Bio: L. J. Nash, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Source: History of Sabine Parish by John G. Belisle, The Sabine Banner Press,

1912 (Page 308-309)

Submitted: by : Kay Thompson Brown
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L. J. NASH



L. J. Nash was born at Columbus, Lowndes Col, Miss., April 22, 1832, his

parents being Valentine and Mary Nash, natives of South Carolina, who moved

from Mississippi to Natchitoches parish in 1838, and soon thereafter settled

on Toro, Sabine parish.  Valentine Nash died in 1894 at the age of 98 years. 

His family consisted of the following children: John, Abie, Elizabeth (wife of

L. B. Gay), Eveline (Mrs. Nicholas McNeely), Ludlow J., (living), Leonora

(Mrs. Mitchell Carnahan), America (Mrs. John Carnahan), Columbus C. (Living),

Isabella (died in infancy), Valentine, Jr. (Living); Victoria (Mrs. A. H.

Hogue, died 1880).  L. J. Nash was first married to Caroline E. Sibley, eight

children being born to them: Francis Marion (died in infancy), John V. (Died

in 1906), Virginia L. (Wife of Dr. S. H. Cade), Samuel Adrain (deceased)

Coleman S. (Deceased, Columbus C., Mary Jane (Mrs. W. E. McNeely), Elizabeth

(Mrs Joseph D. Stille).  After Mrs. Nash's death he was married to Leonora

Koontz and two children were born to them,  Ludlow and Leonora.  Mrs. Nash and

Leonora died in January 1911, their deaths occurring the same week.  L. J.

Nash (familiarly known as captain) is now making his home in Many, and still

retains much of the vigor of his youth.  He is a splendid type of the old time

Southern gentleman.  His father established the first postoffice (Nashboro) in

the southern part of the parish, which was discontinued during the war,

reopened after that period and continued until the railroad was built through

the parish in 1906.  The Nashes ran a store and plantation there for half a

century.  Captain Nash went to school to Samuel G. Lucius in 1841, studied

Walker's Dictionary and Smiley's Arithmetic, latter attended grammar school

and took a course in penmanship and bookkeeping in New Orleans, and taught

schools.  He was a member of the Parish School Board in the '70s.  He served

in the Civil War as lieutenant of the Sabine Rebels, and brought home with him

the company's flag.  Captain Nash has been one of the parish's most useful

citizens, defending the right and condemning the wrong.  Everyone who knows

him is his friend, and his kind heart and unique gentlemanly manners will be

ever remembered by all who have had the pleasure of knowing him.



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