12/5/2022-William Edward Ashmore was an only son of Walter Ewell Ashmore and Behethland Ford, of Virginia. He was born in Prince William County, Va., April 1794. His father was of English extract and was born in Fairfax County, Va.
In 1816, William Edward Ashmore moved to Woodford County, Kentucky from the county of Mason, from which county he enter the service of the war of 1812. His grandmother was a daughter of the Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Va., hence he was a second cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall. As a young man he served in the office of county clerk under John McKinney, Jr., who was clerk of the count court, but after reaching mature years he became a farmer, owning a large tract of land through which both railroads now run, the brick residence standing today midway between the two depots. Two of his daughters, Mary and Lucy, reside there now, and own a part of the original tract of land. [Both have since died, and Dr. Alford Blackburn owns the farm.] He also engaged extensively in the manufacture of hemp.
He was twice married, first to Alice Jackson, daughter of Hon. John Jackson and Alice Young; second to Letitia Lafon. By the first marriage was Alice, who married M. J. Newman. By the second marriage was Letitia, who married L. M. Nutt; Florence, who married William J. Cowles; James Keith, Mary, and Lucy. James Keith entered the Confederate service, and his father being such an uncompromising southern sympathizer, took residence in Louisiana for the duration of the war, but returned to the county at its conclusion and resumed farming. For a number of years, he was Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court, and died at quite an advanced age, in 187-. [as published] His daughter Mary owned the old Capt. Nicholas Lafon place at Frankfort, opposite the Feeble-Minded School until 1919. Capt. Lafon was her grandfather.
Source: History of Woodford County, Kentucky; Wm. E. Railey; Reprint from Register of the Kentucky Historical Society; 1920-1921; Roberts Printing Co, Frankfort, Kentucky; 1928; Page 204.
Bio information courtesy of Contributor: D. L. Lee (47772418)
In 1816, William Edward Ashmore moved to Woodford County, Kentucky from the county of Mason, from which county he enter the service of the war of 1812. His grandmother was a daughter of the Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Va., hence he was a second cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall. As a young man he served in the office of county clerk under John McKinney, Jr., who was clerk of the count court, but after reaching mature years he became a farmer, owning a large tract of land through which both railroads now run, the brick residence standing today midway between the two depots. Two of his daughters, Mary and Lucy, reside there now, and own a part of the original tract of land. [Both have since died, and Dr. Alford Blackburn owns the farm.] He also engaged extensively in the manufacture of hemp.
He was twice married, first to Alice Jackson, daughter of Hon. John Jackson and Alice Young; second to Letitia Lafon. By the first marriage was Alice, who married M. J. Newman. By the second marriage was Letitia, who married L. M. Nutt; Florence, who married William J. Cowles; James Keith, Mary, and Lucy. James Keith entered the Confederate service, and his father being such an uncompromising southern sympathizer, took residence in Louisiana for the duration of the war, but returned to the county at its conclusion and resumed farming. For a number of years, he was Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court, and died at quite an advanced age, in 187-. [as published] His daughter Mary owned the old Capt. Nicholas Lafon place at Frankfort, opposite the Feeble-Minded School until 1919. Capt. Lafon was her grandfather.
Source: History of Woodford County, Kentucky; Wm. E. Railey; Reprint from Register of the Kentucky Historical Society; 1920-1921; Roberts Printing Co, Frankfort, Kentucky; 1928; Page 204.
Bio information courtesy of Contributor: D. L. Lee (47772418)
12/5/2022-William Edward Ashmore was an only son of Walter Ewell Ashmore and Behethland Ford, of Virginia. He was born in Prince William County, Va., April 1794. His father was of English extract and was born in Fairfax County, Va.
In 1816, William Edward Ashmore moved to Woodford County, Kentucky from the county of Mason, from which county he enter the service of the war of 1812. His grandmother was a daughter of the Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Va., hence he was a second cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall. As a young man he served in the office of county clerk under John McKinney, Jr., who was clerk of the count court, but after reaching mature years he became a farmer, owning a large tract of land through which both railroads now run, the brick residence standing today midway between the two depots. Two of his daughters, Mary and Lucy, reside there now, and own a part of the original tract of land. [Both have since died, and Dr. Alford Blackburn owns the farm.] He also engaged extensively in the manufacture of hemp.
He was twice married, first to Alice Jackson, daughter of Hon. John Jackson and Alice Young; second to Letitia Lafon. By the first marriage was Alice, who married M. J. Newman. By the second marriage was Letitia, who married L. M. Nutt; Florence, who married William J. Cowles; James Keith, Mary, and Lucy. James Keith entered the Confederate service, and his father being such an uncompromising southern sympathizer, took residence in Louisiana for the duration of the war, but returned to the county at its conclusion and resumed farming. For a number of years, he was Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court, and died at quite an advanced age, in 187-. [as published] His daughter Mary owned the old Capt. Nicholas Lafon place at Frankfort, opposite the Feeble-Minded School until 1919. Capt. Lafon was her grandfather.
Source: History of Woodford County, Kentucky; Wm. E. Railey; Reprint from Register of the Kentucky Historical Society; 1920-1921; Roberts Printing Co, Frankfort, Kentucky; 1928; Page 204.
Bio information courtesy of Contributor: D. L. Lee (47772418)
In 1816, William Edward Ashmore moved to Woodford County, Kentucky from the county of Mason, from which county he enter the service of the war of 1812. His grandmother was a daughter of the Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Va., hence he was a second cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall. As a young man he served in the office of county clerk under John McKinney, Jr., who was clerk of the count court, but after reaching mature years he became a farmer, owning a large tract of land through which both railroads now run, the brick residence standing today midway between the two depots. Two of his daughters, Mary and Lucy, reside there now, and own a part of the original tract of land. [Both have since died, and Dr. Alford Blackburn owns the farm.] He also engaged extensively in the manufacture of hemp.
He was twice married, first to Alice Jackson, daughter of Hon. John Jackson and Alice Young; second to Letitia Lafon. By the first marriage was Alice, who married M. J. Newman. By the second marriage was Letitia, who married L. M. Nutt; Florence, who married William J. Cowles; James Keith, Mary, and Lucy. James Keith entered the Confederate service, and his father being such an uncompromising southern sympathizer, took residence in Louisiana for the duration of the war, but returned to the county at its conclusion and resumed farming. For a number of years, he was Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court, and died at quite an advanced age, in 187-. [as published] His daughter Mary owned the old Capt. Nicholas Lafon place at Frankfort, opposite the Feeble-Minded School until 1919. Capt. Lafon was her grandfather.
Source: History of Woodford County, Kentucky; Wm. E. Railey; Reprint from Register of the Kentucky Historical Society; 1920-1921; Roberts Printing Co, Frankfort, Kentucky; 1928; Page 204.
Bio information courtesy of Contributor: D. L. Lee (47772418)
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