Rev. Wm. M. Teeple, pastor of the Methodist Church, Troy, Ont., is the son of the late W.H. Tepple, of Jerseyville, Ont., and was born at that place on the 8th. of November, 1854. He is of U. E. Loyalist stock, his grandfather coming to this country from the United States on account of his loyality to old England just after the revolutionary war and settled in the township of Nelson, Halton County.

Mr. Teeple was educated at the public schools, and also a graduate of Hamilton Commercial College. In his twenty-first year he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada. He was received as a probationer at the Conference held at St. Thomas in 1877. He pursued his theological and other studies with such energy and success that he was ordained deacon in 1879 and elder in 1881. Before the latter he was on the following circuits; Tapleytown, Beverly, Norwich and Malahide. After ordination he served the following circuits: Blenheim, Seaforth, Canboro and Cayuga.

As a preacher, Mr. Teeple has an easy delivery, free from the mannerisms that depreciate the value of many addresses. His sermons are thoughtful and sufficiently racy to hold the unflagging attention of the congregation. Large additions to the membership and new churches are to be found on the circuits he has travelled, and he is beloved by all those under his pastoral care. The ministers who follow him find all the interest of the church well looked after, both materially and spiritually. He will doubtless take a leading place in the church of his choice.

He is also an enthusiastic temperence worker, and has done good work in this connection. At Seaforth the temperance societies, as a mark of appreciation of his worth, entertained him at a public dinner, and on that occasion presented him with a flattering illuminated address and a well filled purse.

Mr. Teeple was married on the 28th of July, 1880, to Miss Ida Lynes, daughter of the late Thomas Lynes, of Norwich.

Charges: Received on trial at the Conference held in St. Thomas in 1877, 1877 Binbrook, Tapleytown, Beverly, Norwich, Malahide, and was ordained in 1879, 1880 Tillsonburg, Blenheim, Seaforth, Canboro, Cayuga, 1891 Troy