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Ashley Brintnal Pebbles

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Ashley Brintnal Pebbles

Birth
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
19 Nov 1941 (aged 80)
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hildale
Memorial ID
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NOTE: A duplicate memorial was merged with this one by Find A Grave on 11/9/2022 at the request of another contributor.
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Ashley B married, January 9, 1888, Hattie M Ripley. They resided in Denver, Colorado. He was a major and Social Secretary in the Salvation Army. His name also appears in Des Moines records.

Beginning in 1883, Major Welles, Captain Milsaps, Captain Alfred Harris and Ashley Pebbles were the first leaders of Corps #1 of the Salvation Army. As reported in the Los Angeles Herald, January 13, 1906, p5, Ashley was a Brigadier at a Salvation Army Rally.

To the left is a heading from a news article in a Denver newspaper reporting that Ashley represented Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region as part of a large delegation that sojourned to London for the World's Congress of the Salvation Army to be held on June 11, 1914. The ship they sailed on was the Olympic which embarked from New York on May 30, 1914. On arrival, in London the commanders mounted American horses, and with flying American flags led the forces of Evangeline Booth, through the streets. American Indians appeared with them wearing their feathers and war paint shouting hallelujah. The Evening Independent, May 30, 1914, p12.
NOTE: A duplicate memorial was merged with this one by Find A Grave on 11/9/2022 at the request of another contributor.
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Ashley B married, January 9, 1888, Hattie M Ripley. They resided in Denver, Colorado. He was a major and Social Secretary in the Salvation Army. His name also appears in Des Moines records.

Beginning in 1883, Major Welles, Captain Milsaps, Captain Alfred Harris and Ashley Pebbles were the first leaders of Corps #1 of the Salvation Army. As reported in the Los Angeles Herald, January 13, 1906, p5, Ashley was a Brigadier at a Salvation Army Rally.

To the left is a heading from a news article in a Denver newspaper reporting that Ashley represented Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region as part of a large delegation that sojourned to London for the World's Congress of the Salvation Army to be held on June 11, 1914. The ship they sailed on was the Olympic which embarked from New York on May 30, 1914. On arrival, in London the commanders mounted American horses, and with flying American flags led the forces of Evangeline Booth, through the streets. American Indians appeared with them wearing their feathers and war paint shouting hallelujah. The Evening Independent, May 30, 1914, p12.

Inscription

Lt. Colonel - Salvation Army

Gravesite Details

Buried next to Mrs. Lt. Col. C. Pebbles (Jerjene Catherine Pebbles), who died the day before he did. They were both buried on November 24, 1941 according to the cemetery record.



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  • Created by: BJW
  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48053751/ashley_brintnal-pebbles: accessed ), memorial page for Ashley Brintnal Pebbles (23 Feb 1861–19 Nov 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48053751, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47094611).