Crawford County Clergy-Bear_Richard

Crawford County Clergy
Pastors, Preachers and Priests in Crawford County, PA.

Richard M. Bear

BEAR, RICHARD M. Conference Relations: Licensed to Preach 1840; Admitted on Trial Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference 1841; Full Member 1843; Deacon 1843, Soule; Elder 1845, Hamline. Deceased: December 9, 1888 in New Castle, PA. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, PA.

Appointments: Braceville 1841-1842; Ellsworth 1842-1843; Cambridge Springs Circuit: Cambridge Springs/Mill Village/Spartansburg/ Venango (with Isaac Scofield) 1843-1844; Conneautville Charge: Conneautville Valley/Dicksonburg/ Harmonsburg/Springboro (with James M. Plant) 1844- 1845; Red Bank/ Frostburg: Hopewell/Punxsutawney: First/Strattanville: Asbury (with Thomas Benn) 1845-1846; Shippenville/ Rimersburg/Rockland (with Daniel Pritchard) 1846-1847; Clarion/Strattanville: Asbury 1847-1849; Supernumerary: Mount Jackson (with Henry Winans) 1849-1850; Hartford 1850-1851; Williamsfield 1851-1852; Girard/Miles Grove (Lake City) 1852-1854; Springfield/West Springfield 1854-1855; Conneautville/ Harmonsburg/Dicksonburg/Littles Corners/Linesville/ Springboro (with James Gillmore) 1855-1856; Sinclairville 1856-1857; Villanova 1857-1858; Sharon: First/OH: Brookfield 1858-1859; New Wilmington Charge: New Castle: King's Chapel/New Wilmington/Pulaski (with Ebenezer Bennett and John C. Ault) 1859-1860; Niles/ Liberty 1860-1861; Shenango/Eastbrook Charge: New Castle: King's Chapel/Shenango 1861-1862; Chaplain: United States Hospital, Pittsburgh 1862-1865; Waterloo Circuit: Waterloo (Polk)/East Grove/Reynolds 1865-1866; Clarksville/Clark: Trinity/Charleston/Sharpsville 1866-1869; Cuyahoga Falls 1869-1871; Agent: Lake Shore Seminary 1871-1872; Parker's Landing 1872-1873; Oil City: South (Grace) 1873-1874; Sheridan 1874-1875; Meadville: State Street (Grace) 1875- 1876; Mount Jackson Circuit: Edinburg/Hillsville/Mahoning 1876-1878; PA: Jamestown 1878-1880; West Middlesex 1880-1882; West Middlesex/Wheatland 1882-1883; Fredonia/Big Bend 1883-1886; Nazareth/Volant/White Chapel 1886-December 9, 1888.