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Village:Sabbathday Lake, ME Source:bios:253Search: Full Last First
id 253 firstname Otis lastname Sawyer birthyr 1815 deathyr 1884 bio Sawyer, Otis (1815-1884), was born in Portland, ME. He was 1st elder of the Church F., at Sabbath day Lake, ME, In 1856; served as 2nd elder of the Maine Ministry from 1842 to 1848 (the youngest person ever in that post in Maine), when he was appointed trustee of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers, and as its 1st elder from 1859 to 1884. In those years he composed several Shaker songs and became a noted hymnwriter. In 1883, while he was advertising a "great variety of ladies' basket work, pin cushions, needle books," he also started the Shaker Library. He kept a diary about the family affairs, much quoted by present-day Sabbathday Lake Shakers. He was among those Shaker leaders who contributed their writings to worldly publications; he submitted his to the Portland Pleasure Boat, addressing the editor as "Brother Jeremiah." His writing "Shaker Village [New Gloucester}, "appeared in "History of Cumberland County, Maine," in 1880, and another one, giving an account of the Alfred, ME, Shaker community, appeared in . History of York Co., Maine.' He also served many years as Clerk of the Alfred School District
Village:Alfred, ME Source:census:3775Search: Full Last First
id 3775 firstname Otis lastname Sawyer fullname Otis Sawyer eventdate Census 1860-: birthdate 1815 cenurl https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC9-W8Q
id 3878 firstname Otis lastname Sawyer fullname Otis Sawyer eventdate Census 1880-: birthdate 1815 cenurl https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ4-VQY
Village:Alfred, ME Source:sqtrlyobits:148Search: Full Last First
ID 148 FULLNAME Sawyer, Otis ISSUE tm1405 DETAILS Elder Otis Sawyer, Mar. 9, at Alfred, Me. Age 68 yrs. 10 mo. and 7 days. (See pages, 109, 118.)
AGE 68 yrs. 10 mo. and 7 days DEATHDATE 1884-03-9 VILLAGE Alfred, ME FirstNAME Otis LastNAME Sawyer
Village:Sabbathday Lake, ME Source:shakerdic:67Search: Full Last First
id 67 firstname Otis lastname Sawyer birthyr 1815 deathyr 1884 sourceid 184 sourceurl https://books.google.com/books?id=oQhY03JJvTAC&hl=en&pg=PA184
Village:Sabbathday Lake, ME Source:whrsreel:012924Search: Full Last First