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He was married to Martha Nevin, daughter of the Hon. Robert and Catharine (Carmichael) Jenkins of Lancaster county; granddaughter of the Rev. John Carmichael of Braudyvvine Manor, and great-great-granddaughter of David Jenkins, a native of Wales. He was ordained an evangelist by the presbytery of Ohio, April 32, 1835. He was professor at the German Reformed Theo- logical seminary at Mercersburg, Pa., 1840-53; president of Marshall college. Pa., 1841-53; professor of aesthetics and history at Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, Pa., 1861-66, professor of mental and moral philosophy, 1868-76, and president of the college, 1866-76. He retired to private life in 1876. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Jef- ferson college, Pa., in 1839, and that of LL.D. by Union college, N.Y., in 1873. He edited the Mer- cersburg Review at Chambersburg, Pa., 1849-53, and is the author of: Biblical Antiquities (3 vols., 1837); The Anxious Bench (1844): The Mystical Presence (1846), and The History and Genius of the Heidelberg Catechism (1847). He also assisted in the preparation of A Lit- urgy or Order of Worshiji for the use of the German Reformed Church in the United States of America and An Order of Worship for the Rsf armed Church (1867). He died in Lancaster, Pa.. June 6, 1886.

NEVIN, Robert Jenkins, clergyman, was born in Allegheny, Pa., Nov. 34, 1839; son of the Rev. John Williamson and MartJia (Jenkins) Nevin. He was graduated at Franklin and Marshall college in 1859, served in the 133d Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-63, in the Pennsyl- vania volunteer artillery, 1863-65, and was mus- tered out as captain with the brevet rank of major. He was graduated at the General Theo- logical seminary in 1867, was admitted to the diaconate in 1867 and ordained priest in 1868. He was rector of the church of the Nativity at Beth- lehem, Pa., 1868-69, and in 1869 became rector of St. Paul's church, Rome, Italy, and erected a church edifice, 1870-76. In 1873-74 he represented his church in the reunion conferences called by Dr. Doliinger at Bonn, Germany; served as commissary to the Bishop of Edinburgh in estab- lishing Old Catholic reform in Paris under Father Hyacinthe; was president of the standing com- mittee, of the American chui-ches in Europe and was European commissioner for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York city. He received the degree of D.D. from Union college in 1874; LL.D. from Hobart in 1887; was elected a member of the Loyal Legion; of the Century association of New York, and of the AtheuEeum club, London. He is the author of; Reunion Conferences at Bonn (1875), and St. PauVs within the Walls (1877).

NEVIN, Theodore M., editor, was born in Sewickley, Pa., July 34, 1854; son of Daniel E. and Margaret (Irwin) Nevin; grandson of John and Martha (McCracken) Nevin and of John and Hannah (Taylor) Irwin, and a descendant of Maj. John Irwin and of Capt, William Mc- Cracken, both of the Revolutionary army. He was a student at Western University of Penn- sylvania, but left before graduating to study in Dresden and Leipzig in 1876. He was employed by the Pittsburg Leader in 1877 as reporter and proof-reader; was Washington correspondent in 1880 and 1881; was promoted telegraph editor, editorial writer and managing editor in 1882; in 1884 became editor-in-chief, and in 1887 presi- dent of the Leader Publishing companj'. He is the author of an extensive series of letters of travel in Europe, the United States and Canada,

NEVIN, William Channing, author, was born in New Athens, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1844; son of the Rev. Edwin Henry (q.v.) and Ruth Channing (Little) Nevin, He attended the public schools of Boston, Mass.; engaged in newspaper work: was admitted to the bar in 1871; e.stablislied and edited the Evening Express in Philadelphia, Pa,, 1873-77, and was a member of the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Press, 1877-78, and of the Evening Neu^s, 1881-84, continuing the practice of law and also devoting himself to literary work. He was married, Oct. 26, 1881, to Anna Josepha, daughter of Dr. Clement F, Shiverick of Edgar- town, Mass, He is the author of: History of All Religions (1871); The Life of Rev. Albert Barnes, D.D. (1871); The Blue Ray of Sunlight, a Scientific Inquiry (1877); A Slight Misunderstanding (1877); Ghouls and Gold (1885); A Wild-Goose Chase (1885); Bennie's Mother (1885); Joshua Whit- comb's Tribulation {18SQ); In the Nick of Time (1886); A Summer School Adventure (1887); A Layman's TJieology (1890); The Norseman, poem (1891); A Legend of Katama Bay, poem (1891); Martha's Vineyard, poem (1894); Is there Real Danger? (1896); A History of our New Possessions until an account of the Peace Commission (1899), in collaboration with the editor of the New York Tribune, and numerous essays, criticisms and addresses,

NEVIN, William Marvel, educator, was born at Herrons Branch, near Shippensburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1806; son of John and Martha (McCracken) Nevin. He attended the College of New Jersey and was graduated at Dickinson college in 1827. He was admitted to the bar, but devoted himself to the study of medicine and finally abandoned both professions for that of teaching. He taught school in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan for several years: was professor of Latin, Greek and belles lettres in Marshall college at Mercersburg,