Forrest County, Mississippi Genealogy and History
Gene Phillips, County Coordinator
Jeff Kemp - State Coordinator
Position Vacant - Assistant State Coordinator
BRICK WALLS
All of us have at least one elusive ancestor in our research who appeared from nowhere or disappeared without a trace.This page is for them.Write up a short synopsis of your "brick wall" ancestor and I will post it here.
Ira Marion Nash and father CSA veteran Charles A. Nash.Ira M. Nash (b. 1862) and 2nd wife Ora Nash (b. circa 1882) of Hattiesburg area.... children included: Mary (b. 1896), Ira M. Nash Jr. (b. 1899), Eunice/Ennis (b. 1906), John (b. 1909)... other children may have been born after 1910. Ira M. Nash worked for the railroad in the 1900s-1920s.Ira was the son of Eliza J. and CSA veteran Charles Albert Nash (1832-post
1913). Charles A. Nash was living with his son Ira M. Nash in Hattiesburg
when he applied for his CSA pension in 1912 and 1913.Any one connected with this family, please e-mail me at: lenrein@aol.com --Len