Harrison Benson “Harris" "H.B.” Nash (1828-1890)

Harrison Benson “Harris" "H.B.” Nash

Birth

9 Aug 1828

Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

Death

27 Apr 1890 (aged 61)

Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA

Burial

Campground Cemetery

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Harrison Benson Nash
•Sex: M
•Birth: 8 Aug 1828 in Laurens County, South Carolina
•Death: 21 Apr 1890 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Father: John Nesbitt NASH b: 19 Jan 1786 in Anson County, North Carolina
Mother: Hannah Harriet ABERCROMBIE b: 4 Feb 1786 in Laurens District, South Carolina

Marriage 1 Martha FLETCHER b: ABT 1830
Children
1. William Columbus NASH b: 1848
2. Mary E NASH b: 1849
3. Martha Anna NASH b: 1849
4. Sarah A NASH b: 1852
5. James Henry NASH b: 1860
6. John D NASH b: 1862 in LA
7. Margaret NASH b: 1867 in LA
8. Alice NASH b: 1869 in LA

Marriage 2 Edith Smith EVANS b: 18 Jul 1840 in Georgia
Children
1. Robert NASH b: 1871 in LA
2. Laura NASH b: 1873 in LA
3. Frederick Cooper NASH b: 1876 in Glenmora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
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About 1858 Harris Benson Nash, with his family, joined some thirteen other families and trekked westward by oxen wagon. They were 13 weeks enroute from Bowden, Georgia, to Jackson Parish, Louisiana, where the Nash family stopped a year, near some old Georgia friends, the Upchurch family. Here they also found an Uncle of Martha's, Robert Malone Stell, a physican and writer. The next year, a brother, Crum (Abercrombie) Nash, came out from Georgia, and the two Nash brothers and a cousin, Joe Babb, settled on Spring Creek in Rapides Parish. Joe Babb settled at Babb's bridge and Crum one mile north and Harris Benson Nash two miles north. Source: Obituary of daughter of Harris Benson Nash and Martha Cook Fletcher, Sarah A. Nash, who married John Newton Mc Donald. Sarah died 9 May 1941.
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Nash, H. B., Pvt. Co. E, Cons. Cres. Regt. La. Inf. On Hospl. Register, Admitted to C. S. A. Gen. Hospl., Shreveport, La., Aug. 10, 1864. Returned to duty Nov. 28, 1864. On Roll of Prisoners of War, Paroled June 9, 1865, Alexandria, La. Res. Rapides Par., La.
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National Park Service Soldier Details:
Nash, H.B.
Regiment Name:
Consolidated Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
Side:
Confederate
Company:
E
Soldier's Rank In:
Private
Soldier's Rank Out:
Private
Alternate name:
Film Number:
M378 roll 22
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