Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada
Rice Lake Indian Mission


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

There is a five page bibliography in UCA: LCHF-Rice Lake.


            1833                                        from Methodist Episcopal

            1833 and on                            mentioned in WMMS

            1834 - 1835                            Gilbert Miller

            1836                                        William Case (known to have visited Smith Twp - Poole), Sylvester Hurlburt, John Sunday

            1837 - 1838                            Sylvester Hurlburt (brother to Thomas below)

            1839 - 1842                            John Sunday

            1840                                        Rice Lake left the Canadian Conference and joined the English Conference (WMMS)

            1843 - 1844                            united with Alderville Mission, William Case

            1845 - 1846                            John Sunday

            1847 - 1850                            Robert Brooking, John Sunday

            <1847 - 1852                          Mud Lake included

            1850                                        a new preaching place at Rice Lake for whites (WMMS 1850)

            1851                                        Robert Brooking

            1852                                        Mud Lake separated

            1852 - 1853                            Thomas Hurlburt (brother to Sylvester above)

            1854 - 1856                            William Herkimer

            1857 - 1859                            Wellington Jeffers

            1858                                        1 church, no preaching places (Peterborough District Minutes 1858 May 26)

            1860 - 1861                            David B Madden

            1862                                        name changed to Hiawatha Indian Mission