Nash Reunion c. 1919
Bowne Twp., Kent Co., Michigan

Since the original list of names was not numbered, mistakes are inevitable. If you recognize someone, please email to confirm or make corrections.
Bottom row of children:
- The larger girl may be Marion Pardee.
- The 2 boys with black hats on their knees are probably sons of Tom Nash.
- The last one John’s boy, Harold Nash.
Second row:
- Mattie Nash
- Vern Nash [son of James Morrison Nash]
- Possibly Jonathan Wilbur Califf
- Den Holcomb [probably David Denman Holcomb, grandson of Emily Nash]
- John Nash I from Ohio [John Wilson Nash, son of John Nash who was Alden’s brother]
- John Augustus Nash
- Sherman Colson [son of Clarissa Nash & Nathaniel Colson – died June 10, 1919]
- Daniel L. Nash
- Tom Nash [son of John Augustus Nash]
- Earl Nash ?
Third row: Almost hidden behind second row
- Unknown lady
- John Porritt [son of John Porritt & Elizabeth Pallister Porritt]
- Emery Califf with a baby
- John Nash [son of John Augustus Nash]
- Irvin Leigh [husband of Lottie Colson]
- Lottie Colson [gr. granddaughter of Clarissa Nash Colson]
- Unknown Lady
- Unknown Girl
- John Nash II from Ohio [John Seneca Nash, son of John Wilson Nash]
- Ethel Nash [married to Lorenzo “Tom” Nash who is son of John Augustus Nash]
- Boyd Colson [gr. grandson of Clarissa Nash Colson]
- Ella Nash [married to John Nash who is son of John Augustus Nash]
- Unknown
- Henry Johnson
- Arthur Nash [son of James Morrison Nash]
- Will Pardee [married Gladys Johnson who is dau of Eleanor Nash & James C. Johnson]
Fourth row:
- Mrs. Will Morgan [Emily Holcomb, dau of Philancia Patchin Holcomb, granddaughter of Emily Nash]
- Unknown young boy
- Edith Nash [married to Owen Nash who is son of John Augustus Nash]
- Rose [Francis Rosalia Nash] Califf
- Mary Elizabeth (Nash) Johnson
- Mother [Alice Porritt Nash, wife of John Augustus Nash]
- Mrs. Den Holcomb [Lydia English Holcomb]
- Unknown lady
- Arthur Nashes wife [Jennie McNaughton Nash] ?
- Owen Nash [son of John Augustus Nash]
- Olive E. (Nash) Bergy [dau of John Augustus Nash]
Fifth row:
- Unknown boy
- Unknown boy
- One young man
- John McKinley Nash from Ohio [son of John Seneca Nash]
- Unknown man
- Unknown man
- Fanny Califf
- Alden Nash Porritt
- Lucile Johnson?
- Unknown
- Lydia Porritt
- Eleanor Pardee ?[granddaughter of Eleanor Louisa Nash & James C. Johnson]
- Unknown woman
- Eleanor Elizabeth
Sixth row starting in tree:
- Roy Califf
- Ozi Pardee [married Jennie Johnson who was dau of Eleanor Nash & James C. Johnson]
- Unknown
- Lydia Porritt [wife of John William Porritt]
- Ethel Nash [married to Tom Nash]
- Gladys Pardee [Gladys Johnson Pardee, dau of Eleanor Louisa Nash & James C. Johnson
- Jen Pardee
- Edna Johnson
- Dell Scott [maybe Fannie Adell Johnson, dau of Mary Elizabeth Nash]
- Kate Cosgriff [Kate Johnson, dau of Eleanor Louisa Nash]
- Unknown man
- Jim Porritt [married Jessie Holcomb]
- Unknown man
- Edward Bergy [married Olive E. Nash]
- Unkown man
GENEALOGY NOTES:
- Emery Califf is somewhere in the photo.
- The reunion probably took place in 1919 or before, because Sherman Colson is in the photo and he died June 10, 1919.
- At the reunion, there were descendants of Alden Nash, Emily Nash, Clarissa Nash, John Nash.
- The 3 John Nashes from Ohio were descendants of John Nash II, brother of Alden Nash. They were John Wilson Nash III, John Seneca Nash IV, John McKinley Nash V.
- The descendants of Emily Nash have the surname of Holcomb and the descendants of Clarissa Nash have the surname Colson.
- The children of Alden Nash who were still alive and in the reunion photo were Daniel Nash, John Augustus Nash, Francis Rosalia Nash, and Mary E. Nash Johnson.
Here is the original written list:
