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i d = 7 HEME ed tee pe eee ey eee Az ata Pate. ca kén eA zh 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 Concession, 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 Stannage, 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 limestone, 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 successor, the Rev. Charles Quinn, the church was completed, 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
