Brief Life History of William Hardin
When William Hardin Ashby was born on 16 July 1839, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Ashby, was 34 and his mother, Susan Hammond, was 30. He married Nancy Maria Badger on 14 January 1865, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 19 March 1925, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Holden Cemetery, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- William Ashby in household of Bryant Stringham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Hardin Ashby - Government record: birth-name: William Hardin Ashby
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1840 · Harmony Grove Cemetery Established
The Harmony Grove Cemetery was established in 1840. Many notible people are buried many being government officials. The war department gave cannons from the Civil War to stand as monuments along with the stautes of three different people Sarah Parker Remond, Frederick Townsend War, Stephen C. Phillips.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nathaniel Ashby From History of William Hardin Ashby and Nancy Maria Ashby arranged and edited by Robert L. Ashby 1944
NATHANIEL ASHBY Shoemaker and merchant- first of his line to join the L.D.S. Church Gave his life for the Gospel NATHANIEL ASHBY son of Benjamin Ashby and Mary Young, and father of William Hardin As …
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