Chevalier, Nicholas Washington

Chevalier, Nicholas Washington, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Middletown, Conn., Sept. 20,1809. He graduated from New Jersey College in 1834, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1837. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Lexington, Ky., Oct. 19, 1839, as pastor at Christiansburg, Va., until 1856; was principal of a female seminary at Holly Springs, Miss., until 1858, and stated supply and missionary at Gonzales, Tex., from 1859 until his death, Sept. 6,1868. See Gen. Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sea. 1881, p. 98.