Johnson Hindin Genealogy


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John McCreery ASHCOM

Male 1910 - 1958


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  • Born  19 Mar 1910  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  27 Dec 1958  Dormont, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Chartiers Cemetery, Crafton, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I6800  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  10 Jun 2018 

    Father  Dr. Dick Sheppard ASHCOM,   b. 4 Jul 1879, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1959, Bellevue, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Kathryn Wilton,   b. Abt 1889,   d. 4 Mar 1953, Oil City, Venango Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Oct 1906 
    Family ID  F2773  Group Sheet

    Family  Mae Herron 
    Children 
     1. Thomas R. ASHCOM
     2. John M. ASHCOM
    Family ID  F5679  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • John's grave marker indicates that he served as PH. M 2/C U.S. Navy in World War II and the Korean War.

      John's birth and death dates are according to his Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Record found on Ancestry.com.

      The following obituary appeared in the December 29, 1958 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

      ASHCOM SERVICES

      Funeral services for John M. Ashcom, 48, of 1432 Potomac Avenue, Dormont, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Beinhauer Mortuary, 2630 West Liberty. Mr. Ashcom, who had lived at the Potomac Avenue address for the past six years, had been employed for 23 years as an outdoor salesman for the General Cable Corporation, California Avenue. He was a deacon of the Dormont Presbyterian Church; assistant scoutmaster for Cub Pack 810, and was Conestoga District Coordinator for the Boy Scouts. Mr. Ashcom, a veteran of World War II, was also a member of Elks Lodge 339, Northside. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mae Herron Ashcom; two sons, Thomas R. and John M. Jr.; his father, Dr. Dick Ashcom, of Marionville, Pa.; and two brothers, C. Welton [sic] Ashcom, of California, and Dick S. of Pittsburgh. Friends are being received at the mortuary from 2-4 and 7-10 p.m. Private interment will be in the Chartiers Cemetery.