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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.〔() Official Website of the City of Methuen〕〔()''Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts'' by William Richard Cutter, published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1908〕〔() Cape Cod History〕〔Although sources refer to Nevins as "Colonel", no online details of his military career — if any — were found.〕 ==Life== 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"〔() Pemberton Mill Collapse, 1860〕 and "one of the worst industrial calamities in American history".〔() ''Disaster in Lawrence: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill'' by Alvin F. Oickle〕〔() New York Times January 21, 1860〕 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.〔〔() Methuen Millionaires: Nevins〕〔() Methuen History: Bridges from the Past〕 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.〔〔〔 Henry and David, Jr., expanded the manufacturing and importing businesses they had inherited. They built textile mills and owned the India Bagging Company and Bengal Bagging Company in Salem, Massachusetts, continued importing goods from Asia, and helped give the city of Methuen "much of its unique identity."〔() Historic District Brochure〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Coffin Nevins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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