Rollin Augustus Sawyer

Background

Sawyer, Rollin Augustus was born on July 13, 1830 in Sawyerville, Quebec, Canada. Son of Rufus and Ruth (Alger) Sawyer.

Education

Ancestors landed in Massachusetts, 1636. Moved to Ohio, 1841; Bachelor of Arts, 2d honors, Western Reserve College, 1851 (Phi Beta Kappa). Principal Granville Academy, 1851-1854.

Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1857.

(Doctor of Divinity, Western Reserve University, 1872. Doctor of Letters, Western Reserve University, 1911).

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1858. Pastor, Yonkers, New York, 1856-1862, Newark, O., 1862-1866, Dayton, 1866-1870, Irvington, New York, 1870-1879. Stated supply, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1881-1885.

Pastor Carmel, New York, 1885-1888.

Stated supply, Hastings-on-Hudson, 1891-1893, Montclair, New Jersey, 1893-1903. Lecturer on literature, Bloomfield Theological Seminary, 1893-1908.

Achievements

• Rollin Augustus Sawyer has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as presiding officer in 3 synods. Progressive.

Connections

Married Martha Elizabeth Linn, August 18, 1857.

Father:

Rufus Sawyer

Mother:

Ruth (Alger) Sawyer

Spouse:

Martha Elizabeth Linn