Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Nash, Alfred M D 1828 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 5, 2007, 6:27 pm

Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

ALFRED NASH, M. D. A residence of over ten years in the city of Joliet, during 
which he has conducted a successful practice, has fully established Dr. Nash 
in the esteem and confidence of the people. He took up his residence here in 
1879, and was at once recognized as a valued addition to the community. He is 
a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Medical 
Society and the State and county societies, and at one period was President of 
the latter. He was also prominent in the Medical Society of Michigan prior to 
his removal hither. Politically, he is a pronounced Republican, a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic and a pillar of the Presbyterian Church. In 
business and social circles he stands second to no man in his community. The 
Province of Ontario, Canada, was the early tramping ground of Dr. Nash and 
where his birth took place August 12, 1828. Thomas and Hannah (Swetman) Nash, 
his parents, were natives of England, and crossed the Atlantic in 1820, 
locating in Kingston, Canada. The father occupied himself as a merchant and 
with his estimable wife is now deceased, he dying in 1837 and the mother in 
1845. The household circle included eight children, seven of whom are living, 
one dying in infancy. Dr. Nash started out in life equipped with a thorough 
education, obtained in the college and Normal School at Toronto, and finally, 
in 1854, entered the famous Oberlin College in Ohio. Not content with the 
acquirements hitherto gained, he next repaired to Ann Arbor and entered the 
Michigan State University, from the medical department of which he was 
graduated in 1856. He made good use of his time and commenced the regular 
practice of his profession at Wyandotte, Mich., continuing there until after 
the outbreak of the Civil War. In July, 1861, Dr. Nash entered the army as 
Assistant Surgeon under the commission of Gov. Blair. He was with the First 
Michigan Cavalry until January, 1863, and was then promoted as a Surgeon of 
the Ninth Cavalry in which he served until receiving his honorable discharge 
by order of the Board appointed to examine these invalid officers, in 
December, 1864, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Upon leaving the army he located at once 
in Lapeer, Mich., where he followed his profession until coming to this county 
in 1879. Dr. Nash was married to Miss Anna J. Cornelius, in September, 1861. 
She was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Cornelius, of Ann Arbor, Mich. By her he 
had four children, viz.: Jesse, the wife of Robert Berger, of Peoria, Ill.; 
Miss Maud, a short-hand reporter residing in Chicago; Claud, a resident of 
Joliet; and Anna at home. Mrs. Nash died at their home in Lapeer, Mich., in 
August, 1875. Dr. Nash was married to his second wife in July, 1879. Her name 
was Mrs. Charlotte P. Richards. The Doctor and his wife have a comfortable 
home on Cass Street. When first entering the army Dr. Nash was assigned to the 
Army of the Potomac and was captured at the second battle of Bull Run. He 
received an order from Lee's Medical Director to remain on the field and take 
care of wounded rebels and for this service was tendered a pass to Washington 
from Fitz Hugh Lee. The "Johnnies" traded boots, hat and coat with the Surgeon 
and thus accoutred he appeared in the presence of Lee, who said, "that pass 
shall be honored." The Doctor has this document still in his possession. As he 
left the lines a guard remarked to a comrade, "this is one of Pope's officers, 
let's shoot the d__d cuss." The Doctor expected they would carry out the 
suggestion, but they did not and he finally reached the Union camp in safety, 
at Arlington Heights. Dr. Nash, in 1864, was made Brigade Surgeon under Gen. 
Israel Gerrard. In December, 1863, he had charge of the surgical department in 
the hospital at Knoxville, where he remained six months. He joined his 
regiment as it was starting from Camp Nelson, going with Sherman to 
Chattanooga and was under the command of the hero of Atlanta until after the 
fall of the city. Dr. Nash was appointed Pension Examiner on the board for 
this district in 1889, and is Secretary of the Board.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/nash529gbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/

File size: 4.9 Kb