Earl Denny ASHCOM b. 6 Mar 1881 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania d. 16 Nov 1919 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

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1881 - 1919

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Born	6 Mar 1881	Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
Gender	Male
Died	16 Nov 1919	Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania [1]
Buried	19 Nov 1919	Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania [2, 3]
Person ID	I963	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	1 Jul 2019

Father	Dr. John A. ASHCOM, DDS, b. 16 Dec 1841, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA , d. 23 Oct 1897
Mother	Adelaide ULERICH, b. 15 Jul 1858, d. 29 Dec 1929, Deland, Volusia Co., Florida
Family ID	F325	Group Sheet

Family Lorna Elizabeth BRAZNELL, b. Jan 1885, Braddock, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Jan 1923, Frederick Co., Maryland

Married 25 Apr 1905 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

Children

	1. Thomas A. ASHCOM, d. Bef 1923
	2. Andrew Sumner Braznell ASHCOM, b. Abt 1907, d. 18 Apr 1931, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
	3. Sarah Adelaide ASHCOM, b. Abt 1908
	4. Earl Denny ASHCOM, Jr., b. 19 Aug 1912, Edgewood, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 Aug 1912, Edgewood, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Family ID F328 Group Sheet

Notes

Earl graduated from Princeton and was the chief car dispatcher for the Pittsburgh Railway Company. He lived in Edgewood, Pennsylvania.

The following obituary was published in the November 17, 1919 edition of the Pittsburgh Daily Post:

Earl Denny Ashcom

Earl Denny Ashcom, 38 years old, leader in many fraternal organizations and prominent church worker of the Wilkinsburg district, died in his home, 19 East End avenue, Edgewood, last night.

Mr. Ashcom was born in Ligonier, a son of pioneer residents of the Ligonier Valley. He was connected the Pittsburgh Railways Company for 12 years and has been a resident of the Edgewood district near 15 years.

Mr. Ashcom was a member of the Mifflin Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Wilkinsburg Elks, Knights of Malta and many social organizations. He leaves his widow and two children, Andrew Braznell Ashcom and Sarah Adelaide Ashcom; his mother, Mrs. Adelaide Ulerich Ashcom, of Ligonier; three brothers, Dr. Dick Sheppard Ashcom, of Pittsburgh; James Ashcom, of New Brighton, and Thomas Lane Ashcom, of Jeannette, and two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Ashcom and Mrs. Beatrice Denny, of Ligonier.

NOTE: James was a half brother and Beatrice should read "Irene", a half sister.

Sources

[S1087] Pennsylvania Death Certificate (available on Ancestry.com).
[S562] "Personalbuch" of the German Reformed Parish, Uppe.
[S758] Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Records.