Horace A. was born in 1833.1 Horace A.'s father was Abner D. Nash and his mother was Almira Hutchinson. His paternal grandparents were Abner Nash and Hannah Dickenson. He had a brother and a sister, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Amos, Clarissa M. and Rodey A.. He was the second youngest of the four children.1