Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke Nevius D.D. was born on 22. Feb. 1815 at Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was the son of
John Schureman Nevius and
Lydia Van Dyke. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke Nevius D.D. was graduated in 1834 at Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was graduated in 1841 at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was ordained 1843. He married
Margaret Ross on 10. May. 1843. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke Nevius D.D. began his pastoral life at Powhatan County, Virginia, 1843. He was pastor at Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, bt 1849 - 1853. He was professor of ancient languages bt 1849 - 1853 at Western Military Institute. He the pastor of a at Presbyterian Church, Goochland County, Virginia, bt Apr. 1853 - Sep. 1854. He founded in 1854 at Sayre Female Institute, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. He accepted the call to at Presbyterian Church, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, 1859. He accepted the call and was pastor at Second Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, bt 1867 - 1872. He was the pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, bt 1872 - 1874. On 1874 he resigned from the church and devoted his life to the building up of the feeble churches in the neighborhood. In this he was successfull.
He resided at at Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, bt 1874 - 1887. He married
America Edmunds on 28. Nov. 1888. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke Nevius D.D. died on 17. Apr. 1893 at Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, at age 78.