Burial · 1832
William Sawyer
Chaplain of Ootacamund, M. Eccl. [Madras Ecclesiastical] Establishment
- Date
- 8th January 1832
- Age
- 34 years
- Place
- Ootacamund
- Officiant
- James Baker Morewood
- Register
- Burials · 1831-1844
- Notes
- Rev. William Sawyer, the Chaplain who personally officiated at every burial on the preceding page (entries 1-14). He died at Ootacamund on 8 January 1832 at the age of 34, just three months after the last burial he conducted. His successor as officiating Acting Chaplain was James B. Norewood, who buried him. First Chaplain of Ootacamund; came as a C.M.S. missionary in 1822, appointed a Company chaplain 1830; d. 7 Jan 1832, aged 35. He officiated the register's earliest entries.