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NASH, John Alasco, of Audubon, is a son of a well known pioneer preacher, Rev. John A. Nash, D. D., of Des Moines, and was born in Des Moines May 9, 1854. His mother was Mary E. Hepburn, a cousin of Congressman Hepburn. Mr. Nash was educated in Des Moines, having the benefit of the excellent public schools, and completing the course in Des Moines College, which was then known as the University of Des Moines. He graduated there in 1873. He graduated in law from Simpson College, Indianola, in 1876, and went to Audubon June 21, 1878, and commenced the practice of law with B. S. Phelps, with whom he is still in partnership. They do a real estate and loan business in addition to their law practice. Previous to entering upon the practice, Mr. Nash had been engaged in the nursery business. He was married September 1, 1880, to Gertrude E. Russell, of Audubon. They have two children: Beatrice, born June 11, 1881, and Gretchen, born August 25, 1883. He was a member of Company A, Third Regiment, Iowa National Guard, and was advanced from private to captain. He belongs to the Masons, Knights Templars, Shriners, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen, and is captain of the Audubon division of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias. He has always been a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Rutherford B. Hayes. He has been prominent in the party conventions. In the McKinley campaign of 1896 he changed the politics of his county from 300 democratic to 400 republican. Mr. Nash is a direct descendant of Edward Nash of Lancaster, England, who settled in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1648, and afterwards moved to Norfolk. He had a son John and the subject of this sketch is the seventh generation, the oldest in each case being named John. |
