eague . On the Nov , , he died , greatly

73 s . beloved by his people , aged year An event of much importance to the Presbyterian on of 1 81 7 Church took place the third May , , when a union between the Burgher and Anti-Burgher Churches s was consummated . The united body a sumed the name of s ur of The Pre byterian Ch ch Nova Scotia , and a

Synod was form ed and di vided into three Presbyteries . wa s as s s M cGre or s . Rev . Jame g cho en fir t Moderator s s of of Of the nineteen mini ter the Synod Nova Scotia , fourteen had been connected with the Anti-Burgher

Church , three with the Church of Scotland and two were was Congregationalists . This union productive of much Of good . The hearts ministers and people were greatly s encour aged . Now they were one body , ready to e tab lish and build up the Kingdom . Hitherto the Church had been dependent upon Scotland for its mini sters ; but it had long been evident that they

s s s . di mu t look el ewhere for their upply Accor ngly , in 1 820 s , the Synod establi hed a Theological Hall in Pictou Of i for the training and education a native min stry . Pictou claims the honor of being the birthplace of the s fir t Presbyterian Theological School in Canada . The

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’ first meeting house on the East River was at Grant s

s . . Lake , on the farm now occupied by Jo eph H Grant It 1 790 s s was a log house , built in , and erved the Ea t and

West Branches . M cLe n di s s . a Having Visited London and E nburgh , Me sr , Murdoch and Patterson returned to Nova Scotia reach ing Pictou after a passage of forty five days . They were

s . M cLean was or soon settled in pastoral charge . Mr 2 1 26 dained in 1 8 5 and in 8 accepted a call to Richibucto ,

s l s N . B . In a hort time he was compe led to re ign his charge s u on account of ill health . For two year he cond cted a 1 83 7 s . private academy in Halifax with succes He died in , s in the 3 7th year of age . During his brief mini try he was

s s as al s mi ss di tingui hed an able preacher , and a ze ou ionary ; he took a deep interest in Sunday school work and was on e of the first advocates Of the cause Of temperance . was s Mr . Murdoch ettled at Windsor and died there 4 h f 1 73 7 t o . in 8 , in the year his age His congregation extended all over western Hants and for nearly fifty years he preached there with ability and success . He was greatly beloved by hi s people and was the Spiritual was Of father of many children . He a valuable member f s s the courts O the church . One Of the ecclesia tical mea s 1 840 was ure which he brought before the Synod in , that “ this Synod do form itself into a society to be called The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the Lower

ul Provinces . Dr . Keir and Mr . Murdoch drafted the r es

which were adopted . The successor of that domestic Missionary Society is the Board of Home Missions Of the f f hi w s church O today O w ch Mr . Murdoch a a member

as long as he lived .

B ede u e s was s of q , in Prince Edward I land the cene Mr . ’ Patterson s ministry . At the time Of hi s settlement in 1 825 it i s said there was not a wagon in the parish or a of on mile road in which to run e . The country was al

most an unbroken forest . The congregation at first was

44 THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY small and during the greater part of hi s ministry he did not receive more than $300 per year an d only half in a money . He l bored without interruption till a few hi s 1 882 years before death in , having been 56 years and s s a half in the mini try . Mr . Patter on was a di stingui shed s tudent and a true friend of popular education . His zeal for missions is well known and second only in fervor d ’ to Dr . G e di e s . 1 27 In 8 Mr . Ross accepted a call to Tatamagouche and

New Annan . Here he continued until 1 840 when he s accepted a charge in Prince Edward I land , where he di ed suddenly in 1 85 8 .

s Mr . Dunbar was an Engli h and Gaelic preacher . He

s 1 827 . settled at Cavendish , Prince Edward I land in Resigni ng in 1 840he engaged in teaching but also preached di Six . 1 5 regularly where he resided He ed in 8 7 . These men have thi s prominence and honor in common that they were the pioneer native ministers Of British North

s . America , at all events Of the Pre byt erian Church From this time forward the Church made rapid growth i and progress . Congregations were formed , and su table ss pastors settled over them . Home mi ions were established to aid the weaker churches . It was a time of strengthen ing and enlargement . 1 6 1 81 3 On April , , over a hundred years ago , a Bible fir ni . S . Society was orga zed at Durham , N , the st in the

s u County and the econd in the Province , that in Tr ro s s being fir t . The fir t contribution received for the Bible

Society , London , from any place outside of England , di came from Pictou County . Money was a rare commo ty s 1 80 fift -six in those day , but , in 7 , two hundred and y s 1 dollar , and , in 808 , three hundred and twenty dollars were collected in the county and sent to the London

. 1 2 Society In 8 5 , the Society was reorganized , with head s 1 840 s i r quarter in Pictou . In the New Gla gow d st ict i was organ zed into a branch Of its own .

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i z - s M cGre r Si For forty four year Dr . go labored in the hi of 1 County . He died on the t rd day March , 830. He had lived to see the congregation of which he was origi n ally the sole Pastor grow and develop into six congrega wi tions th settled pastors , a Presbytery and a Synod

ni Of r orga zed to conduct the business the chu ch , an Academy and Seminary founded to educate and train ni s of s ni s fi m mi ters , and the cause Pre byteria m r ly estab h li s ed in the Maritime Provinces . M Gr r s Dr . c ego was twice married , fir t to Ann , daughter of M cKa Roderick y , by whom he had James , Chri stina

M rs . s s . ( Abram Patter on , Pictou) , Roderick , Jes ie (Mrs

M K n zi s l . c e Charles Fra er , Green Hi l) , Sarah (Mrs George e ,

s . New Gla gow) , and Robert

1 1 2 . i In 8 he married Mrs Gordon , w dow Of Rev . Peter

Gordon , by whom he had Mary (Mrs . (Rev . ) John

i n . . Cameron , Nine M le River) , An abel (Mrs (Rev ) John

Campbell) , Sherbrooke , and Peter Gordon . His successor in the New Glasgow congregation was 1 1 ri 3 831 . Rev . David Roy , who was inducted , Ap l , ’

s M cGre or s . s Four year after Dr . g death , Mr Ro s

- h s fifth hi s . ir died , in the ixty year of age For t ty nine i years he wrought with great faithfulness and dil gence . s l Be ides pu pit and pastoral duties , he gave considerable

time to public affairs . He took a deep interest in educa n tion , being a trustee of Pictou Academy from its begi ning , s till hi s death . He wa a pioneer in the organization of of temperance work . The idea a total abstinence Society of originated at the West River , and the honor forming s s the first Society on thi ba is in Nova Scotia , and the s s was r econd in Canada , belong to its founders . It o

i z d 1 2 an e 8 8 . s g in January , and Rev Duncan Ros , George D on ald M cLeod M c s . and Donald were ~ the prime mover ’ ss as ss s Mr . Ro l t public act was a i ting at a Communi on

service in Pictou , town , and taking a leading part in the di cKenzie s or nation of Alexander M , a young tudent

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from the Seminary . He married Miss Elizabeth Creelman of i of fif Two Stewiacke , and had a fam ly teen children . s of . s D . D . s the ons were Rev James Ro s , , afterward

of al s Principal D housie College , who ucceeded him , and

. . of a Rev E Ross Truro . A d ughter who was married l . s to Mr Mi ler , Rogers Hill , gave three sons to the mini try , and another married to Mr . Crockett , gave two sons . We now come to the story of the Kirk in the County f o . For f Pictou many years , a large number o the immi s of grants , chiefly from the Highland Scotland , who had or settled in Pictou , belonged to the Church Of Scotland the Ki rk . They naturally had great affection for the of church their fathers , but continued to attend the Anti r hi nl s Bu gher Church , w ch was the o y Pre byterian Church within their reach . From time to time , many of them ’ M cGre or s were appointed elders and Office bearers in Dr . g ’

. ri co and Mr Ross congregations . A spi t of harmony and

ti . ! ss s opera on prevailed But , alas a root of bitterne prung up . Upon this unfortunate story it would be vain to dwell.

At that time Rev . Donald Allan Fraser came from Scot 1 1 land and landed at Pictou in 8 7 . Sometime after wards a large number Of the Kirk people withdrew from n the con ection altogether , and formed themselves into the Church Of Scotland in Nova Scotia with Rev . Mr . as Fraser their leader . Mr . Fraser was a man eminently qualified to gain the hearts and affections of the High n landers you g and handsome , an accomplished scholar

ul fi and a powerf Gaelic preacher . The rst congregation i ’ organ zed was at M cLennan s Brook . There were about

mi l s . forty fa lies settled there at that time , all High ander

They extended to hi m a call whi ch he accepted . They erected a frame church capable of seating about s rs five hundred per ons . This was the fi t church in the County erected in connection with the Church of Scot

. s it land Be ide , they bui lt a log house for himself and his wife .

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’ r il e Next year a chu ch was bu t at Fras r s mountain. ’ about six miles from M cLenn an s Brook and two miles

- from New Glasgow . There were some twenty five mil fa ies connected with it , and it became in cour se of hi ’ St . time , the nucleus from w ch Andrew s Church , New

Glasgow was formed . Here Mr . Fraser continued to labor i 1 837 with great acceptance and success unt l , when , to of hi s the regret congregation , he removed to Lunenburg . wf l Thence he went to St . Johns , Ne ound and , and founded d ’ di 4 t . 7 1 5 S . . r An rew s Church He ed , Feb , 8 , g eatly honored as a preacher and as a man . He was the fir st s ni Pre byterian mi ster settled in Newfoundland . His

0 . . fd . hi s son . . N , late Hon J Fraser , St Johns , , spent early ’ L nn manhood at M c e an s Brook . ’ The next Kirk congregation organi zed was St . Andrew s i n ' f s hi O . fir Church the town Pictou It t met for wors p , 22 1 . 1 23 in the Old Court House , in 8 In 8 , a wooden s ni s building was erected . Their fir t mi ter was Rev . K . J . M cKen zie of Stom owa , a native y, Scotland , who came 2 of i to Pictou in 1 8 4 . He was a man fine ab lity and a s s good preacher in Gaelic and Engli h . His labor were chi efly confined to the Town where he took a prominent part in the educational and political questions of the day . di 1 838 39th . He ed in , in the year Of his age He was 1 4 succeeded by Rev . Mr . Williamson . In 8 9, Rev . Andrew Herdman became pastor and ministered for thirty 1 866 di years . In , a brick and stone buil ng was erected .

1 9 s . It was burnt in 8 3 , but rebuilt shortly afterward The next organi zation after Pictou town was West one Branch and East River formed into congregation . The two di stricts were nearly equally di vided in the num of i - ber fam lies , between the Kirk and the Anti Burghers .

For . M cGre or many years Dr g supplied the one section ,

and Mr . Fraser the other . M c vra . Gilli M cGre or Rev Angus y succeeded Dr . g in

1 824 . The Kirk people were without a settled mini ster

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2 until 1 83 when Rev . John Macrae came from Inver

ss n w ne , Scotland to be their pastor . B oth parties o had was nl on regular services , but there o y e church in each district occupied by Kirk and Anti-Burghers on alternate 1 1 5 i s . 8 Sabbath In framed build ngs were erected at St . ’ u on i s Pa l s , East River , the h ll above the pre ent church , ’ s and at the West Branch , on a hill near Cameron Brook , ’ n ot . . far from St Columba s Church Mr . Macrae entered upon hi s work with great zeal and continued to labor

for 1 6 s t most acceptably to the people year , when he e turned to Scotland . s In the We tern part Of the County , a congregation was Sal s ri n s s organized at Gairloch and t p g . The e two di s tri s mi ct contained about four hundred fa lies , nearly all s s from the Highlands of Scotland . There fir t mini ter M cLe d s 1 22 o 8 . was Rev . Hugh who ettled there in He cIn sh was succeeded by Rev . Donald M to who remained until the di sruption . s Roger Hill , now Scotsburn , was formed into a congre a i as alts rin g t on about the same time Gairloch and S p gs. The community was settled by Highlanders from Suther

landshire . , who nearly all belonged to the Kirk The ’ s was 1 823 s fir st church (St John ) built in , and is the olde t l church building in the County . Rev . Roderick Macau ay was s ' the fir t minister . In a few years he went to Prince s l be Edward I land , where he entered into po itics and s st came speaker of House Of As embly . The next mini er wa s c onni chi e . the Rev . Donald M C He was a powerful s Gaelic preacher , and the Highlanders con idered him very eloquent in the first and best of all tongu es . He left 1 44 for Scotland in 8 . ’ In 1 827 B arney s River was organi zed into a congrega

wi Ki h s s . tion , th Rev . Donald M c c an as its fir t mini ter

He was a man Of some ability and a faithful pastor .

After a few years he removed to Cape Breton . At a later

t s da e he returned to his fir t charge , and remained there

49 P IC T ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

’ 1 44 Of till 8 . The people Barney s River were nearly all

Kirk men . For ten years the people were dependent on

ss s t Of hi Home Mi ion upply par w ch was given by Rev . ’ ll a M cLen n an s M cGi ivr . Dr . y of Mountain The next

s r . s pa tor of the Kirk cong egation was Rev Jame Mair , in 1 5 8 7 .

The Kirk grew and prospered . The grain of mustard seed had grown into a stately tree . During the period

-six i n Of twenty years , the Kirk had become strong and l s s fluen ti al. s n Then , udde y , her progre s was arre ted by an unfortunate di vision . s fli During all those year , a memorable con ct had been ul going on in the Kirk , in the Old Land , which res ted in the di sruption of 1 843 and the formation Of the Free

l s . f . . a Church O Scotland , led by Rev Dr Ch mer di s s Sea The ecclesiastical turbance took a year to cros the , but it arrived in due time , and the Free Church in Nova

was Of confu Scotia was formed . It a time excitement and

- ss s sion . Old time ties were severed ; venerable a ociation nf l s were broken up . There were pai u mi givings and divi sions and hard feelings were engendered . But it i s not i s necessary to dwell on this unhappy story . It a thing

s . s of the past ; there let it re t That year , even of the Kirk mi ni sters in Pictou returned to Scotland to fill pulpits made vacant by Free Church mi nisters . A majority of the people remained in the Kirk but they were , for

s . most part , as sheep without a hepherd s of s Rev . John Stewart , New Gla gow, was the fir t to join the Free Chur ch movement . He became pastor ’ ’

s di . s Of St . Andrew Church imme ately after Mr Fra er s 1 1 1 9 u 837 . 8 resignation , in In a frame ch rch was built at ’ ’ was Of M cLenn an s Fraser s Mountain . It originally a part was s 1 30 Mountain congregation . but eparated in 8 , when the church was moved down to New Glasgow and placed on ’ w s s . s a a site near the pre ent St Andrew Church . This

s the fir t church building in New Glasgow .

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had for their leader the Rev . D . B . Blair , a rare and re was hi s markable man who , in day , the best Gaelic 1 85 2 s . . cholar in America In , Mr Blair and his people set about erecting a church which was formally opened for s its s ervice , before a board had been nailed on wall , because the congregation had no other place in whi ch to s s was wor hip . In three year it completed , without hi s debt . For forty years Mr . Blair served t congrega tion and other sections adjoining with great ability and devotion . For ten years the Kirk in Pictou County struggled on Al Rev. M cGilli s . vra D . D without pa tors exander y, the only Kirk minister who di d not return to Scotland af s f l f ter the di ruption , wrought man u ly and faith t to repair the breach and to build up the church on the old foundations . M cGillivra Dr . y came to Nova Scotia , from Inver For s s 1 833 . ne s , Scotland , in five year he labored at ’

s . s Barney River and Merigomish He ucceeded Mr . s 1 838 di s Fra er , in , and continued there to charge the duties of a mini ster with a devotion and earnestness 2 1 86 . rarely equaled , until his death , in He spread his s s s labor over hundred of mile of territory , to strengthen w s and encourage the pastorless churches . It a said of hi m ou t s s , that he Often tired his hor e , but the indefatigable

M c illi a . Dr . G vr y never tired 1 84 s In 8, the Synod opened a seminary at the We t s ss was s River of Pictou . Profe sor Ro who pa tor at the

s Of s ~ We t River , had charge the literary and clas ical depart s s i ment and Profes ors Keir and Smith the Divin ty Hall . The classes m et ' i n the Temperance Hall in an ill venti lated room above the little country schoolhouse not more pretentious than the log cabin that gave birth to the renowned Princeton Seminary . Each of the students

s acted toker in turn , and not only kindled the fire , but s also swept the floor . Sometime the little upper room

5 2 THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY

s di d Old looked tidy and ometimes it not . The Tem

eran ce s s i s s p Inn where the tudent boarded till standing . 1 85 3 s M cGre or M cKa In five men graduated , Jame g y ,

s s nr . ame Thom on , He y Crawford , John M Macleod and s ames Maclean . They were the fir t graduates who

s received all their collegiate education at the We t River . s They all settled in country congregation , were su ccessful ni s i s mi ters , and all lived to participate in their m ni terial

l . s M cKa . s Jubi ee celebration Rev . Mr . y and Mr Thom on

of n s . died at the ripe old age ni ety three year Mr . Craw ss s s ford died after he pa ed four core year , and Mr . Macleod lived hale and hearty until he was eighty seven . Mr . i 1 9 14 Maclean , d ed in , in his eighty eighth year and the s ixtieth year Of his ministry . The West River Seminary gave a great impetus to the life and work of the Presbyt erian church both at home 1 i and abroad . In 85 8 the Seminary and Theolog cal Hall ss s s s with its profe ors and tudent were tran ferred to Truro ,

of Nova Scotia . The Synod the Free Church of Nova of i s al Scotia , realizing their need a native min try , so 4 opened a college in Halifax in 1 8 8 . It continued over 1 0 a a period of nearly thirty years . In 86 the Theologic l department Of the College at Truro was removed to

l . Halifax , and united with the Free Church Col ege 1 r s In 878 , the Synod pu cha ed the property at Pine Hill and the Theologi cal Hall was transferred there where As s the Ar k it has since remained . in the Olden time Of the ll s Covenant moved from place to place ti David , in the day ’ of s I rael s national unity and prosperity , found a perma “ on ! nent resting place for it Mount ion , beautiful for ” i s s tuation , o the Divinity Hall moved from place to place till the church in her unity and prosperity provided ul for a beautif and , we trust , a permanent home it in Pine

Hill . The present Principal and Professor Of Theology is

Rev . Clarence Mackinnon , D . D . , a native Of Pictou

Coun ty .

5 3 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

s of The Pre byterian College , Halifax , is the child the several branches Of the Presbyterian Church of the s Maritime Province , once separated but now happily its united . It had origin in the humble theological school

s i s in Pictou nearly a century ago , and ince t beginning , h as s s s wh ent out over four hundred mini ter , o have gone s of f to almo t every part the land . The good old fathers o the church who founded and maintained this school Of u s di learning have left a splen d educational heritage , and we owe them the debt of a grateful remembrance . The other denomi nations have played an important s s part in religiou hi tory of the County .

s of Of is. Among the early ettlers the Eastern part the s 1 9 1 1 2 County , who came in the year 7 and 80 were a number of Roman Catholics who settled in Merigomish

s s s was and along the Gulf Shore . The fir t re ident prie t

M D n l as 1 793 . . c o a d as the Rev James , who came early

s 1 800 . He was ucceeded , about , by the Rev Alexander M D on ald c , who remained with the people till his death , 1 di 1 . hi s in 8 6 He ed in Halifax , and remains were carried by hi s people through the woods all the way to Arisaig wh r h hi s e ei e had had home .

h first M cKi nn on . T e native priest was Rev . Donald i‘

He died when quite a young man . The first Roman Catholic church in the county was bui lt at Merigomish,in ’ 1 834 s l i 1 81 0. In the fir t church at Bai ey s Brook was bu lt ; 1 869 s and , in , that ettlement was formed into a separate par

M cGre r D . D . . i sh i . . . o w th the Rev D M g , , as its first priest

was 1 823 . Stella Maris , in Pictou town , begun in The s w R first prie t located there as ev . Mr . B oland who was 2 n e s 1 8 8 . s s o ettled in The present church , which tand on

s s s 1 865 . of the mo t prominent ite in Pictou , was erected in M cD on ald s s Father , afterward Bi hop Of Newfoundland ,

. 1 881 1 92 was then in charge From to 8 Rev . Roderick

w s s . . . M cD onald a pastor . He was ucceeded by Rev J J

Chisholm .

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THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY

The Pari shes and Priests of the Roman Catholic

s : . . Church in the county at pre ent are Rev . W B Mac has s 38 donald , Lourdes , who been tationed there for years ,

. M L od s . . c Ki nnon e . M c Rev J D , New Gla gow , Rev . J . J , ’

. . . s s i . . B ailey s Brook , Rev J A Butt , We tv lle , Rev J M cLennan ri i al s . , Thorburn and Me gom h , Rev Ron d

Macdonald , Pictou . The Church Of England was first established withi n the county in the town of Pictou . The leading spirits in the ohn son e first organization were Dr . J and Robert Hatton ,

s Sr . Through the influence of the latter , a lot was ecured , and he hi mself put up the frame in the year 1 826. Three ’ s son years later the church was completed , Mr . Hatton , w s . as Henry , being foremo t in the work The church con 2 s secrat ed in 1 8 9 by Bishop Inglis . The fir t rector of

A . w s . . a . the parish the Rev Chas Elliott , B , who was

s 3d of 1 832 . ettled there , the April , He was appointed 1 4 rector of the parish in 83 . hi s s The whole country was then pari h , and he preached once a month at Albion Mines , River John and other s was own place . He a man greatly beloved by his church and had the respect Of the whole community . He la - was s c bored in the County for thirty three years . He u i c d d . ss . G n ee e s e ver . by Rev Me rs Prior , Wood and Rev . was 1 873 s D . D . Moore Rector until , when he re igned ,

barres was . w s . . D es a and the Rev T . C elected He fol i 1 4 n 87 . s . lowed the year , by the Rev Jame P Sheraton , now Principal Of Wycliffe College . Rev . Wm . Cruden

1 . was the next Rector , and in 877 the Rev John Edge combe was appointed . The Old Church having been enlarged at different times Old was and now getting pretty , it decided to erect a new

- . ai n 22d 1 879 one The corner stone was l d o the Of May , , and the fine large church in whi ch the congregation now s s wor hip , was finally completed and the first ervice held

1 h . . su c 5t 1 1 . . on the day of June , 88 Rev H A Harley

5 5 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

1 2 1 . 85 . 888 ceeded Rev . Mr Edgecombe in In the year ,

s s the outhern part of the pari h , including Albion Mines , s n s New Gla gow and adjoi ing Country , was con tituted

s . 1 876 of a eparate parish In , the settlement River John

s s s was eparated from Pictou , and likewi e con tituted a parish . 1 5 1 s was 8 . Chri t Church , Albion Mines , built in The

s . . earlier pa tors were Revs St Blois , Wilkins , Bowman and Moore . The first curate at River John was Rev . M .

1 5 . Kaulbach . He was appointed in 86 The Rectors and

ri s : . . . St . pa hes at present are Rev A E Andrews , James '

A . . Church , Pictou , Rev . F . Robertson , M . , St George s

s A . Church , New Glasgow , Rev . R . B . Patter on , M . , ’ Christ Church , Stellarton , Rev . J . F . Tupper , St . Bee s ’

A . . ll . . . Church Westvi e . . , , Rev A W L Smith , M , St John s

Church , River John , and Rev . W . W . Clarkson , Trenton . The fir st Baptist Society in the County was organized 1 81 1 by James Murray , who came to Pictou in , and after 1 8 1 81 5 ward removed to River John in June , , where he baptized two persons and dispensed the communion . The society was formed on the principles Of the Scotch of l B aptists or Disciples . The first society the regu ar 1 ri s B aptists was formed in the year 838 at Me gomi h . A i 1 44 congregation was organized at River John n 8 . ’ In 1 874 a church was built at B arney s River and a s s small congregation wor hipped there . The First Bapti t i s s u . Church , New Glasgow , now the large t in the Co nty 1 5 87 . s . . It was formed in The present pa tor , is Rev J s was Clement Wilson . His predece sor Rev . W . M .

Smallman . The hi story of Methodi sm in Pictou County Virtually s of begin with the opening up the coal mines , although River John had long previously been a regu lar appointment 1 2 of the Wallace Circui t . From 8 5 to 1 848 irregular vi sits were paid to Albion Mines (now Stellarton) by the s n s u Methodi t mi isters tationed at Wallace , Tr ro or

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was at Piedmont donated to the Trenton Methodi sts . The Methodi st Circuits with their present mini sters ll s : . . are Pictou , Rev Robert Wi iam , Stellarton , Rev John

l . . s . Pha en , River John , H D Town end , Trenton , Rev

s . Thomas Hodg on , New Glasgow , Rev . F E . B arrett . The census Of 1 9 1 1 gives the number of Presbyterians 5 600 s in the County Roman Catholics , Anglican l 2 s 2500 1 100. 600, Methodi ts , B aptists The popu ation

u hi m of Co nty is Out Of t s nu ber are Scotch , 2 s 2400 ri 1 000 3 76 ss 240 5 00 Engli h , I sh , French , Swi , 1 2 300 7 di . German , Negro , In an The beginnings of the di fferent branches of the Presby terian Church in the County Of Pictou have now been briefly traced ; the Anti-Burgher Church from 1 786; the 1 81 7 1 844 s Kirk from , the Free Church , from , and likewi e ,

sul those of the other denominations . The re t Of the s 1 44 Presbyterian di ruption , of 8 was a renewed activity

was s f l be in that denomination . There a pirit O riva ry tween the churches . If the difleren t branches of the Church one nl did not provoke another to love , they certai y did provoke to good works . ss was 1 840 The Home Mi ion B oard which founded in , i ss prosecuted ts work as never before . Foreign Mi ionary

s was 1 45 . enterpri e launched in 8 , and Dr Geddie the ss was s first Mi ionary Of the Church , ent to the South 4 s z seas in 1 8 6. That event tarted a new era of eal and

s . liberality in the Church , never manife ted before It also

s s brought the Churche into clo er touch with one another . In 1 848 the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia and the “ ” r s s Free Chu ch established school of the prophet , one s al at We t River , another at H ifax .

s s s s di Of ni From the e two chool , came a plen d band mi s ss di ters and mi ionaries who went far and wide , foun ng

and bui lding up churches . The Ki rk still kept on looking

i ni s . across the sea for a supply of m ters , and they came

1 53 u . In 8 , two yo ng men came from Scotland Rev

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. D . Alex Maclean , D . , a native Of the Cou nty but educated Old in the country , and Rev . Allan Pollock , D . D . , sent

i as over by the Colonial Comm ttee to Nova Scotia , a i s of min ter Of the Church Scotland . Dr . Pollock received ’ dr . s and accepted a call to St An ew s Church , New Gla gow ; it s 1 and continued to be pastor till 875 , when he was appointed Professor Of Chur ch history in the Presby i r n . 1 te an College , Halifax , and later Pri cipal In 904 , s s he re igned , and now reside in Halifax , rich in the love and esteem of the whole Canadian Chur ch . s Mr . Maclean was ettled over the Kirk Congregation Salts rin s s s . at p g , and held pa torates at Belfa t , P . E . I

. s s and Hopewell , N . S In all the e charge he gave full proof

of mi s . 1 9 1 1 hi s s his ni try In , Diamond Jubilee wa cele bra d s s te by the Presbytery Of Pictou . He now re ide at

- S . i Eureka , N . , in his n nety fourth year , enjoying an l O d . Of honorable age Four young men , all natives the M cMillan M cGr or County ; William , Simon eg , George M . s Grant and John Cameron , were educated in Gla gow and returned to Nova Scotia and were settled in important charges . Gradually the ecclesiastical sky was cleari ng after the s torm . It was found that men were forgetting their Old differences and settling down to a new order of t hings . There were three branches of the Presbyterian Church in 4 the Province , where two was one too many . October , 1 860 is a memorable day in the hi story of the Presby Of s terian Church . On that day the union the Pre by terian Church of Nova Scotia , and of the Free Church took “ place under the title Of The Presbyterian Church Of the ” Lower Provinces .

The Synod Of the Presbyterian Church Of N . S . was

s . . repre ented by Revs . John L . Murdoch and P G M re or cG s s . g , Profe sors Smith and Ro s The Synod Of the Free Church , by Rev . Mr . Forbes , Professor King and was . . s Rev Dr Forre ter . The Union meeting held in

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’ hi Pictou . A tent was erected on Patterson s ll , near the hi s town . Over t tent floated a bright , blue banner with the “ ’ ” il For legend in white l ies , Christ s Crown and Covenant .

M r The spot selected was where Dr . cG egor preached hi s first sermon in the County . Here the two parties were

s . declared one , amid great rejoicing There followed years Of growth and prosperity in all l branches Of the Church . Congregations mu tiplied . The supply Of mi nisters increased . Educational institutions s were strengthened . Mis ionary enterprise was promoted , “ both at home and abroad . Then had the churches rest ” and were edi fied . This prosperity was shared in very largely by the Kirk brethren as well . With the coming Of young men into the ministry a s spirit of Union was manife t , and grew rapidly . Churches were tired of controversy and separation ; and united cO- operatively in educational and missionary , as well as in

- devotional services . A Union of co Operation was soon i 1 5 Of i . 87 followed by a Un on Organ zation In , all branches Of the Church were merged in the Presbyterian Church in

Canada .

60 CHAPTER III

PICTONIANS I N THE PULPIT

T HE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES I N THE TOWN OF PICTO U

s al B RIEF hi tory Of the loc churches in the County , of m with a list the clergy en connected with them , from their organization to the present time , is here pre sented . It is much to be regretted that it is more or less i s difli cult imperfect , ow ng to the loss of record and the y in securi ng definite information . as What has long been known Prince Street Church , f o . M cGre or Pictou , was originally a section the field Of Dr g s s and Mr . Ro s . It was formed into a eparate congrega 1 4 1 1 . 80 . tion in 80 , as the Harbor District In , Rev

Thomas M cCulloch came to it as its first minister . For twenty years he was the only clergyman in Pictou Town .

He resigned in 1 824 and was succeeded by Rev . John

D . D . di In 1 . . s M cKi nlay who ed 850 Rev Jame Bayne , , was 1 85 1 as inducted in , and continued minister until his

1 876. . death , in Rev William Donald followed , from

1 878 to 1 883 . He was succeeded by Rev . Alex . Falconer ,

f . . D . D . s o , who erved for nearly a quarter a century Rev

A . G eo . C . Taylor followed . Rev . A . D . Archibald , M . , the 1 1 present minister was inducted in 9 3 . 6 1 787 The fir st election Of elders took place on May , , when John Patterson and John Fraser were chosen to 1 809 ss represent the Harbor District . In the se ion was s increased by the addi tion of Geo . Ive , John Patterson and David Pottinger . ’ s . The first minister Of St . Andrew Church was Rev

. . M cKen zie . . . K J , who was followed by Rev Mr Williamson was . f Rev Andrew Herdman , o Scotland , inducted into

1 849 for . the charge in , and ministered thirty years He

w 1 880 . as . followed by Rev . Robt Burnet , in ; Rev John

1 s 1 889 . C . Callan , in 886; Rev . Robt . Atkin on , in ; Rev

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1 3 R . . 1 7 . 89 ev . ss 89 Andrew Armit , , and W T D . Mo ,

M L . A . . . . ac ean The present incumbent , Rev L H , M , was 4 23 1 90 . inducted March , of The first minister Knox Church was Rev . Murdoch

Sutherland . The next pastor was Rev . Alexander Ross ,

7 . . 1 860to 1 8 9 He was followed by Rev James Carruthers ,

. A . 1 1 885 . . . S . 880 to Rev Geo Carson , B , was inducted in 1 of s 885 , and resigned to become Editor the Pre byterian

. M e l . . N 1 90 1 10 Witness . Rev Wm al y followed from 8 to 9

ni . . . The present mi ster , Rev A W Thomson , was inducted f 1 1 1 . in 9 The first Session consisted o Donald Fergu son , M cKen zi e L M c d . Murdoch , Alexander eo Alexander M K n M K n zie c e zi . c e , William e and Alexander Murray Over a dozen young men from this church have gi ven themselves to the ministry . Below are the names Of the clergymen born in Pictou Town with place of birth and brief reference to those who of are dead , and the present addresses those who are still few s living . A of the minister mentioned in this chapter ui were not born in the county , but came into it when q te

young , and were brought up and educated in it . The mi nisters belonging to denominations other than Presby

teri an are so indicated .

. . . 2 1 88 . ROB E RT S PATTERSON , M A , Pictou ; Died in

was s of B ede ue . . He mini ter the congregation at q , P E I fift - i x s ix i s s s. i s s s st y year and month Th , perhap , the longe unbroken pastorate in on e congregation in the history of the

Canadian Church .

JO HN L . M U RDO CH , M . A . , Pictou ; Died in 1 873 .

E D . D . 1 2 JOHN G DDIE , , Pictou ; Died in 87 . of e The founder the N w Hebrides Mission .

D . D . 1 WILLIAM MCCULLOCH , , Pictou ; Died in 895 . He was mi nister of the Oldest regularly organi zed Presby v terian Church in Canada for o er fifty years. He was or

. 1 4 1 839 hi dained at Truro , Feb , , and s whole life was spent wa in this one congregation . He s a man of eminence as a

s s son . pa tor , a pre byter and educator . He was a of Dr M cC ullo ch u of Picto Academy. 62 CHURCHES IN NEW GLASGOW

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JO HN W . LOWDEN , Pictou ; Newark , Del . l D ONALD A . MAC KENZIE , Pictou ; Til amook , Ore .

M asill n o . FENWICK W . FRASER , Pictou ; , Ohio

B AI I E Ph . D . P P E R LL . CHARLE S TU , , Pictou ; Trinidad , B . W I .

u sa ma er n Pastor S ch Church , San Ferna do , and assistant

Professor in the Theological Hall . di B . D . s A . H . FOSTER , , Pictou Lan ng ; Durham , We t

River .

B . A . s z . D . R . MACLEAN , , Pictou I land ; Ha elton , B C .

N Gallio olis CHARLES ELLIOT MACKE ZIE , Pictou ; p , Ohio .

z i s son of . z Mr . Macken ie a the late George A Macken ie , s Pictou . He entered the mini try Of the Church of England i s s a o t su from K ng College , about thirty year g , and af er c e ful v s t to c ss work in the Maritime Pro ince , wen Ohio where he was appointed Archdeacon of the Diocese Of Southern

. i s s nz of Ohio , U . S . A He a brother Of Pre ident Macke ie v Dalhousie Uni ersity .

. N . LEWIS M WILKI S , Pictou ; Deceased f Son of . . s s o s Hon Martin I Wilkin , and pa tor the Epi copal

chu rches in Stellarton and Pictou .

s . FRANK B EATTIE , Pictou ; Decea ed wa 1 34 di vi s 8 . S . Mr . Beattie born in , and ed at Wolf lle , N , 1 9 2 v -s v i s s 1 s s. H wa , aged e enty e en year fir t public work s as i z a temperance lecturer and organ er . In 1 870 he was v s of ordained , and ga e nearly forty year to the work the s s Bapti t mini try .

ROBERT M CEWEN , Pictou ; Antigonish , N . S .

Roman Catholic Church .

RICHARD POWER , Pictou ; Ontario , Can .

Roman Catholic Church .

WILLIAM E . PU RCELL , Pictou . was 1 874 Father Purcell born in Pictou in . He attended s s In 1 9 the public chool of Pictou and Pictou Academy . 88 ,

n . 1 893 he e tered St F . X . college and in , he began hi s philo s s ophical cour e at the Grand Seminary at Montreal , where al i he so took a course n theology . He taught for a time at ' . s as ss St Anne college , Digby County , profe or of English . He was ordained a priest in 1 898 and was curate at Chatham

s B . s and Bathur t , N . , and pari h priest at Jacquet River

s . 23 2 before going we t He died in Montana , Aug . , 1 9 1 .

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T HE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES I N NEW GLASGOW

The History of the churches in New Glasgow is largely s for the hi tory Of the Town , they have played a foremost part in its life and growth . In 1 787 a log church was bu ilt on the West side Of the 1 03 river . This was used until 8 when a frame church was 1 4 erected at Iri shtown . In 83 the congregation was in corp orated under the name of James Church and in 1 85 2 a large wooden building was erected in the town Of New

Glasgow .

fir s i . D D . M cGre or . The t min ster was the Rev James g ,

1 786 di 1 30. He came in , and ed in 8 He was succeeded by Ro D Who 1 30 Rev . David y , D . . , came to Nova Scotia in 8 , and the followi ng year was inducted mini ster Of the con h gregati on . He labored fait q y until laid aside by failing 1 2 87 1 . 1 73 health in He died in 8 , aged 8 years , having preached the gospel for forty years wi th great energy and

d D D . . . . M cCur . power Rev E A . y, , was minister from - 1 1 1 . 1 87 89 He was succeeded by Rev . James Carruthers , -1 4 2 90 . . . 1 89 Rev G Ernest Forbes , was inducted in

4 s . 190 , and continue in charge

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30 1 888 . On May , , the new St Andrew s congregation

s : . was organi zed . The mini ters have been Rev Alexander

- 1 1 . M c s 888 896 . C . Robertson , , and Rev W Thom on , - 5 1 907 1 9 1 906. NO . 8 7 On V , , James Church and New ’

i . . . St . Andrew s un ted under the ministry of Rev G E

s ri . Forbes , with the name First Pre byte an Church On 1 2 . 5 91 s of s Nov , , the corner tone the First Pre byterian

Church was laid on the site of Old James Church . It was

i ril 1 2 1 91 4 . opened and ded cated to public worship , Ap , ’ r The congregation worshi pped in New St . And ew s Church from June 1 908 until the Opening ‘ Of their new

chur ch home .

’ St . Andrew s Congregation was formed from the Church ’ s s s at Fra er Mountain , and Rev . Donald A . Fra er , was

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minister un til 1 837 . Rev . John Stewart was the second - 4 F r s 1 838 1 8 5 . o pa tor , eight years they were Without a pastor after the disruption . Rev . Allan Pollock was 1 5 3 1 settled there in 8 and continued until 875 . The s other mi nisters Of thi church have been : Rev . George

R . al . ev m Murray , Rev George Coull , Archib d Bow an , h r B D s M cArt u . . S . . Rev . J , The pre ent incumbent ,

B . A . 1 898 . Rev . James A . Ramsay , , was inducted in

mi Off- Pri tive Church was an shoot from James Church ,

2 1 45 . s s and was organized , May 5 , 8 The fir t meeting were held in the Old Temperance Hall . Primitive Church was built in 1 849 on the corner of Provost and M cLean 4 1 8 . Streets . In 8 Rev George Walker arrived in Pictou from Scotland . He accepted a call to this church and

20 4 s . 1 8 8 . was inducted Sept . , He was its only pa tor

1 874 u . In 1 873 the church was enlarged . In it was b rnt In 1 845 Knox Chur ch was built by the Free Chur ch f R . . s o adherents . ev Mr Stewart was the mini ter Knox

- d d . 1 845 1 866. su cceee e Church , He was by Rev John D D . . M . Macleod and Rev . Robert Cumming , 1 874 Of In the autumn of , the year the great fire , the two congregations got together and formed the United hi Church . They continued to wors p in Knox Church 9 1 876 di until January , , when the present buil ng was mi ni . was opened and occupied Rev . Mr . Walker ster of ni 1 878 the U ted Church until , when he was relieved by the settlement of Rev . E . Scott , the congregation making

Mr . Walker , Pastor Emeritus . Mr . Walker was a preacher of great ability and power . He was a most faithful minis ter , and in every way adorned his calling . He died Feb .

- 4 1 4 f . 88 o hi s . . , , in the seventy ninth year age Rev E 1 D . D . 1 89 . Scott , retired in , and was succeeded by Rev

D . . s Anderson Rogers , D , who was pa tor from July 1 893

1 . . 908 . v D D . to March Rev John H Mac icar , . was

1 0 1 908 1 1 91 2 . minister from December , to March 7 ,

B . D . Rev . J . Macartney Wilson , , was inducted in May ,

66 CHURCHES IN PICTOU TOW N D A s M . D . . 1 KNox C H URC H 3 HOME OF REV . J CGREGOR S W 2 T . H H H H ANDRE S C URC 4 PRI NCE ST . C URC

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1 91 3 . Peter A . M cGregor has been treasurer of the s f United Church ince its organization , and , or three was s r years trea u er Of Primitive Church .

was The First Presbyterian Church , Trenton , organized 1 889 1 9 8 0. . . in and the Church built in Rev A W . Thom son was s 1 889 1 9 8 0 . . . pa tor from to ; Rev H R Grant , l 1 3 1 89 1 1 904 . . . ss . Apri , to April ; Rev D C Ro , NO V 8 , 1 4 90 . 1 91 . 3 . . . o s to Sept Rev A A Macle d , pre ent pastor , 1 was inducted 9 1 4 .

T H E FOLLOWI NG MI NISTERS WERE B O RN AND B RED IN NEW GLASGOW

. D . . D s 1 6 . PETE R G MCGREGOR , , New Gla gow ; Died in 88 M G re or w on . f Rev . s M cG re or c as s o D . D . Dr g the Jame g , di s c ll . 1 843 He tu ed Theology under Dr . Mc u och In he was l v was ca led to Poplar Gro e Church , Halifax , where he -fiv was s minister for twenty e years. He an excellent pa tor 1 868 was a and preacher . In he appointed Gener l Agent for v s of s the Church in No a Scotia , the dutie which he di charged fi with delity and success .

D . D . . s i . . JOHN FORREST , , LL . D , New Gla gow ; Hal fax , N S

H A N s 1 868 . GEORGE SUT ERL D , New Gla gow ; Died in was on e fi s s Mr . Sutherland Of the r t graduate of the Free was s fi s v Church Seminary , Halifax , and ettled r t in No a

for . s . . I . Scotia and afterward in P E , where he labored a time

New ! 1 886 was . He went to ealand in , and called to Dunedin 1 870 was s a In he called to Sydney , Au tr lia , where he labored hi s was s s as was v until death , which in tantaneou , he remo ing

hi s outer clothing on hi s return from a congregational meeting .

. . . R ND . J A F SUTHE LA , New Glasgow ; Winnipeg , Man

1 879 . E R . A R N ROB T J C ME O , New Glasgow ; Died in

was s v s . Mr . Cameron educated at Gla gow Uni er ity He ’ 70 was s . . B . 1 8 called to St . Andrew Church , St John , N , in ,

s . s and labored there for six year Re igning that charge , he v remo ed to Scotland , where he Obtained an important congre ati on s v v g , the dutie Of which , howe er , pro ed too great for t hi s s . s n s trength He died at the Man e , Bur t I land , Sco land , - w i M rs. as in the th rty sixth year of his age . Cameron a

on s s . daughter of the H . James Fra er, New Gla gow

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. . o . . A H CAMERON , New Glasgow ; Kereme s , B C R v of e . . A brother the Robert J Cameron .

D . D . HUGH W . FRASER , , New Glasgow ; Vancouver , B . C . s st l Dr . Fra er udied in Manitoba Co lege ; was settled at ni Fort William , Ontario , and Holland , Ma toba ; went to s China , and returned from there to San Franci co , where was mi i s 1 904 he a n ter for a nu mber of years. In he came

uv . . to Vanco er , B C B A . HUGH R . GRANT , . , New Glasgow ; New Glasgow , N . S . v General Secretary , No a Scotia Temperance Alliance .

. i s FRANK L FRASER , New Glasgow ; Kennew ck , Wa h . R ev s . Brother Of the . Dr . Fra er

B . A s . WILLIAM MEIKLE , New Glasgow ; Tuxford , Sa k

Rev . w s for . a s Mr Meikle , with the J . P . Gerrior , many year v engaged in E angelistic work .

WILLIAM L . MACRAE , Abercrombie ; Golden , B . C .

s D ONALD M . GRANT , New Gla gow ; Cincinnati , Ohio .

CHARLES J . CAMERON , New Glasgow ; Vancouver , B . C .

. s . JO HN R FRASE R , New Gla gow ; Avoca , N Y .

A . . JAMES A . FRASER , B . , New Glasgow ; Pittsburg , Pa

N . s ALEXA DER W MCLEOD , New Gla gow ; Summerland ,

B . C .

s s u . Pa tor , Bapti t Ch rch

GEO RGE MACDONALD , New Glasgow ; Baptist Church ,

U . S . A .

SAMUEL A . MCDO UGALL , New Glasgow ; Chester Basin ,

s s . Pa tor, Bapti t Church

s s . F RED A . SULLIVAN , New Gla gow ; New Hamp hire

s di s . Pa tor , Metho t Church

JOHN B URNS , came to New Glasgow when a lad ; Died in

1 5 1 2 7 . 8 , aged years 2 1 8 5 7 . JAMES B URNS , New Glasgow ; Born in ; Died in 1 90 D D . . . WM . HENRY B URNS , , New Glasgow ; Evanston , Ill l s was hi s Mitchel Burn , who a potter by trade , came with 1 830 or 1 83 1 wife , Ann Morrow , from the north of Ireland , in ,

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i cine v . in Shelburne , remo ed to Oakland , Cal , and died there .

i s son . s . s is ss v H , Dr Thoma M Burn , a Profe or in the Den er l son ss . . s i Cro Medical Col ege Another , Daniel C Burn , s a l s v o . lawyer and real e tate dealer in Den er , C

s . . s of Carrie N . Burn married C S Lane , Denti t P . E . I .

s son . was Their elde t , Franklin K Lane , born there July 1 5 , 1 8 4 v i his 5 . He li ed in Pictou when a ch ld , where father

his ss . v practiced profe ion The family mo ed to California , son v s of li i where the graduated from the Uni er ity Ca forn a , l w i n s 1 889 a . in 1 886. In he practiced San Franci co From 1 897 to 1 902 he was a member Of the Interstate Commerce 1 9 1 3 was n Commi ssion . In he appoi ted Secretary of the ’

ri s s s . . i s Inte or , in Pre ident Wil on Cabinet Mr Lane a

' ' Democrat in politics and was hi s party s candidate for mayor v Of the Of San Francisco , for go ernor State and for the U . S . i s of fine s Senate . He a man per onality and high character . For a score Of years he h as been a prominent figure in th e public life Of the Pacific Coast and i s today on e of the public

of s s i . W a men mark and tanding at Wa h ngton George . L ne , n l w so s a s . another , practice in San Franci co , Cal Frederick R son i s n s i n San s . ev Lane , a third , a De ti t Franci co The .

ew s . S . s di F . E . Barret , N Gla gow, N , pa tor of the Metho st

Chu rch is a great grandson Of Mitchell Burns.

EAST RIVER MINISTERS AND CHURCHES

The East River Congregation was formed into a sepa 24 M ill in 1 8 . cG ivra rate charge , , with the Rev Angus y as its first minister . The West Branch Section was con 1 5 n ected with it . In 8 3 the church at Springville was

. 1 4 built The Church at Sunny Brae was erected in 85 ,

. f s . or s and was upplied by Rev Mr Blair everal years .

1 866 . . In , Rev A Maclean Sinclair became pastor Of the s Springville and Sunny Brae Congregations , and erved

- f tw . them or a period Of twenty o years Rev . John Calder - 1 1 889 1 892 . 892 was pastor , In , James Sinclair was 1 894 settled as minister . In the Congregation was divided , Springville and Bridgevi lle formi ng a separate charge

. s under Rev . Mr . Sinclair He re igned in 1 9 10; and in

1 91 1 . . . . . Rev E A Kirker , B A became minister . The

Bridgeville Church was built in 1 894 .

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' of The first regular minister the Kirk at St . Paul s was

. 1 2 8 7 1 4 . Rev John Macrae , to 8 7 He was succee ded by

son . . his , Rev D Macrae . Rev . Simon M cGr egor was 1 - 860 1 869 . the minister He was succeeded by Rev . M cMillian 1 William in 875 . He continued pastor until 1 ’ 888 . . ul The present St Pa s church was bui lt in 1 855 . ’ The Sunny Brae and St . Paul s congregations were formed into a separate charge in 1 894 . In 1 895 they called

Rev . W . P . Archibald who was pastor until 1 904 . He

- 4 1 . was followed by the Rev . George A . Sutherland 1 90 1 9 1

The present pastor , Rev . D . K . Ross , was inducted Sept . f 1 91 2 . r O l The fi st elders Sunny Brae were Fin ay Grant , n ald James M cD o and Duncan M cMillian . They had t wor hy successors in James Cumming , William ROSS , f M cD on ald . o John A . and John Cruikshank A brother

. . nk n ow the latter , D B Cruiksha , is an elder and clerk of the Session . NAMES OF MINISTERS B ORN O N EAST RIVER

M . 1 9 . W MC MILLAN , Churchville ; Died 88 was u ni s was He ed cated for the mi try in Scotland , and for a u of s s Earltown v n mber year pa tor at , whence he remo ed to ’ 3 s ts rin s. was st 1 s . u Sal p g He pa or for year at St Pa l Church ,

s v . was i s Ea t Ri er He a d ligent mini ter , and a warm

hearted friend .

il . SIMON MCGREGOR , Churchv le ; Deceased He was minister of the West Branch and East River Kirk s rs i n Churches for eight years. He pent thirteen yea pioneer t i n 1 88 1 work in British Columbia . He went to Sco land , and f n i n t n was elected mi nister o Appi , the North of Sco la d , n Where he labored un til he retired . He died in Edi burgh ,

deeply regretted .

M cGILLIV RAY ll 1 869 . ANGUS , Springvi e ; Died

1 91 4 . D . l JAMES MACLEAN , D . , Springvil e ; Died ’ f s was s Nearly the whole o Dr . Maclean s mini try pent in

Colchester County at Shubenacadie and Great Village . He was a fi s hi s a graduate Of the West River Semin ry , and ni hed w s studies in 1 85 3 . He as an excellent preacher and mini ter s v and a mo t de oted friend .

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ri E B ENEZER MCLEAN , Sp ngville ; Deceased . f Rev was o . . He a nephew the Dr Maclean , and was a student for s b u t i n the mini try , died early life .

M G ILLIV RAY H . c ill T JO N D , Springv e , ruro , N . S .

Retired from the Ministry .

M cG ILL RAY . IV . JAMES T , Springville s di 1 8 6 A tudent in theology , ed Oct . , 5 , aged 24 years. s of Rev s M cGi llivra Son . Angu y .

1 . ROBERT GRANT , Springville ; Died 898 u and di U Studied in Picto Academy E nburgh niversity .

. D . D . DAVID C MACKINTOSH , , Springville ; Shenandoah ,

Iowa .

B . D . i . ll . . FINLAY G M CINTOSH , , Springv e ; Dorchester , N B

B . . . i WM . . D o R MCKAY , , Springv lle ; Kong Moon , S

Chi na .

B . A . . l O . . ROBT . G . MCKAY , , Springvi le ; S Vancouver , B C

’

B . . . WM . A NS MAC DONALD , , Springville ; Barney s River , i l ALVER MCKAY , Springv le ; Hollyburn , B . C .

1 . . B . D . ri 890 JOHN A MACDONALD , , B dgeville ; Died

Son M cPhi e OV . 6 Of Duncan Macdonald and Mary ; born N , ’ 1 849 s s . While working at the carpenter trade in Bo ton , he v s s hi s decided to de ote him elf to the mini try, and began His st s preparation in the New Glasgow High School . udie ss as s as ss being interru pted by a long illne , he w ent a mi ionary

1 874 1 877 s i s . to Trinidad , to . He took a pec al cour e in Dal - . 1 877 79 i hi s s v Coll , , continu ng tudy at the Pine Hill Di inity v 1 882 School . He attended Ando er Theological Seminary , 84 bu v s v as , t seeking a more fa orable climate , er ed home ss z a i f a s mi ionary in Ari ona , and fterward at d f erent pl ce in hi s s s California . He continued tudie at the Pacific Theo n a ss 1 885 was i n s logical Semin ary i the cl Of , and orda ed pa tor 2 s s of hi s al . 1 1 885 . at Lincoln , C , May , The la t few year life was a continual fight with Sickness bu t he supplied congre is s t r and gati ons as he was able . H mini try , hough b ief only

t . kept up by an indomi able will , bore abundant fruit He an s st was a m an of sincere piety, earne t preacher and a mo

is was ss t . devoted friend . H whole life blamele and beau iful 9 1 89 t S . . 2 0 He di ed at Elgin , N . , Jan , , at the age of for y

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v u u . 1 6 was read in the Grand Ri er Ch rch on S nday, Dec ,

l s . . 1 906. He died on the fol owing Tue day Mr Grant hi s v was greatly afflicted in family circle . Mel ille , s but hi s eldest son was ordained to the mini try , ill health

laid i ts hand upon him and he died in early manhood . Clar n was su nl en ence , a you ger brother , dde y called away when s ss n gaged as a theological tudent in a mi io field , and Mary s s di s a u the Sibella , a i ter, ed oon fter her grad ation from

u niversity.

FINLAY R . MC DONALD , Sunny Brae . u s hi s He was educated at the Academy. He p r ued theo a was a logical studies in Scotland , and fter graduation c lled f s to the pastorate o Cooper Angu , an important charge in

fi 2 1 s. Scotland , where he labored with delity for year He

died i n 1 900.

B . D . . . WM . P . GRANT , , Sunny B rae ; Truro , N S

Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church .

A . . WM . M . GRANT , M . , Sunny Brae ; Ayr , Ont

FINLAY H . MCINTOSH , M . A . , Sunny Brae ; Sydney , C . B .

u . Pastor, Falmo th Church

. . S . . N CHAS . D . MCINTOSH , M A , Sunny Brae ; River John ,

- B . A . A . JAMES M C D ONALD , , Sunny Brae ; Youngstown ,

Ohio .

. A . . M . . . W C ROSS , B , Sunny Brae ; Halifax , N S

A . n . Cé tredale . N A . W ROBERTSO , B , ; Kennetcook , N . S . l M ACPH IE . . C ntr da s D U NCAN A . , M A , e e e ; B o ton , Mass . r v fi Secreta y of the E angelical Alliance . Of ce , 5 07 Tremont

Temple .

M A P I . . . . C H E N N . . J P , M A , Sunny Brae ; ew Glasgow , S

T H E MINISTERS AND CHU RCHES IN HOPEWELL

of 450 Hopewell is a village about people , with a beauti s ful country urrounding it . The first church was built 1 820 l . in , one and a half miles above the vil age . Rev s 1 827-1 844 John Macrae was the first mini ter , . His son ,

- . him 1 Rev Donald Macrae , succeeded , 857 1 859 . He s 1 870 returned a econd time , in , and remained four years .

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PICT ONIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

. D . . N JOHN B MACLEA , B , Hopewell Huntington , Que . Author of The Secret of the Stream thoughtful religious on essays Life and Literature .

A . D . MCINTOSH , M . A . , Hopewell ; Souris , P . E . I .

A S . . . J R MACDONALD , Hopewell He was for many years a teacher in the public schools in the

vi . n in r 1 89 Pro nce Graduated from Pri ceton Sem a y 5 , held ’ ll B n s s v . s v pa torate in Fair i e , N . , Bar ey Ri er, Caledonia and

8 . di s 2 Sheet Harbor, N . He ed at Elm dale , 1 9 1 .

N . s . . JOH W B RITTON , Hopewell ; Pugwa h , N S

A A . A . S . T . . J CROCKET , B , Hopewell ; Hopewell , N S

Graduated from the Rochester Baptist Seminary .

D . r 1 DONALD ROSS , D . , Lo ne ; Died 907 . At the age of 2 7 he entered the mini stry and for four years - was s s . five s s pa tor in Seattle , Wa h Twenty year were pent s v he was in ea tern Canada , when he remo ed to t West . He hi f a man Widely known for s learning and or hi s faithful work .

JOHN R . FRASER , M . A . , Lorne ; Uxbridge , Ont .

B s . A. ALBERT M . MACLEOD , . , Lorne ; Hyde Park , Mas

M ...... W A ROSS , M A , Lorne ; Moncton , N B

General Secretary Sunday School , N . B . and P . E . I .

A . . . D . K . ROSS , B . , Lorne ; Sunny Brae , N S

D D . JOHN CAMERON , . , Glengarry ; s s Mini ter of Dundee , Canada for ome time and for many

s s mi s of . year Pari h ni ter Dunoon , Scotland , where he died

JOSEPH HALLIDAY , Glengarry ; Orange City , Fla .

Pastor Congregational Church .

T HE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES OF STELLART ON .

’ s St . John Church was organized in connection with ’

ff . the Kirk body . It was an o shoot from St Andrew s

s . . . was Church , New Gla gow Rev Wm M . Phillips the

1 . 1 1 . 863 87 s . . first minister , inducted in In , Rev Cha A as Dunn was settled over the congregation . He w followed

s . by Rev . E . H . Burgess and Rev . D . M . Mathe on . Rev

s s was W . L . Cunningham , the pre ent mini ter inducted

in 1 908 .

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’

f . Sharon Church is a child o Old St James Church , New s i l on Gla gow . The orig na Sharon Chur ch was built the ’ f s banks o the River , near Dr . Donnelly house . On the

5 of 1 856 . A . . D . D . th June , , Rev J Mowatt , , was settled as M cPh rs . e on the first pastor of the church Wm . was the father of the session of Sharon Church . He opened the fir st Presbyterian S unday School when there were only eight scholars ; and afterwards became the first

Superintendent Of the Sunday School . Dr . Mowatt was D . s . D . . followed by Rev Tho Cumming , who served the

- 1 875 1 885 . church for ten years , The Church was fortunate in having such able and eloquent mi nisters at its begin s ning . Rev . J . H . Turnbull was pastor another ten year , - 1 9 . . . . B . D . 1 885 8 5 Rev Wm M Tufts , , became the fourth

s 1 896 s . . . . pa tor in , remaining twelve year Rev M S Ful h s 1 909 s 1 9 1 3 . T e ton was ordained , and re igned in pre ent

M n t sh B . A . 1 1 . s . . . cI o 9 pa tor is the Rev C C , , inducted 3

MINISTERS B ORN IN STELLARTON AND RIVERTON .

1 2 . D . . . 90 N D . GEORGE M . GRA T , , LL D , Stellarton ; Died

D . D . . CHAS . M . GRANT , , Stellarton ; Dundee , Scotland

s Retired from the Mini try .

1 1 . D . D . 9 3 JOHN MORTON , , Stellarton ; Died

D . . D . S M . THOS . CU MING , Stellarton ; Stellarton , N

Retired from the Ministry.

N . . . D . D . ROB E RT CUMMI G , , Stellarton ; Trinidad , B W I

M . JA ES FALCONER , Stellart on ; Santa Clara , Calif

. B . . . PETER A DUNN , D , Stellarton ; Arbuthnott , Scotland

ni s of s u c . Mi ter the Pari h Ch rch , Arbuthnott , S otland

WM . H . M CDONALD , Stellarton ; Denver , Col .

l . . . . r JOSEPH S MCKAY , Stellarton ; Po t Hil , P E I

. M cKa n v s was s Mr y, well k own e angeli t , ordained by pre b ter of . I . 1 9 1 3 y y P . E , in .

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h . . s P D . . . . N CHAS J CONNOLLY , , Stellarton ; Antigoni h , S

s v l . St . Franci Xa ier Co lege

D . D . . RICHARD GILMORE , , Stellarton hi He was born in Scotland but came to N . S . with s parents s s s when four year old . They ettled at Plymouth , Oppo ite v for s v s Stellarton , where they li ed e eral year . Afterwards

v . . . His s s they mo ed to Ohio , U S A parent were Pre byterians but he entered the Roman Catholic Church and rose to be

s v s s a o . was Bi hop of Cle eland , where he died ome year g He

the author of several religious works.

1 860. ALEXANDER M CKENZIE , Riverton ; Died Kenzie o on of s. c f He was the s Tho M and an uncle Thos. v W S Grant , Ri erton . He went to Upper Canada here he pent i s s h s . mo t Of mini try He founded the church at Goderich , s v s was s Ont . For e eral year he an in tructor in the grammar

schools at Goderich . 1 907 . JOHN CAMERON , Riverton ; Died Hi s grandparents were among the earliest settlers in Pictou ’ th e s of . cu s County . He had di tinction being Dr Mc lloch s s of s u hi s s lln ss la t tudent , and mini tering to him d ring la t i e . 1 844 was v Ken In he inducted at Nine Mile Ri er , Gore and netcook s t , Elm dale , where he labored wi h great energy and 2 s s s faithfulness for 3 year . Later he labored for ome year n at Bridgewater, N . S . He then retired to Bridgetow , N . S oth of hi s 63d of hi s where he died in the 9 year age , and the ni s was mi try . Mr. Cameron an ardent friend of education ,

a fearless champion Of temperance .

1 1 . D . N A D . 9 3 ALEXA DER F LCONER , , Riverton ; Died s s ss v ! He became pa tor ucce i ely in ion Church , Charlotte ' ’

t St . s s own ; Jame Church , Dartmouth ; Greyfriar Church , i u . 1 906 wa Trin dad ; and Prince St . Church , Picto In he s s of ss cho en Moderator the General A embly . With rare qualifications of head and heart he efli cien tly discharged the responsible duties pertaining to all th e important positions hi s s which he occupied during long and bu y life . He was a s ul s v f ripe cholar , and a faithf workman in the er ice o Christ . 1 1 ALEXANDER CAMERON , Riverton ; Died 9 3 .

s s l s He held pa torate at Midd e Stewiacke and Ba s Riv er , N . S . , w Ne . . . and at London , P E I He gav e 3 1 years of devoted

s v . was of Rev er ice to the church He a brother . John Cam

eron .

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. s JAMES D CAME RON , Riverton ; Lon dale , R . I .

. AN . . s DAVID K GR T , M A , Riverton ; Old , Alberta .

M . . s SA UE L MACNAUGHTON , M A , Riverton ; Pre ton , Eng

land .

of s n v s hi s s Graduate Dalhou ie U i er ity, and completed cour e in

Edinburgh . He settled in the Presbyterian Church at s 1 8 77 has S Pre ton , England , in , where he ince remained . He i s a devoted temperance worker and the author of several “ ” “ s book , among them , Doctrine and Doubt , Our Children " “ i s s Of for Chr t , The Wine Scripture

THE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES OF MIDDLE RIVER INCLUDI NG WESTVILLE AND GAIRLOCH

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. w St as . Phillip s Church built and completed Jan 8 ,

1 8 1 . . . . 7 , with Rev Wm M Phillips in charge He was 1 s . s 887 succeeded by Rev . Cha Dunn who re igned in ;

- 1 9 R . . . M d . . . 1 888 8 9 ev cLeo Rev T D Stewart , ; G B ,

- - 1 0 1 2 s 1 2 1 0 . . . ll 90 9 3 W . 90 90 . . . W ; Rev D M Gi ie , Rev

M cNairn s 1 904 . , present pa tor , was inducted , 1 870 hi The first Carmel Church was erected in , but w le s s s the dedication ervice were in progre s , it was burned

s . . to a hes A new church was soon erected , and Rev John

s 1 873 to 1 879 . . . Lee was called to be pastor , Rev Robt 1 2 D . D . l 1 881 91 Cumming , , was ca led in and resigned in , closing a most happy and successful pastorate of 3 1 years .

1 9 1 3 . Rev . D . A . Frame is present pastor , M cLeod was . The first mi nister in Gairloch Rev Hugh , 1 2 al M Intosh 8 2 . . c The second pastor , was Rev Don d ,

- 1 833 1 44 for s . 8 . The church was vacant nine year The

- 1 853 1 85 7 . next minister was Rev . A . Maclean , He was M cKa 1 859 s . also pa tor at Saltsp rin gs. Rev . Alex y,

1 867 . s for 1 3 . was Rev . Neil Brodi e was pa tor years He

M cLeod . followed by Rev . Thos . Irvi ng and Rev . J . C . 1 907 l s n In , the Gairloch and Midd e River ectio s were

i h s . . . . M oras united w th Rev A . O . , as pa tor Rev Geo

h s is 1 9 1 1 . C ri tie the present pastor , inducted in The present church was built in 1 85 8 .

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MINISTERS B ORN IN THIS DISTRICT .

N dl 1 90 . JOH D . MURRAY , Mid e River ; Died 6

was s . . I . in 1 65 as He ettled at Port Hill , P E , 8 . He held p t orates at Moncton , Buctouche and Red Bank , N . B . He 72 s of hi n 4 1 n died , aged year , w ch he had bee years I the

ministry .

dl . ALEXANDER MCB EAN , Mid e River ; Deceased r s c Secreta y for the Briti h American and Tract So iety,

n s. Halifax , for ma y year

DUNCAN R . CROCKETT , Middle River ; Deceased . For some years he rendered good service to the church i n In 1 2 he wen t . 8 . 8 . at N B . to the U S locating Greenwood , 1 891 was as s i n the Mo . In he called Home Mi sionary i n s n Ind a Territory , where he labored for many year amo g di ns the In a .

dl . JOHN THOS . CROCKETT , Mid e River ; Deceased

s of the v s s v . Pa tor Ad enti t Church , Na h ille , Tenn and other

l s s s of v . p ace . Both on the late John Crockett , Middle Ri er

was of Rev . SS s Their mother a daughter Duncan RO , We t v Ri er .

dl 1 9 4 . . 0 WM D OUGLAS , Mid e River ; Died was 1 85 6 s s i He born in , tudied at the Moody In titute , Ch cago ; for seven years engaged in Evangelistic work ; for seven years

s . 1 904 fi s . pastor in Minne ota In , he went to the Paci c Coa t

di . He ed at Portland , Ore

A . . B . . A MURRAY PORTER , , Alma

1 91 4 . Graduated Union Theological Seminary , N . Y

. . A . . . JOHN R D OUGLAS , B , Concord ; Lake Megantic , P Q

1 4 . . 90 ALEX Robinson , Concord ; Died fi Educated at the Spring eld School of Workers. Settled in i n s 1 888 s . Nebra ka, , and afterward in Wyoming Died

Boulder , Col .

Al . . DUNCAN MCD ONALD , Gairloch ; Strathcona , ta Retired

ROB ERT MCD ONALD . Gairloch . M cD onald s mi s Brother of Duncan , a tudent for the ni try ,

of s . 1 2 Free Church College , Halifax . Died mallpox , Jan ,

1 85 0.

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1 0 s to 89 when he re igned , and Blue Mountain and Garden s of Eden became a eparate Charge . Other pastors were

Rev . D . M . Henderson , Rev . E . J . Rattee , and Rev . F . L .

Jobb . Present pastor , Rev . W . H . Sweet , came in 1 June 909 . ’ The first settlers of Barney s River were from the f K Highlands o Scotland . William M c en zi e settled at ’ Barney s River in 1 807 . He had six sons who were all d ur roa m akers . land s veyors and John , the eldest son i had a high name as a civil eng neer . He acted as assistant

Crearer to James , Pictou , in locating and bu ilding the

Albion Mines Railroad . He was a number of years in the Crown Land Office , Halifax .

son was for Adam , second , many years supervisor Of s roads from Colche ter County to the strait Of Canso . s was s f Jame deputy urveyor for the County o Inverness .

Francis Spent much time in Cape Breton making roads .

son was Hugh , the youngest , for many years a surveyor in South Africa . Donald Bruce came to Pictou in the ship H armony in ’

1 822 s s . M Ka and ettled at Upper B arney River Angus c y , M Ka ss M L od Donald c y , Donald Dougla , John c e and

on s s . Alexander Grant came the ame hip Margaret ,

of ri s daughter Donald Bruce mar ed Edward Jack on , Pine s son ri r Tree . George , his econd mar ed Ch isty , daughter of Hector Murray , by whom he had Hector and other

children . He was an elder under Dr . Blair . s s i 1 801 Donald Robert on came from Perth h re , in and 1 di 1 4 settled above Avondale in 81 9 . He ed in 83 aged

s . seventy three year , leaving a large family His wife di 1 870 on e on e on e ed in , aged hundred years , month and

- day . They had forty eight grandchildren , of whom Rev .

D . D . . on . Hugh A Robertson , , Erromanga , is e s ri Angus Murray , a native Of Sutherland hire , mar ed

M cKa dr Elizabeth y , by whom he had William , An ew , and hi s three daughters . He came to Pictou with family in

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1 81 2 . s s s He taught chool in New Gla gow for ome time .

Hi s s son rri 1 82 1 s elde t , William ma ed in and had Angu ,

was ri Andrew , Helen , Jane , Eliza and Mary . Eliza mar ed t o ll was Wi iam Murray , at Grand Narrows , C . B . and the of s mother the pre ent premier of Nova Scotia . Premier

n i Murray narrowly escaped being born a Picto an . 1 830 i l In a church was erected at Kenz evil e . It stood near the Cemetery . At the same time a church was built ’ ’ at Lower Barney s River , near John Copeland s place .

. M cKi han s f . c was s o Rev D , Kirk mini ter , pa tor the two churches for many years . ’

1 4 . . 8 6 . In , Rev D B Blair , Free Church , came to Barney s River and for 40 years was minister of the Free Church

ni s s i : s . congregation . Other mi ter Of the K rk were Rev

h n . . s M c D on ald . . M cKi c a James Mair , Jame A J , J R

l . . i . s . l s . M cD on a d . s , J A Cairn , E Gi l e , and D K Ros The

2 1 91 3 . M a D on ald . 5 s R . . c present pa tor , ev Wm , came Feb , ’ s was The present Church at East River St . Mary com

leted 1 873 p in , when the Kirk and the Free Church : united . The following mini sters served the congregation blado i . . Pit s . M cKen z e . Rev Hugh , Alex Campbell , C B ,

r . . Robt . Cumming , John Ferry , And ew Boyd , J D Mc

M ac on ald ...... D Farlane , A D Sterling , and Wm Rev J H

Kirk i s the present pastor . MINISTE RS B O RN IN THIS SECTIO N

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1 892 . D . D . M cLenn an s WM . F RASER , , Brook ; Died ’ s was M cLenn an s 1 9 1 808 . Dr . Fra er born at Brook , May , He receiv ed hi s academic and theological education at Pictou

was . Academy of whi ch Dr . Mcculloch then the head At the

- age of twenty six he was sent as a mi ssionary to Upper Canada , was s his fi s and a year later , ettled at Bond Head , Ontario , r t s s and only pa torate . Here he labored mo t faithft for forty-six years until hi s retirement in 1 88 1 when he removed to

Barrie . He was activ e in educational work ; an earnest adv ocate of

temperance and always a close attendant o n church courts .

In 1 85 1 he was appointed clerk of the U . P . Synod ; at

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the uni on of 1 861 to the Joint Clerkship of the Canada Presby 1 875 s i terian Synod ; and in , to the Joint Clerk h p of the General

Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada . He con fi hi h i s 1 892 s 85 t . t nued in thi Of ce until , in year s was Of di S s Dr . Fra er a man calm , ju cial pirit , excellent bu i l s v s ness qua itie , un arying indu try and punctuality and hi s s di always in perfect health till late t years. He ed on

1 92 was . In 1 834 s s 8 . Chri tma day , He thrice married to R s s ev . Jane Geddie , i ter of the John Geddie , by whom he had

M cCu rd of s . three children . Second , to Nancy y On low , N Rev S . 1 844 . Three son s s . . . , in . Of thi marriage were J B

R v . . s D . D . s D . . e s Fra er, M . , Annan , Ont , R Dougla Fra er, , s s s t r u a s Editor and Bu ine s Manager, Pre by e ian P blic tion , f s and t . . s . . ss O Toron o ; and W H Fra er, M A , Profe or Spani h f l v s O n . ss s s Italian , Uni er ity Toro to Mi Jane We l Fra er , i D . s ss s di of R D . ev . . . s daughter of the R D Fra er , , a i tant e tor

the Presbyterian Publications. s s u s Third , he married Maria Jame Nichola of C yahoga Fall , i h of : . . Oh o , and the c ildren thi s marriage were George A H s s v ss Fra er, M . A . , Barri ter , Den er, Colorado ; and Mi Emma

. s Ph D W t ss. M . N Fra er, M . A . , . . , heaton College , Nor on , Ma

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S M Lenn an B 1 91 2 . IMON FRASER , c s rook ; Died wa n e He s a so of Alexander Fraser and Margaret Campb ll , ’ of r M cLenn an s . daughter Alexander Campbell , Elde , Brook

was a raduate e . s t He g of Free Church Colleg , Halifax He e tled ew t s in N Brunswick for some time , but wen to Texa where s hi ni s in he pent the remainder of s mi try . He died the s v - e enty eighth year of hi s age .

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M L nn an s 1 908 . ALEXANDER CAMPBELL , c e Brook ; Died was i s was 1 887 He born in 1 855 . H s first pa torate at Noel , s 2 di 5 3d the econd , Merigomish , 1 89 . He ed in the year of

hi His s u dl . v s age . death came mo t nexpecte y Ha ing gone to Noel to attend the funeral of a loyal supporter of the s was s l Pre byterian Church , he tricken whi e in the pulpit , and in a short time passed away in the same pulpit in which he hi began s ministry . “ ow i H beau tiful it s for man to die , Upon the walls of ! ion ! To be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel — - i n v To p u t his armour Off and rest hea en .

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D M cLenn an S . MCHAR Y , Brook Wh s Died ile preparing for the mini try.

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. 1 JOHN F FORB ES , Blue Mountain ; Died 905 . He was born i n 1 834 ; received hi s education in Halifax and i n was 1 867 as s Princeton Seminary . He ordained , pa tor f n o n 1 9 s . U io Centre and Lochaber, where he labored for year 1 886 c 8 In he accepted a all to Durham , and from there , ’

s t s . year la er, to St . Andrew Church , Sydney , C . B In all s s s v s the e charge he er ed with fidelity and uccess. He died 7 l st of hi in the year s age .

ADAM G . FORB ES , Blue Mountain . He came to Pictou when an infant ; educated at the Free li hi wa Church College , Ha fax ; s first charge s at Buctouche , t s s t N . B . From there he went o Ontario and ome year la er

c his . a with a olony of people , he went to No Dakot , where he di 9 ed in 1 8 4 .

hi . . B . A . GEO M . Ross , , Blue Mountain , North Honan , C na i . B . A . DAVID C Ross , , Blue Mountain ; Lower Stew acke ,

N . S . AL Ex . . B . D . L FRASER , , Blue Mountain , Great Village ,

N . S . s v of s Publi hed three olumes poems. Sonnet and other " “ ' " “ " s s s s v s . Ver e , At Life Window , Fugiti e

HUGH MILLER , M . A . , Garden Of Eden ; Glace Bay , C . B .

SAMUEL MCINTOSH , Garden of Eden ; Deceased . tu mi S dent for the nistry .

REV . . Glen bard A MACLEAN SINCLAIR , LL . D ; Hope

l . . wel , N S Rev . A . Maclean Sinclair i s the highest authority in Canada on s of the Gaelic language and literature , and own one the s h i s als z be t Gaelic libraries on t e continent . He o recogni ed

in the Old Country as an emi nent Gaelic scholar and student . “ ” i s t c He the author of Clarsach Na Coille , a collec ion of Gaeli " “ s s s l 1 4 1 1 1 825 hymn and ong , Gae ic Bards , from to , The " s ean s Mac Bard , two v ols ; The Clan Gill , or the Hi tory of v v the Macleans Thi s is a large and handsome octa o olume , i i s and s the standard work on the hi story of the Clan . He z a regular contributor to the Celtic Maga ine , Edinburgh . e al s and other p riodic s. He i s a grand on of John Maclean , 7 was n t the well known Gaelic poet . In 1 90 , he appoi ed lecturer in the Gaelic Language and Literature i n Dalhousie v s Uni er ity .

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’ JAMES MCGREGOR MACKAY , East River St . Mary s ;

Died 1 91 1 .

is was . M acKa one of H father Alex y, the first settlers at East ’

. s s his studi s River St Mary . He pro ecuted e at West River f ' fi mi n one o . SS s s Se ary , being Dr RO r t tudents. In 1 855 was c s hi at he indu ted into the charge of Parr boro , w ch that ten h s s was time had preac ing tation , and forty miles in length . In 1 860 he was called to Economy and Fiv e Islands where he

for 1 8 s. His t was at s remained year nex charge Wood tock ,

. In 1 884 t c. Af 3 7 s N . B he accep ed a call to Shedia ter year s v 1 892 ew s of er ice he retired, in , to N Gla gow , where he died

93d ofhi s i s s s . in the year age . H phy ical power were remarkable As a preacher he was evangelical ; as a presbyter he was loyal a hi s s t was nf li to the Church ; s a friend ho pitali y u ai ng . It i s noteworthy that he never missed a meeting of Synod ; ' n v n hi s u i s e er had a month s holiday , and , duri g p blic m ni try, there were only two Sabbaths on whi ch he was u nable to

preach . ’

D . D . . SAMUEL C . GUNN , , East River St Mary s ; Boston ,

Mass .

s . For nearly twenty years minister of Scotch Church , Bo ton e Retired from th Ministry.

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1 900. . St . WM GUNN , East River Mary s ; Died Y unn was u v s . . Mr . G ed cated at Colgate Uni er ity, N , and n His s was a pastor of the Baptist denomi ation . fir t charge 78 was was at . . 1 8 Springfield , N Y In he appointed Chaplain Of h s 2 0 s s v t e Prison , Fort Madi on , Iowa . For year he er ed thi s s in capacity , and accompli hed a great work in the reforma r tion of the inmates of the p ison . ’

1 903 . ADAM GUNN , East River St . Mary s ; Died a s for 1 6 s Mr . Gunn w s pa tor year at Gore and Kennetcook ,

I 1 0 . 1 902 S . . . . s N . , and at Cardigan , P E , year In he went

to the Northwest , but in the following year he died .

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1 898 . A . D . GUNN , East River St . Mary s ; Died o In 1 883 he was called t Upper Stewiacke , where he labored for s u l four and a half year , ntil failing hea th compelled him

R v of s . was e . . . to resign . He a brother Of S C Gunn Bo ton ’ D UNCAN CAMERON , East River St . Mary s ; Pittsburg , Pa .

Rev . . . Rev . . Se. v . . A . G Cameron , B , Syl ania , Pa and A H

s s of Rev . Cameron , M . A . , Detroit , Mich . , are cou in Duncan

Cameron .

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’ The fir st settlers at Sutherland s River were from the l High ands Of Scotland . The River was named after

Sutherland , whose son , John , was the first child baptized ’ 4 . . 3 1 85 belonging to Sutherland s River Feb , a site was t he bought for a church and people proceeded to build . The congregation was made up Of members from the thr ee of : branches the Presbyterian Church the Kirk , the Free

f . ni u o . Church and the Presbyterian Ch rch N S , u ted . This

was the first union Presbyterian Church in the Province . of ur 1 875 The Congregation Thorb n was organized in ,

two on . . . and the made e charge Rev . W . T . Bruce , M D 1 7 s was called in 8 6, and re igned in Jan . 1 881 . Rev . Isaac

D . D . 2 . . . Murray , was inducted pastor in 1 88 ; Rev A W

M cLeo d 1 885 ; Rev . James A . Mackenzie 1 899 . His 1 L 91 2 . M c an s . e succe sor was Rev John Harris , . James W of s for 28 has been clerk the Ses ion years , and choir leader

for over 40 years . r 1 864 The Little Harbor Cong egation was organized in ,

. . s . and Rev . J . A F Sutherland was the fir t pastor He was 1 8 ho . 86 w followed by Rev . Wm Maxwell in , also had Charge ’ i s Of Fisher s Grant . During his min try the church was 1 880 s built . He resigned in , and the pastors who ucceeded M cLeod hi m were : Revs . Robert Laird , Harvey, John

ss . . B . Maclean , John W . Penman , R . J . Dougla , A D

M cD on ald 1 91 0 . M cIn tosh and A . J . ( ) the present pastor

MINISTERS BO RN AND B RED IN THIS DISTRICT

s s . JOHN CAMPBELL , Merigomi h ; Decea ed ’

as s . s u i For some years he w pa tor of St Andrew Ch rch , Hal for 1 8 s i s u u s u fax , and year min ter of B ccle ch pari h Ch rch ,

Edinburgh , Scotland , where he died . i N . ISAAC S . SIMPSO , Merigom sh ; Chicago , Ill

Ph . D . s B . . D WM . H . SMITH , , , Merigomi h ; Fredericton ,

N . B . ’ u s . Pastor , St . Pa l Church

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. . s L EDWIN SMITH , M A , Merigomi h ; M c eod, Alta .

. . A . . M h s Versc o le . A A S ITH , B , Merigomi h ; y , Ont

B . . . H M A . s . F W T O PSON , , Merigomi h ; St John , N . B . s vi n Pa tor , Cal Church .

LAWRENCE B . CAMPBELL , Merigomish .

. . of Rev Al l Theol Student Son late . exander Campbe l . i . . r s . W B MACDONALD , Me gomish ; Lourde , N . S s of Pa tor the Roman Catholic Church .

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B . A . . JOHN CHISHOLM , , Sutherland s River ; Montreal , Can st Pa or , Victoria Church .

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. . s . ALEX W MCKAY , Sutherland River ; Deceased m sv s s . Pa tor for o e time at Street ille , Ont

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s . l JAMES M . SUTHERLAND , Sutherland River : E Peppere l ,

Mass .

s i u . Pa tor , Method st Ch rch

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as . JOHN LAMONT , Sutherland s River ; Dece ed v For s was Gradu ated but ne er had a charge . many year he s a succes ful colporteur for the National Bible Society , in the

Maritime Provinces .

B . . M A CG LA H E N . D JOHN A S , , French River ; Bridgeport ,

C . B .

K B s . A . A . W . POLLOC , . , French River ; Decea ed

v . Student in Theology . Drowned at French Ri er

B . . A . JAMES A . M CLEAN , . , Thorburn ; Mahone Bay , N S

. N . . JOHN J MACDO ALD , Thorburn ; Brooklyn , N Y

s s . Pa tor , South Pre byterian Church

WM . . . MACPHERSO N , Thorburn ; Waterville , N S

A . S . WE IR , Thorburn ; Swan River , Manitoba .

. . N . 8 . J F MCKAY , Thorburn ; Clyde River ,

B . A . WILLIAM FO RBES , , Little Harbor ; Tatamagouche ,

N . S .

. N s B . . G ER EST FO RB ES , A , Little Harbor ; New Gla gow ,

N . S .

s s s u . Pa tor , Fir t Pre byterian Ch rch

N . G L U H B A . . . O OON . JOH G Q , , Little Harbor ; Millerton , N B

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EDW IN H . B URGESS , Little Harbor ; Sydney , C . B . ” Editor , Canadian Commonwealth . Author At the Place ” “ is v v s s Fo which called Cal ary , a olume Of ermon , and r ” Canada and the Old Flag .

M . THO AS F MCGREGOR , Chance Harbor ; Hawarden , Sask .

T H E FOLLOWING ARE CLERGYMEN OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

N NN N Ardn ess D O ALD MACKI O , ; Died at Grand Narrows ,

C . B .

N Ardn ss e . DUGAL MACKI NON , ; Died at Dundas , Ont

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. . I NN Ardn ess N . . J J MACK ON , ; Bailey s Brook , S ’

. . N . C F MACKI NON , Bailey s Brook ; Sydney Mines , C . B

. . s . . M W MA CKINNON , Li more ; Vancouver , B C

D . D . s . . D ONALD M . MACGREGOR , , Li more ; Judique , C B

A N . . RONALD M CDO ALD , Lismore ; Pictou , N S

M INISTERS A ND CHU RCHES IN WEST RIVER AND GREEN HILL

The West River i s on e of the oldest congregations in the County . Rev . Duncan ROSS took the pastoral over sight of the congregation in 1 795 and continued to be

f r s . . pastor o 39 year He was succeeded by his son , Rev 1 5 s D . was 83 James Ro s , D . , who inducted in , and resigned in 1 852 .

James Watson followed him and remained for 5 years . In 1 858 the congregation was divided into two separate

on al u . charges . The e known as Centr Ch rch called Rev

s s . Jame Thom on and the other congregation , Rev George ’ 20 s s . s v Roddick At the clo e Of year er ice , both resigned ,

efi ed 1 . . . when a reunion was ect , in 879 , and Rev A W

as . 1 M cLeod settled pastor In 886 Rev . J . F . Forbes was

‘ inducted and Green Hill was united with West River .

ffi 1 9 . . . 8 5 . Rev . J . R Co n was called in and Rev C J Crowdis

1 . s . . . in 907 The pre ent pastor is Rev A H Foster , inducted

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in 1 91 3 . The West River congregation has always been a of a i centre educ tional and m ssionary endeavor .

i 1 4 . The church at Green Hill was bu lt in 8 8 Rev .

D . D . George Patterson , , was the first minister , inducted 1 4 8 9 1 876. . ll , resigned Rev Wi iam Stuart was pastor 1 877

1 8 4 . fli 8 : . n to The other pastors were Revs Forbes , Co ,

Crowdis and Foster .

OF NAMES MI NISTERS B ORN IN THIS DISTRICT , WITH PLACE OF B IRTH AND ADDRESSES OF THOSE STILL LIV ING

D . D . s 1 886. JAMES ROSS , , We t River ; Died

1 89 1 . EBENEZER ROSS , West River ; Died ss was n 1 849 Mr . Ro i ducted at Folly Village , , and remained

h s hi s nl i 1 877 n s of 28 s. in t i , o y charge unt l , a mi i try year He n s n ill a v ur the re igned on accou t of he lth , and remo ed to Tr o , s his was ss ss where he re ided until death . He po e ed of rare v i igor and much learn ng .

DUNCAN M CDONALD , West River ; Deceased . He was a member of the first class of theological students

c l . u nder Dr . Mc u loch

JOHN MCDONALD , West River ; Deceased .

Stu dent for the ministry .

. I 1 889 . JOHN J R CHARDS , West River ; Died ’ w s in vi s Mr . Richard s Whole ministry as pent Brock lle Pre b t er was s as y y, Ontario , where he held in high e teem a faith s ful pa tor and preacher .

1 91 4 . JAMES D . MURRAY , West River ; Died

1 91 1 . ANGUS MCKENZIE , West River ; Died to in 1 872 an s 1 874 He went Kansas , d to the Pacific Coa t in nn where nearly all hi s ministry was spent . He married A a M cPherson v i n 1 888 was a s e , No a Scotia , . He a f ithful mini t r

and did good work in the organization of new churches.

. s . JOHN D MCLEAN , We t River ; Deceased ss n to Mi io ary Japan .

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B . A . E . ld r n e ba k . . D STILES FRASER , , Durham ; , N S

His son . . 0. s B . A . was n ss , E J Fra er , , appoi ted Mi ionary to 1 9 1 4 Korea in .

JOHN M . MACLEOD , West River ; Deceased . a o he Mr . Macleod w s one f t first who received his education s v m 1 8 hi at the We t Ri er Se inary . In 5 3 he began s ministry I His n . . W 6 at Richmo d Bay , P. E , here he spent years. next s w pa torage as at Newport , N . S . From there he went to ew 1 8 1 wa Knox Church , N Glasgow , N . S . In 7 he s called ! 1 8 to ion Church , Charlottetown , where for years he labored z s 1 889 to with eal and success. He left the i land in and went M r M ac1eo nc uv mi s o new . . d Va o er , to ni ter t a congregation was vi hi s a gorous preacher and a faithful pastor , and mem i hi r w h e ory s cherished in all s cong egations. He as t author ” of The History of Presbyterianism in Prince Edward I sland .

M of CC . . . WILLIAM THOMSON , M A , Durham ; Port Spain ,

Trini dad .

Pastor , Greyfriars Church .

A . W . THOMSON , M . A . , Durham ; Pictou , N . S .

s of Rev . Son the late . James Thomson

. B . A . l D MCDONALD CLARK , , Durham ; Midd e Stewiacke ,

N . S .

R 1 2 . DAVID CLA K , Durham ; Died 88 was son v the He a of the late Da id Clark , elder , and had n s i n V mi i try iew .

N s . HE RY MACD ONALD , Durham ; Decea ed

di n . 1 99 s n . He ed at Paterso , N . J, in 8 , ju t after bei g ordained

K di . D . G . COC , M . A . , West River ; Mhow , Central In a

FOREST L . FRASER , Durham ; Penn Yan , N . Y .

s . Pa tor , Baptist Church

. . 1 3 . JOHN MCLEAN , M A , Green Hill ; Died 8 7

B LAIK IE D . D . ll 1 . ALEX . , , Green Hi ; Died 885 1 804 a t Born , educated t Pic ou Academy and Halifax , a 1 - 1 836 Missionary in the Western States, 1 83 1 835 . In he

n s . became pastor at York , N . Y . and continu ed for ine year In 1 846 he came to Boston and established a congregation i n _ n t t s ur connectio wi h the Uni ed Pre byterian Ch ch , and con in e st i u i His t u d pa or of t nt l he retired in 1 880. work in

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N O F N M INISTE RS A D CHU RCHES SCOTSB U R , INCLU DING ROGERS HILL AND PLAI NFIELD

’ s was ui 1 . St . John Church (Kirk) b lt in 838 It was s s the fir t church in the place and is still tanding . Rev . R .

. M c on n hi Macaulay and Rev . D C ac e were the first

R . ministers . ev John Sinclair was pastor for five years .

In 1 860 Rev . John Goodwill was inducted and resigned

1 871 ss to in to go as mi ionary New Hebrides . The last

ni of ' s mi ster the Kii k church was the Rev . J . W . Fra er s hi s m s who pent whole ini try at Scotsburn .

was The Free Church formed , after the disruption , in 4 1 4 1 862 . . 8 . , and in Bethel Church was built Rev Alex s Sutherland was the first minister . The other pastor in 1 1 of : s . 87 order induction were Rev Alex . Stirling , ;

. 7 s . D . . . 1 88 . D 1 898 A J A Cairns , ; Tho Cumming , ; W ’

1 . . ss 908 . s s 1 907 Ro Upon Mr Fra er retirement in , St

Rev. . . John S Church and Bethel were united . A D i s s s 1 91 0. Stirling the pre ent pa tor , inducted MINISTERS B ORN IN THIS DISTRICT

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N A s nl ri . . . JOH MURR Y , Scot burn , Sta ey B dge , P E I

Retired from the Ministry.

B . D . D . D . . JAMES MURRAY , , , Scotsburn ; Toronto , Ont

s s u . Pa tor , Er kine Ch rch

: di 1 88 . . 8 ROB E RT C MURRAY , Scotsburn Died in In a ,

s Nrcola . . GEORGE MURRAY , Scot burn ; , B C s Retired from the Mini try.

s . . JOHN GORDO N , Scot burn ; Nelson , B C s AENEAS GORDON , Scotsburn , Kings Kettle , Fife hire ,

Scotland .

r . HUGH MCLEOD , Scotsbu n 1 826 t s 1 85 1 s i Born , gradua ed , Amher t College , tud ed , Bangor h as Theological Seminary. Settled in Springfield , O io , 1 85 7 New pastor of the Congregational Church . In went to

s his s a . Hampshire , where he pent the most of mini teri l life Duringthe Civil War he served honorably as Chaplain in the 900 ss. . 1 9 1 . Army . He died at Cambridge , Ma , Feb ,

94 M I NISTERS O F TO DAY 1 AME A . MACKEN! I E H RA E R UNCA N AME R N 3 . . . . 5 J S W F S , D D D C O

2 . S 6 TI LE RA ER 4 AME MURRAY . . HUG H RANT D S F S J S . D D R . G

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s 1 907 . was s v r He ettled there in He an in tructi e p eacher, s s s a a ympathetic pa tor , and deeply intere ted in ll the enter i s s s - prises Of the Church . H mini try panned thirty six v ery s busy year .

A . DUNC N M ILLER , Rogers Hill ; Deceased

JAMES M ILLER , Rogers Hill ; Deceased .

s of Rev . . . Brother the E D Miller , and died while preparing ni for the mi stry .

. ll JOHN W MATHESON , Rogers Hi ; Died in New Hebrides ,

1 862 .

D . D . . ANDERSON ROGERS , , Rogers Hill ; Halifax , N . S .

‘ s s of v Dr . Roger enjoy the honor ha ing formed the first

s v . S . Y 1 8 Chri tian Endea or Society in N , at armouth , in 85 .

B . A . n . . JAMES FITZPATRICK , , Rogers Hill ; New An an , N S

1 . . 9 JOHN R FITZPATRICK , Rogers Hill ; Died 8 3 s s Educated at Dalhou ie and Pre byterian College , Halifax .

at n B . s on of Settled Carleto , N . , but re igned account ill w R z as ev . s . health . He brother of the Jame Fit patrick

B . D . . RODERICK MCKAY , , Rogers Hill ; Kingston , Ont

JOHN A . FRASER , Rogers Hill ; Oakland , Calif .

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O Lear . . . ROBERT MU RRAY , Rogers Hill ; y, P E I

I B f A L W LLIAM M CCA LUM , Rogers Hill ; New Richmond ,

Quebec . F rrn n n . a i t o RODERICK C Jackson , Rogers Hill ; g , New

Mexico .

Plainfi ld 1 89 . ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND , e ; Died 7 hi was i n 1 81 6. s He born Lairg , Scotland , While a child s v was s t o di parent came to No a Scotia . He ent E nburgh to hi s 2 8 he u complete education , and at the age Of , entered pon ni s His s s was 40 the mi try . fir t charge in Pictou Pre bytery , s s v s s mile in extent . In e en year four congregation were ’ z five n ew u es 1 85 2 v to organi ed and ch rch . In he remo ed s s v s Prince Edward I land , where he labored for e en year and z organi ed four congregations with two n ew churches . A was s s hi l the call ent to him three time from s former fie d , thi rd time urging him to return on the ground that four congre gati ons that hesitated would enter the union of 1 860 if he S hi s s hould return , w ch he did , and the e congregation entered

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PICTONIANS AT H OME AN D ABROAD

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mi 1 889 . 1 08 . 9 . Thos Cum ng , In St Luke s and Ebenezer churches were formerly uni ted . The present pastor is

Rev . A . T . Macdonald . From 1 845 to 1 896 West Branch River John was part Earltown 1 896 Of the congregation . In it was united to ’ St . George s Church , River John . It became a separate 1 91 n charge in 0 under the Rev . Thomas Joh stone who

. . . . MacInn s B A e . . remained two years The Rev C J , ,

3 1 91 . present pastor was inducted March , 3

MINISTERS B ORN AND B ROUGHT UP IN THIS DISTRICT

B . D . alts ri n s . . S . . HUGH J FRASER , , p g ; Summerside , P E I

al in S ts r s . NORMAN T . MCKAY , p g ; Ready , Ont

lts rin s . L Sa e . J FRANK MC E OD , p g ; Harbor Cre k , Pa

lt ri ll . . . . Sa s n s . ALEX RETTIE , M A , p g ; Mi erton , N B

M cG ILLIVRAY . DANIEL , Brookland ; Deceased v hi s m He recei ed early education in Pictou Acade y, and took ’ hi s s in u n n v s s n His theological cour e Q ee s U i er ity, King to .

s was vi . m ni s 1 4 fir t charge Brock lle , Ont , where he i tered for hi On re s s n t . year , after w ch he ettled at Lo don , , where he

8 s. was S . mained year He then called to Lunenburg , N . , 1 3 s hi s hi s t and remained year in t charge , when heal h broke i t s was s t to . down , and he wen Br i h Columbia He forty year ra wa ni l s s m ni s . M cGilli v s in the i try . Mr y a man of ge a di po i tion and hi s memory i s cherished in all the congregations where

he mini stered .

ANDREW GRAY , Brookland ; Murray Harbor West , P . E . I .

ix . ARCHIBALD GUNN , S Mile Brook Studi ed at Dalhousie University and graduated from the i 7 is wa s 1 8 8 . H s s Pre byterian College , Hal fax , in fir t charge i d was s at Little Bay, N . From there he called to Wind or, ’

was s v n a s s . s . . N . S . He for e e ye r mini ter at St Andrew , N B

and n t s v s . . l n a o her e en year at Bloomfield , P E I . Fai i g al ll to n s re he th compe ed him retire from the mi i try . He

moved to Westvi lle where he made hi s home for eight years.

di on the v s 1 9 1 2 . He ed e ening of Ea ter,

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N k GE ORGE GORDON MATHESO , Six Mile Broo ; Died 1 897 . He attended Pictou Academy in 1 887 and studied at Spring s i a was field School for Chri t n Workers. He ordained to the

n s us s 1 893 . For mi i try at Ferg Fall , Minn . , several years he was Sun day School Missionary in the Red River Presbyt ery

nn . n v n st s v s Mi , holdi g e a geli ic er ice , foundi ng and ai ding ur and un wa ch ches S day Schools. He s an earnest Christian

worker .

o . A . w ARTHUR R ss , M , Black River ; Da son , Y . T .

. o JOHN S R ss , Black River ; Vancouver, B . C .

JOHN LIVINGSTON , West River Station ; Deceased .

was s of . for n He pa tor Dundee , Ont , nine mo ths, when he t died . The congrega ion erected a monument to hi s memory “ s — In of vi s with the in cription , memory John Li ng ton , born

s v . 6 1 82 1 di 1 at We t Ri er Station , Apr , , ed in Dundee , Aug . 5 ,

1 860 29 s. was , aged year He ordained to the pastoral

in NOV . 30 1 85 9 . was u i charge Dundee , He a b rn ng and a ” s n hini g light .

B . D . W . A . MACKAY , , West Branch River John ; Black

water , Ont . Earl o i on t wn , adjoin ng Pictou County the Colchester side has produced a splendi d lot of men in almost every : profession and line of calling . Among the clergym en are f M cKa M cKa . r o Neil y, Adam y , Robt Mu ray , editor i ss Presbyteri an Witness , Will am Murray , Alexander Ro , Ka s M D onald . M c c Donald Sutherland , A L . y, Angu , Ka s a John D . M c y, mis ionary to South Americ , James M c D onald ROSS , Geo . A . Sutherland , J . H . Stewart , D . W . , i R . J . Douglass and Melv lle Grant .

MINISTERS IN THE SC OTCH HILL , HARDWO OD HILL AND CARI B O O DISTRICT

Some Of the famili es belonging to Scotch Hill an d Hard

ll . s wood Hi , attended the Scotsburn Church Other n worshipped in Pictou . Cape John was formerly con ected ’ 1 908 with St . George s Church , River John . In , Cape

John and C ariboo was organized into a separate charge .

M K an s . . . c e Rev . G R was the only settled mini ter

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MINI STERS B ORN IN THIS D ISTRICT

D . D N . l JOH M C MILLAN , , Scotch Hil ; Halifax , N . S . s Stated Clerk , Halifax Pre bytery . 1 1 GE ORGE MC MILLAN , Scotch Hill ; Died 9 3 . 1 6 s was t u s v For year he the fai hf l mini ter at Kent ille , N . S . v us i s mi s s M al Pre io to th he ni tered to congregation at p equ e , I f . . . d . wa P E , and Harbor Grace , N He s a brother of the ev n M Millan R . c s Joh , Halifax , and a cholarly and impressive

preacher .

B . . A . A . N MCQUARRIE , , Scotch Hill , ; Died 1 909 . ’ M uarrie . c s v s 1 86 Mr Q graduated from Queen Uni er ity in 5 , s and went to Quebec , when for a number Of year he was a successful professor in Morrin C ollegef From there he wen t

s . C . u s v to Wa hington , D , where he ta ght for e eral years . s For fifteen year he was a minister in Manitoba . He died at

. 1 1 909 70 s . was li n Winnipeg Dec , , aged year He a di ge t s was s tudent , an acceptable preacher , and held in high e teem

by those to whom he ministered .

1 3 . J OHN CAMPB ELL , Scotch Hill ; Died 87

n l 1 809 . Bor at Scotch Hil , December , Studied at Pictou M llo h s . cCu c Academy, and Theology under Dr , licen ed by

s 1 837 . . the Pre bytery of Pictou , April , Ordained at St ’

s l st v 1 83 7 . 4 1 8 73 . Mary , No ember, Died September , t s f s s Endowed by nature wi h trong mental gi t , great power s al t s his s Of phy ic endurance , anima ed with the pirit Of Ma ter , v s to his z he ga e him elf work with energy and eal , undergoing s u s s s hi s s as min the mo t arduo labor , in di charging dutie a

ister over a widely scatte red field .

E T . NT D . D . . . K NNE H J GRA , , Scotch Hill ; Vancouver , B C

WM . L . CAMPBELL , Scotch Hill ; Yarmouth , N . S .

Collect or of Customs .

ALEXANDER HAMILTON , Scotch Hill ; Old Orchard , Me .

s . Pastor , Methodi t Church

N 28 1 9 1 4 . KEN ETH MCKAY , Hardwood Hill ; Died March ,

B . t e 872 was n . In 1 he ordained at Richmo d , N , where he f 1 6 s. 1 888 s o n mained year In , he became pa tor a missio Church i . us z s s t at Houlton , Me , th organ ing the fir t Pre by erian Church Ka was s in 1 9 1 0. M c in the state . He re igned Mr . y an able and earnest preacher and one of the most genial and lovable

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PICTO NIANS AT HO ME AN D ABROAD

A . ariboo H . . C M URDOC , S MACKAY , B , ; Waweig , N . B .

A C ariboo ALEXANDE R MACAUL Y , ; Vancouver , B . C .

Cariboo ARCHIB ALD SUTHERLAND , ; Trenton , N . S .

u s l al 1 9 1 4 . Grad ate Pre byterian Col ege , H ifax ,

MINISTERS AND CHURCHES OF RIVER JO HN

The early settlers Of River John were of Swiss origin .

Having undergone untold persecution in their native land , some of them left their native country and came to Hali

. to fax , N . S From thence they proceeded Lunenburg , where they endured the hardships Of the first settlers . In 1 772 twelve or thirteen families came to Tatamagouche 1 and formed the first settlers of that place . In 785 four ui families : George Patriq n , James Gratto , John Patriquin and George Langill , removed to River John , where they could Obtain crown land . They became the first settlers re there and had a noble ancestry . The first preaching ’

M Gre r. ceived by River John s early settlers was by Dr . c go i e Between Pictou and River John , at th s time , ther was an u n broken forest . Not a single dweller was to be found along the shore between these two places . The first

mi . hi s settled nister was Rev John Mitchell , who began 1 0 of s labors in 8 8 , and gave 35 years ervice to this congre

ti n . . ga o The Rev James Waddell , was settled over the

4 . s 1 85 8 . people in 1 84 . He re igned in Mr Waddell was Ka 1 8 1 s . . M c 6 ucceeded by the Rev H B . y in , who minis

1 . . r 4 887 . t e ed to thi s people for 2 years . In the Rev G L 2 1 mi for . Gordon was inducted , and was nister years M cIntosh The present pastor is Rev . C . D . , settled there 1 9 90 . Dec . , 9 T WO congregations existed for many years in River John , ’ b . e Salem and St . George s congregations The latter

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G . longed to the Kirk body and was organized by the Rev . eo

. M cCu nn M . Grant . Its first pastor was the Rev Robt . , 1 who was settled in 863 , and spent a long and faithful

ministry there . Then followed the Rev . J . A . Crawford

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1 98 1 8 906. 1 89 . from to In 6 the Rev R . J . Grant was or

. on dained His ministry was a short e , and terminated in h 4 a 1 898 . h of his tragic deat at Montre l , in On the t ' 1 91 1 w s January , the t o charge in River John were happily

MINISTERS B ORN AND B ROUGHT UP IN THIS DISTRI CT

D . D . . . DAVID W . JOHNSON , , River John ; Truro , N S

s of s m t n . Editor Of the We leyan , organ the Methodi t deno ina io

s . . JOHN G . B IGNEY , River John ; Hant port , N S s Retired Methodist mini ter .

WM . H . LANGILLE , River John ; Glace Bay , C . B .

s . Pastor, Methodi t Church B . A . RO B ERT F . ALLEN , , River John ; Annapolis Royal ,

N . S .

s s . Pa tor, Bapti t Church

CHARLES W . ALLEN , River John ; Hamilton , N . Y .

n v s s . Stu dent Colgate U i er ity . Bapti t

Earltown . . JAMES A . FORBES , River John ; , N S

A . . N B . PAUL F . LA GILLE , , River John ; Fingal , Ont

B . A . GILBERT W . LANGILLE , , River John ; Edgerton ,

Alta .

Tabusintac . B . B . D GEORGE P . TATTRIE , River John ; , N

Ill . A . a B . r JOHNSON A . HENDERSON , , Toney Rive ; Chic go ,

CHARLES Ross , Toney River ; Deceased .

a . Pastor , Congregation l Church

MALCOLM MCKAY , River John ; Oxford , Me .

Pastor , Congregational Church .

. . B . A . . A A MCKAY , , River John

s s n H ali . Theological tudent , Pre byt eria College , fax

LINTON DWYER , River John ; Pawtucket , R . I . st s Pa or , Epi copal Church .

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- B D PE ER . . i 1 91 2 . T MELVILLE , , Cape John ; D ed vill was st New u s i and Mr . Mel e pa or in Br n w ck at Hopewell , fli n S . n rs e ci e t . N . , for ma y yea , where he left a record of work n n of hi His scholastic attai me ts were a gh order . For eight s s v s t s won year he tudied in the Uni er i y of Gla gow, and v z s in n aluable pri e sharp competitio with many others. He spent the closing years of hi s ministerial life i n a parish in the f n di i u in 1 9 1 2 North o Scotla d . He ed in Ed nb rgh .

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PICTONIANS AT HO ME AN D AB ROAD

i vi n . . h Pictou town and ci ty were Dr Skinner , Dr Jo nstone ,

Dr . Kirkwood and Dr . Anderson . The physicians who

rs s . . fi t settled in New Gla gow were Dr Wade , Dr James 1 2 Skinner , Dr . John Fox , Dr . Alexander Forrest , from 83 l 1 75 . . 8 Dr James Donne ly practiced at Albion Mines ,

for s . now Stellarton , many year He was a native of the d 1 866 fift - North Of Ireland . He ied in in the y Sixth year of hi s age . l of But with the gradual increase Of popu ation , worldly be goods and Of educational advantages , her young men gan to take advantage Of their Opportunity t o qualify themselves for more ambitious careers . The practice of the healing art evidently appealed with force to a con siderable proportion as the partial list appeari ng upon subsequent pages will indicate . It is practically impossible to give a complete list of all the native sons and daughters of S i Pictou who , ince the first settlement , have g ven them f i d . o selves to the me ical profession But th s list , it may of be said with truth , Of all her sons , none may the county more reasonably feel proud than of those whose names

i . appear here n Far and wide are they scattered , living or t s dead , but in whatever place their lo was ca t they brought to credi t to their native land . Not a few arose eminence s hi in the profes ion . The county in w ch they were born today i s recognized as a section where the best standards Of medi cal knowledge and professional ethics are main i t a n ed .

s of The li t below , with the name , place birth , alma s s 1 mater and pre ent addre s , if living , shows 90 physicians Of whom knowledge is available :

O

D . N M . ANDERSON , ALEXA DER , , Pictou ; Harvard Univ . ,

1 864 . ; Petaluma , Cal

N M . . . 1 2 A DERSON , S ITH , M D , Pictou ; Univ N . Y 89 ;

Pictou , N . S .

ANDERSON , WALTER , M . D . , Pictou ; died in Vallejo , Cal .

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ARB UCKLE , JAMES , M . D . , Merigomish ; deceased .

V . . . M BAILEY , CAMERON , , M D , New Glasgow ; cGill Univ . 1 909 ; Montreal , Can .

A . . . n B ILEY , WILLIAM J , M D , New Glasgow ; Univ . Pen , 1 895 s i ; Connell v lle , Pa .

. . . . M . BELL , JOHN , M D , C M , New Glasgow ; cGill Univ , 1 898 ; New Glasgow , N . S .

B E NV IE . in . . . Salts r s f , ROBERT MCLEAN , M D , C M , p g ; Mc

l n . 1 907 . . Gi l U iv , ; Stellarton , N S

’ BRUCE , JAMES GARFIELD , M . D . , C . M . , Barney s River

1 . . 908 . S . l Dal Univ , ; Westvi le , N

. . B BURNS , SAMUEL WESLEY , M D , New Glasgow ; ell Med .

4 . . . 1 86 Col , ; Shelburne , N S

M . . . . B U RNS , THOMAS , M D , New Glasgow ; deceased

. . . . i . ni CALDER , ALLISTER , M D , C M , Springv lle ; Dal U v 1 909 . . ; Glace Bay , C B

i . . . r i CALDER , JAMES SQUAIR , M D , Sp ngv lle ; Harvard Univ 1 6 . 88 ; LOS Angeles , Cal

n . CAMERON , ALEXANDER , M . D . , Glengarry ; Glasgow U iv ;

deceased . s i u was Dr. Cameron ettled at Hunt ngton , Q ebec , where he a Rev distinguished and successful practitioner . Brother of . t n n D . D . c . Joh Camero , , S o land

B . . . . . CAMERON , CLARE NCE , M D , C M , New Glasgow

. 1 91 1 . . Dal . Univ , ; Halifax , N S

. D al . . CAMERON , HAROLD , M . D C . M , River John ; Univ ,

1 0 . 9 1 h . ; River Jo n , N S

AM N . . C ERO , JOHN THOMAS , M D Hopewell v Died at Ri er John , N . S .

lts rin s . AM H . . Sa C E RON , MURDOC , M D , p g ; Mexico

AM W . . . C E RON , O EN HALIBURTON , M D , River John ; B alt

l 1 . . . Co 892 Med , ; Maccan Station , N S

l s rin s . AM N AM . . Sa t C E RO , WILLI , M D , p g ; deceased

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D . f M . . . E . ul CAMPB ELL , ALBERT , , St Pa s ; Univ of Bu falo 1 886 hi . ; C cago , Ill al Ofli cer n s s s He th for the Illi oi Central Railway y tem ,

Chicago , Ill .

B A . . . . R. . CAMPBELL , ALEX . , , M D , Merigomish ; Dal

. 1 9 1 3 . . Univ , ; Yarmouth , N S

CAMPBELL , DU NCAN , M . D . , West Br . River John ; Tulane

ni . 1 1 89 . . . U v , ; West Br River John , N S

CAMPB ELL , ROB ERT , M . D . , West Branch River John ;

deceased . v n s v He practiced in Ri er Joh for a few year , then remo ed to

S . di . Dartmouth , N . , where he ed

D ri . CHISHOLM , HUGH . , M . D . , C . M . , Sp ngville ; Dal

. 1 907 ll . . Univ , ; Springvi e , N S

M cGill . CHIS HOLM , JAMES , M . D . , New Glasgow ; Univ , 1 900 s ; Everett , Wa h .

. . dl COLLIE , JAMES ROSS , M D , Mid e River ; Harvard

i . n 1 86 . U v , 9 ; River John , N . S

M . . . . . COLLIE , JOHN R . , M D , C . M , River John ; Dal

ni . 1 1 1 . U v , 9

s s . Po t Graduate cour e , London , England

COPELAND , GEO RGE , M . D . , Merigomish ; deceased .

COL 1 897 CULTO N , ALBERT , M . D . , Stellarton ; Balt . Med . , ;

ll . . Port Grevi e , N S M Gill 1 905 . . c CUMMING , ALLISON , M D , Stellarton ; Univ ;

Vancouver , B . C .

’ - DELAN E Y BARB O UR , ISAB EL , Women s

. C ol . Med N Y ; New York City .

H ...... DICKSON , CHARLES , M D , C M , Pictou ; Dal Univ ,

1 901 . . ; Springfield , N S 1 S . . . . Y . 890 DICKSON , MINAR , M D Pictou ; Univ , N , ;

t . . Dar mouth , N S

A . B . . . . U LL A . D O , JAMES , , M D , New Glasgow

u t . v . 1 9 1 4 . Grad a e , Dal Medical Uni ,

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FRASER , WILLIAM , M . D . , New Glasgow ; de

Was s s v s s born at I land , Ea t Ri er, tudied in Gla gow Uni versity , New s n -s v practiced in Gla gow twe ty e en years, where he died

20 1 900. s s June , Son Jame Fra er , Downie ; was married to

M . t s ew s Mary , daughter of la e Ba il Bell , N Gla gow .

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H . FULLERTON , T OMAS , M D . , Lyon s Brook ; Harvard

s . Uni v . ; decea ed

GRAHAM , JOHN , M . D . , New Glasgow ; deceased .

V . a . GRAHAM , JUDSO N , New Gl sgow ; Dal Univ . , 1 91 4 ; di me cal student . M . . i r c Gi ll . GRANT , DANIEL , M D , Ca bou ; Univ , 1 896

Portland , Ore .

GRANT , JOHN , M . D . , Little Harbor ; deceased .

A R . . Lina M GR NT , JOHN , M D , C . M . , cy ; cGill Univ . , 1 895 ; New York City .

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. l GRANT , NORMAN MCKAY , M D . , C . M . , Stel arton ; Queen s

ni . 1 8 9 U v , 8 ; New ! ealand . t Rev . n t s. u sts Bro her of Hugh R . Gra t and the Gran Bro Dr ggi , New Glasgow .

R. . GRANT , WILLIAM , M D . , Springvi lle ; deceased . Was 1 8 1 1 hi 2 the t born in and died in Philadelp a in 1 85 , in for y first his s hi year of age . Early de tined for the church by s s h v hi s parent , he entered Pictou Academy w ere he recei ed s the stu early education . While there , he relinqui hed dy of 1 4 n Theology and in 83 entered the Ofli ce of Dr. Alexa der Mc

l i s as di s u t . Dona d , Antigon h , a me cal t den Two s w year later he went to Philadelphia , which as to be hi s home and the scene of hi s labors and distinctions. Grad ff s di l in 1 839 was im nating from Je er on Me cal Col ege , he medi ately appointed demonstrator of Anatomy in his Alma

. 1 843 was ss Mater In , he appointe—d Profe or of Anatomy in the Pennsylvania Medical College a position which he held to the s his f clo e of li e and which he filled in an eminent degree .

. n was di s ui s s a s Dr Gra t a ting hed phy ician and surgeon , as l s His s of mi well an exce lent in tructor . many qualitie nd and n all few t heart e deared him to , and men were bet er fitted n t t n hi s by a ure and educa io for work .

1 1 0 f ro . L AM . AN P WI LI R GR T. M . D .

PICTONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

B . A H ...... N . LI DSAY , ANDREW W , , M D , C M , Pictou ; Dal .

1 ni . of ni . 875 1 877 U v , , and U v Edinburgh , ; Halifax ,

N . S . ' In 1 866 he won the first professors scholarship oflered by Dal e i s s h ousie College . He ecretary and registrar Provincial f v i o . . Med cal Board No a Scotia Dr Murdoch A . Lindsay ,

ss . v . . s Profe or of Pathology Dal Uni , and Dr W . S . Lind ay , f hi s s. Hali ax , are nephew Their father, Murdoch Mackenz ie

wa v . Lindsay, s a nati e of Pictou

L . . ff IPPINCOTT , HE NRY, M D , New Glasgow ; Je erson Med .

1 63 di 1 0 . COL, 8 ; ed in 9 8

. was n 1 839 s v as ss s t s Dr Lippincott bor in , er ed a i tan urgeon vi saw di st ui s s v r in ci l war , ing hed er ice throughout the count y, s notably in the Indian campaign with General Custer . Di rected the medical department of the Phi lippine expedi tion s - during the Spani h American war under General Merritt , later

s. with General Oti Returned to America broken in health , 1 901 was hi s but in appointed c ef urgeon , Department Of the ’

s v n s s . Y . s al Ea t , at Go er or I land , N , the mo t important medic appointment in the United States army after the post of

- s 64 . s urgeon general . Was retired when Married Mary Agne

M cClen th en who s vi v s hi m two s s . . , ur e with on , Dr Walter M was Lippincott and Capt . Aubrey Lippincott , U . S . A . He a n brother of Dr . J . Aubrey Lippincott . Dr . He ry Lippincott a f hi s s was a m n o u nusually strong character, ghe t principle hi s if ll s hi s secun and whole l e aptly i u trated by family motto , d i di s u b i aque forti s.

I N . A B . A . . . s . LIPP COTT , J UB REY, , M D , New Gla gow ; Dal

COL 1 867 . , ; Pittsburgh , Pa

was 1 847 . f s Dr . J . Aubrey Lippincott born in A ter Dalhou ie ff s d College , he graduated from the Je er on Me ical College , 873 ts u 1 877 beco m Philadelphia , in 1 . Settled in Pit b rgh in , s i s H as s v ing an ear and eye pecial t . written exten i ely for s was on e s of medi cal journal , Of the author The American Text s the was Book Of Disea es of Ear and Eye, and renowned for hi s researches on physiological Optics and improvement in the

Operation for cataract .

M . E . . . . s cGill LOVE , ANDR W , M D , C M , New Gla gow ; Univ

1 891 ; Sydney Mines , C . B .

1 1 2 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

- MAXWELL FULTON , ANNIE , M . D . , C . M . , Mount Thom ; s decea ed .

- . l was i a Dr Fulton Maxwel the w fe of Elder S muel Fulton ,

. i n 1 88 4 Stewiacke She died in Lake City, Minn . , 1 , 3 years

old . Dr . Archibald Maxwell was a brother .

! MA WELL , ARCHIB ALD, M . D . , Mt . Thom . i 2 v S . n 2 3 1 8 . 8 . Died at Bear Ri er , N , May , , of Apoplexy

. s MILLER , CHARLES J. , M . D , Merigomi h ; Harvard Univ . , 1 876 ; New Glasgow , N . S .

. . . . M c MILLER , CLARENCE , M D , C M , Stellarton ; Gill 1 l . 905 Univ , ; Stel arton , N . S .

I . . . . . MITCHELL , FREDER CK W , M D , C M , Merigomi sh ; l a L . . . CO 1 898 B t Med , ; Houlton , Me

s M ITCHELL , WILLIAM , M . D Merigomi h ; deceased . f s n l 1 859 Graduated Jef er o Medical Col ege , practiced Medicine

1 896. in New Glasgow from 1 860until hi s death in Dec .

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B A . S . . . . ai MORTON , JOSEPH , , M D , Fraser s Mount n ; de

ceased . - hi fift of s . He died in Shelburne , N . S . , in the y eighth year age his was v t s fi To church he e er loyal , and , with great in ere t lled ofi ce Of s f r 2 s was u the trea urer o 7 year . He an ardent ed ca ti onali t is w s c s . H first work for Shelburne as a Prin ipal of s v al s s was v the Academy for e er year , in which po ition he ery s ss n 30 s of t c he ucce ful ; and duri g the year medical prac i e , v s hi was v ne er lo t s interest in education . He the mo ing Spirit in securing the erection of the fine Academy Buildin g ’

i s s . which a plendid monumen t to Dr . Morton s memory He

was of Rev . a brother late . Dr . Morton , Trinidad Died 25 1 9 1 1 t February , from illness contracted while a tending to his ss s -sacrifice profe ional duties, a signal instance of elf for

the good of others.

H . . . i . MUNRO , CHARLES , M D , West R ver

. 1 909 his ssi Dr Munro died in , after practicing profe on at s v 40 s We t Ri er year .

B . i . MUNRO , CRANSWICK , M . D . C . M . , R ver John ; Dal

. 1 895 Univ , ; Boston , Mass .

l. . W . . MUNRO , HE NRY , M . D . , River John ; Balt Co Phys

Surg . ; Quincy , Mass .

1 1 3 PICT ONIANS AT HO ME AN D ABROAD

R. . . M UN RO , H UGH , M D , West River . 1 9 1 0 . s New s Dr Munro died in , in the Aberdeen Ho pital , Gla ow v 2 0 s g , after an acti e practice of more than year in Stellar

t o . . n , N S

G . . . . . MUNRO , JAMES , M D , C M , River John ; Dal . Univ . , ni 1 899 ; Win peg , Man .

E . . s . M UNRO , K NNEDY , M D , We t River ; deceased

. 1 898 i Dr Kennedy Munro died in , after practicing med cine

s s . . A. sv . s in Kan a , U S , and Mill ille , N . S He and two brother R s s H . . s s of ll Charle , and Hugh , were on Wi iam Munro , We t v Ri er .

M URRAY , ALEXANDE R, M . D . , West Br . River John ; L 1 Med . CO 892 . Chicago , ; Deer Island , N B .

MURRAY , ANGUS J. , M . D . Was sv ll 23 1 85 5 was s born in Logan i e , October , and the elde t son of v hi s John Murray . He recei ed education in Pictou Academy and the Provi ncial Normal School and taught school s v v s v e eral years in ariou parts Of No a Scotia . He graduated di 1 884 was from Halifax Me cal College , . He in poor health f r ri n o s snfie s s. year , g from pulmonary tuberculo i He died at s Fredericton Junction , where he practiced for many year , April ,

1 9 1 3 . M l . Plainfi ld cGil ni . 1 88 MURRAY , DANIEL , M . D , e ; U v , 6

Campbellton , N . B .

MURRAY , DANIEL , M . D . , C . M . , Meadowville ; Dal . Univ . ,

1 . . 903 ; Tatamagouche , N S

A . . . . M cGill MURRAY , D U NCAN , M D , C . M , Meadowville ;

i 1 . n . 889 S . U v , ; River John , N

MURRAY , DUNCAN , M . D . , C . M . , Meadowville ; Dal . Univ . ,

1 896 . . ; Pictou , N S ’ 1 . . . CO . MURRAY , GEORGE , M D , Barney s River ; Penn . Med

1 850; deceased . was 1 825 His Dr . George Murray born in . grandfather, Wal o u t shi ter Murray, came from Sutherland re to Pictou in the s i 1 773 was a h p , Hector, in . He educated at Pictou Ac demy , for 1 85 0. graduated from Penn . Medical College Practiced s hi s v 1 85 4 ew s four year in nati e place , and in settled in N Gla was his s l gow. While a general practitioner he noted for ki l

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PICTONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

R. . . . . Salts rin s . MC DONALD , DANIEL , M D , C M , p g ; Dal L di ni . 1 05 . U v , 9 ; Athabasca an ng , Alta

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K . . . . . MC DONALD , HENRY , M D , C M , Lyon s Brook ; Mc

l . . ni . 1 896 S Gill U v , ; Ha ifax , N

MCDONALD , JOHN C . , M . D . , C . M . , Pictou ; Dal . Univ . ,

d . 1 895 ; E monton , Alta

G . . . . . u MCDOUGALL , JOHN , M D , C M , Blue Mo ntain ; Mc

1 . . ni . 897 Gill U v , ; Amherst , N S

ILL RAY D . . . i M cG IV , ALEXANDER , M C , Springv lle ; de

ceased . i n di u hi s s i n n Graduating me cine he took p re idence Syd ey , fo 40 wa n its s B . r s s o e t C . , where year , he of be known and s v C z s was one Of the fi s s most progres i e iti en . He r t elder h n elected by t e Falmou th Street congregatio . He died in

1 907 in the 66th year of hi s age .

’ M an M GILLIVRAY . . cLenn s c , DONALD , M D , Brook ; de

ceased . illi 842 on of Rev . M cG vra 1 S Dr. y, born , educated Edinburgh

v n i n s 1 864 . Uni . , Bega practice New Gla gow in Died at 1 1 890 Thorburn , May , .

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. M cLenn an s d. MCGRE GOR , AND REW , M D . , Brook ; decease

M cG re or 1 889 3 1 s. Dr . g died in , aged year Son Dan Mc ’ M cLellan S ci i n v Gregor, Brook , practiced medi ne Pro idence ,

fe s. . w R . I , for a year

B . . . . R. SC n MCINTOSH , CYRUS , , M D , Sunny Brae ; Ma i

C L 1 908 . toba , Med . O , ; Lauder , Man

M CINTOSH , DANIEL , M . D . , Springvi lle ; Harvard Univ . ,

di 1 873 . . 1 87 1 , E nburgh , ; Pugwash , N S

MCINTOSH , DANIEL , M . D . , Hopewell ; Harvard Uni v . ;

Died in Seattle in 1 888 .

. i ff . . v MCINTOSH , JO HN , M D , Spring lle ; Je erson Med Col.

1 866. Phila . ,

. v 1 82 He died at Whycocomagh , C B No ember, 8 , in the h of his n 66t year age, where he practiced for ma y years. For s was s 1 0 year he an elder in the Pre byterian church . He carried much of the spirit of hi s Master into his V isits among

the sick and the poor .

1 1 6 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

W . . . . MCINTOSH , JAME S , M D , C M Sunny Brae ; Jefferson

. C OL hi . Med , , P la ; died in 1 907 . M cIntosh Dr . was a demonstrator in surgery at the college

- . was hi s i s v when he died He in th rty e enth year .

. . lain l H . . . fi MACKAY , HECTOR , M D , C M , P e d ; McGi ll 1 . 9 Univ , 8 0; New Glasgow . R M . I . . cGill . MACKAY , J MELV LLE , M D , iver John ; Univ , 1 886 ri . . ; died in Sp ng Hill , N S a Ka w h on f R a K M c as t e s o ev . . M c a v Dr. y . H B y, Ri er John , i v s ss as and ach e ed ucce a medical practitioner . He died in 1 897 at the early age of 3 6 years

- A Plai nfi MACKAY MCKENZIE KATHE RINE JO NNA , eld ;

1 . . . . 895 ui Dal Univ , ; Coq tlam , B C

A . . . MACKAY , WILLIAM , M D , New Glasgow ; Bellevue

L 1 05 . . Hosp . Med . CO , 9 ; Thorburn , N S

A . . e . MCK Y , ALEXANDER, M D , West River ; deceas d ’ f P . . . MCKAY , ALEXANDER , M D , Barney s River ; Jef erson

f . L hi . 1 1 N d Med . CO , P la , 88 ; Catalina ,

A ...... MCKAY , DANIE L , M D , C M , Welsford ; Dal Univ ,

1 908 . ; Hamiota , Man

f . M CG . . . MCKAY , DANIEL , M D , Lorne ; Je ferson Med

B . OL 1 9 . C C , 8 6; Vancouver

. i . 1 4 . 89 F. . MCKAY , GEORGE , Pictou ; N Y Med Un v , ;

North Sydney , C . B .

- B . A . . . A N B . MCK Y B UCHA AN , MARY , , M D , Riverton ’

d . L . La ies Med CO , Toronto ; Amkhut , Central India

s . . MCKAY , WILLIAM , M . D . , C . M . , Scot burn ; Dal Univ ,

1 90 s . 3 ; Vonda , Sa k Y 1 889 . N . E H . s MACK NZIE , DAVID , Scot burn ; Univ , ;

Millbrook , N . Y .

MACKE NZIE , LUTHER B . , M . D . , West River ; Bellevue

. COL 1 . Med Hosp . , 904 ; New York City

ibo o . . . Car E A . . . MACKE NZIE , KE NN TH , M D , C M , ; Dal

l . . . 1 903 a S Univ , ; H ifax, N

1 1 7 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D AB ROAD

H . . . MACKE NZIE , THOMAS , M D , Churchville ; Harvard

. 1 871 N . . Univ , ; Trenton , J

B . . E i . MACK NZIE , WILLIAM , M D , Churchv lle ; Univ , 1 . 870 Ill . Mich , ; Chester ,

MACKENZIE , JOHN J. , M . D . , C . M . , Pictou ; Dal . Univ . ,

1 902 ; Pictou .

ib ...... ar MACKE NZIE , JEM IMA , M D , C M , C oo ; Dal Univ , 4 1 9 n di . 0 ; Caw pore , In a

- E . . . . a o MACK NZIE SMITH , MARY , M D , C M , C ribo ; Dal . 1 05 er h l . 9 V sc o e . Univ , ; y , Ont

E I . . . . MCK NZIE , GEORGE , M D , Durham efierson di 1 866 i n Graduated from J Me cal College , practiced 6- v 1 S . 1 86 1 87 1 1 87 Maitland , N . , from , remo ed to Pictou in u his t 1 905 was where he remained ntil dea h in . He prominent Hi s s as as s hi s ss . in church and tate , well killful in profe ion M cKenzi e s hi i s son . . J J take s practice . A daughter teacher

in Trinidad mission schools.

C OL . . W . . . . MCKE NZIE , J , M D , River John ; Med , Ind ,

1 s . 900; Indianapoli , Ind

H . . . . . MAC KINNON , ALB ERT , M D , C M , Pictou Landing ;

1 1 s . . . . 9 3 Dal , Univ , ; Upper Mu quodoboit , N S

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N . . s . MCKINNON , JOH , M D , Bailey Brook ; deceased

i Uni . . r i MACLEAN , DUNCAN , M D , Sp ngv lle ; Harvard

s 1 0. ver ity , 86

: for S . i n . He practiced medicine n Shube acadie , N , nearly forty as v s -sacri fici n s n years. He w a de oted and elf g p hy icia and - z well known as a public spirited citi en . He married Margaret ,

of M cHefie . s son . dau ghter Richard y The elde t , Dr Edwin R i . ev . s u . s D . Maclean located at Tr ro , N S Brother of Jame D D . Maclean , .

. . ll MCLEAN , DAVID , M D , Green Hi ; deceased .

l . MACLEAN , EMMELINE , M . D . , Green Hi l ; New York City

. . S . MCLEAN , JOHN , M D , Scotsburn ; pokane , Wash

‘ H COL . . lts ri n s alifax . Sa MCLEAN , JOHN J , M D , p g ; Med ,

1 860 . . ; Jersey City , N J

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PICTONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

B . . M . . . . PRIMROSE , ALEXANDER, M D , , C M , Pictou ; 1 886 Univ . Edinburgh , Scotland ; ; Toronto . t s v u of Son of la e Howard Primro e , Pictou , and Oli a , da ghter l t . t s la e Hon A exander Campbell , Ta amagouche , N . S . , tudied for hi s profession in Edi nburgh Uni versity and Middlesex

s t . ss n Ho pi al , London Appointed profe or of Anatomy, Toro to i al 1 895 s i n 1 907 n ow v s Med c College , , re igned , de ote himself “ s v su u t n t of exclu i ely to rgery . A hor, The A a omy the Orang " “ f ” Outang , The American Practice o Surgery .

PRIMROSE , ALEXANDE R J. , M . D . , Pictou ; Col . Phys .

. Y . 1 885 . Surg , N . , ; New York City

l n . a i A. . . . S ts r s . PROUDFOOT , JAMES , M D , C M , p g ; Dal

1 . . 9 . Univ , 05 ; Inverness , C B

. il . . ROBERTSO N , THOMAS , M D . , Churchv le ; Wash Univ ,

i 1 . St . Lou s , 887 ; Churchville , Ill

ROSS , ALBE RT , M . D . , BlueMountain . Gill v 1 9 1 4 t M c . . Gradua ed Uni ,

1 9 M Gi ll . 8 4 o . . . . c R ss , HUGH , M D , C M , Telford ; Univ , ;

Hazel Hill , N . S . 1 861 D . . . . RO SS , JAMES , M D , Pictou ; Harvard Univ ,

1 65 . Edinburgh Univ . , 8 n f SS was i n v Only so o late Principal RO , acti e medical practice

- 3 1 1 9 1 1 7 1 s . forty seven years. Died March , , aged year 1 i M Gi ll ni . 897 ROY . . . . . c , JOHN J, M D , C M , Westv lle ; U v ,

Sydney, C . B .

RUDOLPH , ROBERT DAWSON , M . D . , F . R . G . S Pictou

Edi nburgh and London Univ . ; Toronto . on s n S William N . , and Catherine (Daw on) Rudolf , bor in 5 s al ss Pictou , 1 865 , practiced year in Beng , India , a ociate

ss of v . n s profe or Medicine, Toronto , Uni Author umerou s n fi s cie ti c article .

M cGi ll SCOTT , WILLIAM J. , M . D New Glasgow ; Univ . ;

t five rs was di ca mi ss i D r. Scot for yea a me l ionary to Ch na.

D n . of Rev . D . Son . E Scott Mo treal

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OH N P . i . . r s SMITH , J . , M D , Me gomi h ; Harvard Univ . , 1 869 ;

deceased .

. was 1 838 Dr Smith born in , practiced for twenty years at ’ s v s v s s Lower Barney Ri er and for e en year in New Gla gow . ’ v n s P fd He then remo ed to Gree ond , N where he remained

- s v s. v fd 2 another e en year He died at Tilt Co e N . , Sept . , 1 904 66 s. , aged year

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S . . MITH , CECIL V M D , Lower Barney s River ; B alt . COL 1 . 906 i fd . Med , ; Tw llingate , N

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H . . . B SMITH , LEONARD , M D , Lower Barney s River ; alt .

Med . COL; deceased . fd 9 . ts N . 1 8 9 Dr Smith died at Hear Content , , , where he prae s ticed for three year .

’ SMITH , V . OWE N , M . D . , Lower Barney s River ; Balt . Med .

COL 1 895 fd . , ; Fogo , N

D rs. e V . s H . . s L onard , Cecil , and Owen V Smith were on of

late Dr . John P . Smith .

i s M c . r Gill N H . SMITH , HE RY T OMAS , M D , Me gomi h ; 1 ni . 891 . . U v , ; North Sydney , C B

’ SMITH , JAMES J. , M . D . , Barney s River ; Balt . Univ . ,

1 9 s fd . 8 7 ; Norri Arm , N

C01 M . s . . SMITH , SAND Y SI ON , M D Merigomi h ; Balt Med

1 890 Nfd . ; Brookville ,

STRAMB E RG , CHARLES W M . D . , C . M . , River John ; Dal .

ni . 1 9 10 . . U v , ; Trenton , N S

s M cGill N R. SUTHERLA D , GEORGE , Hud on ;

1 9 . Univ . , 8 7 ; Leduc , Alta M Gi ll N A . . . . . c SUTHE RLA D , JAME S , M D , C M , River John ;

1 896 . . Univ . , ; Vancouver , B C

lts ri n s ar . D . Sa SUTHE RLAND , M UR O , M . D , p g ; Harv d Univ , 1 87 1 ; Westville , N . S .

A . . . . . SUTHE RL ND , ROBERT H , M D , C M , River John ; Mc l ni 1 9 . . Gi l U v . , 07 ; Spring Hill , N S

al rin s . SUTHERLAND , NEIL , M . D . , S tsp g , Harvard Univ ,

1 868 . ; Strathcona , Alta

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I . . . SUTHE RLAND , RODER CK , M D , River John ; deceased

A A . . . THOMSON , CH RLES , M D , Durham ; Univ . Berlin and

1 91 4 Chica e . Chicago , ; g , Ill

Son Rev a s . s. late . J Thom on , Durham

H . . . . . s THOMPSON , GEORGE , M D , C M , New Gla gow ; Mc

1 8 . l . 9 Gil Univ , 9 ; North Adams , Mass

s . WILLIAMSON , DANIEL W . , M . D . , C . M . , We t Br River

i . 1 89 . . . 6 John ; Dal Un v , ; Yarmouth , N S

M cGill . . M cG I LLIV RA Y . . i YOUNG , A , M D , Millsv lle ; Univ ,

1 906 i ; Winn peg , Man .

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M . . . . . l ll YOUNG , ROBE RT , M D , C M , Mi lsvi e ; Queen s

1 9 1 . . 0 i . Univ , ; Millsv lle , N S

A few natives Of the county entered upon practice Of s Dentistry . A partial list is : Wm . F . Burn ,

Sydney , C . B ; Harry G . Dunbar , New Glasgow ,

B . . S . . . . N . ; John C Grant , Glace Bay , C ; M K l S . . Langil e , Truro , ; David P Meikle , Henry

Matheson , deceased .

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1 s 1 8 3 ; Thomas Dick on , who was a Colchester man Bl kadar of Henry ac Halifax , who represented the district in the legislature for nearly a dozen years ; Martin I . Wil s kins , born at Wind or , practiced law in Pictou , and after of wards became Prothonotary Supreme Court in Halifax , which office he held up to time of his death . He was a f B arrister o marked ability , but was rather eccentric in

S . di his manner . Daniel Dickson , born at Truro , N . , ed

2 1 as . . December 7 , 878 , w father of Wm A Dickson of

M D on ald s Pictou . A . C . c the econd son Of George Mc 1 1 Donald was born at the West River in 82 . Having t th been admitted o e Bar , he entered into partnership f 1 8 with Dani el Dickson for the practice o law . In 53 he lf f di marri ed Sarah Brown D eWO e o Pugwash . He ed in

- of hi s . 1 869, in the forty eighth year age He was a man of good judgment ; and fair dealing characterized his legal career . Kinl M acKinla of . M ac a John y, son Rev John y at one

f t . time pastor o Prince S Church , practiced law in Pictou di 1 town for many years and ed there December 888 . s James Fogo , was born in Gla gow , came to Pictou when a lad , was educated at Pictou Academy , studied law in the f office O Jotham Blanchard , was admitted to the bar in

of 1 85 . di 1 89 . 1 83 7 , became Judge Probate 0 He ed in 7 Edwar d Roach was a native Of Cumberland County and practiced in New Glasgow . David Matheson was born at

West River and di ed September 1 886. For the last twenty-five years of hi s life he was Prothonotary and Clerk to County Court at Pictou . One of the best kn own Of the earlier members of the bar , was Jotham Blanchard . He was , by birth , a New i t ni Englander , but by education and residence a P c o an . as Inasmuch his whole public life was spent in Pictou , the f on e o . County can fairly claim him as her sons Mr .

H . 1 0. Blanchard was born at Peterboro , N . , in 80 He was s n of the eldest o Jonathan Blanchard . When he was

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PICT ONIANS AT HO ME AN D ABROAD

1 2 was 1 8 8 . July , He familiarly known and honored by ” his generation in Pictou County as Jim M cD on ald . His family was am on gt he first Scottish Highlanders to on who came Nova Scotia and settled the East River . “ df al His gran ather , James Macdon d , known as The Dea ” on e of - con , was Of the founders the Anti Burgher Church , was s s di and , like all the family in politic a trong Ra cal . His father settled in New Glasgow where his son was

s educated . Some Of the older people till remember him as

t o the bright , ac ive lad , who without any advantages , g t hi mself an education and fought his way up to the high position of Chi ef Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova

- . of Scotia He studied law in the Office the well kn own Hon . s Martin I . Wilkin and was admitted to the Bar when only

- twenty three years Of age . s He practiced law first in Pictou for twelve year , and in

1 863 removed to Halifax where he -was conspicuous among 1 the leaders Of the Bar . In 878 he was made Mini ster of ’ Justice in the Sir John Macdonald s Government . He was appointed Chi ef Justice of Nova Scotia in 1 881 ; retiring on s 1 904 s a pen ion in , he was presented with a hand ome f piece o silver by the bar Of Nova Scotia as a testimonial . of ni He declined the honor K ghthood , and passed the “ ” closing days Of hi s life at Blink Bonnie on the Northwest di 3 1 9 1 2 85th Arm , where he ed October , , in the year Of his s age . Almost hi entire life was spent in his native province .

was ri 1 856 of He mar ed , in to Jane Mortimer Pictou , T f by whom he had a large fami ly . wo O his sons are in the ss M cD on ald Al a legal profe ion ; Wallace at Edmonton , t ,

. D and James A M c on ald at Halifax . On e of his daughters

is married to Sir Hibbert Tupper , Victoria , B . C . , and i . n s , , . , another to Mr Stuart Tupper , Win peg Man both ons hi ir s . Of S Charle Tupper , a t rd is married to the Rev . L . H

D . D . . Jordan , , Oxford , England In that great hi storic de bate of giants in what is known as the Pacific Railway 1 873 was Scandal , in , the palm unanimously awarded to

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Hon . s M c D onald for hi Jame , s aggressive debating power S i . and k ll in defence At that time Sir John A . Macdonald “ s of hi m AS aid , true as steel ; and is , I thi nk , the ablest s man in the Hou e Of Commons . fir Of 1 845 On the st day October, , there was born at

East River another lad , who afterwards became one of ’ Pi ctou s s s — mo t popular ons Duncan C . Fraser . He t oo , was without materi al advantages ; but he was of good s Scotti h ancestry . By push and perseverance he worked his way up until he attained the Governorship of the

Provi nce .

his s o s He received education in the common cho l , and later at the Normal School , Truro . After gr aduating wi th a

B A . s degree from Dalhou ie College , he taught school for 1 some time before being called to the bar in 873 . He had a a strong instinct for politic l life , and was a popular de bater . Lo cal politics paved the way for hi s career at s Ottawa , where he repre ented the County Of Guysboro for s many year . He occupied a seat on the Bench Of the o r Of s Supreme C u t Nova Scotia for a few year , but gave it r h up to take the Lieutenant Gove nors ip of Nova Scotia . i His appo ntment was received with acclamation , and he was very popular with the people .

Governor Fraser had a notable career in Parliament , at His w s on . a the Bar , and the Bench influence widely felt was one e throughout the country . He Of the b st stump hi s - speakers of day, a rare story teller , and a genial com s of hi of panion . Becau e s ready wit and powers oratory he stood ou t prominently in the public life of hi s time . Col of . . s He received the degree LL D , from Dalhou ie ’ s ! i s lege , and from St . Franci avier and K ng

i i . di 1 1 . 1 8 8 r Colleges . He ed in 9 0 In 7 he mar ed Bess e G hi s s l s e Gla w . of Graham Of New n One ons , A i ter Fras r,

s . is practicing law at Moose Jaw , Sa k s a s e Hon . James G . Forbe , has for nineteen ye r be n i of B . t . . County Court Judge Of S John , N , and a p llar the

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F Presbyterian Chur ch of that city . or many years he has been conn ected with the Canadian Bible Society and the ’ Lord s Day Alliance and also with the British and Foreign of on Society Of London , which he is e of the Vice Presi dents .

He is a brother of the Revs . John F . and Adam G . Forbes

1 . and a native of the County , born in 838 He took a Un s course in law at Harvard iver ity , and was admitted to ul the bar in 1 865 . He was long a successf practitioner in al St . John where he has resided for over h f a century . M cGi llivra t o Hon . Angus y was admitted the bar in 1 874 , practiced in Antigonish , and was retained in many

i . important cases , civ l and criminal He was appointed Judge Of the County Cour t in 1 902 and was Speaker of

1 883 . the House of Assembly in He resides at Antigonish ,

East River has the di stinction of having given to Can D on al s . d M c . ada , three political leader , Hon James , Hon

Hon . . . . D . C . Fraser , and Simon H Holmes Mr Holmes

r i l 1 831 Of . was bo n at Springv l e , in , a son Hon John Holmes ,

Senator . He was admitted to the bar , and practiced suc cessfull r y in Pictou for many years , devoting pa t of his was of time t o journalism . For four years he Premier the s Pro Province . He re ides at Halifax where he has been

- thon ot ary of the Supreme Court for thi rty two years . M cL od of for John D . e is at present , Judge Probate the Of f County Pictou , a position he has held for a number O

s . year He was born at West River , being descended from hl an old Hig and family , was educated at Pictou Academy , di ri 1 stu ed law , and was admitted as a bar ster in 866. B al ; A . s n . Charles D . Macdon d , , o Of A C . Macdonald , 4 was born in Pictou in 1 85 . He entered D alhousie Col nl 1 2 1 ad lege in 1 869 when o y 5 years of age . At he was mi tted to the bar . He practiced in his native place until

1 890 . 1 97 , when he removed to Halifax In 8 he located

. s . in Edmonton , Alta , where he died some year later He

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D O U LL . . . , JOHN , LL B , New Glasgow ; New Glasgow , N . S

H . ELLIOTT , GEO . , Pictou ; Deceased . l was son of Rev h s . s t e Mr El iott the the . Charle Elliott , fir t

E s s . 1 842 pi copal mini ter in Pictou Born in , admitted to the 9 4 1 868 1 0 . l w bar in , died in He practiced a in Pictou .

B . . K . A . . FITZPATRICK , H . , , LL B , Scotsburn ; New Glas

w . o . g , N S

of Rev as. z Brother . J Fit patrick , New Annan , N . S .

H N . 1 FOGO , JAMES , O , Pictou ; Died 897 .

Judge of Probate .

H . . . . G . ON FORBES , JAMES , , Blue Mountain ; St John , N B of t Judge the County Cou r .

B . A . . FRASER , ALISTER , LL B , New Glasgow ; Moose

s . Jaw , Sa k H B i C . ON . . A . . . FRASER , D UNCAN , , LL D , Churchv lle ; 1 1 Died 9 0.

Lieutenant Governor Of the Province .

A . . FRASER , JAMES , New Glasgow ; Deceased

H . B . A . i . FRASER , JAMES , Harvard Un v , Alma ; Toronto ,

Ont .

M . . . . FRASER , THOMAS , LL B , Hopewell ; Saskatoon , Sask

H . B . A . K . . C GRAHAM , RO BERT , , , New Glasgow ; New

Glasgow , N . S . 4 D . 1 91 GRAHAM , RODERICK , New Glasgow ; Graduated , .

of . Brother Robt . H Graham . L M . S . B . A . . . M ac Od Al . GRAY , W , , LL B , Hopewell ; e , berta

’

. D . . . St . GUNN , ALEX , LL B , East River , Mary s ; Sydney ,

C . B .

Mayor Of Sydney .

H . HO N . K . C . HOLMES , SIMON , , , Springville ; Halifax , N . S . of Prothonotary Supreme Court .

AN M . IRA HUGG , , , Avondale ; Boston , Mass .

B . . . IVES , WELSFORD , LL B , Pictou ; Pictou , N . S .

W . LANE , CHARLES , Pictou ; Lunenburg , N . S .

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M . LANGILLE , ROBERT , M . A . , LL . B . , River John ; Syd

ney , C . B . F B . A . . MACDONALD , ALVIN . , , LL . B , Hopewell ; Hali fax ,

N . S . n n n Editor, Mor i g Chro icle . B . D . . A . 1 MACDONALD , CHAS , , Pictou ; Died in 908 .

’

D . MACDONALD , D ONALD , Bailey s Brook . Law 1 9 1 4 Grad . of School , Halifax , .

M . K . C . P . M . MACDONALD , EDWARD , , , Pictou ; Pictou ,

N . S .

B . A N W . . . MACDONALD , JOH , , Pictou Son M P E . M . Macdonald , . .

’

B . A . MACDONALD , WILLIAM C , Bailey s Brook ;

N . S . f C . an d . . s s o . . M a don Wm . , D D Macdonald are on late D D c ’ s ald , Bailey Brook .

C . 1 869 . M CDONALD , A . , West River ; Died in

M CDONALD , A . J. , Lismore ; Died at Mabou , C . B . l i H N . 1 91 2 . M C DONALD , JAMES , O , Bridgevil e ; D ed in of v Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court No a Scotia .

N . . MCDO ALD , WILLIAM , Pictou ; Pictou , N S ’

M cG ILLIV RAY H O N . , ANGUS , , Bailey s Brook ; Antigonish ,

N . S .

Judge of the County Court .

’

M I Y M L nnan s 1 901 . cG LLIV RA , JOHN , c e Brook ; Died in h D l . . t e 2 1 47 . a Born April , 8 Educated at College Began

Of law s 1 877 . practice in New Gla gow ,

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f . S . K . MCINNES , HECTOR , C . , Lyon s Brook ; Hali ax , N n Law usi Lecturer o the Practice and Procedure of , Dalho e Innes s l v s if . M c Uni er ity, Hal ax Firm , Melli h , Fu ton

Kenny.

A K . C . . . MACK Y , ADAMS A , River John , Halifax , N S

ALE x . T B . A . MACKAY , . , . , Pictou f Law s 1 9 3 1 . Grad . Hali ax chool ,

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Ph . D A IRA W . . . . s M CKAY , , M A , , Scot burn ; Saskatoon ,

Sask .

al v . s Prof . Politic Economy, Uni of Sa katchewan . B . . . r MACKAY , HARRY , LL B , Scotsbu n ; Westvi lle , N . S .

R s MCKAY , NEIL , We t River ; Kaslo , B . C .

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G . . . s MCKAY , RODERICK , LL B , Ea t River , St . Mary s

New Glasgow , N . S .

1 888 . M CKINLAY , JOHN , Pictou ; Died in

A . s . MACKENZIE , GE O . , Four Mile Brook ; Decea ed

Rev s . z G alli o oli s nl . Cha . E Macken ie , p , Ohio , and A . Sta ey

c z s D al . v s f s s Ma ken ie, Pre ident of , Uni er ity, Hali ax , are on of G e z late o . A . Macken ie .

B A . . . . W . . MACLELLAN , R , , LL B fii f . a s C ce . was son o . Mr Maclellan a W E M clellan , Po t In f s t . was s s o pec or , Halifax He eriou ly injured in a game foot 2 v 1 0 1 9 1 0 Of 3 . ball , from which he died No ember , , at the age was of s v He a young man great promi e , cle er, manly, and to s l all appearance had a bri liant career before him .

E . . . al S MACLELLAN , W . . , LL B , Durham ; H ifax , N .

Post Office Inspector for Nov a Scotia .

K . . . . D . C MCLE OD , JOHN , , West River ; Pictou , N S

Judge Of Probate .

A AS . W . . . . . M DDIN , J , LL B , Westville ; Sydney , C B

B . A . . . L MARTIN , JO HN J , L B , Stellarton ; Cranbrook ,

B . C .

1 886. MATHESON , DAVID , West River ; Died

T B . A . . N N . M U RO , HE RY , , Pictou ; Cambridge , Mass

L w v v s . ss . . a A t Prof , International , Har ard Uni er ity

H ...... G . ON PATTERSON , GE O , , M A , LL B , Green Hill ; New

Glasgow , N . S . Judge Of the County Court and Lecturer on evidence at Dal

s v s . . hou ie Uni er ity, Halifax , N S

K . . . C al . . POWER , JOHN J. , M A . , , Pictou ; H ifax , N S K U . . C . . RO SS , JOHN , , Pictou ; Pictou , N . S

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Perchance some scofii ng passer-by may smile so n and In wonder at thy frame , quai t crude, s i th e Con ider ng not , through ignorance , brood n us s That fou d thee wondro kind and wi e, the while uts r O t etched , thy wings protected them from guile Upbrou ght and nurtu red them to war with rude t i h S rong error, rooted n t e multitude heraldin s And for the g that reconcile.

Commerce and Culture felt thy fine foresight t - s l Altar and Cour room , Science, Art of Ski l , s s s s and Drew from thy on afe leader , the State s st t t Enli ted many a alwar potenta e , ’ Made fit i n thee to sense the people s will s he r Yet trong to boldly dare and do t ight.

M acD onald Peter M .

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THE STORY OF PICTOU ACADEMY

O r I TOU Academy will be one hund ed years old , March 2 6 1 91 6. one f , It is o the best known and probably , the most famous academy of learning in Canada . Over it , was fought the battle of the nineteenth century against unconstitutional government and religious intolerance .

It was largely over the rights and wr ongs of the Academy , was more than any other question , that the fight waged and won for responsible government in Nova Scotia . It was a great educator in our provi ncial politics . Under it and through this great conflict our ablest statesmen were n educated . The life of the Presbyterian Church hung upo s it , for if it was to be perpetuated and extended , it mu t have s a chool to educate and train a native mini stry . From the walls of the Academy has gone forth a constant stream of st a of rong men and women into all p rts the world , who have graced almost every profession and walk in life . Its

n of s s fou ders rugged Pre byt erian tock , esteemed education of next importance to the Bible , and quickly planted a s on f i r s s chool , the lines o Ed nbu gh Univer ity , in their eye , to the ideal of what a college Should be . It was attract students from every clime and send them forth to every land . The history of the Academy divi des itself conveni ently s into five period . 1 81 1 83 1 The College Period , 6 to 1 832 1 844 The Grammar School Period , to 1 45 1 64 The Union Academy Period , 8 to 8

1 864 to 1 884 The Special Academy Period ,

ri 1 5 The County Academy Pe od , 88

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T H E COLLEGE PERIOD

The institution had its origi n in the brain of its founder

. M c l Cul och . D . and first President , the Rev Thomas , D , ’ - Nova s Scotia s greatest pioneer educationi t , and the of hi father gher education in the Atlantic Provi nces .

1 766 s B orn in Scotland in , educated at Gla gow Univer sit di y, where he took a course in Me cine , as well as in Arts , i mi ni stud ed theology at Whitburn , ordained as ster in s i ofiered Ayr h re , his services as Missionary to the Colon

N . S . 1 803 ies , arrived in Pictou , , , a—nd inducted in charge of . 6 1 04 e Prince St Church June , 8 these ar the main f ' facts in his life . But it is as the champion o liberal and religious education in Nova Scotia that hi s fame chiefly old rests . In the Academy he laid deep and strong , in f of n fo da a li e great courage and u remitting toil , the un of i tion h gher education in Nova Scotia . The country is still reaping the . fruits of his intellectual activity and

s zealous labor .

h s M c ulloc was of . o Dr . C a man a rare type He was p of l s sessed fine natura ability , a strong per onality , a mind finely disciplined an d of extensive literary attainments as his writings Show .

He wielded the pen with ease and felicity , and when needs be , with pungency . He was a born fighter . He s s s lived in a tormy time , and to accompli h his purpose for s s church and chool , he needed to be to ome extent a man di s s of war . But amid preju ce and oppo ition his fearle s courage and self-sacrifice shone forth in the hi gher interests 1 805 of . the people and country In , two years after his arri al V in Pictou , we find him projecting an institution to give promising young men a collegiate education . One day when musing sadly over the ignorance he found among “ the young , he said to himself , Why not attempt to train of the youth the Province for better things , and perhaps di ffi ul of for the Ministry . It was a c t task , on account

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n the condition of the country and small mea s at hand , and it requi red the faith and force of a Livi ngstone or a Lincoln to attempt it . Though unable to carry out the idea for ui a time he never relinq shed it , and in due time , it re sulted In of the establishment Pictou Academy . His idea was to establish a college for higher education

open to all classes and creeds alike . For thi s purpose a society was formed in Pictou and subscriptions collected s d oun r . M c ulloch amounting to a thou and p C Dr . M cGre or . s g and Mr Ro s each giving fifty pounds . He i Opened a school in a log bu lding near his own house , s of i but it was oon destroyed by the hand an incend ary . s Another w—as oon erected in it s place . In 1 81 1 on the passing of the Grammar School ” — M c ullo h Act Dr . C c received the grant allotted to the di s Pictou trict amounting to a hundred poun ds a year . This School attracted students from all over the Province — s s . some coming as far a the West Indie Dr . Patterson l M cGre or s s te ls us that Messrs . g and Ro s tutored boy in Latin and Greek with the idea of matriculating in the

s of . contemplated College . Thu the leavening power Dr ’ M c l al Cul och s ambitious ide s were producing fruit , and preparing the people throughout the province for the car

ryi n g ou t of hi s early formed and favorite plans . The t time seemed now favorable . Edward Mortimer rep e of s sented the District —Pictou in the legi lature , and Sher brooke was Governor a man more liberal-minded than

s 1 805 . Wentworth , who occupied the po ition in An Act

26 1 81 6. of Incorporation was so ught and obtained March , f 1 1 7 s s 23 In the autumn o 8 , the fir t clas comprising M cCulloch as s s . tudent met in a private house , with Dr M cKi nla s s i Principal . Rev . John y as i ted in teach ng ss s of cla ics and mathematics , the re t the Academic work n ot i 1 81 8 was done by the Principal . It was unt l that

the Academy buildi ng was ready to be occupied . The Trustees finding that the thousand pounds subscribed

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was not enough to build the Academy , petitioned Gov

ern or s . s s Dalhou ie for a grant This was at fir t refu ed , b but afterwards e granted the sum of five hundred pounds . Pictou Academy has had a very eventful and chequered career . It had to fight its way to recognition and aid . Early in its history it had to contend with opposition and di preju ce ; notably , the opposition of the Council of ” ’ and t he Twelve , unfriendly rivalry of King s College ,

1 90. i Windsor , founded in 7 Th s college was receivi ng a grant of nearly a year from the provincial treasu ry and a year from the British Government . But its

s a s . s s doors were barred to all but Epi cop lian Dis enter , as all other Protestants were called and who formed four fifth s l of of of the popu ation the Province , were destitute all means for an advanced education . Naturally , the trustees of the Academy applied to the Council for aid . “ ” of They were refused , for the Council Twelve appointed by the Imperial Government were composed entirely of of of s adherents the Church England , with the Bi hop as on s e of its most influential members . They con idered money Spent on the education of Dissenters as worse than u wasted . They could not tolerate the Picto idea of a non s s e ectarian College . The House of As embly , elect d by was s the people , and representing their wishes , alway in s hearty ympathy with the Academy , while the Council dl — were dea y opposed hence the long and bitter struggle . In 1 81 9 an application was made to Lord Dalhousie to have Pictou Academy changed into a college , with power nf s s to co er degree , and also a king for the establishment of

ss s f s s s a profe or hip o Divinity . The e reque t were both s For flatly refu ed . the next four years the council granted 800 on 1 824 about $ a year application by the trustees . In , application was made for a permanent grant of a s year , which was passed by the a sembly but rejected by the council . Thus year after year the struggle went on . Bill after Bill providi ng grants for the academy were passed

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friction prevented the successful development of either f the college or grammar school grades o the academy . 1 c ulloch 838 . M C 800 In Dr with $ of grant , was at last s s tran ferred to Dalhousie College and made pre ident , hi s i to hi s 4 w ch po ition he cont nued hold until death in 1 8 3 . His remains rest in the old Pictou cemetery where hi s

students erected a monument to his memory . From 1 832 - 1 842 of , the academy was reduced to the level a Gram h M cCulloc . . mar school , with Michael , Geo A Blanchard ,

l h . Wm . M cD on a d and Mr . M cNau g ton as teachers In 1 842 the grant totally failed . The academy lingered on 44 until August 1 8 when its doors were Closed . The build ing was in a state of dilapidation . The library was on s s mouldering the helve , the scientific collections were sold abroad .

T H E UNION ACADEMY PERIOD

of ff s . Thi s state a airs , however , oon aroused the people Public meetings were called by the two great parties of f 1 45 the county . The Act o 8 carried in its preamble a record of the desire Of the people interested in the Pictou —“ Academy to CO-operate as to unite the two parties ” existing in that county in the support thereof . It is at “ ” this time the motto Concordi a Salus was probably C nl s ff adopted . It was ertai y the fir t time an e ective local effort was made to carry out the principle . This period is therefore well known as on e of uni on in academic de velop m ent ; and uni ted local support has since carried the academy on through subsequent changes with ever ol of s growing success . The d board trustees re igned an d ni s a new u on board was elected . The new board of tru tees set or to work energetically in repairing the building , anizin r s g g the departments , and secu ing teacher . In 1 846 the academy re-Opened and next year the thr ee

s departments were in good working order . Ba il Bell was s Principal and classical master , with Charle H . Hay and

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PICTOU ' S OLD ACADEMY

PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD

of hi the new order t ngs , which he did most successfully . 1 67 In the autumn of 8 Mr . B ayne left to complete his

s s A . cour e in Dalhou ie College and Aubrey Lippincott , B . , one of fir of a the st graduates Dalhousie College , was p f r o . pointed substitute principal a year He also , was very successful in winning the respect and affection of his stu s ffi dents and carried forward the work mo t e ciently . He

s s s . is now a ucce sful eye pecialist in Pittsburgh , Pa

In the following year Mr . B ayne returned accompanied

M acKenzi . K nzi s . . M ac e e by J J e Mr . at fir t taught the s preparatory department , but hortly afterwards the two hi departments were combined , Principal B ayne teac ng ss M acKen zie s cla ics and science and Mr . Engli h and 1 Mathematics . These gentlemen both resigned in 873 to take a post graduate course in Germany where each won ’

s r . . n a Doctor deg ee Returning to Canada , Dr B ay e took s a po ition in the Military College , Kingston , and Dr . M acKen zie the professorshi p of Physics in Dalhousie Col lege . B oth were cut down by death in early manhood .

1 8 3 . K K ri n n 7 . M ac a . M ac a u e te In A H y (now Dr y, S p dent of Education for Nova Scotia) became principal . s A With him was a sociated F . W . George , M . . , Principal

M acKa hi . y teac ng , Mathematics and Science and Mr

s ss . 1 876 . George , Engli h and Cla ics In October , Mr s 1 7 . 8 6 George re igned to enter upon Church work In ,

Robert Maclellan , the present principal , was appointed to the Classical and English department whi ch p osition 1 883 s he held until , when he resigned to take the po ition s of In pector of Schools for Pictou and South Colchester . ’ Under Principal M acKay s strong admi ni stration the

Academy made rapid strides . It became celebrated throughout the province and far beyond its limits . Stu dents flocked in from all quarters until there was not room enough to receive . Larger quarters became absolutely s s s neces ary , and the citizen of Pictou , with a public pirit

of s for worthy their ance tors , raised about a new

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building . It was erected in 1 880 on the site of the present building . Although it would be entirely inadequate for s the pre ent day , it was far in advance of any other high di school buil ng in the province . It contained four class rooms , Convocation hall , a small chemical laboratory

of m six s capable accom odating five or tudents . At the same time a thi rd instructor became necessary and Roderick M acKa A . s . w y , B , a appointed teacher of Mathe m ati Af cs. K ter two years Mr . M ac ay resigned to enter the ministry and is now pastor of a congregation

. . . . s A . n Ph . . s in Ontario Mr W R Fra er , B . , ( ow D , John hi Hopkins) was appointed as s successor . Mr . Fraser taught until 1 888 when he resigned to take a post graduate course in Johns Hopki ns .

hi 1 as Meanw le in 883 Mr . Maclellan resigned before M cInn e no stated , and was succeeded by Mr . Hector s, w

. C . of of s s K , and head one the mo t influential law firm in al M cInn s s H ifax . Mr . e taught Mathematic while the Classical subjects were di vided between Principal M acKay s and Mr . Fra er .

T H E COUNTY ACADEMY PERIOD

In 1 885 the Act to Encourage Academic Education consolidated the County Academy system Of the Prov ince and provided a scale of grants somewhat proportional to the equi pment and educational work of each academy . The Pictou Academy was quali fied for the highest scale of grant which was an advance upon the previous special i M In n es 1 5 . c Academ c grant . In 88 Mr was succeeded by

. u s . A . s Mr H mphrey Melli h , B , also at pre ent a prominent member of the Halifax B ar . In the same year a fourth

A . s l . teacher became necessary and Mr . I aac Gammel , B , was appointed as instructor in English and History .

1 . s Three years later , in 888, Mr Mellish was ucceeded

A . A Soloan . . . l . . by R M Langi le , B ; and David , B , was

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s appointed to the po ition vacated by Mr Gammell , who accepted a position in the Montreal High School which he

s . Was till holds ; and Mr Fraser succeeded by J . C . Shaw ,

B . A . It may be here mentioned that a great boom was given to the Academy between the years 1 880 and 1 891 by the Munro Exhibitions and Bursaries offered for competition ni of to students matriculating into the U versity Dalhousie . Five Exhibitions of the value of $400 each and ten bur sari es of $300 each were presented annually by George of old Munro , New York , (an Pictou Academy stu dent by the way) . Pictou Academy was always success ’ s f ful in winni ng the lion s hare o these prizes . In 1 889 Principal M acKay resigned to take the princi hi of al hi pals p H ifax Academy , w ch he held for two years and was then appointed Superintendent of Education for

s . . Nova Scotia . At the ame time Mr Langille and Mr Shaw resigned ; the former to enter upon practice of Law hi s and the latter to take a teac ng po ition in Vancouver , where he shortly afterwards di ed . Robert Maclellan was appointed principal and instructor in Ancient Classics and

A . modern languages ; Mr . V . S . Frazee , B . , took com

s . merci al branche and mathematics and Mr . H M . Mac

. A. c . Kay , B , mathematics and s ience l 1 9 1 . . o oan In 8 Mr Frazee and Mr S resigned , the former hi and to take a teac ng position in Providence , the latter to the Principalship of the Presbyterian College in St . ’

hn s . . Jo , Nfd . Mr Frazee was succeeded by A . O Macrae ,

l n . . A. . o oa ...... S B B , and Mr by A C L Oliver , A H M M acKay resigned in 1 892 to take a course in engineer l hi hi ing in M cGi l College , in w ch he won very gh standing , di stancing all competitors . Mr . C . L . Moore succeeded

M cKa r . Mr . a y in the mathematical and science depa tment A 1 93 . . . . a In 8 C . B Robinson , B , succeeded Mr Macr e , who resigned that year to take up the study of theology .

He is at present principal of a college in Calgary .

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26 1 895 On October , , the Academy bui lding was set on fir e s by lightning , and all the walls de troyed . In addition of di to the destruction the buil ng , interesting records and of l the greater part a va uable museum were lost . This ul apparent calamity res ted in good . The building had become inadequate to the advancing requirements of the work . The people of Pictou responded heroically to the al on s i c l thus made them and the pre ent build ng , double s of w s the ize the former , a erected in the summer of 1 896 was and ready for occupancy in the beginning of 1 897 . f 1 o 6 . 89 . . f In the autumn , A C L Oliver , one o the - has was best loved teachers the Academy ever had , cut off by typhoid fever in the flower of hi s age and useful w s s s . a . . . nes He ucceeded by H P Duchemin , B A . In 1 s - 897 Mr . Robin on resigned to follow a post graduate course in Science in Cambridge , England ; and H . M . M acK i l a Sc. M cG l y , with the degree of B . , from , returned ’ hi s s to take place and remained till Mr . Robin on s return 1 9 . s in 8 9 In the same year Mr . Moore re igned to take - s a post graduate course in Science at Johns Hopkin , and L o . M c e d was succeeded by J . T , who taught for one year

1 901 . and was followed by H . F . Munro , B . A . In Mr Duchemin resigned to engage in the practice of law in

Sydney in partnership with Mr . C . L . Moore , who had meanwhile dropped science for law . Mr . Duchemin was

1 906 . s B . succeeded by R . S . Boehner , . A In , Dr Robin on accepted an important position under the U . S . Govern ment in connection with botanical work in the Phili p t to e pines , and W . P . Fraser , B . A. , was appoin ed succ ed him . In December 2 1 , 1 91 3 , he was killed by the natives of the Philippine Islands , while on a botanical expedition . 1 905 e In Mr . Fraser and Mr . Boehner both r signed , the former to complete hi s course in Cornell , the latter to take s the position of chemical demonstrator in M cGill. Angu M cLeod h , Esq . , w o had been for a number of years the

1 45 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD efficient pri ncipal of Kentville Academy was appointed to l the mathematica department and Mr . C . L . Moore , who a ui of hi s had soon we ried of the q rks the law , returned to

hi of . old love , the teac ng science He remained , however , i only a few years , tempted by a much h gher salary to take hi of the supervisors p the Sydney Schools . He is now of s Prof . in Biology , University Dalhou ie , Halifax , and Dean of the Rural Science Faculty in the Provincial Nor mal College at Truro . M cLeod a of In 1 907 Mr . accepted the princip lship the M cLeod Canso High School , and was succeeded by R . H . ,

Es . of q , a graduate Pictou Academy with an excellent

ss ul . . . . A. record as a succe f teacher , and Mr W P Fraser , B , returned to fill the science department vacated by Mr . i s ff of Moore . Mr . Fraser now on the sta the Macdonald f ill c od . o M Le College , Quebec On account health Mr . s 1 909 as s re igned in , and no regularly qualified succes or could be obtained the department was conducted by three

s ss . substitutes in ucce ion , J L . Tanch , Norman Robson

M cLean . stafl of and John G . The present Pictou

. D . Academy includes Robert Maclellan , LL , foreign M cD on ald languages ; John Crerar , sciences ; Howard ll A s M u sse s . . Her ey , B , Mathematics ; Robert Ebenezer

A . . Inglis , B . , English Lo oking back over the hi story of the academy we can

see how great its influence upon the country has been . It has been an important factor in its religi ous and political i . oft m es development Though crushed and defeated , yet out of the struggles have come a great inheritance . It is estimated at least over five or six thousand students have of passed through its halls . More than three hundred these s ni have entered the Go pel mi stry , men who have not only i s done valiant work in the homeland , but have distingu hed s themselves in Foreign field . Its lawyers , doctors , poli i n s n t ci a , merchants and mecha ics , are to be found in every

quart er of the globe .

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ICTOU County might be called the Home of Edu

cators. It has given eight college Presidents to _ ' ' ' — othersin le Canada , many more than any g county in the l nl of Dominion has contributed . A though o y a few its educators have attained great eminence , a large number have made a commanding place for themselves in the

s . educational , literary and cientific world The county for was predestined to become an educational centre , , s from its earliest days , its Scottish ettlers , resolved that , whatever the superstructure might be , education and religion should form the corner stone and the foundation of their community . ’ of It was Pictou s good fortune , at the beginning its s of hi hi story , to have as leader men decided scholars p and l marked abi ity , who were firmly convinced that education necessarily went handinhand with morality and civilization . Others followed them so that there has never been a decade in its history in whi ch a number of men have n ot stood ou t

of . . M cGre or as leaders in the cause education Dr g , the was of first minister in Pictou County , a man much li natural abi ty . He had , moreover , enjoyed the benefits l of a thorough Co lege training , and was an excellent i i f hi s scholar . From the beg nn ng o work he made the establishing of schools and the education of the people s nl o econd o y t the preaching of the Gospel . He was ably s as isted by his colleague , Rev . Duncan Ross , who was also

ni . a u versity graduate In 1 803 , a third minister arrived in the field ; and it may safely be sai d of hi m that no man ever lived in Nova Scotia who has exercised a more potent ch influence on education . Thomas M cCullo was a stu of dent , a scholar , and a born teacher . From the day his

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arrival he became a power in educational matters . He was

the founder of Pictou Academy , and the influence of Pictou County onthe intellectual life of Canada has been

largely concentrated in Pictou Academy ever since . The pioneers realized that education was a better herit

- age for their Children than gold . Their well organized public schools were proof of this ; but it was particularly reflected in the sacrifices which made Pictou Academy s possible . It afterward became more or less articulated

with the common school system , and the question in every “ household havi ng sons and daughters was : Whi ch one ” shall we send to the Academy ! The home was back of o s it . N wonder that from such oil sprang such a crop s s ss of college Pre ident , Profe ors and Teachers . s was s The fir t schoolmaster James David on , a native of 1 72 di . 7 E nburgh He came to Pictou about , and taught ’ 1 . 7 6 school at Lyon s Brook He returned to Truro , in 7 , and spent the rest of his days there . The first teacher in

Pictou town was Peter Grant , who came from Halifax in

1 793 ; he opened a school and taught for six years. 1 2 80 . S . L . Newcomb took up the work in He married the daughter of Matthew Harris , and had a family of

- children , several of whose names became well known in ni of later years . George Glen e , a graduate Aberdeen

s hi m . College , ucceeded He was an excellent teacher and hi scholar , and left s impress upon the youth of that genera tion . ’ First upon the list of Pictou s emi nent educators and s College pre idents , stands the name of Sir J . W . Dawson , - . 8 . LL . D . , F . R His life work extended over a long period f s of o years , and he is the mo t widely known all Canadi an s ill educationists and scientist . John W iam Dawson was 1 3th of on 1 2 . born at Pictou , the October , 8 0 While at school in Pictou he developed a love for natural science , hi s inherited from father , James Dawson ; and made a large collection of fossils from the coal measures so well exposed

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of in the County . When only sixteen years age , and still

attending the Pictou Academy , he read before the local —“ Natural History Society hi s first paper Ou the Strue

ture and History of the Earth . He graduated from of di - the University E nburgh , at the age of twenty two ; and returned to Nova Scotia in company with Sir Charles Lyell who began hi s geologi cal explorations in the Provi nce 1 42 di in 8 . Mr . Dawson was then appointed to rect a geo i log cal survey of the coal fields . In 1 850he became the fir st Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia ; and di d the pioneer work which resulted di ur in the foun ng of the Provincial Normal School in Tr o , f 1 4 s of o 864 . in 1 85 , and the pas ing the Free School Act ri al In 1 855 , he was appointed to the P ncip ship of the M cGill M cGill University , Montreal . rapidly developed of u nder hi s guidance . He gave course lectures in chemistry , “ ” Hi s di botany , zoology and geology . Aca an Geology was 1 1 842 n o published in 855 . But from up to that event , less

- s hi m than thi rty two papers were publi hed by , including s 1 85 1 —3 three Annual Education Report , , a geography and s a text book on Agriculture . From thi time his published 1 901 works increased in number , until , up to , his bibliog

h 55 1 of s l . rap y numbered titles paper , pamph ets and books His earlier papers on geological subjects had reference chiefly to the coal formation of Nova Scotia ; and to his

discoveries of the earliest known reptiles of that age .

He also had the opportunity of studyi ng along the St . s i al s hi Lawrence , the earlie t Geolog c depo its , and t s , with the investigation of Indian remai ns before the advent of

the white man in Canada , gave him a broad outlook on

the question of primitive man in relation to geology . s So he was enabled to express in his books , ound and well founded views regardi ng primitive man and hi s first sur

roundi ngs . ’ Dawson s influence great as it was in field of Education

swept yet a broader hori zon in the field of letters . As

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a Bible student and expositor , Sir William stood hi gh . He ploughed deep in the books of Holy Writ ; and sub cted s j e those writings to the ame keen , critical analysis to whi ch he referred vari ous other problems in the seien ou t hi tific world . He brought many dden truths from the “ of hi hi Word God , w ch had been therto obscure . Egypt ” and the Holy Land , their geology and natural resources . “ ” “ ” “ s s Eden Lo t and Won , Archaia , The Mosaic Co mo ” “ ” “ gony , Modern Science in Bible Lands , The Origin

of the World , According to Revelation and Science , form of of s of part a series writing an apologetic character , s which in his day , Sir William Dawson deemed neces ary to combat certain views that were thrust upon the more s hi i or le s observant and t nking world , regard ng the origin

of man as well as of other species living upon this planet . As who ul a writer , sought to present in pop ar form the results of geological science to a larger audi ence than on greeted him the college benches , he was eminently suc

cessful. Among the most conspicuous of hi s popular

w s hi x riting , in w ch the relations e isting between science hi s and revelation usually formed a portion of theme , the “ following may be mentioned ; The Story of the Earth and ” “ ” “ s Man , Facts and Fancies in Modern Science , Fos il ” “ s s Men and their Modern Representative , Modern Idea of ” “ ”

of . Evolution , The Meeting Place Geology and History The many edi tions through whi ch these various writings n have passed , and their ready sale o both sides of the s i ul s Atlantic , te t fy to their pop arity . In the Engli h s peaking world his name became a household word , and a letter of introduction from hi m was a passport thr ough u o t Europe . s of M ill The phenomenal expan ion cG Uni versity, as of hi s own i hi m well as the character scient fic work , made

the recipient of honor after honor . In 1 854 he was made of al 1 2 f a Fellow the Geologic Society ; in 86 , a Fellow o the 1 1 88 . 2 Royal Society ; in a C M . G . ; in 1 88 the first

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hi and thirty in width , w ch at that time had within its - s bounds just twenty six person . The whole di stri ct was ni l strewn with gra te bou ders ; had no roads , and was traversable only on foot or horse back . There was no ’ likelihood that the young surveyors measur ements would or hi s ever be tested , lines run over again , for the soil was

. B poor , the timber small and unmarketable ut that student handled his chain and compass as under the eye of omniscience . a Some forty years fterward , gold was discovered there ; “ ” t the leads were vertical , and for unes depended upon the ’ s accuracy of the student s work . Experts were ent by

- the Government to re survey the whole territory . They

ul . co d not find a single flaw in his work Peter Grant , a if - of mi Hal ax merchant , a stock holder in one the ning ni s a compa e said , that fter all their tracing and computing ’ the Government s most accurate surveyor gave at last the ai full meed of pr se to the college student ; and , in every s s in tance pronounced his lines exact . That young tudent was none other than he who was afterwards the di stin ui sh d g e Sir William Dawson .

G . Rev . George Munro Gr ant , D . D C . M . , was one ’ of Pictou s hi s one wort est son . The name Grant is of the f hi as most celebrated in the annals o Scottish ac evement , hi well as in Canada . It is not necessary to prove t s by any such method as a member of the Grant Clan is said i to have taken to prove the ant qui ty of his family . The ambitious Grant referred to had a Bible with small print , and in one of the earlier chapters in Genesis discovered an indi stinctness in on e of the letters of which he took “ ’ advantage and read it : There were Grant s (giants) on i the earth in those days . The clan wh ch has given a on President to the United States , e Principal to Edi n ’ burgh University , and another to Queen s Universi ty has no occasion to resort to such means to establish the worth of its blood .

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22 . S George M Grant was born at tellarton , December , 1 835 . He was educated at Pictou Academy , West River

s ni . Seminary , and Gla gow U versity He soon became a s ur triking fig e at the University , and that , too , when James Bryce and a host of other great men were hi s fellow students . 1 60 On his return to Canada in 8 , he was ordained and ss placed in charge of the mi ion at River John . His energy shi s i led his pari oners to build a Church for themselve , wh ch ’ 1 they named St . George s Church , after him . In 863 , he ’ was . s called to the pastorate of St Matthew Church , Hali fax . Here he gave fourteen years of faithful and brilliant service . But such an active mind was not to be held within the limits of mere congregational work . Grant was hi s di too great for that , and ever took part in the lea ng issues of the day ; and in those days gr eat issues were at s - s take Free schools , Union of the Province , and Church Union among the Presbyterians were questions thr eshed ou t and settled during those fourteen years . Into these struggles Grant flung himself with all the strength of his energetic nature . ’ s A three month trip , from Halifax to Victoria , was m taken with Sir Sanford Fleming in 1 872 . At that ti e of hi s Western Canada was little kn own . An account “ journey was published , under the title , From Ocean to s s r s of Ocean , which revealed the marvelou re ou ce the

West and the great future in store for Canada . Sir W . s B ri ti eekl 1 9 1 1 Robert on Nicoll , in the sh W y, February , , s s s say , Dr . Grant was the fir t author who under tood the s li f tremendou possibi ties o Canada , and brought them was -S home to a great public . He an able and far ighted of man , a Canadian through and through , and one the ’ s i s greate t of Canada s sons . He destined to hold a per i manent place in her h story . ’ 1 877 was al of In , he appointed princip Queen s Uni s s ver ity , to the interests of which he devoted him elf with

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of ur untiring zeal for a quarter a cent y . His admirable ui l hi educational eq pment , his strong , keen inte lect , s far hi s hi reaching vision , commanding presence and voice , s l great tenacity of purpose , wou d have gained for him n eminence in a y community or calling . In the di versity

i s l s r s . of h gift , Grant was a Ju iu Caesar Eve y public question claimed hi s attention ; and he rendered signal

service , not only to the Church , but to the public life of 1 9 . 88 Canada In , he was Moderator of the General 2 ss m H e 1 90 . A e bly . died in ’ s It was naturally to be expected that Dr . Grant alert ul s s r mind wo d eek expres ion th ough literary channels . His successful advocacy of provincial federation doubtless prompted the optimistic views on Imperial unity which “ s of he expressed in his Advantage Imperial Federation . Hi s equally broad views on the subject of comparative hi s on of religion , are mirrored in work The Religions the ” Not World in Relation to Christianity . to mention hi s ” s ur hare in that monumental work , Pict esque Canada , “ ” hi s was From Ocean to Ocean , epoch making in its thi s influence . It , more than any other one ng , perhap , Opened the eyes of Canadians to the wealth of their national heritage ; stirred in them the pulsations of a new s a and broader patrioti m , and prep red the way for the wo recent development of Canada . His work is being rtt

carried on by his son and biographer , W . L . Grant , Prof . ’ al of Coloni and Canadian History , in Queen s University ,

Canada .

- D . . os . D . . Rev James R s , D , LL , was a well known ni s educatio st and scholar , and rendered di tinguished

service to the cause of education in Nova Scotia . The life -work of a successful Christian educationist i s one w s s which might ell in pire the most ambitiou , as being one of the noblest and most ben eficen t careers Open was . s to human choice . Dr Ross a Christian educationi t in the highest sense . He had the j oy of unlocking the

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gateways of knowledge to hundreds of young men whose l influence is still felt throughout the land . He wi l be “ ” remembered as one of the Fathers of the Presbyterian f s was son o . on e Church . He the late Rev Duncan Ros ,

of the two pioneer mini sters of Pictou . He was born at 1 1 1 s 1 8 . 835 West River , in He was ordained in , ucceeding

s R . his father a minister of the West iver Church Dr . of s Ross married a daughter the late William Mathe on , ’

Es . s . ss q , of We t River ; and it was through Dr Ro zeal s in the interest of higher education that Mr . Mathe on was led to donate the sum of to that cause in connection

with the Presbyterian Church . In 1 848 he was called to take charge of the West River 1 864 of D al Semi nary . In he was appointed Principal s hou ie College . Whatever he undertook , he performed s s with conscientiou fidelity , paring neither time nor s strength . For forty years he erved the Church in its educational sphere , in West River , Truro , and Halifax ; and thus left a deep impress upon the educational life of : his time . His last illness was brief On Monday evening , re March eighth , while engaged in secret prayer before to s al tiring rest , he was tricken with par ysis , and died at 1 1 5 886. noon the following Monday , March , His was a

i n s s . . Splend d life , u elfish in all its aims and purpo es Dr Ross was unsparing in hi s efforts to advance the in terests of of his fellow citizens and humanity in general , s i of exerci ing withal , a h gh degree power and influence for the moral good and uplift of hi s native Province . In the of a well- l language Socrates , regarding spent life , it may tru y “

s of hi s : For r . be aid noble is the prize , and the hope is g eat

Rev . Daniel M . Gordon , D . D . , LL . D . , was born in 1 4 8 5 . Pictou , He entered Glasgow University when only f fourteen ; graduated , Master o Arts at eighteen , and i - ni Bachelor of Div nity at twenty o ne . Retur ng to Canada ,

s i s was s he entered the Pre byt erian min try , and ettled ’ at Truro , Winnipeg , St . Andrew s Church , Ottawa , and

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’ hi St . Andrew s Church , Halifax . From t s last ministry he was appointed to the Chair of Systematic Theology in

l i . f the Presbyterian Col ege , Hal fax On the death o Princi ’ pal Grant he was elevated to the Presidency of Queen s s i ss Univer ity where he has been em nently succe ful . He Hi 1 896. s son was Moderator of General Assembly in , D R . . . . . ev the Rev . A . M Gordon , B , is assistant to Dr

Herridge , Ottawa . ’

A . D D . s Rev . Donald Macrae , M . . , (Aberdeen) , (Queen ) 1 4 hi 83 s . was born at Hopewell , , where father , Rev John

Macrae , was minister . He graduated in Arts and Theo

s of logy from the Univer ity Aberdeen , and was ordained

1 . s 856. by the Pre bytery of Edinburgh , in Dr Macrae was of a notable figure in the work the Church in Canada , and held an eminent place as a preacher , being a most ’ of hi s energetic worker . As minister in charge father s

. S . . former congregation at Hopewell , N , as pastor in St ’ ' dl . s St . B John , Newfoun and , and in John , N as leader in connection with home mission work in the Presbytery f o . St John ; and later , as Principal of Morrin College , s f Quebec , he did mo t excellent and e fective work , never grudging time or strength in the service of the Church or in the interests of the cause of righteousness in the land . as s of s He w the ixth Moderator the General A sembly , f 1 8 0. o held in Montreal , in 8 He died at the home his son , 4 M ae h . . . 2 . . acR P D Rev A . O , , Calgary , Alta , November ,

1 909 . . . . M acRae Ph . D . Another son , Rev D N , , is

ni . mi ster in Mitchell , Ontario

D . . . s . . Rev John Forre t , D , LL D , was born in New f s 1 842 . i s o l s Gla gow , He a son the late A exander Forre t ,

. . r M D He was educated at the Presbyte ian College , ur Tr o and Halifax , and was ordained and inducted into ’

s of . the mini terial charge St John s Church , Halifax , in

1 6. s 86 He succeeded Principal Ro s at Dalhousie College . The growth and prosperity of Dalhousie during his presi den cy is sufficient evidence of his wise admini stration .

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1 872 . Two years later he went to Germany with his fellow di s s r s students ; and , after a tingui hed cou e in the Univer i di s ty of Leipsic , received the honorable stinction , Doctor

' hi s r urn f m s 1 877 . et ro of Philo ophy in On Germany , he was appointed to the Chair of Physics in Dalhousie s College , which he occupied le s than two years , when he of hi s was stricken down in the prime young manhood . di ul of In ad tion to the reg ar work the College , he de livered a series of popular lectures on scientific subjects of before the citizens Halifax , and was an active promoter

of the Techni cal Institute . His devotion to science was i of the immed ate cause his death , which took place ,

2 1 . was 79 . February , 8 Dr Bayne , who his constant

ni for al hi m compa on nearly h f his life , was with the

‘

ni . ght he died He was buried , amid the regrets of hi old . s students and friends , at his home , Green Hill In death Nova Scotia lost an accomplished student of Science

and a splendi d specimen of manhood .

- hi s . Herbert A . B ayne , life long friend , was a son of Rev 1 4 D . . 8 6 James B ayne D . , Pictou He was born in , and s graduated from Dalhousie College in 1 87 1 . For everal 1 874 years he was principal of Pictou Academy . In he went to Germany to take a post-graduate course in Chem

i str s at s s . y , fir t Leip ic Univer ity He took his degree at di m s Heidelburg . Here he stu ed under the e inent Chemi t ,

cum u lta laude Bunsen ; and received his degree m , in 1 876. On his return to Nova Scotia , he was appointed

Principal of the High School , Halifax . Resigning from

h s of t is po ition , he was appointed Professor Chemistry in the Royal Military College , Kingston , Ont . , where he endeared hi mself to faculty and students by hi s many nl - ma y qualities . Ill health compelled him to resign , and di 1 8 1 he ed in Pictou , September , 886, in the fortieth of hi s year age .

s s ul Archibald Purve never became a profes or , but wo d

ss had for hi hl not doubtle have done so he lived , he was g y

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s . . M Kenzie killed in many languages When J J . c and s Herbert A . Bayne , decided to go to Germany to tudy , he M cKen zie thought it might be good for him to go also . and Bayne were well grounded in German with the as sistance s M almross of General O car , at that time American s l Con u in Pictou . He was a German by birth , and well

s . educated . The three fellow tudents went to Leipsic first s s s Purve afterward went to Edinburgh , and spent ome time there . He feared he could not become a fluent enough

s s u . speaker for the mini try , and decided to tudy lang ages his s s s He continued tudie in Edinburgh during the winter , and in Germany in summer time . It was at the latter place that he had an attack of pleurisy . Before he was convalescent he gave up his room to a student who had i engaged it for the new term , and went to another board ng “

s . as hou e He caught cold in moving , and lung fever l s . e s s the German call it , set in He went to L ip ic to con u t was s a doctor whom he knew . He ordered to Davo in the

s s s i s . Alp , a re ort for tho e w th weak lung There he ling 1 878 hi s ered during the winter , and died in March , , while i s . . s on h brother , Mr David H Purve , was way to be with His him at the end . brother bought a lot in the cemetery , and buried him in Davos.

A noteworthy coincidence in this connection was J . ’ Gordon M cGregor s strong desire to accompany the thr ee s s ss as to Leip ic . When he fir t cro ed the Atlantic , a Gil

s wa s chri t Scholar , he s hardly expected to urvive the voy

Hi was so age . s heart action weak that he was compelled

s to re t for a year with friends in Edinburgh . He recovered , and afterwards had a distinguished and brilliant career ; as a graduate student in Great Britai n and in Germany ; as ss s s s s hi s Profe or of Phy ic in Dalhou ie , ucceeding fellow K ss s . M c enzie as s ss tudent , Dr , and ucce or to Profe or

Tait , in the chair of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh . ss M cGre or w as was Profe or g born in Halifax , and the

- son s . . . of a well known Pre byterian clergyman , Rev P G

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hi s McGre or . . g , D D He took arts course in Dalhousie , where he earned a first class in every subject of his

course , and where he afterwards taught for twenty s a two years , clo ing his c reer by giving twelve years of i s eminent service to the Ed nburgh Univer ity . The s su dd n ss end came to him with tartling e e . On the of 2 1 1 9 13 to all morning May , , he arose , appearances in h s hi s . i ordinary health He had bath , and returned to hi s

room to dress . There he was taken suddenly ill ; called s m i f in his son , and died almo t im ed ately a terwards . Thus ended the chequered career of thi s quartette of students who crossed the Atlantic together to pursue their studies

abroad . It is di stressing to think of these hard-working and n promising you g men thus falling by the way prematurely , M cKenzie from inhaling gas during an experiment ; Bayne f on s m from cancer o the stomach , Purves from rapid c u p s tion and M cGregor from heart failure . It is intere ting to conjecture what they might have accomplished had s f their live been spared , for they were all men o fine ability , ambition and manhood .

The following list , though far from complete , gives the names of some of those who have been leaders in the edu a ion al of of now c t life Canada , as well as , those who uphold the prestige of their native County . P A . h . D . B AYNE , HERBERT , Heidelberg , ( , ss of s l l Profe or Chemi try , Roya Military Col ege , Kingston , 8 6 1 8 . Can . Died l S . . . M cGi l CAMERON , JAMES , M sc , University .

of s ff of s u . A member the ta the Technical In tit te , Montreal is was t H home S ellarton . E h . . . P CAMPBELL , DONALD , M A , D . Son of George and Ellen (Gunn) Cameron ; born in 1 867 ; Edu B A 1 890 d . v . . P D . cate v n v . h . Dal Uni , ( , and Har ard U i , ,

ss Lou . s v 6 s n . 1 90 s u married Mi R Bate , Da id on , Con , ; In tr ctor in s c n o i v mathematic , Lawrence S ie ce School f Harvard Un . ,

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1 897-1 901 ; Prof . of mathematics and head of the Mathematical t s of c Depar ment in the Armour In titute Te hnology, Chicago ,

- . si 1 903 of e on Ill , nce ; Author a t xt book mathematics, ex tensi vel s in y u ed the Colleges.

R. A M . CAMPBELL , WILLIAM , . , Dal . Univ . , 1 887 . ri l u 1 887-1 907 s f P ncipa Tr ro Academy, . In pector o Schools

for s C O . si 1 907 1 Colche ter , nce . In 908 he was appointed lec s in turer in Engli h the Agricultural College, Tru ro , N . S . The ’

s. s v . c CO Campbell Bro were born at Ea t Ri er, St Mary s, Pi tou . B Ph . . L CREIGHTON , JAMES , D L . D . s v 1 861 Born We t Ri er, ; attended Pictou Academy two years ; a s s e s wa t ught chool for thre year , s graduated from Dalhousie College in 1 887 ; pursued post graduate studies in Cornell Uni v s ss M c n er ity and in Germany ; married Mi Katherine F . Lea , in 1 892 i now ss of . He s profe or Logic and Metaphysics in Cornell v s i of il s vi Uni er ity ; ed tor The Ph o ophical Re ew, and American of - s on editor the Kant Studien . Publi hed a monograph the “ ” “ ” l its s 3d Wil and Function , and An Introductory Logic , edition 1 91 0 ( Macmillan and Contributor of many papers

s s v of B . to philo ophical journal ; recei ed the degree A . , at Dal

in 1 887 f h 8 2 . . s o P . D . 1 9 hou ie , , that , from Cornell in , LL D , '

v v 9 14 . s n . 1 903 . U . 1 from Queen U i , in , and Dal ni , Brother

of . t s v . William O Creigh on , We t Ri er 4 1 90 . B A . D al. . CREIGHTON , GRAHAM , . , Univ ,

Born at West River ; Inspector of School s for Halifax Co .

Ph . D . . CONNOLLY , CORNELIUS J. , , (Munich) ’ ss of s v s ni s . Profe or Biology , St . Franci Xa ier College , Antigo h

B . . M B . A S A . CUM ING , MELVILLE , . , l was ri ll . Principal , Ag cultural Co ege , Truro The col ege form is v of erly opened in 1 905 . Principal Cumming a nati e Pictou l Col of . v . a County , a graduate Dal Uni , and of the Agricultur

D . D . is son of Rev . s. lege , Guelph , Ont . He a Tho Cumming ,

DAWSON , A . S . s s Cal Chief Engineer of the Department of Natural Re ource , l n n l gary , A berta ; a native of Pictou , gra d ephew of Sir Wi liam

Dawson .

. . DAWSON , GEORGE MERCER , LL . D . , F . R S

s n was 1 849 . was Mr. Daw o born in Pictou in He the eldest s n s n th e n n M cGi ll o of Sir William Daw o , well know Pri cipal of

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v s l n s Uni . He took a cour e in the Roya School of Mi e , London , where he not only graduated with honors but took the D uke of l s s s Cornwal cholar hip and the Edward Forbe prize . Return s s 1 87 ing to Canada , he began original re earche in geology . In 3 he was appointed geologist and botanist of the British North American Boundary Commission ; and his report i s one of the

ss s of . 1 875 was cla ic Canadian geology In , he appointed to the staff of the Canadian Geological Survey ; and entered on a remarkable career of exploration of northwestern North 1 891 of of America . In he became a fellow the Royal Society s v England . During the ame year recei ed the Bigsby medal 1 892 for eminent researches in geology. In he was decorated

of . . with the order of Companion St Michael and St . George 1 893 was s In , he elected Pre ident of the Royal Society of Can in 1 895 a v ada , and Director of the Geologic l Sur ey. It falls to few men to have so many high honors and grav e reSp onsibili ties thrust on them in SO short a life ; the succession ’ i s probably without parallel in Canada s history ; yet it i s the s common judgment that the honor were fully merited , the responsibilities borne in such manner as to add renown to the ’ a country and the Crown . Dr . Dawson s career w s a credit to ele u ent s W s Canada, and an q te timony to the i dom of the nation

z z of in recogni ing and utili ing the talents her sons. He died

1 901 his 5 2d ss of few s. in , in year , after an illne but a hour

N D . Sc . DAWSO , WILLIAM BELL , , — f s wa 1 854 . s son o . s The econd Sir Wm Daw on born in Pictou , i f ill v Eu s s o M cG . s Mr . Daw on a graduate Uni , in Art and 7 f i neerin . 1 8 5 won o g g In , he the Degree of Bachelor Applied fi s l ri Science , with certi cate of pecia merit in Enginee ng , which

i s hi s s s . v the ghest di tinction in that cour e of tudy In No ember , — 1 875 he studied in Paris the highest School of Engineering fi s i s of one n . s in France , and of the r t Europe The cour e tudy - i s v s. ss as first of h s ss extend o er three year He pa ed the cla , in

7 . 1 8 8 . s On returning to Canada , Mr Daw on entered upon

I r 1 1 professional business in Montreal . n 88 he undertook a survey of a part of the Gold Fields in Nova Scotia ; was next of s im in the employ the Dominion Bridge Company , the mo t

p ortant of hi s designs being the Cantilev er Bridge ov er the St . s wa n John River. For nine year he s assistant engin eer o the

fi . 1 9 h of Canada Paci c Railway Since 8 3 he as been Supt . the

v of s s of . Sur ey Tide and Current , Department Marine , Canada ’ s s s s ri Both of Dr . Daw on on inhe ted much of the intellectual s of s s power and indu try their di tingui hed father.

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h . . R. P D FRASER , WILLIAM , , (Johns Hopkins) . ss s M cGill v was s Formerly Lecturer in Cla ic , Uni . , born at We t

is now v s n . River . He conducting a pri ate chool in Mo treal He was for many years a successful teacher of Classics in Pictou

Academy .

l . HARRIS , GEORGE WILLIAM , Librarian , Corne l Univ

. s heri Son of the late John F Harri , and nephew of a former S ff

of the County . He graduated from Cornell University in 1 873 ; and has ever since that time been connected with the library of 1 9 v s 8 0. i the Uni er ity , becoming head librarian in He s a recog nized on s authority bibliographical matter , being a life member of of of n the Bibliographical Society London , and the America has s Library Society . He contributed many article to library s i s u l of l ni journal , and editor of the Library B l etin Corne l U was 1 49 v s . 8 v er ity He born in Pictou town , in , and recei ed

hi s preparatory edu cation at Pictou Academy .

HEPB URN , WILLIAM MURRAY , M . A . , Dal . Univ . , — v . Chief Librarian Purdue Uni , La Fayette , Ind .

C . Ph . D . . JOHNSON , ALLEN , , (Johns Hopkins)

ss s ss ss s . . A i tant Profe or in Cla ic , Princeton , N J Some time

tutor in classics (Dal) . B L . . . . SC . D al ) . JOHNSTONE , J H , , (

1 89 1 . s n v s Born at Pictou , Graduated from Dalhou ie U i er ity i in 1 9 1 1 with High Honors n Mathematics and Physics.

9 1 2 . s cs . v . 1 Appointed In tructor in Physi , Dal Uni ,

KENNEDY , WILLIAM T .

1 907 . s Principal of Halifax Academy . Died The Pre byterian —“ ss s s of M r. was u Witne ay him , Kennedy born at S nny Brae , was s s ul of good Highland Stock . He the tamp of a man we ho d like to see at the head of ou r institutions of learni ng ; genuinely r s s i n v fli n chi n Ch i tian , rigorou ly correct life and work , ne er g A of . s hi s s v n from the path duty a teacher, merit ha e bee ni v u recog zed all o er the co ntry .

D . . . . h . LOGAN , JOHN , M A , (Dal , P D . , Harvard

Is n n s -of- was n a well know educatio i t and man letters. He bor

i n u c the n v . the Town of Picto ; edu ated at Dal . U i , where he in 9 ub e graduated with High Honors philosophy in 1 8 3 . S s v w s quently he studied at Har ard Univ . For some years he a

of . of os i v . of ut t head the Dept Phil ophy in the Un , So h Dako a ;

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from 1 908-1 91 0he was literary and musical critic of the Toronto n has n t s f of Sunday World . Since the he bee on the edi orial taf s i u of n s the Toronto New . He s a thor a umber Of book and of “

s s u Art . : article on Philo ophy, Literat re and Author Pre " “ s s s s s rs of lude , Sonnet and other Ver e , Song of the Make ” an u ss on d n Canada , with introd ctory critical e ay Cana ia

poetry .

A . D a . . M cGi ll B . l MCBAIN , ALEXANDER Ross , , ( ) M A ,

Univ .

ss t n . Profe or in the Protes a t High School , Montreal , Can

MCCOLL , RODERICK . Is son of f M cColl of New s n er a the late Jef rey , Gla gow ; bor th e , i a s 1 866. Graduated from the Royal Mil t ry College , King ton , 1 886; from 1 904 to 1 9 1 3 was Provincial Engineer for the Prov

s . . His ince , with headquarter at Halifax , N S brother Archi bald M cC oll is Secretary and Chief Accountant for the Nova ew s Scotia Steel Works, N Gla gow .

MCCU LLOCH , MICHAEL , Educationist . f M c ulloch his so n o . C A Dr , came to Pictou with father at s of was one fi s ss about three year age . He of the r t cla which ss 1 824 was his pa ed through the Academy . In he appointed ’

s s ss ss s s. father ucce or, teaching Cla ic and Mathematic After the institution Closed he taught a private school in Pictou and w as afterwards Principal of the Yarmouth Academy . He died his - i M cCu lloch was m an in eighty th rd year . Mr . a of

strong powers of mind and accurate scholarship .

s s . MCC ULLOCH , THOMAS , Professor in Dalhou ie Univer ity

Was son . was a a of Dr Mcculloch of the Academy , and p s pointed to aid Prof . Ross in the Classical and Philo ophical n Departments in the West River and Truro Seminaries. Whe s was z 1 863 was s Dalhou ie College reorgani ed , in , he tran ferred

from Truro to Halifax to form a part of the Dalhousie Faculty . s of M c ulloch S n v s Both son Dr . C pe t their li e in the work of

c f s . higher edu ation , and were thus worthy sons o a worthy ire

MACDONALD , ARTHUR C C . E . Is of fir n ffi es a member the m M acD o ald and Gibbs, with o c at n i n i ri . Lo don , England and Ch li , South Ame ca The Chil a n i h n s was Norther Ra lway, which ru ns through the C ilia De ert ,

. is 430 built by him It miles long , and cost He s i b v v 823 ft . al o bu lt the Boli ia Railway. This road is , a o e the sea level and is said to be one of the highest points ever

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M D n . ac o al w s reached by a railway Mr . d a born i n the town f is of o Pictou ; a younger brother the late Charles D . Mac f s o s of . . Donald, Barri ter , Edmonton , and a cou in E M Mac

donald, M . P .

an s MAC DONALD , ALEXANDER H a veteran , S Franci co

Educator . acD onald was fift -on e s fi Mr . M for y year identi ed with the

“ n s s of t - of was commo chool California , hirty two which he

v San s . Principal of the Lincoln E ening School , Franci co He 1 83 wa Re s n 0 s f v . . wa bor at Sunny Brae , in , and a brother o F

D nald. R . M ac o

MC D ONALD , DANIEL . ’ n s v s v Born at Bar ey Ri er ; Educated at We t Ri er Seminary , ns of s u i n 1 869 t e appointed I pector School for Picto County ,

in 1 879. 1 880 7 1 rs tired Died , aged yea .

N F. . MAC DO ALD , DO NALD , M SC .

M acD onald mi s . 1 905 Son of John J . , Merigo h In he grad

i v s . . s u ated from Wash ngton Uni . , Wa hington , D C He al o took the degree of Mining Engineer and Master of Science ’ s i n from same univ ersity . He then did two year work the

i of . Graduate School of Geology n the Univ . Chicago From 1 909 to 1 9 1 0 he was in charge of the work i n Geology at

l v . s i s now on the . . Tu ane Uni , New Orlean . He U S Geologi

v s . . cal Sur ey , Wa hington , D C

D . Sc . MC INTOSH , DOUGLAS , Cornell , New f s M Gi ll n . wa ss . o c v s A ociate Prof Chemi try , U i , born in s i s of s v v u s on Gla gow . He the author e eral al able paper Chemi s s sul s of cal ubject , the re t long experimenting and original s hi h v s i n tudy , w ch a e been publi hed the leading Chemical

n s of . hi s . . s Jour al the day He took B A degree at Dalhou ie , and also studied in Cornell and in Germany

MCINTOSH , HENRY HAVELO CK . u and s i s v of Inspector of Schools for Lunenb rg Queen , a nati e

ri s was u u . Me gomi h , and ed cated at Picto Academy and Dal v Uni .

H . . . MACKAY , ALEXANDER , M . A . , LL D ti of v was Plai nfield Supt . of Educa on No a Scotia, born at , a district which has contributed many able men to the intellectual f was t u life o Canada . He educa ed at Picto Academy, and dis D al . v . Normal School , Truro ; graduated from Uni , with

8 B . s n s s s 1 73 . SC tinctio in Mathematic and Phy ic , ; , with Honor

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G . MACKAY , KENNETH . , M sc . s ul Was born at Scot burn ; educated at the Agric tural College , s Guelph , Ont . , and the Moody In titute , Chicago ; graduated 6 M 1 90 . sc. B . v . . SC , Toronto Uni , , and , Iowa State College, i now ss s A 1 91 3 . s ss for U . S . . , He a i tant Dairy Commi ioner of n the Province Saskatchewa with headquarters at Regina .

E . C . SC . . 1 91 1 . MACKAY , NORMAN , , Toronto Univ , M acKa u on ul Brother of Kenneth G . y ; Lect rer Agric ture for v the Ontario Go ernment . f ri o . MACLELLAN , ROBERT , LL . D . , P ncipal Pictou Academy

s E f . Is s on of s . o the econd the late John Maclellan , q , Durham His was v D ur early education recei ed at the Grammar School ,

ham and at Pictou Academy . He entered Dal . , College in 1 870 hi s ss s of s , and led cla e at the end the term in Mathematic and English and divi ded honors in Classics ; married Miss

s . Martha M . Fra er Took charge of the Preparatory Depart 1 873 s ss ment of Pictou Academy , ; appointed Engli h and Cla ical Master in 1 877 ; Government Inspector of Schools for the f 1 883 s o . s Countie Pictou and So Colche ter , ; called to the

Principalshi p of Pictou Academy on the retirement of Dr . Mac 1 889 s i s n ow his Kay, —, in which po ition he completing twenty fifth year o ne fourth of the whole lifetime of the Academy . f M acKa ss s as u o . In addition he taught Cla ic , a colleag e Dr y, si x for years.

1 90 of U v . 8 . In , the Senate Dal ni , conferred on him the

In s hi m . honorary degree of LL . D . pre enting Prof Murray , “ Dean of the Senate said : Pictou Academy has been singu larly fortunate in having at its head a long line of men who hav e earned distinction both as teachers and leaders in the educa ti on al s ou r s s s world , and among the e di tingui hed Alumnu ,

Robert Maclellan , holds a high and honorable place . In recog nition of the high character of hi s work as a teacher and of the

s ss of his s ask ou . s eminent ucce Principal hip , I y , Mr Pre ident in the name of the Senate of this University to confer the degree f o s s us n . Doctor of Law , honori ca a , o Robert Maclellan

B . A . D . D a MACLEOD , JAMES , , ( l ) . ss of s s n r Profe or Mathematic , We ter Canada College , Calga y, i s son . s was the of Mr William Macleod , Scot burn . He edu cated W won v . at Pictou Academy and Dal . Uni , Halifax , here he s was the North Briti h Society Bursary . For two years he s of s vi and two rs Principal of the Public School We t lle , for yea t s at u Mathema ical Ma ter Picto and Sydney Academi es.

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W . . . MACLEOD , JOHN , M A ' l ss s . n s v s Profe or Of Mathematic , St Fra ci Xa ier Co lege Anti s was s u n c goni h , born at Scot b r , educated at Pictou A ademy, ' M . s v s l cGill v . . St Franci Xa ier Co lege and Uni , Montreal For four years he was Principal of the Public School s of the town of

t s . s . s Stellar on , and three year Prof of Mathematic , St Franci ' v s of n s f of Xa ier College . A member the engineeri g taf The

s. S s z Halifax Ocean Terminal A i ter, Anna Eli abeth Macleod “

v 1 906 s . graduated from Dal . Uni . , in with Great Di tinction For five years she was Principal of the Protestant Schools of

t Rev . . . D . n s is o . Antigo i h . She married A A Macleod , B ,

Trenton .

MC LEOD , DONALD F . Graduated from Cornell College of Civil Engineering in the 7 v s ss of 1 90 . is v wa s cla He a nati e of Middle Ri er, and for ome o n s is no w i n time Principal f the Trento School . He located

Florida .

B . A . D al . MCLEOD , FRANK THOMAS , , ( )

High School Teacher , Victoria , B . C . A B . . 1 9 . W . . f 1 3 MCLEOD , JOHN , , Univ o London ,

al of New s . . Princip the High School , Gla gow , N S

B . . MACKENZIE , WILLIAM , Canadian Railway Service Kenzieville 1 848 v 1 872 Born at , ; entered the Railway Ser ice , ; since 1 897 has been chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway

ffi s . . with o ce at Moncton , N B

A D h . . R. B . . al P . D MACKENZIE , WILLIAM , , ( ) , , (Harvard)

ss f s v . . s Profe or o English Literature in Wa hington Uni , St Loui , m n Hi s . z B . A. is M o . s brother Thoma E Macken ie , , a i ing l nz engineer in Mexico ; both are sons of Archiba d Macke ie ,

Es . v q , Ri er John .

D Ph . . . MCKENZIE , JOHN JAMES , M . A ( al ) , D , Univ of

s 1 8 . Leip ic , 77

1 879 . ss of s s . Un v . Died Profe or Phy ic , Dal i

. . h . D . M Gill L B . MC EAN , HERBERT , M A , P , ( c i r ss n a H . H s Profe or in the Tech ic l igh School , Montreal b other

M . n . . . cLean B SC. is i n W B , , a consulting Engineer Mo treal M cLean s M cLea n s m s r The brothers are ons of James , Po t a te , u Picto .

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A . CKIMM IE B . M , ANDERSON , , (Princeton

ss r ss. Assistant Profe or in F ench , Ma Agricultural College , i s s of s ss. Rev . n Amher t , Ma , a great grand on the late Dunca of s v of Ross, We t Ri er, and a grand nephew the late Principal

Ross of Dalhousie College . B D al M . SC . sc . M l W . . l MATHESON , HOWARD , , ( ) , , ( cGi ) . ’ Was born at Lime Rock ; received his Master s Degree at M e ’

Gi v . was v s ll Uni , and awarded the Go ernor General Medal for 1 9 1 1 s on Graduate Research . In he accepted a po ition the

a s ff of CO . i . Chemic l ta the Du Port Powder , Wilm ngton , Del

B . Ph . D . . SC . MATHESON , ROBERT , , , (Cornell) n f s n was ss So o Walter Mathe o , Lime Rock ; he Profe or of l of l Entomology in the State Col ege Agricu ture , So . Dakota , 1 907-1 909 v s l ; Pro incial Entomologi t , Agricu tural College , Truro - 1 91 2 1 91 3 s v . 1 9 1 3 . ; appointed for Re earch Work , Cornell Uni ,

A . D P . B . l h . D . N A . a MURRAY , DA IEL , , ( ) , (Johns Hopkins) Is son of s s the the late Angu Murray , Scot burn , a community en which h as produced some of the best m in the Province . was of six The family moved to Truro when Mr . Murray a boy

t s D al . 1 884 years. He gradua ed with honor from , College in ;

s s s and s . tudied at John Hopkin , Berlin Pari ; married Alice M 906 s f s l il . 1 . s o Mal och , Ham ton , Ont , in Profe or Mathematic in the Univ ersity of New York and Dalhousie ; since 1 907 v has been Professor of Appli ed Mathematics in M cGill Uni . He i s the author of sev eral Mathematical Text Books adopted “ s s f by many college and High School , among them Dif erential ” “ " “ " “ s s n In Equation , Integral Calculu , Plane Trigo ometry , " s a s : fini tesi m al Calculus. Pre ident Schurm n ays of him He ” two s i s a man of the highest abilities. He h as brother

s . . . l . . practi ing medicine ; Dr H V Murray, Honolu u , and Dr L

N . Murray, Halifax .

. B B . A . h f . H . P o M URRAY , EBENEZER , , . , Univ . Chicago of s is a n ati v e of Plain field Supt . School , Montana , , and a brother B of . Dr . D . Murray, Campbellton , N . , and Murdoch Murray ,

ecterar . . . A. General S y, Y M C , Hyde Park , Mass. B A . . MURRAY , HOWARD , . (Lond ) LL . D . , (Toronto) a M cLeod ss ss s s v . . Profe or of Cla ic , Dalhou ie , Uni Mr Murr y s n f wa n New i s a o o the late Dr . George Murray and s bor at

A . s il 1 B . 1 859 . Wa 1 88 Glasgow , Canadian G christ Scholar in , ,

di v . v . s Uni Of London , England ; tu ed in Edinburgh , Uni ; mar of 1 890 ried , Janet , daughter the late George Hattie , Halifax , ;

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POTTINGER , DAVID . Was for fifty years in the service of the Intercolonial Railway ; in 1 843 was born in Pictou , ; entered the Railway Servi ce as clerk of n n l 1 - in 1 863 ; chief Supt . the I tercolo ia from 879 1 892 ; Gen n n v n t s 1 892 -1 9 eral Ma ager Canadia Go er men Railway , 04 ha n of a since then s bee a member the Railway Man ging Board . has an n and is Mr . Pottinger had ho orable career a thoroughly n practical railway ma .

B . D al . ROBINSON , CHARLES . , M . A , ( )

s s n of t u . u Was the only on of C . B . Robin o Pic o He grad ated

at us ss of 1 892 n n n v . Dalho ie College in the cla , win i g the U i t s s v s Medal , and taught the Science Depar ment for e eral year i in the Academi es of Kentville and Pictou . H s bent as a n was n and af v n li z s aturalist stro g , ter ha i g fami ari ed him elf of s v with the botany Ea tern No a Scotia, Newfoundland and the

S s s v . Lower St . Lawrence , he pent ome year at Cambridge Uni ,

one of s s of . ss England , the great botany chool the world A ocia tion with a part y offield workers in Pictou County sent out by Y v u v . . hi s e Columbia Uni , N . , led to b ing in ited to take p work s Y ten s sub at the Bronx Mu eum , New ork , about year ago , s v t u n equent to which he recei ed an appointmen , nder the U ited

s v ss fl of s. State Go ernment , to cla ify the ora the Philippine s s n s s New After two year pe t in the I land , he returned to York 1 v 1 9 1 2 . On 2 st lea ing for Manila , in September , the of Decem 1 9 1 3 was v s of s al ber , , he killed by nati e Amboyna I land , M ay for Archipelago , where he had undertaken an expedition the s f was -one s of tudy o the flora of the I sland . He forty year as man of age and unmarried . He w a young fine natural abil

ity and attained high rank as a botanist .

i . . D al h . D . . H B S . ROSS , WILLIAM , C , ( ) P , (Ch cago)

Was appointed to the position of Soil Chemistry in the U . S .

of ri s . . is v Department Ag culture , Wa hington , D C He a nati e

of v of s v . Ri er John , and a graduate Dalhou ie Uni , where he 9 was nominated to the Science Research Scholarship in 1 04 . The line of work which he i s taking up consists of an endeavor to find some economi cal method for the extraction of potash s i f ri from feld par. Th s compound i s used as one o the p ncipal s s of fi z s i s s con tituent arti cial fertili er , and at pre ent imported of from Germany to a large extent . He i s assistant editor “ ” s ts one of he n n s Chemical Ab trac , t largest Scie tific Jour al

published .

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B . 1 6 A . al Ross , ALEXANDER , , (D ) 8 7 . s n and n a f Wa bor at Scotsburn . Teacher Educator ; Pri cip l o

s . s n in High School , Dalhou ie , N B . Retired and re idi g Halifax .

MB U R R B A . T A G M . D S , HECTOR , . , ( al ) 1 875 .

of H n . s s . C is Principal the igh School , New We tmi ter , B , a v f v nati e o Ri er John .

B . A . D al Ph D . . SULLIVAN , CHARLES , . , ( ) , (Chicago) , M sc . ,

M cGill.

ss s ss s M cGill v . was n and A i tant Profe or Mathematic , Uni , bor

w s s a . Ne and is s s . . educated in Gla gow, a i t nt to Prof D A Mur

ray .

B . . . A D al Ph . D . T D . AIT , WILLIAM , , ( ) , (Harvard)

ss s s f M Gill n v . A i tant Profes or o Experi mental Psychology, c U i ,

was 1 879 is of s i n . won born at Hopewell , , and Scotti h or gi He s s in s s honor in Philo ophy Dalhou ie , and pur ued a thorough

s of s v v his 1 909 . cour e tudy at Har ard , recei ing degree in He

married Mary Alice , daughter of the late Edward Maxwell , hi has ca on 1 909 . s Halifax , Dr Tait , in department , rried ori ginal research which has been highly commended by the

n v . u s. U i , a thori tie

WILSON , JOHN W i as born n New Glasgow in 1 877 . He early exhibited a talent for sculpture ; studied under Bela Pratt and Henry s of h as u s v ss s v Kit on Boston , exec ted e eral commi ion ery

s s n l . ucce sfully, includi g Soldi ers Monument at Brownfie d , Me , ’ Firem en s . s Monument at Forest Hill s Cemetery, Bo ton He

conducts a school of sculpture at Boston .

A nation is rich indeed whi ch has such men as those of above named among its assets . For they were , first for s all , men . One does not have to apologize blot and s s tain in their lives , as an American must do for Poe , an

for or . Englishman Byron , a Scotsman for Burns Pictou County i s justly proud of having given birth to these moulders of thought . Through them , it has made a f monumental contr—ibution to the ultimate history o this still young nati on it has put somethi ng of the touch of u l s b imity into the morning of our national life . Canada

1 75 PICT ONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD occupies the latitude whence sprang the greatest nations of history ; no better or more promising people than hers ever broke virgin sod ; She has a high destiny to idealize and realize ; these worthi es of Pictou County are among the best of the first fruits ; they afford a cheering assur ’ ance that our Dominion s destiny is to excel in all which ’ — s s e makes a nation true t lif purposeful culture , guided s by anctified conscience .

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faithful companion and helper . He entered upon hi s work with ardor ; but he did not forget hi s darling pur in pose while engrossed his labors at Cavendish . His letters to the local papers and the Presbyterian B anner

attracted attention and were read widely . He organized

ss s own a mi ionary ociety in his church , and induced other

congregations to dothe same in theirs . He won many of

s s the people ; the Pre bytery of Prince Edward I land , and f o . finally , the Synod Nova Scotia to his views ul 1 843 s In J y , , the year of the di ruption in Scotland , an overture was introduced for the first time in Synod to ss undertake foreign mi ion work . At the next meeting f ul 1 1 1 844 s o Synod , held in Pictou , J y , , it was re olved by 2 1 4 a vote of 0 to to appoint a Board of Foreign Missions .

s s s. . . s The Board con i ted of Rev John Keir , R S Patter on ,

ss M cGre or Robert Dougla , William g , John Geddie , John M c urd . s s C C Sinclair , Jame Bayne , Jame Waddell , John y

and John I . B axter . Several elders were added . The s was fir t meeting held at the close of Synod in Pictou ,

John Keir , convenor , James Waddell , recording Secre

o s . tary , and J hn Geddie , corre ponding Secretary A year s later , Revs . David Roy and George Chri tie , with John i M cGill . s W . W Daw on , (afterward Sir John , princ pal of s as University) were added to the Board . Dr . Daw on w

- hi s ss . a life long friend of Dr . Geddie and mi ion 45 The Board reported progr ess to the Synod of 1 8 . By a majority of one the Synod authorized them to select a ss field and appoint a mi ionary . The B oard met Septem

24 1 845 s s ber , ; and , after prayerful con ideration , Cho e

s di the South Sea I lands as their field , and Rev . John Ged e

as ss . s their mi ionary Thu , nearly seventy years ago , the foreign mission work of the Church first took definite s s s shape . It will be ea ily een that the year wa a marked s of one in the hi tory Canadian Presbyterianism . With a s of s fif Synod compo ed only twenty mini ters , teen elders and five-thousand members ; a treasury which had only

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reached from Pictou , in less than three months , in the u s enjoyment of comforts and lux ries , beside speed and s hi ss was “ afety , to w ch our first mi ionary a complete “ s ul s stranger . He was ju t as tr y the Apo tle of the New “ ” s as ul was s of Hebride Pa the Apo tle the Gentiles . hi s Here Mr . Geddie began work among a people of the

s s s lowest type . Before many year the entire y tem of i . s heathenism gave way Churches were bu lt , school s s dr e tabli hed , chil en trained and godly homes erected . Aneityum became a centre from which light radiated to

the other islands . It became a crown of glory in the hi s ss tory of mi ionary endeavor .

1 865 . hi s i In , Dr Geddie with W fe paid a visit to Nova

i s . s Scotia , their only v it They were the fir t returned ” missionaries ever welcomed by the Presbyterian churches s in Canada . Dr . Geddie told the tory of his work with s s a implicity and pathos that could not be urpassed . The

people never tired of his thrilling tale . He returned and

hi s six i l 1 4 continued labors for other years , t l , December , 1 872 s ss hi s , when , at Geelong , Au tralia he pa ed to reward , — at the age of fifty-eight the pi oneer missionary of the — Presbyterian Church in Canada the founder of the

first Canadi an Mission to the heathen in a foreign land . Nova Scotia has many heroes and heroines on her roll of i honor . Among these , Dr . Gedd e and his devoted wife

s . de erve a foremost place . Mrs Geddie is still living at

s s i n Melbourne , Au tralia , retaining her facultie and her t erest fittin l in the work . She may g y be called the mother of ss she l first - the Mi ion , for rocked the crad e of the born

ss . M rs . s Nova Scotia Mi ion Geddie has two daughter ,

s of s s : M rs . s wive mi sionaries in the New Hebride Neil on , f h Re . s o s e v . wife of Thos Neil on , Tanna , whom had taken she with her , a child in arms , when left Nova Scotia ; and

M D n ld . M rs M acD onald . . ac o a . , wife of Rev D of Efate

s M rs . . . l Her younge t daughter , C G Harrington of Ha ifax ,

died recently .

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s hi s s Rev . J . W . Mathe on and wife ettled on Tanna , in 1 s 85 8 . . s Mr Mathe on was born at Roger Hill , Pictou ,

1 32 s n 8 . He enjoyed the preciou privilege of a pious a ces try . He began attending the grammar school at Durham ,

M cD onald s s taught by Daniel , afterward In pector of s s chools for Pictou County , to prepare him elf for the ss Seminary . After being accepted as a mi ionary to the ri s was New Heb de , he ordained in Prince St . Church ,

22 1 - 856. . s s hi s Pictou , November , Rev Jame Wat on , pastor preached the sermon ; Rev . George Walker offered s the ordination prayer , Rev . Jame B ayne delivered the ss charge , and Rev . A . P . Miller addre ed the people . The

n of 1 85 7 s h s wi ter , he pent in P iladelphia , pro ecuting medical studies . s Before his departure , Mr . Mathe on married Mary

di s s s Ged e Johnston , the econd child of Jame John ton of 1 837 . Pictou , and born in that town , October Her mother

R . . rs s was a Sister of the ev John Geddie M . Mathe on w s of s s a one the lovelie t of women , of deep per onal piety ss h and admirably fitted for mi ion work . Both s e and her husband entered upon their work with great earnest s s s nes . They underwent great hard hip , and encountered l perils of the gravest character . They on y labored four di M rs . s years in the field . Mathe on ed at the early age

- f 1 62 of five o 8 . twenty , the eleventh March , , and Mr

s s s . Mathe on a few month later , at thirty year of age s was s as Dr . Paton aid that Tanna often de cribed the s ss harde t Mi ion field in the heathen world , but the light d w s M rs. s a which Mr . and Mathe on kindle there never

s wholly extingui hed . s 1 872 s The church in the Maritime Province , in , ent forth three young men to fill the blanks made by death and

s s . by retirement . The e were the Revs . Jame D Murray ,

M cKen zi was . e . . s . . J . W and H A Robert on Mr Murray hi s n O . bor at Durham , Pictou C , and took literary and

s s Hi s s theological cour e at Truro an d Halifax . fir t

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l was s n S . and o y charge in Antigoni h , N His heart ss was was in mi ion work , and he appointed as Dr . ’ ’ Geddi e s successor in Aneityum . On account of his wife s

ss s s s Au s blindne , he re igned in a few year and ettled in

li . s tra a s . Re igning this charge he went to Tennes ee , U was s A . . S . , where he ettled over a congregation for a time Subsequently he returned again to Australia and was called to Moruya , where he labored with great diligence s hi s 1 3 and succe s for sixteen years , until death , July , s - s s 1 9 1 3 . Mr . Murray was ixty eight year of age and leave n s a widow and o e son . He wa a man of great spirit and beloved both in the home and foreign fields .

K n zie . M c e . D . hi s Rev . John W , D , and wife were for s M cKen a long time , honored mis ionaries in Efate . Mr . f i s CO . o zie a native of Green Hill . Pictou , the fourth a K nzi e h l r . M c e family of ten c i d en His father , Alexander , was for many years an elder in Salem Church , Green Hill ,

s . under the ministry of the Rev . Geo . Patter on , D . D i s . M cKen z e From the time he was eight year old , Mr of cherished the thought becoming a missionary , though he never spoke of it until he Offered himself to the Foreign s Board . He was educated at New Gla gow , Dalhousie

l . s College , and the Theological Co lege , Halifax He al o

s s u took a hort cour e in Medicine . Previo s to entering on hi s ss of mi ion work , he married Miss Amanda Bruce i s . 1 9 1 3 . M cKen z e Mu quodoboit , N . S In January , , Mr , retired after forty years of faithful and fruitful service

l ss in the mi ssion field . His tactfu ne has meant much to the whole mission and his saintly character has exer d s s ci se a unique influence upon European as Well as native . ss s Erromanga , where five mi ionarie were murdered ,

s i s two of them devoured by the cannibal , now

s . . a Christian I land Rev H . A . Robert son and hi s i w fe were appointed to Erromanga , the Martyr ff s Isle , where their e ort have been crowned with abun ’

. s wa dant success . Mr Robert on s born at Barney s

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In the summer of that year he was licensed and ordained

of . S . to the Charge Bridgewater , N , where he labored with hi s s marked success . Some years after ettlement a throat trouble compelled a rest . He decided to spend a few

s ni . month in the tropics , and went to Tri dad While there he became greatly impressed with the destitute i of s . ni Spiritual condition the Cool e Retur ng home , he laid the matter before the Board , and they brought it hi s 1 before the Synod w ch met in New Gla gow , in 867 . So moved was the Synod by his appeal that on motion of was s s s Robert Murray , it unanimou ly agreed to e tabli h

ni ff s s a mission in Tri dad . Mr . Morton o ered his ervice dl so to the Board . He was gla y accepted , and became n the fir st missionary of the Tri idad Mission . He and his

s di 1 1 867 . family sailed for the We t In es , December ,

w s of s ul . s Dr . Morton a a man ing ar devotion He erved hi s his Master with hi s whole heart . Next to devotion was hi s remarkable tact and good judgment whi ch were felt not f ss ff s o . only in the Mi ion , but in all the a air the Colony h h E . dau S ortly after his ordination he married Sarah , g

of . M rs . ter the late William Silver , Halifax Morton s entered with her whole heart into the work of her hu band ,

- and was for hi m a fitting help meet . She and her four

f s . . . hi r hi m . o s c ld en survive One the on , Rev H H Mor ’ ton is in charge of his father s field at Tunapuna ; Rev .

h . . i s s s . P D Arthur S Morton , , ub tituting in Toronto Uni

s l . i s ver ity , in Church History ; Dr . Wi liam C Morton assistant Professor af Anatomy in Leeds Medical Uni s nl ver ity , England , and the o y daughter is married to

Rev . . . s . A W Thom on , Pictou

. hi s Scarcely had Mr Morton settled down to work , when he began appealing for another missionary . In con ’ s . equence of Mr Morton s appeals , steps were taken by s s s the Board to ecure a econd missionary . They ent a

f s . s . . o call addre sed to the Rev K J . Grant Merigomi h dl s . . Thi call was gla y accepted , and Mr (now Dr ) Grant

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was s 29 1 870. a de ignated for the work , March , He re ched 22 1 870. Trinidad , with his wife and family , November , From the very commencement the missi onari es gave 1 special attention to the education of the young . In 875

. s as ss John A Macdonald , Hopewell , was ent a mi ionary

s two s . teacher , erving year He was followed by Mr . A . ’

M cLenn an s 1 880. Campbell , Brook , in i s of Rev . Dr . Grant a native Pictou , born there in

Hi s s was s . . 1 839 . fir t charge at Merigomi h , N S He ss 1 907 i retired from the Trinidad mi ion in , after th rty

s s hful s v i s even years of mo t fait and devoted er ice . He now engaged in mission work among the Coolies in Van was s ss couver , B . C . Dr . Grant fir t married to Mi Sarah Hi s was ss of s . Gedde , Yarmouth second wife Mi Copeland

hi s . . s . . son Merigomi h , N S A of , Rev George A Grant , is

s . B . son pa tor at Black River Bridge , N ; another , G . s i s a si ss Gedde Grant , born in Pictou , leading bu ne man

of ai s s . in Port Sp n , We t Indie was Rev . William L . Macrae born at Abercrombie , Pictou

CO . s . , and was educated at Dalhou ie College and Pine Hill ni 1 886 was He began his work in Tri dad in , and located at

Pri nc wn s suc esto . Here he labored mo t faithft and cessfully in missionary and educational work for nearly hi s n hi m nineteen years , until health faili g , he returned 1 9 5 has s home . Since July 0 he been erving a congrega was s ri tion at Golden , B . C . Mr . Macrae fir t mar ed to

ss lm an . . Mi Elizabeth Cree , Stewiacke , N S She died in 1 9 Hi i 88 . s s s pre ent wife was Mi s Sad e Mitchell , Meri

gomish , N . S . to . . s w s ss Rev A W . Thom on a appointed mi ionary

1 s is son . Couva in 890. Mr . Thom on a of the late Rev

s s was Co . Jame Thom on , and born at Durham , Pictou s s 1 885 Graduating from Dalhou ie Univer ity in , he took hi s i ' theolog cal course at Princeto n Seminary . For twenty w years Mr . Thomson labored with great energy and ith

s s con picu ou success in the mission field . Ill health

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s compelled him to re ign and return to Nova Scotia . He of is now pastor Knox Church , Pictou , inducted there m M c 1 91 1 . . C . in His brother , Rev Willia Thomson , is

s of of ni pa tor Greyfriars Church , Port Spain Tri dad . Pictou has sent three of her sons to do rm ssion ary work

di . . off . . D . in far In a Rev Charles M Grant , D , was for

u three years a missionary in India . He was sent o t in connection with the Indi a Mission Commi ttee of the

of . h s church Scotland W ile settled as a pa tor in Halifax ,

s M cLeod he re igned at the request of Dr . Norman to s preach to the educated native of Calcutta , where his lectures were attended by hundreds of English speaking s s s natives . His promi ing career wa arrested by a evere

s . illne s . whereupon he was ordered home A year later he

s . accepted a call to Gla gow , Scotland , and then to Dundee Pi c oni an f . . t o The Rev Dr Grant is a , a brother the late

Principal Grant . He retired from active service a few years ago and makes hi s home in Dundee . s 1 885 Rev . Robert C . Murray was ent to India in by the — ’ s s St . s We tern ection of the Church Paul Church , Mon was treal , undertaking his support . Mr . Murray a son

was Cariboo CO . of Hugh Murray and born in , Pictou , ’ s s ni s educated in Art and Theology at Queen U ver ity , 1 5 88 . Ontario . He graduated in the spring of In the fall of that year he began his work in Ujjain the Oldest

di . s city in In a , with rare tact and zeal A year later , Mi s s Charlotte Wilson , daughter of the late Charles Wil on ,

Pictou , joined him and they were married . In less than a year M rs . Murray died and four months later Mr . “ Murray himself died suddenly of sun stroke . Lovely and pleasant were they in their lives , and in death they "

di . M acKa . . A . were not vided Kenneth G . y, B S , Toronto 1 . 906 Univ , was sent by the Canadian Church , to Central India to instruct the natives in agricultural and industrial 1 91 2 work . He resigned in , and returned to Pictou , his

“

. . M cK native place . Rev William R ay is stationed at

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i . M cKa Kongmoon , South Ch na Mr . y was first sent to 1 902 ss Macao , in , and was the first mi ionary located there . s hi s He devotes mo t of time to educational work . He was

CO . son f born in Springville , Pictou , and is a o Mr . Joseph M cKa s y, an elder in the Springville Pre byterian Church . 1 896 He graduated from Dalhousie College in , taking a

. . 1 901 . B D degree from Princeton Seminary , in For s i hi three year prev ous to his departure for C na , he held s a pa torate at Noel and Kennetcook . He married Miss ’

O Brien . . . Sc . Mary , B , Noel , N S Knox Church , Regina ,

supports them .

A . f . s . o s Rev . George M Ro s , B , son Alexander Ros , was born at Blue Mountain , Pictou , and studied theology 1 901 . at Pine Hill , where he graduated in He married ,

Minnie Robertson of Ontario . He was sent as a mi ssion 1 903 i s ary to North Honan , China , in , where he now labor ’

i s . s . . s ing He upported by St John Church , Toronto ’ i s Pictou s s Rev . Luther L . Young repre entative in

1 i s . Korea . He went out in 906 and settled in Ham Heung

CO . He was born at Millsville , Pictou , graduated from s ni s 1 903 Dalhou ie U ver ity in , and three years later from

A. Pine Hill . He is married to Catherine F . Mair , B . , s s Campbelltown , N . B . The fir t Pre byterian Church ,

M rs . . New Glasgow supports Mr . and Young

Rev . D . G . Cock , a descendant of Rev . Daniel Cock the r s i of was ss fi t settled min ster Truro , appointed mi ionary s to Mhow , Central India . He was born in the We t River 1 99 8 . Valley , and graduated from Pine Hill in Soon

s ai ss after , he was ent as an ord ned mi ionary to Alaska hi s where he spent three years . On the eve of departure 2 as missionary to Indi a in 1 90 , he was married to a college

- ss . . cla mate , Miss Ella Maxwell , Halifax , N S ’ of Pictou s s So far as known , none fair daughter have entered the ministerial or legal professions or ventured

far into the fields of literature and science . They have devoted their lives to the humbler yet equally important

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- spheres of the home and the school room . The county has been the home of the very best type of capable and

- self sacrifici n g mothers and wives . Much of its fame and influence is due to them . Many families have furni shed — teachers for the public schools some families as many

‘ as . half a dozen For that matter , nearly every man in the professional lists in this book , at one time or another , taught school ; and as the students from the Academy and College went ou t into the country districts to teach in the summer , they had much to do with making Pictou the literary and educational centre which it is .

A few Pictou women have studied medicine , and over a dozen have gone to be missionaries and teachers in foreign s ul ul s land , and have been faithf and fruitf worker for the M cK s . s . a Ma ter The first to go was Mi s Mary B y , a

Ka . . of . s c daughter Mr Jame M y , elder , Stellarton , N S She was sent by the Western section of the Church to i was nl 1 888 . Central Ind a , in She o y a short time in the

D . sh was . . field when e married to Rev John Buchanan , M , f l s Mrs. o . of Ontario . Buchanan is a graduate Mt A li on ’ f h ’ s B . o t e s v . Ladie College , Sack ille , N , and Ladie Med ical College , Toronto . She is now living in Amkhut ,

al she s s ss Centr India , where and her hu band are ucce fully engaged i n missionary and medi cal work among the Bhils .

di fi of Mrs . Elizabeth M . Butler went to In a as an of cer 1 898 the Salvation Army , in , but in a few years joined the ’ Friend s Foreign Missionary Association of England with

. h s . s e her hu band , the late Edward J Butler Altogether has given eighteen years of active service with Sohagpur i s of as a centre . Mrs . Butler a daughter the late James

M cLaren . , Wentworth Grant , Pictou Co h s s ss s Cariboo CO . a , Pictou , ent two mi ionarie from the — same house to labor in India Misses Jemima and Mary

n 1 904 K n zi s M K n zi . M a c e e I , Jemima c e e w appointed , ’ s i - under the Women s Union Mi sionary Society o America ,

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al . to medic work in Cawnpore , India Two years later she went to Fatephur where she had charge of a large hos she s pital which was largely in trumental in building , and 1 905 of she i s . s s which now in full charge In , her i ter , M cKen zie was C aw Mary , appointed to succeed her in n pore where for nearly six years she engaged in Medical h was ri 1 9 1 1 s e . and Bible work . In mar ed to Rev A . A . l s s Verscho e . Smith , y , Ont The two i ters are graduates s s di of Dalhou ie Univer ity and the Me cal School , Halifax , and are highly esteemed both for their work and their personal qualities .

s s CO . From the Mill ville di trict , Pictou , three young

i s s s women have g ven their live to the cau e of mis ions.

s s s of . . . w Mi s Annie Young , a i ter Rev L L Young , as 1 89 s 7 . ettled at Wan Chi , Central China , in She was educated at Pictou Academy and in the Christian Alliance

s s s she i In titute , New York City , under who e au pices s now s s s s laboring . Mi s Jennie Fra er , al o of Millsville , ailed for h as of mi ss s India in 1 898 . She charge a ion tation at

M rs . u . s s s Shantip r Her ister , Agne Fra er , (now John N .

Culver , a missionary from the U . S . went to India in

1 904 i s . and located in Dholka , India They were both trained for missionary work in the Chri stian Alliance Y i . ts School , at Nyack , N . , and are working under Board . f ss o Rev . A Mary S . Herdman , daughter the late n ‘ Mi m i s ss drew Herd an , Pictou , doing mi ionary and educational

al . was s s o u work in Dhar , Centr India She fir t ent t to 1 903 Northern India in by the Church of England , but for the last dozen years she has been under the control of the i s s Canadian Church and upported by the W . M . F .

. s s s Society , Toronto She helps in the Di pen ary , and act as Bible teacher to women . ’ s ss ss M cCu nn Another clergyman daughter , Mi Be ie , M cCu n-n is daughter of the late Rev . R . , River John ,

di . was s as laboring in Jhansi , In a She fir t appointed Pri n cesto wn 1 900 s teacher to , Trinidad in , and pent five

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s years there . Afterward she attended the Ewart Mis i n ar s o y Training School Toronto , and while there was ’ ss appointed by the Women s Union Mi ionary Society , i Y . . s N . , to go to Ind a Her work includes Ho pital and ! s enana work , and the uperintending of day and Sunday schools . f ss . s o . . . Mi Maud M Roger , daughter Mr B D Rogers , was s ou t 1 909 di Stellarton , ent , in , by the Cana an Church i s . and now laboring in Song Jin , Korea She took a course in Domestic Science in B oston . D n l f L s M c o a d o . M C . Pri cilla , daughter Mr John Mc

Donald , Durham , Pictou , (now the wife of Rev . Willard

ford i s ss Ra a adda di . ed . S T ) in the mi ion field in y g , In a

ss . . . . Mrs . Be ie A Robb , wife of Rev A F Robb , Korea , is

D . s a daughter of Rev . Robert Cumming , D . , We tville ,

s 1 901 N . S . They were appointed to Won an in , and are ’ s s r . . upported by St . Paul Chu ch , Fredericton , N B

ss . . s Mi Jenny Hazel Kirk , daughter of J H Kirk , Ea t ’

CO . was River St . Mary s , Pictou , appointed by the Foreign

s . Mi sion B oard of the Maritime Synod to Wonsan , Korea

1 . s 5 1 9 3 . She ailed December , , from Vancouver , B C

A daughter of William Cameron , County Clerk , Pictou ,

s as . son Chri tina Cameron , w married to Rev Fred Paton ,

D . was s of Rev . John Paton , D . , and engaged in mis ion

s . work with her husband in Malekula , New Hebride She 4 1 91 . died April , It will thus be seen that Pictou County has made nota ble contributions to the cause of Missions . Great honor h as fallen to her in sending forth such a noble band of men s s and women to publi h the me sage of the King .

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s s ss where it was u ed in the early tages of the mi ion , s s s printing primer and uch other small work , in the lan guage of the natives . Some years later a larger press was old on e sent out from Britain , and the was transferred to

ss Rev . . . 1 the new mi ion field Of G N Gordon , in 856, on s Erromanga , where it was u ed for the same purpose as in has the other mission field . What since become of it is not known . s so The first printing establi hment properly , called , in 2 Cu nn l was 1 8 7 . . abe l i Pictou , set up in by J S of Hal fax and William Milne , a Scotchman , recently from Aberdeen .

was The former was a practical printer but the latter not . The partnership was dissolved in a few months and for s some years Mr . Milne was the ole owner . On leaving

I . . f Pictou he went to Providence , R , where some o hi s ’ sons followed their father s trade . s s s 1 827 A prospectu was i sued in Augu t , signed by

CO . William Milne , giving notice of intention to publish “ ” s a paper to be called the Colonial Patriot , and reque ting the support of all interested in local affairs and in sound s ss principles and politics . After much di cu ion on the “ ” part of its promoters the name of The Pictou Patri ot

M c lo h was thought to be most suitable . Dr . Cul c sug “ s was ge ted the name Colonial Patriot , which adopted ,

was ul s s a name which f ly ju tified by its broad ympathies .

s on . Nearly four month later , Friday morning December 7 , s s of the first number was is ued . It con isted eight pages

of s s s . three column each , and mea ured ten inche by twelve was s of l It trong in its advocacy the po icy of the Academy .

s was s s Thi the fir t native newspaper out ide of Halifax .

1 800 s Shelburne had had three before , but the e were transplanted from the American colonies and soon ceased s publication . The principle of the paper and the vigor and independence of the editor soon brought it into public notice . The Patriot sounded the first note of Responsible Gov rn m en e t in the British North American colonies. Though

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Opinions favorable to reform were widely current there was as hi nl s yet no organ w ch ope y avowed reformed entiments . The Halifax papers were too near the center of things to s s s r s peak with any in i tence on the g eat question at issue . It was in the country that the great body of reform senti s ment exi ted and where , no doubt , grievances were most was felt . And it from that quarter that reform was first to find a voice in its behalf through that powerful agency

l ss . of en ightenment , the pre Pictou had the honor of estab

shin s li g that organ , the predeces or of the reformed Nova

Scotian , which began as that carried on , the work of prop

in s s s our agat g tho e idea of liberty , equality and ju tice in s Provincial Government , which at length prevailed by heer

force of their inherent truth . It required an edi tor with s was ideas and convictions to do thi work . Such an one w found in Jotham Blanchard . He as a New Englander by birth and no doubt was familiar with the freedom

under republican institutions in the country of hi s birth . Any such ideas which he may have possessed would not

M cCulloch . be lessened while under the influence of Dr . In Blanchard the times found the man to do work that hi s s sorely needed to be done . He brought to ta k keen s r intelligence , literary kill and power of argument , g eat i too a perseverance , and a great zeal wh ch all e rly con s f S sumed his power o body and mind , and cut hort a career o fli ce which gave every promise of greatness . From the of the Patriot was issued for a time a paper for youth i s called the Juvenile Entertainer . It not known how w as s s s long it publi hed , but it erved a good purpo e at ’ a time when children s books were few . Among those trained in the Patriot office two deserve — particular notice Alexander Lawson and John Stiles . s was of s was Mr . Law on a native New Gla gow , and em ployed on the Patriot as an apprentice from its establish its di s to r ment to continuance . He then went Ya mouth s where he establi hed the Yarmouth Herald , the first

1 93 PICTONIANS AT HOME AN D ABROAD successful venture in newspaper printing in the Western part ofthe Provi nce . With the exception of a short interval f r he conducted it o forty seven years . It is one of the i n w oldest papers in the Prov nce , and is o conducted by hi s son J . Murray Lawson . ’ 1 83 1 Pi ctou s In the year , second paper made its ap

r . p ea an ce It was called the Pictou Observer . In politics it was opposed to the reform movement , and antagonistic ’ M cCulloch s for to Dr . policy the Academy . It was M l . K n zi . . . c e e published by Wi liam Gossip Rev K J , a

s . Scotti h Kirkman , was its editor The Observer was not w s a . a success financially , and after a time it discontinued s M cD on ald of It was resu citated by Roderick , a native

Scotland , who had been teaching the lower branches in

Pictou Academy . The second attempt to establish the ’ ff for Observer proved futile after a year s e ort , we read 1 4 M Cou that in 8 3 it was once more revived by Mr . c

f . s o . bray St Johns , Newfoundland , with Martin I Wilkin , s a prominent lawyer and legi lator , as editor , but it again ffi became defunct . In this o ce was trained Alpin Grant . f 1 848 Born a mile back o the town in , he bought from Gossip and Coade the old Halifax Times and commenced of the publication in its place , the British Colonist which s he conducted through its whole course . He was al o for ’ s s ometime Queen s printer , and ama sed a small fortune by

printing in Nova Scotia , which few other men have done . “ ” s The next paper publi hed in Pictou was The Bee , a to a ri cul weekly journal devoted politics , literature and g was of ture . It conducted by James Dawson , father the s f late Sir J . William Daw on who purchased the plant o the

2 1 . old . 7 835 Patriot The first number appeared May , The general character of its contents was similar to that s ri of 1 8 s ofits predecessors . In the p ng 83 John Stiles i sued “ a prospectus of a new paper t o be called The Mechanic ” and Farmer . Mr . Stiles was brought up near Pictou , his

father who had come originally from Cornwallis , settled

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. s near Scotch Hill , where he had a mill Mr . Daw on , was two thinking there not room for papers in Pictou , s s s s agreed to ell his e tabli hment to Mr . Stile ; and the Bee s s f wa di continued in the month o May of that year . The Mechanic and Farmer was immediately announced in its w ss 2 as s on 3 1 838 . . stead , and fir t i ued May , Mr Stiles s ss made his paper a ucce financially , and gave great stimulus to farmers in the amount of information ci rcu 1 42 lated on agricultural subjects . In 8 a religious paper in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Nova

s l s s Scotia was e tab i hed in Pictou under the name , Pre was byt erian Banner . It edited by the Rev . James Ro ss ; i s . r printed by Mr St le , and continued fo a little over on e year . 4 1 843 On October , , The Mechanic and Farmer ” “ and The Banner were merged in The Eastern ” s ss Chronicle which is till i ued at New Glasgow . The

. s plant was purchased from Mr Stile by the Rev .

s . . . George Patter on and Mr J L Geldert , and was con

s . s s ducted by them for ome time Mr . Stile went to Wa h in gt on and secured a good position in the Pension Ofli ce there , where he died some twenty years ago . Among those employed in the office may be mentioned Donald Gunn of Hopewell who afterward conducted a printing

s s . establi hment in Bo ton ; Edward M Macdonald , after fo s wards M . P . r Lunenburg , a native of We t River ,

1 46 ou s l s who at the close of 8 bought t the e tab i hment , 1 847 and in January , took the management of the paper hi s into own hands . He continued to conduct the paper ’ until appointed Queen s pri nter when he removed to Hali

fax and there established the Halifax Citizen with Hon . who . Hi s . William Garvie brother, John D Macdonald , s f e had been for ometime employed in the of ice , took charg f s o the Ea tern Chronicle after his withdrawal . to 1 Up about the year 868 , newspaper publication in the

county was confined to the town of Pictou . Then the

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Eastern Chronicle was removed to New Glasgow , with Al n n ll . . hi Robert M cCo e and W B ley , the latter for t rty Su n of years proprietor Colchester , Truro , in charge . Mr .

M cCon n ell was a Pictou man and a veteran journalist . He edited the Eastern Chronicle for ten years ; served on the editorial staff of the Halifax Morning Chronicle ; was publisher of the Trur o Gu ardian ; then editor of the Moncton Transcript ; for a time Editor -in -chief of the

to in 1 892 be Montreal Herald . Returning Halifax . he came the managing editor of the Morni ng Chronicle . Some years later he retired from active journalism and was appointed to a position in the Finance Department

1 909 . at Ottawa , which he held until his death in He was 1 42 born at Meadowville , in 8 , and was educated at Dur r s ham Grammar school and the No mal chool , Charlotte town . While in the latter place , he acquired a knowledge “ of printing , and became from that time a newspaper ” man . He was promi nently identified with the Presby teri an church and active in the Sunday school and Tem ran M onn ll e ce . . cC e p cause His second son , J Miller , is o financial editor n the Montreal Daily Star . He was born in New Glasgow in 1 870 and gained his early experience s 1 887 in new paper work on the Eastern Chronicle . In he joined the staff of the Montreal Herald and ten years later went to the Montreal Star with which he has ever Since been connected . Later on the Eastern Chronicle passed into the hands of

s . Daniel Logan , now a prominent journali t in Hawaii

Mr . Logan is a Scotsburn boy . He began his newspaper ffi ni 1 career in the o ce of the Eastern Chro cle in 867 . In 1 877 di he became e tor and proprietor . In 1 884 he went to Honolulu where for more than a quarter of a century he has been engaged in journalism and literary work and has “ ” s of justly earned the title Ne tor the Press . After Mr . Logan ’ s departure the Eastern Chronicle passed into the M acK n i of . . e z e hands S M , who published it as a

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1 890 Reverting to the town of Pictou , the year witnessed ’ the destruction of the Standard s ofli ce buildi ng and plant by fir e ; and as the gentleman who then owned the News had little in common with the town and county he sold to the Standard the News plant , and the latter paper ceased publication . This left Pictou with but one paper , till in 1 893 the Pictou Advocate was established with John

. as D . Macdonald son of John D Macdonald , senior , pro

tor s s p ri e . The New Gla gow News , a daily , was fir t published in the fall of 1 9 1 2 . s Of the other periodicals publi hed in this county , the only ones worthy of Special notice are the monthly organs

ff . s of the di erent religious bodies The Missionary Regi ter , 1 5 as s s 1 850 to 8 7 , w the fir t missionary paper publi hed in was w the Lower Provinces . This merged ith a monthly magazine called the Christian Instructor and was edited 1 5 1 0 s 8 5 86 . by the Rev . George Patter on , to The Record of of the Church Scotland was commenced in January , 1 854 of , and during the greater part the time was pub i h d ff l s e in the o ice of the Coloni al Standard . Many Pi ctoni an s have been connected with the press s s was el ewhere and one of the be t known George Munro ,

was 1 825 . who born at West River , At the age of twelve f he entered the o fice of the Observer , Pictou , to learn the s printing bu iness . He only served two years when he s at became a tudent in the New Glasgow schools . He tended Pictou Academy for three years and for some years s taught chool in the county . His reputation as a teacher led to his being appointed head master of the Free Church

1 850 1 56. Academy , Halifax , in , where he continued until 8 In that year he removed to New York City where he soon became a successful publisher of popular books and periodi

cals . He was engaged in the publishing business for nearly s mil forty year and became a lionaire . The Munro Publishing house was known everywhere in

the United States and Canada . In 1 867 , he began the

1 98 PRESS AN D PRINTERS OF PICTOU publication of the Seaside Library whi ch contained the

ss s s . best fiction , e ay and hi tory It provided good and cheap readi ng for the masses and it is impossible to calcu u of s late the great educational val e tho e publications , for di s ll s . was they reached mi ions of reader Mr . Munro a criminating editor and a man of excellent literary judg

was s . ment . He a warm upporter of higher education s He never ceased to be intere ted in his native land , espe cially in its educational institutions . The main recipient s of his bounty, was Dalhou ie College , in which he endowed successively five Professorial chairs besides providi ng for s all scholarships and exhibition , giving in to the amount l of nearly half a mil ion dollars . While a teacher in the Free l f Church Co lege , Hali ax , he managed to complete the regular s cour se in Theology although he never entered the mini try .

24 1 896 - Mr . Munro died April , , in the seventy eighth year was s of hi s age . His whole life marked by indu try and

s . s Rev . . uprightne s . Mrs Munro was a ister of Dr

s al . Forre t , H ifax s s ss Hi s brother Norman L . Munro was al o a ucce ful publisher of books and papers in New York City . Mr .

1 44 . CO . 8 8 Munro was born at Millbrook , Pictou , April , 1 866 s He went to New York in , and engaged in publi hing business under the name of the Munro Publishing Co . He

24 1 894 . died on February , was s W . E . Maclellan , B arrister , for a number of year managing editor and chief editorial writer of theWinnipeg

1 - n - hi s . 9 1 905 di i Free Pre s From 00to he was E tor c ef , of r was the Morning Ch onicle , Halifax , N . S . Mr . Maclellan

O . 1 855 . born at Durham , Pictou C , He was educated at s Pictou Academy and Dalhou ie College , and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Halifax . was 1 880. s s He called to the B ar , For everal year he was Inspector of schools for the District of Pictou and South 1 s . 909 s ss Colche ter In , he won a prize for the be t e ay on

Immigration . He has written many short stories and

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literary articles for leading American publications . He s fi In entered the Dominion Public Service , as Po t Of ce 05 1 9 . ril spector for Nova Scotia , in Maclellan was a b liant edi torial writer , and is today a frequent and valued contributor to the magazines and public press . He mar of i s ried Margaret J . Mackenzie Pictou and a brother of Principal Maclellan of the Pictou Academy . A on The Rev . P . M . Macdonald , M . . , is the editorial staff of the Westminster Company , Toronto and has

of for written a number stories , essays and poems the For s magazines and the religious press . several year he f “ ” wrote or the Presbyt erian , Toronto , under the name “ ”

h in . . f of Donal B a Mr Macdonald is a native o Pictou . s 1 894 He graduated from Dalhousie Univer ity , ; and from

' t ri 1 896. the Presby e an College , Halifax , He was Pastor ’ 4 f . ul r 1 96 t 1 90 s o St Pa s Church , T uro , from 8 o ; ince 1 91 3 of then until Pastor Cowan Avenue Church ,

. ri s ri Toronto He mar ed Mi s Ch stina Logan of Pictou . Y rst n . . Frederic o o , B A (Dalhousie Harvard) is the

of - managing Editor the Montreal Standard , a high class

. Yorston was r weekly published in that city . Mr bo n in Pictou town and after a thorough course of study at home di s and abroad , entered Cana an Journalism , taking a po i on tion Montreal Daily Star . When the Standard was o started he took position f Managing Editor . He is of s now President the Montreal Publi hing Company . Al . of vin F Macdonald , editor the Morning Chronicle ,

T . of s Halifax ; homas M Fraser the Free Press , Sa katoon ,

- . . f Sask , and Albert E Crockett , B . L . o the Post Express , s Y . . f Roche ter , N , are Hopewell boys . The editor o the

Wesleyan , the organ of the Methodi st Church published in

. S . . f Truro , N , is the Rev D . W . Johnson , D . D . , o River

John . In the history of the press in Pictou there is much in

of i Pi cto this brief review wh ch ni an s may well be proud . No place outside of Halifax has so long maintained efficient

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w HE first election in Pictou Cou nty as held in 1 799 . s s These were the days of irre pon ible Government , when an autocratic Executive at Halifax governed the as Province , they saw fit , and generally without regard to the just claims of the outlying settlements . It was s s natural , therefore , that the Scot men of Pictou hould be

s s strong in prote t against thi form of government , and when the opportunity was formally Offered them they expressed themselves as strongly opposed to it . i s s At th s time , the countie of Pictou , Colche ter and n s s desi Halifax were o e for Electoral purpo e , and were g “ ” n ated Halifax County . Out of the four candidates allotted to the county of Halifax , Pictou returned two , s W . Cottman Tonge , and Edward Mortimer in oppo ition

. s to the ruling element at Halifax Mr . Tonge is aid to s have been a man of great independence , and fearle s in 1 ss s . 806 s a erting the right of the people In , Colche ter and Pictou again overruled Halifax by electing Edward

hi . Mortimer and S . G . W . Arc bald of Truro Edward

Mortimer was of Scottish descent . He settled in Pictou town where he became a prominent merchant and shipper .

Because - of his wealth and influence he was sometimes “ ” styled the King of Pictou . For over twenty years he represented the people in the General Assembly of the

Province . Political seed was apparently sown in a fruitful

field , and the men of Pictou have ever since taken the deep est s s and mo t intelligent intere t in public affairs . Through worthy representatives they have made their influence strongly felt on the floors of successive Parliaments and s Legi lature .

’ s di s Pi ctou s l The out tan ng que tion in early po itics , and the one whi ch contributed to a greater degree than any

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f nf n other in causing party stri e , was the u ortunate co

ro ers s s t v y , la ting more than twenty year , over Pictou ’ on i s Academy s claims for Government aid , l nes imilar to ’ hi that accorded to King s College , Windsor , w ch was the

c . special care of the Coun il of Twelve Edward Mortimer , George Smith and Jotham Blanchard were successively of the men who championed the cause the Academy . In was s its earlier stages , the quarrel eccle iastical , as well as political , and intense feelings were aroused . Jotham 1 30 Blanchard was elected in 8 to the Assembly at Halifax . ” of This was the year the big election , concerning which many stories of strife , bloodshed , and even death are told . s s s Hon . J . W . Carmichael de cribe the famou election of “ ” “ ”

1 3 . 8 0, when Kirk and Antiburgher were the war cries as Elections were not held then now in on e day . That on e i ad occupied three weeks , commencing in Hal fax , ournin u j g to Tr ro , and then to Pictou , a week in each ,

s . the excitement increa ing . as the contest proceeded From Truro came accounts of bands of electors marchi ng in from Stewiacke , Londonderry and Tatamagouche with pipes playing , flags flying , and forming in a body around

Cour t House Square . The battle rolled on to Pictou and when Highlander met

Lowlander then came the tug Of war . A regular plan of

was . campaign marked out On Monday , the Kirk men took possession of the town and drove the Antiburghers before them like leaves before the blast . The Antiburgher leaders took counsel with one another and orders were “ s s il issued . Mes engers ped over h ls and dales ; and Anti s burgher to the rescue , was the cry . From East and s l We t and Midd e River came in the detachments , and s s of revived the drooping pirit their party . The college ’ - was guarded . A body guard was stationed in Blanchard s

House . On Wednesday night a fierce and possibly fatal

contest was prevented , solely by the interposition of Dr . M cCulloch hi s , who placed m elf between the contending

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PICTOU I N POLITICS parties just as their columns were coming into confli ct ; so s and prevailed on both to retire . And pas ed away the — ul hi s week a week eventf in the tory of Pictou , and of was dl s Nova Scotia . It decide y the mo t exciting election s ever held in the Province . The bitter feeling engendered

ss . in that strife have long pa ed away There are now few , very few , remaining who can even call them to recollection . Joseph Howe followed the polling to Pictou and reported “ s hi s the event there in the interest of paper , the Nova was Scotian . Howe at that time attached to the Party o f Privilege and afterwards said that it was the impres sions made upon hi m by Blanchard and the other Pictou s reformers that turned his mind toward the popular side ,

s ss s s a he expre ed it , tho e Pictou cribblers converted ” me . i si Next came the ag tation for Respon ble Government , and Pictou was the centre of the movement . Jotham

was s Blanchard the fir t public man in the Province , by s s s voice and pen to pres for Re pon ible Government , as s we have it today . Thi he did through the columns of the Coloni al Patriot and before the Home Government in 1 83 1 when he went across to plead for justice to Pictou 1 836 s of s Academy . In the di trict Pictou was establi hed

s . re re as a eparate county B y that act , it received two p sent atives for the County and one for the townshi p of

Pictou . The first election under the new plan took place that year , when by a compromise between the parties , al s George Smith , a Liber and an upholder of respon ible l s government , and John Holmes , a Tory and open y oppo ed f hi s o s . to the new order t ngs , were cho en After a conte t

Henry Hatton was elected to represent the township . 1 838 s s s m In Thoma Dick on ucceeded George S ith , the n latte being elevated to the Legislative Council . From

1 840- 1 843 s r Blackadar Holme , Hen y , and Hatton were the

s s . u s repre entative The next fo r year , Holmes and George s R . Young repre ented the County and Blackadar the

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1 847- 1 85 1 township . From the members were Young ,

Bl kadar . Andrew Robertson and ac George R . Young was a member without portfolio of the first real Reform Gov f 1 4 ernm ent that came into power after the election o 8 7 . In 1 85 1 the Liberals lost the County and for four years

s s the repre entatives were Holme , Robert Murray and

s. Martin I . Wilkin s was on e of s on Mr . Holme the earlie t settlers the

East River of Pictou . He came from Scotland when hi s only eleven years of age . B y industry , intelligence and public spirit he won the confidence of the people and for 1 s . 5 8 many years repre ented them in Parliament In 8 , he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council and 1 876 1 867 . in to the Senate of Canada He died in , aged s 87 year . M cD n ald In 1 85 5 Captain George M cKen zie and A . C . o were elected for the County and Wilkins again for the D nald s s n of s township . Mr . M c o was the fir t o the oil re re to win the confidence of the electors of Pictou . He p s s ented the County in the Nova Scotia Legi lature , in the s for was of Liberal intere t , eight years , and Speaker the

House of Assembly before Confederation . Captain Mc Kenzie was one of the old school politicians and a leading s man in the county . For eight years he repre ented it in

s s of the Liberal intere t . Mr . Wilkin , though not a native w s a . the county , long identified with it He went against hi s party at Confederation and was elected in 1 867 on the ’ An n an d s Liberal ticket , becoming Attorney General in Mr . 1 859 Government . In the County was di vided into two

s s . districts , Ea tern and We tern From 1 859 to 1 863 Cap tain George M cKen zi e and James M cD on ald represented di s M D n ld . . the Ea tern strict and A . C . c o a and R P

s . 1 863 1 s Grant , We tern From to 867 , the Eastern di trict M D s was represented by James c on ald and James Fra er , s (Downie) , and the We tern district by Alexander M cKay and Donald Fraser .

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1 886 i ff , Bell and Munro were again elected w th Je rey

M cC oll s s , New Gla gow, the fir t Liberal elected in Pictou s in 1 887 for nineteen years . Mr . Bell re igned , and ran for s a seat in the Federal Hou e , but was defeated . His place i in the Leg slature was taken by William Cameron , who was elected by acclamation , and again returned by popular 1 9 1 94 A 1 1 894 . 8 0 8 r vote in 890 and From to , lexande M cGre or ll s . Grant and Jame D g , with Wi iam Cameron , represented the county . s M cGre or Jame D . g , New Glasgow , entered public 1 890 of life in , and served for four years in the House

was 1 8 7 . 1 9 Assembly . He returned again in 9 In 00 he l di was an unsuccessfu can date for the Commons . In 1 903 was l 1 9 1 0 s he ca led to the Senate , and in ucceeded

Pi oni n . ffi ct a . . s another , the Hon D C Fra er , in the o ce of M cGre or i s Lieutenant Governor Of the Province . Mr . g

Re r or s v . . M cG e s a grand on of the Dr g , and enior partner in

M cGre r . ha the firm of R . go Sons He s long been promi ’ nent in Church and State. His elevation to the Governor s

- Chair was a well deserved honor to a worthy citizen .

Matthew H . Fitzpatrick represented the County in the

- s s 1 9 1 . Hou e of As embly from 1 897 1 901 . In 0 George G s was Patter on elected along with E . M . Macdonald and

C . E . Tanner , and became a member of the Murray Gov ern m ent 1 906. . , but failed of election , in Robert M Mac

M cGre or Gregor , son of the Hon . James D . g , was nomin 1 904 s al s ated in to ucceed E . M . Macdon d in the Legi la

. w as s . ture He oppo ed by A . C . Bell , whom he defeated was He elected again in 1 906 with Charles E . Tanner .

John M . Baillie represented county at Halifax from 1 906

1 91 1 . 1 909 . M acKa . to In , R H . y was elected when Mr s 1 1 1 Tanner ought to regain hi s seat . In the election of 9 .

s . Gr r . . Charle E Tanner , Robert M . M ac ego and R H M acKa y were Chosen and are the present representatives . M . acGre or i s Mr g a member of the Murray Government ,

. and Mr Tanner Leader of the Opposition .

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nf Reverting to the Co ederation period , the County

s s . chose as its fir t repre entatives to Ottawa , James W of Carmichael , a Liberal , and a man much ability , who

1 67 1 72 1 874 1 878 . served from 8 to 8 , and again from to Redistribution in 1 872 gave Pictou the right to send two s M cD onald members to Ottawa , and Jame and Robert 1 98 ull on s . 8 D o , were elected the Con ervative ticket In

Mr . Carmichael was called to the Senate , but resigned in

- on 1 1 903 hi s . 1 903 and died May , in eighty fourth year of Mr . Carmichael was the son James Carmichael and

K n zie of of Christian M c e , his wife , both natives Canada , 1 6 s . s . Scotch de cent He was born at New Gla gow , Dec , 1 ri 1 85 1 8 1 9 . Educated at Pictou Academy , mar ed , to

of M cColl of u . S . Maria , daughter Duncan , G ysboro , N ,

(She died Dec . Mr . Carmichael was long one of of u the best and most promi nent citizens Pictou Co nty . w s He a widely and honorably known throughout Canada , 1 874 as a business man and as a public man . From

1 878 . , John A Dawson , represented the county in the

Dominion Parliament with Mr . Carmichael . 1 878 u of In , with the ret rn Sir John A . Macdonald to M cD on ald D oull power , James and Robert , were once D on ald s ss s . M c more ucce ful . For many year , Mr was in the political arena , As a young man , he Showed great af aptitude for political life and leadership . He terwards became on e of the most prominent politicians in Canada . Elected by hi s native county to the Local and Dominion s Parliaments , he oon took a leading place as a public ’ s cD on ald s peaker and debater . That James M honor and ability was recognized by his contemporaries i s evi den ced by the numerous responsible positions which he

. was held He Financial Secretary for Nova Scotia , Rail ss in al ss way Commi ioner Nova Scotia , Imperi Commi ioner in a crown difficulty in Jamai ca and member of several ss national trade commi ions .

1 878 s In he became Mini ter of Justice in the Sir John A .

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’ r Macdonald s Government , and th ee years afterwards Was appointed Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of Nova was Scotia . His place in Parliament taken by John Mc was re- 1 882 1 886 1 890 Dougald , who elected in , , s of and 1 896, retiring in that year to accept the po ition

s . Commissioner of Customs for Canada , which he still hold cD l Robert D o ull was the colleague of Hon . James M ona d 1 2 from 1 872 to 1 874 and again from 1 878 to 88 . In

1 882 , Charles H . Tupper , now Sir Charles H . Tupper

f . C . o Victoria , B , came in and continued to represent the 4 County until 1 90 .

Edward M . Macdonald , first appealed to the Electors s s in 1 894 at the Provincial election but was un ucces ful . In 1 896 he was a candidate for the Dominion Par 1 897 li am ent with the same result . In he won the elec

s of ss 1 900. tion to the Hou e A embly , and again in He resigned to stand for the Dominion House but was was re again defeated by Adam C . Bell . He , however ,

s s 1 94 turned to the Legi lature unoppo ed . In 8 , Charles

was s . E . Tanner elected to the Legi lature with Wm

. 1 97 was Cameron and Alex Grant . In 8 he defeated , but 1 s 1 908 elected in 1 901 and 906. He re igned in to run for M cD on ald was the Federal Seat against E . M . and de

- . re sse feated He sought election to the A mbly , but was

- M cKa . r 1 9 1 1 . . e defeated by R . H y He was elected in 1 9 In the general election of 8 6, Adam C . Bell was nomin ated in place of John M cD ou gald and secured election 1 1 4 900. 90 as he did again in In Edward M . Macdonald was elected to a seat in the Dominion which he has since

re- 1 908 1 9 1 1 re r held , being elected in and having now p e sented the County continuously in Legi slature and Parlia

ment for eighteen years .

s Pi ctoni an s The fir t in the Legi lative Council , was the

. s s of s was Hon Jame Fra er , Drummond , New Gla gow , who was 1 867 . s appointed in Mr . Fra er was a man of much

force and character and was a leader in Church and State .

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s s and a strong , logical , graceful peaker with a fine pre ence and commandi ng appearance he was elected by the Con 1 servative party for the local house in 878 . In 1 886 he was elected for Pictou County at the head of the poll of

i x s 1 887 his s s s candidate , but in resigned eat to conte t the County as an independent Conservative for the House of

s s Common , but was defeated For the next nine year he s was s s remained out of active politic , but alway intere ted s in the public welfare , and was een on the platform on several historic occasions He was the fir st Mayor of

New Glasgow in 1 876 . In 1 9 1 1 he was called to the Senate H by the Borden Government . i s death following soon after his appointment was universally regretted . Pictou h as not only had men to represent her worthily on the floors of Parli ament but h as sent ou t many of her sons wi n s i n s e to political honor other field . Among the latt r

s . may be mentioned Robert Mar hall of St John , New 4 s Brunswick . In 1 87 he wa a candidate for the City of

. B . . v s St John , N , in the Pro incial election , but was de 1 feated . In 876 he was returned for the Constituency and was elected for a second term . He was a member of the Government for some years until his retirement from 1 2 88 . u politics , in He was born in Picto County , April 2 1 — 7 832 . df was , His gran ather , Robert , commonly “ ” s called , Deacon Mar hall , who came from Dumfries , 1 775 Scotland , to Pictou , in , with the South of Scotland s people , and ettled at the Middle River , where he built the s fir t barn in the county , and where the Presbytery of its s Pictou held fir t meeting .

. . s of E M Macdonald , enior , son the late George Mac s donald , of We t River , and a younger brother of the late

D - . . M c on ald s A C , was elected the fir t Dominion member , 1 867 of in , for the County Lunenburg . He was born at s 1 825 ’ We t River , in , and was one of Joseph Howe s chief lieutenants . He was made Collector of Customs for 1 870 1 74 Halifax , in and died in 8 . He was a brilliant

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f . o writer and speaker Dr . Alexander Cameron Glengarry was for many years a representative for the County of i s Huntington , in the Local Leg lature for Quebec . ’ s M cGilli a of Hon . vr Angu y, a native B ailey s Brook , was first returned to Local Le gislature for Antigonish in 1 878 as i , a Liberal ; and continued a member thereof , w th but little interruption until his elevation to the Bench in 2 of 1 90 . He was Speaker the Nova Scotia Assembly from 1 3 1 of di 88 to 886, and a member the Fiel ng and Murray

Governments . of of William A . Patterson town Pictou , represented the county of Colchester in the Local House from 1 874 to 1 1 1 1 8 6 s 89 896. 8 , and again in the Dominion Hou e from to Guysboro County had a worthy representative in Hali ’ s of M cLellan s 1 2 fax i n James A . Fra er Brook from 88 to i s of s 1 890. He now Editor the Ea tern Chronicle and f s n o . . . Ho . Mayor New Gla gow D C Fraser , afterwards s s of D . C . Fra er , repre ented the county Guysboro for 1 8 1 891 many years . From 88 to , he was leader Of the was Government in the Council , when he elected to the ni Domi on Parliament from Guysboro . He continued to represent the County until 1 904 when he became Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and in 1 906 was ap

pointed Lieutenant Governor for the Provi nce , which fi s Of ce he held until hi death in 1 91 0. He was one of the best known and most popular men in the public life of

Canada . f . o In Ontario , Dr Peter Macdonald , a native Toney s r 1 96 1 904 River , repre ented Center Hu on from 8 to in the Federal Parli ament and was Deputy Speaker in the 4 f s 1 1 . . o Hou e of Commons from 900 to 90 A . E Fraser ’ M cLellan s s f Brook , repre ented the County o Cumberland s of s 1 4 2 in the Hou e As embly from 89 to 1 90 . The same county was also represented from 1 901 to 1 906 by Daniel L od w s M c e a . , who born near Hopewell ’ In 1 906 the people of King s Coun ty chose a man of

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s . s s . Pictou , Cha . A Campbell , for their poke man at Halifax

In 1 91 1 the County of Cape Breton selected another , s John C . Dougla , a Stellarton boy , to send to the Halifax i s Assembly , after having had as their Domin on Repre enta

f s . 1 91 1 . o tive from 1 908 to , James W Maddin We tville s In British Columbia , Pictou men have al o come to the s front . The records of that Province how that Robert Grant of Pictou was elected for Comox County in 1 903

M acK 1 0 . a and 9 7 ; Neil F y , a son of the late Alexander

M Ka s s ac y , of Pictou , repre ents Ka lo ; and another , M cLean M cLean son of . . Wm . R . , the late D K of Pictou ,

s . . . represents Nel on H M Tweedie , was born at Stellarton ,

Re . s di s f v . son o the Mr Tweedie , pa tor of the Metho t s Chur ch . He represents Calgary Center in the Legi lative f Assembly o Alberta . M acKa In Newfoundland , the memory of Hon . A . M . y, a son of Pictou , who achieved distinction in telegraph work is still revered . His political career in Newfoundland , was in many respects uni que . For nineteen years he was

s ss dis a member of the Hou e of A embly , and enjoyed the tinction of never having been defeated . For many years he was a leading member of the Legislative Council . A Pictou man who h as won distinction in distant Au s f trali a . s son o , is Hon Simon Fra er , of William Fraser , 1 4 s 83 . Lorne , where he was born in He went to Au tralia as a young man and engaged in bridge and road construction . He became active in public affairs and was elected to the ss 1 874 A embly in , representing the County of Rodney , ni 1 Victoria , for ne years . In 886 he became a member of 1 9 1 0 . the Council and he was elected to the Senate . Hon s Senator Fra er , has taken a deep interest in all the public

s s s s s and religiou intere t of the Colony . He re ide at Mel bourne , Victoria . Another Mr . Fraser , from Lorne , was ss s Commi ioner of Public Work in San Francisco , Cal . , for

s . s ome time He was a brother of late John Fra er , post

m . aster , Stellarton

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CHAPTER ! I

PICTOU I N THE B USINESS WORLD

HE influence of Pictou County in the development of the industrial and commercial life of Canada has hl been hig y important . Her enterprising sons have held positions of responsibility throughout the length and breadth of the land ; and her mariners have trod the on s l quarter deck every ea . On y a few facts and names s i s however can be pre ented in th chapter . Pictou County is fifty miles long and about twenty

s s . n f miles wide , and contain acre It has o e o the finest harbors on the northern shore of the Province with — s s s s dl three fine tream , Ea t , We t and Mid e rivers , flowing

. s into it Along the hore the land is low and level , but in the interior it i s hilly and undulating with fine natural ’ s . s s . cenery From Fra er Mountain , Green Hill and Mt Thorn are to be seen ever-varyi ng and most beautiful

sea . views of hill and dale , and land field and forest When the first settlers arri ved In Pictou the whole of the county was covered with timber of the finest quality .

White pine was particularly plentiful and common , but oak , fir , maple and all kinds of wood were found of large s ff ize and in great abundance , and a orded a valuable source of income to the inhabitants ; and the lumberi ng industry

was of s then , as it has been later years , exten ive and

prosperous . In 1 774 the first cargo of square timber was

s ai . 1 803 ss hipped to B rit n In , some 50 ve els were loaded

in Pictou Town . The cutting , hewing , hauling , rafting and hi of s pping ton timber , became for some years the Chief s ss of bu ine many of the people of Pictou . As the timber was cut and removed men turned their attention more and

more to farming .

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Pictou County has always been considered one of the best agri cultur al counties in the Province . With the s exception of a few tract of land here and there , the whole s county is fit for cultivation . The fir t Agricultural

s . Society in the Province was formed at We t River , Jan

1 1 81 7 . s s , , with the Rev Duncan Ro s as Pre ident , Daniel

s . Fraser , Trea urer , and John Bonnyman Secretary They al s r imported seed grain , agricultur implement and Ay shire

1 1 . cattle . In 8 8 they held a ploughing match on Mr ’ s ff Mortimer s farm , near Pictou . Prize were o ered for s of ul the be t acre wheat , and for the man who co d stump and plough the greatest quantity of new land . A similar 2 society was organized on the East River in 1 8 0.

Coal was first discovered in Pictou County in 1 798 . Word was sent to England that there was coal in abundance in Pictou ; that it was found on the margin of the East ss s f River ; that it was acce ible to hips o light tonnage , and that the coal was of the best bituminous quality . A wealthy firm purchased the ground . This was the begin ’ Pi cto s 1 2 ning of u coal industry . In 8 7 the General

ss s di Mining A ociation purcha ed the property , imme ately commenced active development , and , before the end of the

n s s s year , were producing coal o an exten ive cale , u ing a s i s s team engine for hoisting . Stellarton the large t coal h producing center in the County , and is a t riving s bu iness town . The Acadia Coal Company of Stellarton i s the direct successor of one of the oldest mini ng corporations of the

. s ss ss s County That it survive until today , and po e e as it does on e of the most modern and the most complete

- S u coal handling equipments in the country , peaks vol mes of f i s s for the great value the coal fields o Pictou . It aid — that the thickest coal seam in the world is found here 38 i s feet in depth . Th company owns the Acadi a Coal Mine s at We tville and the Vale Mine at Thorburn . Fifty years ago a wilderness of scrubby birch and

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The first attempt to smelt iron in Pictou County was s 1 828 made by the General Mining As ociation in , the year after the Company had commenced operations in this s s ore di s field . Ju t previou ly , iron had been covered near ’ ’ L n n s s di s M c en a Brook , a hort tance from the company s

ore for s s colliery . The was sent to England analy i and , a favorable report having been made by the company ’ s

s was chemist , a deeper interest aroused in the latent 1 29 was possibilities of the country . In 8 an attempt made hi s to manufacture pig iron . For t s p urpose a bla t furnace

s . wa erected at Albion Mines , the first in Canada Iron was smelted to the extent of about 50 tons . The ruins of this furnace were standi ng until 1 85 5 . 1 72 In 8 the Hope Iron Works , afterwards the Nova Scotia Forge Company commenced operation s in New Glasgow with a capital of $4000 with a view to manu i factur in g railway and marine forg ngs . Six years later , s of the works were removed to a larger ite , upon the banks AS the East River , in the present town of Trenton . the s of enterprise prospered , the principal hareholders the company decided to engage in the manufacture of steel , at the same time organizing for this purpose a new com pany called the Nova Scotia Steel Company wi th a capital of The first steel ingots were made here in ul 1 883 s n J y , , being the fir t produced in Canada o a commercial basis . One of the chi ef di fficulties encountered by the Company was 4 s ore . 1 89 that of obtaining uitable In , the well

ore s s of s fd . known Wabana iron depo it Bell I land , N , was acqui red . Thi s deposit now forms the chi ef source of ore

s . 1 900 supply for the, furnace of the Province In , after purchasing the coal and other properties of the General ni s Mi ng As ociation in Cape Breton , the Nova Scotia Steel

s Company was reorganized , and assumed the pre ent of name the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company . New s Gla gow is the seat of the manufacturing departments ,

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and charm of its own . It has good reason to be proud of s it s s its history and in titutions , men and its hip s . The corner stone of the first house in Pictou was not laid until 7 9 of i 1 8 , but once it started , the growth the v llage into

was . s ss a town , rapid The first leading bu ine man in the

s Edw . C town wa Mortimer , an Englishman who ame to

s thi country while yet a young man , without means , went fish s s into the timber and busine s , fir t representing a

Halifax firm in Pictou and then for himself . He first ’ s located him elf a little above Mortimer s Point , near Squire

Patterson whose daughter he married . Here he put up

ui a small b lding , intended both for a house and a store .

s Afterwards he removed to the Point near the Stone Hou e , where he had his home and where he built two large ss s wharves ou t to deep water . Here he ama ed a mall 1 . s 81 9 5 2 fortune He died uddenly , in , at the age of , and hi s estate dwindled to practically nothing . He bui lt s of s s Norway Hou e , one the hi toric and interesting place in the town . B eckels Wilson in Nova Scotia Speaks of Norway . s as s s s l Hou e the be t hou e in Pictou , perhaps the be t bui t i s s private one in Nova Scotia , with t wall a foot and a half s thick , fine fat timbers , plenty of hone t freestone , and a great dry cellar and as sturdy today as the day he built it . Other business men of the early days of Pictou were s s John Daw on , Thomas David on , George Smith ,

s William Mortimer , John Patterson , Abram Patter on , Henry Hatton and James Dawson who was the first book s seller in the Province out ide of Halifax . William s s s Mathe on , Roger Hill , began on a mall scale and after s di d wards moved to We t River , where he a large country M K trade . Robert c ay began business in River John soon ’

s . after Ed . Mortimer death , with whom he had been a clerk River John was at one time a prominent center for ship s ss the building and bu ine enterprise . The leading men were

Ken zi s M L n in M c e c en an s Kitch s. , the , the Henrys , and the

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s s now s Bu ines being well establi hed , a number of mer chants combined to build a vessel to be a regular trader w s between Pictou and the Old Country . She a called the s w s a . Enterpri e and built by Thos Lowden , and launched 2 in 1 8 0. Captain Lowden may be considered the father of the Ship building art in Pictou . He was a native of the S of s 1 7 outh Scotland and ettled in Pictou town about 88 . 1 798 ri i was In he launched the ship Har et , wh ch , at that

s s hi u time , con idered the largest and fine t S p b ilt in the 1 825 Province . In came the terrible financial crisis in the mother country whi ch for a time killed the Shipping and timber business in Pictou . The day on which the i n telli “ gence came was long known as Black Monday . ’ Of what may be called the second generation of Pi ctou s s s s was on e bu iness men , the late Jame Primro e , of the was most prominent . He the father of the late Hon . s Clarence Primro e , Senator , and of the late Howard Prim i s al s n . ro e , mo t equally prominent their generation James

r s s was son s s Prim o e , enior , a of the Scotti h man e , and came to Nova Scotia in his youth without any pecuni ary

scru u endowment . B y means of untiring industry and p

ss ri s s has s lous uprightne , characte tic which he tran mitted hi s to all s descendant , he made his way rapidly to the front in business and finance . He constructed at the s east end of the Town , the hand ome dwelling familiarly ” s known as The Cottage , now occupied by his grand on s s s s Jame and his two sister , Miss Primro e and Mi s

Rachael .

A ssociated for a time in business with Mr . Primrose was ss s the late A . P . Ro , barri ter , who early withdrew from the Bar to devote himself to commercial and industrial enterprises . More or less contemporary with these were such other s s uccessful business men as the late James Purve , William M cKen zi e Gordon , William H . Davies , Roderick , John Yo st n s Crearer . . . s r o , J D B Fra er , John , Jame Kitchin ,

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ulloch . s s Davi d M cC , John T Ive , William Ives , Jame Ives ,

~ D oull s s . . Jame Hi lop , A J Patterson , Robert , Daniel M L . c enn an H ocki n , Richard Tanner , James P , David

all of s Fullerton , whom made their mark in busines , and most of whom have left descendants prominent in the social and public life of the Province . The history of New Glasgow dates back to about the n ot year 1 809 . At that time there were more than a s dozen houses in the place . Today , it is a large indu trial ul f and business centre wi th a pop ation o over 7000. The s men who founded New Gla gow were James Carmichael ,

M Ka . s s M cGre or John c y , Hon Jame Fra er , James g , M cGre or s M cKen zie Roderick g , Alexander Fra er , John , i Ken z e . George M c , Thomas Graham and John Cameron s New Gla gow was fortunate in its founders , for they were men possessing fine business ability and great force of nl s character . They were not o y intere ted in the com m erci al growth and progress of the town but in its moral f and . religious life . Most o the men were offi cers in the church ; some of them took a deep interest in state

s l s of matter ; many were zea ou advocates temperance , and s all of them taunch upholders of law and justice . The credi t of selecting New Glasgow as a business centre for East Pictou belongs to James Carmichael who opened a 1 1 store there about the year 8 0. In the early days of New Glasgow shipbuilding was the

chief and only industry in the place . From 1 840 to 1 870

s . ss s s saw its palmie t days Ve els of all ize were built , numbers of which made successful voyages to all parts of

the world , commanded by captains born and trained in

the county . Prominent and foremost among the ship

s of s M cKen zi e builder New Gla gow was George , who not nl i s of o y bu lt the largest ves els the day , but commanded

several of them . He made New Glasgow noted as one s di of the hipbuil ng centers of Nova Scotia , and probably s did more than anyone el e to make the town .

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Perhaps the oldest representatives Pictou h as in Mon treal and those who have made the greatest material su c s cess are : Mr . David H . Fra er and his brother , Wm . H . f s s r s s o . s Fra er The Fra er b other are ons Hugh J Fra er , s Whose home was on the We t River near Durham . They ’ are now voted among Montreal s millionaires . Another succe ssful business man is Archibald Ross of

‘ rm f ss s son the fi o Ro Greig, econd of the late David s i s ROSS of Saltsp ri n gs; M r . Ro s a Mechanical Engineer _ . ’ and the firm acts as manufacturers agents . Pi cton i an has s A. . s Mr . P Willi , another made for him elf a reputation and at the same time a fortune by putting s s s musical instrument into thou and of Canadian homes . 7 s was l s 1 845 . 1 8 3 Mr . Willi born near Mi l ville in In he migrated to Montreal where he engaged in the sewing f s ss s o s s . machine bu ine , and elling piano and organ After

2 s s . s 5 year of elling , Mr Willi decided to manufacture ; ’ and the company s factory at Montreal turn s ou t about

4000 pianos every year . M cLean N s . w s wa Mr Alpine , born near e Gla gow , for many years a prominent busine ss man in B oston engaged in the wholesale flour and feed business . He was a leader i in the moral and relig ous work of the city . He died 1 1 in 9 3 .

M cG r . re o was Hugh R g born at Brookville , Pictou 2 County 1 85 9 . When he was 1 years of age he moved to

. 1 77 w . 8 Providence , R I In he ent to Brown and Sharpe i to learn the machinist trade . In the third year of h s ap prenticeship he was appointed Assistant foreman of the 1 89 building of Milling Machines , and in 8 to the position

' of ri Mechanical Supe ntendent . The Brown ! Sharpe Company employ over 5000 men and at the present time 39 di ff are manufacturing erent Milling machines . The names of many other Pi ctoni an s of influence and business enterpri se might be added if the writer knew of their location and business .

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anc ar ot am o son Rev. . Bl h d, J h D b , J R

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arm c a e Hon . . . u cat on sts Pi ctOu C i h l, J W Ed i i , Elders

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te enson . L. au e woo S v , R W gh, W ll d t av est ranc ver o n S ewart, D id W B h Ri J h

tewart Rev. ohn est ver S , J W Ri Story of Four Students First settlers

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