Henry Coffin Nevins
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Henry C. Nevins
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| Born |
January 10, 1843 Methuen, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 25, 1892 (aged 49) |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Du Gay |
| Children | none |
| Parent(s) | David Nevins, Sr. and Elizabeth Coffin Nevins |
Col. Henry Coffin Nevins (10 January 1843 – 25 June 1892) was an industrialist from an established New England family in the city of Methuen, Massachusetts.
Nevins was the son of David Nevins, Sr., who was born in Salem, New Hampshire on December 12, 1809, to John Nevins and Achsah Nevins née Swan. Henry Nevins' mother was Elizabeth 'Eliza' Coffin, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from the island of Nantucket named Jared Coffin. David Sr., who built his personal wealth through importing and manufacturing textiles, gained notoriety as the co-owner of Pemberton Mill, the collapse of which in 1860 "is likely the worst industrial accident in Massachusetts history" and "one of the worst industrial calamities in American history".
Henry and elder brother David Nevins, Jr., took on ever-increasing responsibilities as their father aged. For a time Henry managed the City Exchange Banking Company, a Boston-based bank that was eventually merged with the Nevinses' other businesses. The "Methuen Duck Cloth" the Nevinses manufactured was world-renowned as a material for sail cloth and tents for the tropics.
After David Sr.'s death in 1881, the family's wealth was such that his widow Eliza, his eldest son David C, Nevins, and his younger son Henry Coffin Nevins were able to erect the Nevins Memorial Library in his honor. David, Sr., and Eliza are buried on the library grounds beneath a memorial "Angel of Life" sculptured by George Moretti in 1896.
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