Background
Stewart, Robert Laird was born on August 11, 1840 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Zachariah Gemmill and Jane (Laird) Stewart.
Stewart, Robert Laird was born on August 11, 1840 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Zachariah Gemmill and Jane (Laird) Stewart.
Left Jefferson College in senior year to enlist in Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Volumes, 1862. Resumed studies, 1865. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1866, Master of Arts, 1867 (Doctor of Divinity, 1895).
Graduate Western Theological Seminary, 1869.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Pastor Conneautville, Pennsylvania, 1869-1873, Golden, Colorado, 1873-1879. Superintendent schools Jefferson Company, Colorado, 1874-1879.
Traveled in Europe and the East, 1879-1880.
Pastor Mahoning Church, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1880-1890. Professor pastoral theology, Biblical archaeology and Christian evidences, Theological Seminary of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1890-January 1, 1914.
Honorary secretary of the Pennsylvania Section, Palestine Exploration Fund. Contributor articles to The Bible Student, 1900-1903, to The Mediterranean Traveler, 1905, to Hastings’ Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
Author: History of the Mahoning Presbyterian Church, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1885.
The Place and Value of Pastoral Theology in the Curriculum of Theological Study, 1894. The Land of Israel, 1899. Memorable Places Among the Holy Hills, 1903.
Life of Sheldon Jackson, 1908.
History of the 140th Pennsylvania Volumes, 1913. Address: Alhambra, California.
Married Sarah Ewing, of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, April.