Historical & Biographical Records of Iowa
Published 1879
ABRAM ASH who owns and operates a valuable farm in Greenfield township, Warren county, is numbered among the valued and progressive citizens of this community. His life has been well spent, his integrity is above questions, his business dealings ever straightforward and honorable, and he therefore has the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
Mr. Ash was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, January 11, 1845, and is descended from German ancestors, who located in America at a very early day in the history of this country. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrating to Maryland became one of the pioneers of the region in which he located. He was a millwright by trade, and followed that occupation throughout his active business life. With the spirit of the pioneer strong within him, he emigrated Westward to Indiana, becoming one of its early settlers and valued citizens. There he spent his remaining days.
Michael Ash, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, in 1810, and in early life went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Sarah Hass, a native of the Old Dominion. In 1837 he removed with his family to the Hoosier State, taking up his residence in Tippecanoe county when much of its land was still in the possession of the Government and the settlements were widely scattered. There he established a home and continued his residence until 1852, when he once more started Westward, and in that year became a resident of Warren county, Iowa. He is numbered among the early settlers of Greenfield township, where he purchased a tract of undeveloped land at four dollars per acre. Very little of the land had been turned by the plowshare, and no improvement had been made upon this place; but with characteristic energy he began its cevelopemtn and soon transformed it into well-tilled fields. He was a quiet, industrious and enterprising man who won success in his well directed efforts and gained the esteem and good will of the community by his sterling qualities and upright life. In the early days he was a strong adherent of the Whig party, but when the Republican party sprang into existence he transferred his fealty to the new organization. His death occurred in 1887, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife yet survives him, and at the age of eighty-one is still living in Warren county. They were the parents of six children: William H.H., who is living in Greenfield township, Warren County; John C., of Des Moines; Sarah, wife of E.J. Yount, of Linn township, Warren county; Martha, wife of Ambrose Dowell, of Cass county; and David, who is living in California.
Our subject spent the first seven year of his life in the State of his nativity, and then accompaied his parents on their emigration to Iowa, having since been a resident of Warren county. He was reared to the duties of farm life, and in 1878, when he started out to make his own way in the world, he continued at the same pursuit. He has prospered in his undertakings, and through his own efforts has acquired a comfortable property. He now owns a fine farm of 150 acres, and in addition to general farming he is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, making a speciality of the breeding of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. He now has two hundred head on his place, including some of the finest specimens of this breed to be found in the State. His enterprise and public spirit are well appreciated in this region and he is numbered among the successful men of the day.
In December, 1882, Mr. Ash married Miss Bell Handley, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John and Esther (Croskey) Handley. Her parents have three children,--John, who is now living in Greenfield township, Warren county; Lizzie, wife of J.A. Frazier, of Lincoln township, Warren county; and Mrs Ash. The Handleys were of an old Ohio family. The father died at the age of eighty-one years, but the mother is living with her son John, at the age of sixty-six. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ash has been blessed with four children,--Charles, Robin, Howard and Esther, all yet at home.
Mr. Ash exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and his fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, have frequently called him to public office. He has served as School Director for some years, has also been Road Supervisor, and is now serving his fourth year as one of the Trustees of Greenfield township. He is a public-spirited citizen, taking a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community and its upbuilding. He is a man of noble qualities and genuine worth, and in the history of his adopted State well deserves representation.
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Abram shares a stone with wife Belle.
Bro, possibly John Chelton Ash, who are also buried in North River Cemetery.
Published 1879
ABRAM ASH who owns and operates a valuable farm in Greenfield township, Warren county, is numbered among the valued and progressive citizens of this community. His life has been well spent, his integrity is above questions, his business dealings ever straightforward and honorable, and he therefore has the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
Mr. Ash was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, January 11, 1845, and is descended from German ancestors, who located in America at a very early day in the history of this country. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrating to Maryland became one of the pioneers of the region in which he located. He was a millwright by trade, and followed that occupation throughout his active business life. With the spirit of the pioneer strong within him, he emigrated Westward to Indiana, becoming one of its early settlers and valued citizens. There he spent his remaining days.
Michael Ash, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, in 1810, and in early life went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Sarah Hass, a native of the Old Dominion. In 1837 he removed with his family to the Hoosier State, taking up his residence in Tippecanoe county when much of its land was still in the possession of the Government and the settlements were widely scattered. There he established a home and continued his residence until 1852, when he once more started Westward, and in that year became a resident of Warren county, Iowa. He is numbered among the early settlers of Greenfield township, where he purchased a tract of undeveloped land at four dollars per acre. Very little of the land had been turned by the plowshare, and no improvement had been made upon this place; but with characteristic energy he began its cevelopemtn and soon transformed it into well-tilled fields. He was a quiet, industrious and enterprising man who won success in his well directed efforts and gained the esteem and good will of the community by his sterling qualities and upright life. In the early days he was a strong adherent of the Whig party, but when the Republican party sprang into existence he transferred his fealty to the new organization. His death occurred in 1887, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife yet survives him, and at the age of eighty-one is still living in Warren county. They were the parents of six children: William H.H., who is living in Greenfield township, Warren County; John C., of Des Moines; Sarah, wife of E.J. Yount, of Linn township, Warren county; Martha, wife of Ambrose Dowell, of Cass county; and David, who is living in California.
Our subject spent the first seven year of his life in the State of his nativity, and then accompaied his parents on their emigration to Iowa, having since been a resident of Warren county. He was reared to the duties of farm life, and in 1878, when he started out to make his own way in the world, he continued at the same pursuit. He has prospered in his undertakings, and through his own efforts has acquired a comfortable property. He now owns a fine farm of 150 acres, and in addition to general farming he is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, making a speciality of the breeding of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. He now has two hundred head on his place, including some of the finest specimens of this breed to be found in the State. His enterprise and public spirit are well appreciated in this region and he is numbered among the successful men of the day.
In December, 1882, Mr. Ash married Miss Bell Handley, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John and Esther (Croskey) Handley. Her parents have three children,--John, who is now living in Greenfield township, Warren county; Lizzie, wife of J.A. Frazier, of Lincoln township, Warren county; and Mrs Ash. The Handleys were of an old Ohio family. The father died at the age of eighty-one years, but the mother is living with her son John, at the age of sixty-six. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ash has been blessed with four children,--Charles, Robin, Howard and Esther, all yet at home.
Mr. Ash exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and his fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, have frequently called him to public office. He has served as School Director for some years, has also been Road Supervisor, and is now serving his fourth year as one of the Trustees of Greenfield township. He is a public-spirited citizen, taking a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community and its upbuilding. He is a man of noble qualities and genuine worth, and in the history of his adopted State well deserves representation.
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Abram shares a stone with wife Belle.
Bro, possibly John Chelton Ash, who are also buried in North River Cemetery.
Historical & Biographical Records of Iowa
Published 1879
ABRAM ASH who owns and operates a valuable farm in Greenfield township, Warren county, is numbered among the valued and progressive citizens of this community. His life has been well spent, his integrity is above questions, his business dealings ever straightforward and honorable, and he therefore has the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
Mr. Ash was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, January 11, 1845, and is descended from German ancestors, who located in America at a very early day in the history of this country. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrating to Maryland became one of the pioneers of the region in which he located. He was a millwright by trade, and followed that occupation throughout his active business life. With the spirit of the pioneer strong within him, he emigrated Westward to Indiana, becoming one of its early settlers and valued citizens. There he spent his remaining days.
Michael Ash, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, in 1810, and in early life went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Sarah Hass, a native of the Old Dominion. In 1837 he removed with his family to the Hoosier State, taking up his residence in Tippecanoe county when much of its land was still in the possession of the Government and the settlements were widely scattered. There he established a home and continued his residence until 1852, when he once more started Westward, and in that year became a resident of Warren county, Iowa. He is numbered among the early settlers of Greenfield township, where he purchased a tract of undeveloped land at four dollars per acre. Very little of the land had been turned by the plowshare, and no improvement had been made upon this place; but with characteristic energy he began its cevelopemtn and soon transformed it into well-tilled fields. He was a quiet, industrious and enterprising man who won success in his well directed efforts and gained the esteem and good will of the community by his sterling qualities and upright life. In the early days he was a strong adherent of the Whig party, but when the Republican party sprang into existence he transferred his fealty to the new organization. His death occurred in 1887, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife yet survives him, and at the age of eighty-one is still living in Warren county. They were the parents of six children: William H.H., who is living in Greenfield township, Warren County; John C., of Des Moines; Sarah, wife of E.J. Yount, of Linn township, Warren county; Martha, wife of Ambrose Dowell, of Cass county; and David, who is living in California.
Our subject spent the first seven year of his life in the State of his nativity, and then accompaied his parents on their emigration to Iowa, having since been a resident of Warren county. He was reared to the duties of farm life, and in 1878, when he started out to make his own way in the world, he continued at the same pursuit. He has prospered in his undertakings, and through his own efforts has acquired a comfortable property. He now owns a fine farm of 150 acres, and in addition to general farming he is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, making a speciality of the breeding of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. He now has two hundred head on his place, including some of the finest specimens of this breed to be found in the State. His enterprise and public spirit are well appreciated in this region and he is numbered among the successful men of the day.
In December, 1882, Mr. Ash married Miss Bell Handley, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John and Esther (Croskey) Handley. Her parents have three children,--John, who is now living in Greenfield township, Warren county; Lizzie, wife of J.A. Frazier, of Lincoln township, Warren county; and Mrs Ash. The Handleys were of an old Ohio family. The father died at the age of eighty-one years, but the mother is living with her son John, at the age of sixty-six. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ash has been blessed with four children,--Charles, Robin, Howard and Esther, all yet at home.
Mr. Ash exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and his fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, have frequently called him to public office. He has served as School Director for some years, has also been Road Supervisor, and is now serving his fourth year as one of the Trustees of Greenfield township. He is a public-spirited citizen, taking a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community and its upbuilding. He is a man of noble qualities and genuine worth, and in the history of his adopted State well deserves representation.
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Abram shares a stone with wife Belle.
Bro, possibly John Chelton Ash, who are also buried in North River Cemetery.
Published 1879
ABRAM ASH who owns and operates a valuable farm in Greenfield township, Warren county, is numbered among the valued and progressive citizens of this community. His life has been well spent, his integrity is above questions, his business dealings ever straightforward and honorable, and he therefore has the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
Mr. Ash was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, January 11, 1845, and is descended from German ancestors, who located in America at a very early day in the history of this country. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrating to Maryland became one of the pioneers of the region in which he located. He was a millwright by trade, and followed that occupation throughout his active business life. With the spirit of the pioneer strong within him, he emigrated Westward to Indiana, becoming one of its early settlers and valued citizens. There he spent his remaining days.
Michael Ash, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, in 1810, and in early life went to Virginia, where he met and married Miss Sarah Hass, a native of the Old Dominion. In 1837 he removed with his family to the Hoosier State, taking up his residence in Tippecanoe county when much of its land was still in the possession of the Government and the settlements were widely scattered. There he established a home and continued his residence until 1852, when he once more started Westward, and in that year became a resident of Warren county, Iowa. He is numbered among the early settlers of Greenfield township, where he purchased a tract of undeveloped land at four dollars per acre. Very little of the land had been turned by the plowshare, and no improvement had been made upon this place; but with characteristic energy he began its cevelopemtn and soon transformed it into well-tilled fields. He was a quiet, industrious and enterprising man who won success in his well directed efforts and gained the esteem and good will of the community by his sterling qualities and upright life. In the early days he was a strong adherent of the Whig party, but when the Republican party sprang into existence he transferred his fealty to the new organization. His death occurred in 1887, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife yet survives him, and at the age of eighty-one is still living in Warren county. They were the parents of six children: William H.H., who is living in Greenfield township, Warren County; John C., of Des Moines; Sarah, wife of E.J. Yount, of Linn township, Warren county; Martha, wife of Ambrose Dowell, of Cass county; and David, who is living in California.
Our subject spent the first seven year of his life in the State of his nativity, and then accompaied his parents on their emigration to Iowa, having since been a resident of Warren county. He was reared to the duties of farm life, and in 1878, when he started out to make his own way in the world, he continued at the same pursuit. He has prospered in his undertakings, and through his own efforts has acquired a comfortable property. He now owns a fine farm of 150 acres, and in addition to general farming he is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, making a speciality of the breeding of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. He now has two hundred head on his place, including some of the finest specimens of this breed to be found in the State. His enterprise and public spirit are well appreciated in this region and he is numbered among the successful men of the day.
In December, 1882, Mr. Ash married Miss Bell Handley, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John and Esther (Croskey) Handley. Her parents have three children,--John, who is now living in Greenfield township, Warren county; Lizzie, wife of J.A. Frazier, of Lincoln township, Warren county; and Mrs Ash. The Handleys were of an old Ohio family. The father died at the age of eighty-one years, but the mother is living with her son John, at the age of sixty-six. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ash has been blessed with four children,--Charles, Robin, Howard and Esther, all yet at home.
Mr. Ash exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and his fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and ability, have frequently called him to public office. He has served as School Director for some years, has also been Road Supervisor, and is now serving his fourth year as one of the Trustees of Greenfield township. He is a public-spirited citizen, taking a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community and its upbuilding. He is a man of noble qualities and genuine worth, and in the history of his adopted State well deserves representation.
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Abram shares a stone with wife Belle.
Bro, possibly John Chelton Ash, who are also buried in North River Cemetery.
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