[1569] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
_James Frederick DIEHL __ | (1845 - ....) m 1872 _Frederick DIEHL _____________| | (1875 - 1934) m 1901 | | |_Arabella Erwin POMEROY _+ | (1846 - 1914) m 1872 | |--Dorothy Nevin DIEHL | (1902 - ....) | _________________________ | | |_Ollie Mary Elizabeth KREADY _| (1871 - ....) m 1901 | |_________________________
_____________________ | _Joseph JACK ________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Elizabeth JACK | | _Francis HERRON _____+ | | |_Hannah Jane HERRON _| | |_Jane WILLS _________
_Daniel NEVIN ________+ | (1744 - 1813) m 1770 _David NEVIN ________| | (1782 - 1848) m 1810| | |_Margaret WILLIAMSON _+ | (1741 - 1822) m 1770 | |--Edwin Henry NEVIN | (1814 - 1889) | ______________________ | | |_Mary PIERCE ________| (1791 - 1861) m 1810| |______________________
[187]
Wrote numerous hymns and books and was an honorary member of theVictoria Institute, and the Philosophical Society of Great Britain.
Alfred Nevin, in the "Presbyterian Encyclopedia" writes, "Dr. Nevin isan eloquent and impressive preacher. He is an apt and ready debater,and has in several instances combated error in public discussion. Hehas recently been elected to membership in the 'Victoria Institute orPhilosophical Society of Great Britain'. He is the author of 'TheMinister's Handbook', 'The Man of Faith', 'The City of God', and'Thoughts About Christ', which have been prepared with care, andreceived with much favor. As a poet, he has attained considerablerecognition, and some of his devotinal poems have a place in many ofthe hymnals of the land, as well as in England and Ireland."
[191] Also pastored churches in Mt. Vernon, Cleveland, OH, Boston, MA, andWalpole, MA. His last pastorate was First Reformed Church ofPhiladelphia.
[192]
John Denison Nevin writes from "The Story of Nevin, and HistoricalNarrative of the Early Days of the New England Colony of Iowa" by J.Loran Ellis, 1901:
"During the middle fifties public interest in the question of theextension or nonextension of slavery to the Kansas country wasintense. Emigration from the East was heavy. The Rev E.H. Nevin,pastor of the Congregational Church at Walpole, Mass., took his summervacation in 1835, to visit the West, and returned impressed with thewealth of Iowa's rolling lands.
Speculation in land was booming among Boston capitalists and at Dr.Nevin's suggestion, Harris, Cowles & Co., stock brokers, bought 16,000acres of land in Iowa.
Dr. Nevin's proposal was: that Mr. Turner and Mr. R. B. Smith (ofHarris, Cowles & Co.) should each furnish one-half the money to flatand manage the speculation. Dr. Nevin's name was to be given to theplace and he was to give his moral support but was to invest no money,he was also to receive a plot of 160 acres.
Solomon Brown, a deacon in Dr. Nevin's church, acted as selling agent,and announced in the Bostson papers: 'New England Colony of Iowa & c,The subscriber is now receiving names of applicants for this Colony ofthose who wish to become actual settlers & c.' The greater part of theland was sold and some families moved west and settled there. A smallvillage sprang up, lasting a few years, and then the original Nevinland passed into improved farms. There were in 1901, ninety familiesin the old boundaries known now as Nevinville."
[188] Died at his home on Sunday at 1:15 PM at his home, 1837 N. 11th St.,Philadelphia, PA.
[189] Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
[190] Licensed to preach by the First Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1836.
[560] This person is presumed living.
[1499] This person is presumed living.
[345] This person is presumed living.
_Joseph WOODSON _____+ | (1685 - ....) _Joseph WOODSON _____| | (1711 - ....) m 1737| | |_Elizabeth MATTOX ___ | (1687 - ....) | |--Joseph WOODSON | (1749 - 1839) | _Joseph PARSONS _____+ | | (1680 - 1769) m 1712 |_Elizabeth PARSONS __| (1714 - ....) m 1737| |_Sarah WOODSON ______+ (1692 - 1750) m 1712