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Welcome Martin Ashley

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
unknown
Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Welcome M. Ashley was born about 1802 in Virginia and traditionally died about 1890 in Grayson County, Kentucky. He was the husband of Basheba "Basha" Bell Decker. They were married about 1824.

They were the parents of:
William Ingland - b. ca 1826
- h/o Mary Jane Raymer
Nancy - b. ca 1828
- w/o William Cockerel
Joseph - b. ca 1830
- 1/w Harriet (Cockerel) Stice
- 2/w Sarah Jane Jeffries
John - b. ca 1832 / d. Civil War
Squire B. - b. ca 1837
- h/o Paradine Metedith
Martha Jane - b. 15 Aug 1839
- w/o George Frederick Nelson
Adaline C. - b. ca 1841
- W/p Austin Green
Harvey Blaine - b. Sep 1843
- h/o Elizabeth Jane Stewart

Welcome and Basha are both buried in the Ashley Hill Cemetery near Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky. Their children, William Ingland Ashley and Martha Jane Ashley Nelson, and several of their grandchildren are also buried here. There are many graves in this cemetery that are marked only by fieldstones. Two of those graves are those of Welcome and Basheba (Decker) Ashley.
Welcome M. Ashley was born about 1802 in Virginia and traditionally died about 1890 in Grayson County, Kentucky. He was the husband of Basheba "Basha" Bell Decker. They were married about 1824.

They were the parents of:
William Ingland - b. ca 1826
- h/o Mary Jane Raymer
Nancy - b. ca 1828
- w/o William Cockerel
Joseph - b. ca 1830
- 1/w Harriet (Cockerel) Stice
- 2/w Sarah Jane Jeffries
John - b. ca 1832 / d. Civil War
Squire B. - b. ca 1837
- h/o Paradine Metedith
Martha Jane - b. 15 Aug 1839
- w/o George Frederick Nelson
Adaline C. - b. ca 1841
- W/p Austin Green
Harvey Blaine - b. Sep 1843
- h/o Elizabeth Jane Stewart

Welcome and Basha are both buried in the Ashley Hill Cemetery near Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky. Their children, William Ingland Ashley and Martha Jane Ashley Nelson, and several of their grandchildren are also buried here. There are many graves in this cemetery that are marked only by fieldstones. Two of those graves are those of Welcome and Basheba (Decker) Ashley.


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