"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 472.
 
HENRY NACHAND

     No more interesting narrator of events in the early history of this state
can be found in Clackamas county than Henry Nachand. Since his fifth year his
faculties have expanded under the favorable conditions of this promising part of
the northwest, and his observations and experiences have been of so profound a
nature as to fully justify his position as one of the most erudite members of
the Historical Society.
     Of stanch Teutonic ancestry, Mr. Nachand was born in Peoria, Ill., November
7, 1842, but owing to the early age at which he emigrated to the west has but
faint recollection of his middle western home. His father, John Nachand, was
born among the peasantry of Bavaria, Germany, and when a young man, in 1836,
emigrated to America, where for several years he roved around working at his
trade as mechanic. John Nachand was the only member of his father's family who
came to America at that time, but later on he had a brother. Phillip, who also
located in Peoria, Ill., where he engaged with John in the wagon manufacturing
business. After many wanderings, and some success as a wagon manufacturer in
Peoria: John Nachand started for Oregon in the spring of 1847, and upon arriving
in Oregon City bought a piece of land which he operated in connection with his
trade. About 1855 he began to raise vegetables on a small scale, but finally the
demand for his commodities induced him to branch out into a very large
enterprise, sufficient to supply a large portion of the Portland market. He was
thus engaged up to the time of his death in 1885, at the age of seventy-four
years. His wife, Catherine (Shaffer) Nachand, was born in Alsace-Lorraine,
France, and came to the United States with her sisters, settling on the prairie
near South Bend, Ind. Mrs. Nachand, who died in 1887, at the age of eighty
years, was the mother of two children, one son and one daughter, of whom the
former is the oldest. The latter, Mary, now the wife of Theodore Himmler, lives
in Parkplace, Ore.
     At the public and private schools of Clackamas county Henry Nachand
received his preliminary education, and remained home with his parents until
their death. As the assistant of his father in raising vegetables for the market
he learned all there was to be known about this interesting occupation, and at
the same time he worked in the wagon shop built on the homestead, and operated
by his father for many years. During the winter seasons the wagon building
progressed rapidly, but during the summer time the little shop was practically
deserted for the more exhilarating and healthful work in the fields. He married
in Parkplace, Ore., in 1871, Mrs. Lucinda Kendall, the widow of Frank Kendall,
who died about 1869, and the daughter of Lorenzo Perkins. Mrs. Nachand, who was
a native of Oregon, died July 4, 1880, leaving three children, two sons and one
daughter. It was the fate of the daughter, the youngest in the family, to die on
the same day as her mother, and within three hours of her death, at the age of
fourteen months. Henry Edward, the oldest son, is married and living with his
father; while Ralph W., the second son, started away to the Philippine Islands,
and has never been heard of since. Mr. Nachand is independent in politics, and
believes in voting for the man best qualified to hold office. He is a typical
pioneer, a broad minded gentleman, and a most honored member of the community of
Clackamas county.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.