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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

        [143-144]

              CAPTAIN CHARLES E. NASH, an experienced tug man of Buffalo
           harbor, was born at Dunkirk, N.Y., November 9, 1851, a son of
           THOMAS and JULIA (WYZOON) NASH, both now deceased. The father
           was a Vermonter and a sailor on the Great Lakes for  many years
           before his decease; was also at one time in the United States
           navy. In the early days he was engaged in fishing at Ontonagon,
           Lake Superior, and was the first man to introduce gill-net
           fishing on Lake Erie, which he carried on at Dunkirk, N.Y.  He
           lost his life on the Isthmus of Panama in a railroad acident
           caused by the natives tearing up the rails, thus throwing the
           train off the track into a ditch. There were six children in his
           family, only two now living, however, besides the subject of
           this sketch: LOUISE, wife of EMIL BARKENOITZ, a candy manu-
           facturer, and HENRY M. NASH, who is by trade a marine engineer,
           located at Brooklyn, running a stationary engine.
              The subject of this sketch came to Buffalo with his parents
           when about four years old, and there attended Public School No.
           8. He began active life as ferry boy on Buffalo creek, at which
           occupation he remained one year. In 1865 he went upon his first
           tug, the old Bull, on which he remained two seasons as deckhand,
           and he was subsequently cook, fireman and engineer of various
           harbor tugs at Buffalo, his first experience in the latter
           capacity being upon the tug R. R. Hefford during the season
           of 1877. That tug was blown up a year later while coming out of
           Commercial slip, and the only man saved was GEORGE VAN AVERY,
           the fireman, who is still living and on the lakes at the present
           time. Captain Nash was in the immediate vicinity when the
           explosion took place, and rendered the necessary assistance in
           helping to care for VAN AVERY. In 1885 Captain Nash first became
           master of a tug, and for that season was on the T. M. Moore.
           During the succeeding two seasons he was master, respectively,
           of the James Adams and John Kilderhouse, and for the seasons of
           1888- 89 of the E. C. Maytham. For the next season and a half he
           was master of the C. L. Chamberlain, and for the last half of
           1891 of the Hi Smith. He was then master of the Medina until the
           middle of the season of 1892, which he finished in the Maytham.
           During the next two seasons he was on the S. W. Gee, for that of
           1895 in the Acme, and for the seasons of 1896, 1897 and 1898 he
           was also master of the Gee.  CAPTAIN NASH is a member of Local
           Harbor No. 41, of the American Association of Masters and
           Pilots.
              On September 14, 1886, at Buffalo, CAPTAIN NASH was married
           to Miss Agnes Logan, by whom he has two children, GRACE and
           CHARLES, JR. The family reside at No. 1012 West avenue, Buffalo,
           New York.

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