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Submitted: 10/23/10 • Approved: 10/24/10 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R127908-G0-S3
William Ashley Born : Rochester MA 1758
Died 27 Dec 1828 Ithaca Darke COunty Ohio
William was born on 7 May 1758 at Rochester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Ashley and Mary Gifford. William Ashley enlisted in July or August 1775, served in Captain John Grant's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regimentHe applied for pension, November 16, 1826 in Darke County, Ohio. The claim was not allowed as the service he rendered was not on the Continental Establishment, which was required by the Act of March 18, 1818, under which he applied. Sgt. William Ashley began military service in August 1775 at American Revolution, Vermont.
He married Phoebe Howe in 1779 at Vermont. William died on 27 December 1828 and was buried at the Ashley Family Cemetery-Floyd Farm, South of Ithaca, Darke, Ohio.The DAR erected this tombstone for William Ashley, in the Ithaca Cemetery--Ithaca Ohio
as he was a Revolutionary Soldier.
Contributed on 10/23/10 by vlk
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