One person told me he died May 2nd due to the obit that someone added. the newspaper article is dated May 3rd.
the memorial stone itself which could be error says he died May 22. I did change the date to the 2nd though.
United with the Baptist Church at Norwich
Ordained to the Gospel Ministry
_____20th 1824
____ the signs of the times
August 3, 1832(can't read above this).
For 35 years, Pastor of the New Vernon
Primitive Baptist Church
1880 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
Gilbert and Phebe, 79 & 76
Sarah Wood age 27 servant.
Mary L. Birsill age 9 (adopted daughter).
1870 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
He was 69 and earning $35,000 a year (this is a lot for way back then. A policeman on the same page was making $5,100, and a physician was making $8,000.)
living with him is wife Phebe age 67,
Phebe A. Carmichael age 37
Otis Carmichael age 18
Sarah Welch age 17
(Also:
son Benton L. age 25, wife Josephine age 24 and child Josephine age 5).
1860 Census, Middletown, Wallkill, Orange, NY
Gilbert claims to be 62, clergyman, earning $6,000 when a physican on the same page is earning $3,500
living with him is his wife Phebe age 58,
Benton L. Beebe age 16,
Phebe Carmichael age 26,
Otis Carmichael age 9
Ellen M. Beebe age 5
Sarah Wood age 10. (listed as domestic)
Thanks Vivian for the following:
He was actually quite famous in his area and in the Babtist circles, especially among the "Old School" (concervative) sect. He was also a publisher and owned a printing press and business. At one time he had printing businesses in two locations. He started a publication called Sign of the Times which was published for over 100 consecutive years (by him, then one of his sons, then his grandson). He used it to spread his ideas of conservative Baptism to wider audience than he could reach from his pulpit. He might have had at least 10 children, but he was only married once, to Phebe Ann Cunningham Beebe.
Rachel Beebe was the wife of his son Gilbert Judson Beebe. Her maiden name was Weller. Phebe Carmichael in their household in 1870 is their daughter. Her husband died at some point and she later married a McNally.
Suggested edit: Elder Gilbert Beebe was Bold and fearless, he for more than sixty years, with tongue and pen, faithfully defended the doctrine of salvation alone by the grace of God, and during his ministry, he preached about 10,000 sermons and traveled about 200,000 miles,—sent forth, not in the manner of modern missionaries, by "Missionary Funds," but in the manner of the Apostles and disciples, by the God of grace and providence, who supplied all his necessities; thus exhibiting to this materialistic, unbelieving age, a life of divine faith, and divine support. In 1832 he founded a semi-monthly periodical called the "Signs of the Times," which he continued to issue till his death. Elder Beebe was born in Norwich, Conn., on November 25, 1800, and died May 2, 1881. At a very early age, he was seriously impressed with a solemn conviction of his sinful and lost condition as a sinner and the necessity of being born again to qualify him to see the Kingdom of God. When he was about seven years old he was made to hope and rejoice in God as his Saviour. At this tender age, he was taught that salvation was of the Lord, and never afterward had the least confidence in the power of men to effect or help in the salvation of sinners. He united with the Baptist Church in Norwich, Conn., when in his eleventh year and was baptized by Elder John Sterry, was licensed in his eighteenth year and began at once to travel as an itinerant preacher and was soon called to the service of several churches. During his ministry he served the following churches: the church in Norwich, Ebenezer, Ramapo, New Vernon, and Middletown and Wallkill in New York; the Third Baptist Church in Baltimore, Upper Broad Run in Virginia, and Shiloh in Washington, D. C. Elder Beebe in his autobiography says: "The division, or separation of the Missionary Baptists from the Old Order, took place in 1832—during my ministry.
I found no occasion to depart from either the faith or order of the church of God, as organized on the day of Pentecost. I cannot find "by sixty years of careful and prayerful searching of the Scriptures, that those Primitive Saints who gladly received the word at Pentecost, and continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship had any religious organization as auxiliaries to the church, existing among them. No Mission Boards for converting the heathen, or for evangelizing the world; no Sunday Schools as nurseries to the church; no schools of any kind for teaching theology or divinity, or for preparing young men for the ministry." For about fifty years Elder Beebe was the able editor of the "Signs of the Times,' and in his declining years said, "My voice will soon be silenced in death, my pen pass into the hands of another, and I hope abler writer, but the eternal truths for which I have so long contended will be lasting as the days of eternity, and when all the deceptive and luring doctrines and institutions of men shall be exposed, and all who have trusted in a refuge of lies shall bewail their folly and call for the rocks and mountains to hide them from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the presence of the Lamb, those who know and love the truth shall in the truth rejoice forevermore."
Biographical History of Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States
edited by R.H. Pittman, Herald Publishing Company, Anderson, Indiana
Published in 1921, pages 29-30
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
the memorial stone itself which could be error says he died May 22. I did change the date to the 2nd though.
United with the Baptist Church at Norwich
Ordained to the Gospel Ministry
_____20th 1824
____ the signs of the times
August 3, 1832(can't read above this).
For 35 years, Pastor of the New Vernon
Primitive Baptist Church
1880 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
Gilbert and Phebe, 79 & 76
Sarah Wood age 27 servant.
Mary L. Birsill age 9 (adopted daughter).
1870 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
He was 69 and earning $35,000 a year (this is a lot for way back then. A policeman on the same page was making $5,100, and a physician was making $8,000.)
living with him is wife Phebe age 67,
Phebe A. Carmichael age 37
Otis Carmichael age 18
Sarah Welch age 17
(Also:
son Benton L. age 25, wife Josephine age 24 and child Josephine age 5).
1860 Census, Middletown, Wallkill, Orange, NY
Gilbert claims to be 62, clergyman, earning $6,000 when a physican on the same page is earning $3,500
living with him is his wife Phebe age 58,
Benton L. Beebe age 16,
Phebe Carmichael age 26,
Otis Carmichael age 9
Ellen M. Beebe age 5
Sarah Wood age 10. (listed as domestic)
Thanks Vivian for the following:
He was actually quite famous in his area and in the Babtist circles, especially among the "Old School" (concervative) sect. He was also a publisher and owned a printing press and business. At one time he had printing businesses in two locations. He started a publication called Sign of the Times which was published for over 100 consecutive years (by him, then one of his sons, then his grandson). He used it to spread his ideas of conservative Baptism to wider audience than he could reach from his pulpit. He might have had at least 10 children, but he was only married once, to Phebe Ann Cunningham Beebe.
Rachel Beebe was the wife of his son Gilbert Judson Beebe. Her maiden name was Weller. Phebe Carmichael in their household in 1870 is their daughter. Her husband died at some point and she later married a McNally.
Suggested edit: Elder Gilbert Beebe was Bold and fearless, he for more than sixty years, with tongue and pen, faithfully defended the doctrine of salvation alone by the grace of God, and during his ministry, he preached about 10,000 sermons and traveled about 200,000 miles,—sent forth, not in the manner of modern missionaries, by "Missionary Funds," but in the manner of the Apostles and disciples, by the God of grace and providence, who supplied all his necessities; thus exhibiting to this materialistic, unbelieving age, a life of divine faith, and divine support. In 1832 he founded a semi-monthly periodical called the "Signs of the Times," which he continued to issue till his death. Elder Beebe was born in Norwich, Conn., on November 25, 1800, and died May 2, 1881. At a very early age, he was seriously impressed with a solemn conviction of his sinful and lost condition as a sinner and the necessity of being born again to qualify him to see the Kingdom of God. When he was about seven years old he was made to hope and rejoice in God as his Saviour. At this tender age, he was taught that salvation was of the Lord, and never afterward had the least confidence in the power of men to effect or help in the salvation of sinners. He united with the Baptist Church in Norwich, Conn., when in his eleventh year and was baptized by Elder John Sterry, was licensed in his eighteenth year and began at once to travel as an itinerant preacher and was soon called to the service of several churches. During his ministry he served the following churches: the church in Norwich, Ebenezer, Ramapo, New Vernon, and Middletown and Wallkill in New York; the Third Baptist Church in Baltimore, Upper Broad Run in Virginia, and Shiloh in Washington, D. C. Elder Beebe in his autobiography says: "The division, or separation of the Missionary Baptists from the Old Order, took place in 1832—during my ministry.
I found no occasion to depart from either the faith or order of the church of God, as organized on the day of Pentecost. I cannot find "by sixty years of careful and prayerful searching of the Scriptures, that those Primitive Saints who gladly received the word at Pentecost, and continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship had any religious organization as auxiliaries to the church, existing among them. No Mission Boards for converting the heathen, or for evangelizing the world; no Sunday Schools as nurseries to the church; no schools of any kind for teaching theology or divinity, or for preparing young men for the ministry." For about fifty years Elder Beebe was the able editor of the "Signs of the Times,' and in his declining years said, "My voice will soon be silenced in death, my pen pass into the hands of another, and I hope abler writer, but the eternal truths for which I have so long contended will be lasting as the days of eternity, and when all the deceptive and luring doctrines and institutions of men shall be exposed, and all who have trusted in a refuge of lies shall bewail their folly and call for the rocks and mountains to hide them from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the presence of the Lamb, those who know and love the truth shall in the truth rejoice forevermore."
Biographical History of Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States
edited by R.H. Pittman, Herald Publishing Company, Anderson, Indiana
Published in 1921, pages 29-30
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
One person told me he died May 2nd due to the obit that someone added. the newspaper article is dated May 3rd.
the memorial stone itself which could be error says he died May 22. I did change the date to the 2nd though.
United with the Baptist Church at Norwich
Ordained to the Gospel Ministry
_____20th 1824
____ the signs of the times
August 3, 1832(can't read above this).
For 35 years, Pastor of the New Vernon
Primitive Baptist Church
1880 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
Gilbert and Phebe, 79 & 76
Sarah Wood age 27 servant.
Mary L. Birsill age 9 (adopted daughter).
1870 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
He was 69 and earning $35,000 a year (this is a lot for way back then. A policeman on the same page was making $5,100, and a physician was making $8,000.)
living with him is wife Phebe age 67,
Phebe A. Carmichael age 37
Otis Carmichael age 18
Sarah Welch age 17
(Also:
son Benton L. age 25, wife Josephine age 24 and child Josephine age 5).
1860 Census, Middletown, Wallkill, Orange, NY
Gilbert claims to be 62, clergyman, earning $6,000 when a physican on the same page is earning $3,500
living with him is his wife Phebe age 58,
Benton L. Beebe age 16,
Phebe Carmichael age 26,
Otis Carmichael age 9
Ellen M. Beebe age 5
Sarah Wood age 10. (listed as domestic)
Thanks Vivian for the following:
He was actually quite famous in his area and in the Babtist circles, especially among the "Old School" (concervative) sect. He was also a publisher and owned a printing press and business. At one time he had printing businesses in two locations. He started a publication called Sign of the Times which was published for over 100 consecutive years (by him, then one of his sons, then his grandson). He used it to spread his ideas of conservative Baptism to wider audience than he could reach from his pulpit. He might have had at least 10 children, but he was only married once, to Phebe Ann Cunningham Beebe.
Rachel Beebe was the wife of his son Gilbert Judson Beebe. Her maiden name was Weller. Phebe Carmichael in their household in 1870 is their daughter. Her husband died at some point and she later married a McNally.
Suggested edit: Elder Gilbert Beebe was Bold and fearless, he for more than sixty years, with tongue and pen, faithfully defended the doctrine of salvation alone by the grace of God, and during his ministry, he preached about 10,000 sermons and traveled about 200,000 miles,—sent forth, not in the manner of modern missionaries, by "Missionary Funds," but in the manner of the Apostles and disciples, by the God of grace and providence, who supplied all his necessities; thus exhibiting to this materialistic, unbelieving age, a life of divine faith, and divine support. In 1832 he founded a semi-monthly periodical called the "Signs of the Times," which he continued to issue till his death. Elder Beebe was born in Norwich, Conn., on November 25, 1800, and died May 2, 1881. At a very early age, he was seriously impressed with a solemn conviction of his sinful and lost condition as a sinner and the necessity of being born again to qualify him to see the Kingdom of God. When he was about seven years old he was made to hope and rejoice in God as his Saviour. At this tender age, he was taught that salvation was of the Lord, and never afterward had the least confidence in the power of men to effect or help in the salvation of sinners. He united with the Baptist Church in Norwich, Conn., when in his eleventh year and was baptized by Elder John Sterry, was licensed in his eighteenth year and began at once to travel as an itinerant preacher and was soon called to the service of several churches. During his ministry he served the following churches: the church in Norwich, Ebenezer, Ramapo, New Vernon, and Middletown and Wallkill in New York; the Third Baptist Church in Baltimore, Upper Broad Run in Virginia, and Shiloh in Washington, D. C. Elder Beebe in his autobiography says: "The division, or separation of the Missionary Baptists from the Old Order, took place in 1832—during my ministry.
I found no occasion to depart from either the faith or order of the church of God, as organized on the day of Pentecost. I cannot find "by sixty years of careful and prayerful searching of the Scriptures, that those Primitive Saints who gladly received the word at Pentecost, and continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship had any religious organization as auxiliaries to the church, existing among them. No Mission Boards for converting the heathen, or for evangelizing the world; no Sunday Schools as nurseries to the church; no schools of any kind for teaching theology or divinity, or for preparing young men for the ministry." For about fifty years Elder Beebe was the able editor of the "Signs of the Times,' and in his declining years said, "My voice will soon be silenced in death, my pen pass into the hands of another, and I hope abler writer, but the eternal truths for which I have so long contended will be lasting as the days of eternity, and when all the deceptive and luring doctrines and institutions of men shall be exposed, and all who have trusted in a refuge of lies shall bewail their folly and call for the rocks and mountains to hide them from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the presence of the Lamb, those who know and love the truth shall in the truth rejoice forevermore."
Biographical History of Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States
edited by R.H. Pittman, Herald Publishing Company, Anderson, Indiana
Published in 1921, pages 29-30
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
the memorial stone itself which could be error says he died May 22. I did change the date to the 2nd though.
United with the Baptist Church at Norwich
Ordained to the Gospel Ministry
_____20th 1824
____ the signs of the times
August 3, 1832(can't read above this).
For 35 years, Pastor of the New Vernon
Primitive Baptist Church
1880 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
Gilbert and Phebe, 79 & 76
Sarah Wood age 27 servant.
Mary L. Birsill age 9 (adopted daughter).
1870 Census, Middletown, Orange, NY
He was 69 and earning $35,000 a year (this is a lot for way back then. A policeman on the same page was making $5,100, and a physician was making $8,000.)
living with him is wife Phebe age 67,
Phebe A. Carmichael age 37
Otis Carmichael age 18
Sarah Welch age 17
(Also:
son Benton L. age 25, wife Josephine age 24 and child Josephine age 5).
1860 Census, Middletown, Wallkill, Orange, NY
Gilbert claims to be 62, clergyman, earning $6,000 when a physican on the same page is earning $3,500
living with him is his wife Phebe age 58,
Benton L. Beebe age 16,
Phebe Carmichael age 26,
Otis Carmichael age 9
Ellen M. Beebe age 5
Sarah Wood age 10. (listed as domestic)
Thanks Vivian for the following:
He was actually quite famous in his area and in the Babtist circles, especially among the "Old School" (concervative) sect. He was also a publisher and owned a printing press and business. At one time he had printing businesses in two locations. He started a publication called Sign of the Times which was published for over 100 consecutive years (by him, then one of his sons, then his grandson). He used it to spread his ideas of conservative Baptism to wider audience than he could reach from his pulpit. He might have had at least 10 children, but he was only married once, to Phebe Ann Cunningham Beebe.
Rachel Beebe was the wife of his son Gilbert Judson Beebe. Her maiden name was Weller. Phebe Carmichael in their household in 1870 is their daughter. Her husband died at some point and she later married a McNally.
Suggested edit: Elder Gilbert Beebe was Bold and fearless, he for more than sixty years, with tongue and pen, faithfully defended the doctrine of salvation alone by the grace of God, and during his ministry, he preached about 10,000 sermons and traveled about 200,000 miles,—sent forth, not in the manner of modern missionaries, by "Missionary Funds," but in the manner of the Apostles and disciples, by the God of grace and providence, who supplied all his necessities; thus exhibiting to this materialistic, unbelieving age, a life of divine faith, and divine support. In 1832 he founded a semi-monthly periodical called the "Signs of the Times," which he continued to issue till his death. Elder Beebe was born in Norwich, Conn., on November 25, 1800, and died May 2, 1881. At a very early age, he was seriously impressed with a solemn conviction of his sinful and lost condition as a sinner and the necessity of being born again to qualify him to see the Kingdom of God. When he was about seven years old he was made to hope and rejoice in God as his Saviour. At this tender age, he was taught that salvation was of the Lord, and never afterward had the least confidence in the power of men to effect or help in the salvation of sinners. He united with the Baptist Church in Norwich, Conn., when in his eleventh year and was baptized by Elder John Sterry, was licensed in his eighteenth year and began at once to travel as an itinerant preacher and was soon called to the service of several churches. During his ministry he served the following churches: the church in Norwich, Ebenezer, Ramapo, New Vernon, and Middletown and Wallkill in New York; the Third Baptist Church in Baltimore, Upper Broad Run in Virginia, and Shiloh in Washington, D. C. Elder Beebe in his autobiography says: "The division, or separation of the Missionary Baptists from the Old Order, took place in 1832—during my ministry.
I found no occasion to depart from either the faith or order of the church of God, as organized on the day of Pentecost. I cannot find "by sixty years of careful and prayerful searching of the Scriptures, that those Primitive Saints who gladly received the word at Pentecost, and continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship had any religious organization as auxiliaries to the church, existing among them. No Mission Boards for converting the heathen, or for evangelizing the world; no Sunday Schools as nurseries to the church; no schools of any kind for teaching theology or divinity, or for preparing young men for the ministry." For about fifty years Elder Beebe was the able editor of the "Signs of the Times,' and in his declining years said, "My voice will soon be silenced in death, my pen pass into the hands of another, and I hope abler writer, but the eternal truths for which I have so long contended will be lasting as the days of eternity, and when all the deceptive and luring doctrines and institutions of men shall be exposed, and all who have trusted in a refuge of lies shall bewail their folly and call for the rocks and mountains to hide them from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the presence of the Lamb, those who know and love the truth shall in the truth rejoice forevermore."
Biographical History of Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States
edited by R.H. Pittman, Herald Publishing Company, Anderson, Indiana
Published in 1921, pages 29-30
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
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