Biography
He came to Canada in 1856. Methodist lay missionary who came to the Pacific coast in 1862, from his home in Woodtock ON.
He preached to the Indians on Vancouver Island at Nanaimo in 1863 and on the western mainland.
He was ordained in 1871.
He established missions up the coast and on the Nass and Skeena Rivers, with HQ in Port Simpson.
He married Emma Douse in 1874.
He owned a small steamboat in 1884, the Glad Tidings, in which he voyaged more than 78,000 miles in the service of his mission, before she was wrecked in Shushartie Bay in 1896.
He was transferred to Victoria in 1896.
In 1898 he moved to Chilliwack.
He retired in 1907.
Vessels Owned / Designed
Glad Tidings
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References
Lyons, Cicely (1969)
