Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nash, Martin A. 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 14, 2018, 4:13 pm Belding Banner, 20 Nov 1902, page 3, page 5 & page 8 Obituary – Martin A. Nash. Martin A. Nash, was born in Shelburne, Vermont, Oct. 30th, 1823. In his youth and young manhood he secured the best of [unreadable] at his command, and soon took among his fellow associates as one of influence and promise. At the age of 27, on Nov. 26, he was married to Miranda L. Barstow, who survives him, had Mr. Nash lived 10 days longer, this aged couple would have celebrated their fifty-second anniversary. In July 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Nash came west and settled in Ionia, and about 4 ˝ years he engaged in merchantile business, thence to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged for a period of five years as traveling salesman. In 1870 he purchased a farm in Eureka and moved his family of wife, daughter and son on it. Upon this farm he has remained since, until a short time ago, when being too old and feeble to longer face the burdens of farm life, Mr. and Mrs. Nash took up their home with their son Fred on his farm adjoining that of his father’s. During the 32 years spent upon his farm in this neighborhood, Mr. Nash has identified himself as a man believing it the duty of man to make the most of himself intellectually, physically and morally. Prominent in support of good schools, industrious to a rare degree, temperate in every particular – we have heard him say that though during his experience as a traveling salesman, he was much and intimately associated with those who made free use of tobacco and liquor, he never felt a temptation and never did use either, and he has never been heard so far as known to utter anything approaching on oath. Possessed of a are command of language he was notably moderate in its use and application. Usually of a cheerfully and sympathetic frame of mind it was imperitive in his nature that he must have something to do. And up to and including Thursday preceeding his discease on Sunday he busied himself about affairs of his farm singing as he toiled. Only a few days ago the writer finding him busy at work harvesting potatoes, joked him about his industrious habits, his answer thoroughly displayed his lack of appreciation of those of indolent habits. Of five children, two, Fred and Mrs. H.B. Wilcox, of Belding, Mich. survive their father to mourn with the mother the loss of father and husband. As one more gone, of the two or three left of the old council of men who presided over the destinies of this neighborhood twenty or even ten years ago. The death of Mr. Nash casts a gloom over our neighborhood, that moves many a young heart to tears, from which we seek consolation, in that, “The good men do lives after them,” and Mr. Nash leaves us many noble examples. Quite unexpected to the nearest relatives and neighbors Mr. Nash after an illness of but two days, died Sunday Nov. 16th, 1902, at the age of 79 years and 16 days, a victim of acute pneumonia. ------------ Edgar Nash and Misses Louise and Julia Nash of Berlin were called here to attend the funeral of their brother and uncle, Martin A. Nash of Eureka Tuesday. ------------ Eureka: M. A. Nash, one of Eureka’s old pioneers, passed away at the residence of his son, Fred Sunday morning, Nov. 16th after an illness of only two days, at the age of 79 years and 16 days. He settled here in 1870. He leaves a wife and two children. He was a kind husband and father and a good neighbor and will be greatly missed. Funeral Tuesday at his late home, conducted by Rev. A.O. Carman of Belding. Interment in Otisco cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nash7081gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb