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HARRY L. NASH, son of Joseph and Emily (Yeakle) Nash, was born October 30, 1866, near Fort Washington, in Upper Dublin township. When he was eight years old, his father sold the farm and purchased another on Church road, in Springfield township, which he owned for twenty-two years. The father died May 29, 1894.

Daniel Nash (grandfather) was born near Edge Hill, in Upper Dublin township, and grew to manhood there. He was a wealthy and influential man, being the owner of several farms. He married Maria Shaffer. (For further particulars of the Nash ancestry, see the sketch of Joseph Y. Nash, brother of Harry L. Nash.)

Harry L. Nash married Barbara, daughter of Robert and Mary (Odenwelder) Blair, on November 25, 1894. She was born October 15, 1873, in Bath, Northampton county, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Blair was born October 4, 1848, in Bath, and grew to manhood there. His father, James Blair, was a native of Durham, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer. Robert Blair was reared on the farm, attended the public schools of the neighborhood and supplemented the education which he gained there with several terms in Nazareth Academy. At the close of his school days he stayed on the farm with his father until his marriage to Miss Odenwelder, when he rented the farm of his father-in-law, on which he remained until 1877, when he removed to Montgomery county, locating in Whitemarsh township, where he rented the William Jeanes farm, remaining on it fifteen years. He then sold out his farm stock and implements and entered the employ of Rev. J. D. Detrick, of North Wales, as foreman of his somewhat famous stock farm in Springfield township, and still remains there. In politics Mr. Blair is a Democrat but has never sought or held office, or taken part very actively in political affairs. He is a member of St. Paul’s Reformed church at Fort Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Blair had five children: Barbara B.; James R., born October 24, 1874; Harvey W., born February 14, 1876, and William O., born June 30, 1878, all residing in Flourtown; and Ruth J., who was born August 20, 1879, and married Perry Godshall and has one child, Mary B.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Nash have two children: Ruth B., born July 21, 1895, and Dorothy A., born January 12, 1897.

Mr. Nash received a common school education, was reared on the farm, and commenced life on his own account by renting the home farm which his father had sold to the railroad company, continuing this occupation for four years. He then rented the farm of the late Charles A. Yeakle in Whitemarsh township, remaining on it five years. In 1898 he bought from the Baker estate the farm on which he now lives and removed to it April 1, 1899. He is a Democrat in politics but not a politician. He is a member of St. Paul’s Reformed church at Fort Washington. He is one of the best-known residents of Norriton township.