St. Stephen's Church, Stanley
Introduction | Origins | Rebuilding | Milestones | Gifts | Historical Links | Clergy
Organists and Caretakers | Cemetery | Anecdotes | Conclusions
Clergy
Early clergy are mentioned in Rev. A. Allen Gibson's Churches by the Sea column which appeared in the May 6, 1967 edition of The Chronicle Herald. He related that "Anglican church life in the community had its beginnings about a century ago during the incumbency of the Rev. Charles Bowman, whose ministry spanned the years 1855-1870". It was during his years in the parish that the original St. Stephen's was begun.
Gibson goes on to say that "in the list of early pastors, there is to be noted the name of the Rev. W. J. Ancient, who was in the parish from 1880 to 1890. He is remembered for his gallient rescue of some of the survivors of the ill-fated S. S. Atlantic which was wrecked near Terence Bay in 1873".
Gibson links the history of the church with both the history of the Kennetcook River and the Dominion Atlantic Railway as means of transportation in the early days. "The same river valley that attracted the first travelers found a new use as a transportation medium when the railway builders discovered the value of a line between Windsor and Truro. In 1896, the Nova Scotia legislature incorporated the Midland Railway which in 1905, was purchased by the Dominion Atlantic Railway and became its Truro subdivision. The Rev. E. D. P. Parry was parish priest when the railway was built, his period of service covering the years 1896 to 1905 and coinciding with its construction."
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