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| Birth* | circa 1775 | of, Norwich, Vermont2,3 |
| Marriage* | August 1794 | Thomas Nevins; Hanover, Chautauqua, NY2,3,4 |
| (Witness) Divorce | circa 1805 | Thomas Nevins; Not clear when or where Thomas Nevins and Sally Brown were divorced. As per Mary Ellen Longley, Sally Brown stayed in Vermont (married again) and did not move with Thomas Nevins to New York.4 |
| Death* | 16 September 1858 | Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY3 |
| Burial* | Smith Mills Cemetery, Hanover, Chautauqua, NY3 |
| Family | Thomas Nevins b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Children | 1. | Thomas Jefferson Nevins+ b. 5 Jun 1795 |
| 2. | Henry Nevins+ b. 9 Dec 1796, d. 25 Oct 1859 | |
| 3. | Alfred Nevins+ b. 7 Feb 1798, d. 24 Mar 1858 | |
| 4. | David Nevins b. 12 May 1799, d. 3 Sep 1805 | |
| 5. | Rev. John W. Nevins+ b. 19 Apr 1801, d. 14 May 1881 | |
| 6. | Russell Munsell Nevins+ b. 6 May 1803, d. 6 Nov 1881 | |
| 7. | Rufus Newton Nevins b. 29 Sep 1804, d. 3 Sep 1805 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown1 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 7 February 1798 | Haverhill, Grafton, NH1,2,3 |
| Marriage* | 31 March 1819 | Cynthia Morse; Braintree, Orange, VT1,2 |
| (Witness) Event-Misc | 1828 | Cynthia Octavia Nevins; went with parents to, Braintree, VT, where they lived on a farm on the Eastern slopes of the Green Mts.1 |
| Event-Misc* | 1836 | Select man, Braintree, Orange, VT1 |
| Event-Misc | 1844 | moved to, Richland, Kalammazoo, MI1 |
| (Witness) Event-Misc | 1844 | John Morse Nevins; removed to, Richland, Kalamazoo, MI, Bio of John M Nevins of Barry Co, MI Posted by: Valerie Date: December 21, 2000 at 21:46:12 of 258 Go taken from History of Barry County w/Biographies (1912) JOHN MORSE NEVINS Hon. John M. Nevins, pioneer business man and politician, of Barry County, was born in Braintree, Vt., April 26, 1826, and was raised on a rugged farm on the eastern side of the Green mountains. In May, 1844, with his father's family, he removed to Richland, Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed during the summer months, teaching school during the winter. September 27, 1849, he married Maria Mason, eldest daughter of Edwin Mason. April 13, 1853, he removed to Hastings, Barry County, where he resided till his death, January 8, 1890. His home was at the corner of Jefferson and Walnut streets. The upright was built in 1855, much of the carpenter work being done by himself. Here his two sons, Morse E. and Mason C., and his two daughters, Eva C. and Anna C., were born. Morse E. Nevins still resides in Hastings and has business interests there. Mason C. Nevins resides at Wichita, Kan., where he has real estate interests. Eva C. Kenaston, widow of the late Hon. A. E. Kenaston, resides on the lots formerly occupied by the old Nevins homestead. Anna C., Campbell, wife of Attorney T. D. Campbell, has long been a resident of West Bay City, Mich. Mr. Nevins clerked for Edwin and Heman Knappen his first year in Hastings and then, in 1854, when both Edwin and Heman Knappen died of typhoid in the epidemic which then visited the village and removed many of its citizens, young Nevins formed the partnership of Nevins & Knappen with Ashman Knappen, brother of Edwin and Heman, and continued in the mercantile business, their location being on the north side of State street. Having left the mercantile business, in the summer of 1857 Mr. Nevins became editor and publisher of the Hastings Republican Banner, and continued as such till April 1, 1866. In politics, a Whig until 1854, he in that year joined his political fortunes with the Republican party upon its organization, and to this party he ever afterward strongly adhered. He represented Barry County in the lower branch of the Legislature in 1857-8 and in 1865-6 he represented the Barry and Eaton district in the state Senate. In politics his sterling qualities and fealty to party brought him into prominence. He was elected a member of the State Republican Committee and served as such in 1860-2 and again 1870-2, and a greater portion of the time from 1858 to 1876 he held the position of Chairman of the Barry County Republican Committee. For seventeen years he served almost continuously as one of the County Superintendents of the Poor, and for twelve years he was Secretary of the Barry County Agricultural Society, and from 1875 to 1883 he was Postmaster of Hastings and also for eighteen years was a member of the Board of Education of the City of Hastings. A matter which is of much interest in connection with Mr. Nevins' political career is that at the State Republican convention in 1870 it was an unexpected and felicitous speech by Mr. Nevins that secured for Daniel Striker the nomination for Secretary of State, to which office he was duly elected. In this speech Mr. Nevins state that Barry County in her modesty had never asked nor had a state official, but with a candidate like Daniel Striker she now cast this modesty aside and asked, and expected, Mr. Striker's nomination. Perhaps it was as a Christian that Mr. Nevins was especially well known. For years he was a faithful and consistent follower of the Master and was one of the leading members of the Presbyterian church. John Morse Nevins was known for his kindly traits of character and as a man who filled his niche of life for the betterment of his fellow man, a man of earnest and strong conviction, and one who would say No in no uncertain manner when a doubtful proposition was put before him, faithfully performing all the duties of the several official positions he held, standing firm for the right as he saw it, and may it be truthfully said his friends were legion, his enemies none. 4 |
| Death* | 24 March 1858 | Richland, Kalamazoo, MI2 |
| Family | Cynthia Morse b. 31 March 1802, d. 7 March 1883 | |
| Children | 1. | Cynthia Octavia Nevins+ b. 31 Oct 1820, d. May 1905 |
| 2. | Alfred Milton Nevins+ b. 3 Jul 1822, d. 3 May 1863 | |
| 3. | John Morse Nevins+ b. 26 Apr 1826 | |
| 4. | Jacob Newton Nevins+ b. 18 Dec 1827, d. 10 May 1877 | |
| 5. | Eunice Marion Nevins+ b. 4 Aug 1830, d. 5 Nov 1906 | |
| 6. | Sarah M. Nevins+ b. 7 May 1832 | |
| 7. | Oriel A. Nevins b. c 1833 | |
| 8. | Augusta Nevins+ b. 28 Aug 1842 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown1 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 19 April 1801 | Hatfield (?), Canada, Born while parents were on the way from NH to Western, NY. BUT, Ellen Martin's "Linage from a Nevins Bible record" has him born on this day in Hartley, South Carolina.1,3 |
| Note* | 19 April 1801 | Ellen Martin mentions Nevins Family bible in which John W is born in, Hartly, SC, the Rev. John W. Nevins' birth date, and the names of most of his children match, so must be the same Rev. John W. Nevins2 |
| Event-Misc* | Western, NY, Became a Methodist minister1 | |
| Marriage* | 23 November 1821 | Marinda S. Gier; Western, NY1,2,4 |
| Marriage* | 12 September 1860 | Ann Smith1,5,4 |
| Death* | 14 May 1881 | Western, NY1 |
| Family 1 | Marinda S. Gier b. 4 December 1801, d. 3 November 1858 | |
| Children | 1. | Francis Ashbury Nevins+ b. 27 Jul 1823 |
| 2. | James Hervey Nevins+ b. 25 Dec 1824, d. 4 Jun 1905 | |
| 3. | William Stanton Nevins b. 26 Jun 1827, d. Oct 1875 | |
| 4. | Julius Melvin Nevins+ b. 17 Apr 1829 | |
| 5. | Sarah Ann Mariah Nevins b. 1 Jun 1832, d. 26 Jul 1833 | |
| 6. | Ellen Rosamond Nevins+ b. 18 Oct 1834 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins2 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown2 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 6 May 1803 | Hanover, Chautauqua, NY, Mike Lehman has birth place as Hanover, Grafton, NH, but 1880 Census has birth in Canada. As per M. Lehman's note of 11/13/04, Russell Munsell Nevins was born in Hanover, NY and moved to ( Hatfield?) Canada as an infant.2,5,6 |
| Marriage* | circa 1825 | Anne (?)4 |
| Marriage* | 9 June 1825 | Matilda Tyler; North Field, VT2,4 |
| Event-Misc* | 1840 | Lived in Vt until 1840. Then moved to Wisconsin, later Iowa, Lived in VT until 1840. Then moved to WI, where he lived East of Aztalan, WI. Then moved to Iowa.2,7 |
| Census* | 1880 | married, white farmer born in Canada in 1803. Father born in NH, mother born in VT., Nashu, Chickasaw, Iowa8 |
| (Witness) Census | 1880 | Matilda Tyler; US Census, Nashau, Chickasaw, Iowa, Russell M. Nevins, farmer aged 77 born Canada (so ML is wrong about birth place!) lives with wive Metilda Nevins, age 74 b. VT (father and mother b. CT) and granddaughter Metilda Nevins, age 24 b. (father b. VT, mother b. CAN) who teaches school.5 |
| Death* | 6 November 1881 | Penyrn, Placer, CA2 |
| Burial* | a fine monument stands in his memory, Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa2 |
| Family 1 | Matilda Tyler b. 3 September 1806, d. 19 November 1885 | |
| Children | 1. | Julius Martin Nevins+ b. 20 Dec 1825, d. 23 Sep 1906 |
| 2. | Melvin Edwin Nevins+ b. 16 Jan 1835 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown1 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 9 December 1796 | Hannover, Grafton, NH1,2 |
| Event-Misc* | circa 1808 | moved with his father to, Western, NY1 Thomas Nevins |
| Marriage* | 1823 | Mary Smith; Hannover, NY1 |
| Event-Misc | 1846 | moved to, Michigan1 |
| Death* | 25 October 1859 | Indiana1 |
| Family | Mary Smith b. 17 September 1807, d. 19 September 1886 | |
| Children | 1. | Julia Nevins+ b. 1824 |
| 2. | Mary Nevins+ b. 30 Sep 1825 | |
| 3. | John S. Nevins+ b. 30 Jun 1827 | |
| 4. | Lovina Nevins+ b. 1830, d. 1860 | |
| 5. | Joel Nevins+ b. 30 Apr 1833 | |
| 6. | Theron W. Nevins+ b. 17 May 1838 | |
| 7. | Louis Nevins b. 1840, d. 1857 | |
| 8. | Benjamin Nevins b. 1842, d. 1859 | |
| 9. | Martha Nevins+ b. c 1844 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown1 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 29 September 1804 | Lehman letter has birth date as Sept. 20, 1804.1,2 |
| Death* | 3 September 1805 | 1 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown1 b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 12 May 1799 | 1 |
| Death* | 3 September 1805 | 1 |
| Death | 1821 | 2 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Sally Brown b. circa 1775, d. 16 September 1858 |
| Birth* | 5 June 1795 | Hanover Twp, Grafton, NH3,2 |
| Marriage* | 23 November 1825 | Minervia Loomis; Rushvill, Yates, NY2,3 |
| Event-Misc* | circa 1849 | soon after the discovery of gold, moved to, California, settled in San Francisco, where he represented the American Tract Society in California. He took a prominient part in establishing the school system. Col. Thomas J. Nevins was appointed Supt. of Schools in Oct. 1851 whic he held for 2 years. When be became interested in the celebrated Washou mines in Nevada hwer he died from a cold and was buried by his companions in the mountians. Two years after the board of education of SF by a special act of legislature authorizing the expense, brought his remains back to SF to be buried with public honors.2 |
| Family 1 | Minervia Loomis b. 23 April 1805, d. 22 May 1827 | |
| Child | 1. | Orrin Green Nevins b. c 1827 |
| Family 2 | ||
| Children | 1. | Stanley M. Nevins b. 12 Aug 1830 |
| 2. | Minerva C. Nevins b. 1832 | |
| 3. | George Nevins b. 1834, d. c 1852 |
| Birth* | May 1787 | of, Hanover, Chautauqua, NY1,2 |
| Marriage* | March 1812 | Thomas Nevins1 |
| Death* | 21 March 1864 | 3 |
| Family | Thomas Nevins b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Children | 1. | Ansel Nevins+ b. 12 Jul 1813 |
| 2. | Lyman Nevins+ b. 25 Oct 1814 | |
| 3. | Benjamin B. Nevins+ b. 6 Jun 1816 | |
| 4. | Laura Nevins b. 24 Mar 1818 | |
| 5. | Caroline Nevins+ b. 25 Jul 1819 | |
| 6. | William P. Nevins+ b. 8 Mar 1821, d. 4 Apr 1873 | |
| 7. | Alpheus Nevins+ b. 8 Jan 1824, d. 18 Jan 1888 | |
| 8. | Cordelia M. Nevins+ b. 25 Dec 1825 | |
| 9. | Adaline Nevins b. c 1826 | |
| 10. | Maria Nevins b. c 1828 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 25 October 1814 | Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY1,2 |
| Census* | 1880 | Married, white farmer born abt. 1815. Father born in NH, mother born in VT., Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY2 Floyd Nevins |
| Family | ||
| Children | 1. | William Perry Nevins+ b. 2 Mar 1844 |
| 2. | Milo P. Nevins+ b. 20 Apr 1846, d. 26 Feb 1921 | |
| 3. | Emulus Nevins b. 21 Jun 1851, d. 2 Aug 1884 | |
| 4. | George Nevins b. 6 Dec 1857, d. 24 Mar 1871 | |
| 5. | Willis Nevins b. 15 Dec 1860, d. 31 Mar 1869 | |
| 6. | Floyd Nevins b. c 1870 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 12 July 1813 | Smith MIlls, Chautauqua, NY1 |
| Marriage* | 1 March 1837 | Mary Ann Howard1 |
| Census* | 1880 | Married, white carpenter born NY abt. 1814., Hanover, Chautauqua, NY, styles self Ansil N. Nevins in 1880 census2 |
| Family | Mary Ann Howard b. 5 August 1812, d. 1 May 1883 | |
| Children | 1. | Marilla Nevins+ b. 8 Apr 1838 |
| 2. | Orilla Nevins+ b. 8 Apr 1838 | |
| 3. | Wesley John Nevins+ b. 7 May 1841 | |
| 4. | Roswell Howard Nevins b. 4 Mar 1843 | |
| 5. | Enuice Gage Nevins+ b. 20 Mar 1845 | |
| 6. | Ella Nevins+ b. 14 May 1849 | |
| 7. | Ansel Nevins Jr. b. 16 May 1856 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 6 June 1816 | Smith's Mill, Chautauqua, NY1 |
| Marriage* | 1836 | Sarah Gage1 |
| Marriage* | after 1853 | Weltha Smith1 |
| Census* | 1880 | Married, white carpenter, born NY abt 1818. Father born VT, mother born NH, Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY, wife Weltha Nevins born abt. 1815 in NY. Parents born MA son James M Nevins is a married white Carpenter son Myron D. Nevins is single white, works in a tannery. Lists mother's (i.e., Sarah Gage) birthplace as VT. daughter Lamisa Nevins is a single white dress maker b. abt. 1842 Grand daughters Fannie M. Nevins (age 14) and May A. Nevins (age 7) 2 Weltha Smith Lamisa Nevins James Madison Nevins Myron Nevins Fannie M. Nevins May Agnes Nevins |
| Family 1 | Sarah Gage b. 22 November 1818, d. 24 April 1853 | |
| Children | 1. | Lucinda Nevins+ b. 18 Jun 1838 |
| 2. | Lurinda Nevins b. 28 Jul 1839 | |
| 3. | Lamisa Nevins b. 6 Aug 1842 | |
| 4. | James Madison Nevins+ b. 25 Nov 1844 | |
| 5. | Elizabeth Nevins b. 2 Mar 1848 | |
| 6. | Sidney Nevins b. 4 Jun 1850 | |
| 7. | Myron Nevins b. 29 Aug 1852 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 8 January 1824 | Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY1 |
| Marriage* | 16 December 1875 | Matilda DeFrance1,2 |
| Census* | 1880 | married, white carpenter born NY abt. 1825. Father and mother born NY, Toledo, Tama, IA3 Matilda DeFrance William M. Nevins Charles L. Nevins |
| Death* | 18 January 1888 | Toledo, Tama, IA1,4 |
| Family | Matilda DeFrance b. 15 August 1855, d. 31 May 1907 | |
| Children | 1. | William M. Nevins b. 31 Oct 1876 |
| 2. | Charles L. Nevins b. 30 Jul 1879 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Marriage* | Harriet M. Warner1 | |
| Birth* | 8 March 1821 | 1 |
| Death* | 4 April 1873 | 1 |
| Family | Harriet M. Warner b. 29 September 1824, d. 22 February 1887 | |
| Children | 1. | Lewis M. Nevins+ b. 18 Nov 1844 |
| 2. | Rose Nevins b. 4 Jun 1849, d. 25 Jun 1849 | |
| 3. | Frank Nevins b. 3 Nov 1850, d. 2 Jul 1859 | |
| 4. | Mary Nevins+ b. 9 Feb 1860 | |
| 5. | Lester Nevins+ b. 14 Apr 1862 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 24 March 1818 | Smith Mills, Chautauqua, NY1 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Marriage* | James Cook; lived at Angola, NY as per Reed Manuscript1,2 | |
| Birth* | 25 July 1819 | Hanover, Chautauqua, NY1 |
| (Witness) Census | 1880 | James Cook; Married, white farmer, born SC, parents born SC, Evans, Erie, NY2 |
| Family | James Cook b. circa 1813 | |
| Children | 1. | Lyman Cook b. c 1852 |
| 2. | Ellen Cook b. c 1854 | |
| 3. | Laura Cook b. c 1856 | |
| 4. | Harriet Cook b. c 1864 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | 25 December 1825 | 1 |
| Marriage* | 13 April 1847 | Emory J. Gage1,2 |
| Burial* | Smith MIlls, Chautauqua, NY3 | |
| (Witness) Census | 1880 | Emory J. Gage; Single, white farmer, born VT about 1822. Father and Mother also born VT, Hanover, Chautauqua, NY4 |
| Family | Emory J. Gage b. 4 January 1822, d. December 1884 | |
| Children | 1. | Edwin Gage b. 16 May 1849, d. 22 Sep 1854 |
| 2. | Laura Gage b. 6 Nov 1851, d. 14 Sep 1854 | |
| 3. | Mary Gage+ b. 22 Nov 1854 | |
| 4. | Florinda Gage+ b. 6 Jul 1856 | |
| 5. | Emery A. Gage b. 31 Jan 1862 | |
| 6. | Alice Gage+ b. 26 Jul 1863 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | circa 1828 | 1,2 |
| Father | Thomas Nevins1 b. 19 February 1773, d. October 1858 | |
| Mother | Abigail Baxter1 b. May 1787, d. 21 March 1864 |
| Birth* | circa 1826 | 1,2 |
| Birth* | 23 May 1786 | 1 |
| Marriage* | 1818 | Henry Nevins1 |
| Death* | 23 May 1834 | 1 |
| Family | Henry Nevins b. 4 January 1775, d. 16 August 1858 | |
| Children | 1. | Paulina Nevins+ b. 23 Aug 1819 |
| 2. | Sabra Ann Nevins+ b. 2 May 1823 | |
| 3. | Lousia Nevins b. 15 May 1825, d. 1875 | |
| 4. | Clarissa Nevins+ b. 30 May 1827 |
| Father | Henry Nevins1 b. 4 January 1775, d. 16 August 1858 |
| Birth* | circa 1798 | 1,2 |
| Father | Henry Nevins1 b. 4 January 1775, d. 16 August 1858 |
| Birth* | 4 September 1806 | NH1 |
| Marriage* | 1826 | Marshall Cass1 |
| (Witness) Event-Misc | 1854 | Marshall Cass; moved to, Iowa1 |
| Death* | 13 November 1877 | Bonaparte, Iowa1 |
| Family | Marshall Cass b. 29 September 1803, d. 2 June 1877 | |
| Children | 1. | Leroy Cass+ b. 2 Nov 1827 |
| 2. | Riley Cass+ b. 2 Feb 1831 | |
| 3. | Wallace Cass b. 31 Mar 1838, d. 1 Jul 1872 | |
| 4. | Martha Cass b. 1 Aug 1840 |
| Father | Henry Nevins1 b. 4 January 1775, d. 16 August 1858 |
| Birth* | May 1808 | Hanover, Chautauqua, NY1,2 |
| Marriage* | 1829 | Lyman Newton1 |
| (Witness) Event-Misc | 1851 | Lyman Newton; moved to, Hastings, MI1 |
| (Witness) Event-Misc | 1851 | Henry Newton; Henry Newton moved with parents to, Hastings, Michigan1 |
| Death* | 9 July 1863 | Hastings, MI1,2 |
| Family | Lyman Newton b. 29 December 1806, d. 22 February 1889 | |
| Children | 1. | Andrew Newton b. 1830, d. c 1831 |
| 2. | Charlotte Newton+ b. 1 Apr 1831 | |
| 3. | Harriet Newton b. 1833, d. 1834 | |
| 4. | Walter Newton+ b. 24 Jul 1835 | |
| 5. | Laura Newton+ b. 13 Mar 1837, d. 21 Apr 1880 | |
| 6. | Henry Newton+ b. 12 Oct 1839 | |
| 7. | Phedora Newton b. 1841, d. 1841 | |
| 8. | (?) Newton b. 1843, d. 1861 | |
| 9. | Ashley Newton+ b. 9 Apr 1846 |
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