Background
Laird, Samuel was born on February 7, 1835 in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Son of Samuel and Maria (Kunckel) Laird.
Laird, Samuel was born on February 7, 1835 in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Son of Samuel and Maria (Kunckel) Laird.
Bachelor of Arts, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1852, later Master of Arts Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1855, later Master of Arts Began study of law but abandoned it for ministry.
Doctor of Divinity, Thiel College.
Ordained Evangelical Lutheran ministry, October 14, 1861. Pastor Saint Luke’s Church, Philadelphia, 1861-1864, Holy Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1864-1867, First English Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, 1867-1879, Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, since 1879. Secretary General Council Lutheran Church in North. America, 1870-1879.
President Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1898-1901.
Treasurer Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1895-1909. Trustee German Hospital of Philadelphia, since 1893.
Trustee of Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses. Foreign some time co-editor of The Lutheran, religious weekly.
Delaware International Lutheran Conference, Lund, Sweden, 1901.
Address: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Mary Andelucia Easton, April.