When William Jedediah Ashcraft was born on 11 September 1825, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jacob B Ashcraft, was 33 and his mother, Sally Norton, was 24. He married Amanda McCarty on 13 January 1851, in Grant, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Robertson, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 5 Grassy Creek, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 10 September 1891, in Knoxville, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Berlin, Bracken, Kentucky, United States.
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Altered form of English Ashcroft .
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