Edward S. ASHCOM b. 16 Nov 1844 d. 28 Jul 1915 Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio

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Born	16 Nov 1844 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	28 Jul 1915	Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio
Person ID	I924	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	18 Dec 2018

Father	Charles Wesley ASHCOM, b. 20 May 1819, Bloody Run (Everett), Pennsylvania , d. 8 May 1894, Everett, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Mary Ann SMITH, b. 14 Nov 1821, d. 13 Feb 1909, Riddlesburg, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
Married	25 Dec 1843	Woodbury, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
Family ID	F317	Group Sheet

Family Rebecca Elizabeth SOUDER, b. 18 Sep 1845, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania , d. 15 Jan 1908, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

Children

	1. Rebecca Souder ASHCOM, b. 8 Mar 1889, Riddlesburg, Bedford County, PA. , d. 10 Jan 1973, West Chester, Pennsylvania
	2. Blanche ASHCOM, b. 18 Feb 1872, Bedford Co., PA , d. 9 Jan 1958
	3. Grace ASHCOM, b. 6 Sep 1874, Riddlesburg, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania , d. 14 Feb 1955
	4. Maude ASHCOM, b. 26 May 1878, Bedford Co., PA , d. 12 Jul 1954
	5. Paul Souder ASHCOM, b. 15 Sep 1881, Bedford Co., PA , d. 12 Apr 1883
	6. Mary Elizabeth ASHCOM, b. 10 Feb 1883, Bedford Co., PA , d. 13 May 1956, Los Angeles Co., California

Family ID F565 Group Sheet

Notes

According to W. Thomas Hall, P.O. Box 395, Kailua Hawaii 96734, pali@hgea.org, Edward was a merchant in Bedford County. Edward lived in Riddlesburg, Pennsylvania.

According to Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Edward S. Ashcom served as a Sergeant in the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Regiment, Company I, of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Recruited at Berks and Bedford Counties, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War.

According to the records of the U.S. Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the Dayton Ohio facility, Edward was admitted on October 29, 1903 at age 59, with various maladies. Upon his death, his body was shipped to Everett, Pennsylvania.

The following death notice was published in the August 6, 1915 edition of the Bedford Gazette (Bedford, Pennsylvania):

Hon Ed. S. Ashcom

Hon. Ed. S. Ashcom died at the Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O., Thursday morning of last week. He was a native of Ashcom Station, and was prominent in Republican politics in this county. Interment was made in the Everett Cemetery Saturday afternoon.

Sources
[S50] According to W. Thomas Hall, P.O. Box395, Kailua H.