Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Mary Louise Marsh

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• • Great-grandmother of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • Moses Cushman Marsh 
  • Mother:
  • Betsey Forbush   
  • Birth Date:
  • from 16 Jul 1826 to 21 Jul 1827 
  • Birth Location:
  • Panama, Chatauqua, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Feb 1896 
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  • Burial Location:
  • West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jesse Gent Nash
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jul 1849 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Washington County, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Alexander Q. Nash (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Mary Louise Marsh

  • ¹ Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-I045888, Record for Mary Louise Marsh.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/22/2022).
  • ³ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for Jesse G Nash and Mary L Marsh.
  • ⁴ The Encyclopedia of the New West: Containing Fully Authenticated Information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, . . ., Marshall, Texas: The United States Biographical Publishing Company (1881), 335.
  • ⁵ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, Who Came from Scotland About the Year 1655 . . ., Chicago: Rand McNally and Co. (1892), 56, gives both 16 JUL 1826 and 21 JUL 1827 as birth dates.

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