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Although in Victoria Co, it is so close to the border that Peterborough Co residents would attend church there.


Parrott, Robert - Historical Occasion of the 145th Anniversary of the Fellowship Baptist Church Bobcaygeon (Some of the early ministers are from this history. There is some disagreement between this History and the Yearbooks)

 

            1857 Sep 30                            Fenelon Falls and Verulam congregation established as a daughter church of the Line Church in Smith Twp (Verulam is an early name for Bobcaygeon)

            1857 - 1858                            Daniel Wright

            1858 - 1859                            Robert A Boyd

            1859 - 1861                            Hamilton

            1861 - 1864                            Seth C Rice 4 stations

            1862 Feb 25                            two congregations established: Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon. The two shared the same minister until 1888.

            1864                                        called “Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, etc”

            1864 - 1866                            A McIntyre (Yearbook 1864)

            1867 - 1870                            vacant

            1870 - 1876                            A Tapscott (not in Yearbook)

The above History gives the following ministers, who are not listed in the Yearbooks:

                        1877 - 1878                            McDairmid

                        1879 - 1880                            W Evans

                        1880 - 1881                            W Freed

            1876                                        George Mason (not in History) Stations at Hunter Settlement and Scotch Line (both are assumed to be in Victoria Co)

            1876 - 1878                            T Williamson (not in History)

            1877                                        3 stations, new brick church at Scotch Line

            1878 - 1880                            George Burns (not in History)

            1878                                        Bobcaygeon, Scotch Line (7 miles from Bobcaygeon), Kinmount

            1879                                        add Snowden and Lutterworth (both are in Haliburton Co)

            1879 Oct                                 church opened

            1880                                        5 stations

            1882 - 1886                            William McGregor (only 1883 in the Yearbook, rest in History)

            <1885>                                   James B Kennedy (not in History)

            <1887                                     J W Kelly (not in History)

The above History gives the following ministers, who are not listed in the Yearbooks:

                        1887 - 1889                            Joseph Munt

                        1890                                        vacant

                        1891 - 1895                            William Freed

                        1896 - 1898                            vacant

            1888                                        vacant

            1889                                        J Fraser (not in History)

            1890                                        Daniel Wright (not in History)

            1891                                        J Chandler (student) (not in History)

            1892 - 1893                            J T Marshall (student) (not in History)

            1894                                        Samuel Binch (not in History)

            1895                                        vacant

            1896                                        J T Marshall (student) (not in History)

            1897                                        A G Campbell (student) (not in History)

            1898                                        D McLennan (History says 1898 - 1900)

            1899                                        J I Manthorne (not in History)

            1900 - 1902                            George W Connors (not in History)

            1903 - 1906                            A E Beattie

            1906 Dec - 1908                     A C Bingham (student)

            1909 May>                             J A Moe (student) (not in History)

            1910                                        J T Embury (not in History)

            1910 May>                             William Ashmore (Student)

            1911 Oct - 1913                      W T Farr (student)

            1913 Oct - 1914 Oct               E J Harris

            1915 Jan - 1917                      G P Boddy

            1917 Dec - 1920 Sep              Harold O Eastman (student)

            1921 May - 1925                    William L Hicks

            1925 Dec - 1927 Oct              A H Sproule (student)

            1928 - 1929                            vacant

            1930                                        not listed

            This church left the Convention in 1927. See Baptist-Fellowship