Rev. Jacob Wesley Bean

1873 - 1942  (68 years)

• Name	Jacob Wesley Bean
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	5 Jun 1873	Near Bright, Oxford Co., Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00008-989
  Died	8 Mar 1942	Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Elgin, Dereham Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I15475	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel G. Bean,   b. 9 Apr 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1885, Near Mildmay, Bruce Co., Ontario  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hailer,   b. 30 May 1831, Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canda ,   d. 7 Jul 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1862	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F4169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Wesley Bean, "was born near Bright, Oxford County, June 5th, 1873. He was book-keeper in the Gas Office, Berlin, until September, 1894, when he left and went to Napierville, Illinois, where he is attending college, preparing himself for the ministry." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].y _________________________ The death of Rev. Jacob Wesley Bean, 68, widely-known retired United Church minister, occurred at the family residence, College Avenue, Simcoe, on Sunday following an illness of several months. Deceased was born in Oxford County and in 1898 he received his first charge in the ministry, that of an assistant pastor with the Selkirk Evangelical Church. Since that time he had held charges at Rockingham, Parry Sound, Wetaskiwin, Regina, Welland County, Bartonville, Oxford County, Wentworth County, Hepworth, Stevensville,Townsend circuit and Kelvin. He retired in June 1941. Surviving are his wife, the former Florence Smith, two daughters, Mrs. R.D. Kerman of St. Thomas, Miss Helen I. at home, and a son Daniel N. of Niagara Falls, two sisters, Mrs. R. B.Dickert of Indian Head, Ssk., and Mrs. E. M. Haist of Kitchener, and two brothers, Rev. E. H. Bean ofMorriston and S. U. Bean of Kitchener. A half brother, L. H. Wagner of Kitchener also survives...Mount Elgin Cemetery. obit. of Tues., March 10, 1942: _____________________ Monkton Times, (July 17, 1919): "Boy Electrocuted" Stanley Bean,aged 10 years, eldest son of Rev. J. W. Bean, Methodist minister at Mt.Elgin, Oxford County, and brother of Rev. E.H. Bean of Milverton, metwith a tragic end on Thursday, July 10th. It appears the little fellow had gone fishing and was on his way home when a dead cow by the roadside attracted his attention. The windstorm had torn a limb off a tree and the broken end of the hydro wire was lying on the ground, the cow evidently coming in contact with it was killed. Stanley not observing it must have touched it, as his shoe was burned. When discovered, the little fellow's clothing had almost entirely been burned off and parts of his body charred. The sad event has cast a gloom over the community. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon and was very largely attended, friends and relatives from a distance being present from Kitchener, Woodstock, Hamilton, St. George, Millgrove and other points. Rev. E.H. Bean and A.C. Clemens of Milverton attended the funeral." - his father filed a lawsuit, but whether he won or lost in not yet known: _________________________ Monkton Times, Nov. 27, 1919: "Rev. J. W. Bean, Methodist minister of Dereham Centre, in the Township of Dereham is suing the township for alleged negligence of the municipal corporation, which, he contends, resulted in the death of his son, Stanley Bean, aged 10 years, on July10th last, by reason of coming in contact with an electric wire which had fallen on the side of the road. The plaintiff is a brother of Rev. E.H.Bean of Milverton." ______________________ BEAN, J. WESLEY Widely known United Church retired minister, at the family residence at Simcoe, in his 69th year. He was born in Oxford County, near Bright, on June 5, 1873, son of the late Daniel Bean and Margaret Heiler. In 1898, Rev. Bean received his first charge, assistant pastor with the Selkirk Evangelical Church and a short time later, transferred to Rockingham, then Parry Sound, then Morriston, following which he was called to Wetaskiwin and Regina, SK. Returning to Welland, he went to Bartonville Methodist Church and was pastor in Halton and Wentworth Counties. Later, he was called to Oxford, after which he was four years at York. In 1926, he was made leader and prelate in Saskatchewan for one year, returning to accept a charge in Hepworth, Stevensville and Townsend circuit (Mount Zion and Hartford United Churches). In 1935, he was called to Kelvin Church, which was his last pastorate, retiring in June 194?, as he was in poor health. Surviving are his wife, Florence Smith; two daughters and one son, Margaret (Mrs. R. Kerman) of St. Thomas; Miss Helen Bean of Simcoe; and Daniel N. Bean of Niagara Falls, ON; one grand-daughter, Bonnie Rose Bean; three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. R. B. Dickert of Indian Head, SK; Mrs. E. M. Haist of Buffalo; Mrs. A. C. Bender of Kitchener; Rev. E. H. Bean of Morriston; S. U. Bean of Kitchener; and one half-brother, L. H. Wagner of Kitchener. A brief service was held at the MacGregor Funeral Home in Simcoe on Wednesday, March 11, 1942 at 1: 30, then to Mount Elgin United Church, where service was conducted at 2, with interment in Mount Elgin Cemetery. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 256. [S271] Census - ON, Bruce - 1881, Census Place Carrick, Bruce South, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375910 District 176 Sub-district D Division 2 Page Number 57 Household Number 240. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 254. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Daniel Bean aged 30 res. Wilmot born Canada son of Abraham and Susannah Bean to Margaretha Wagner aged 31 res Berlin born Canada daughter of J. and Margareth Weiler, 27 apr 1862 by Jacob Kierhele, Evangelical Association.

  
  

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  Died - 8 Mar 1942 - Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth