1850 Christian Bear (age 33, born in Virginia) lived in Riley Twp, Putnam County, Ohio, in a household with Esther Bear (age 31), Benjamin Bear (age 11), John Bear (age 8), Anna Bear (age 7), and Rebecca Bear (age 3). [1] [2]
1860 Christian Bare (age 44, born in Virginia) lived in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with Esther Bare (age 44), Benjam Bare (age 22), John Bare (age 18), Anna Bare (age 15), Rebecka Bare (age 12), Catharine Bare (age 9), Jusana Bare (age 6), Enos Burkholder (age 29), and John N Welda (age 20). [3] [4]
1904 Christian Bare died at age 88 Yr, on September 24, 1904 in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [5]
1904 Christian Bare died on Sep. 24, 1904 and was buried at Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Christian Bare was born May 6, 1816. [6] [7]
Pre Christian Bare (Wisler) was born in Rockingham Co, Va, May 6, 1816. He moved with his parents to Columbiana Co, Ohio, where he remained until Oct 16, 1837, at which time he was married to Esther Shank.
Later they moved to Putnam Co, Ohio, where he was ordained to the ministry. After this he moved to Elkhart Co;, Ind, where he died Sept 24th, 1904, aged 88 Y, 4 M, 18 D.
He leaves an aged companion, one son and three daughters, 36 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren and many friends to mourn his death. Two daughters preceded him to the spirit world.
Bro Bare was in the ministry 48 years. He was indeed a pillar in the church. He was a very humble man and practiced throughout all his life the strictest simplicity; his humble and simple way of living was certainly a faithful exemplification of the teachings of God's word, and this, coupled with his meek and quiet spirit and his familiarity with the Scriptures and his willingness to be governed by them and the principles of right, made him a man beloved and respected by all who knew him, so far as it is possible to say this of any one. He had no education, as we speak of education at the present time; but he had learned in the school of Christ and had gathered from the Bible such a rich fund of gospel truth that, with God's blessing, he was in the fullest sense "apt to teach."
The writer well remembers two occasions on which Bro Bare preached in the Yellow Creek meeting house some thirty years ago, when his soul seemed to have been all aglow with divine love and power. These two sermons for beauty of thought, for appropriateness, for practical instruction, and plain and pointed, yet inoffensive, applications, were ideal sermons. The writer has heard many of the popular preachers of the age, but for spiritual power and practical edification neither the discourses of Beecher with all his great eloquence, the flowery, figurative outbursts of Talmage, nor the plain, practical sermons of our old friend and fellow-laborer, D L, Moody, left impressions on the mind like these simple teachings of our old brother, who, like Paul of old, would not dare to boast of anything save the cross of Christ and his own weakness and imperfections. May the Lord give us more men like Bro Bare. We believe our loss was his eternal gain.
He was buried at the Yellow Creek M H on the 27th. A large number of friends and relatives were in attendance. Services were conducted by John Martin, Henry Schrock and Martin Ramer. J F F
Herald of Truth, Vol XLI, No 41, 6 Oct 1904
1904 The will of Christian Bare was dated September 10, 1900 and was endorsed on October 6, 1904 in Elkhart County. [8]
1904 Esther Bare contested the will of Christian Bare in the Elkhart Circuit Court and chose to take that due to her as a widow. [9]
1906 Esther Bare died on Apr. 11, 1906 and was buried at Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Esther Bare was born Oct. 2, 1815. [10] [11]
1923 Mrs Anna Welty, widowed, daughter of Christian Bear and Ester Bear, died on April 3, 1923, at age 78, in Union Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. Mrs Anna Welty was born on October 10, 1844, in Ohio. [12]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial 70233757, [FindAGrave].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, Elkhart County will record 7-447, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, Elkhart County will record 7-451, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 70234077, [FindAGrave].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].