STATUS: REUNITED


PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

 NAME(S): Josephus, (Mary Name not on photo), O.D., Eliza, Charlie, Eva, Myrtle, & Jessie Ash
PHOTOGRAPH: # 5144
OTHER INFO: Josephus Ash Family
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CARD SIZE: 18.3 cm x 23.1 cm
WHERE PURCHASED: Cambridge City, Indiana
WHEN PURCHASED: April 30, 2022


RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Probably: Josephus Ash

Born: March 4, 1845, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Died: September 27, 1919, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois
Father: Peyton Ash
Mother: Sarah J. Oglebay
Married 1st: Mary Amanda Powell, November 7, 1866, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Children: Myrtle Alma, Eva C., Charles, Elza Powell, Oley Dora, Jessie Eller, Bertie, & Gertie

Married 2nd: Lucy Ann (Parks) Cross

Step-Children: Orpha Mae, Hallie Ellen, & Benjamin Sheldon

Probably: Mary Amanda Powell

Born: January 2, 1847, Boone County, Indiana
Died: August 11, 1904
Father: Hiram Powell
Mother: Elizabeth (Evans) Lines
Married: Josephus Ash, November 7, 1866, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Children: Myrtle Alma, Eva C., Charles, Elza Powell, Oley Dora, Jessie Eller, Bertie, & Gertie

Probably: Myrtle Alma Ash

Born: August 22, 1867, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Died: May 16, 1961, Macon County, Illinois
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married: Abraham Copeland Birks, February 11, 1886, Macon County, Illinois
Children: Edith A., Ethel Fay, & Linn John Ash

Probably: Eva C. Ash

Born: January 5, 1869
Died: October 21, 1969
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married: William Sheldon Parks, December 15, 1887, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois
Children: Sheldon H., Mary Irene, Abner, & Emery William

Probably: Charles Ash

Born: July 3, 1871
Died: January 13, 1968
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married: Susan Elizabeth “Susie” Smith, May 24, 1894, Macon County, Illinois
Children: Martha Caroline, Mabel Fern, Mary, & Marie

Probably: Elza Powell Ash

Born: May 29, 1873, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois
Died: September 28, 1938, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married: Hettie Girtruth Dunkel, December 31, 1896, Macon County, Illinois
Children: Mary Erma & Elza Glenn

Probably: Oley Dora Ash

Born: April 7, 1875, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois
Died: March 10, 1947, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married: Norma Angie Waldorf, August 25, 1897, Macon County, Illinois
Children: Harold Peyton & Wayne Waldorf

Probably: Jessie Eller Ash

Born: September 7, 1881
Died: October 23, 1883
Father: Joseph Ash
Mother: Mary Amanda Powell
Married:
Children:


NOTES



SOURCES

1850 Census Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Josephus)

1850 Census District 7, Boone, Indiana (Mary)
1860 Census Wea Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Josephus)
1860 Census Clinton Township, Boone County, Indiana (Mary)
1870 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Josephus, Mary, Myrtle, & Eva)
1880 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Josephus, Mary, Myrtle, Eva, Charlie, Elza, & O.D.)
1880 Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules (Josephus)
1900 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Josephus, Mary, Myrtle, Eva, Charlie, Elza, & O.D.)
1910 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Josephus, Myrtle, Eva, Charlie, Elza, & O.D.)
1920 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Myrtle Eva, Charlie, Elza, & O.D.)
1930 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Myrtle, Eva, Charlie, & O.D.)
1930 Census Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (Elza)
1938 Decatur, Illinois, City Directory (Elza)
1940 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Myrtle, Eva, & Charlie)
1940 Census Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (O.D.)
1941 Decatur, Illinois, City Directory (O.D.)
1950 Census Harristown, Macon County, Illinois (Eva, & Charlie)
1951 Decatur, Illinois, City Directory (Myrtle)
World War I Draft Registration Card (Elza & O.D.)
World War I Civilian Draft Registration (Elza)
U.S. and International Marriage Records (Josephus & Mary)
Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index (Josephus & Mary)
Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index (Josephus & Mary)
Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index (Myrtle, Eva, Charlie, Elza, & O.D.)
Newspapers.com Marriage Index (Myrtle & Eva)
Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index (Josephus, Elza, & O.D.)
Illinois, U.S., Select Deaths Index (Mary 7 Jessie)
Social Security Death Index (Eva, Charlie, & Elza)
Newspapers.com Obituary Index (Josephus, Elza, & O.D.)
FindAGrave.com (Josephus)
FindAGrave.com (Mary)
FindAGrave.com (Myrtle)
FindAGrave.com (Eva)
FindAGrave.com (Charlie)
FindAGrave.com (Elza)
FindAGrave.com (O.D.)
FindAGrave.com (Jessie)