Background
Sawyers, Mott Randolph was born on July 5, 1870 in Unionville, Iowa, United States. Son of Sylvester Heartwell and Mary Flavia (Miller) Sawyers.
Sawyers, Mott Randolph was born on July 5, 1870 in Unionville, Iowa, United States. Son of Sylvester Heartwell and Mary Flavia (Miller) Sawyers.
Bachelor of Arts, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, 1890, Doctor of Divinity, 1914. Student Princeton, 1891. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1895.
Graduate study Union Theological Seminary, 1898-1899.
Doctor of Philosophy, Western Union College, Lemars, Iowa, 1913.
LaRue. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church, 1903. Pastor Unionville and Moulton, Iowa, 1895-1896, Centerville, 1897. State secretary Iowa Anti-Saloon League, 1899-1902.
Pastor Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa, 1902-1911.
General secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Davenport, 1911-1913. Pastor Avondale Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, O., 1914-1915.
Lecturer Redpath Lyceum Bureau, 1910-1917. In Young Men's Christian Association service at various army posts 1917-1919.
Also lecturer on United States Constitution.
Pastor Centerville, 1920-1940, pastor emeritus May 1, 1940. Interim pastor, Congressional Church, Anoka, Minnesota, 1941, First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, Minnesota, September 1942-August 1943.
Member of the board of directors Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. Member Iowa National Guard 3 years. Member International Magna Charta Association (Vice-President Iowa), Sons of the American Revolution (president Minnesota, national chaplain 1949-1954.
Member Chapparal Society, Poets and
Club: Commercial (ex-president). Writer Pep Talks, syndicated weekly newspaper feature, and contributor stories and verse to magazines
Married Rebecca Margaret Taylor, July 17, 1907.