BIO:
Rev. Charles Bean, was born in Limerick, Maine, Jan. 3, 1811. He received licensed to preach in 1831, and at age 20, was ordained by a council of the Parsonfield Quarterly Meeting.
After itinerant ministry for some years, he became pastor of the Falmouth church and remained three years. He was pastor of several other churches, following this, and after sixty years of ministerial work made his name familiar in western Maine. He preached up to the advanced age of 78, and was noted for a remarkable 'verbatim' knowledge of the Bible.
He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Simon Libby, in Scarborough, ME, June 18, 1889, in his 79th year."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward (pgs 49-50).
Rev. Charles Bean, was born in Limerick, Maine, Jan. 3, 1811. He received licensed to preach in 1831, and at age 20, was ordained by a council of the Parsonfield Quarterly Meeting.
After itinerant ministry for some years, he became pastor of the Falmouth church and remained three years. He was pastor of several other churches, following this, and after sixty years of ministerial work made his name familiar in western Maine. He preached up to the advanced age of 78, and was noted for a remarkable 'verbatim' knowledge of the Bible.
He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Simon Libby, in Scarborough, ME, June 18, 1889, in his 79th year."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward (pgs 49-50).
BIO:
Rev. Charles Bean, was born in Limerick, Maine, Jan. 3, 1811. He received licensed to preach in 1831, and at age 20, was ordained by a council of the Parsonfield Quarterly Meeting.
After itinerant ministry for some years, he became pastor of the Falmouth church and remained three years. He was pastor of several other churches, following this, and after sixty years of ministerial work made his name familiar in western Maine. He preached up to the advanced age of 78, and was noted for a remarkable 'verbatim' knowledge of the Bible.
He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Simon Libby, in Scarborough, ME, June 18, 1889, in his 79th year."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward (pgs 49-50).
Rev. Charles Bean, was born in Limerick, Maine, Jan. 3, 1811. He received licensed to preach in 1831, and at age 20, was ordained by a council of the Parsonfield Quarterly Meeting.
After itinerant ministry for some years, he became pastor of the Falmouth church and remained three years. He was pastor of several other churches, following this, and after sixty years of ministerial work made his name familiar in western Maine. He preached up to the advanced age of 78, and was noted for a remarkable 'verbatim' knowledge of the Bible.
He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Simon Libby, in Scarborough, ME, June 18, 1889, in his 79th year."
--from "Cyclopedia of Free Baptists," pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward (pgs 49-50).
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