Theophilus Parsons Sawin

Background

Sawin, Theophilus Parsons was born on January 14, 1841 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Theophilus P. and Martha McIntyre (Mason) Sawin.

Education

Educated Kimball Union Academy and Yale to sophomore years. (Doctor of Divinity, Williams).

Career

Ordained Congleton pastor, Racine, Wisconsin, December, 1871. Later called to Janesville, Wisconsin, thence to Mystic Congressional Church, Medford, Massachusetts. Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Troy, New York, since 1886.

Author: The Transfiguring of the Cross, 1896.

Liberty in the Presbyterian Church, 1899. Editor: Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York, 1892.

Chaplain New York Society Founders and Patriots. Associate member Council of 70.

Home: Troy, New New York

Achievements

• Theophilus Parsons Sawin has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Council of 70.

Connections

Married Emeline T. Farel, September 28, 1864.

Father:

Review Theophilus P. Sawin

Mother:

Martha McIntyre (Mason) Sawin

Spouse:

Emeline T. Farel