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Henry Allen Sawtelle

December 11, 1832 – November 22, 1885

Died 22 November 1885 · Waterville, Maine

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Memorial Card

Date of death

November 22, 1885

Date of birth

December 11, 1832

Age at death

52 years, 11 months, 11 days

Place of death

Waterville, Maine, United States

The memorial card

From the funeral card

IN MEMORIAM

HENRY ALLEN SAWTELLE, D.D.

CLASS OF '54

[memorial resolution text — small body paragraphs largely illegible at this scan resolution; mentions the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity]

C. F. Pierce, Committee

[two further committee signature names — illegible]

[Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter], November 23, 1885

Biographical sketch (from our original posting)

SAWTELLE, Henry Allen, clergyman, born in Sidney, Maine, 11 December, 1832; died in Waterville, Maine, 22 November, 1885. His early years were spent on a farm. He was graduated at Colby university in 1854, and at Newton theological institution in 1858, after which he was ordained pastor of a church in Limerick, Maine, but in 1859 he went as a missionary to China, remaining there until 1861, when he resigned, owing to impaired health.

From 1862 till 1874 he was pastor of Baptist churches in San Francisco, editing there the "Evangel" and the "Spare Hour." Subsequently he had charges in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Hillsdale college, Michigan, gave him the degree of D.D. in 1874. Dr. Sawtelle contributed to the "Bibliotheca Sacra" and the "Baptist Quarterly," and was the author of "Things to Think of" (San Francisco, 1873).

The sketch was posted without attribution.

In Memoriam died in Waterville (Maine) Nov. 22, 1885 Henry Allen Sawtelle, D.D. Class of '54 (Colby University) Henry Allen Sawtelle

People named in this record

  • Henry Allen SawtelleSubject
  • C. F. PierceMentioned · probable

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From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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2026-06-12
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