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William Joyner “Capt'n Billy” Ashford

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William Joyner “Capt'n Billy” Ashford

Birth
Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Jun 1907 (aged 71)
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Chapel Hill section, Lot 245, Space #13
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Captain William Ashford served as a "cub pilot" on the Mississippi River at the same time as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Ashford was originally from Carroll County Tennessee, and ran away from home to live with relatives at 12, because he was afraid of his father‘s punishment for swimming in the Mississippi River. Perpetually drawn to the river, Ashford piloted the Mississippi and White rivers while steamboating was at its peak.
Captain William Ashford served as a "cub pilot" on the Mississippi River at the same time as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Ashford was originally from Carroll County Tennessee, and ran away from home to live with relatives at 12, because he was afraid of his father‘s punishment for swimming in the Mississippi River. Perpetually drawn to the river, Ashford piloted the Mississippi and White rivers while steamboating was at its peak.

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  • Maintained by: V F
  • Originally Created by: Anonymous
  • Added: Mar 11, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8494207/william_joyner-ashford: accessed ), memorial page for William Joyner “Capt'n Billy” Ashford (3 Nov 1835–4 Jun 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8494207, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by V F (contributor 50176040).