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J. Nevett Steele

Clergyman/Hymnodist

Centurion, 1893–1916

Full Name James Nevett Steele

Born 22 March 1850 in Caracas, Venezuela

Died 23 August 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Cedar Lawn Cemetery, East Hampton, New York

Proposed by Stephen P. Nash, William Bispham, and Everett Herrick

Elected 3 June 1893 at age forty-three

Century Memorial

J. Nevett Steele, formerly vicar of Trinity Church; a Trustee of the General Theological Seminary and a composer of church hymns.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook