Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Delbert Ash    
       Also known as: Delbert Ash 1
                Born: Jul- 7-1868          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,3,4
                Died: Dec-21-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Ash Cemetery, Riggins Run (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      boiler explosion at South Penn Oil pumping station  6
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father: John Ash, Jr.   (1830 - 1917) 
              Mother: Mary Kinney   (1838 - 1907) 
                Wife: Ivy Elizabeth Hoskinson   7,1  
             Married: Oct-31-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Feb-16-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan- 4-1954          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,9
              Buried:                      in Ash Cemetery, Riggins Run (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1896                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Robert Lee Hoskinson   (1847 - 1933) 
              Mother: Rebecca Dixon Vincent   (1853 - 1946) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 1 
           F Child 1: Clara B. Ash    1  
         Census name: Claria Ash 
                Born: Nov-18-1898           3
                Died: 1981                  11
              Census: 1920                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Clyde Williams  b. Apr-26-1891  d. Jun-10-1964  
           F Child 2: Una Glaide Ash    1  
       Also known as: Glaide Una Ash 12
                Born: Nov-25-1901          at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  13
                Died: Oct- 9-1968          in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV  14,12
              Census: 1920                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Husband: Fred Alexander Gorby  b. Sep- 2-1889  d. Feb- 2-1975  
             Married: Nov-19-1926           11

Sources:
(1) Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL . 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Newspaper article, Front page article in the "Rome (N.Y.) Daily Sentinel," Friday, January 3, 1902, in its 
entirety: 
THREE MEN SCALDED TO DEATH 
Ran a Mile from the Scene of a Boiler Explosion and Then Died 
PARKERSBURG, W.VA., Jan 3 -- The boiler in the South Penn Oil Co. pumping station at Harry Rhodens, Doddridge County, 
blew up, scalding to death Harry Rhoden, a pumper for the company, Merrick Frick, who ran a string of well cleaning 
drills, and Dell Ash, his assistant. 
The men were all in the boiler house warming themselves when the explosion occurred.  They broke open the door, which 
had become locked, and escaped to another house a mile away.  All were scalded so badly that after reaching the other 
boiler house, they collapsed, and in a few hours all were dead. 
(7) Birth record of daughter. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as J. D. Ash, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Ivy E. 
Hoskinson, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Oct 31 1896 "at the residence of Robert Hoskinson."  Informants for 
marriage license:  J. D. Ash & R. L. Hoskinson. MR p. 242 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793301&Type=Marriage. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(11) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1876.







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