Nancy Edwards was the mother of Pleasant Riley Nash, the grandmother of Emaline “Emma” Nash Carson, the great grandmother of Mary E. Carson Wyant and the great great grandmother of Bessie Ethel Wyant Wellons.
She was born on June 15, 1803 in North Carolina. She died November 6, 1888 in Beech Creek Township of Greene County, Indiana.
Her father was William Edwards, also born in North Carolina. Her mother was Delilah Burch, also born in North Carolina.
She married Obediah Nash about 1825. Neither the date nor place is documented.
Pleasant Riley Nash, the first of 8 or as many as 10 children was born on May 10, 1827.
In the 1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses the family lives in Beech Creek Township of Greene County, Indiana.
Obediah died on August 21, 1851.
In the 1860 census, she is living with her son, Jeremiah, who is 16 years old. She reports that she is a farmer and that she is 55 years old.
In the 1870 census, Nancy Nash, aged 66, is living with her son George and his family in Beech Creek Township. The nearest post office is Newark, Indiana.
In the 1880 census of Beech Creek Township, she reports being 76 years old and is living with her sister Sousanna and her husband James.
She died on November 6, 1888 in Greene County, Indiana. She was buried in the Edwards Cemetery near rural Solsberry, Beech Creek Township, Greene County, Indiana.
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