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Amaziah ASHBURN

Amaziah ASHBURN

Male 1830 - 1895  (65 years)

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  • Name Amaziah ASHBURN 
    Born 22 May 1830  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Military From 1861 to 1864  [4, 5
    Co A, 14th WVa Inf, Civil War (twice held as POW, Libby & Andersonville Prisons) 
    • Amaziah Ashburn was captured 9 May 1864 at Cloyds Mountain while attending the wounded.
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation physician  [6, 7
    Residence Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 28 May 1895  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Cause: consumption (tuberculosis) 
    Buried Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I41341  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 May 2017 

    Father William ASHBURN,   b. 9 Aug 1803, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Ann LONGSTRETH,   b. 19 Dec 1796, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1874  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F20450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret COWELL,   b. Aug 1831, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 25 Oct 1851  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 23 1860:
      Amaziah Ashburn, 30, farmer; Margaret, 27; Wm, 7; Aaron, 5.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      A. Ashburn, 50, physician; wife Margaret, 47; son C C, 19; son F A, 13; son O A, 8. [10, 11]
    Children 
     1. William Mathias ASHBURN,   b. 21 Aug 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Aaron L. ASHBURN,   b. 3 Sep 1854,   d. 29 Jul 1910  (Age 55 years)
     3. John Allen ASHBURN,   b. Apr 1858,   d. 4 Oct 1859, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Charles C. ASHBURN,   b. Jul 1860,   d. 8 Feb 1935, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     5. Francis Albert ASHBURN,   b. 9 May 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1944, Pulaski Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Oliver Alvadore ASHBURN,   b. 12 Dec 1872, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1953, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F16592  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).

    3. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    10. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    11. [S1604] Death record of son.