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| death_date=June 29, 1922 (aged 83)

| death_date=June 29, 1922 (aged 83)

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| spouse=Malinda Annette Williams Nash<br>

| spouse=Malinda Annette Williams Nash<br>

'''At least five daughters''':<br>

'''Six children''':<br>

Mary Nash Stuart (1882-1972)<br>  

Mary Nash Stuart (1882-1972)<br>  

Elva Victoria Nash Bond<br> (1884-1951)<br>

Elva Victoria Nash Bond<br> (1884-1951)<br>

Nettie Ida Nash Mazurette (1889-1974)<br>

Nettie Ida Nash Mazurette (1889-1974)<br>

Saidee M. Nash Watson<br> (1891-1970)<br>

Saidee M. Nash Watson<br> (1891-1970)<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

William Valentine and Mary Anderson Hodges Nash}}

William Valentine and Mary Anderson Hodges Nash}}

After the Colfax Riot, Nash led companies of white militias in the formation of the first unit of the White League, which defined its purpose as the defense of a "hereditary civilization and [[Christianity]] menaced by a stupid Africanization."<ref>Adolph Reed, Jr., "The battle of Liberty Monument - [[New Orleans]], Louisiana white supremacist statue," ''The Progressive,'' June 1993.</ref> The league intimidated, lynched, performed fraud against, and killed black voters. Eventually, key members of the Colfax Riot were indicted for killing and setting fire to black men.<ref>James K. Hogue, ''The Battle of Colfax: Paramilitarism and Counterrevolution in Louisiana,'' June 2006, p. 21.</ref>  

After the Colfax Riot, Nash led companies of white militias in the formation of the first unit of the White League, which defined its purpose as the defense of a "hereditary civilization and [[Christianity]] menaced by a stupid Africanization."<ref>Adolph Reed, Jr., "The battle of Liberty Monument - [[New Orleans]], Louisiana white supremacist statue," ''The Progressive,'' June 1993.</ref> The league intimidated, lynched, performed fraud against, and killed black voters. Eventually, key members of the Colfax Riot were indicted for killing and setting fire to black men.<ref>James K. Hogue, ''The Battle of Colfax: Paramilitarism and Counterrevolution in Louisiana,'' June 2006, p. 21.</ref>  

Nash died at the age of eighty-three and is interred at the historic American Cemetery in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13231649/christopher-columbus-nash|title=Capt. Christopher Columbus Nash|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>

Nash died at the age of eighty-three and is interred at the historic American Cemetery in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, alongside his wife who predeceased him by two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13231649/christopher-columbus-nash|title=Capt. Christopher Columbus Nash|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>

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