Old Photograph Baird Street Coatbridge Scotland

Old photograph of shops, children, horse and cart, houses and church on Baird Street in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Peter Marshall was born on May 27, 1902 in Coatbridge. He heard a strong calling to the ministry at a young age. Despite having no money, he emigrated to New York City in Amedrica in 1927 when he was 24. He graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1931. He was called as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, a small, rural church in Covington, Georgia. After a brief pastorate, Marshall accepted a call to Atlanta's Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1933. In Atlanta, Marshall met his future wife, Catherine Wood, then a student at Agnes Scott College. They married in 1936 and had one son. In 1937 Peter Marshall became pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. In 1946 he was appointed as US Senate Chaplain, serving from January 4, 1947 until his sudden death of a heart attack on January 26, 1949, just over two years later. He was 46 years old. He is best remembered from the success of A Man Called Peter a biography of him written by his widow, Catherine Marshall, and the 1955 film adaptation of the same name, which was nominated for an Academy Award for its cinematography. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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