Willard Livingstone Beard Family papers, 1894-1964 (inclusive).

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Willard Livingstone Beard Family papers, 1894-1964 (inclusive).

Material documents of the work of a longtime missionary and his family in China.

5 linear feet (11 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019834

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Beard, Willard Livingstone, 1865-1947.

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Willard L. Beard was born in Shelton, Connecticut in 1865. Following his marriage to Ellen Kinney in 1894, he served the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' Foochow Mission for over forty years (1894-1941). During the period 1905-1910, Beard was released by the ABCFM to set up and head a branch of the YMCA in Fukien province. Beard died in 1945. From the description of Willard Livingstone Beard Family papers, 1894-1964 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record...

Beard, Willard Livingstone, 1865-1945.

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Willard Livingstone Beard was born in Shelton, Connecticut in 1865, son of Oliver Gould Beard and Nancy Maria Nichols Beard. Following his marriage to Ellen Kinney in 1894, he served the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' Foochow mission for over forty years (1894-1941). The Beards had six children: Phebe (1895-1925), Myron Gould (1896-1974), Geraldine (1898-1993), Dorothy (1901-1991), Marjorie (1906-1995), and Kathleen (1908-2004). During the period 1905-1910, Be...

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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Organized 1810; incorporated 1812; consists of members of National Council of Congregational Churches in the U.S., and 150 additional members elected by the board in biennial meetings; the foreign missionary arm of Congregational Christian Churches of the U.S.; headquartered in Boston, Mass.; also known as ABCFM. From the description of Records, 1804-1964 (bulk 1900-1960). (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70927016 Organized 1810; incorporated in 181...