State Supt. James Nevin approved Wild Rose Fish Hatchery

James Nevin was born June 4, 1854 in Ontario, 
Canada to Joseph Nevin and wife Ellen Wilson. 
He married Mary EllenRobinson in 1877 in Essex, 
Ontario, Canada.  They moved to Madison and 
lived on North Broom St. He was the State 
Supt.of Fish Hatcheries and later was 
Commissioner of StateConservation. He died in 
Madison Dec. 29, 1921 of heart failure.He is 
buried in Forest Cemetery in Madison.