Steve, John Allen Ashby was the s/o John Ashby and Louisa Olive Hewitt. Louisa was the d/o David Hewitt and Sarah E. Niccum. Sarah was the granddaughter of Michael Nickum, Jr. and Phoebe Harris. I have lots of information on the Niccum line. If you are interested please contact me at LYRAD22@aol.com. Daryl Bruner