Samuel Simpson Nash

(1848-1930)

Story

Enlisted in Company G, NC 27th Infantry, Regiment on Feb. 1865, in Orange County at the age of 16.

Married Annie Gray Cheshire on April 23, 1878, in Edgecombe County, NC

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Samuel Simpson Nash was born on April 23, 1848, in Hillsborough, NC. He died on May 21, 1930, and was buried in Carlisle.

Relatives

• Parents: Henry Kollock Nash (1817-1897) and Mary A. Simpson (1819-1895).
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, Frederick Kollock Nash (1839-1915), Henry Kollock Nash, Jr. (1850-1933) and Edmund Strudwick Nash (1854-1931).
  • six sisters, Elizabeth Simpson Nash (1840-1915) , Anne Strudwick Nash (1842-1921), Mary Kollock Nash (1844-1921), Susan Read Nash (1845-1924), Ida Nash (1852-1852) and Sallie Nash (2) (1857-1857).
• Others: William Lord DeRosset(t) (brother-in-law, 1832-1910), Armand John DeRosset (nephew, 1864-1874), Mary DeRosset (niece, 1865-1932), Henry Nash DeRosset (nephew, 1867-1868), Kate DeRosset (niece, 1870-1909), Frederick Nash DeRosset (nephew, 1879-1951), Anita DeRosset (niece, 1881-1955) and Frederick Nash (grandfather).