Brief Life History of David
When David Ashenfelter was born on 17 May 1834, in Brady Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Ashenfelter, was 27 and his mother, Maria Hoover, was 25. He married Sarah Gelnett on 26 January 1856, in Brady Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Butler, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Cedar, Smith, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 24 January 1912, in Cedar Township, Chase, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Burns, Marion, Kansas, United States.
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- David Ashenfelter, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- David Ashenfelter, "BillionGraves Index"
- David Ashenfelter in entry for Unknown, "Kansas County Birth Records, 1885-1911"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Butler, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Butler, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Eschenfelder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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