Background
Spining, George Lawrence was born on May 15, 1840 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of George Burnett and Elizabeth Cassatt (Monfort) Spining.
Spining, George Lawrence was born on May 15, 1840 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of George Burnett and Elizabeth Cassatt (Monfort) Spining.
Educated Highland (Kansas) U., honorary Master of Arts, 1876, Doctor of Divinity, 1880. Hanover (Indiana) College. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1869.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Pastor, Cleveland, 1880-1885, San Francisco, 1885-1887, Cincinnati, 1887-1890, Phillips Memorial Church, New York, 1890-1893. Pastor emeritus First Church, S. Orange, New Jersey, since 1906.
Served in Company C, 7th Kansas Cavalry, Civil War.
Married Marion Agusta Parker, April.