Strabane Methodist Ministers
Adam Averell (1754-1847) -was born in Mullan, Co. Tyrone (he held
out for the 'simple original Methodism, which gave way to a meeting of
the Primitive Wesleyan Conference in 1818) Primitive Wesleyan Chapel
opened in 1830 in Strabane.
George Brown of Creevy preached circa 1774
John Harper - was born in Co. Tyrone, Ireland. He entered the Irish
itinerancy in 1786 and was ordained by John Wesley the following year
for the mission to the West Indies. He resigned in 1799
Rev John Ker 1750-1830
Rev John Ker 1804-1890 -stationed at Newtonstewart in 1826,1828 and 1829
Rev Robert Ker 1836-1904 - Newtonstewart in 1879-80 and 1890-2 and as
Supernumerary in 1895-1900
Thomas ROBERTS 1768
William CRAWFORD 1775-1789
Ministers who served in the Railway Road Church
Rev. Hugh McGahie 1889
Rev. Thomas Knox 1901
Rev. John G Whittaker 1904
Rev. Henry J.F Ranson 1907
Rev. Richard Green 1910
Rev. Henry Frackleton 1913
Rev. Horatio C. Collier 1921
Rev. C.H. McCartney Clayton 1923
Rev. Joseph D. Ritchie 1926
Rev. William T. Dennison 1929
Rev. Irvine Kirkpatrick 1933
Rev. John Berrenshaw 1938
Rev Robert Ferguson 1942
Rev Robert Knowles 1947