Capt Harvey Neville

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Capt Harvey Neville Veteran

Birth
Barren County, Kentucky, USA
Death
26 May 1877 (aged 72)
Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The following biography was published in the Randolph County, IL 1875 Atlas:

Harvy Nevill

The Nevills are an old Virginia family. Harvy Nevill's grandfather, William Nevill, was a Captain in the patriot army during the Revolutionary war. He moved from Virginia to South Carolina, after the Revolution, from the latter State to Kentucky, thence to Tennessee, and he died in Missouri. His mother's father, James Nevill, was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, emigrating there in 1776. His family, according to tradition, was one of the first to make a settlement outside the forts.

His father, John Nevill, was born in South Carolina, and married in Kentucky, about the year 1804, Melinda Neville, a first cousin. harvy Nevill, the oldest child by this marriage, was born in Barren County, Kentucky, February the twenty-second, 1805. he lived in Kentucky till the spring of 1829, when he made his way to Galena, Illinois, and worked there a month or two as a carpenter. The summer of 1829 he came to St. Louis. Toward the close of 1831 he made his home in Washington County, Illinois, and on Christmas day of that year married Aly Harryman. The next spring he volunteered in the Black Hawk was, and served three months. He returned to Washington County, entered land, and began farming. In the fall of 1833 he was elected County Commissioner of Washington County.

On the breaking out of the Mexican war he entered the service as Lieutenant of Company A, Second Illinois Regiment. Previous to this he had occupied the position of Lieutenant Colonel of the militia of Washington County, with E. C. Coffee as Colonel, and the two went into the Mexican war respectively as Lieutenant and Captain of the company raised in Washington county. Lieutenant Nevill served a year in Mexico, and took part in the battle of Buena Vista, where his clothing was shot through by bullets. On his return to Washington County he was chosen Probate Justice of the Peace, and held that position for two years.

Judge Nevill came to Chester in the summer of 1851, and took charge of the ferry on the Mississippi for a year. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law. In May, 1861, on the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Nevill entered the Union service as Lieutenant in the Twenty-second Illinois. In February, 1862, he was commissioned as Captain. He served nearly three years, and took part, among other battles, in those of Belmont, Stone River, and Chickamanga. He resumed the practice of law on returning to Randolph County. In the fall of 1865 he was elected County Judge. Judge Nevill has five children living. The only daughter is the wife of Captain Williams, of Chester. One son is living in Randolph County; James is United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska; Joseph is a physician of Ava, Jackson County, and William, the youngest, is a lawyer of Omaha, Nebraska. In his early life Judge Nevill was a Whig, but became one of the earliest Republicans of Randolph County.�
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Harvey and Aly Harryman Neville had seven children;

1. Jacob Neville.

2. John Neville died young.

3. Harvey Neville Jr. ~m~ Mary E. Mann.

4. Malinda "Mattie" Neville ~m~ Carter C. Williams.

5. Hon. James Neville ~m~ 1st Jeanette "Jean" S. Adams; 2nd Anna Ramsdell.

6. Joseph Neville ~m~ Mary Elizabeth Petsford

7. Hon. William Neville who became a US Congressman for Nebraska 1899 ~m~ 1st Mary Ann "Mollie" Keith and 2nd Irene Morrison Rector.
The following biography was published in the Randolph County, IL 1875 Atlas:

Harvy Nevill

The Nevills are an old Virginia family. Harvy Nevill's grandfather, William Nevill, was a Captain in the patriot army during the Revolutionary war. He moved from Virginia to South Carolina, after the Revolution, from the latter State to Kentucky, thence to Tennessee, and he died in Missouri. His mother's father, James Nevill, was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, emigrating there in 1776. His family, according to tradition, was one of the first to make a settlement outside the forts.

His father, John Nevill, was born in South Carolina, and married in Kentucky, about the year 1804, Melinda Neville, a first cousin. harvy Nevill, the oldest child by this marriage, was born in Barren County, Kentucky, February the twenty-second, 1805. he lived in Kentucky till the spring of 1829, when he made his way to Galena, Illinois, and worked there a month or two as a carpenter. The summer of 1829 he came to St. Louis. Toward the close of 1831 he made his home in Washington County, Illinois, and on Christmas day of that year married Aly Harryman. The next spring he volunteered in the Black Hawk was, and served three months. He returned to Washington County, entered land, and began farming. In the fall of 1833 he was elected County Commissioner of Washington County.

On the breaking out of the Mexican war he entered the service as Lieutenant of Company A, Second Illinois Regiment. Previous to this he had occupied the position of Lieutenant Colonel of the militia of Washington County, with E. C. Coffee as Colonel, and the two went into the Mexican war respectively as Lieutenant and Captain of the company raised in Washington county. Lieutenant Nevill served a year in Mexico, and took part in the battle of Buena Vista, where his clothing was shot through by bullets. On his return to Washington County he was chosen Probate Justice of the Peace, and held that position for two years.

Judge Nevill came to Chester in the summer of 1851, and took charge of the ferry on the Mississippi for a year. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law. In May, 1861, on the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Nevill entered the Union service as Lieutenant in the Twenty-second Illinois. In February, 1862, he was commissioned as Captain. He served nearly three years, and took part, among other battles, in those of Belmont, Stone River, and Chickamanga. He resumed the practice of law on returning to Randolph County. In the fall of 1865 he was elected County Judge. Judge Nevill has five children living. The only daughter is the wife of Captain Williams, of Chester. One son is living in Randolph County; James is United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska; Joseph is a physician of Ava, Jackson County, and William, the youngest, is a lawyer of Omaha, Nebraska. In his early life Judge Nevill was a Whig, but became one of the earliest Republicans of Randolph County.�
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Harvey and Aly Harryman Neville had seven children;

1. Jacob Neville.

2. John Neville died young.

3. Harvey Neville Jr. ~m~ Mary E. Mann.

4. Malinda "Mattie" Neville ~m~ Carter C. Williams.

5. Hon. James Neville ~m~ 1st Jeanette "Jean" S. Adams; 2nd Anna Ramsdell.

6. Joseph Neville ~m~ Mary Elizabeth Petsford

7. Hon. William Neville who became a US Congressman for Nebraska 1899 ~m~ 1st Mary Ann "Mollie" Keith and 2nd Irene Morrison Rector.

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MEMORY OF
HARVEY NEVILLE
BORN
FEB. 22. 1805
DIED
MAY 26. 1877
AGED
72 YRS. 3 Mos. 4 Ds.