Background
Shaw, Samuel Gormley was born on November 20, 1854 in at Coldenham, New York, United States. Son of Review James W. and Elizabeth McLaury (Finley) Shaw.
Shaw, Samuel Gormley was born on November 20, 1854 in at Coldenham, New York, United States. Son of Review James W. and Elizabeth McLaury (Finley) Shaw.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1880. Studied Allegheny R.P. Theological Seminary, 1880-1884. Master of Arts, University of Wooster, 1893, Doctor of Philosophy, 1894.
Ordained R.P. ministry, 1884. Pastor Walton, New York, 1884-1896, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1896-1904, Belle Center, O., 1905-1907, West. Hebron, New York, 1909-1918. Clerk New York Presbytery, 1888-1898.
Clerk of Synod of R.P. Church, 1901-1904.
Moderator same at meeting in Pittsburgh, 1911. Delegate Pan-Presbyterian Council, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1913.
Member Alliance of the Reformed Churches, since 1913.
Married Sarah Jane Hilton, of Newburgh, New York, February 11, 1885.