Rev. H.G. Gratz 1899 - 1906

Rev. George Millar 1907 - 1919 (Great Grandson of Rev. Dr. James MacGregor) Rev. George Christie 1920 - 1925 REV. WILLIAM STUART 1865 - 1870

The Rev. William Stuart was the son of Rev. Alexander Stuart, minister of Laurencetown, Nova Scotia, whose family was from Aberdeen, Scotland. Rev. William Stuart was graduated from the Free Church College and Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 17, 1865. On October 30, 1866, he married Elizabeth Ramsay. His first pastorate was in the West Point, Brae, and Campbellton, Prince Edward Island from May 17, 1865 to 1870. He was ordained and inducted in West Point, Prince Edward Island on May 17, 1865. He was inducted in Fredericton, New Brunswick on December 21, 1870 and left on October 7, 1875. On September 17, 1877, he became the pastor of the Salem Church in Greenhill, Nova Scotia.

“The Presbytery of Prince Edward Island met Wednesday, May 17, 1865, in West Cape Presbyterian Church. Rev. Allan Fraser was the moderator for the or- dination and induction of Rev. William Stuart, probationer, to the congregation of the Brae, West Cape and Campbellton. Attendance was large, Protestants of various denominations and also Roman Catholics.” ”’2

REV. PETER G. MacGREGOR 1841 - 1868

NOTE: The Rev. Peter G. MacGregor had visited the Campbellton area in 1841 and had unofficially served as pastor during that year, but by 1842, he had left. The following is an account of Rev. MacGregor’s second visit to Campbellton in October, 1868, this time he was acting in the capacity of the Agent for the Supple- ment Fund of the Presbyterian Church.

“The next day (Tuesday) was meeting day at West Point, and Rev. Fraser and I had to be early on the road, for out twenty-five miles of today were equal to forty ac- complished a fortnight earlier, for the roads were hard at eight, yielding at ten, and mush at twelve. Two o’clock found us at the West Point Church. In another half hour, all the meeting we had, was convened. Rev. William Stuart, the pastor, had not got home from supply of Lot 14, and the meeting was small, but I shall never regard it as a failure. These people need encouragement and fraternal recognition. They are dispersed over long distances, and though many of them are in comfortable circumstances, they are far from a cash market, and the poor are not unknown on this land. The willing and the active have a work to do, a difficult, but most impor- tant one, to bring up the bulk of the people to zeal for Christ’s cause and systematic support. We trust they will preserve in this effort. The church will not complain if

their supplementary collection should prove a mere trifle. Their main work is the development of spiritual life, liberality and work within ourselves.

102 Home and Foreign Record of the Presbyterian Church, July, 1865, p. 195.

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