14 Facts About Henry Nash

Henry W Nash was born in Mount Sterling, Indiana, the son of Louise Walden Nash and disgraced Civil War veteran George W Nash.

Henry Nash's father had been a Lieutenant in Company E of the First Missouri Cavalry, but was arrested for murder in 1862 and escaped during his trial.

Harry Henry Nash grew up in Mount Sterling and attended school a few miles south in Vevay, Indiana.

Henry Nash went on to college at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

Harry Henry Nash would become friends with O'Neill, who served as Sheriff and then Mayor of Prescott, Arizona in the 1890s.

Whenever school was not in session, Henry Nash found work as a ranch hand and cowboy, but became especially interested in mining.

In 1896, Henry Nash served as a delegate to the Populist Party territorial convention, where he was elected Secretary, and supported O'Neill as the Populist's Arizona Territory Delegate to the United States House of Representatives.

Henry Nash himself ran unsuccessfully for Gila County Recorder in 1896 on the Democratic-Populist Fusion Ticket.

Henry Nash participated in the decisive Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1,1898, where the Rough Riders, led by Colonel Roosevelt, charged and took Kettle Hill, driving the Spanish forces from their trenches.

Henry Nash became one of the Thomasites, whose government mission was to send 500 teachers to the Philippines to establish a new public school system, train Filipino teachers, and teach basic education with English as the medium of instruction.

Henry Nash had arrived in Manila, Luzon in December 1900 in advance of the Thomas.

Henry Nash taught in Macabebe, and by the summer of 1902, he was superintendent of schools in his district.

Henry W Nash took ill after school on July 3,1902, and checked himself in to a Manila hospital.

Henry Nash's funeral was held on September 21,1902, and he was buried in Globe Cemetery.