Methodist Episcopal Church - History of Lawrence County

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OBJE:PLAC	Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States
OBJE:_DSCR	http://www.usgwarchives.org/pa/lawrence/1877/nbeaver.htm
OBJE:_META	<metadataxml><content><line><p>METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.--The pioneer Methodist, at Mount Jackson, was Jacob Bear, who came from Northumberland county, Pa., with his family, in 1825. Mr. Bear was born in the Buffalo Valley, in Union county.</p><p>Through Mr. Bear&#39;s efforts, a class was organized at Mount Jackson about 1838, by Rev. Rufus Parker. Rev. S. P. Hempstead was then with Mr. Parker on the circuit. Previous to the organization of the class, meetings were held as early as 1828 at Mr. Bear&#39;s house. Mr. Bear was one of the first Associate Judges of Lawrence county, the other being Charles T. Whippo.</p><p>When the Methodist class was organized, its firrt leader was Richard M. Bear, and William Marrs was the second. Some of the members of this class were Jacob Bear and wife, Charles, Richard M. and William Bear (in fact, most of the family), Robert Tait and wife, Mrs. Martha Tait, Thomas B. Tait, William Marrs, and a number of others who have since moved away. This class was organized some three or four years before the church was built. A Sabbath-school was organized early, and has been kept up most of the time since.</p><p>The church, a frame building, was erected about 1842, on land purchased from John Nesbit, who laid out the town. It has since been repaired and remodeled, and is yet standing. The present membership is about eighty.</p><p>Several men who have since been leading men in the Methodist Episcopal Church in other places, first joined it at this place. Four ministers have gone forth from among the original members of this church--Revs. Richard M., William and Charles Bear, and T. B. Tait.</p><p>Since Mr. Parker&#39;s time the pastors have been nearly as follows: Revs. John Luccock and S. W. Ingraham, who remained two years; Thos. Stubbs and D. W. Vorce, two years; John W. Hill and John R. Lyon, one year; Henry Winans, two years; John Graham, two years; William Monks, two years; S. L. Wilkinson, one year; Thomas Radcliffe, one year; T. G. McCreary; Stephen Hurd, one year; S. K. Paden, one year; J. G. Thompson, <strong>[p.&nbsp;73]</strong> two years; J. B. Grover, one year; D. A. Crowell, one year; Wm. Bramfield, three years; Louis Wick, two years; Richard M. Bear, the present pastor. If these are not in their exact order, they are very near it, and probably all are named who have ministered to the congregation. Many of these preachers are dead, and the rest are scattered through various parts of the land.</p><!-- SN:TREESUI09 --></line></content></metadataxml>
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Alive Dead Death>100 Death<=100 Birth>100 Birth<=100 Roots Leaves
Given names	Surname	Sosa	Birth		Place		Death		Age	Place	Last change
Jacob Bear (Judge) Father: John Jacob Bear Mother: Elizabeth Meyer				March 7, 1789	235	Buffalo Valley, Union, Pennsylvania, USA	0	March 23, 1858	166	69	Mount Jackson, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States	Never	M	YES	YES

Both alive Widower Widow Both dead Roots Leaves Not married Marriage>100 Marriage<=100 Divorce Multiple marriages
Given names	Surname	Age	Given names	Surname	Age	Marriage		Place		Last change