Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Nimrod Burwell and Lovina Arner




Husband Rev. Nimrod Burwell 1

           Born: 13 Sep 1814 - North Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Burwell (1777-1822) 2 3
         Mother: Hannah Paden (Abt 1782-1862) 2 3


       Marriage: 10 Apr 1855 2

   Other Spouse: Sarah B. Phillips (      -1854) 4 - 13 Sep 1835 2



Wife Lovina Arner 2

           Born:  - Armstrong Co, PA
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         Father: David Arner (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christina [Unk] (      -      ) 5




Children
1 M Nimrod Wayland Burwell 2

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           Died: Aft 1888
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2 F Ella Burwell 2 7

            AKA: Mary Ellen Burnell 6
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: Dr. Richard H. Duff (1856-      ) 2 6 7
           Marr: 4 Sep 1894 6


3 M David H. Burwell 2

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           Died: Aft 1888
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4 M John L. Burwell 2

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Nimrod Burwell


He grew up in his native township, and learned the tailoring trade in Sheakleyville, Pennsylvania, where he located in 1831. He united with the Baptist Church in 1834, and January 29, 1845, he was ordained, in Vienna, Ohio, a minister of that denomination. He took charge of three churches in Trumbull County, Ohio, where he remained about two years, and subsequently was pastor of West Salem Baptist Church two years, and the Greenville, Pennsylvania, con-gregation about three years. He resided in West Salem Township, Mercer County, most of this period, and was one of its well-known citizens. Politically he was a Prohibitionist, and was deeply interested in the success of the temperance cause.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1170, 1171.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1171.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 705.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1101, 1171.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1179.

6 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 791.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 27.


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