Background
Mears, David Otis was born on February 22, 1842 in Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Agibail (Burnham) Mears.
Mears, David Otis was born on February 22, 1842 in Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Agibail (Burnham) Mears.
Brother of Leverett M. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1865, Master of Arts, 1868. Full theological course under direction of Review East. North. Kirk, Doctor of Divinity, Boston.
(Doctor of Divinity, Iowa [now Grinnell] College, 1882).
Honorary J. B. Grinnell, of Grinnell, Iowa, September 6, 1882. Ordained to ministry, 1867. Pastor North Avenue Congressional Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1867-1877, Piedmont Congressional Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1877-1893, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1893-1895, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York, 1895-1910, pastor emeritus, 1910.
Associate editor Golden Rule (now Christian Endeavor World), Boston, 1879-1880.
Author: Life of Edward Norris Kirk, Doctor of Divinity, 1877. The Deathless Book, 1888.
Oberlin Lectures, 1892. Inspired Through Suffering, 1895.
Edited Lectures on Revivals, by East. North. Kirk, Doctor of Divinity, 1875.
Married Fannie J. Bentley, September 11, 1867. Married second, Mary C., daughter