Job ASHBY (b. 1825)

ASHBY, CAVE, BURGET, TURNER, MATHEWS

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/7/2005 at 21:36:34

ASHBY, Job, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Fayette; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Oct. 16, 1825; acccompanied his parents to Tippecanoe, Ind., in 1831. Was married Feb. 11, 1847, to Ellen Cave; she was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Feb. 18, 1832; they moved to Wisconsin in 1849; and to this county in 1853; have six children living - Mary M. (now Mrs. Burget), William W., Sarah R. (Mrs. Turner), Susie, Ettie (Mrs. Mathews) and Grant; lost two Miranda J., died June 27, 1864, and Joseph, died April 27, 1862. Owns 385 acres of land; sold forty to the C., D. & M. R. R. Co., who chose it as a location for a town; the Dav. & N. W. crossing here makes it an important point; it is also the center of the county and would probably have been the county seat, but the companies suspended work in 1874 and it is at a stand-still. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby belong to the United Brethren Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Westfield Township
Page 686