Minister. Bevan was an English carpenter and sailor; immigrant to Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana (1843); student at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio (1846-1849); Presbyterian minister in Leavenworth (Crawford County), Byrneville (Harrison County), Martinsburg (Washington County), and other towns in southeastern Indiana.
The papers include Bevan's letters, official documents, and financial papers, principally relating to his ministerial career (1846-1890); a diary (1836-1881);and Bevan's poems, novels, and other unpublished writings.
3 document cases, 4 bound volumes
Description taken from Eric Pumroy and Paul Brockman, A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1986 (entry A-34).
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Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
8 July 2004