!64 GARVALD AND BARA—BARO, or BARA [PRESB. OF and ord. 20th July 1775 ; died unmarr. 26th Jan. 1800. Publication—Account of the United Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). 1800 JOHN SANGSTER, born 12th Jan. 1769, eldest son of Henry S., min. of Humbie ; educated at Univ. of Edin- burgh ; tutor in the families of Fothering- ham of Powrie and George, Marquess of Tweeddale ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar 19th Feb. 1794; pres. by George III. 8th Feb. 1800, and ord. 18th Sept. 1800; D.D. (Edinburgh, 30th March 1826); died 10th Oct. 1855. He marr. 20th Nov. 1800, Mar- garet (died 23rd Jan. 1833), daugh. of John Hay, Duncanlaw, and had issue—a son, born 30th Dec. 1802, and died same day. 1839 SELBY ORD DODS, born 19th July 1813, son of John D., farmer, Stoney- path ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 4th Dec. 1837; called 14th Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor) 21st March 1839. Joined the Free Church 1843 ; adm. to Free Church, Maybole, in 1846 ; died at Edinburgh, 22nd Jan. 1856. He marr. (1) 14th May 1839, Margaret Robertson, Edinburgh : (2) 1853, Isabella M'Gregor. Publications — The Chief Points of Differ- ence oetivixt the Established and Free Church (Edinburgh, 1847); A Word in Season (Edinburgh, 1850). JOHN CROSBIE, born Keir, 21st Dec. 1844 1805, son °^ Thomas C. ; educated at Keir School and Univ. of Edin- burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont ; pres. by the Commissioner for the Marquess of Tweeddale, and ord. (assistant and succes- sor) 22nd Oct. 1844 ; died 13th Jan. 1872. He marr. 29th Aug. 1836, Margaret Nivison (died 9th May 1888), daugh. of John Find- lay, and had issue—James, born 25th Aug. 1837, died 1869; Agnes, born 22nd April 1842 (marr. 4th Aug. 1874, John Stewart, merchant) ; John, born 6th Feb. 1844, died 1882 ; Margaret Renwick, born 23rd April 1846; Jane Anne, born 5th May 1848; Mary Peacock, born 5th Nov. 1850 (marr. 21st June 1876, Alexander Gray Morton, banker, Edinburgh); Robert, born 16th Jan. 1853; Jessie, born 5th July 1855 (marr. 20th June 1907, James S. Burns, S.S.C., Edinburgh) ; Isabella Nivison Find- lay, born 18th July 1857 (marr. 6th Dec. 1883, Frank Young, S.S.C.). THOMAS STIRLING MAKJORI- 1872 BANKS, B.D. ; pres. by the Crown,and ord. 9th July 1872 ; trans, to Prestonkirk 8th June 1876. GEORGE DODS, born London, 14th 1876 July 1835, son of George D. and Margaret Smith ; educated at Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1871 ; assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Robertson Memorial Church, Glasgow, 5th Feb. 1873; trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1876; clerk of Presb. for twenty-five years ; died 3rd Jan. 1910. He marr. 29th Oct. 1857, Helen (died 14th Nov. 1903), daugh. of Francis Erskine, and had issue—George, B.D., min. of Barr, born 11th Oct. 1858 ; John Erskine, LL.B., S.S.C., Edinburgh, born 10th May 1871 ; Benjamin Hawkins, merchant, Rhodesia, born 1st Nov. 1880 ; Jane Erskine, D.C.S., secretary to the Woman's Guild of the Church of Scotland, born 12th June 1864; Janet Erskine, matron of Military Hospital, Shorncliffe, born 21st Dec. 1868; Elizabeth, born 5th April 1873 (marr. Dr J. Gillon Ross, Whitby) ; Helen Erskine, teacher, born 2nd Nov. 1875, died 14th Nov. 1903. THOMAS LOW, born Glasgow, 13th April 1880, son of Andrew L. and MargaretPaton ; educated at Peebles High School and Glasgow High School and Univ. ; M.A. (1901), B.D. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 25th Aug. 1904 ; assistant at St Andrew's and Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh ; ord. 9th June 1910. BARO, or BARA. [Previous to the Reformation the church belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. The parish was united to Garvald by the Com- missioners of Teinds in 1702, but worship was conducted in the church till it fell into disrepair in 1744. It has long been com- pletely demolished.]