"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 314.  Baker County.

WILLIAM D. NASH

     One of the public-spirited citizens and enterprising farmers and stockmen
of Eagle valley, was born in Statesville, North Carolina, in 1854.  When about
fifteen months old he was brought by his parents, William M. and Elizabeth
(Knox) Nash, to Missouri, and in 1869 he accompanied them to California.  Though
his home was with his parents until he became twenty-three years old, he began
life's battles on his own account some nine years earlier.  He herded sheep for
a stockman in the Golden state, and eventually got to be foreman for his
employer, then leased a band of sheep and embarked in the industry on his own
account.  During his wage-earning days he traveled over the entire state of
California, and it was by working on the Sacramento river and vicinity that he
got his start, and there he took his first place.  In 1878 he settled in Lassen
county, California, and there he remained until 1886, when he came to Eagle
valley, Oregon.  Purchasing a tract of one hundred acres on Eagle creek, he
established a home there, while he utilized the ranges for pasturing his sheep
and cattle.  During the first sixteen years of his residence here he frequently
made trips with his flocks as far as Montana.
     Our subject takes the interest which becomes a good citizen in politics and
matters of general concern.  He belongs to the Odd Fellows and was one of the
organizers of the subordinate lodge in Eagle valley.
     Our subject married Miss Dora, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Cumings)
Summers, and they have had six children:  Carl, deceased and buried near Big
Valley, California; Lorena, wife of Frank Sultz; Zella, Bessie, Ruper J., and
Odeta, at home; and one that died in infancy.
     It is of interest to note that Nashville, Tennessee, was named after our
subject's paternal uncle.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in September 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.