Rev. Nimrod Burwell and Sarah B. Phillips

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Husband Rev. Nimrod Burwell ¹

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           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

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       Marriage: 13 Sep 1835 2

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   Other Spouse: Lovina Arner (      -      ) 2 - 10 Apr 1855 2

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Wife Sarah B. Phillips ⁴

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           Died: 3 Sep 1854 2
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         Father: Thomas Philips (      -1837) 4 5 6
         Mother: Sarah B. Hazen (      -1854) 4 6 7

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Children

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1 F Sarah A. Burwell ^{1 8}

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           Born: Abt 1838
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           Died: 1903 8
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         Spouse: Erwin Brown (1837-1903) 8 9
           Marr: 26 Sep 1859 9

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2 F Emma T. Burwell ²

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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: John B. Alexander (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Nimrod Burwell

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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.

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 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 587.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1110.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1070.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 725.

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