James Nash    

JAMES NASH, farmer, P.O. Crossingville, was born July 12, 1833, in Cussewago Township, this county. His father, Michael Nash, a native of County Clare, Ireland, came to America between 1820 and 1824. He married Miss Mary Callahan, of this county, in 1828. After living a short time in Meadville, Penn., they finally settled in Cussewago Township, this county. She died in 1851; he in 1856. Their children were—William, James, Mrs. Catharine Mather, John (deceased), Mrs. Mary A. Wickham, Thomas, Patrick (deceased), Mrs. Maggie Cronan, and Joanna, who died in infancy. Our subject married Miss Joanna Sullivan, May 26, 1859. She was born June 10, 1838, and is a daughter of Daniel Sullivan. Their children are—Michael H.; Daniel T., who has been Deputy County Treasurer for six years and is at present writing, Democratic candidate for Treasurer; Catharine A.; William M.; John V. (deceased); George E.; Mary; Peter; Maggie M. and Frederick L. In 1863 Mr. Nash took the entire charge of the family homestead, which he still occupies. He now owns 100 acres of well-improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are pious members of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a consistent Democrat.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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