BIO: Joseph Pierce NEVIN, Cumberland County, PA
  
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 119-120
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      JOSEPH PIERCE NEVIN (deceased), who for many years was one of the 
    leading merchants of Shippensburg, was born March 30, 1813, in the 
    borough of Shippensburg, son of David and Mary (Pierce) Nevin.
      The records of the family have not been carefully preserved, but it is 
    known that the great-grandfather was one Daniel Nevin, who married Mrs. 
    Margaret (Williamson) Reynolds. On the maternal side, the family resided 
    near Carlisle, in Cumberland county.
  
  120  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
  
    David Nevin, father of Joseph P., was a prominent merchant in this city, 
    and was extensively interested in real estate, the owner of several good 
    farms and a couple of mills, which he operated in connection with his 
    other business enterprises.
      The late Joseph Pierce Nevin was reared in Shippensburg where he secured 
    a good, common school education, and assisted his father at home until 
    his maturity. That he was a young man of parts and character, may be 
    inferred when it is known that, although so young, he was entrusted by 
    his father with the task of looking after his large business interests 
    in the South. This mission he successfully performed, and upon his 
    return to Shippensburg, took the superintendency of his father's 
    business, continuing with him as such until the latter's death, when he 
    settled up the extensive estate. Mr. Nevin then entered into a dry goods 
    business on his own account, and built up a large trade, also, in the 
    meantime, superintending several farms.
      Mr. Nevin was twice married, first to Miranda Kellogg, of Shippensburg, 
    formerly of Connecticut, who died in 1844. To this union three children 
    were born, the only survivor being Miss Josephine E. The second marriage 
    was to another estimable lady, Miss Jane Craig, of Welsh Run, Pa., who 
    died in 1902. Both wives were interred in Spring Hill cemetery.
      The late Mr. Nevin was a stanch Democrat, and held a number of the minor 
    township offices. For a number of years he was trustee in the 
    Presbyterian Church, and one of its most liberal supporters. In business 
    he was honorable and upright; in the domestic circle, a kind and 
    affectionate husband and a careful and indulgent father. He built the 
    handsome family mansion known as "Waverly," a commodious stone 
    structure, with attractive surroundings, and here he spent his last 
    days. His death took place July 15, 1859.