The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08

Archie Little, Marysyille ....... .23,
27S1 and
Erma Smith, Marysville 10
RIGHOUSE.--Infant son (still-l
born) of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Harold
Homrighouse at their home $40 Second
avenue east, November 3. 1917
THOMPSON.--F Leslie Thomp-
son. colored, died at his home 609I
Third avenue west, October 4, 1917.
The deceased was born in Hampton,
Iowa. He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Sarah Thompson. Funeral SER
vices will be held Tuesday at 2:3O p.
m at the A. NJ, E. church.
| LITTLE-SMITH.-- Married, at the
office of Justice o. c. G.. Phillips at
ten o'clock Saturday morning, Novem-
Der 5, 1917, Archie Little and Miss
Erma Smith OF Marysville, Iowa. Par
ents and friends were present Mr..
Little is a farmer and will make his
home on his farm near Marysville.
| JOHNSON Relatives here re-
ceived word today by wire Of the death
this, Saturday morning, of Mrs. Mar
tina, wife of ]. Howard Johnson at her
home in Whittier, California.
Burial will be made in Forest GENE
terry, Oskaloosa. Particulars of the
funeral and the like will be announced
later. ...,.
rJOHNSON.-The funeral services
of Martha g., wife of J. Howard John
son OF Whittier, California, will be
held at $3.50 O'Clock Thursday after
noon at the Cheesman Funeral Home.
1t is expected that the funeral party
will arrive Thursday forenoon at 1920
lover the Rock Island from Des Moines.
Those accompanying the remains are
the bereaved husband, and his son A..
&c. Johnson; also 1t was expected that
they would be joined enroute at New
ton, Kansas, by members of the DIR.
VIM. l.. Pearson family, of Wichita,
Mrs. Pearson being sister of the de-
ceased.
| NASH.-John Nash was native of
England, born at Ashburnham parish
Of Sussex County, September 1, 1927.
He passed away at his home in Oska-
loosa, Thursday, October Is, 1917,
having made life span of better than
ninety years. He was one of the
oldest residents of the county, COM
ing in 1854 as a pioneer settler and
became one of the best known men
of the community.
Deceased was the second son of
John Nash, ST., and Mary Martin
Nash, and was of a numerous family.
The parents came to America be-
cause the father believed a better
field of opportunity to exist in the
new world. The boy passed his IF
teenth birthday upon the ocean. The
party embarked from England July
, Is, 1912, on a sailing vessel, and not
until eight weeks and two days later
did they land at New York. The
father had employment in New York
and New Jersey for a time and the
family saw some mighty hard times.
NIL llO"CNCl dlW dyo IldDdSCu
to get enough for his family to eat.
He with the eldest son finally obtain
cd possession of horse and vehicle
and without other means they set
forth for the West, intending to settle
in Ohio. of which state they had
heard much. And here the Nash
family made permanent home and
prospered. Young John started to
school and here obtained his early
education and worked on the farm
with his father. AS a young man,
however, he was imbued with the
spirit of the pioneer himself, and
thought to try his fortunes in the
West. He started upon prospect
ing trip into Wisconsin and then
came to Iowa. And Iowa remained
the state of his choice. He landed
in Oskaloosa October 81, 1854, and
almost immediately he took up a
claim in Adams township where he
resided constantly until the fall of
1885, when he moved to the city of
Oskaloosa to retire from the more
active management of the farm. He
erected the home at No 504 North
Market street, where he has since
resided and where he passed away.
He had previously brought the father
and mother to the Iowa farm home
and erected a place for them on the
farm and here they passed their de-
Ginning years.
Mr.. Nash was thrice married. He
was united with Mary Jane Colville,
in Ohio, October 26, 1851, and by her
three children were born: Mrs. Sarah
]. Ruby, deceased, John James, de-
ceased, and George c. Nash of Oska-
loosa. By the second wife, Martha
Jane Mckinney, married January "a,
1855, in Ohio, three children were
given: Ella Nc. Robbins, deceased,
Frank T. Nash, an attorney of Oska-
loosa, Iowa, and Cora E. Brookhart,
a resident of Illinois The third
wife, Nancy Koontz Nash, married
in 0skaloosa, survives.
John Nash was an active man and