David Nevins, Sr.
American businessman
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| Intro | American businessman | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Businessperson | ||
| Work field | Business | ||
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| Birth | 12 December 1809, Salem, USA | ||
| Death | 19 March 1881 (aged 71 years) | ||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||
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David Nevins Sr. (December 12, 1809 – March 19, 1881) was a wealthy New England industrialist. Born in Salem, New Hampshire, he owned the Pemberton Mill in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts. Nevins is the namesake of the Nevins Memorial Library, and fathered the Methuen family of whom an author wrote, "The public spirit and generosity of the Nevins family seems to have no bounds in the town in which they made their home".