Williams, Mrs. Clara Tear. (Painesville, Ohio, September 22, 1858--July 1, 1937, Houghton, New York). As a young woman she was a school teacher. She suffered an attack of tuberculosis but fully recovered from it and for a number of years engaged in evangelistic work in several North Central states. In 1895 she married the Reverend W.H. Williams, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and until his death thirty years later labored with him in serving churches in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Commission of her church which compiled Sacred Hymns and Tunes, 1897.
--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives. Photocopied photos (uncited) of Clara Tear Williams and pages from a manuscript family history by Frank W. Tear are also av… Go to person page >
Translator: Honorato Reza
Born: OcÂtoÂber 27, 1912, Alahuixtlan, GuerÂreÂro, MexÂiÂco.
Died: 2000, Kansas City.
Reza’s edÂuÂcaÂtion beÂgan at age six in the home of a ProÂtestÂant pasÂtor, and conÂtinÂued in a boardÂing school in TelÂoÂloÂaÂpan, and latÂer in MexÂiÂco City. ReÂza beÂcame a ChrisÂtian at age 11 afÂter hearÂing a sermon by Ruth DelÂgaÂdo. He turned away from the faith as a teen, but was reÂconÂciled in 1930. He gradÂuÂatÂed from the BiÂble InÂstiÂtute in MexÂiÂco CiÂty in 1935, and took his first pasÂtorÂate in MaÂtÃÂas RoÂmeÂro, OaÂxaÂca.
Reza enÂrolled at the UnÂiÂverÂsiÂty of PasÂaÂdeÂna, California, in 1937, reÂceived his baÂcheÂlor’s deÂgree in 1939, and reÂturned to MexÂ… Go to person page >
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