Helen Sanford (Coan) Nevius (1833 - 1910)

Born 6 Jan 1833 in Ovid, Seneca, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Livingston Nevius — married 15 Jun 1853 in Ovid, Seneca, New York, United States

Died 22 Jun 1910 at age 77 in Yantai, Shandong, China

Problems/Questions Profile manager: N. Ott [send private message]

Biography

Helen Sanford Coan was born on January 6, 1833, in Ovid, New York, her father, Claudius Collins Coan and her mother, Sarah Maria Folwell. She married John Livingston Nevius on June 15, 1853, in Ovid, Seneca, New York. She died about 1910 in Yantai, Shandong, China and was buried in Chefoo Temple Hill Cemetery, Yantai, Shandong, China.

The Ovid Bee, Wednesday, June 15, 1853
Married.
At the Hermitage, Ovid, on the morning of the 15th inst., by Rev. A. B. Dunlap, Rev. John L. Nevius, Missionary to Ningpo, China, and Helen Sandford, daughter of Dr. C. C. Coan.

The Ovid Independent, Wednesday, March 15, 1882
Reveille: Mrs. Helen Nevius, wife of Rev. John L. Nevius, D. D., and daughter of the late Dr. C. C. Coan, is well know[n], as is also Dr. Nevius, as a missionary and an author. Mrs. Nevius’ “Our Life in China,” and Dr. Nevius’ “China and the Chinese,” are published by Harper & Bros., and deserve a wide circulation.

Interlaken Review, Friday, July 8, 1910
OVID.
Mrs. John L. Nevius died, June 22, at her home in Chefoo, China. For 59 years she has been a missionary to that country. Her husband died 17 years ago. She was a daughter of the late Dr. C. C. Coan, of this town.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/120815804/helen-s-nevius : accessed 06 August 2021), memorial page for Helen S Coan Nevius (6 Jan 1833–1910), 120815804, citing Chefoo Temple Hill Cemetery, Yantai, Shandong, China ; Maintained by Debbie K (contributor 48126280) .

• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89069607067&view=1up&seq=199. Joannes Nevius: Schepen and Third Secretary of New Amsterdam Under the Dutch, First Secretary of New York City Under the English, and His Descendants, A.D. 1627-1900 ... Volume 2 of Joannes Nevius: Schepen and Third Secretary of New Amsterdam Under the Dutch, First Secretary of New York City Under the English, and His Descendants, A.D. 1627-1900, Abraham Van Doren Honeyman; 1900. Page 441 Item 1080

• Mrs. Nevius's book: https://archive.org/details/ourlifeinchina00nevi_0/