The Bismarck Weekly Tribune (April 19, 1876) marks the arrival in that city of Dr. J.C. Ashton and that he "goes with the expedition (meaning the Custer expedition that resulted in the Little Bighorn disaster)." A "Returns from Military Posts" for April 1876 noted Dr. J.H. (note the different middle initial) Ashton's arrival at Ft. Lincoln (across the river from Bismarck) on April 27, 1876. He is listed with Assistant Surgeons (all civilians) J.M. De Wolf and E.J. Clark. The May 17, 1876 Weekly Tribune wrote of the 7th Cavalry's departure from Lincoln. For officers and men, the Acting Assistant Surgeons listed were Ashton, Porter, and Woolsey.
However, James Madison DeWolf's diary of the expedition stated that this doctor was Isaiah Heylin Ashton (1849–1889). This surgeon is easily found in census and vital statistics records. He is noted in a diary entry of Dr. Holmes Paulding (with Gibbon's Montana Column that summer) on August 2, 1876 as attending some sick soldiers aboard the steamboat Carroll on the way back to Fort Lincoln.
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Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn by L. G. Walker, 2007, pg 197:
Chap 7 Notes
Dr. Isaiah Ashton boarded the Far West at the Powder River Depot on July 4 to
assist in the care of the wounded for the rest of the trip. See John S. Gray, Centennial Command, 282.
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New York Herald, 18 February 1889
DIED
Ashton -- On Saturday, February 16, 1889, at his residence, The Crossways, Irvington on the Hudson, I. H. Ashton, MD, aged 39.
Funeral services at his late residence, Tuesday, the 19th, at three PM. Carriages at Dobbs Ferry will meet the 2:10 PM train from Grand Central Depot.
However, James Madison DeWolf's diary of the expedition stated that this doctor was Isaiah Heylin Ashton (1849–1889). This surgeon is easily found in census and vital statistics records. He is noted in a diary entry of Dr. Holmes Paulding (with Gibbon's Montana Column that summer) on August 2, 1876 as attending some sick soldiers aboard the steamboat Carroll on the way back to Fort Lincoln.
Contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
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Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn by L. G. Walker, 2007, pg 197:
Chap 7 Notes
Dr. Isaiah Ashton boarded the Far West at the Powder River Depot on July 4 to
assist in the care of the wounded for the rest of the trip. See John S. Gray, Centennial Command, 282.
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New York Herald, 18 February 1889
DIED
Ashton -- On Saturday, February 16, 1889, at his residence, The Crossways, Irvington on the Hudson, I. H. Ashton, MD, aged 39.
Funeral services at his late residence, Tuesday, the 19th, at three PM. Carriages at Dobbs Ferry will meet the 2:10 PM train from Grand Central Depot.
The Bismarck Weekly Tribune (April 19, 1876) marks the arrival in that city of Dr. J.C. Ashton and that he "goes with the expedition (meaning the Custer expedition that resulted in the Little Bighorn disaster)." A "Returns from Military Posts" for April 1876 noted Dr. J.H. (note the different middle initial) Ashton's arrival at Ft. Lincoln (across the river from Bismarck) on April 27, 1876. He is listed with Assistant Surgeons (all civilians) J.M. De Wolf and E.J. Clark. The May 17, 1876 Weekly Tribune wrote of the 7th Cavalry's departure from Lincoln. For officers and men, the Acting Assistant Surgeons listed were Ashton, Porter, and Woolsey.
However, James Madison DeWolf's diary of the expedition stated that this doctor was Isaiah Heylin Ashton (1849–1889). This surgeon is easily found in census and vital statistics records. He is noted in a diary entry of Dr. Holmes Paulding (with Gibbon's Montana Column that summer) on August 2, 1876 as attending some sick soldiers aboard the steamboat Carroll on the way back to Fort Lincoln.
Contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
---
Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn by L. G. Walker, 2007, pg 197:
Chap 7 Notes
Dr. Isaiah Ashton boarded the Far West at the Powder River Depot on July 4 to
assist in the care of the wounded for the rest of the trip. See John S. Gray, Centennial Command, 282.
---
New York Herald, 18 February 1889
DIED
Ashton -- On Saturday, February 16, 1889, at his residence, The Crossways, Irvington on the Hudson, I. H. Ashton, MD, aged 39.
Funeral services at his late residence, Tuesday, the 19th, at three PM. Carriages at Dobbs Ferry will meet the 2:10 PM train from Grand Central Depot.
However, James Madison DeWolf's diary of the expedition stated that this doctor was Isaiah Heylin Ashton (1849–1889). This surgeon is easily found in census and vital statistics records. He is noted in a diary entry of Dr. Holmes Paulding (with Gibbon's Montana Column that summer) on August 2, 1876 as attending some sick soldiers aboard the steamboat Carroll on the way back to Fort Lincoln.
Contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
---
Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn by L. G. Walker, 2007, pg 197:
Chap 7 Notes
Dr. Isaiah Ashton boarded the Far West at the Powder River Depot on July 4 to
assist in the care of the wounded for the rest of the trip. See John S. Gray, Centennial Command, 282.
---
New York Herald, 18 February 1889
DIED
Ashton -- On Saturday, February 16, 1889, at his residence, The Crossways, Irvington on the Hudson, I. H. Ashton, MD, aged 39.
Funeral services at his late residence, Tuesday, the 19th, at three PM. Carriages at Dobbs Ferry will meet the 2:10 PM train from Grand Central Depot.
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