Bleakney, James

Bleakney, James a Baptist minister, was born in New Brunswick, and in 1833 was ordained to the ministry. The churches of which he was pastor were those at Norton, Upham, Little River, and Gondolow Point. More than one thousand persons were baptized by him during his ministry. Besides the pastoral work he performed, he was successful as a missionary in the northern counties and other parts of New Brunswick. His good influence he transmits through three sons now in the ministry. His death, took place Dec. 14, 1861. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclopcedia, p. 105, 106. (J. C. S.)