Nash, Frank, 1855-1932

Francis (Frank) Nash (1855-1932), son of the Reverend Frederick Kollock Nash (1813-1861) and Anne McLean Nash, was assistant attorney general of North Carolina, 1918-1931, and clerk of the State Supreme Court, 1931-1932.

From the description of Frank Nash papers, 1726-1965 (bulk 1900-1919). WorldCat record id: 23658545

Frederick Nash (1781-1858) was the son of Abner Nash, governor of North Carolina, and his second wife, Mary Whiting Jones Nash. He graduated from Princeton and began practicing law in New Bern, N.C., moving to Hillsborough in 1807. He served in the General Assembly, was a Superior Court judge, and a member of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1844-1858, serving as chief justice from 1852. He married Mary Goddard Kollock of Elizabethtown, N.J., in 1803. The couple had seven children, among them the Reverend Frederick Kollock Nash (1813-1861).

Francis Nash (1855-1932), known as Frank, was the son of the Reverend Frederick Kollock Nash, a Presbyterian minister, and his second wife, Anne Maria McLean Kollock. Frank Nash served as assistant attorney general of North Carolina, 1918-1931, and clerk of the state Supreme Court, 1931-1932. He made an unsuccessful bid to be the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general in 1924.

Two other children of Frederick Nash and Mary Goddard Kollock Nash were daughters Maria J. Nash (1819-1907) and Sally K. Nash (1811-1893), who, along with their cousin Sara Kollock, operated the Nash and Kollock School, a school for young ladies in Hillsborough from 1859 to 1890. The school was in the Nash home that Frederick Nash purchased from Duncan Cameron, one part of which had been built in the 18th century by Isaac Edwards, secretary to Governor Tryon.

From the guide to the Frank Nash Papers,  , 1726-1965, (bulk 1900-1919), (Southern Historical Collection)