According to the "Five Family History" (page 29-30:)
George saw much active Union army service in the Civil War, along the Mississippi and in Tennessee. In a battle, won by the Confederates, he was left on the field with a bullet hole thru his mouth from side to side. Several teeth were broken, and one at least was lodged in his tongue during the rest of his life. After the battle, Southern stretcher-bearers found him bleeding profusely, and unable to speak. The order was given: "Let this fellow die here. He's too far gone to help." But a finely dressed Southern lady came up and immediately ordered him taken to the field hospital and he was cared for under her directions. She directed his care till he began definite recovery, then he saw her no more. In his last days he said he had always wished that he might see her again to express his gratitude for her having saved his life."
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Belmont Chronicle, 26 May 1870
An Interesting Surgical Operation
In 1862, George Ashton, a Union soldier, who went from Bridgeport, Ohio, was wounded by a gunshot which crashed through his face, carrying away teeth and a fragment of each jaw, and perforating the tongue. There was a great deal of laceration, but in due time the wound healed. The tongue, however, continued to give him trouble. Though healed over, it would at times swell and become very large and painful. Abcesses would form and break; and before one was well the process would be repeated; and thus for over eight years he was kept in a state of constant invalidism. Recently he consulted Dr. Todd, of Bridgeport, who expressed the belief that some foreign substance was the cause of the trouble; and yesterday Dr. Todd and Dr. Frissell, of this city operated on the tongue and found embedded about the center of it the crown of a tooth, which had been carried there by the ball and overlooked in the hasty surgery of the army. The removal of this will doubtless end the trouble.
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Wheeling Intelligencer, Sat 5 Apr 1919
Colerain
Mr. George Ashton passed away at his home Sunday noon. He was in his 79th year and served four years in the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, and one son, Guy. He was a prominent fruit grower and a useful citizen in all improvements. The community has lost a valuable citizen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev F. H. Randall officiating, and interment will be made at Weeks' cemetery.
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Death Certificate
Name: George Ashton
Death date: 30 Mar 1919
Death place: Colerain, Belmont, Ohio
Birth date: 22 Apr 1843
Birth place: Ohio
Age at death: 75 years 11 months 7 days
Marital status: Married
Occupaton: Farmer
Burial Date: 2 Apr 1919
Cemetery: Weeks
Father: Isaac Ashton b PA
Mother: Sarah Crusan b PA [Krewson]
George saw much active Union army service in the Civil War, along the Mississippi and in Tennessee. In a battle, won by the Confederates, he was left on the field with a bullet hole thru his mouth from side to side. Several teeth were broken, and one at least was lodged in his tongue during the rest of his life. After the battle, Southern stretcher-bearers found him bleeding profusely, and unable to speak. The order was given: "Let this fellow die here. He's too far gone to help." But a finely dressed Southern lady came up and immediately ordered him taken to the field hospital and he was cared for under her directions. She directed his care till he began definite recovery, then he saw her no more. In his last days he said he had always wished that he might see her again to express his gratitude for her having saved his life."
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Belmont Chronicle, 26 May 1870
An Interesting Surgical Operation
In 1862, George Ashton, a Union soldier, who went from Bridgeport, Ohio, was wounded by a gunshot which crashed through his face, carrying away teeth and a fragment of each jaw, and perforating the tongue. There was a great deal of laceration, but in due time the wound healed. The tongue, however, continued to give him trouble. Though healed over, it would at times swell and become very large and painful. Abcesses would form and break; and before one was well the process would be repeated; and thus for over eight years he was kept in a state of constant invalidism. Recently he consulted Dr. Todd, of Bridgeport, who expressed the belief that some foreign substance was the cause of the trouble; and yesterday Dr. Todd and Dr. Frissell, of this city operated on the tongue and found embedded about the center of it the crown of a tooth, which had been carried there by the ball and overlooked in the hasty surgery of the army. The removal of this will doubtless end the trouble.
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Wheeling Intelligencer, Sat 5 Apr 1919
Colerain
Mr. George Ashton passed away at his home Sunday noon. He was in his 79th year and served four years in the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, and one son, Guy. He was a prominent fruit grower and a useful citizen in all improvements. The community has lost a valuable citizen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev F. H. Randall officiating, and interment will be made at Weeks' cemetery.
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Death Certificate
Name: George Ashton
Death date: 30 Mar 1919
Death place: Colerain, Belmont, Ohio
Birth date: 22 Apr 1843
Birth place: Ohio
Age at death: 75 years 11 months 7 days
Marital status: Married
Occupaton: Farmer
Burial Date: 2 Apr 1919
Cemetery: Weeks
Father: Isaac Ashton b PA
Mother: Sarah Crusan b PA [Krewson]
According to the "Five Family History" (page 29-30:)
George saw much active Union army service in the Civil War, along the Mississippi and in Tennessee. In a battle, won by the Confederates, he was left on the field with a bullet hole thru his mouth from side to side. Several teeth were broken, and one at least was lodged in his tongue during the rest of his life. After the battle, Southern stretcher-bearers found him bleeding profusely, and unable to speak. The order was given: "Let this fellow die here. He's too far gone to help." But a finely dressed Southern lady came up and immediately ordered him taken to the field hospital and he was cared for under her directions. She directed his care till he began definite recovery, then he saw her no more. In his last days he said he had always wished that he might see her again to express his gratitude for her having saved his life."
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Belmont Chronicle, 26 May 1870
An Interesting Surgical Operation
In 1862, George Ashton, a Union soldier, who went from Bridgeport, Ohio, was wounded by a gunshot which crashed through his face, carrying away teeth and a fragment of each jaw, and perforating the tongue. There was a great deal of laceration, but in due time the wound healed. The tongue, however, continued to give him trouble. Though healed over, it would at times swell and become very large and painful. Abcesses would form and break; and before one was well the process would be repeated; and thus for over eight years he was kept in a state of constant invalidism. Recently he consulted Dr. Todd, of Bridgeport, who expressed the belief that some foreign substance was the cause of the trouble; and yesterday Dr. Todd and Dr. Frissell, of this city operated on the tongue and found embedded about the center of it the crown of a tooth, which had been carried there by the ball and overlooked in the hasty surgery of the army. The removal of this will doubtless end the trouble.
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Wheeling Intelligencer, Sat 5 Apr 1919
Colerain
Mr. George Ashton passed away at his home Sunday noon. He was in his 79th year and served four years in the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, and one son, Guy. He was a prominent fruit grower and a useful citizen in all improvements. The community has lost a valuable citizen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev F. H. Randall officiating, and interment will be made at Weeks' cemetery.
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Death Certificate
Name: George Ashton
Death date: 30 Mar 1919
Death place: Colerain, Belmont, Ohio
Birth date: 22 Apr 1843
Birth place: Ohio
Age at death: 75 years 11 months 7 days
Marital status: Married
Occupaton: Farmer
Burial Date: 2 Apr 1919
Cemetery: Weeks
Father: Isaac Ashton b PA
Mother: Sarah Crusan b PA [Krewson]
George saw much active Union army service in the Civil War, along the Mississippi and in Tennessee. In a battle, won by the Confederates, he was left on the field with a bullet hole thru his mouth from side to side. Several teeth were broken, and one at least was lodged in his tongue during the rest of his life. After the battle, Southern stretcher-bearers found him bleeding profusely, and unable to speak. The order was given: "Let this fellow die here. He's too far gone to help." But a finely dressed Southern lady came up and immediately ordered him taken to the field hospital and he was cared for under her directions. She directed his care till he began definite recovery, then he saw her no more. In his last days he said he had always wished that he might see her again to express his gratitude for her having saved his life."
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Belmont Chronicle, 26 May 1870
An Interesting Surgical Operation
In 1862, George Ashton, a Union soldier, who went from Bridgeport, Ohio, was wounded by a gunshot which crashed through his face, carrying away teeth and a fragment of each jaw, and perforating the tongue. There was a great deal of laceration, but in due time the wound healed. The tongue, however, continued to give him trouble. Though healed over, it would at times swell and become very large and painful. Abcesses would form and break; and before one was well the process would be repeated; and thus for over eight years he was kept in a state of constant invalidism. Recently he consulted Dr. Todd, of Bridgeport, who expressed the belief that some foreign substance was the cause of the trouble; and yesterday Dr. Todd and Dr. Frissell, of this city operated on the tongue and found embedded about the center of it the crown of a tooth, which had been carried there by the ball and overlooked in the hasty surgery of the army. The removal of this will doubtless end the trouble.
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Wheeling Intelligencer, Sat 5 Apr 1919
Colerain
Mr. George Ashton passed away at his home Sunday noon. He was in his 79th year and served four years in the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, and one son, Guy. He was a prominent fruit grower and a useful citizen in all improvements. The community has lost a valuable citizen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev F. H. Randall officiating, and interment will be made at Weeks' cemetery.
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Death Certificate
Name: George Ashton
Death date: 30 Mar 1919
Death place: Colerain, Belmont, Ohio
Birth date: 22 Apr 1843
Birth place: Ohio
Age at death: 75 years 11 months 7 days
Marital status: Married
Occupaton: Farmer
Burial Date: 2 Apr 1919
Cemetery: Weeks
Father: Isaac Ashton b PA
Mother: Sarah Crusan b PA [Krewson]
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