Jane Marion Watrous Nash 1844-1911
2010
Jane Marion Watrous was born in 1844 to William Watrous and Harriet Janet Rose. She was the oldest of ten children born to her parents. Her father William and our ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous were both half-brothers and first cousins. Jane’s father’s parents were Timothy Watrous and Mabel Rowley. Our ancestors were Timothy Watrous and Mary Rowley. Mary and Mabel were sisters. After Mabel’s death, Mary became Timothy’s wife. She cared for her sister’s children William and Samuel and added our ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous shortly after her husband’s death in 1818.
In 1863 Jane married John Raymond Nash, also of Rome, Peoria County, Illinois. He was born in 1840 and died in 1919. They became the parents of seven children. When Jane Marion Watrous Nash died, the following obituary appeared:
OBITUARY
Jane Marion Watrous, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watrous, born March 16, 1844, Rome, Illinois and died in Chillicothe Oct 31, 1911 aged 67 years, 7 months and 15 days. All of her early years were spent in Rome where she was schooled and taught school. She married John Raymond Nash of Rome, Illinois in 1863. Seven children were born to this union. Three deceased, and William of Chillicothe, Oscer of Chillicothe, Leslie of Fort Wayne, Indiana and Mrs. Bertha Ruck of Chillicothe. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Tom Ellis of Peoria and Jerome of Rome, Illinois together with her husband and children to mourn her departure. She joined the church in early years and has been a constant member all of her life whenever possible.
So live that when thy summons come to join
The innumerable caravan that moves
To the pale realms of shade
Where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not like the quarry slave at night
Scourged to his dungeon
But sustained and soothed.
Jane and her husband are buried in the Chillicothe City Cemetery. She lived her entire life in Peoria County, Illinois. This keepsake photograph is from the collection of Gilbert Jones who is a descendant of William Watrous and Harriet Janet Rose.