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William B. Ashby

Birth
Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Death
unknown
Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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William B. Ashby was the son of Thomas W. Ashby (parents unknown) and Mary Ann Butler. Mary Ann Butler, born Jan. 28, 1825, was the daughter of Ephraim Butler and Mary Mariah Brown. After 1865 Thomas Ashby died (or disappeared) and by 1870 his widow and children were living with (or near) her father Ephraim Butler and his second wife Julia Emily Veazey Goodger Butler in Franklin Co. AL.

William B. Ashby was born about 1865 probably in Montgomery County, Indiana. William was still alive in 1940 and listed in the census for Prentiss County, Mississippi, living with his grandson Frank Davis (Find a Grave #78760722) and his family. His son Ira Eugene Ashby listed his father William B. Ashby, living at Rt. 3, Booneville, Mississippi, as the contact person in his WWII draft registration dated Oct. 16, 1940.

William B. Ashby's first wife was Eliza Ann Tice (daughter of Henry and Henrietta Tice), and the children born about 1890 to 1905 were from this marriage. He married Tennie Campbell about 1917 or 1918.

Family of William B. Ashby and Eliza Ann Tice:
--- Mary Etta Ashby (27 Jun 1890 - 16 Nov 1974, FAG memorial #85757408)
--- Oscar Odle Ashby (abt 1894 - bet 1915-1920, married Lovie E. Nichols)
--- Charley Ashby (b. abt 1896, only appears in 1900 census)
--- William H. Ashby b. 1899, only appears in 1900 census)
--- James Arthur "Jack" Ashby (12 Feb 1903 - 8 Apr 1994, FAG memorial #28650192)
--- Velma Ashby (b. abt 1905, records indicate she married George Monroe Thompson and died abt 1936)

By the 1910 census they were divorced and Eliza/Elsie Ann Tice Ashby and three of their children were living with her parents. William Ashby was staying with his niece Alice Ashby Bruce and her family in Sabine Parish, LA, at the time of the 1910 census.

Family of William B. Ashby and Sarah Tennessee "Tennie" Campbell:
--- Ira Eugene Ashby (9 Mar 1919 - 17 Dec 1992, FAG memorial #159536933)
--- John Raymond Ashby (18 Mar 1921 - 7 Jan 2011, FAG memorial #63939945)
--- Irene Ashby Duke(s) (19 Aug 1923 - 5 Nov 2005, FAG memorial #87748901)

William B. Ashby and his siblings (children of Thomas W. Ashby and Mary Ann Butler):
--- Ephraim Bell Ashby (1845-1916), FAG #159481822, mar. Elva Almeda Vick
--- Julia Ann Ashby (1847-1890), FAG memorial #186527211, mar. Calvin A. Garrett in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana in July 1865.
--- Martha A. Ashby (1848-1924, FAG Memorial #51249993
--- Harriett Ashby (1851-?)
--- John Moses Ashby (1855 - 1931), FAG Memorial #112412362, mar Roxyann/Roxanna Moore
--- Mary (May?) Ashby (abt 1856)
--- Letha Malinda Ashby (abt 1859)
--- Margarett M. Ashby (1862- aft 1883), FAG memorial #222896792, mar. Jason H. Hargett
--- William B. Ashby (abt 1865 - after 1940, FAG memorial #15046679)

Corrections and additions to this memorial from other Ashby descendants would be gratefully received.
William B. Ashby was the son of Thomas W. Ashby (parents unknown) and Mary Ann Butler. Mary Ann Butler, born Jan. 28, 1825, was the daughter of Ephraim Butler and Mary Mariah Brown. After 1865 Thomas Ashby died (or disappeared) and by 1870 his widow and children were living with (or near) her father Ephraim Butler and his second wife Julia Emily Veazey Goodger Butler in Franklin Co. AL.

William B. Ashby was born about 1865 probably in Montgomery County, Indiana. William was still alive in 1940 and listed in the census for Prentiss County, Mississippi, living with his grandson Frank Davis (Find a Grave #78760722) and his family. His son Ira Eugene Ashby listed his father William B. Ashby, living at Rt. 3, Booneville, Mississippi, as the contact person in his WWII draft registration dated Oct. 16, 1940.

William B. Ashby's first wife was Eliza Ann Tice (daughter of Henry and Henrietta Tice), and the children born about 1890 to 1905 were from this marriage. He married Tennie Campbell about 1917 or 1918.

Family of William B. Ashby and Eliza Ann Tice:
--- Mary Etta Ashby (27 Jun 1890 - 16 Nov 1974, FAG memorial #85757408)
--- Oscar Odle Ashby (abt 1894 - bet 1915-1920, married Lovie E. Nichols)
--- Charley Ashby (b. abt 1896, only appears in 1900 census)
--- William H. Ashby b. 1899, only appears in 1900 census)
--- James Arthur "Jack" Ashby (12 Feb 1903 - 8 Apr 1994, FAG memorial #28650192)
--- Velma Ashby (b. abt 1905, records indicate she married George Monroe Thompson and died abt 1936)

By the 1910 census they were divorced and Eliza/Elsie Ann Tice Ashby and three of their children were living with her parents. William Ashby was staying with his niece Alice Ashby Bruce and her family in Sabine Parish, LA, at the time of the 1910 census.

Family of William B. Ashby and Sarah Tennessee "Tennie" Campbell:
--- Ira Eugene Ashby (9 Mar 1919 - 17 Dec 1992, FAG memorial #159536933)
--- John Raymond Ashby (18 Mar 1921 - 7 Jan 2011, FAG memorial #63939945)
--- Irene Ashby Duke(s) (19 Aug 1923 - 5 Nov 2005, FAG memorial #87748901)

William B. Ashby and his siblings (children of Thomas W. Ashby and Mary Ann Butler):
--- Ephraim Bell Ashby (1845-1916), FAG #159481822, mar. Elva Almeda Vick
--- Julia Ann Ashby (1847-1890), FAG memorial #186527211, mar. Calvin A. Garrett in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana in July 1865.
--- Martha A. Ashby (1848-1924, FAG Memorial #51249993
--- Harriett Ashby (1851-?)
--- John Moses Ashby (1855 - 1931), FAG Memorial #112412362, mar Roxyann/Roxanna Moore
--- Mary (May?) Ashby (abt 1856)
--- Letha Malinda Ashby (abt 1859)
--- Margarett M. Ashby (1862- aft 1883), FAG memorial #222896792, mar. Jason H. Hargett
--- William B. Ashby (abt 1865 - after 1940, FAG memorial #15046679)

Corrections and additions to this memorial from other Ashby descendants would be gratefully received.


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  • Maintained by: RKKing
  • Originally Created by: Jerry Owen
  • Added: Jul 26, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15046679/william_b-ashby: accessed ), memorial page for William B. Ashby (1865–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15046679, citing Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery, Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by RKKing (contributor 47897521).