in Richmond, Ontario County, New York.
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Canandaigua Chronicle
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
Wednesday, May 23, 1906
Honeoye, N. Y. - Friday morning our village was shocked by the news of the sudden death of heart disease of Geo. Ashley, a lifelong resident of Honeoye township, and for two years, of our village. Mr. Ashley was the son of William Ashley and Juliette Bosworth, and was born July 6, 1838, at Richmond Center, where he resided until his marriage to Deborah Adams, Jan. 28, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley settled on the Socrates Hopkins farm in the town of Livonia, where they lived two years, when they returned to Honeoye and purchased the Adams homestead. Mr. Ashley was a progressive man, and alive to all that tended the upward lifting of humanity. He was deeply interested in literature and enjoyed his farm work, and it gave him, as he often said, so much time to think and commune with nature. The funeral services were held from the house Sunday afternoon. Rev. S. Mills Day, Mr. Ashley's old pastor, gave a personal sketch. Mr. Boynton of Bristol gave the address. In the course of his remarks he said, "When I made inquiries regarding Mr. Ashley, I was told 'that anything good I said about George Ashley would be true.' " Dr. Arthur Dill, pastor of the Congregational church of Honeoye, read a poem from Edwin Arnold. Ernst Abel of Canandaigua sang the selection "Crossing the Bar." He leaves a wife, one son, William S., two daughters, Alice L. and Mrs. Mary Ashley Abel. Friends and relatives were present from Castile, Canandaigua, Lima, Honeoye Falls, Rochester and Livonia.
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in Richmond, Ontario County, New York.
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Canandaigua Chronicle
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
Wednesday, May 23, 1906
Honeoye, N. Y. - Friday morning our village was shocked by the news of the sudden death of heart disease of Geo. Ashley, a lifelong resident of Honeoye township, and for two years, of our village. Mr. Ashley was the son of William Ashley and Juliette Bosworth, and was born July 6, 1838, at Richmond Center, where he resided until his marriage to Deborah Adams, Jan. 28, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley settled on the Socrates Hopkins farm in the town of Livonia, where they lived two years, when they returned to Honeoye and purchased the Adams homestead. Mr. Ashley was a progressive man, and alive to all that tended the upward lifting of humanity. He was deeply interested in literature and enjoyed his farm work, and it gave him, as he often said, so much time to think and commune with nature. The funeral services were held from the house Sunday afternoon. Rev. S. Mills Day, Mr. Ashley's old pastor, gave a personal sketch. Mr. Boynton of Bristol gave the address. In the course of his remarks he said, "When I made inquiries regarding Mr. Ashley, I was told 'that anything good I said about George Ashley would be true.' " Dr. Arthur Dill, pastor of the Congregational church of Honeoye, read a poem from Edwin Arnold. Ernst Abel of Canandaigua sang the selection "Crossing the Bar." He leaves a wife, one son, William S., two daughters, Alice L. and Mrs. Mary Ashley Abel. Friends and relatives were present from Castile, Canandaigua, Lima, Honeoye Falls, Rochester and Livonia.
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