Charles Wesley Brashares
Male, Deceased Person
1891 – 1982
Who was Charles Wesley Brashares?
Charles Wesley Brashares was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
Charles was born 31 March 1891 in Williamsport, Ohio, the son of Isaiah Mark and Clara Emma Brashares. Charles married Julia Estelle Merrill 20 December 1916. They had the following children: Charles Merrill, Wesley Emerson and Robert Mark. Wesley followed his father into Ordained Ministry, becoming a Pastor in the Northwest Indiana Annual Conference of The Methodist Church. He then became the Editor of the Hoosier Methodist newspaper. Charles Wesley Brashares earned the A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1914. He then earned the S.T.B. degree from the Boston University School of Theology in 1917. He did further graduate study at Harvard University and Boston University, 1917-18.
Charles Wesley Brashares was ordained Elder and became a Member in Full Connection of the Maine Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1917. He served the following appointments as Pastor: the Orient Heights Methodist Church in East Boston, 1916–18; Gorham, Maine, 1918–20; Newton, Massachusetts 1920-22; the Grace Methodist Church in Dayton, Ohio, 1922–34; and First Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-44.
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- Born
- 1891
- Education
- Boston University School of Theology
- Harvard University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Lived in
- Ann Arbor
- Dayton
- Des Moines
- Died
- 1982
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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