Son of Nelson R. Ashurst &
Jemima [Henden] Ashurst
1st Married Charlotte [Dew] Moody
December 22, 1862
Mason Co., Illinois
2nd Married Marjorie J. Taylor
August 11, 1902
Menard Co., Illinois
Civil War:
Pvt Co. E, 27th Regt.,
Ill. Union Infantry
After the war, he manufactured
the Ashurst Press Drill
(Succor Grain Drill).
The factory was purchased by
Havana Mfg Co in 1914 after
his death.
NOTE: The cemetery monument
shows 1847 as birth year.
This is not correct; (1847
puts has his age at 15
when married). I have found
errors on tombstones to be very
rare, but they do happen.
Both father & mother are
deceased by the 1860 census.
Lewis & two other siblings are
in the household of older brother,
John & wife on the 1860 census.
Census: 1860, IL, Mason Co.
Ashurst, John A.--(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Amanda C.(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Francis---(20 abt 1840)
Ashurst, Lewis----(17 abt 1843)
Ashurst, Nancy----(14 abt 1846)
Jemima [Henden] Ashurst
1st Married Charlotte [Dew] Moody
December 22, 1862
Mason Co., Illinois
2nd Married Marjorie J. Taylor
August 11, 1902
Menard Co., Illinois
Civil War:
Pvt Co. E, 27th Regt.,
Ill. Union Infantry
After the war, he manufactured
the Ashurst Press Drill
(Succor Grain Drill).
The factory was purchased by
Havana Mfg Co in 1914 after
his death.
NOTE: The cemetery monument
shows 1847 as birth year.
This is not correct; (1847
puts has his age at 15
when married). I have found
errors on tombstones to be very
rare, but they do happen.
Both father & mother are
deceased by the 1860 census.
Lewis & two other siblings are
in the household of older brother,
John & wife on the 1860 census.
Census: 1860, IL, Mason Co.
Ashurst, John A.--(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Amanda C.(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Francis---(20 abt 1840)
Ashurst, Lewis----(17 abt 1843)
Ashurst, Nancy----(14 abt 1846)
Son of Nelson R. Ashurst &
Jemima [Henden] Ashurst
1st Married Charlotte [Dew] Moody
December 22, 1862
Mason Co., Illinois
2nd Married Marjorie J. Taylor
August 11, 1902
Menard Co., Illinois
Civil War:
Pvt Co. E, 27th Regt.,
Ill. Union Infantry
After the war, he manufactured
the Ashurst Press Drill
(Succor Grain Drill).
The factory was purchased by
Havana Mfg Co in 1914 after
his death.
NOTE: The cemetery monument
shows 1847 as birth year.
This is not correct; (1847
puts has his age at 15
when married). I have found
errors on tombstones to be very
rare, but they do happen.
Both father & mother are
deceased by the 1860 census.
Lewis & two other siblings are
in the household of older brother,
John & wife on the 1860 census.
Census: 1860, IL, Mason Co.
Ashurst, John A.--(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Amanda C.(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Francis---(20 abt 1840)
Ashurst, Lewis----(17 abt 1843)
Ashurst, Nancy----(14 abt 1846)
Jemima [Henden] Ashurst
1st Married Charlotte [Dew] Moody
December 22, 1862
Mason Co., Illinois
2nd Married Marjorie J. Taylor
August 11, 1902
Menard Co., Illinois
Civil War:
Pvt Co. E, 27th Regt.,
Ill. Union Infantry
After the war, he manufactured
the Ashurst Press Drill
(Succor Grain Drill).
The factory was purchased by
Havana Mfg Co in 1914 after
his death.
NOTE: The cemetery monument
shows 1847 as birth year.
This is not correct; (1847
puts has his age at 15
when married). I have found
errors on tombstones to be very
rare, but they do happen.
Both father & mother are
deceased by the 1860 census.
Lewis & two other siblings are
in the household of older brother,
John & wife on the 1860 census.
Census: 1860, IL, Mason Co.
Ashurst, John A.--(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Amanda C.(22 abt 1838)
Ashurst, Francis---(20 abt 1840)
Ashurst, Lewis----(17 abt 1843)
Ashurst, Nancy----(14 abt 1846)
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