Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-23
Menmorial.

The following tribute to the memory of
Mr.. Nash, formerly a citizen of Plymouth,
was written by Rev. L. G. Buckles, for
the Central Aduocate, ST. Louis, Mo, who
was intimately acquainted with Mr.. Nash,
| curing his residence in this place. Mr..
Nash had many friends here, and, We be-
| leive, no enemies.
G. w. Nash, son of Arthur and Eve
Nash, was born III Claiborne(now Union(
Co. Tenn, III 1882. His thirst af .er
knowledge developed in early Childhood
| Fhe facilities for securing an education
I were limited, consisting of one brief term
of school each year. But during the in
tervals he prosecuted his studies with dill
gence, and improved his spare moments to
| such an extent THAT when he gained his
| majority he found himself fully prepared
tc enter college. He entered Emory and
Henry College, Va, at the age of twenty
one, and remained diligent student hi
the same until within one year of grad
uation. A short time after leaving cof-
lege he was chosen principal of Walnut
Grove Academy, Knox Co., Tenn, and
subsequently of an Academy in Granger
Co. From the latter position he was
forced to retire on account of the war
which was then raging in those upper
counties of East Tenn. In the Fall of
1862, prompted by devotion to the Union.
left the old home and, in company with
others, made his way North, on the under
ground road, travelling by night, and being
concealed through the day, either in the
mountains or at the house of some Union
friend. After coming North he spent
few months at the Normal University in
Illinois, studying modern methods of
teaching. A short time after finishing his
course at the Normal, he was elected
principal OF the Lafayette school, in st.
Louis, Mo, and subsequently of the Ever
EFT school, on Eighth street In. that CITY
he labOred foF five years with the zeal and
energy which characterized his whole life.
At the end of that time failing health
compelled him to resign bis position, and
he removed to Plymouth, Ind, to engage
in mercantile pursuits. In this he enjoy
ed greatly improved health At the end
of one year he sold out and obtained en-
ployment at Sycamore, DeaKalb Co., ILL.,,
where he labored but q few DAYS, when
he was called from the tod of earth to the
rest of heaven. He was blessed with reli.
gious parents, who early taught him to-
| read Gods Word and respect its teachings
While at college in Virginia, he entered
the valley of blessing" and Immediately
joined the NJ. E. Church South. On com
ing to the Northwest he attached himself
to the NJ. E. Church, and spent the last
ten years Of his life in it's Christian fellow
ship. Every laudable enterprise especially
of the Church and the cause of education. :.
found in him a warm friend He was
man of broad and liberal views, strictly
conscientious in all things great In the
goodness of his heart, in the purity of his
life, in the simplicity of his faith, and in
the fervency of his love for God and the
right. A wife and two little daughters,
and large circle of friends mourn big
loss. He was married in June, 1866, to-
Miss Vina, daughter of Rev. Myronf
Breckenridge, of Plymouth, Ohio, and
died Sept. 26, 1872, at Sycamore, ILL.,, aged
forty years. "Thy dead men shall live.
L. G. BUCKLES.