Rev James Glover rests at Cranbourne cemetery, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne...
In 1861 the Reverend James Glover held the first service in the new St Peter's church at Mornington, though the church was not consecrated until 1877.
(Mornington is a bayside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula).
The Reverend had oversight of the Parochial District from Frankston to Portsea, where Dromana was served only once every six weeks.
It is interesting that this minister is associated with an Anglican church in both Mornington and Creswick, near Ballarat,
(only the latter mentioned on his headstone)
and yet is resting at Cranbourne ???...
An
excerpt from Trove 10.1.1884:
We understand that the bishop has associated
the Rev. J. Glover, Vicar of St. John's, Creswick, with himself in the charge of Christ
Church Pro-Cathedral for the present, pending
the arrival of the new vicar. Mr Glover will
commence his duties after next Sunday.. Our
Creswick correspondent writes:—“ Referring
to my paragraph of yesterday, stating that the
Rev. James Glover, Incumbent of St. John’s
Church; Creswick, had been requested to take
charge of Christ Church Pro-Cathedral, pending
the arrival of the new vicar from England,