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_Alexander Blaine BROWN _|
| (1808 - 1863) m 1833 |
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|--Alexander Blaine BROWN
| (1850 - ....)
| _John NEVIN _________+
| | (1776 - 1829) m 1802
|_Elizabeth Finley NEVIN _|
(1811 - 1897) m 1833 |
|_Martha MCCRACKEN ___+
(1779 - 1854) m 1802
[658] Captain in the U.S. Artillery.
[1303] This person is presumed living.
[1397] This person is presumed living.
_David NEVIN ________+
| (1782 - 1848) m 1810
_Samuel Williamson NEVIN _|
| (0253 - 1900) m 1850 |
| |_Mary PIERCE ________
| (1791 - 1861) m 1810
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|--George Balch NEVIN
| (1859 - 1933)
| _____________________
| |
|_Harriet Macomb BALCH ____|
(1832 - 1917) m 1850 |
|_____________________
[388] The following quote is provided by John Denison Nevin from an articlewritten by Gordon Balch Nevin, writing of his father in "The Diapson"(1 Dec 1929). "As a young man my father spent several years inPhiladelphia, and was selected from a waiting list of 75 for thechorus of Holy Trinity Church, Michael Cross, organist and director,and in that choir stood beside the soloist, the late David Bisphem. Atthe same time he was a member of the Philadelphia Cecilian Society. Afew years later he was baritone soloist in "The Rose Maiden" with theBethlehem Chorus under Dr. J. Fred Wells. In Easton, Pa., he filledthe part of the boatswain in "Pinafore". . . . "My father's works inthe last twenty years have been so largely of a sacred nature that Ibelieve many would be surprised to know of the number of secularthings also on his list. One of the earliest, "The Song of theArmourer", has recently found a new vogue on the radio. The choruses"My Bonnie Lass She Smileth" and "Ring Out, Wild Bells" have beenfeatured by much organiztions as the Chicago Madrigal Club, underDavid Clippinger, and the Apollo Club under Harrison Wild, and thefirst number has been highly successful as a Victor recording. Insacred works his five cantatas are headed by the earliest, "TheAdoration". "The Incarnation", which followed, has been published bothin America and in England. . . "The Crown of Life" . . . was broadcastjust a few weeks ago by the N.B.C. chain of stations. Among his recentsacred songs are "Into the Woods My Master Went" and "Jesus, Do RosesGrow so Red?" A prominent critic has said of his music: "It isgenuine, unforced and spontaneous. He never writes to order nor grindsout music merely to keep his pen going and his publishers busy. Thereis a healthy directness and simplicity in Mr. Nevin's writings.Moreover, he neither writes 'down' nor 'up', but uses the unforcedmusical speech that is native to him."
[389] Awarded honorary degree of M.A. in 1916.
_David NEVIN ________+
| (1782 - 1848) m 1810
_Alfred NEVIN _______|
| (1816 - 1890) m 1841|
| |_Mary PIERCE ________
| (1791 - 1861) m 1810
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|--Theodore F. NEVIN
| (1844 - 1869)
| _Robert JENKINS _____
| |
|_Sarah JENKINS ______|
(1820 - ....) m 1841|
|_____________________
[600] While on a cruise with Rear Admiral George B. Balch, U.S.N., whosesecretary he was, he fell and suffered injuries from which he died.
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_William SPRUCE _____|
| (1732 - 1808) m 1758|
| |_____________________
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|--George SPRUCE
| (1772 - ....)
| _John NICKS _________+
| | (1716 - 1781) m 1737
|_Sarah NICKS ________|
(1740 - 1819) m 1758|
|_Margaret EDWARDS ___
(1720 - 1753) m 1737
_David WILLIAMSON ___+
| (1751 - 1803)
_Johnston WILLIAMSON _|
| (1789 - 1859) m 1812 |
| |_Elizabeth JOHNSTON _
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|--Elizabeth WILLIAMSON
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| _Francis GRAHAM _____
| | m 1788
|_Margaret GRAHAM _____|
(1793 - 1859) m 1812 |
|_Margaret REYNOLDS __+
(1767 - 1810) m 1788