_James CASON ________+
| (1758 - 1842) m 1785
_Edward Meriweather CASON _|
| (1805 - 1895) m 1840 |
| |_Rebecca SMITH ______
| (1766 - 1836) m 1785
|
|--Josephine Levicia CASON
| (1842 - 1889)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary Ann Elizabeth HALL __|
(1820 - 1896) m 1840 |
|_____________________
_John HARDWICK ____________+
| (1777 - 1841) m 1798
_Hiram HARDWICK _____|
| (1806 - 1878) m 1830|
| |_Elizabeth (Betsy) MORGAN _+
| (1777 - 1833) m 1798
|
|--Benjamin HARDWICK
| (1848 - 1917)
| ___________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth BARNES ___|
m 1830 |
|___________________________
[1211] This person is presumed living.
__
|
_John IRWIN _________|
| (1787 - 1863) |
| |__
|
|
|--John IRWIN
| (1823 - 1901)
| __
| |
|_Hannah TAYLOR ______|
|
|__
[1667] Married at Edgeworth Seminary by Rev. Daniel E. Nevin.
_John NEVIN ______________+
| (1776 - 1829) m 1802
_Robert Peebles NEVIN ______|
| (1820 - 1908) m 1851 |
| |_Martha MCCRACKEN ________+
| (1779 - 1854) m 1802
|
|--Arthur Finley NEVIN
| (1871 - 1943)
| _Fidelio Hughes OLIPHANT _+
| | (1800 - ....) m 1821
|_Elizabeth Duncan OLIPHANT _|
(1832 - 1898) m 1851 |
|_Jane Creigh DUNCAN ______+
(1801 - 1875) m 1821
[42]
Arthur Nevin was a composer who held a "high place among the bestAmerican composers."
The following is an excerpt from an article, about him:
"Arthur Nevin, with a wide European and American experience in theconcert and operatic activities of the best centers of both countriesis a remarkable asset to the teaching fraternity of Pittsburgh andsurrounding territory. His work in compostion has been accepted by thebest publishers in the country, and he has been the recipient of honorand recognition upon the occasion of the presentation of hiscompositions. Mr. Nevin was honor guest last season in Sewickley, whenexcerpts from his opera "Poia," based on the legends of the BlackfeetIndians, were presented in concert form with the composer at thepiano and director of the program. This opera being produced in theRoyal Opera House of Berlin, in 1910, the first American opera everaccepted there. In 1903-1904 he lived with these Indians and learnedtheir music and legends first hand, and during Roosevelt's presidencyMr. Nevin gave an illustrated lecture at the White House, withexcerpts from this opera, on his life among these people....From 1914to '19 he was conductor of the Festival Orchestra at Peterboro, Vt.,the MacDowell colony group and in 1924-25 was in France doing researchwork and composing. In 1918 his opera "Daughter of the Forest: waspresented by the Chicago Opera, under Campanini, with the composer asguest conductor."
Arthur was also commissioned as a major in the US Army. His job was totrain 40,000 men to "sing along the road to victory."
[44] John Denison Nevin writes, "Composed many songs, piano and orchestralworks; his opera 'Poia' was produced at the Royal Opera House, Berlin,23 April 1910. This opera is founded upon a religious myth of theNorth American Indians and musically founded upon themes gatheredamong the Northwestern tribes by Mr. Nevin. He holds the distinctionof being the only American having had an opera produced by a royalopera house in Europe. In 1918, his later serious opera, 'A Daughterof the Forest', was performed by the Chicago Opera Company, on whichoccasion Campanini, then director of this opera, insisted upon Mr.Nevin conducting the first performance."
[43] Director of music.
[1643] Marble Collegiate Church, Columbia University.