Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Ashburn
Born: Aug- 9-1803 in Pennsylvania 1
Died: Aug-29-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: William Ashburn
Mother: Katharine Miller
Wife: Ann Longstreth 4
Also known as: Nancy 4
Married: Mar-10-1829 (see note 1)
Born: Dec-19-1796 in Maryland 1
Died: Mar- 1-1874 3
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Philip Longstreth
Mother: Salome Heaton ( - 1859)
Notes
M Child 1: Amaziah Ashburn
Born: May-22-1830 in Pennsylvania 5,6
Died: May-28-1895 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV 2,5
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Cause of death: consumption (tuberculosis) 2
Resided: in Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1
Occupation: physician 7,2
Military: 1861 - 1864 Co A, 14th WVa Inf, Civil War (twice held as POW, Libby & Andersonville Prisons) 8,9 (see note 2)
Wife: Margaret Cowell b. Aug- -1831
Married: Oct-25-1851 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10
M Child 2: Flavius Josephus Ashburn
Born: Mar-10-1832 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 11
Died: Jul-23-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: teacher, Baptist minister 6,2
Wife: Nancy Caroline Strother b. Jan- 4-1835 d. Apr- 9-1896
Married: Oct-14-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12
F Child 3: Sarah Ann Ashburn
Born: Jan- 3-1834
Died: Jun- 2-1857
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 4: Alcinda Ashburn
Born: Apr-10-1837 in Greene Co, PA 13,2
Died: Jun- 3-1896 at Israel's Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Nathan N. Davis b. Sep- 9-1824
Married: Mar-23-1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 15
Husband: Jeremiah "Jerry" Knight b. ca 1834
Also known as: Jerry Knight 16,17
Married: Nov- 3-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(2) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(3) Findagrave.com.
(4) Marriage record of daughter.
(5) Headstone.
(6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(8) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(9) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as F. J. Ashburn, 20, res. Doddridge Co, son of William
Ashburn; and Nancy C. Strother, 17, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Rachel Strother. Marriage license issued Oct 11 1852.
(Note: The ledger-style record book contains only a listing of marriage licenses issued. A corresponding record book
of subsequent marriages has not been found. In this case, however, the diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn states that he
did obtain the marriage license on Oct 11 1852 and that the marriage took place on Oct 14 1852 at the home of Joel
Davis. The minister was T. T. Henderson.), MR p. 4 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789578&Type=Marriage.
(13) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 97.
(14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, In the record documenting the issuance of their marriage license, the
couple is identified as Nathan N. Davis, 21, res. Doddridge Co, son of William J. Davis; and Alcinda Ashburn, 18, res.
Doddridge Co, dau of William Ashburn. License issued on Mar 21
1851.
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792055&Type=Marriage
The marriage itself is documented on Page 16 of another record book, with the following verbatim entry:
"Doddridge County Va. July 14 1851.
I do hereby certify that on 23 day of March I duly and lawfully joined in the holy state of matrimony Nathan N. Davis
and Alcinda Ashburn both of the County of Doddridge and state aforesaid. This given under my hand the day and year
above written.
Ezekiel Bee"
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791154&Type=Marriage
(NOTE: Susie Davis Nicholson, p. 97, incorrectly reports marriage date as Mar 3 1851, with Alcinda Ashburn's birth date
as Apr 10 1837, and states that the marriage ended in divorce. Wife's remarriage record confirms her divorced status,
while the record of husband's remarriage identifies him as a widower.)
(16) Death record of son.
(17) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District)
(18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Jeremiah Knight, 30, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Samuel & Mary; and Alcinda Davis, divorced,
27, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Nancy Ashburn. Married Nov 3
1863.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth and marriage dates for William Ashburn and Ann Longstreth, and names of
their parents, per diary of their son Flavius Josephus Ashburn.
Note (2) Amaziah Ashburn was captured 9 May 1864 at Cloyds Mountain while attending
the wounded.
Note (3) In 1910, in household of nephew Aaron L. Ashburn.
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