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Carl Wesley Zurbrigg (1919-2002) was a minister with the United Church of Canada for 56 years. He was born in Listowel, Ontario. From 1937-1940 he worked at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Listowel and Auburn-Dungannon. He received a B.A. from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1943, and a B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1946. He was ordained by London Conference on May 28, 1946. He was a summer Student in Tribune, Saskatchewan (1941-1942), Madawaska (1943), Ker (1943-1946). He worked as an ordained minister at Jarvie, Alberta (1946-1949), Peace River (1949-1952), Drumheller (1952-1956), Olivet United Church in Hamilton (1956-1968), Dominion-Chalmers, Ottawa (1968-1975), St. James-Simcoe in Erie Presbytery (1975-1984). In administrative capacities, he was Presbytery Chair of Peace River in 1951, Hamilton in 1960 and Erie in 1980. He was the Hamilton Conference Pension Convenor from 1984-1988. He was on the Executive of the Board of World Mission/Division of World Outreach from 1960-1966. Zurbrigg died in 2002.

William Thomas Young (1884-1965) was born in County Cork, Ireland and attended public and high school there before volunteering for missionary work in Alberta, Canada in 1905. He was appointed first to Strome and Millet. After completing an Arts course at Wesley College in Winnipeg he went to St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton where he was one of the first graduates. During his student days he served at Rimbey, Erskine and New Norway. He was ordained at Central Methodist Church, Calgary in May 1911. Upon graduation he accepted a call to Blairmore where he served until 1927 when he came to Trinity Church, Calgary and in 1934 moved to Edmonton to serve at Calvin, Avonmore, Forest Heights, Rabbit Hill and Norwood United Churches. After his retirement in July, 1955 he served as assistant minister at Metropolitan U.C. until his death in August, 1965. Dr. Young served as President of Alberta Conference, and on the Boards of St. Stephen’s and Alberta Colleges. He married Ethel in 1912.

William Robert Young (1854-1933) was a Methodist and United Church minister and administrator. Born near Kingston, Ontario, he studied at Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, 1879-1881, and received a B.A. from Victoria College, Toronto, in 1890. He was ordained in 1881, and served numerous charges in Ontario and Quebec, including St. James Church, Montreal, 1905-1913. He served various offices in Church courts, and was a longtime Secretary of the General Board of Missions. He was involved in the final negotiations for Church Union in 1925, and planned the inaugural service of 1925 June 10. He retired in 1928, but served on the United Church General Council Executive until 1932. He also served on several non- church boards.

William Harold Young (1892-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister and administrator. He was born at Millbrook, Ontario, was educated at McGill and Columbia Universities, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1916 and served charges in Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. He served as Secretary of the United Church Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1947-1958. He also chaired numerous national committees of the Church.

Lillian Young was the daughter of Egerton Ryerson Young and Elizabeth (Bingham) Young.

Joseph Young (1843-1926) was a Methodist minister in Ontario. He was born in August Township, Canada West (Ontario), and studied at Albert College (Belleville). He was first received on trial as an exhorter and local preacher by the Cannington official board in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained in 1869. His active ministry was divided between Bay of Quinte and Toronto Conferences (Aultsville (1869-1871), Lyn, Brockville (1872), Ottawa District (1873-1876), Picton & Hallowell (1877), W.C. Hallowell (1878), Kingston District (1879-1881), W.C. Cobourg (1882-1884), Thornbury (1905-1909), Marksdale (1909-1912). He retired in 1912 but continued to serve mission churches for many more years, such as Hobbs Memorial and Glenmount Churches in Toronto. He died July 30th, 1926.

Elizabeth (Bingham) Young (1843-1934) was the wife of Egerton Ryerson Young and a missionary. She was born and raised in Bradford, Canada West (later Ontario). She and Young married in 1867, and she travelled and supported her husbands missionary work among Indigenous Peoples at Methodist missions in Canada, often acting as nurse and doctor. They had eight children, three of whom died in infancy.

Egerton Ryerson Young, a Methodist minister, was born in 1840 in Crosby, Upper Canada, the son of Rev. William Young. He attended the Provincial Normal School in Toronto and then taught at Madoc in 1862. In the summer of 1863 he started in the service of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Tweed. He was ordained in 1867 and served at First Methodist Church in Hamilton until 1868 when he undertook mission work with Indigenous People in Norway House, Manitoba. He had served for eight years when ill-health forced him to return to Ontario. He then ministered to pastorates in Port Perry, Colborne, Bowmanville, Meaford and Brampton until his retirement in 1888. Thereafter, he became a lecturer and embarked on extensive speaking tours in the United States, Europe and Australia. He wrote about his missionary work and the history of missions in North America and how the work to christianize Aboriginal People was undertaken.

He was married to Elizabeth Bingham. He died in Bradford, Ontario in 1909.

Egerton Ryerson Young (Jr.) (1869-1962) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario and assistant editor of the Christian Guardian. He was born in Norway House, Manitoba, where his father was a missionary to the Norway House Cree Nation. He attended Victoria College and was ordained in 1896. He served at Zion Church, Toronto, 1896-1897, and was Assistant Editor of the Christian Guardian, 1898-1900. He was then at Copper Cliff, 1901-1902; Port Carling, 1902-1905; Malton, 1906-1908; Chatsworth, 1909-1911; Bracebridge, 1912-1915; Orangeville, 1916-1919; Islington, 1920-1924; Newtonbrook, 1925-1929; Barrie, 1930-1931; and was then superannuated at Toronto, 1932-1961. He was married to Edith Ella Allen.

Edith Ella Young ([1871 or 1872]-1961) was married to Egerton Ryerson Young Jr., and active in the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church.

Alfred Yeoman (1876-1959) was a Methodist minister in the U.S. and Ontario. He was born in Devonshire, England. After his marriage to Jane May Adams he moved to the United States in 1906. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopalian Church in New Jersey in 1908. He came to Canada in 1913 and served at Lynedoch, Clifford, Stevensville, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Aberfoyle, Teeterville and Courtland. He was retired at Tillsonburg, 1948-1952; Ingersoll, 1953-1956; and again at Tillsonburg, 1957 until his death.

Peter Wyatt (1943-) is a minister, and former General Council Office staff with The United Church of Canada. He was born in Stratford, Ontario. He received his B.A. in English from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1966, his M. Div from Union Theological Seminary (New York) in 1969, and his Th.D. from Victoria University (Toronto School of Theology) in 1983. From 1995-2001 he was the General Secretary, Theology, Faith and Ecumenism at the United Church of Canada General Council office. Following that, from 2001-2008, he was Principal of Emmanuel College, and in 2012 Acting Executive Secretary of Toronto Conference. His pastoral ministry includes a summer mission field at Belmont Lakes Pastoral Charge (1967), Field Education at Riverside Church and East Northport Methodist Church, Long Island (1966-1969), Minister at St. Paul's Pastoral Charge (Alberta, 1969-1974), Whitevale Pastoral Charge (Toronto, 1974-1977), Port Hope United Church (Port Hope, 1977-1984), Trinity-St. Paul's Church (Toronto, 1989-1995), Supply at St. Andrew's U.C. (Brantford, 2009-2010), Knox United (Agincourt, 2011), Rosedale United (Toronto, 2012), Burk's Falls Pastoral Charge (2013-2014), Lynn Valley U.C. (Vancouver, 2015), Trinity St. Paul's (Toronto, 2017), and Trinity United Church (Huntsville, 2020-2021). He has taught various courses in theology at Emmanuel College and other institutions, published many articles, and two books entitled "Jesus Christ and Creation in the Theology of John Calvin" (1996) and "The Page That Fell Out of My Bible ; Sermons Preached at Trinity St-Paul's United Church, 1990-95" (1995). He married Joan (Parsons) Wyatt in 1965 who has taught courses alongside him, co-authored articles and shared ministry.

William E. Wright was born in Prescott, Ontario in 1884. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1915 and spent all of his active ministry in Montreal-Ottawa Conference, serving as pastor on two charges in Dundas-Grenville Presbytery. From 1928 until 1943, he was in Shawville and two churches in Montreal. In 1943, he served Chesterville and South Mountain Charges until he retired in 1956 and moved to Peterborough. He became an assistant minister to St. Andrews United Church in Peterborough. Under the sponsorship of the Home Missions Committee he began what is now known as Northminster United Church in Peterborough. He later began work in a new congregation now known as Donwood United Church. He died in Peterborough on December 28, 1967.

Morris Lindsay Wright (1871-1948) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. He was born at Shanley, educated at Queen's University, and ordained in 1910. He was married to Alma Rogers.

Rev. David Wren was a Methodist and a United Church minister in Ontario in the first half of the twentieth century. He was born in Huron County in 1879. He was a graduate of Victoria University, and was ordained in 1908. Rev. Wren served at Maidstone, Ethel, Brussels, Mount Forest, Elm Street and Metropolitan in Toronto, Midland, Trinity, Peterborough, Picton, and Central in Stratford. He died in 1965.

George Coulson Workman (1848-1936) was a Methodist minister, editor and controversial theologian. He was born in Grafton, Ontario and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1876. He was assistant editor of The Christian Guardian, 1876-1878; professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Victoria University, 1882-1884; post-graduate student at Leipzig University, 1884-1889. Back in Toronto, his public lecture on "Messianic Prophecy" in 1890 led to a great controversy about the method of Biblical interpretation. He resigned from Victoria the next year. He spent the rest of his life in study, writing, and supply preaching, except for a period of teaching at Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal, 1904-1908, when he again became embroiled in controversy about his liberal views. He moved back to Toronto in 1910.

Thomas Woolsey (1819-1894) was a Methodist missionary. He was born in England, and moved to Canada in 1852. He continued Robert Rundle's work at Edmonton House, Hudson's Bay Territory, 1855-1864. He promoted missions in Britain, 1865-1866. He married Sarah Wolverson, and served circuits and missions to the Aboriginal People in Quebec and Ontario, 1866-1884. He retired to Toronto in 1884.

Roland Woodward was Chair of the Keepers of the Athabasca Watershed Society. He died in December, 2012.

John Wood (1828-1905) was a Congregational minister, editor and administrator. He was born in England, studied at Congregational College (Toronto), then served as a Congregational minister in Brantford, Ontario, 1852-1874. He was Superintendent of Home Missions and editor of The Canadian Independent, 1874-1877. He ministered in Ottawa, 1877-1893, and in Truro, Nova Scotia, 1893-1897. He also served as Secretary of the Dominion Alliance (re prohibition). He wrote Christian Baptism and The Life and Times of Rev. Dr. Wilkes.

Charles Rowell Wood (1916-1997) was a United Church minister. He was born in Smiths Falls, and was ordained in Montreal in 1948. He served charges at Shawbridge, Vankleek Hill, Merivale and Hamilton. His wife was Norma Grace Wood and their son was Rev. David Harry Wood, who died in 1978.

William Henry Withrow (1839-1908) was a Methodist minister. He attended Victoria College and the University of Toronto where he received his B.A. in 1863. He served pastorates in Waterford, Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto and Niagara. In 1874 he was appointed editor of the “Canadian Methodist Magazine” and Sunday School periodicals, a post he held for 34 years. Some of the works he authored include, “Catacombs of Rome,” “History of the Dominion of Canada,” “Religious progress in the nineteenth century” and “Makers of Methodism.”

Harold M. Wingfield was born at Wanstead, England on April 12, 1912. He received his schooling in Alberta and was ordained by Alberta Conference of the United Church of Canada in 1941. He served nine pastoral charges in Alberta and B.C., including Fort Saskatchewan, Thorhild, Edson, Queen Charlottee City, Ocean Falls, Halibruton (Nanaimo), Squamish, and Lake Cowichan. He died January 11, 1997 at Cowichan Lake, B.C.

William Frederick Wilson (1857-1917) was a Methodist minister in Ontario.

Robert Wilson (1902-1985) was a United Church minister in Ontario. He graduated from Victoria College in 1928 and Emmanuel College in 1931. He was married to Maybel Baycroft. He served the following charges in Ontario: Hearst, 1931-1932, Richard's Landing, 1933-1934, Norval, 1935-1936, Mount Albert, 1937-1941, Orangeville, 1942-1947, Queensway, Toronto, 1948-1956, Ferris, 1957, Emmanuel, North Bay, 1958-1966, and Centralia (retired), 1967-1970. He retired to Albright Gardens in Beamsville in 1971.

Robert James Wilson (1872-1941) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and administrator. He was born at Bond Head, Ontario, and studied at the University of Toronto, Knox College, and the United Free College in Glasgow. Ordained in 1903, he served leading Presbyterian churches in Vancouver and Kingston. He was in charge of promoting Church Union for the Presbyterian Church, 1923-1925, and headed the United Church Bureau of Literature and Information, 1925-1929. He also wrote books and pamphlets, served College Street United Church in Toronto, 1929-1939, and was deeply involved with the St. Christopher Settlement House. He retired in 1939.

Lois Miriam Freeman was born in 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Rev. E.G.D. Freeman. She earned her B.A. and Bachelor of Divinity degrees at the University of Winnipeg. She married Rev. Roy Wilson in 1950. Lois Wilson was ordained in Winnipeg in 1965 and shared team ministries with her husband in Thunder Bay, Kingston and Hamilton before becoming first woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches in 1976. In 1980, she was elected the first woman Moderator of the United Church. From 1983 to 1991 she served as one of the presidents of the World Council of Churches, the first Canadian to do so. She travelled extensively to visit member churches in all continents and was central to initiating the Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women. She was appointed to the Senate in 1998, retiring in 2002. She was Ecumenist in Residence at the Toronto School of Theology from 2006-2009 and is currently Distinguished Minister-in-Residence at the Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto. She has the received the following honours and awards: the Queen’s 25th Anniversary Medal, 1977; The Pearson Peace Medal, 1985; Officer of the Order of Canada, 1984; Order of Ontario, 1991; Companion of the Order of Canada, 2003; Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Award for Christian Unity, 2010; and the Heart and Vision Award, 2011.

John Carroll Wilson (1839-1926) was a Methodist minister in Ontario.

James Wilson (1770-1851) was a Methodist Episcopal minister in Upper Canada. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1816, and taught school briefly. He began preaching in 1817, and was ordained as a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1821. He travelled circuits in Upper Canada until he retired in 1832.

Beatrice Aileen Wilson ([1903 or 1904]-1982) was a deaconess and church administrator. She was a graduate of the United Church Training School and she served the Church in various capacities, including work as Executive Secretary of the Dominion Council of the Women's Association and as Secretary of the Board of Women.

Alexander James Wilson (1884-1961) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and editor of the United Church Observer. He was born in England, and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick. He worked as a machinist, and studied at Queen's University and Theological College. He was ordained in 1915, and was the minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian/United Church in Napanee, Ontario from 1915 to 1939. He edited the United Church Observer, 1939-1955. After his retirement, he worked for two years on the national evangelistic campaign of the United Church.

Thomas Williams (1810-1899) was a Methodist minister. Born in London, England of Welsh descent, his family emigrated to Pennsylvania but later moved to Canada out of loyalty to the British. He was a soldier and a surveyor’s assistant who helped survey most of Oro, Medonte, Flos and Orillia townships. He was ordained in 1945 and proved to be an ardent preacher. He served fourteen years in the Indigenous missions at Cape Croker and Garden River and two years as chair of the District of Algoma.

He was married to Deborah Keays.

Thomas Harry Williams, M.D.C.M, D.T.M., H (English), F.C.A.P., (1888-1965) was a Doctor and Medical Missionary in West China. Williams was born in Escanaba, Michigan and his family moved to Manitoba when he as a young child. He attended Central Collegiate in Winnipeg, then graduated with an M.D. and M.S. from the University of Manitoba in 1916. In World War I he served in the Medical Corp. In 1919 he was appointed as a Medical Missionary in the pathology department of West China Union University. He sailed on October 30th, 1919 and remained stationed in China until 1942. Upon retiring from missionary work Williams continued work as a Pathologist, becoming director of laboratories, and the Department of Oriental Diseases at Deer Lodge Military Hospital in Winnipeg. He also served for a time as an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Manitoba, and as President of the Canadian Association of Pathologists. Williams was married three times; to Laura McGirr, Kate McKellar and Emily Neil. He was widowed following the deaths of Laura Mcgirr and Kate McKellar. After retiring as a doctor, Thomas and Emily moved to Victoria B.C.

John Aethuruld Williams (1817-1889) was a Methodist minister and church administrator. He was born at Carmarthen in South Wales and at the age of seventeen, he emigrated to Canada. He was converted to Methodism at the age of nineteen. In 1846, he was accepted as a candidate for ministry and ordained in 1852. He served many offices in the church, including, between 1885 and 1889, that of General Superindent.

Rhea Hildegarde Menzel Whitehead (1936-2011) was a missionary in Asia, theological educator and General Secretary of the Division of World Outreach. She was born on January 22, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her B.A. from Elmhurst College Illinois summa cum laude in 1956 and M.A. in Adult Education from the University of Toronto. In 1961, after undertaking full-time studies of the Cantonese language, she and her husband Raymond Whitehead moved to Hong Kong where she worked in various capacities with the Church of Christ in China and the National Council of Churches/USA. In 1975 they moved to Toronto where Rhea served as Coordinator of the Education Liaison Programme of the University of Toronto/York University Joint Centre on Modern East Asia for the next two years. She subsequently worked with the Anglican Church of Canada as Regional Mission Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific from 1979-1984 and thereafter, served The United Church of Canada until her retirement in 2005. She was Area Secretary for Asia, 1984-1992; General Secretary of the Division of World Outreach, 1992-1999 and overseas personnel 1999-2005, teaching at Siliman University in the Philippines and Nanjing Theological Seminary in China. Rhea was widely respected and recognized for her exceptional work in international justice and peace. Along with her solidarity and support work in the struggle against the dictatorships in South Korea and the Philippines, overseas partners point to Rhea's pioneering work in opening up the commitment to gender justice in the context of mission partnerships. Rhea and her husband Ray played critical roles in the ecumenical churches’ ongoing relationship with the people and churches of China. Rhea meticulously took down notes of her travels and observations, at workshops and worship which documents form a large part of her records. In 2010, Rhea and Ray were awarded the Katharine Hockin Award for Global Mission and Ministry by the Canadian Churches' Forum for Global Ministries.

Raymond Leslie Whitehead (1933-) was Secretary for Theological Education in the Division of Ministry, Personnel and Education, minister, a teacher of theology and a missionary known for his work in China, the Philippines and Hong Kong. Born in Buffalo NY he left home at the age of 15 for Elmhurst College Illinois where he received his BA in 1955. Inspired by fellow students who worked the 1954 World Council of Churches in Evanston, he embarked on a year of overseas service after graduating. Travelling from Hawaii to Hong Kong to Northern India he was disturbed by the poverty and noted the local ambivalence toward Western missionaries. After his trip he enrolled at Union Theological Seminary where he received a M.Div. in 1960 and was ordained by the United Church USA in 1961. White studying he married Rhea Menzel in 1957. The couple decided to settle in Hong Kong where they worked as missionaries: educating the young, tending to the ill, advocating for workers’ rights. His work caught the attention of Newsweek where he was praised for prioritizing helping the sick and educating the young over saving souls, practicing Christianity over preaching it. His interest in current issues inspired him to return to Union Theological Seminary and earn his Ph.d. in Christian Ethics. White studying he became an Asia Research Consultant for the National Council of Churches USA. One of his tasks was to monitor the state of the Christian Church in China in light of the Cultural Revolution where he became associated with the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars. During this time he established a friendship with Bishop K.H. Ting, leader of the Christian Church in China. They shared the opinion that the Christian Church in China could be Chinese and not exclusively a Western Imperial institution. While working as a consultant he also taught ethics at the Chung Chui College. In 1976 the Whitehead’s relocated to Canada where he became director of the Canada China Canadian Council of Churches. In 1980 he began teaching in the Toronto School of Theology. United Church Work From 1992-1995 he worked as Secretary for Theological Education in the Division of Ministry, Personnel and Education, in the General Council. In 1996 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Winnipeg. He was ordained by the United Church in 1998. He served as an ordained minister at the University of Winnipeg until retirement in 2000. After retirement he spent two years teaching at the Divinity School of Silliman University in the Philippines and then three years at Union Theological Seminary in Nanjing by invitation of Bishop Ting. There he and Rhea became established members of the community.

Rev. Dr. Peter Gordon White was born in Scotland though moved to Canada (Winnipeg) as a young child. He graduated from the University of Winnipeg in Arts and Science and Theology. Afterwards, he studied at Union Seminary in New York. He was ordained in 1946. Throughout his career he was deeply involved with the General Council, serving as Deputy Secretary of Theology and Faith from 1979-1984.

Jim White was an Indigenous Elder in the United Church of Canada, and Co-Chair of the Native Ministries Council.

Duncan White (1929-1999) was a United Church Minister. He received his Bachelor of Divinity from Victoria University and his Masters in Theology from the University of Glasglow, Scotland. He served in Clune Park and Port Glasgow churches in Scotland; Trinity United Church in Newmarket and was field secretary of the Board of Christian Education of Bay of Quinte before leaving for New Zealand to take up the post of National Director of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. On his return to Canada, he ministered at First United Church in Galt (Cambridge) and Port Hope United Church.

John Wesley (1703-1791) was an English theologian, evangelist, and the founder of Methodism. He was born at Epworth Rectory, England, in 1703, the son of Samuel Wesley and Susanna Annesley. He was ordained in 1725 and elected a Fellow of Lincoln College in 1726. He received an M.A. from Oxford in 1727. He was a curate at Epworth and Wroote in 1727 and 1728, and in 1729 became a tutor at Oxford. He was in Georgia from 1736 to 1738. Upon his return, he itinerated in England, Scotland and Ireland. From 1744, he presided at the Methodist Conferences. He died in London in 1791. The principal figure in the eighteenth century evangelical revival, John Wesley is said to have preached 42,400 sermons and travelled over 250,000 miles in the British Isles. He was a scholar, preacher, editor, educator, churchman and general superintendent of the Methodist movement. Closely associated with him was his brother Charles, the hymnwriter of the Methodist revival, and, in the earlier years, Rev. George Whitefield.

Thomas Webster (1809-1900) was a Methodist minister and founder of the Canada Christian Advocate. He was born in Ireland to a British Methodist family and grew up in New York State and London Township, Upper Canada (Ontario). He became a probationer for the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1838, and was ordained in 1840. He served circuits in Canada West/Ontario. He helped to found the Canada Christian Advocate, the magazine of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada, and was editor during 1845-1850. He wrote many articles on theological and moral issues; and books on the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and on the status of women. He served as Presiding Elder in several Districts.

Roy Edison Webster (1911-2002) was a United Church minister, a missionary to China and a church administrator. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up on Prince Edward Island. He attended Prince of Wales College, Dalhousie University and Pine Hill Divinity Hall. Graduating in 1937, he was appointed to West China, but served at Murray Harbour, P.E.I. until 1938 when he was able to go overseas. He served at Luchow, and Junghsien until 1944 when he returned on furlow and then again from 1947 to 1949. On his return to Canada, Dr. Webster served at Orillia, and Agincourt before becoming associate secretary of the Board of Overseas Mission in 1961. He also served as secretary of the Board of World Mission, and then the Division of World Outreach, retiring in 1976.

John Webster (1823-1892) was a Methodist minister in Canada West/Ontario. He was born in London Township, Ontario, became a Methodist local preacher in 1842, and was ordained in 1851. He served circuits in Canada West/Ontario until he retired in 1892.