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- As a boy, George B. SHAW was
baptized and united with a Seventh Day Baptist
- church at Alden, Minn. Subsequently,
he held membership in the various churches which he served as
pastor. In 1939, after coming to Alfred to live, he and Mrs.
SHAW joined the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred
in which they worked faithfully as long as health permitted.
- He was graduated from Milton College,
Milton, Wis., in 1892. He was graduated
- from the Seventh Day Baptist Theological
Seminary, Alfred, N.Y., now Alfred University School of Theology,
in 1895. Milton College conferred upon him the honorary D.D.
degree in 1923. He also did graduate work at Union Theological
Seminary, New York City, and at the University of Chicago.
- He was married to Miss Nellie Evangel
BURDICK on August 14, 1894, by his uncle,
- Rev. George W. BURDICK. To
this union were born four daughters: Mrs. H. O. BURDICK
(Hannah) of Alfred, N.Y.; Mrs. George THORNGATE (Helen)
of Monterey, Calif.; Mrs. James I. STILLMAN (Catharine)
of Houston, Texas; and Miriam, who died May 10, 1958. Survivors
also include ten grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.
- Mrs. SHAW, who was in the hospital
in poor condition at the time of her husband's
- departure on September 21, died nine
days later.
- As a small girl, she was baptized and
joined the Milton Junction, Wis., Seventh Day
- Baptist Church. Throughout subsequent
years she belonged to the churches of which her husband was pastor.
- One of her daughters said of her, "She
rigidly adhered to the principles in which she
- had been brought up. Her grandfather,
his sister, and three of his brothers were all ordained Seventh
Day Baptist ministers. She was a collateral descendant of Jonathan
ALLEN and other founders of Alfred University. Rev.
Nathan V. HULL, a great-uncle, was for thirty-five years
pastor of the Alfred Church.
- "As a pastor's wife she stayed
in the background. She was hospitable, yet retiring,
- choosing to work, when needed, with
little children. She was an educated musician. She kept herself
clear of involvement in the music of the church and was never
heard to criticize the choir. She was not known to comment
unkindly about others."
- Of the two women's societies in the
North Loup, Neb., Seventh Day Baptist Church,
- one was named Nellie SHAW Missionary
Society, in her honor. She served as president of the Women's
Board of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference for a number
of years.
- Mr. SHAW was ordained to the
Christian ministry at Hartsville, N.Y. He served as
- pastor of the Friendship Seventh Day
Baptist Church at Nile, N.Y.; the First Seventh Day Baptist Church
at New York City; the first Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton,
Ashaway, R.I.; the Plainfield Seventh Day Baptist Church of Christ,
Plainfield, N.J.; the Seventh Day Baptist Church of North Loup,
Neb.; the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of New York City (a
second time); and the Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church of Salem,
W. Va.
- Pastor SHAW's preaching, evangelistic
in nature, was enjoyed by many. His
- messages for boys and girls were heard
with eagerness by grownups as well as by children. His knowledge
of the Bible was phenomenal. His life text was Galatians 2:
20.
- In 1947 began his long illness during
which he was given loving care by members of his
- family. He was always glad to have
friends call and members of the family return home to see him
and Mrs. SHAW.
- Memorial services were conducted by
his pastor, the Rev. Hurley S. Warren, at the
- Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church on
Sabbath afternoon, September 23, 1961. Dean Albert N. ROGERS,
Alfred University School of Theology, was in charge of a quartet
which sang. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. The service
for Mrs. SHAW was in the church on Tuesday, October 3.
H. S. W. [Vol. 170, No. 26, p. 16]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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