When Granville Eberts Ashmead was born on 11 May 1845, in East Pike Run Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Keen Ashmead, was 38 and his mother, Matilda Howe, was 37. He married Rhoda Leona Ellis on 22 November 1864, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cedar, Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Haden, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. In 1870, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as teamster in Palestine Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States. He died on 5 January 1910, in Haden, Teton, Idaho, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, United States.
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English: habitational name from Ashmead Green or Ashmead House in Gloucestershire, named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + mǣd ‘meadow’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
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Somewhere between 1826 and 1829, Joseph Keen Ashmead (1806-1872), son of Samuel and Tacy Ashmead of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania decided to make his own way in the world. Joseph was single a …
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