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Blake McGill, Glencoe Historical Society, Elizabrth was 1st wife and had 5 children. Marry Ann Ross 2nd wife

REV. WILLIAM Ross SUTHERLAND.

Rev. William Ross Sutherland, one of the leading men of the

Presbyterian Church, is a native of Scotland, born July 19, 1823, and

son of Hugh and Janet (Ross) Sutherland, both natives of the High

lands of Scotland. The father was born in 1782. and died in Nova

Scotia in 1834. He was married in Scotland to Miss Ross, who was

born in 1781 and died in 1844. The family immigrated to Nova Scotia

and settled in Pictou, where their son, William Ross Sutherland,

attended the Pictou Academy, and later the Edinburgh University, and

Knox College at Toronto. He was licensed to preach by the Presby

tery of Hamilton in 1847, and in February, 1848, he was ordained

pastor of Knox Church, in Ekfrid Township. After being pastor of

Knox Church for more than thirty-five years, and having the largest

pastorate in Western Ontario, he resigned his charge in 1884. He

was united in marriage, in 1850, to Miss Elizabeth McBean, daughter

of Alexander McBean. Mrs. Sutherland died in 1857, leaving three

children. In 1859, Mr. Sutherland chose for his second wife Miss

Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Alexander Ross, of Embro, Ontario.

Thirteen children were the result of the second marriage, nine of whom

are living—three sons and six daughters. Mr. Sutherland settled

where he now lives in 1851, and is the owner of 102 acres of well-

improved land.³