Brief Life History of Richard Hammond
When Richard Hammond Ashby was born on 26 December 1836, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Ashby, was 31 and his mother, Susan Hammond, was 28. He married Esther Ann Busby on 20 December 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Ward, Queensland, Australia in 1909. He died on 2 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Richard Ashby in household of Benjamin Stringham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Richard H. Ashby, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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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