> In honor of our ancestors who fought in wars, I forward this which I > received on another list honoring civil war soldiers. > > Just a Simple Soldier > > > He was getting old and paunchy and his health was falling fast, > and he sat around the Legion telling stories of the past > Of a war that he had fought in, the deeds that he had done > In his exploits with his buddies, they were heroes, everyone > And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke, > all his buddies listened, for they know whereof he spoke > But we'll hear his tales no longer, for ol' Bob has passed away > and the world's a little poorer, for a Soldier's died today > No, he won't be mourned by many, just his children and his wife > For he lived an ordinary, very, quiet sort of life > He held a job and raised a family, quietly going on his way: > and the world won't note his passing, 'tho a Soldier died today > When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state > while thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great > Papers tell of their life stories, from the time that they were young > but the passing of a soldier, goes unnoticed and unsung > Is the greatest contribution, to the welfare of our land > some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man? > Or the ordinary fellow, who in times of war and strife > goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life? > The politicians stipend and the style in which he lives, > are sometimes disproportionate, to the service that he gives > While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all > is paid off with a medal and perhaps a pension small > It's so easy to forget them, for it is so long ago > that our Bob's and Jim's and Johnny's went to battle, but we know > It was not the politicians with their compromise and ploys > who won for us the freedom, that our Country now enjoys > Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand > would you really want some copout, with his ever waffling stand? > Or would you want a Soldier, who has sworn to defend > his home, his kin, and Country, and would fight to the end? > He was just a common Soldier and his ranks are growing thin, > but his presence should remind us, we may need his kind again > For when countries are in conflict, then we find the Soldier's part > Is to clean up all the troubles, that the politicians start. > If we cannot do him honor, while he's here to hear the praise, > then at least let's give him homage, at the ending of his days > Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that might say: > Our Country Is In Mourning, For a Soldier Died Today > > Author Unknown > > > ==== BAGWELL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

ASHBY, FRANCIS OR MARIOIN b. ABT 1840 KY MARRIED 8 12 1868 MARGRET ANN HUGHES SPENCER CO. KY, 1880 CENCUS SHOW SON WESLEY M. AGE 10; WM H SON AGE 9; FRANCIS T. SON AGE 7; CORA L DAUGHTER AGE 2; MY WIFE GRAND FATHER IS FRANCIS THOMAS b. 8 17 1872 SPENCER CO KY m. 12 25 1893 CLARK CO. IN TO JENNY B. ASHLOCK d. 9 8 1905 LOUISVILLE,KY

THIS IS MY WIFE'S LINE CAN ANY ONE HELP XXXX WESTLEY HUGHES B. ABT 1821 XXXX XXX MARION FRANCIS ASHBY B.ABT 1840 KY XXX XXX MARGARET ANN HUGHES B. ABT, 1847 KY. XXX XX LAWRENCE MARION ASHBY AND JENNY B. ASHLOCK XX B 2 `5`1897LOUISVILLE, KY D. 9 8 1905 LOUISVILLE, KY D.9 9 1955 LOUISVILLE, KY X RUBY LAVERNE .ASHBY X B.3 9 1935LOUISVILLE,KY XX ADA EILZABETH WYZARD XX B. 7 5 1899 LOUISVVILLE, KY D. 9 11 1983 CLARKSVILLE, IN XXX JOHN THOMAS WYZARD AND ELIZABETH ANN McRAE B. 4 15 1873 NEW ALBANYIN B.10 28 1878 LAWRENCE CO., IN 11 10 1957 NAW ALBANY IN D. 1 5 1948 NEW ALBANY XXXX JOHN THOMAS WYZARD 1873 XXXX XXXX NANCY ANN BREWER B. 7 30 1858 XXXX

Source: "Arkansas Pioneers and Allied Families" -Compiled by Mrs. Larry P. Clark. pg. 506 (Scott-Ashby-Brown-Ziegler Families) >From information sent in by Mrs. Lucille Brown Ziegler, in Little Rock, Ark. 1. JOHN ASHBY b. Scot.- 1767 came to US in 1777, lived in Pr. Anne Co., VA, then in Rowan Co., NC. Wife not known. His son: 2. JOHN ASHBY b. Pr. Anne Co., VA., Oct. 11, 1800. 1823 to Rowan Co., NC. married REBECCA WOODRUFF, there in 1825. They moved to Walker Co., GA, Benton Co., AL, Floyd Co., GA and then to Claiborne Parish, LA, where he died in 1864. Rebecca Woodruff b. in Surry Co., NC in 1807. Father from Ireland, Mother was a Phillips. John and Rebecca had 10 children: Elizabeth, Lucinda, James, William, Woodruff, Jeanette, Amanda, John Wesley, Mary and Nancy. John and Rebecca's son: 3. JOHN WESLEY ASHBY b. Aug. 17, 1842, Floyd Co., GA, went to LA with parents. Was in the Civil War as a Confederate. Co., G., 12th Reg. Inf. There is a long description of his time as a soldier (for his confederate pension, no doubt) So, if you need more, you should read this quarterly. John Wesley married Mary Ann Paralee Scott, Oct. 22, 1868, Saline Co., ARK. John Wesley and Mary Ann had 4 children. Edna Elmina, Mary Elberta, Anna Pearl and John. There is more on this family but, I don't want to put so much up, that I violate any copyright. If you are sure this is your family. Let me know and I can help you more. Sue

The Ashby site I just sent was not the Beta Test Site, it was the VA Ashby site.. Sent to me by Nellie at aol. I was going to post it after I heard from her.. but oh, well, I hope she doesn't mind. The search engine site is.. http://seeker.rootsweb.com/search.html Sue

Hi All, There is a GREAT search engine in RootsWeb now, that I just had a chance to check out. It is a "Master" search engine, that crosses and searches all RootsWeb sites. I put in Ashby and got 913 hits! In case some of you don't know about it. (I may be really slow but, have been out of it for two months, don't you know <g>) But, I'm BAAACK and will be posting some good Ashby stuff, soon. here is the site for the search engine. http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?DB=VA2&GS=ASHBY&DATABASEID=3723

can some one please help me Looking for pedigree of a MARION FRANCIS or FRANCIS MARION ASHBY b. 1840 Spencer Co., KY m. 8 12 1868 MARGARET ANN HUGHES b.1847 KY Her Father was WESTLEY HUGHES Son Francis Thomas Ashby b. 8 17 1872 Spencer Co., d. 11 19 1962 Louisville KY m. 12 2 1893 Jenny B.[May] Ashlock d. 9 8 1905 Louisville, KY They had a son Lawrence Marion Ashby b. 2 15 1897 Louisville, KY d. 9 9 1955 Louisville KY m. 5 5 1918 Ada Elizabeth Wyzard b. 7 5 1899 New Albany, IN d. 9 11 1983 Clarksville, IN andy kincaid lastar@metro.net

can any one Help I am looking for a Francis Marion or Marion Francis Ashby b abt. 1840 Spencer Co.KY m. 8 12 1868 Margaret Ann Hughes b. 1847 Ky. her father was a Westley Hughes

Re: "Reconstructing 1890 Census message of Thu, 6 May 1999" What a good idea. As soon as I have time I will enter my info, too. "You know you are taking genealogy too seriously if a Magical Genie appears and agrees to grant you any one wish...and you ask that the 1890 census be restored." Author unknown

----- Original Message ----- From: joyemac <joyemac@emeraldis.com> To: <BAGWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 5:55 PM Subject: [BAGWELL-L] Reconstructing 1890 Census! > Received this on another list and thought everyone may be interested! It is great that this group is taking on this task! I am > sending my family data as soon as I can get it together! > Joye > ____________________________........ > UNITED STATES CENSUS DESTROYED BY FIRE: > Hello, > As you might or might not know 99% of the 1890 United States Census was > destroyed by fire. So a book of ALL living United States residents of 1890 > is being compiled from descendants like you. If you would like to contribute > your ancestor's to this vital history book, please email > (ChinaDoll2@netscape.net) or snail mail > Angela Foster > P.O. Box 2551 > Waterville, Maine 04903 > the following information on your ancestor's. > Submitting your information is free. > HEAD of Household full name (first-middle-last): > " " " age: > " " " date born (month-day-year): > " " " place born (town-county-state or country): > " " " residence (town-county-state): > SPOUSE's full name (maiden surname in ( )'s if available): > " age: > " date born (month-day-year): > " place born (town-county-state or country): > {please note * list all children and their data separately from one > another} > ALL Children's full names (first-middle-last), age's: > " date born (month-day-year): > " place born (town-county-state or country): > Please fill in as much information as you can. If you are not sure of any of > the information, please fill in your best estimate and follow it with a ? > mark. > Thank you for your contribution to this vital genealogy book. > P.S. > Please forward this to everyone who might be interested in > contributing. Thank you. > Yours Truly, > Angela M. Foster > Joye <joyemac@emeraldis.com> e-mail me here if interested in private research in SC, NC, GA. > (Support Rootsweb! We need them!) > http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Enterprises/8721/ Greenwood & Other SC Counties! > http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jmcmanus/jmcmanus.htm McManus, Horn, Harling, Hasting, Stroud, Polattie, Cannon, Gray, > Bagwell, > Mote, Woodall, Ferguson, Lister, Moore, Barton, Barrett, Easley, Gowan, Grogan ancestry. > > > > ==== BAGWELL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, put unsubscribe in 1st line of body & subject, turn > automatic signatures off, & sent to: BAGWELL-L-request@rootsweb.com for > reg. mail, and to BAGWELL-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode. > >

Hi, Cassie, I'm sorry but none of your names are familiar to me. My ASHBY folks came from England in the early 1800's then seemed to wind up in Illinois and Kansas. My ggrandmother was Elizabeth Scott Ashby, daughter of William Ashby who was born in England. Best of luck to you, Gar Pilliar ASHBY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ASHBY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 22 > > Today's Topics: > #1 James C. Ashby [Cassie Elam <celam@pdq.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ASHBY-D, send a message to > > ASHBY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: James C. Ashby > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:27:43 -0500 > From: Cassie Elam <celam@pdq.net> > To: ASHBY-L@rootsweb.com > > I am searching for information on James C. Ashby, husband of Sally > Sweesy. I have no dates or places of birth or death for either. They > had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth Ashby, b. 21 Aug 1845 in Anderson, > KY, d. 24 Jun 1950 in Georgetown, Vermillion, IL. She was married to > Gilbert Walker Hagerman on 28 Nov 1870 in Nelson County, KY. Does > anyone sound familiar? Thanks. > > Cassie A. Elam > The Elam Family Research Page > www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/6831/ > celam@pdq.net > > Albrecht, Anderson, Ashby, Beresford, Biggs, Bolling, Bordroyne, Bowman, > Boynton, Buna, Burda, Cannon, Clark, Coxe, Craft, Craig, Delaney, De > Morlais, Elam, Esperson, Evans, Falber, Faly, Forman, Frye, Gill, Goode, > Green, Hagerman, Hassal, Hatcher, Herrington, Kominek, Kuchynka, Laird, > Lane, Lloyd, Longford, MacDuffy, Marriott, Matthews, McGraw, Murphy, > Neale, Norville, O'Donnell, O'Hara, O'Neill, Padfield, Padon, Parrack, > Pierce, Powell, Read, Robbinson, Robertson, Robins, Robinson, Rolleston, > Ross, Rush, Schaus, Schoppert, Scott, Shirecliffe, Shows, Skrivanova, > Smith, Stejskalova, Sweesy, Tadlock, Tanner, Taylor, Throckmorton, > Tomkins, Tucker, Twynborrowe, Vlachovska, Wade, Ward, Waters, Whetsel, > Whitaker

----- Original Message ----- From: <Sommertex2@aol.com> To: <WISEMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:22 AM Subject: More Genealogy Sites! > Here are some fun genealogy sites !!! > > Do you have a nickname and wonder what the given MIGHT have been. Go to > http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/nicknames.html and here is a good list > of possibilities. > > Here is a listing of when major epidemics took place > http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/epidemics.html > > Inflation Calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ > In 1997, $1000 from 1850 will be worth $18819.56. > > 10,000 year calendar http://calendarhome.com/tyc/index.shtml > Census Info- http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/help/censustips.html > > > ==== WISEMAN Mailing List ==== > Wish you could become a member of the Wiseman Family Association? > You can !!!! See the membership instruction page at: > http://members.tripod.com/~dwiseman/page10.html > >

> >Hi all, > >I received this today and wanted to share it. Author unknown. If anyone > >knows where this came from I'd love to give proper credit. > >Lorien Gunsallus > > > >Life in the 1500's----- > > > > Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. She married at the > >age of 26. This is really unusual for the time. Most people married > >young, like at the age of 11 or 12. Life was not as romantic as we may > >picture it. Here are some examples: > > > > Anne Hathaway's home was a 3 bedroom house with a small parlor, which > >was seldom used (only for company), kitchen, and no bathroom. > > > > Mother and Father shared a bedroom. Anne had a queen sized bed, but > >did not sleep alone. She also had 2 other sisters and they shared the bed > > also with 6 servant girls. (this is before she married) They didn't > >sleep like we do lengthwise but all laid on the bed crosswise. > > > > At least they had a bed. The other bedroom was shared by her 6 > >brothers and 30 field workers. They didn't have a bed. Everyone just > wrapped > >up > >in their blanket and slept on the floor. They had no indoor heating so > >all the extra bodies kept them warm. > > > >They were also small people, the men only grew to be about 5'6" and > >the women were 4'8". SO in their house they had 27 people living. > > > > Most people got married in June. Why? They took their yearly bath in > > May, so they were till smelling pretty good by June, although they were > >starting to smell, so the brides would carry a bouquet of flowers to > >hide their b.o. > > > > Like I said, they took their yearly bath in May, but it was just a big > > tub that they would fill with hot water. The man of the house would get > >the privilege of the nice clean water. Then all the other sons and men, > >then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then > >the water was pretty thick. Thus, the saying, "don't throw the baby out > >with the bath water," it was so dirty you could actually lose someone in > it. > > > > I'll describe their houses a little. You've heard of thatch roofs, > >well that's all they were. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood > >underneath. They were the only place for the little animals to get warm. So > >all the > > pets; dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs, all lived > >in the roof. When it rained it became slippery so sometimes the animals > >would slip and fall off the roof. Thus the saying, "it's raining cats > >and dogs." Since there was nothing to stop things from falling into the > >house they would just try to clean up a lot. But this posed a real problem > >in the > >bedroom where bugs and other droppings from animals could really mess > >up your nice clean bed, so they found if they would make beds with big > >posts and hang a sheet over the top it would prevent that problem. That's > >where those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies came from. > > > >When you came into the house you would notice most times that the floor > >was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, that's where > >the saying "dirt poor" came from. The wealthy would have slate > >floors. That was fine but in the winter they would get slippery when they > >got wet. > >So they started to spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. > >As the winter wore on they would just keep adding it and adding it > >until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. SO > they > >put a piece of wood at the entry way, a "thresh hold". > > > > In the kitchen they would cook over the fire, they had a fireplace in > >the kitchen/parlor, that was seldom used and sometimes in the master > >bedroom. > > > > They had a big kettle that always hung over the fire and every day they > > would light the fire and start adding things to the pot. Mostly they > >ate vegetables, they didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for > >dinner then leave the leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and > >then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew would have food in it > >that had been in there for a month! Thus the rhyme: peas porridge hot, > peas > >porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." > > > > Sometimes they could get a hold of some pork. They really felt special > >when that happened and when company came over they even had a rack in > >the parlor where they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it > off. > > That was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the > > bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and they > >would all sit around and "chew the fat." > > > > If you had money your plates were made out of pewter. Sometimes some of > > their food had a high acid content and some of the lead would leach out > >into the food. They really noticed it happened with tomatoes. So they > > stopped eating tomatoes, for 400 years. > > > > Most people didn't have pewter plates though, they all had trenchers, > > that was a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. They > >never washed their boards and a lot of times worms would get into the wood. > > After eating off the trencher with worms they would get "trench mouth." > > > > If you were going traveling and wanted to stay at an Inn they usually > > provided the bed but not the board. > > > >The bread was divided according to status. The workers would get the > >burnt bottom of the loaf, the family would get the middle and guests > >would get the top, or the "upper crust". > > > >They also had lead cups and when they would drink their ale or whiskey. > >The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. > > > >They would be walking along the road and here would be someone knocked > >out and they thought they were dead. So they would pick them up and take > them > >home and get them ready to bury. They realized if they were too slow > >about it, the person would wake up. Also, maybe not all of the people > >they were burying were dead. So they would lay them out on the kitchen > table > >for > >a couple of days, the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait > >and > >see if they would wake up. That's where the custom of holding a "wake" > >came from. > > > > Since England is so old and small they started running out of places to > >bury people. So they started digging up some coffins and would take > >their bones to a house and re-use the grave. They started opening > >these coffins and found some had scratch marks on the inside. > > > > One out of 25 coffins were that way and they realized they had still > >been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on > their > >wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie > >it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to > >listen for the bell. That is how the saying "graveyard shift" was > >made. > > > > If the bell would ring they would know that someone was "saved by the > > bell" or he was a "dead ringer". > > > > > >==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > >Researching the following Maury County surnames: BINKLEY - BOOKER - > CASKEY - CRAIG - CRAWFORD - CREWS - DABBS - DANIELS - DEMASTUS - DIAL - > DILLEHAY - DODSON - DOOLEY - DUGGER - demastus@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > --part2_66d9aa3e.24586a1c_boundary-- > > --part1_66d9aa3e.24587f9e_boundary-- > >

I am searching for information on James C. Ashby, husband of Sally Sweesy. I have no dates or places of birth or death for either. They had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth Ashby, b. 21 Aug 1845 in Anderson, KY, d. 24 Jun 1950 in Georgetown, Vermillion, IL. She was married to Gilbert Walker Hagerman on 28 Nov 1870 in Nelson County, KY. Does anyone sound familiar? Thanks. Cassie A. Elam The Elam Family Research Page www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/6831/ celam@pdq.net Albrecht, Anderson, Ashby, Beresford, Biggs, Bolling, Bordroyne, Bowman, Boynton, Buna, Burda, Cannon, Clark, Coxe, Craft, Craig, Delaney, De Morlais, Elam, Esperson, Evans, Falber, Faly, Forman, Frye, Gill, Goode, Green, Hagerman, Hassal, Hatcher, Herrington, Kominek, Kuchynka, Laird, Lane, Lloyd, Longford, MacDuffy, Marriott, Matthews, McGraw, Murphy, Neale, Norville, O'Donnell, O'Hara, O'Neill, Padfield, Padon, Parrack, Pierce, Powell, Read, Robbinson, Robertson, Robins, Robinson, Rolleston, Ross, Rush, Schaus, Schoppert, Scott, Shirecliffe, Shows, Skrivanova, Smith, Stejskalova, Sweesy, Tadlock, Tanner, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tomkins, Tucker, Twynborrowe, Vlachovska, Wade, Ward, Waters, Whetsel, Whitaker

Hi Steve, ( and all the rest of you Ashby-L folks) I'm still on the road, in KY right now. But, I may have some info for you. There is a Harmon/Hamon Ashby in KY, that I have been running across, in our research, here. Will get back to you as soon as I can. This Harmon is in the mid 1800's so, there is a good chance he is the ancestor of yours. I have so much information to share with all of you, as soon as I get home and can have constant access to my email. Hang on, I'm getting there. <g> Sue Ashby Janice & Steve Ashby wrote: > > I'm hoping someone can give me a hand linking my Ashby ancestors up to one > on the lines of Ashbys out there. > > My grandfather was Harmon Hewitt Ashby, Born 10/12/1908 in Georgetown, > Vermilion County, IL. He married Mildred Pearl Orr April 02, 1927 in > Homer, Champaign County, IL. His father was John Allen Ashby who married > Etta B. Brady. This is all I have - can anyone help? > > Much appreciation > > Steve Ashby > > ==== ASHBY Mailing List ==== > Please direct any comments or questions about this list to > the listowner. Sue Ashby canova@tstar.net

The earlier article about the McKee-Ashby connection was not complete. Here is the whole article as transcribed from "Kentucky: A History of the State", Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Boyle Co. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON McKEE, M.D., was born on the 4th of February, 1816, near Lancaster, Garrard Co., Ky. He was the third son of Hon. Samuel McKee, who was a prominent and successful Lawyer and politician during the early history of the State. Dr. McKee received a collegiate education at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and subsequently took his degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania with the class of 1830. Soon thereafter he located at Richmond, Madison Co., Ky., and formed a partnership for the practice of his profession with his cousin, the late Dr. William R. Letcher. He at once acquired a large and lucrative practice and commanded the universal respect and confidence of the community. During the time he resided in Madison County he was elected and served for many years as a director of the Northern Bank of Kentucky, as a member of the board of trustees of the town of Richmond, and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In 1857 Dr. McKee removed to Clay County, Mo., where he remained only two years. Returning to Kentucky in the spring of 1859 he located at Danville, where he resumed the practice of his profession, and resided at that place until his death on the 13th of February, 1886. He was a diligent student of medicine, thoroughly devoted to his profession, and was recognized by the medical profession and the community at large as a thoroughly qualified and conscientious practitioner. He acquired wide reputation as a safe and successful physician. Few men in any profession have, for so many years, retained their practice as Dr. McKee. Until four days before his death in the seventy-first year of his age he was engaged in the successful practice of his profession. He was remarkably successful as a general practitioner, but was known as specially successful as an accoucher. It is known that out of over 1,600 obstetrical cases that he attended during his professional career, only one case resulted in the death of the mother. Dr. McKee was one of the organizer of the Boyle County Medical Society, also of the district society, and was frequently elected president of each. He was also a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society. He was a man of great physical as well as moral courage. He never failed, or even hesitated, in the discharge of what he considered to be his duty. No danger or personal inconvenience ever deterred him, or caused him to falter. This feature of his character was well illustrated by his conduct during the winter of 1862, after the battle of Perryville, where he had under his professional care as many as 1,200 sick and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers, many of whom had contagious and infectious diseases. To these he gave as careful and as faithful attention as he did to his nearest friends and patients suffering from ordinary diseases. He was a man of great firmness and determination. When once he made up his mind, or come to a conclusion about any matter, no amount of threats or persuasion could induce him to abandon his position. No consideration of personal gain or popularity seemed to have the slightest influence with him; justice and right seemed to be the main considerations with him, let the consequences be what they would. He was a true and steadfast friend, a wise counselor, a public-spirited citizen, a skillful physician, and an upright and honest man, beloved and respected by the entire community. Dr. McKee's father, Hon. Samuel McKee, was a noted man in his day. Born in Rockbridge Co., Va., October 13, 1774, he removed with his father, Col. Wm. McKee, to Garrard County, Ky., about the year 1800. He was a member of Congress from 1806 to 1816, succeeding Judge John Boyle in that office. He was circuit judge for a number of years, and an officer in the war of 1812. As a lawyer he commanded a very large practice, and as an orator he had few equals. He seldom ever had any opposition for any office to which he aspired. He was so popular in his own county that the largest number of votes ever cast against him in that county was six. He was repeatedly elected a member of the Kentucky Legislature, was a member of the first board of trustees of Centre College, and at the time of his death in 1826 was serving by appointment of President Monroe as president of the first commission to clear the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers of obstructions. Dr. McKee had only two brothers, Col. Wm. R. McKee, who graduated at the military academy at West Point in 1829 and was subsequently colonel of the Second Kentucky Regiment in the war with Mexico, and lost his life at the head of his regiment at the same time with Lieut.-Col. Henry Clay, Jr., at Buena Vista. His other brother, Judge George R. McKee, one of the most distinguished and successful lawyers of the State, still resides in Covington. Dr. McKee's only sister, Jane Logan McKee, was married to Dr. Benjamin F. Duncan, of Garrard County. She died at the old "McKee" homestead near Lancaster in 1873. Col. Wm. McKee's grandfather, Col. Wm. McKee of Scotch-Irish descent, was a captain in the Revolutionary war for six years; a member of the convention that drafted the first constitution of the State of Virginia; a member of the Virginia Convention that adopted the Constitution of the United States; was high sheriff of Rockbridge County, Va.; removed to Kentucky about the year 1800, and settled upon Gilbert's Creek near Lancaster. Col. McKee's first wife was his cousin, Mariam McKee, and his second wife was also his cousin, being at the time of their marriage the widow of Col. Joseph Daviess, and was the mother by her first husband of Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. Dr. McKee's mother was Martha Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson, the first sheriff of Mercer County; member of the first county court for Lincoln County; delegate to the Virginia Convention called to ratify the Federal constitution; member of the Virginia Legislature until 1780; voted with all the Kentucky delegates, except Humphrey Marshall, against the adoption of the Federal constitution. Dr. McKee's mother was a sister of the late Chief Justice George Robertson and also of Mrs. ex-Gov. Robt. P. Letcher. Dr. McKee was married in September, 1842, to Mary Ashby, daughter of Dr. M.Q. Ashby, of Richmond, Ky. They were blessed with six children: Samuel, Ashby, George, Logan, Alexander and Margaret Logan McKee. George R. died in infancy, and Ashby, a young man of rare promise, died in the twenty-eighth year of his age, in Louisville, Ky. The remaining children are yet living. Mrs. McKee's family, the Ashbys, were also very prominent and bore a conspicuous part in the early history of Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs. McKee's father, Dr. M.Q. Ashby of Mount Sterling, Ky., was a prominent physician for many years at Richmond and Lexington, Ky., and was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of central Kentucky. Her grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby, was a captain in the Revolutionary war; also in the war of 1812; served under Gen. Morgan throughout the war of the Revolution and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Her great-grandfather, Capt. John Ashby, was an aid on George Washington's staff at Braddock's defeat in 1754; was also an officer in the Revolutionary war with his son, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby. Ashby's Gap, in Virginia, is named for Capt. John Ashby; and Gen. Turner Ashby, of "Black Horse" cavalry fame, is of the same family, being a second cousin of Mrs. McKee. McKee Boyle Monroe Clay Duncan Daviess Robertson Marshall Letcher Ashby Morgan Cornwallis Washington Braddock = Garrard-KY Madison-KY Mercer-KY Lincoln-KY Clay-MO Rockbridge-VA PA Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>From the Kentucky Genealogy Biographical Sketches Vol. 1, Pg. 27 "Dr. McKee was married in Sept. 1842 to Mary Ashby, daughter of Dr. M.Q. Ashby of Richmond, Ky. They had six children: Samuel, Ashby, George, Logan, Alexander and Margaret McKee. George R. died in infancy and Ashby, a young man of rare promise, died in the twenty-seventh year of his age in Louisville. Mrs. McKee's family (the Ashby's), were also very prominent and bore a conspicuous part in the early history of Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs. McKee's father, Dr. M.Q. Ashby of Mt. Sterling, Ky., was a prominent physician for many years at Richmond and Lexington, Ky and was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of central Kentucky. Her grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and also in the War of 1812, serving under Gen. Morgan throughout the War of the Revolution and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Her great-grandfather, Capt. John Ashby, was an aid on George Washington's staff at Braddock's defeat in 1754, and was also an officer in the Revolutionary War with his son, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby. Ashby's Gap, in Virginia is named for Capt. John Ashby. General Turner Ashby of "Black Horse" cavalry fame, is one of the same family, being a second cousin of Mrs. McKee."

I'm hoping someone can give me a hand linking my Ashby ancestors up to one on the lines of Ashbys out there. My grandfather was Harmon Hewitt Ashby, Born 10/12/1908 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, IL. He married Mildred Pearl Orr April 02, 1927 in Homer, Champaign County, IL. His father was John Allen Ashby who married Etta B. Brady. This is all I have - can anyone help? Much appreciation Steve Ashby

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Check out this site. There is a Thomas Ashby and a William Ashby listed here as first families of VA. The years for Thomas are 1680-1752. Williams is -1697 of Princess Ann, VA. http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ > Julia >