REV.
NIMROD BURWELL, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born in North
Shenango Township, Crawford Co., Penn., September 13, 1814. He is a son
of Samuel and Hannah (Paden) Burwell, the former a native of England
and the latter of Maryland, of Irish and Scotch parentage. They were
married in Maryland, and after the birth of their first child removed
to Crawford County, Penn. They were the parents of twelve children,
eleven of whom grew to maturity, only four of whom are now living. They
died on the old homestead in Crawford County. Our subject grew up in
his native township, and learned the tailoring trade in Sheakleyville,
Penn., where be located in 1831. He was married September 13, 1835, to
Sarah B., daughter of Thomas and Sarah B. Philips, old settlers of
Sandy Creek Township. Two children survive this union: Sarah A., wife
of Erwin Brown, and Emma T., wife of John B. Alexander. Mrs. Burwell
died September 8, 1854, and he was again married April 10, 1855, to
Lovina, daughter of David and Christians Arner, of West Salem Township,
and a native of Armstrong County, Penn. Four children are the fruits of
this marriage: Nimrod Wayland, Ella (wife of Dr. R. H. Duff), David H.
and John L., all living. Mr. Burwell 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 congregation about three years. He resided in West Salem
Township most of this period, and has since been one of its well-known
citizens. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and deeply interested in
the success of the temperance cause.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1171
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