Edward P. was born in 1823.1 Edward P.'s father was Levi Nash and his mother was Mahala Sampson. His paternal grandparents were Rueben Nash and Lydia Edwards. He had a brother named Chauncy. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Horace, Mary and Sarah M.. He died at the age of 1 in 1824.1