Thomas Nash

NASH, BOOTH

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 20:58:12

Thomas Nash, one of the early settlers of Monroe township, was born in Ohio, May 7,1815, and died in Monroe township, May 1, 1865. He was brought up on a farm. When a young man he moved to Illinois, and there lived in Warren and Henderson counties. There he enlisted and served three months in the Black Hawk war. In 1834 he retuned to Ohio, and there, on March 5, married Miss Isabelle Booth. They made their home in Greene county until 1847, when they moved to Illinois, where he bought a farm in Henderson county. In 1854 he came to Iowa, selecting a claim in Monroe township, and brought his family in the spring of 1855.
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In 1858 he returned to Illinois, remaining there until 1861, when he came again to Iowa and occupied his farm on section 20 until the time of his death. His widow is still living on the old homestead. They had fifteen children, seven of whom are not living. Mr. Nash was long connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, had always been a consistent member, and personally identified with its interests. He held the position of class leader continually during his residence in Iowa, and held the same position many years while a resident of Illinois.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 641-642