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Rev
Nimrod Burwell
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biography
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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.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1171
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