Nash, George H.

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Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 8/11/2008 at 13:34:05

George H. Nash

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.71, Belknap Twp.)
George H. Nash, agricultural implements, Oakland, was born in Weymounth, Norfolk County, Mass., December 13, 1846. He is the son of Abner P. and Silence (Humphrey) Nash, both natives of Weymouth, Mass. His father was born July 24, 1803. he was a wholesale leather merchant in Boston, Mass. He is now living a retired life in his native town, and is an unusually vigorous old gentleman. His (subject's) mother died in her native town in 1846. Our subject lived with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to this State, locating on his present farm of 640 acres, situated in Sections 23 and 24, Township 75, Range 39, in Center Township, this county. He lived here till January, 1882, when he went into his present business in Oakland. He was married in Center Township, March 8, 1873, to Louisa L. Russell, born in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vt., December 9, 1846. She is the daughter of Samuel and Laura (Drake) Russell, both natives of Addison County, Vt. Her father died in Middlebury, Vt., in 1855, at the age of forty-seven. He was a horse dealer and grocer. Her mother was born January 16, 1816, and is still living with her son, E. S. Russell, of Center Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Nash have three children - Fred A., born February 21, 1875; Russell, born January 18, 1878, and E. Ernest, born February 14, 1882. Our subjust is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.