When Henry Paul Ashby was born on 6 January 1890, in Coryell, Texas, United States, his father, John Enoch Ashby, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Jane Downs, was 26. He married Nettie Lenora Visage on 3 May 1914, in Coryell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Nolan, Texas, United States in 1910 and Estelline, Hall, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 27 March 1968, in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States.