Rev. James Maughan (October 1826 – 8 March 1871) was a Methodist minister in
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. His name was commemorated in the Maughan Church, Franklin Street, which has since been demolished.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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and from an early age attended the
Methodist New Connexion
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Sunday-school. He was a brilliant speaker, and at age 20 was called on to replace the ailing Rev. J. Hilton. In 1848 he was appointed minister on probation, preaching in the
Bradford
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circuit. In 1849 he became minister at
Macclesfield
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, followed by a year in
Derby
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, another year in
Dewsbury
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, two years in London, two years in
Leeds
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, and three each in
Dudley
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and
Bristol
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.
He was sent to
Melbourne, Victoria
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aboard the ''Blanche Moore'' to serve as a New Connexion missionary, arriving in August 1862. He visited Adelaide in November 1862, and found he could be more usefully employed there. Within weeks the congregation had swollen to such an extent they had to move from the West Adelaide Assembly Rooms ("Hillier's Rooms") in Hindley Street to
White's Rooms
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on King William Street, then built a manse on
Whitmore Square
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and a new Church on Franklin Street. In April 1869 he left for England, in company with
Samuel Way
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Background
Way was born in P ...
, in the hope of regaining his failing health, then returned without improvement aboard the ''Yatala'' and was back in Adelaide in October 1870, but never returned to his former level of activity. He died on the seventeenth anniversary of his marriage.
His widow was noted for her involvement with the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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and her work with women prisoners of
Adelaide Gaol
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, in company with Lady Colton and Sister Grace.
Recognition
The Methodist New Connection Church on Franklin Street, in 1922 the Central Mission, was renamed Maughan Church in recognition of his pioneering work. A church of the same name, built in 1965, was demolished in 2016.
Family
He married Catherine Moss (1833 – 2 August 1911) on 8 March 1854. They had four children:
*Minnietta Maughan ( – 17 February 1947) married Rev. Thomas McNeil (c. 1844 – 22 April 1922) on 6 April 1912. She was a teacher at the
Advanced School for Girls
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History
From its inc ...
, then
Adelaide High School
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.
*Marinus Maughan (1864 – 18 September 1918) married Emma Mary Ann Possingham on 6 June 1889; lived at "Ingleside",
Houghton, South Australia
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* Milton Moss Maughan (2 November 1856 – 17 December 1921) married Eliza (or Elsie) Ann Torr (16 November 1855 – 1935) on 6 August 1880. He became Director of Education; she was a sister of
William George Torr
William George Torr MA, BCL, LLD (29 March 1853 – 13 September 1939), often referred to as "Old Oxford", was a religious educator in South Australia.
History
William G. Torr was a son of John Torr (c. 1815 – 14 February 1884) of Tavisto ...
. They had five children, of whom three sons survived him.
*Melville Maughan (1868 – 17 September 1920) lived at
Currie Street
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Whitmore Square
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