I just looked up on a map and noticed that Rush Run, Warrenton (Rayland), and Hopewell are all fairly close together. My family, as I know it, is from Rush Run and many of my family are buried at the Warrenton Cemetary. I had received the section below from Flora. I had not known of the Ashby's in the Hopewell Cemetery. Thank you for the information! I have been looking through Esther Powell's Tombstone Inscriptions & Family Records of Jefferson County, Ohio and I feel a bit overwhelmed with both information and lack of information. I know of other Ashby's buried at Warrenton that are not listed, even though I have seen the tombstones. In Powell's book Hopewell is listed in the table of contents under Warren Township and when you turn back to the pages for Hopewell, it is listed as Methodist Church Cemetery. Is Hopewell M. E. Cemetery the same place as that you are calling Hopewell Cemetery? Between different names for places and the fact that not all records match up, this ! gets confusing. I have been to the Warrenton Cemetery and now I think I must go to the Hopewell Cemetery too when I am down there next time. I know that it took me a long time to find the Warrenton Cemetery! My thanks to Mr. John Henry Yater for that. So are there any other helpful books or records I could check to help me in my search? It seems likely that the Ashby's listed at Hopewell are related to my Ashby's at Warrenton. But of course I need to verify and make the actual connections. So far I have a copy of an obituary for James Monroe Ashby (my great grandfather) and an 1860 Census that confirms the information from the obituary. I know that James' father (my gg grandfather) is Samuel Ashby (born 1820). How might I find the infomation to make possible connections and take this further? From Flora: >There are several Ashby's listed burried at Hopewell Cemetery. >Abel Ashby Sr. 1765-1816 >Abel Ashby Jr. 1830-1875 noted served in Civil War >Harriett Ashby 1793-1854 >Mary Ashby couldn't read >Nancy Ashby baby 1841 >Also at Warrenton Cemetery >Jennie Ashby 1866-1953 >Reuben H. Ashby 1861-1939