LEAPY .- T~e subject of t his sketch, ELDER WEST LEARY, was born in Bertie

county, N. C. , June I Ith , 1811 . In his 29th year he professed religion and

joined the church at Capehearts . He was ordained to the work of the ministry in

May, 1848, having moved to Chowan county in the month of January before . He

was instrumental in organizing the church at Maced0nia in 1850, of which he be-

came a member , and was their faithful pastor fo r over 30 years , unti I July 24th,

1881 , a f ter a brief i I lness (of pneumonia) the Master cal led him to his rest

after the arduous trials of 70 long years . He was pastor of the church at

Salem for many years, also at Bal lard's Bridge and Ross churches . The most of

his labors were in the bounds of the . Yeopim Union.

He was an humble submissive christian , always ready to speak for the Master ,

never forgetting to point sinners to the cross of Christ . He was a strong

defender of temperance during his whole christi an I i fe .

Truly a good man in Israel has fallen . While with his 10 children and host

of friends we mourn his loss , yet we bow with humble submission to the wi I I of

God , knowing that our loss is his eterna l gain .

BIBLICAL RECORDER

August 24 , 1881 .

EDW ' D PEARCE.

DI ED

LEARY.- The subject of this sketch, ELDER WEST LEARY, was born in Bertie

county, N. C., June I Ith, 1811. In his 29th year he professed religion and

joined the church at Capehearts. He was ordained to the work of the ministry in

May, 1848, having moved to Chowan county in the month of January before. He

was instrumental in organizing the church at Macedonia in 1850, of which he be-

came a member, and was their faithful pastor for over 30 years, unti I July 24th,

1881, after a brief i I lness (of pneumonia) the Master cal led him to his rest

after the arduous trials of 70 long years. He was pastor of the church at

Salem for many years, also at Bal lard's Bridge and Ross churches. The most of

his labors were in the bounds of the Yeopim Union.

He was an humble submissive christian, always ready to speak for the Master,

never forgetting to point sinners to the cross of Christ. He was a strong

defender of temperance during his whole christian I ife.

Truly a good man in Israel has fallen. While with his 10 children and host

of friends we mourn his loss, yet we bow with humble submission to the wi I I of

God, knowing that our loss is his eternal gain.

BIBLICAL RECORDER

August 24, 1881.

EDW'D PEARCE.

ELDER WEST LEARY.

Elder West Leary was born June 9th, 1811 . In the 29th year of his

age, he made a profession of religion, uniting with the church at Capeharts,

Bertie county, N. C. On the 14th of June, 1832, he married Mary E. Thatch,

and in the year 1847 moved to the county of Chowan . He was regularly

ordained into the gospel ministry in the year 1848. In the year 1850 he

organized and established the church at Macedonia, in the pastorate of

which he continued thenceforward to his death, a period of over 30 years .

June 23d, 1860, he lost his wife; January 8th, 1862, married Mrs . A. V.

Townsend, who died Apri I 29th, 1872. He served in the pastorate many churches

in the bounds of the Chowan Association--Mars Hi I I, Salem , Bal lard's Bridge,

Ebenezer, Whitevi I le Grove , Ross' Church, Providence, Macedonia and others .

He died at his home in Chowan county after a brief i I lness on the 24th of

July, 1881, in the 71st year of his age. Ten of the thirteen children

born unto him now survive him. His educational advantages were few indeed,

but a native vigor of intellect, fired by a zeal for the cause of of his

master , and tempered by devoted piety, made him a powerful instrument in

God ' s hands in the accomplishment of a great work. The churches he served

as pastor , the communities where he labored in conjunction with others at

the recurring protracted revival seasons, wi I I acknowledge the efficiency

of his ministry and gratefully cherish his memory. W. H. M.

CHOWAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES, 1882.

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