IA Family Group Sheet for the Walter ASHBY Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Gina Heffernan Email address:================================================================================ Husband: Walter ASHBY (1, 2) ================================================================================ Born: 25 Oct 1874 - Tama Co, Iowa (3, 4) Died: 10 Sep 1953 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (2) Father: William M ASHBY (1827-1896) (5) Mother: Eliza Jane FARLEY (1831-1908) (5) Marriage: 6 Dec 1906 Place: Sioux City, Woodbury Co, Iowa (6) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Residence, 1908 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado 2. Residence, 1913 - Acquired His Homesite 3. Occupation, 1918 - Great Western Sugar Co 4. Residence, 1918 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado ================================================================================ Wife: Florence Olive DEE (5) ================================================================================ AKA: Olive H DEE Born: 2 May 1891 - Guthrie Center, Guthrie Co, Iowa (2) Died: 28 May 1971 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (2) Buried: 1 Jun 1971 - Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan Co., Colorado Father: James DEE (1842-1915) (5) Mother: Nancy Emeline McGHEE (1853-1933) (5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Residence, 27 May 1971 - 215-1/2 Taylor, Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Alt. Marriage, 20 Dec 1906 - Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M Harold William ASHBY (2) Born: 30 Aug 1909 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado (7) Died: 2 Sep 1980 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (7) Buried: 4 Sep 1980 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado Spouse: (living) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M James Calvin ASHBY (2) Born: 19 Jul 1908 - Winnebago, Thurston Co, Nebraska Died: 30 Dec 1977 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado Buried: 2 Jan 1978 - Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Colorado Spouse: Carol BAIRD (1909-1950) (2) Marr. Date: 28 May 1928 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado Spouse: Lenna WELLS (1907-1988) Marr. Date: 9 Jul 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M Walter Bernard ASHBY (2) Born: 1 Mar 1911 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado (8) Died: 18 Jan 2003 - Mohave Co, Arizona (9) Spouse: Dorothy Elizabeth BARNHART (1911-1986) (6) Marr. Date: 3 Jul 1931 - Wray, Yuma Co, Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Erma Iola ASHBY (5, 10) Born: 8 Apr 1914 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado (11) Died: 30 Nov 1998 - Colorado (9) Spouse: Elda JONES (1900- ) (10) Marr. Date: Abt 1930 Spouse: Randall Mervin CURTIS (1912-1969) Marr. Date: 6 Jul 1936 - Sidney, Cheyenne Co, Nebraska -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Edith ASHBY (2) Born: 28 May 1916 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado Died: 26 Nov 1918 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M Verle Clayton ASHBY (2) Born: 8 Dec 1917 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado (12) Died: 6 Jan 1918 - Burdett, Washington Co, Colorado Buried: Jan 1918 - Burdett Cemetery, Burdett, Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 F Leone Isabelle ASHBY (2) Born: 5 Oct 1919 (13) Died: 2 Jul 1993 - Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (13) Spouse: (living) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 M (living?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ WALT ASHBY HOMESTEAD PATENT: SW Section 19, Township 5 N, Range 49W. Serial No. 0 7507 Excerpt from WASHINGTON COUNTY COLORADO BOOK 1989--by Arlene Glenn: West 28 or Pleasant View School was begun in 1909. They first had school in the Jim Williams homestead shack, a two-room sod house, located on the southeast quarter of Section 19. Then Walt Ashby donated the northwest corner of land in Section 19. The school was built there about 1910. The school burned down in 1916 and a new one was erected in 1917. Both East 28 and West 28 schools were closed in 1922 when patrons voted to unite and form one school on the present Lone Star School grounds. ================================================================================ General Notes (Wife) ================================================================================ The Journal Advocate, Sterling, CO, May 29, 1971: "Funeral services for Florence Olive Ashby, 80, of 215-1/2 Taylor, will be conducted 10 a.m., Tuesday, from the First Christian Church, the Rev. James Mullins officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Ashby died Friday in a local hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born May 2, 1891, in Guthrie Center, Iowa, the daughter of James and Nancy Emeline McGhee Dee. She left Iowa when 1-1/2 years old, moving to Winnebago, Neb., with her family. They resided there until coming to Colorado in 1908, she married Walter Ashby in Sioux City, Iowa. He died Sept. 10, 1953. Mrs. Ashby was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survived by four sons, James C. Ashby, 215 Taylor, Sterling, Harold Ashby of Commerce City, Bernard Ashby of Longmont and Elton Ashby of Englewood; two daughters, Mrs. Erma Curtis of Stoneham and Mrs. Leone Reese of Sterling; 34 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Walters Funeral Home in charge of arrangements." ================================================================================ Source Citations ================================================================================ 1. International Genealogy Index. 2. Thompson, L. Elaine Ashby. 3. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations. 4. 1880 Tama Co, IA Census. 5. Curtis, Darrell. 6. Dorland, Sharon Ashby. 7. Social Security Death Index, 521-09-7369. 8. Ibid, 523-01-5928. 9. Ibid. 10. 1930 Logan Co, CO Census. 11. Social Security Death Index, 521-64-9085. 12. Cemetery, Burdett, Washington Co, CO. 13. Social Security Death Index, 521-98-9504. ================================================================================ My Notes ================================================================================ If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a person, the information is HERESAY.