The information below shows where various family members lived mostly based on the federal census records taken each ten years. No census was taken in 1890. The census “head of household” names are usually used below, just for convenience.
E. R. Nash, Sr. was born in 1854 in Ocala, Florida. His mother died in 1859 and his father died in 1862, both in Ocala, Florida. Per the federal census, this list below shows where he lived, before and after his marriage to Fannie Mitchell in 1879.
- 1870 – Coosa County, Alabama. Age listed as 17. He was a single man, living with an uncle named John Archie Robinson.
- 1880 – Brazos County, Texas. Age listed as 26. By then, he and Fannie Mitchell had married.
- 1900 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 45. Living at 701 North 16th Street. The Sanger Avenue house was under construction.
- 1910 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 55. Living in the Sanger Avenue house.
- 1920 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 65. Living in the Sanger Avenue house.
E. R. died in 1925. Fannie died in 1935. Both are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco.
Horace Aurelius Smith (maternal grandfather of Louise Higginbotham Nash) was born in Maine in 1842. He was a Union Civil War veteran. He married Alice Jane Hewey in 1864 in Maine. By the time that the 1880 census was taken, the family had moved to Texas. For H. A. Smith, census records show:
- 1880 – Bosque County, Texas. Age listed as 38.
- 1890 – Erath County, Texas (Dublin). Age not listed.
- 1900 – Dublin, Texas. Age listed as 57.
- 1910 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 66. Living at 1615 Morrow Avenue. 1917 city directory shows them living at 1615 Morrow Avenue.
- 1920 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 77. Living at 1615 Morrow Avenue.
Horace Aurelius died in 1926. Alice died in 1928. Their daughter Hattie Smith had previously married Rufus Higginbotham. Both Horace and Alice are buried in Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas in the Higginbotham plot off the street just behind the Higginbotham family monument.
E. R. Nash, Jr. was born in Brazos County, Texas in 1883. Some family trees show him as being born in Hearne, but at this point, we have no record of the family ever residing in Robertson County. Siblings before and after him were born in Brazos County. He married Louise Higginbotham in 1906 in Dublin, Texas. For E. R. Nash, census records show:
- 1900 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 17. Living at 702 N. 16th Street.
- 1910 – E. R.’s name is lined through on page 14 of 33 in the census, but in the 1910 Waco city directory, his address is listed was 1720 Barnard Avenue.
- 1920 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 37. Family consisted of E. R., Louise, Alice Louise 11, Ruth 8, Horace 5, Rufus 2. Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue.
- 1930 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 46. Family consisted of E. R., Louise, Ruth 19, Horace 16, Rufus 13, Ellie 8. Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue.
- 1940 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 56. Family consisted of E. R., Louise, Rufus 23, Ellie 19. Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue.
- 1950 – Waco, Texas. Age listed as 66. Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue.
E. R. died in 1959. Louise died in 1962. Both are buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco.
Alice Louise Nash Mosley Carter was born in 1908 in Waco. For Alice Louise, census records show:
- 1920 – Age listed as 11. Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue
- 1930 – Age listed as 22 Living at 1625 Morrow Avenue. She married Arlis Mosley in September, 1930.
- 1940 – Age listed as 32. Living in Goliad, Texas with Arlis, Bobby and Louise.
- 1950 – Age listed as 42. Single parent. Living at 3027 Pine Street in Waco with Bobby and Louise.
Louise Mosley Smith wrote that she, Bobby and Alice Louise moved to Waco when she was in the 4th grade which would have been about 1947. For a while they lived at 1625 Morrow Avenue until they found their own place to live.
She married Dudley Carter in 1966 and moved to Alabama, per Louise Mosley Smith. Dudley died in 1967. She moved to Oklahoma where Bobby resided and lived there until her death in 1967.
Morrow Avenue houses. 1625 Morrow was built in 1911 per the appraisal district. Louise Mosley Smith wrote that 1615 was built by Horace A. and Alice Smith. It was probably a few years older than 1625, since H. A. Smith and Alice were already living there in 1910. The residence next door at 1605 (not owned by anyone in the Nash family) was built in 1906.
Horace and Alice each lived at 1615 until they died, he in 1926, she in 1928. Baker and Frances Higginbotham Duncan were living at 1615 in 1930. In 1940 a family named Porter lived at 1615 per the census. This family of Porters are not related to the Nash family, as far as we know. The house may have been rented to them. After returning from WW II and their marriage in 1945, Rufus and Virginia lived at 1615. They were living there when the 1950 census was taken. When their own house was completed, Alice Louise had returned to Waco and moved into 1615 after Rufus and Virginia moved. Alice Louise lived at 1615 until she moved to Alabama in 1966, per Louise Mosley Smith.
1625 Morrow Avenue is still standing. 1615 Morrow Avenue burned after Alice Louise vacated it. The lot was cleared many years ago.
E R Nash Sr. and Family 