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Joseph Edwin ASHCOM

Male 1882 - 1949


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  • Born  29 Sep 1882  Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  21 Mar 1949  Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Grandview Cemetery, Cambria Co., Johnstown, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID  I2446  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  26 May 2014 

    Father  William Smelker ASHCOM,   b. 10 Jun 1843, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1916, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Annie E. CRAMER,   b. 24 Jun 1854, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1940, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  3 Jul 1879 
    Family ID  F856  Group Sheet

    Family  Ida Henrietta LECKEY,   b. 12 Apr 1885, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1975, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1906  Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Robert Clare ASHCOM,   d. May 1981
     2. Margaret Jeanne ASHCOM,   b. 7 Jun 1919, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1988, Woodmere, Nassau Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F860  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Edwin was a salesman for Penn Furniture Company.

      The following obituary appeared in the Johnstown Tribune, Tuesday evening, March 22, 1949.

      Ashcom --- J. Edwin, 66, 1336 Good Street, at 9:30 p.m. Mar. 21, 1949, at home. Born in Johnstown, Sept. 29, 1882, son of William and Anna (Cramer) Ashcom. Survived by widow, former Ida Leckey, and two children, Robert Clare, Charlottesville Va., and Jean, New York City; sister, Mrs. Milton C. Bole, Somerset Street, and two grandsons, Robert and David Ashcom. Member of Johnstown Lodge 538, F. & A. M.; Portage Royal Arch, Chapter 195; oriental Commandery 61, Knights Templar; North Fork Country Club, Johnstown Kiwanis Club and First Lutheran Church. Salesman for Penn Furniture Company. Friends received at the H. M. Picking Sons Mortuary after 7 p. m. Tuesday until 1 p. m. Thursday, when body will be removed to the first Lutheran Church for services there at 2 p. m., Rev. Walden M. Holl. Internment, Grandview Cemetery. Members of Kiwanis Club will meet at 7 p. m. Wednesday at funeral home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S506] Find a Grave (findagrave.com).

    2. [S411] Cambria County Marriage Index.