GEORGE W. NEVINS, Postmaster, Bloomington; born in New York in 1840; came to Bloomington in the fall of 1859; enlisted in the spring of 1861, and left Bloomington the 17th day of April in Co. C, 2d W. V. I.; discharged in the spring of 1863; wounded at the battle of Gainesville, Va., the 28th of August, 1862; was with the regiment all through, up to the time of being wounded; appointed Postmaster in 1870, which office he has held creditably ever since. He was married, in Bloomington, in 1863, to Miss Rachael J. Bresee, a native of Wisconsin, by whom he has five children - four sons and one daughter. Has passed all the chairs in the I. O. O. F. and in the Encampment; also member of R. A. M. and A., F. & A. M. Has held the office of District School Clerk for six consecutive years; always been in active life, and is a self-made man. Republican in politics.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.