BIOGRAPHIES

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* Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio
 by William Alexander Taylor
 - Vols. I  & II -
1909
 

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SIMEON NASH.  The name Nash has long figured conspicuously in connection with the history of jurisprudence in Ohio, and Simeon Nash of this review is a representative of the present generation at the bar of Columbus.  His grandfather, in whose honor he was named, was one of the distinguished lawyers and jurists of Ohio, widely known as the author of "Code Pleadings" and other legal works, while on the bench he gained distinction as one of the ablest and most impartial jurists whose records have graced the Ohio courts.  His son. Simeon Nash, father of the subject of this review, was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, and came of the same ancestry as the late Governor Nash.  He married Minerva Tupper Nye, a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and a descendant of General Benjamin Tupper, one of the first settlers at Marietta, Ohio.      It was in the Putnam Military Academy at Zanesville that Simeon Nash, now of Columbus, pursued his education until he completed the course by graduation with the class of 1895.  He afterward entered the Ohio State University and was graduated in 1901, at which time the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him, while in 1904 he received the Bachelor of Law degree from his Alma hater.  At his graduation he carried off the prize offered for the best thesis-a set of the American and English Cyclopedia offered by the Edward Thompson Publishing House.  While he is one of the younger members of the bar, he has proven that he possesses qualities which will lead to success and his friends predict for him a bright future.  He was for a time associated with the firm of Merrick & Williams and is now connected with the law firm of Williams, Williams & Taylor, successor of the former firm.      Mr. Nash is widely known in military circles, as a member of Troop B of the Ohio National Guard and in 1908 spent two months in Brown county with a special detail of the guard to break up the outrages being perpetrated by the so-called "Night Riders," a band of lawless characters who pretended to be engaged in reforming alleged abuses in the tobacco trade but were probably more largely engaged in satiating a private and cowardly revenge.      Mr. Nash belongs to both the Ohio and the Franklin County Bar Associations. In fraternal relations he is connected with the Columbus Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and something of the nature of his recreation is indicated in his membership in the Columbus Riding Club. He also belongs to the Second Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as deacon. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909)

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