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1691-1715--WM. SPENCE, A.M., died 19th March. Formerly minister of Glendevon.

1712-1716--ALEX. BARTON, A.M., died 12th June. Ordained assistant and successor to Mr Spence.

1717-1742--ANDREW URE, died 7th April. Got church built for united parish in 1729.

1743-1778--JOHN STORER, died 8th June.

1780-1803--WILLIAM GRAHAM, died 14th February.

1803-1824--GEORGE GRAHAM, A.M., died 4th July. Son of previous minister.

1825-1845--PETER BRYDIE, died 30th October. Seceded in 1843, but came back.

1846-1852--DUNCAN CAMPBELL, tr. to Luss. Latterly D.D. Died March 23, 1896.

1852-1854--ALEX. COSENS, tr. to Broughton.

1854-????--WM. FERGUSON.

Parish disjoined in 1856 to form part of new Presbytery of Kinross.

FOWLIS-WESTER

1567-????--THOMAS MAKGIBBUN.

1574-????--WILLIAM MELROSS.

1576-1578--ANDREW YOUNG.

1586-1592--JAMES BURDOUN, tr. to Strageyth.

1593-1603-7--WM. BUCHANAN, A.M., tr. to Methven.

1607-????--JOHN YOUNG, A.M.

1619-1634--JAMES DRUMMOND, A.M., died in February.

1635-1645--JOHN FYFF. Deposed 11th February. A Royalist.

1646-1675--GEORGE MURRAY, A.M., died 11th April. A Protester, all the other members of Presbytery being Resolutioners.

1674-1689--JOHN DRUMMOND. Ousted at Revolution for continuing to pray for King James and keeping converse with the rebels. Committed to prison. Died 6th February, 1695.

1697-1717--WILLIAM HEPBURNE, A.M., died 12th April. Retired to Stirling "with the ministers about" on the approach of Mar's army in 1715.

1718-1720--ALEX. TURCAN, A.M., died 18th April.

1721-1730--WILLIAM SIMSON, tr. to Dunblane.

1732-1767--ALEX. MURRAY, died 27th December.

1768-1816--JOHN MURRAY, died 10th August.

1817-1851--ALEX. MAXTONE, died 21st June.

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