Background
Frear, Walter was born on August 16, 1828 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Baltus and Lavina (Westervelt) Frear.
Frear, Walter was born on August 16, 1828 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Baltus and Lavina (Westervelt) Frear.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1851, Master of Arts, 1854. Andover Theological Seminary, 1852-1853. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1854.
Resident licentiate Yale Theological School, 1854-1855.
(Doctor of Divinity, Pacific Theological Seminary, 1913).
Father of Walter Francis F. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1855. Stated supply Iowa City, California, 1855-1856.
Pastor, Placerville, California, 1856-1861. Pastor Congressional churches
Grass Valley, California, 1862-1864, Santa Cruz, California, 1864-1870, Honolulu, H.I., 1870-1881, Second Church, Oakland, California, 1882-1886.
State secretary Congressional Church Building Society, San Francisco, 1888-1891. General agent American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for Pacific Coast, 1892-1904. Trustee Oahu College, 1870-1881, Pacific Theological Seminary, 1866-1870, 1888-1904, The Pacific Seminary, since 1890.
Secretary-treasurer Congressional Ministers’ Relief Society of California, since 1897.
Address: 1925 10th Avenue, Oakland, California.
Married Fannie Foster, of Placerville, California, December 16, 1858.