When Thomas Jefferson Nevins was born on 5 June 1795, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Thomas Nevins, was 22 and his mother, Sally Brown, was 19. He married Minerva Loomis on 23 November 1825, in Middlesex, Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States in 1860. He died on 14 January 1861, in Silver City, Lyon, Nevada, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.