Joseph Nason

1815 - 1872  (56 years)

• Name	Joseph Nason  [1]
  Born	31 Dec 1815	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	31 Dec 1815	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Died	11 Dec 1872	Montclair, Essex, New Jersey   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I21156	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Leavitt Nason,   b. 1782, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Dec 1866, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Nancy Guild,   d. 3 Mar 1842
  Married	3 Apr 1808  [5]
  Family ID	F13446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Clark Darracott,   b. 13 Nov 1815, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 May 1892, New York, New York  (Age 76 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1844	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [6]
  Children	+ 1. May Nason,   b. Mar 1859, New York, New York ,   d. 17 May 1932  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F12520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Joseph Nason

  
  

• Notes

  Manufacturer and inventor. Said to have coined the term "radiator," he received a number of U.S. patents for hot water and steam heating. "NASON.--On Wednesday, 11th inst., at Montclair, N.J., in the 57th year of his age, JOSEPH NASON, of the firm of Joseph Nason & Co., New-York, and formerly of the firm of Walworth, Nason & Co., Boston. The remains will be taken to Boston for interment. Funeral services will be held at his late residence in Montclair, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 3 1/2 P.M. Carriages will await the arrival of 2 P.M. train from foot of Barclay st. Return trains at 5 and 5:55 P.M. Boston papers please copy." [New York Times, 13 Dec 1872, p. 5] "Mr. [James Jones] Walworth was first married in 1837 to Miss Elizabeth C. Nason, daughter of Leavitt Nason, and sister of Joseph Nason, his early partner." [Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, compiled by Richard Herndon, ed. Edwin M. Bacon. Boston: New England Magazine, 1896.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2701] Ara Marcus Daniels, "A History of the Development of the Radiator." Domestic Engineering, 11 Jan 1930, p. 49. [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org. [S2700] Find a Grave page for Joseph Nason. [S2699] New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, on ancestry.com. [S2714] The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile, and Gile Family by Charles Burleigh. Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Company, 1887. [S5174] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, on ancestry.com.