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David Ashbaugh

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David Ashbaugh

Birth
Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Jul 1880 (aged 80)
Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Aged 80y 6m 22d

David's first wife was Mary Catherine "Katie" Blosser

US/CAN 977.158 H25 A COMPLETE History of Fairfield Co. 1795-1876 Pages 192-198. It states

The Ashbaugh family of Rushcreek left Huntington County, Pennsylvanai, in the fall of 1799, for the Ohio country, and arrived safely at the cabin of Col. Samuel Carpenter, December 31, 1799, where they remained overnight. That night a child was born to one of the families and was named David Ashbaugh. The parents were John Jr. and Catherine Miller, his wife. The family that left Pennsylvania consisted of John Ashbaugh Sr. and wife, and their sons, Jacob, Joseph, Frederick and Andrew and his two daughters, Mary and Patsy, and John Ashbaugh Jr. and wife (Catherine). They came in company with Joseph Miller, wife and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel. Rachel Miller, in about twelve months became the wife of Edward Young and reared a large family of children. She was the mother of the late Mrs. Jacob Moyer.

The party floated down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh in flatboats, or family boats, landing at the mouth of the Hockhocking. the men came up the valley on foot and on horseback, and the women, with the goods were placed upon pack horses and the party made their way to Col. Carpenter's cabin on foot from Carpenter's they traveled through the woods to a spot since known as the Neely farm and now as the Weaver place, near Bremen. Here a small plat of ground had been cleared the previous spring by Joseph Miller, John and Joseph Ashbaugh.

Elizabeth a daughter of John Ashbaugh Sr. was left in Pennsylvania. She had previously married a Mr. Saxton of Huntington, and there she lived with her family until her death in 1822.

Note: John Jr. was a private in the War of 1812 in Unit 14.John and Catherine settled near Bremen, Ohio. They lived and died there. David was born in the cabin of Colonel Samuel Carpenter, where they had journeyed by boat, horseback and canoe to up Hockhocking River at mouth of which is present site of Pomeroy, Ohio.
FHL- Batch 5027037 02 Sheet Source
US/CAN film # 1553839 .
Aged 80y 6m 22d

David's first wife was Mary Catherine "Katie" Blosser

US/CAN 977.158 H25 A COMPLETE History of Fairfield Co. 1795-1876 Pages 192-198. It states

The Ashbaugh family of Rushcreek left Huntington County, Pennsylvanai, in the fall of 1799, for the Ohio country, and arrived safely at the cabin of Col. Samuel Carpenter, December 31, 1799, where they remained overnight. That night a child was born to one of the families and was named David Ashbaugh. The parents were John Jr. and Catherine Miller, his wife. The family that left Pennsylvania consisted of John Ashbaugh Sr. and wife, and their sons, Jacob, Joseph, Frederick and Andrew and his two daughters, Mary and Patsy, and John Ashbaugh Jr. and wife (Catherine). They came in company with Joseph Miller, wife and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel. Rachel Miller, in about twelve months became the wife of Edward Young and reared a large family of children. She was the mother of the late Mrs. Jacob Moyer.

The party floated down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh in flatboats, or family boats, landing at the mouth of the Hockhocking. the men came up the valley on foot and on horseback, and the women, with the goods were placed upon pack horses and the party made their way to Col. Carpenter's cabin on foot from Carpenter's they traveled through the woods to a spot since known as the Neely farm and now as the Weaver place, near Bremen. Here a small plat of ground had been cleared the previous spring by Joseph Miller, John and Joseph Ashbaugh.

Elizabeth a daughter of John Ashbaugh Sr. was left in Pennsylvania. She had previously married a Mr. Saxton of Huntington, and there she lived with her family until her death in 1822.

Note: John Jr. was a private in the War of 1812 in Unit 14.John and Catherine settled near Bremen, Ohio. They lived and died there. David was born in the cabin of Colonel Samuel Carpenter, where they had journeyed by boat, horseback and canoe to up Hockhocking River at mouth of which is present site of Pomeroy, Ohio.
FHL- Batch 5027037 02 Sheet Source
US/CAN film # 1553839 .


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