When Nelson Damon Ashe was born on 11 October 1831, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, his father, Ephraim Ashe, was 25 and his mother, Catherine Elizabeth Lorentz, was 23. He married Nancy Emaline Long on 14 October 1852, in Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Twiggs, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 November 1917, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Yell, Arkansas, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries - 1840: Yell, Arkansas, United States
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Irish and English: variant of Ash 1, found mainly in Ireland.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dufresne , a variant of Ash 2.
History: This is the name of a prominent NC family; John Baptist Ashe settled in NC before 1720. It is not known where he came from: his personal name suggests that he may have been of French extraction, perhaps originally named Jean-Baptiste Dufresne.
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