Interred in "Old Ground" per Troy Burial Records.
Daughter of A + A Goodspeed.
Residence 40 Ferry Street
"DEATH OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—Mrs. Temperance Ashby died at her residence on Ferry street, yesterday morning, aged 79 years. Mrs. Ashby was the oldest inhabitant of the city,—having lived here more than 73 years. Within her remembrance, Troy had grown from an 'open section' with less than a half-a-dozen buildings, to a city of forty thousand inhabitants,—a busy mart and hive of manufactures; while Albany, which within her recollection was simply an old-fashioned Dutch town, had become a first-class city, of more than fifty thousand population. All our suburban villages, with the exception of Lansingburgh, have grown up under her sight,—and there is now standing but one building in this county which was erected before she became an inhabitant of Troy. Mrs. Ashby was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, and of strong common-sense. For years, she had been a repertoire of local information available in no other way. Until a few days since she seemed vigorous and healthy, and bade fair to live yet many years. Mrs. Ashby was a daughter of the late Anthony Goodspeed. Her husband, for some time ran the Merritt Mills at the Nail Factory, and afterward the Patroon Mills, in Albany.
"—The deceased was a consistent member of the Second Baptist Church—Rev. C. P. Sheldon. She died in the full enjoyment of an earnest faith.
Troy Daily Times. January 10, 1859: 3 col 1.
One reprint of her obituary was followed by a claim that she was connected to "Ashby's Tavern" founded by a man from Sheffield, Massachusetts, but that was someone's error of recollection. In fact, Ashley's Tavern was founded by Stephen Ashley (not Ashby) from Salisbury, Connecticut.
Daughter of A + A Goodspeed.
Residence 40 Ferry Street
"DEATH OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—Mrs. Temperance Ashby died at her residence on Ferry street, yesterday morning, aged 79 years. Mrs. Ashby was the oldest inhabitant of the city,—having lived here more than 73 years. Within her remembrance, Troy had grown from an 'open section' with less than a half-a-dozen buildings, to a city of forty thousand inhabitants,—a busy mart and hive of manufactures; while Albany, which within her recollection was simply an old-fashioned Dutch town, had become a first-class city, of more than fifty thousand population. All our suburban villages, with the exception of Lansingburgh, have grown up under her sight,—and there is now standing but one building in this county which was erected before she became an inhabitant of Troy. Mrs. Ashby was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, and of strong common-sense. For years, she had been a repertoire of local information available in no other way. Until a few days since she seemed vigorous and healthy, and bade fair to live yet many years. Mrs. Ashby was a daughter of the late Anthony Goodspeed. Her husband, for some time ran the Merritt Mills at the Nail Factory, and afterward the Patroon Mills, in Albany.
"—The deceased was a consistent member of the Second Baptist Church—Rev. C. P. Sheldon. She died in the full enjoyment of an earnest faith.
Troy Daily Times. January 10, 1859: 3 col 1.
One reprint of her obituary was followed by a claim that she was connected to "Ashby's Tavern" founded by a man from Sheffield, Massachusetts, but that was someone's error of recollection. In fact, Ashley's Tavern was founded by Stephen Ashley (not Ashby) from Salisbury, Connecticut.
Interred in "Old Ground" per Troy Burial Records.
Daughter of A + A Goodspeed.
Residence 40 Ferry Street
"DEATH OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—Mrs. Temperance Ashby died at her residence on Ferry street, yesterday morning, aged 79 years. Mrs. Ashby was the oldest inhabitant of the city,—having lived here more than 73 years. Within her remembrance, Troy had grown from an 'open section' with less than a half-a-dozen buildings, to a city of forty thousand inhabitants,—a busy mart and hive of manufactures; while Albany, which within her recollection was simply an old-fashioned Dutch town, had become a first-class city, of more than fifty thousand population. All our suburban villages, with the exception of Lansingburgh, have grown up under her sight,—and there is now standing but one building in this county which was erected before she became an inhabitant of Troy. Mrs. Ashby was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, and of strong common-sense. For years, she had been a repertoire of local information available in no other way. Until a few days since she seemed vigorous and healthy, and bade fair to live yet many years. Mrs. Ashby was a daughter of the late Anthony Goodspeed. Her husband, for some time ran the Merritt Mills at the Nail Factory, and afterward the Patroon Mills, in Albany.
"—The deceased was a consistent member of the Second Baptist Church—Rev. C. P. Sheldon. She died in the full enjoyment of an earnest faith.
Troy Daily Times. January 10, 1859: 3 col 1.
One reprint of her obituary was followed by a claim that she was connected to "Ashby's Tavern" founded by a man from Sheffield, Massachusetts, but that was someone's error of recollection. In fact, Ashley's Tavern was founded by Stephen Ashley (not Ashby) from Salisbury, Connecticut.
Daughter of A + A Goodspeed.
Residence 40 Ferry Street
"DEATH OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—Mrs. Temperance Ashby died at her residence on Ferry street, yesterday morning, aged 79 years. Mrs. Ashby was the oldest inhabitant of the city,—having lived here more than 73 years. Within her remembrance, Troy had grown from an 'open section' with less than a half-a-dozen buildings, to a city of forty thousand inhabitants,—a busy mart and hive of manufactures; while Albany, which within her recollection was simply an old-fashioned Dutch town, had become a first-class city, of more than fifty thousand population. All our suburban villages, with the exception of Lansingburgh, have grown up under her sight,—and there is now standing but one building in this county which was erected before she became an inhabitant of Troy. Mrs. Ashby was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, and of strong common-sense. For years, she had been a repertoire of local information available in no other way. Until a few days since she seemed vigorous and healthy, and bade fair to live yet many years. Mrs. Ashby was a daughter of the late Anthony Goodspeed. Her husband, for some time ran the Merritt Mills at the Nail Factory, and afterward the Patroon Mills, in Albany.
"—The deceased was a consistent member of the Second Baptist Church—Rev. C. P. Sheldon. She died in the full enjoyment of an earnest faith.
Troy Daily Times. January 10, 1859: 3 col 1.
One reprint of her obituary was followed by a claim that she was connected to "Ashby's Tavern" founded by a man from Sheffield, Massachusetts, but that was someone's error of recollection. In fact, Ashley's Tavern was founded by Stephen Ashley (not Ashby) from Salisbury, Connecticut.
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