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REMINISCENCES. OF MRS. FENTON
CONCERNING THE LARUE FAMILY, or Escort.
Forty-three years since, the husband of Mrs.
Fenton was in the employ of Sally Larue, Billa
Larue having died previously. Mrs. Larue was
an active and business-like woman, who carried on
the mill, purchased saw-logs, measured them, and, in
fact, performed all the duties devolving upon ber.
Mrs. Fenton frequently heard the following related,
while residing at Larue’s :—
“At avery early date, the Indians formed a plot
for the murder of Billa Larue and his family, for
the purpose of securing plunder. The night was
fixed upon for the perpetration of the deed, buta
squaw who was friendly informed Larue of the
scheme, and advised him to prepare an excellent
supper, and when the Indians came to invite them
in to partake of it. This course was pursued—the
Indians arrived, partook of the feast, and departed
without molesting any person."
Larue built locks at the mouth of the creek, so
that saw-logs could be taken up stream, and also a
fish-pond, the ruins of which are still in existence.
WILLIAM FERGUSON.
William Ferguson came to Canada in 1832, and
settled in Caintown, on Lot No. 20, in the 3rd Con¬
cession, where he opened atannery. He has four
SONS
James, William, John, and Archibald, and two
daughters, who married Benjamin Thompson and
William Tennant. Upon one occasion James shot a
bear with a musket which had to be touched off with
a piece of spunk.
JOHN KINCAID.
Mr. Kincaid was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland,
in 1771, and removed to Canada in 18o1, settling in
Yonge,where for some time he was employed by Peter
Purvis. Subsequently he removed to Caintown,
locating on Lot No. 19, in the 3rd Concession, also
purchasing Lot No. 18, in the 2nd Concession, from
the McDonalds, of Gananoque. He also secured
the front part of Lot No. 15, in the 3rd Concession,
from William Thompson, residing there after the
declaration of war, in 1812. During the war he was
employed by the Government to transport munitions
of war and supplies from Prescott to Kingston, also
troops. His wife was Nancy, sister of William
Thompson. Far and wide, Mr. Kincaid’s residence
was famed for its hospitality, and never did a way¬
ST. JAMES CHURCH, KEMPTVILLE.
In 1827, the members of the Church of England
erected a plain wooden structure, which served as a
place of worship until the commencement of the
present decade. The rector, the Rev. John Stan¬
nage, proceeded to England, and succeeded in
collecting several thousand dollars in behalf of a
new church, the congregation also contributing in
liberal manner. On the 28th of May, 1878, the
Lord Bishop of the Diocese laid the corner-stone,
as a memorial in honor of the late Arch-Deacon
Patton, the first rector, who died at Belleville in
1874, and who, during his pastorate of seventeen
years at Kemptville, greatly endeared himself to his
parishoners. The new church is one of the finest
in Eastern Ontario. being constructed of blue lime¬
stone, the style of architecture being early English.
The church possesses a seating capacity for 500.—
The following is a list of the pastors of the church:
Rev. Arch-Deacon Patton, from 1827 to 1846; Rev.
H. M. McKilpin, from 1846 to 1851; Rev. H. E.
Please, from 1851 to 1856; Rev. R. Lewis, from 1856
to 1858; Rev. James Harris, from 1858 to 1866; Rev.
John Stannage, from 1866 to the present time, the
Rev. James Spencer being junior curate.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, KEMPTVILLE.
The Presbyterians of Kemptville received their
first ministerial services from the late Rev. Robert
Boyd, D. D., who began his work in Canada in 1820.
The Kemptville church continued to receive a
share of his services until the year 1834, when
the late Rev. Joseph
to the same field.
Anderson was appointed
In 1845, Mr. Anderson was
succeeded by the Rev. William McDowell, during
whose ministry the present stone church was built,
but not finished. During the pastorate of his suc¬
cessor, the Rev. Charles Quinn, the church was com¬
pleted, with the exception of the tower, and in his
For
a brief period the church was supplied’ by missionary
labor, till the induction of the Rev.William Bennett,
who was succeeded by Rev. James Douglass. |The
present pastor is the Rev. G. M. Clark, of Aberdeen,
Scotland, who was inducted in May, 1876. During
his pastorate the membership has shown a gratifying
increase, now amounting to 111 members, with a
Sabbath School numbering about eighty.
time Kemptville was set off as a congregation.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, KEMPTVILLE.
Prior to the year 1839, the Roman Catholics held
service in a small log building, and at irregular
intervals. The nearest church of this denomination
was then situated at Prescott, In 1839, the late