Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 10, 1913
Sophia Ellis Ashford – Sophia Ellis Ashford was born in Bourbon county Kentucky in 1842, and died at the home of her son, Andrew Ashford in south Bedford at 4:40 p. m. July 5.
When she was two years old she was taken to Savannah, Mo., where she grew to young womanhood. The cruel customs of slavery under which she was born, darkened her life and her husband Lon Green was taken from her and her two children, Dick, who now lives in Dundy county, Nebraska and Anna, who later died in Chicago.
After the Civil war she removed to Bedford where she remained a short time, removing to Clarinda where in 1869 she was married to George Ashford.
To this union five children were born, Andrew, Napoleon, Clinton, Talton and Joshua
Joshua died in infancy. Talt enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish-American war and died in 1898.
Of the remaining three, Andrew and Clinton reside in Bedford and Napoleon in Lincoln, Neb.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Colored Baptist church in Bedford. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William B. Thompson. Interment in the Bedford cemetery.
Sophia Ellis Ashford – Sophia Ellis Ashford was born in Bourbon county Kentucky in 1842, and died at the home of her son, Andrew Ashford in south Bedford at 4:40 p. m. July 5.
When she was two years old she was taken to Savannah, Mo., where she grew to young womanhood. The cruel customs of slavery under which she was born, darkened her life and her husband Lon Green was taken from her and her two children, Dick, who now lives in Dundy county, Nebraska and Anna, who later died in Chicago.
After the Civil war she removed to Bedford where she remained a short time, removing to Clarinda where in 1869 she was married to George Ashford.
To this union five children were born, Andrew, Napoleon, Clinton, Talton and Joshua
Joshua died in infancy. Talt enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish-American war and died in 1898.
Of the remaining three, Andrew and Clinton reside in Bedford and Napoleon in Lincoln, Neb.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Colored Baptist church in Bedford. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William B. Thompson. Interment in the Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 10, 1913
Sophia Ellis Ashford – Sophia Ellis Ashford was born in Bourbon county Kentucky in 1842, and died at the home of her son, Andrew Ashford in south Bedford at 4:40 p. m. July 5.
When she was two years old she was taken to Savannah, Mo., where she grew to young womanhood. The cruel customs of slavery under which she was born, darkened her life and her husband Lon Green was taken from her and her two children, Dick, who now lives in Dundy county, Nebraska and Anna, who later died in Chicago.
After the Civil war she removed to Bedford where she remained a short time, removing to Clarinda where in 1869 she was married to George Ashford.
To this union five children were born, Andrew, Napoleon, Clinton, Talton and Joshua
Joshua died in infancy. Talt enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish-American war and died in 1898.
Of the remaining three, Andrew and Clinton reside in Bedford and Napoleon in Lincoln, Neb.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Colored Baptist church in Bedford. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William B. Thompson. Interment in the Bedford cemetery.
Sophia Ellis Ashford – Sophia Ellis Ashford was born in Bourbon county Kentucky in 1842, and died at the home of her son, Andrew Ashford in south Bedford at 4:40 p. m. July 5.
When she was two years old she was taken to Savannah, Mo., where she grew to young womanhood. The cruel customs of slavery under which she was born, darkened her life and her husband Lon Green was taken from her and her two children, Dick, who now lives in Dundy county, Nebraska and Anna, who later died in Chicago.
After the Civil war she removed to Bedford where she remained a short time, removing to Clarinda where in 1869 she was married to George Ashford.
To this union five children were born, Andrew, Napoleon, Clinton, Talton and Joshua
Joshua died in infancy. Talt enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish-American war and died in 1898.
Of the remaining three, Andrew and Clinton reside in Bedford and Napoleon in Lincoln, Neb.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Colored Baptist church in Bedford. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William B. Thompson. Interment in the Bedford cemetery.
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