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SUBMITTED
BY: Cynthia Marie Ashley Nelson
e-mail:
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HUSBAND:
Samuel ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 18 Dec 1817 in Beech Grove, Coffee County,
Tennessee
date
and place of marriage: 1836 in Marion, Livingston County, Kentucky. The
marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Joel
E. GRACE.
other
marriages:
military
service: Served in the Missouri State Guard; during the Civil
War, he served under the command of General Sterling Price with the 3rd
Missouri Infantry CSA. He held the rank of Sergeant with Company A.
date
and place of death: 7 Oct 1900 in Kannah Creek, Mesa County,
Colorado; buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado.
father:
Edward Garrett ASHLEY
mother:
Nancy USELTON
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WIFE:
Mary B. SWANSEY
date
and place of birth: 24 Sep 1820 in Marion, Livingston County,
Kentucky
other
marriages:
date
and place of marriage: 1836 in Marion, Livingston County, Kentucky. The
marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Joel
E. GRACE.
date
and place of death: 21 Mar 1891 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado of pneumonia; buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache
County, Colorado.
father:
Col. John SWANSEY Jr.
mother:
Elizabeth MARVEL
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CHILD
1: Louisa “Lizzie” J. ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 12 Sep 1839 in Marion, Livingston County,
Kentucky
married:
Andrew W. SETTLE of Randolph County, Missouri
date
and place of marriage: 8 Jun 1859 in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: 9 Oct 1878 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado; buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado.
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CHILD
2: Nancy Elizabeth ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 3 May 1841 in Marion, Livingston County,
Kentucky
married:
not married
date
and place of marriage:
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: Jan 1843 in Marion, Livingston County, Kentucky
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CHILD
3: Margaret “Maggie” R. ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 27 Apr 1843 in Ford’s Ferry, Crittenden
County, Kentucky
married:
Cpl. John W. PROFFITT of Missouri
date
and place of marriage: 12 Mar 1861 in Richmond, Ray County,
Missouri
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: 1913 in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado;
buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado.
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CHILD
4: Mary “Mollie” L. ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 9 Aug 1844 in Ford’s Ferry, Crittenden County,
Kentucky
married:
Oscar “Pat” WILKINS of Vermont
date
and place of marriage: unknown
other
marriages: unknown
date
and place of death: date unknown; died in Hollywood, Los Angeles
County, California
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CHILD
5: William “Tom” Thomas ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 11 May 1846 in Ford’s Ferry, Crittenden
County, Kentucky
married:
Emma SCANDRETT of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois
date
and place of marriage: abt 1880 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: 26 Jan 1920 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado; buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado.
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CHILD
6: Martha “Mattie” ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 9 Oct 1848 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
married:
William D. SPENCER
date
and place of marriage: 6 May 1870 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: date unknown; died in Fruita, Garfield County,
Colorado
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CHILD
7: Sarah M. ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 3 Aug 1850 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
married:
not married
date
and place of marriage:
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: 13 Apr 1855 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
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CHILD
8: Laura “Ella” Ellen ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 15 Sep 1852 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
married:
Fredrick MAYOL
date
and place of marriage: 11 Jun 1869 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: 27 Mar 1874 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado; buried in Hillside Cemetery in Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado.
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CHILD
9: Amanda “Mandy” H. ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 8 Oct 1855 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
married:
George W. TAYLOR of Missouri
date
and place of marriage: 19 Apr 1873 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: date unknown; died in California
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CHILD
10: Samuel Wesley ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 15 Sep 1858 in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri
married:
Jessie SCANDRETT of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois
date
and place of marriage: 10 Mar 1885 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages: Susan “Agnes” Agnes NOLAN of Ouray County, Colorado
date
and place of death: 7 Oct 1929 in Kannah Creek, Mesa County,
Colorado; buried in Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction, Mesa County,
Colorado
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CHILD
11: Robert E. Lee “Lee” ASHLEY
date
and place of birth: 20 Jun 1866 in Fort Garland, Colorado
married:
Sarah A. ROSS of Cooper Township, Gentry County, Missouri
date
and place of marriage: 29 Dec 1886 in Saguache, Saguache County,
Colorado
other
marriages:
date
and place of death: unknown
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SOURCES:
Charles Raymond Ashley Family History Records;
Charles Scandrett Ashley Family History Records;
Dee Robinson Ashley Family History Records;
Samuel Wesley Ashley Family History Records;
Selch, Glenn, Selch Family Records, Personal Family Interviews;
1850 Census, Crittenden County, Kentucky;
1850 Census, Greene County, Illinois;
1860 Census, Ray County, Missouri;
1870 Census, Saguache County, Colorado;
1880 Census, Costilla County, Colorado;
1880 Census, Ouray County, Colorado;
1880 Census, Saguache County, Colorado;
1910 Census, Mesa County, Colorado;
1910 Federal Census, Garfield County, Colorado;
Colorado Veteran’s Grave Registrations, Colorado State Archives;
Hillside Cemetery Records located at Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado;
Indentures of Apprenticeship Book 1, Crittenden County Clerk’s Office, Marion, Kentucky;
Mesa County Inheritance Tax Records, Colorado State Archives;
Mesa
County, Colorado Vital Records, Colorado Marriages 1859 – 1939;
Orchard
Mesa Cemetery Records located at Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado;
County
Courts and Judges of the San Luis Valley, (copies of judicial records
have been provided by the Hon. Robert W. Ogburn, Chief Judge of the 12th
Judicial District, Saguache County, Colorado.);
Kempner, Helen Ashley Anderson, The Saguache Crescent Newsletter, published 14 Feb 1980 by the Saguache County Museum;
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NOTES:
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