Avenue Church, of which the deceased was a faithful and highly respected member. 
     
     In the presence of a representative congregation brief addresses were delivered by 
     
     Rev. Dr. MacGregor, President of Conference, Rev. George W. Dewey, and the 
     
     pastor of the church, Rev. J.F. Chapman. Reverends Kirkland and Bradshaw also 
     
     took part. In Woodland Cemetery, London, the mortal body of the faithful servant 
     
     of God was laid to rest in certain hope of glorious resurrection.”28 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. Joseph Seller Leard C all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     REV. JOSEPH SELLER 
     
     1878 - 1881 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Rev. Joseph Seller was born near Charlottetown, P.E.I. in 1845 and 
     
     attended Mount Allison University where he was awarded a Master of Arts 
     
    
   
   
    
     degree. He was received on trial in 1866, ordained in 1871, and had pastorates in 
     
     Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. Seller came from an unusual Prince Edward Island family. His 
     
     ancestor, William Seller and Mrs. (Sarah Harrison) Seller came to York, P.E.I. 
     
     in. 1817 from Hull, England. Through the years, the Seller family produced 
     
     twenty-one ministers and several local preachers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. Seller was married to Sarah Margaret Ward in Parrsboro, N.S. on July 
     
     6, 1871, and they had eight children. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first occupants of the new Parsonage in 1875 in Centreville, P.E.l. were 
     
     Rev. and Mrs. Seller and family. Their son, George Douglas Seller, was the first 
     
     child of a Methodist minister born in that Bedeque, P.E.l. Parsonage. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     28 Minutes of the United Church Conference, 1926. 
     
    
   
   
    
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