Joseph Nason

1815 - 1872  (56 years)

• Name	Joseph Nason  [1]
  Birth	31 Dec 1815	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	31 Dec 1815	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Death	11 Dec 1872	Montclair, Essex, New Jersey   [3, 4]
  Burial	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
  Marriage	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)
  Marriage	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)
  Family ID	F12520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019

  
  

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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.