The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-10-26

Modesty IL the keynote Of the char
acter of Judge George K. Mash, the
Republican candidate for governor, and
honor 10 the harmony Of his life. Up
right dealing and honest labor with q
pure life have won him the lofty place
he holds in the hearts Of his friends
and in the esteem Of the people OF his
native state. Those who know him best
say that George X. Nash does not know
how to do a mean act, and no man in
Ohio can charge him with ever having
done q willful wrong to q fellow-man.
Extreme as such praise may seem to
those who do not know the man, It is
to all who enjoy his acquaintance and
friendship, . plain record Of fact.
George X. Mash 10 . product Of the
western Reserve. the section Of the
state which has given Ohio the honored
names Of GiddinSA Wade and Garfield.
Born in Medina county, he received all
his education In the schools Of the Re-
serve. and passed DDS boyhood and
youth In that training school Of man.
hood,
A wNsTDRN RESERVE FARM.
Judge Nash's father was al intelli-
gent, thrifty farmer. He came from
Massachusetts and was married there
before he emlgrated into the West to
find . homo in what was then new
country. The elder Nash thought first
Of settling in Missouri, and thither he
went when he hrst sought the West,
but the conditions there were not to his
liking. Slavery prevailed, and in addi-
ton there was q spirit Of outlawry
which convinced him that It was not
the place where he would wish to rear
. family. So back toward the East he
made his way. Stopping to visit some
Of his wife's relatives in Medina coun-
~. he found the atmosphere % much
to his liking that he ut once determin.
ed to settle there.
the. family settled and there George
X. Nash was born. Aug. II. 1s42. He
had two brothers and two sisters He
10 the only survivor Of the family.
JUDGE NAsH's CHILDHOOD
was like that OF most farmer boys. He
played and he worked. And, thanks to
the intelligence Of his father, he was
kept in school. The Judge was SUR
rounded by influences that were the
best. His father. a man Of education,
thrift and intelligence, soon became q
power in the community and was Oft
times called upon to settle neighborly
disputes.
Tho boy George was not strong, and
after spending his time in the district
schools until he was fitted to enter a
preparatory school, he was sent to
Hudson academy, which Is now con-
nected with the Western Reserve uni~
versity. He remained there one year.
when at the age Of 16 his health failed
him and 1t was Thought best that for
the time he should take q rest. He left
school and then with money which his
father gave him he went to Pickaway
| county, and in q little log sohoolhouse
he taught classes which were composed
| OF many pupils who were far older than
| he. The Judge remained here for two
years, and during those two years he
saved every cent he could In order that
he might crafty his highest ambition
and secure a college education.
The Judge is rich In "reminiscences Of
those days as the
wIELDER OF THE BIRCH ROD.
| When he went to the school the big
boys who for years had terrorized
every teacher the trustees had hired
began their practices on him. A few
good trouncings soon brought them to
time. They realized that a master was
In charge even though the master was
| q beardless youth. And very soon also
they found they had q companion, for
the judge during the noon recess was
a. big boy a. any and romped and
| played with them at their games. Then
1t was they learned to respect and ad-
mire him. and they made progress In
their lessons. for he took personal in
terest In them.
Pickaway county young Nash went
again to northern Ohio and entered the
preparatory school Of Oberlin college.
He spent . year there and then entered
the college proper, but before the year
was up another call for troops to put
down the rebellion came and Nash, the
school teacher and student. took up
arne and became . soldier. He en-
listed in company K Of the One Hun
dred and Fiftieth Ohio volunteer infan-
try, . regiment which was recruited
almost wholly In and around Cleveland.
In Shaf rsgiment was Senator Marcus
A: Hanna. who was young lieutenant.
There was also Senator Wolcott of
Colorado. p. H. Kaiser, who is now the
solicitor of Cuyahoga county; Judge
Carlos M. Stone, Judge Conway w. No
BILE. Colonel Allen T. Brinemade and
| Colonel Henry L. Turner, who COM
manded the First Illinois infantry dur
ing the recent war with Spain and
| made such an excellent record. He was
the first Lieutenant OF Judge Nash 9
| company.
The summer before young Nash en-
listed he had suffered from a severe at
tack Of typhoid fever. and his rough
army life found him little prepared. The
| result was when he again became q pri.
vate citizen he suffered relapse of the
fever, and he came very near dying. For