On November 16, 1859, trustees of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church bought land in South Mountain. The three-eighths
of an acre was purchased for $60 from Albert Farrel, yeoman and his wife
Margaret.
This property is the site of the current South
Mountain United Church.
A wooden church was erected on the site in 1860.
This was replaced by a red brick structure in 1892. Dedication services
took place on New Year's Day 1893.
The formation of the United Church of Canada
took place in 1925 when there was a merging of the Methodist, Congregationalist,
Presbyterian and 'Local Union' churches.
List of Ministers
| 1864-65: Rev. H. McLean
1865-68: Rev. J. Howes 1868-71: Rev. A. Armstrong 1871-74: Rev. J.B. Saunders 1874-77: Rev. S. Teeson 1877-79: Rev. W. Reliance 1879-82: Rev. Wm. Philip 1882-83: Rev. J. Stewart 1883-86: Rev. J. Ferguson 1886-89: Rev. T.B. Conley 1889-92: Rev. F.W.A. Mayer 1892-95: Rev. T.E. Lidstone 1895-98: Rev. T. McAmmond 1898-01: Rev. F. Tripp 1901-03: Rev. W. Wells 1903-04: Rev. L. Conley 1904-07: Rev. T.E. Burke 1907-11: Rev. W.H. Raney 1911-15: Rev. J.H. Millar 1915-18: Rev. H. Walker 1918-20: Rev. R. Calvert 1920-25: Rev. A. Hinton 1925-28: Rev. P. Pollitt |
1928-31: Rev. A.O. Lloyd
1931-32: Rev. W.P. Wornell 1932-42: Rev. W.R. Johnston 1942-48: Rev. W.J. Buchanan 1948-51: Rev. J.B. Adams 1951-56: Rev. W.E. Wright 1956-62: Rev. Gerald Fee 1962-64: Rev. S.D. Robertson 1964-68: Rev. W.E. Black 1969-73: Rev. Ray Rowley 1973-77: Rev. Earl D. Moore 1978-79: Rev. Don Isner 1979-80: Mr. James McFarlane; Miss Catherine Gaw; Miss Janet Evans 1980-85: Revs. Wm. and Fran Hare Mr. Frank Hare 1985-90: Revs. David and Jane VanPatter 1990-91: Rev. Angus MacDonald; guest preachers included Sterling Irvine and Christine Gross; lay preachers included Bud McKibbon and Shirley Nicol-Scott among others. 1991- : Rev. Fred and Marion Milnes |
**The above information was taken from 'Glimpses of the Past:
100 Years of History South Mountain United Church' by Shirley Mills.
This book contains a substantial amount of information about the South
Mountain area, as well as information on various members of the congregation.
I found this at my local library but believe copies could be purchased
from the church directly.**