Idell Cynthia Nash was known to her family and friends affectionately as 'Idella'. She was the 2nd of two daughters born to Chapman Ebenezer Ward and Cynthia S. Eddy in Wisconsin. Her sister was Lillian, who was 2 years older.
Idella's mother died when she was very young, and her father remarried to Harriet Lucinda French. They had two daughters Naomi Eda and Mary Effie.
When Idella was 14 years old, the family, except for Lillian, headed to Iowa. Chapman, who was a tailor by trade, sold their small farm, and built covers for their wagons. They brought a few cows and horses, some chickens and a hog. According to Idella's son Floyd, ‘It was a very unpleasant trip. Back then, there were no bridges over the rivers, so they had to swim rivers with the wagon floating, and they were afraid the wagon would turn over. It was a journey of about 3 or 4 weeks.'
As soon as the family settled, Idella, at age 14, started teaching. During the years after they arrived, three more siblings were born: Everett Ward, Frank J., and a son, name unknown, who died as an infant.
Idella was courted by Darius Albert Nash, a farmer who had homesteaded the land near theirs, and they were married in July of 1876. They had 7 children: Albert Anson, Clarence Ward, Hattie Idell, Nellie Nettie, Jay Alvin, Floyd Chapman, and Bessie Effie.
They lived and worked on the farm for many years, and then when Darius could not manage it any longer, they sold it and moved into Ames.
When he died in 1921, Idella sold the home and came to the Los Angeles area with her son Floyd and his family. She lived another 25 years after her husband was gone, voting the first time women were allowed to in her mid 60s and investing in real estate. She died in 1946 at age 87, and is buried next to her daughter Hattie.
Idella's mother died when she was very young, and her father remarried to Harriet Lucinda French. They had two daughters Naomi Eda and Mary Effie.
When Idella was 14 years old, the family, except for Lillian, headed to Iowa. Chapman, who was a tailor by trade, sold their small farm, and built covers for their wagons. They brought a few cows and horses, some chickens and a hog. According to Idella's son Floyd, ‘It was a very unpleasant trip. Back then, there were no bridges over the rivers, so they had to swim rivers with the wagon floating, and they were afraid the wagon would turn over. It was a journey of about 3 or 4 weeks.'
As soon as the family settled, Idella, at age 14, started teaching. During the years after they arrived, three more siblings were born: Everett Ward, Frank J., and a son, name unknown, who died as an infant.
Idella was courted by Darius Albert Nash, a farmer who had homesteaded the land near theirs, and they were married in July of 1876. They had 7 children: Albert Anson, Clarence Ward, Hattie Idell, Nellie Nettie, Jay Alvin, Floyd Chapman, and Bessie Effie.
They lived and worked on the farm for many years, and then when Darius could not manage it any longer, they sold it and moved into Ames.
When he died in 1921, Idella sold the home and came to the Los Angeles area with her son Floyd and his family. She lived another 25 years after her husband was gone, voting the first time women were allowed to in her mid 60s and investing in real estate. She died in 1946 at age 87, and is buried next to her daughter Hattie.
Idell Cynthia Nash was known to her family and friends affectionately as 'Idella'. She was the 2nd of two daughters born to Chapman Ebenezer Ward and Cynthia S. Eddy in Wisconsin. Her sister was Lillian, who was 2 years older.
Idella's mother died when she was very young, and her father remarried to Harriet Lucinda French. They had two daughters Naomi Eda and Mary Effie.
When Idella was 14 years old, the family, except for Lillian, headed to Iowa. Chapman, who was a tailor by trade, sold their small farm, and built covers for their wagons. They brought a few cows and horses, some chickens and a hog. According to Idella's son Floyd, ‘It was a very unpleasant trip. Back then, there were no bridges over the rivers, so they had to swim rivers with the wagon floating, and they were afraid the wagon would turn over. It was a journey of about 3 or 4 weeks.'
As soon as the family settled, Idella, at age 14, started teaching. During the years after they arrived, three more siblings were born: Everett Ward, Frank J., and a son, name unknown, who died as an infant.
Idella was courted by Darius Albert Nash, a farmer who had homesteaded the land near theirs, and they were married in July of 1876. They had 7 children: Albert Anson, Clarence Ward, Hattie Idell, Nellie Nettie, Jay Alvin, Floyd Chapman, and Bessie Effie.
They lived and worked on the farm for many years, and then when Darius could not manage it any longer, they sold it and moved into Ames.
When he died in 1921, Idella sold the home and came to the Los Angeles area with her son Floyd and his family. She lived another 25 years after her husband was gone, voting the first time women were allowed to in her mid 60s and investing in real estate. She died in 1946 at age 87, and is buried next to her daughter Hattie.
Idella's mother died when she was very young, and her father remarried to Harriet Lucinda French. They had two daughters Naomi Eda and Mary Effie.
When Idella was 14 years old, the family, except for Lillian, headed to Iowa. Chapman, who was a tailor by trade, sold their small farm, and built covers for their wagons. They brought a few cows and horses, some chickens and a hog. According to Idella's son Floyd, ‘It was a very unpleasant trip. Back then, there were no bridges over the rivers, so they had to swim rivers with the wagon floating, and they were afraid the wagon would turn over. It was a journey of about 3 or 4 weeks.'
As soon as the family settled, Idella, at age 14, started teaching. During the years after they arrived, three more siblings were born: Everett Ward, Frank J., and a son, name unknown, who died as an infant.
Idella was courted by Darius Albert Nash, a farmer who had homesteaded the land near theirs, and they were married in July of 1876. They had 7 children: Albert Anson, Clarence Ward, Hattie Idell, Nellie Nettie, Jay Alvin, Floyd Chapman, and Bessie Effie.
They lived and worked on the farm for many years, and then when Darius could not manage it any longer, they sold it and moved into Ames.
When he died in 1921, Idella sold the home and came to the Los Angeles area with her son Floyd and his family. She lived another 25 years after her husband was gone, voting the first time women were allowed to in her mid 60s and investing in real estate. She died in 1946 at age 87, and is buried next to her daughter Hattie.
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