Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nash, Harriet January 6, 1892
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Norfolk Virginian January 7, 1892

                             A VENERABLE LADY DEAD

                   Miss Harriet Nash Passes Peacefully Away

    The Deceased a Descendant of the Earliest Settlers in this Section

Miss Harriet Nash died at the residence of her brother-in-law, the venerable 
Charles Reid, Esq., No. 284 East Main Street, yesterday at 10:20 a.m. The 
announcement will be read with unfeigned sorrow by a very large circle of 
friends in Norfolk and vicinity.
The deceased was the daughter of the late Cornelius Nash and was born near 
Providence Church, in Norfolk County, August 1853. (1803 on tombstone)
The family was among the earliest settlers in this section and have always 
been held in high esteem.
Since the death of her parents, Miss Nash has made her home with her 
brother-in-law, Mr. Reid, to whose children she assumed the mother's place 
on the death of her sister which occurred many years ago.  The deceased was 
a member of the Presbyterian Church and was a consistent and devoted 
Christian.  The funeral will be announced hereafter.
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The funeral of Miss Harriet Nash took place from the residence of her 
brother-in-law, Charles Reid, Esq., No. 284 East Main Street, at 12 o'clock 
yesterday and was numerously attended.  Owing to sickness in the family the 
service was of a brief character, Rev. J.I. Vance, pastor of the First 
Presbyterian Church, officiating.  The remains were interred in Cedar Grove 
Cemetery.  The following gentlemen, grand-nephews of the deceased, were the 
pallbearers:  Alfred Gray, Charles R. Nash, Edgar Nash, Goodrich Hatton, 
Fergus Reid, A.H. Grandy, R. Lane Kelly, Robert DeJarnette.

Portsmouth news section

The funeral of Miss Harriet Nash, sister of the late John Nash, Esq., of 
this city, took place in Norfolk yesterday morning and was attended by many 
Portsmouth people. 

Norfolk Virginian January 9, 1892 

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