Willis Ingomar Nash, Jr.

Notes:

Buried:
TEC4 US Army, WWII

22495 Van Buren, Riverside, CA
Section H Site 337
Columbarium Commital Shelter G, Section H, at the south end of the main drive (beyond the second traffic circle, before the third traffic circle at the end of the drive), on the right. Has bell tower. Column 37, 3rd from bottom.

Willis married Thearle May Sexton. Thearle was born on 9 Oct 1927 in CA. [Group Sheet]

1. Bruce Franklin Nash

Willis married Ethel Louise Sharrow on 30 Sep 1916 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI. Ethel (daughter of Charles David Sharrow and Margaret Amelia Connor) was born on 02 Nov 1889 in Springfield, Greene Co, MO; died on 4 Oct 1974 in Anaheim Memorial Hospital, Anaheim, Orange Co, CA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Ethel's body was donated to UCLA.

Homer married E. Emma Nash on 30 Sep 1884 in Jackson Co, MI. E. (daughter of Alphonzo Nash and Mary Emogene Russell) was born in Sep 1864 in Liberty Township, Jackson Co, MI; died on 9 Aug 1910 in Summit, Jackson Co, MI; was buried in Mt. Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name with initial taken from personally signed/labeled Sunday school "picture lesson paper" July 24, 1892 vol xxiii no 7 d.

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Transcription of post card:

Postmarked (one cent pre-printed): Stanton Jan 28 1892 Mich, then Jackson Mich Jan 29 7AM 1892 Carrier

Addessed to: Mrs. H.D. Nash West Washington St No 231
(apparently sent back with note "Try Jackson Mich, then) Jackson Mich written above original address

Message side: (some words and characters are guessed at, by Doug Couch)
Stanton Mich Jan 28, 1892
Emma I got through safe at
5:15 (also) I was in Lansing 3-20
ours & in Ionia 20 minits
& found the folks all well
here I (also) saw Herb Tuertay
here
and Thery was well to Blone
I feal very bad for franks
Folks with there Little
Girl She seems very Brite
but I can't hartley make
a loud nois very nice
looking But she makes me
Think of Aunt Soles Willie
and I Don't Believe That Jr
will Live Long And we
Can't tell I am well This
morning how are you all
Iff you are Wores Direct To
Rouland Mich and if all
well you neadnt write Till
you hear from me agan
When I go from here I will
rite agan The Rors are Doing
well they have got a nice store
It Cleart them (119?) Dollars last week
You have The Sympathy of
that you no Down here But
that don't help We must All
ans own Jugl your days
this time Yours Pa Nash

Notes:

Buried:
Block 02, Lot 3314, Space 1

Charles married Margaret Amelia Connor on 17 Jan 1889 in Manistique, Schoolcraft Co, MI. Margaret (daughter of Henry Howe Connor and Miriam Fletcher) was born on 25 Jul 1867 in Fenton, Genesee Co, MI; died on 02 Oct 1950 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Death also given as 1 Oct 1950

Aaron married Margaret Rosine Laraway. Margaret (daughter of Martines Laraway and Sarah Decker) was born on 04 Oct 1822 in NY; died on 16 Feb 1913 in Dowagiac, Cass Co, MI; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, Cass Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
(also spelled Alfonzo)

Alphonzo married Mary Emogene Russell on 28 Oct 1863 in Napoleon, Napoleon Township, Jackson Co, MI, and was divorced on 25 May 1900 in Jackson Co, MI. Mary (daughter of John L. Russell and Angeline Willits) was born on 7 Apr 1846 in NY; died on 21 Aug 1922 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI; was buried in Mt. Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

4th Michigan Regiment Cavalry

Name:
(Charron)

Simon married Elizabeth Armstrong on 02 Jan 1854 in Lower Saginaw, Saginaw Co, MI. Elizabeth was born in 1835 in England; died on 28 Aug 1885 in MI; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, East Tawas, Iosco Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Married by: J.H. Little, Justice of the Peace, witnesses James Hayes and Margaret Hayes.

Other reference gives marriage in 1858, Bay City, MI (perhaps an error reference?)

Notes:

Birth:
Additional notes re Howell book information: The compiler noted in the book, that dates obtained from documents seemed to contain errors. In example, the death certificate of Henry Howe Connor (with his son, Thomas Wesley Connor as informant) is cited giving his death as 12 Oct. 1906 and birth as 15 March 1820, and offers an age calculation of 89 yrs, 6 mo, 21 days. However, those two dates actually calculate to 86 years, 6 months, 23 days...at best leaving one in doubt.
From today, 17 Nov 2021, Henry's dates will reflect those given on his gravestone.

Died:
He spent some years of his later life in the Soldiers Home at North Park, Kent Co, Michigan, but died on 12 Oct. 1906 while living with his wife in Detroit. - Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell — Note that his gravestone gives Oct. 6, 1908.

Henry married Miriam Fletcher on 24 Nov 1848 in Church of England, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada. Miriam (daughter of Archibald Fletcher and Rachel E. Peck) was born on 1 Feb 1834 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co, NY; died on 3 May 1913 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI; was buried in Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
(later called Mariam, and sometimes given as Marion)

Buried:
Section A2

Notes:

Married:
There was a strong disapproval of this marriage by the Fletchers. She was the eldest daughter of Archibald Fletcher of a strict Presbyterian household who had married a strictly reared Methodist. - Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell

Notes:

September 2021 Research by Doug Couch did not reveal ancestors or precise locations for Aaron J. Nash (Sr.), listed with Amelia as parents of Aaron J. Nash (Jr.) in his death record.

• The 1850 census or Royalton, Niagara County, New York, shows Aaron J. Nash (Jr.) & Margaret prior to their move to Michigan.

• History of Cass County, Michigan shows Aaron J. Nash (Jr.) & Margaret R. Nash arrived in Dowagiac, Michigan in 1854 from New York. The 1860, 1870 & 1880 censuses in Dowagiac show them as living there.

• Arriving in Washtenaw County, Michigan before 1840 (per census data), is one Aaron Nash (but arriving from where?). He is reported in 1840 as between 50-59 years of age (b.1881 or after), but in 1850 he is reported as age 66 (b.1784 in Connecticut).

• In New York, another Arron Nash is found living in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York in the 1840 & 1850 censuses. He is reported in 1840 as between 60-69 years of age (b.1771 or after), but in 1850 he is reported as age 82 (b.1768 in Connecticut), living daughter Mary Nash.

Without further data, it is not possible to determine exact information about Aaron J. Nash (Sr.). Of interesting note however is the fact that Royalton, NY is along the route going due west from Ballston, NY to Dowagiac, MI. View Route Map

My guess is that Aaron (Jr.) was born in Ballston, NY, moved to Royalton, NY and had the first four of his children there, then moved to Dowagiac, Michigan (likely after the death of his father), where he had two more children. His father, Aaron J. Nash (Sr.), born in Connecticut, only migrated to New York..

Aaron married Amelia Nash. Amelia was born in in NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
The union between Aaron J. Nash (Sr.) & Amelia Nash is documented by their son, Aaron Jr's death record.

Martines married Sarah Decker. Sarah was born in 1798 in NY; died on 30 Nov 1853 in Newstead, Erie Co, NY; was buried in Ledge Lawn Cemetery, Akron, Erie Co, NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Lewis L. Nash is given as born in Chenango County, NY (1855 State Census for Newstead) as well as in Bowen Town, NY (Death Certificate of son, Alphozo). I haven't found a reference to a Bowen Town in New York, with the closest Bowen Town being in New Jersey.

Name:
(middle name could be Lathrop)

Lewis married Grace Gardner. Grace was born in May 1816 in Erie Co, NY; died on 14 Sep 1888 in Jackson Co, MI; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Napoleon Township, Jackson Co, MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Grace Gardner's birthplace is also given as Otsego Co, NY

John married Angeline Willits. Angeline was born about 1824 in NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Godfather, Pierre Denoyer. Godmother, Therese Grenon, femme of Michel Deloge.

Simon married Therese Godfroy dit Balard on 08 Feb 1830 in St. Pierre Parish, Thames River, Kent Co, Ontario, Canada. Therese was born on 05 Jun 1812 in Assumption Parish, Sandwich, Essex Co, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 12 Sep 1812. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
also claimed to be at St. Peter's in Mt. Clemens.

Henry married Elizabeth Howe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
As for his [Henry Howe Connor's] mother Elizabeth Howe, a genealogist making a collection of records of the Howe family of England, sent the information that Howe as a Kentish name originated in Hoo, a rather large peninsula where the river Thames joins the river Medway. - Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell

Notes:

Birth:
Archibald, the second son of Alexander "Squire" Fletcher, was born in 1800, the same year the family moved to Darlington.

Archibald married Rachel E. Peck in 1830. Rachel was born in 1808; died on 25 Apr 1862 in Kent Co, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dolsen Cemetery, Pain Court, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
According to "History and Genealogy of the Page Family...", p.125, John returned to his home state of Connecticut after some two decades in Sherbourne, Chenango County, New York, and died in the house where he was born in Norwalk. Pages 125-126 give his military record in the Revolutionary War. "The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, 414-10 St. Paul's Cemetery Records - Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut" confirms he was buried in Norwalk.

John married Eunice Lathrop on 13 Nov 1765 in Amenia, Dutchess Co, NY. Eunice (daughter of Melatiah Lathrop, Sr. and Mercy Hatch) was born on 14 Nov 1745 in Kent, Litchfield Co, CT; died on 25 Jan 1802 in Sherburne, Chenango Co, NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Eunice is also cited as Hannah Lathrop. Some believe she had both names.

Notes:

Married:
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vols 33-34; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1902 — Marriage Records of Amenia, NY, page 47

John married Margaret Hoagland. Margaret (daughter of Jacob Hoagland and Maria Dubois) was born on 21 Jul 1762; died on 16 Apr 1841 in Prattsville, Greene Co, NY; was buried in Upper Cemetery, Prattsville, Greene Co, NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Moses' name is also given as Morrise Nash in the Tuscola, Kent County, MI death record of son, Lewis L. Nash...and Morris Nash in the St. Joseph County, MI death record of daughter, Almira Smith.

Moses married Hannah Gallop in 1809. Hannah (daughter of Nathaniel Gallup and Anna York) was born in 1788 in NY; died on 8 Jul 1845; was buried in Beeman Cemetery, Clarence, Erie Co, NY. [Group Sheet]

Pierre married Catherine Meloche on 02 Jun 1800 in Assumption, Province of Quebec (Ontario), Canada, GB. Catherine was born in in Detroit River Area, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Some confusion exists regarding the reinterment of Alexander's and Rachel's; which were moved from the Old Kirk churchyard in 1883 to Bowmanville Cemetery. Said to have been moved to his son Gordon Drummond Fletcher's plot, they are not there. However, there are two unmarked non-empty graves next to the grave of Alexander's great uncle, Drummond Gordon Fletcher. Neither those graves nor Alexander's or Rachel's graves are in the cemetery interment records. Please view the provided PDF file for more information (same as media under Headstones below).

Alexander married Rachel Corwin. Rachel (daughter of Joseph Corwin and Elizabeth Hixon) was born in 1777 in NJ; died on 23 Apr 1847 in Darlington, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 23 Apr 1847 in Old Kirkyard, Bowmanville, Darlington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

also listed as born 1771, age 75 at death

Buried:
Said to have had Rachel's and Alexander's graves moved in 1883 to (their son) Gordon's plot. It is unclear if that plot was in the same non-located cemetery (Old Kirkyard, in Bowmanville). They did have a son named Drummond Gordon Fletcher.

Notes:

A pen picture of Alexander Fletcher was written in 1896 by his grandson J. Wesley Fletcher. Grandfather soon after marriage settled below the Whirlpool on the British side of the Niagara where Uncle John was born. He afterward about 1800 moved to Darlington where he was Major of the 2nd Durham Militia and one of the first magistrates of Durham County then a part of York. He was a small man of considerable attainments; was very bright, systematic, shrewd, active, nervous, quick tempered, a very loyal British subject and a strict Presbyterian. He died in his 78th year and Grandmother (Rachel Corwin Fletcher) in her 72nd year." —The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, Finch 1976