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Nead
Nead or NEAD may refer to: * Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development * Non-epileptic attack disorder People * Benjamin Matthias Nead (1847–1923), American historian and lawyer * Peter Nead (1796–1877), American preacher and theologian * Spencer Nead (born 1977), American football player Places * Nead, Indiana See also * NEADS (other) * Need (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Matthias Nead
Benjamin Matthias Nead (1847–1923) was an American historian, author, newspaper editor, lawyer, and politician. Early life and education Nead was born July 14, 1847, in Antrim Township, near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest child of Benjamin Franklin Nead and his wife, ''nee'' Eleanor Wunderlich. Both parents were of German extraction and counted among their ancestors several prominent early Palatine immigrants. On February 11, 1895, B. M. Nead joined the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of descent from three ancestors: ''viz.'', John Wunderlich, Peter Dechert, and Benjamin Spyker. Many of his other ancestors served the cause of the Revolution. For more than thirty years, his ancestor Peter Spyker was judge of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and was one of the commissioners appointed by the Provincial Assembly to raise funds with which to prosecute the War of Independence. When Nead was a small child, his family sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
