Husband of Oriana Roxanna Wilson who he married at Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Friends) on October 29, 1851 in Randolph Co., NC. Son of Richard & Mary (Pegg) Mendenhall. Both sides of his family were of Quaker stock.
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Nereus was born in Jamestown, N. C, 1819, where he died in 1893. Jamestown was named for his grandfather, James Mendenhall.
He graduated from Haverford College in 1839 and received his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, Phila., Pa. He taught at Friends' Boarding School, New Garden, N. C. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Nereus came under serious suspicion for his Quaker attitudes on slavery and for his hostility to war itself. On one occasion, he narrowly avoided being caught in possession of incendiary literature against slavery. It was largely through his personal efforts that the School was kept open during the Civil War, 1861-65.
Mendenhall was deeply committed to coeducational education, which New Garden Boarding School adopted as a matter of principle at its founding in 1838. This principle found application in the education of his own five daughters. One was a graduate of Wellesley College and taught mathematics at the Woman's College at Greensboro for many years. Another, Mary, was a graduate of the Howland's School on Lake Cayuga, N.Y., and wrote extensively in the area of public affairs; she married L. L. Hobbs, the first president of Guilford College after its transition from New Garden Boarding School in 1888.
He was an instructor in Latin, William Penn Charter School, Phila., Pa.; professor of Moral Science and Astronomy at Haverford College, 1878-79; professor of Greek and Latin, 1879-80; Superintendent, 1878-80. In 1879 he was Haverford College Alumni Orator on the subject "The Clue of Faith." Dr. Mendenhall was a civil engineer at various periods in his life; member of School Board, N. C.; Member of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1874-1876.
[one source: alumni biographies of Haverford College, 1900.
A 1906 engraving of Nereus Mendenhall. Image from Archive.org. was published in Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 4 (1906). Pages 319-324.]
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Nereus was born in Jamestown, N. C, 1819, where he died in 1893. Jamestown was named for his grandfather, James Mendenhall.
He graduated from Haverford College in 1839 and received his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, Phila., Pa. He taught at Friends' Boarding School, New Garden, N. C. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Nereus came under serious suspicion for his Quaker attitudes on slavery and for his hostility to war itself. On one occasion, he narrowly avoided being caught in possession of incendiary literature against slavery. It was largely through his personal efforts that the School was kept open during the Civil War, 1861-65.
Mendenhall was deeply committed to coeducational education, which New Garden Boarding School adopted as a matter of principle at its founding in 1838. This principle found application in the education of his own five daughters. One was a graduate of Wellesley College and taught mathematics at the Woman's College at Greensboro for many years. Another, Mary, was a graduate of the Howland's School on Lake Cayuga, N.Y., and wrote extensively in the area of public affairs; she married L. L. Hobbs, the first president of Guilford College after its transition from New Garden Boarding School in 1888.
He was an instructor in Latin, William Penn Charter School, Phila., Pa.; professor of Moral Science and Astronomy at Haverford College, 1878-79; professor of Greek and Latin, 1879-80; Superintendent, 1878-80. In 1879 he was Haverford College Alumni Orator on the subject "The Clue of Faith." Dr. Mendenhall was a civil engineer at various periods in his life; member of School Board, N. C.; Member of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1874-1876.
[one source: alumni biographies of Haverford College, 1900.
A 1906 engraving of Nereus Mendenhall. Image from Archive.org. was published in Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 4 (1906). Pages 319-324.]
Husband of Oriana Roxanna Wilson who he married at Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Friends) on October 29, 1851 in Randolph Co., NC. Son of Richard & Mary (Pegg) Mendenhall. Both sides of his family were of Quaker stock.
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Nereus was born in Jamestown, N. C, 1819, where he died in 1893. Jamestown was named for his grandfather, James Mendenhall.
He graduated from Haverford College in 1839 and received his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, Phila., Pa. He taught at Friends' Boarding School, New Garden, N. C. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Nereus came under serious suspicion for his Quaker attitudes on slavery and for his hostility to war itself. On one occasion, he narrowly avoided being caught in possession of incendiary literature against slavery. It was largely through his personal efforts that the School was kept open during the Civil War, 1861-65.
Mendenhall was deeply committed to coeducational education, which New Garden Boarding School adopted as a matter of principle at its founding in 1838. This principle found application in the education of his own five daughters. One was a graduate of Wellesley College and taught mathematics at the Woman's College at Greensboro for many years. Another, Mary, was a graduate of the Howland's School on Lake Cayuga, N.Y., and wrote extensively in the area of public affairs; she married L. L. Hobbs, the first president of Guilford College after its transition from New Garden Boarding School in 1888.
He was an instructor in Latin, William Penn Charter School, Phila., Pa.; professor of Moral Science and Astronomy at Haverford College, 1878-79; professor of Greek and Latin, 1879-80; Superintendent, 1878-80. In 1879 he was Haverford College Alumni Orator on the subject "The Clue of Faith." Dr. Mendenhall was a civil engineer at various periods in his life; member of School Board, N. C.; Member of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1874-1876.
[one source: alumni biographies of Haverford College, 1900.
A 1906 engraving of Nereus Mendenhall. Image from Archive.org. was published in Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 4 (1906). Pages 319-324.]
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Nereus was born in Jamestown, N. C, 1819, where he died in 1893. Jamestown was named for his grandfather, James Mendenhall.
He graduated from Haverford College in 1839 and received his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, Phila., Pa. He taught at Friends' Boarding School, New Garden, N. C. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Nereus came under serious suspicion for his Quaker attitudes on slavery and for his hostility to war itself. On one occasion, he narrowly avoided being caught in possession of incendiary literature against slavery. It was largely through his personal efforts that the School was kept open during the Civil War, 1861-65.
Mendenhall was deeply committed to coeducational education, which New Garden Boarding School adopted as a matter of principle at its founding in 1838. This principle found application in the education of his own five daughters. One was a graduate of Wellesley College and taught mathematics at the Woman's College at Greensboro for many years. Another, Mary, was a graduate of the Howland's School on Lake Cayuga, N.Y., and wrote extensively in the area of public affairs; she married L. L. Hobbs, the first president of Guilford College after its transition from New Garden Boarding School in 1888.
He was an instructor in Latin, William Penn Charter School, Phila., Pa.; professor of Moral Science and Astronomy at Haverford College, 1878-79; professor of Greek and Latin, 1879-80; Superintendent, 1878-80. In 1879 he was Haverford College Alumni Orator on the subject "The Clue of Faith." Dr. Mendenhall was a civil engineer at various periods in his life; member of School Board, N. C.; Member of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1874-1876.
[one source: alumni biographies of Haverford College, 1900.
A 1906 engraving of Nereus Mendenhall. Image from Archive.org. was published in Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 4 (1906). Pages 319-324.]
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