"In 1824, when Michigan and Wisconsin were wild and undeveloped regions, the home of the Red men and the haunts of wild animals, Samuel Ashmun…took up his residence on the site of this city, having come to the West as the representative of the American Fur Company. He located a tract of Government land of 160 acres extending from the river back toward the bluff, all of which forms a part of the original plat of Sault Ste. Marie, and through it now runs Ashmun street, named in his honor. Samuel Ashmun was born in New York, in the latter half of the eighteenth century, and was a son of Jehida Ashmun [bio sketch is incorrect, he was a son of Samuel, Sr. The Jehudi mentioned here was the brother of Samuel Jr.], a minister of English birth, who was sent out by a missionary society to "Darkest Africa" and some years later came to America, taking up his residence in New York. There [Samuel] was born and reared, making his home in the State of his nativity until 1812, when he came West in the interest and employ of John Jacob Astor, Sr., having charge of the business of that shrewd old German in the Minnesota regions immediately prior to his advent in the little Indian village on St. Mary's Rapids. He was a man of fine business ability, and by the successful management of his affairs became quite wealthy and gave all of his children a collegiate education in Eastern institutions of learning. He married the daughter of an Indian chief, of the Chippewa tribe, and their children were as follows: Henry, who was a prominent lawyer of Saginaw, Michigan, for a number of years; Mary, who was the wife of James Van Ranselaer; Eliza, who was the wife of Captain John Spalding; Samuel, who engaged in butchering business in this city; Fred, who died in youth; Tecumseh, who was educated for a printer; and Edward, the eldest." – From "Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan," published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.

"According to the Chippewa County Historical Society's website, Samuel and his wife, Nancy Ashmun were buried in Arlington Cemetery, on the corner of Ashmun and Arlington Streets. The cemetery closed so that City Hall could be built. The bodies were relocated to the Maple Ridge Cemetery on top of Ashmun Hill. However, there is no record that Samuel and Nancy's bodies were among those that were moved there." -- Information provided by an Anonymous member (# 49523294) from https://www.cchsmi.com/articles/samuel-ashmun-1799-1866/.