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PVT James Robert Ashbrook

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PVT James Robert Ashbrook

Birth
Ballard County, Kentucky, USA
Death
19 Dec 1863 (aged 26–27)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
section O, lot 264, grave #110
Memorial ID
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James, age 26, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 9 December 1862 in Williamsport, Tennessee. He was mustered as a Private in Company E, 2nd (Woodward's) Kentucky Cavalry. He was described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair. James was captured on 25 November 1863 in Cleveland, Tennessee and sent to Louisville, Kentucky where he died on 19 December 1863 in the Military Hospital.

James is the son of James Henry Ashbrook and Margaret Concord.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James R Ashbrook
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1837
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Lovelaceville, Ballard, Kentucky
Post Office: Lovelaceville
Family Number: 1049
Household Members - Name/Age:
Margarett Ashbrook 45
John H Ashbrook 26
James R Ashbrook 23
William G Ashbrook 21
Sarah A Ashbrook 19
John Davis 27
James, age 26, enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 9 December 1862 in Williamsport, Tennessee. He was mustered as a Private in Company E, 2nd (Woodward's) Kentucky Cavalry. He was described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair. James was captured on 25 November 1863 in Cleveland, Tennessee and sent to Louisville, Kentucky where he died on 19 December 1863 in the Military Hospital.

James is the son of James Henry Ashbrook and Margaret Concord.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James R Ashbrook
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1837
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Lovelaceville, Ballard, Kentucky
Post Office: Lovelaceville
Family Number: 1049
Household Members - Name/Age:
Margarett Ashbrook 45
John H Ashbrook 26
James R Ashbrook 23
William G Ashbrook 21
Sarah A Ashbrook 19
John Davis 27

Inscription

Last name on headstone is spelled Ashbrooks instead of Ashbrook.

Gravesite Details

Birth year of 1836 taken from Compiled Military Service Record of enlistment



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