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Joseph Nason

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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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Photos Joseph Nason
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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.]
- Manufacturer and inventor. Said to have coined the term "radiator," he received a number of U.S. patents for hot water and steam heating.
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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.
- [S2583] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, on ancestry.com.
- [S2701] Ara Marcus Daniels, "A History of the Development of the Radiator." Domestic Engineering, 11 Jan 1930, p. 49.