• Newspaper: DEATH OF MR. W. BALGOWAN OF REID'S FLAT, 1887 Feb 24, Goulburn District, New South Wales. ¹⁰ DEATH OF MR. W. BALGOWAN OF REID'S FLAT. (1887, February 24). Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1881 - 1907), p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99907511>

DEATH OF MR. W. BALGOWAN OF REID'S FLAT.-
The friends of this gentleman will regret to hear of
his death, which took place at Dryburgh, Fish
River, on the 11th instant, in his seventy-ninth
year. Beyond the fact that he passed away peace-
fully, the particulars of his death are not to hand;
but from his ago, and the fact that he was observed
to be growing feeble the last time he was in Goul-
burn, now a few years ago, we presume it was due
to general decay of nature. Mr. Balgowan was
born in 1808 in the parish of Rhynie in Scot-
land; and arrived in the colony in 1840. About
the year 1861 he settled at Dryburgh, Reid's Flat,
Fish River, where he continued to reside till his
death, respected and esteemed by all who knew him
for his sterling integrity, kindly disposition, and
great intelligence. Mr. Balgowan leaves a family
of five sons and daughters all grown up; and re-
spectably settled in life. His wife died some years
previously.

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1887 Feb 24, Goulburn District, New South Wales. ¹¹ Family Notices. (1887, February 24). Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1881 - 1907), p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99907505>

BALGOWAN-At Dryburgh, Fish River, on the 11th
instant, Mr. W. BALGOWAN, an old and respected
resident, in the 79th year of his age

• Newspaper: IN MEMORIAM, 1887 Jun 1, Cootamundra District, New South Wales. ¹² IN MEMORIAM. (1887, June 1). Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1946), p. 6. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138359356>

IN MEMORIAM.
The following obituary notice refers to the
father of Mrs. Robert Hudson, and is from
the Presbyterian : '97On February 11, Mr.
William Balgowan died at his residence,
Dryburgh, Reid's Flat, aged 78. Since it
pleased God to remove from him, eight years
ago, his beloved wife, he had been in a very
feeble state of health. During the greater
portion of this period he remained at Wheeo
with his eldest daughter, Mrs. Christie, whose
kindly and unwearied attentions imparted
unto him no small relief, whilst he was con-
fined to his room, scarcely able at any time
to go outside. Thus shut out, in a great
measure from the outer world, he felt himself
|closed in with his God, and, through the
Divine Word and Spirit, kept up increasing
fellowship with ' the Father and His Son;
Jesus Christ.' More than a year ago,
having been favoured with an increase of
bodily strength, he was imbued with a strong
desire to revisit the scene of the long and
happy companionship of her whose earthly
remains lie waiting their summons to the
skies. This desire, in the providence of God,
was gratified. On two occasions of my
quarterly visits to preach the Gospel at his
place, he was one of my hearers. His
attention implied the eagerness of a thirsty
immortal soul to drink in the water of life.
The tenour of his discourse indicated a
pilgrim pressing, on to the heavenly
Jerusalem. Feeling that his stay upon earth
was marked with much uncertainty, he was
desirous of joining in the Lord's Supper.
This however, was prevented by an
unprecedented fall of rain, which occurred
when I was within a few miles of the place,
and which raised the creeks and rivers to
such an extent as to keep me from either
going forward or backward. It is now more
than a quarter of a century since I paid him
my first visit. He had sent a very earnest
message, through a dealer, who still lives in
the neighbourhood of Carcoar, that I should
extend the sphere' of my labour' as far, as his
residence. Regarding this as a cry from
Macedonia, I took the earliest opportunity
of obeying it. The visit was on a lovely
Sabbath evening, Everything in the House
and around it indicated the hallowed
observance of the day, which no doubt told
for good on the families around. An
arrangements was entered into for a quarterly
service on a week day. which was regularly
kept up till the period of' my leaving the
district for Penrith, in 1877. This interest
manifested in these services, which formed
the only opportunity of hearing the Gospel
preached in the neighbourhood, was most
gratifying. Whatever good results have
arisen from the offer made on these occasions,
all are to be traced, in no small degree, to
the early and continued efforts of deceased.
It was not my privilege to be with him ere his
spirit left this earthly scene for the mansion
beyond the grave, but it will ever be a
bright spot in my memory to look back upon
the Christian intercourse which I had with
him for so many years. The centre of the
life that he led was trust in the great truth '97
salvation from sin and misery through the
substitution of the obedience and sufferings
of the Son of God. He held that the gift of
God to him, in Christ, covered all past guilt,
and fitted him for the inheritance of the
saints in light. It was cheering to notice
how this continued to grow upon him to the
end. His great desire, which he strove in
many ways to have accomplished, was that
every brie should be brought under the
influence of this truth. He showed his
interest in the Church of his fathers by the
dedication of a site for a Church and burial
ground. He regarded himself as a steward
of what was under his hand, and ever
recognised the right of God to deal with it
according to His good pleasure. Hence,
when the flood of 1870 swept away his house
and furniture, his barn (Well filled With farm
produce and implements) and every creature
around '97 himself and family barely escaping
'97he was able to say : ' The Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the
name of the Lord ! ' For nearly a year after
this I was unable to reach him on account of
the flooded state , of the rivers. His annual
contribution to the stipend fund, however,
came into the hands of the treasurer as
usual. His name is on all the subscription-
lists for the erection of manse and churches
in the district. Several of these contributions
were obtained unsolicited. The poor and
needy never applied to him in vain.
James Adam.
The Manse, Carcoar.

• Newspaper: BANKRUPTCY, 1892 Jul 1, Goulburn District, New South Wales. ¹³ BANKRUPTCY. (1892, July 1). Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1881 - 1907), p. 4. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103158806>

…
To Mr. Gannoon: Bankrupt held the license
of the Yass and Collector Inn for about
twelve months ; previous to that he lived
eight miles from Gunning and followed stock-
keeping; he bought some cattle some time
ago from Mr. W. J. Balgowan of Dryburgh,
Reid's Flat; he gave cash for a part of the
cattle and promissory note for £140 for the
remainder; the note was dishonoured, but he
could not recollect when ; he paid £70 off
the note, and the balance, £78 9/4. was re-
newed ; it was not met; it came due in May
last; he cannot recollect whether the renewed
bill was for six or three months, but he
thinks it was six months; the first bill was
for eight months ; it would therefore be about
a year since he bought the cattle; at that

William married Jannet Shand [578] [LZNR-GCH] [MRIN: 7], daughter of Robert Shand [156] [LZ6D-NTS] and Margaret Kemmie [5911] [LZ6D-NRY], on 1838 Jan 28 in Rhynie And Essie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.¹⁴ (Jannet Shand [578] [LZNR-GCH] was born on 1810 Feb 10 in Rhynie And Essie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom ³, christened on 1810 Feb 25 in Rhynie And Essie, Aberdeen, Scotland,¹⁵ died on 1880 Oct 12 in Reid's Flat, Monteagle County, New South Wales ¹⁶ and was buried on 1880 Oct 14 in Reid's Flat, Monteagle County, New South Wales ⁵.)