Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada
Keene Circuit


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Armstrong, Jean - Centenary History of Keene United Church - Peterborough Review Co (1933)

Nelson, D Gayle - Keene United Church - Keene Unite Church History and Archives Cttee (1988)


            1855                                        Keene Circuit organized from parts of Norwood Circuit. This included Keene, Bethel, Zion

            1855 - 1857                            Henry McDowell

            1855                                        consists of at least Kindreds, Bowies, Keene, Bethel (WMMS)

            1857                                        consists of at least Fifes, Kindreds, Keene, Chambers (WMMS)

            1857                                        2 churches, 8 preaching places (Cobourg District Minutes 1857 May 21)

            1858                                        2 churches, 5 preaching places (Peterborough District Minutes 1858 May 26)

            1858 - 1860                            William Briden

            1858                                        consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Kindreds (WMMS)

            1859 - 1862                            consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Kindreds, Allandale (WMMS)

            1860                                        church built

            1861 - 1862                            Robert Fowler MD

            1863 - 1865                            William L Scott

            1863                                        classes at Allandale, Bethel, Beaver Meadow, Hales Point, Dixon’s, Keene, Kindred’s (Otonabee-Bethel’s Centenary Record)

            1863 - 1864                            consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Beaver Meadow & Allandale, Kindreds (WMMS)

            1865                                        consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Zion (WMMS)

            1866 - 1868                            Samuel Wilson

            1866 - 1868                            consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Zion, Hales (WMMS)

            1869 - 1871                            James Kines

            1869 - 1871                            consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Zion (WMMS)

            1872 - 1873                            William R Barker

            1872                                        consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Allandale, Mathers Corners, Zion (WMMS)

            1873                                        consists of at least Keene, Bethel, Zion (WMMS)

            1874                                        to Methodist Church of Canada