Background
Brashares, Charles Wesley was born on March 31, 1891 in Williamsport, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaiah Mark and Clara Emma (McBroom) Brashares.
Brashares, Charles Wesley was born on March 31, 1891 in Williamsport, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaiah Mark and Clara Emma (McBroom) Brashares.
AB, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1914. Doctor of Divinity, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1927. STB, Boston University School Theology, 1917.
Student, Harvard University and Boston University, 1918. Doctor of Laws, Cornell College, 1945. Doctor of Laws, Boston University, 1948.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Simpson College, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1954. Doctor of Letters, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1951.
Successively pastor, Orient Heights (E. Boston), Gorham, Maine, and Newton, Massachusetts Mechanical Engineering Churches, 1917-1922;
pastor, Grace Church, Dayton, Ohio., 1922-1934;
pastor and director Wesley Foundation, First Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-1944;
bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines area, 1944-1952;
bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago area, 1952-1958, from 1960;
bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois area., 1956-1960. Delegate General Conference Methodist Church, 1928, 32, 40, 44. Last fraternal delegate of Methodist Episcopal Church to General Council of United Church of Canada, 1938.
Delegate World Council Churches 2d Assembly, Evanston. Member Board Education, chairman Coordinating Council, 1952-1960. Member Board Missions, National Council Churches, Ecumenical Methodist Council.
Past president Council of Bishops (all of Methodist Church). Vice president Church Federation GreaterChgo., 1962-1964. Member Mayor's All-Chicago Citizens.
Committee, Chicago Federation Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, University of Illinois Citizens Committee. Trustee Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Lake Bluff Children's Home, Illinois Wesleyan University, Northwstern U. Director Kendall College.
Member board Trustees McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois. Trustee Wesley Foundation, University of Illinois.
Member Illinois Council of Churches (president), Union League Club (Chicago), Kiwanis, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Julia E. Merrill, December 20, 1916. Children: Charles Merrill, Wesley Emerson, Robert Mark.