Silas NASH, Jr.

1784 - 1849  (65 years)

• Name	Silas NASH  [1]
  	Find A Grave - In 1840 lived beside Simeon BUNCE about the same age son of Silas Sr. & Adri (Adams) Nash; SILAS SR is buried in NASHVILLE cemetery in Chautauqua Co NY near the County line a Rev War Soldier Spouse: Sarah (Sally) Bunce; dau: Emeline d: infant son: Dewitt d: infant dau: Miranda 1813-1892 m: Charles Near Son: Arus 1811-1849 m: Christina McMillan dau: Elmira 1816-1898 m: Jeremiah Johnson son: DEWITT C. II 1818-1891 m: Julia Smith son Coydon d: infant dau Emeline m: Chester Davis STRICKLAND b here b. 5-2-1827 d. 7-8-1886 59y 2m 6d dau: Permelia 1832- Simeon BUNCE and his brother-in-law, Silas NASH left Otsego County to find a home in the western part of the State. They had heard of Chautaugua County and determined to locate there; and when they took up their lands on Lot 64, they believed them to be in that county. Each articled 100 acres, at eighteen shillings per acre, and at once made substantial improvements, NASH building a log house the same year, the first in the town of Dayton, which his family occupied. In this humble pioneer home occurred the first birth in the town, in June, 1811,-a son who was named Aras Here, also the following year in the month of February, came the angel of death to claim his first sacrifice, - Dewitt, another son of Silas NASH; and thus the house of rejoicing became a house of mourning. Silas NASH put up the first sawmill in town in 1817 and continued for many years a leader among the early settlers, holding many positions of honor and trust in Dayton. His descendants also became active, energetic citizens, some of them attaining prominent places in the affairs of the county. When Silas died his widow Sarah lived in 1850 with her dau Mrs Chester Strickland she d d. 9-27-1858 b here in the online cemetery data one Hannah PEACOCK is listed a second wife to Silas,she was the 2nd wife of his FATHER Silas b in Nashville NY Maintained by Ken Young Originally Created by: Dolores Davidson [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	23 Aug 1784  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Sep 1849  [1]
  Burial	Cottage Cemetery, Cattauqua County, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I66927	Main Tree
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Silas NASH,   b. 14 Jun 1762, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 6 Jan 1852, Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Adrea ADAMS,   b. 1760, Connecticut, USA
  Marriage	29 Oct 1782  [2]
  Family ID	F26856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BUNCE,   b. 19 Oct 1784, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 27 Sep 1858, Nashville, Chatauqua County, New York (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Emeline NASH   d. infancy  [Birth]   2. Dewitt NASH   d. Infancy   3. Miranda NASH,   b. 1813   d. 1892 (Age 79 years)   4. Arus NASH,   b. 1811   d. 1849 (Age 38 years)   5. Elmira NASH,   b. 1816   d. 1898 (Age 82 years)   6. Dewitt C. NASH,   b. 1818   d. 1891 (Age 73 years)   7. Emeline Ann NASH,   b. 2 May 1827, Dayton, Cattaraugus County, New York d. 8 Jul 1886, Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., New York (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F26894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Cottage Cemetery, Cattauqua County, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S4612] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Parsons Family Tree.