Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A1973.P232 |
Date |
1874 |
Title |
M. E. General Conference August 1874 |
Collection |
A1973.P232 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
Framed photo collage of the 63 delegates who were a part of the Methodist Episcopal General Conference held at Napanee Ont., August 1874 photographed by J.S. Hulett from Napanee. Full List of delegates: 1) Sylvester Kerr - reverend in Oakville at the time of the conference. 2) William Service - reverend in Sheffield Township at the time of the conference. 3) John C. Pomeroy - reverend in Reach Township at the time of the conference. 4) Walter L. Brown - reverend in West Zorra at the time of the conference. 5) Joseph Young - reverend in Stormont County at the time of the conference. 6) F. Lounsbury - no record found. 7) Hiram Williams - reverend in Thurlow Township at the time of the conference. Would go on to become a reverend for Richmond Township in 1881. 8) Thomas W. Pickett - reverend in Farmersville at the time of the conference. He had previously been a reverend for Ernestown. 9) Walter Fansher - reverend in Elgin County at the time of the conference. 10) Charles Taylor - reverend in the Simcoe area at the time of the conference. 11) Frank Chisholm - reverend in Leeds County at the time of the conference. 12) Johnathan Sprague Williamson - reverend in London, Ontario at the time of the conference. 13) John O. Reynolds - reverend in Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 14) George Miller - reverend in East Gwilimbury at the time of the conference. 15) Frederick B. Stratton - a well known minister in Lennox and Addington, holding ministry in Odessa, Morven, Tamworth and Selby. 16) Owen Grafton Collamore - reverend in Ingersoll Township at the time of the conference. 17) John H. Andrews - reverend in Loughborough Township at the time of the conference. 18) Alexander Campbell - reverend in Sidney Township at the time of the conference. Had previously been a reverend for Napanee in 1866. 19) Simon Terwilligar - reverend in Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 20) S. W. LaDu - not enough evidence to identify. 21) Howard B. Palmer - reverend in Elgin County at the time of the conference. 22) Thomas Webster D.D. - reverend in Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 23) Francis Mulroney Finn - reverend in Northumberland County at the time of the conference. 24) Alonzo Griffith - reverend in Elgin County at the time of the conference. 25) Abraham Beamer - reverend in Hamilton at the time of the conference. 26) M. A. Wright - not enough evidence to identify. 27) John Ferguson - reverend in Brockville at the time of the conference. 28) Robert Baldwin Denike - reverend in Darlington Township at the time of the conference. 29) Bishop Richardson D.D. - the retiring bishop at the conference. 30) Samuel G. Stone - the incumbent for the town of Napanee during the conference (1872-1875). 31) Bidwell Lave B.A. - reverend in the Ottawa-Carleton area during the conference. He tied in the initial vote in the Bishop election however in the tie-breaker he lost to Albert Carman. 32) Michael Benson - reverend in Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 33) Bishop Albert Carman D.D. elect. - The newly elected bishop following this conference. 34) Stephan Card - reverend in Durham County at the time of the conference. He succeeded John Bell as the Methodist minister for Napanee in 1881. 35) George Jones - reverend in the village of Stirling, Ontario at the time of the conference. 36) D. Pomroy - no record found. 37) Thomas Argue - reverend in Brampton County at the time of the conference. 38) James Curts - reverend in Trafalgar Township at the time of the conference. 39) Dr. Moses J. Hill D.D. - the senior delegate from New York 40) J. Gardener - editor of the Christian advocate which was likely a Methodist newspaper from New York. 41) Homer Eaton - the junior delegate from New York. 42) John McLean - reverend in Hamilton, Ontario at the time of the conference. 43) W. G. Brown - reverend in Ancaster, Wentworth County at the time of the conference. 44) James M. Simpson - reverend in Westmeath, North Renfrew at the time of the conference. 45) Moses Dimmick - reverend in Eramosa, Wellington County at the time of the conference. 46) Gilmon Sullivan White - reverend in North Leeds/Grenville at the time of the conference. Would go on to become the reverend at Grace Church Napanee between 1901 and 1912. 47) W. Pirritte - no record found 48) John Bell Aylsworth - Methodist official from Newburgh 49) Emerson Bristol - reverend in Ancaster, Wentworth County at the time of the conference. 50) David Wilson - reverend in North Fredericksburgh at the time of the conference and for the remainder of his life. 51) William Claude Bird - reverend in Thurlow Township at the time of the conference. 52) Robert Campbell Parsons - a "presiding elder of the Niagara district" as reported in the Napanee Standard. 53) George Abbs - reverend in the byward district in Ottawa at the time of the conference. 54) Samuel Morrison - reverend in Markham, Ontario at the time of the conference. 55) John Duncan Bell - the minister of Western Methodist Church (later Grace Methodist Church) since the early 1870s and throughout the conference. 56) William Henry Graham - reverend in Renfrew County at the time of the conference. 57) William W. Benson - reverend in Westminster, Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 58) Wentworth D. Hughson - reverend in Delaware, Middlesex County at the time of the conference. 59) William A. Sills - reverend in Percy Township at the time of the conference. 60) John N. Elliott - reverend in the village of Strathroy, Western Ontario at the time of the conference. 61) Able Traveler - reverend in Brockville at the time of the conference. 62) Nathan H. Howard - reverend in Ernestown at the time of the conference. 63) Robert Sanderson - reverend in Whitby, Ontario at the time of the conference. This collage of 63 delegates from across Ontario and New York State was created tocommemorate the 1874 Methodist Episcopal Conference in Napanee by John S. Hulett, a local photographer. Episcopal Methodists werebased in the United States and was one of two major denominations of the Methodist movement at the time. Napanee was chosen due tothe amount of "movers and shakers" that were found in the area however, all of these men were highly educated and well respected withintheir communities. Those attending the conference voted a new bishop into power and made decisions that aimed to move the newlycreated Ontario out of its agrarian past. A full list of delegates and their general location at the time can be found at the end of thedescription. However there are 10 men who are of particular interest due to their association with the county.William Service, designated as number 2 in the collage, was born in Prescott, Ontario between 1837 and 1839. He married Frances CalistaOsborne in April of 1870. In 1871 he was stationed in Sheffield Township (which is now located in Stone Mills Township) and likelyattended the conference as a delegate from this area. In 1881 he became the minster of Grace Methodist Church in Napanee. In the 1881census he is recorded as having 3 children Charles W. (9), Nellie (6), and Etha W. (2). William passed away in Aultsville, Ontario in 1909.He is buried in Picton.Hiram Williams, designated as number 7, was born May 30th, 1820 in Prince Edward County. He married his wife Mary sometime before1847. In 1871 he was stationed in Thurlow Township from which he was a delegate for the conference. As indicated on the 1871 Census,Hiram had 7 children Roceph M. (24), Aalade (?) (19), Thompson (14), Lucy M. (12), Hiram W. (10), James R. and George B. On the1881 census it appears as though Hiram married another women by the name of Lucie M. and the household gained her daughter SarahMcduley (14). Hiram passed away on August 3rd, 1891 at the age of 71.Thomas W. Pickett, designated as number 8, was born on June 30th, 1842. He married Eliza McCoy (or McCay) in 1869 in Ottawa. In1871 he was stationed in Ernestown where the couple had a daughter, Ann, and a son, James. A year before the conference, ThomasA1973.P232RetainedHarmony Van Schyndel12/06/2024CollectionEventMediumCatdateCatbyStatus dateStatus byStatusDisplay valuemoved to Shannonville, presumably attending as the town's delegate. In 1881 the family had moved back to Ottawa. His death date isunknown.Frederick B. Stratton, designated as number 15, was born in Richmond Township in 1838. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in1860. He became well known throughout Lennox and Addington County for his ministry in Odessa, Tamworth, Morven and Selby. As ofthe 1871 census he was married to Sophia E. and the two had 4 daughters: Francis A. (10), Ida E. (8), Ada M. L. (6), and Nellie M. (2).Other researchers suggest however, that the family had up to 6 daughters and 1 son who passed away during childhood. The family wasliving in Sophiaburgh during the time of the conference. In 1881 Frederick was stationed in Ernestown. He held his last sermon inNapanee before he passed away on November 8th, 1906 in Kingston, Ontario at the age of 68.Samuel G. Stone, designated as number 30, was born in Cramhe Township on March 25th, 1836. He married Lovina Johnson on NewYears day 1863 in Ottawa. He served in the Napanee ministry between 1872 and 1875, attending the conference from here. The familymoved to Hamilton in 1876 and then to Sault Ste Marie in 1901. Samuel passed away in Sault Ste Marie on April 1st, 1905 at the age of69.Stephen Card, designated as number 34, was born in Haldimand Township on July 13th, 1838. He married Sarah Mann in 1863. He wasstationed in Clarke Township during the time of the conference. In 1881 he succeeded John Bell as the Methodist Episcopal Minister forNapanee. In 1891 the family moved to Penetanguishene and then to Brockville in 1911. It is in Brockville where he died on May 26th,1915 at the age of 73.Gilmon Sullivan White, designated as number 46, was born in the United States on November 3rd, 1832. He moved to Canada at the ageof 17. Sometime before 1862 he married Tabitha Brown. During the time of the conference he was stationed in Leeds/Grenville. In 1901he was stationed a Grace Church in Napanee. He remained here until his death in 1912 at the age of 80.David Wilson, designated as number 50, was born in Scotland in 1818. Sometime before 1850 David married his wife Jennet. As of 1871he had moved to North Fredericksburgh. He spent most of his life there likely holding ministry for a Methodist Parish and raising theirsons James, William and Franklin. He passed away there on September 19th, 1899 at the age of 81.John Duncan Bell, designated as number 55, was born in Ontario in 1822. During the late 1860s he was stationed at Western MethodistChurch, which would later become the well known Grace Methodist Church. While in Napanee John and his wife Mary had three childrenVictoria, Walerous and Flora. Sometime after the conference John was stationed in the Grenville area. He remained there until he died of aheart attack on February 9th, 1881 at the age of 59.Our final local delegate was Nathan H. Howard, designated number 62, who was born on May 20th, 1814 in Demorestville, Ontario.Sometime before 1856 Nathan married his wife Ruth and the couple had at least two daughters together, Mary M. and Ella L. During theconference Nathan was stationed in Crosby Township. In 1881 he moved to Ernestown however by 1892 he was in Elgin County where hepassed away at the age of 77 on January 8th, 1892. All information on the conference and the delegates attending were found on the blog "Faded Genes - A Chronicle of the people of the Methodist Church in Canada" who appears to have complied research at the museum (author has photos of this accession with each of the identified men). Information on the 10 delegates related to the county was confirmed with census records. Link: https://krassoc.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/the-methodist-episcopal-conference-of-1874/ |
Extent |
In Frame - 25.8 in. x 20.3 in. |
Photographer |
Hulett, John S. |
Search Terms |
1870's Demorestville Ernestown Ernestown Township Kingston Leeds and Grenville Counties Leeds County Lennox and Addington Lennox and Addington County Methodist Methodist Church of Canada Methodist Episcopal Church Morven Napanee Napanee, Grace Methodist - see also Napanee, Grace United Napanee, Western Methodist Church Napanee, Western Methodist Church - see also Napanee, Grace United North Fredericksburgh Odessa Ottawa Prince Edward County Selby Shannonville Sheffield Township Sophiasburgh Township Stone Mills Township Tamworth Thurlow Township |
People |
Abbs, George, Rev. (1822-1904) Andrews, John, Rev. (c1822- ) Argue, Thomas, Rev. (c1835- ) Aylesworth, John B. Beamer, Abraham, Rev. (c1835- ) Bell, John Duncan, Rev. (1822-1881) Benson, Michael, Rev. (c1831- ) Benson, William W. (c1836- ) Bird, William, Rev. (1811-1896) Bristol, Emerson, Rev. (1813-1895) Brown, W.G., Rev. (c1840- ) Brown, Walter L., Rev. (c1834-1890) Campbell, Alexander, Rev. (c1832- ) Card, Stephen, Rev. (1838-1915) Carman, Albert, D.D. (1833-1917) Chisholm, Francis, Rev. (1839-1922) Collamore, Owen G., Rev. (c1824- ) Curts, James, Rev. (c1830-1892) Denike, Robert Baldwin, Rev. (c1840- ) Dimmick, Moses, Rev. (c1840- ) Eaton, Homer, D.D. (c1835- ) Elliott, John N., Rev. (c1833- ) Fansher, Walter, Rev. (1839-1932) Ferguson, John, Rev. (1830-1916) Finn, Francis Mulroney, Rev. Gardner, J., Rev. (editor) Graham, William Henry, Rev. (c1832-1895) Griffith, A.E., Rev. Hill, Moses J., D.D. (1817-1898) Howard, Nathan H., Rev. (c1815-aft. 1891) Hughson, Wentworth D., Rev. (c1819-1894) Jones, George, Rev. (c1809- ) Kerr, Sylvester L. (c1826-1896) LaDu, S.W., Rev. Lane, Bidwell, Rev. (c1844-1892) Lounsbury, Edward, Rev. (c1826- )? McLean, John, Rev. (c1829- ) Miller, George, Rev. (c1831- ) Morrison, Samuel, Rev. (c1814-1885) Palmer, Howard B., Rev. (c1838- ) Parsons, Robert Campbell, Rev. (1830-1912) Pickett, Thomas W., Rev. (1842- ) Pirritte, W., Rev. Pomeroy, D., Rev. Pomeroy, John C., Rev. (c1837-1919) Reynolds, John O., Rev. (c1838- ) Richardson, James, Bishop (1791-1875) Sanderson, Robert, Rev. (c1830- ) Service, William, Rev. (1839-1909) Sills, William A., Rev. (c1831-1878) Simpson, James M., Rev. (c1844-1900) Stone, Samuel G., Rev. (1836-1905) Stratton, Frederick B., Rev. (1838-1906) Taylor, Charles, Rev. (1824-1905) Terwilligar, Simon, Rev. (c1823- ) Traveller, Able D., Rev., (c1841- ) Webster, Thomas, Rev. (1809-1901) White, Gilmon Sullivan (1832- ) Williams, Hiram, Rev. (c1822-1891) Williamson, Jonathan Sprague, D.D. (1843-1926) Wilson, David, Rev. (c1817-1899) Wright, M. A. Young, Joseph, Rev. (1843-1926) |
Subjects |
1870's Methodist churches Methodist Episcopal churches People associated with religion Photography Religion Religious groups Religious pictures |