13 Facts About Beverly Waugh

Beverly Waugh was an American who was a Methodist pastor, book agent, and Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1836.

In 1809, aged 20, Beverly Waugh entered the itinerant ministry of the Baltimore Annual Conference.

Beverly Waugh was elected by his peers to be a delegate to the General Conferences of 1816 and 1820, representing the Baltimore Conference.

In 1828, Beverly Waugh was again elected a member of General Conference, and was, at that time, chosen Assistant Editor and Agent of the Book Concern of the Methodist Episcopal Church, resulting in his restationing to New York City.

In 1832, Beverly Waugh was made the principal agent, through not a member of the General Conference that year.

Beverly Waugh was again a member of the 1836 General Conference.

Beverly Waugh was elected to the Episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church by the 1836 General Conference.

Beverly Waugh filled this highest office in the ordained ministry for nearly 22 years.

Beverly Waugh was never absent from one of his conferences.

Beverly Waugh organized the Rock River, Texas Annual Conference, with only nine members, as well as other Annual Conferences.

Beverly Waugh shared with his colleagues the responsibility of presiding over five sessions of the General Conference, some of which were the most laborious and difficult known in the history of the Church.

Beverly Waugh visited Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for several days in January 1858 to assist in a revival of religion.

Beverly Waugh was buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Baltimore, near the graves of Bishops Francis Asbury, Enoch George and John Emory.