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María Asunción <I>López</I> Ashford

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María Asunción López Ashford

Birth
Mayagüez Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Death
26 Jul 1956 (aged 77)
Puerto Rico, USA
Burial
Bayamon, Bayamón Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Plot 1225
Memorial ID
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María Asunción López Nussa Vda. de Ashford is buried near her husband Bailey at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

She was the daughter of Ramon Belisario López-Villar y Carlos, born in 1842 in San Germán, Puerto Rico, and Francisca Micaela Nussa Pascal, born in 1848 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Her husband was a Colonel in the United States Army and he served in the Spanish American War. He is listed as:
COL BAILEY K. ASHFORD, US ARMY, SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.

Her husband was educated in Georgetown University Medical School. While working in Puerto Rico, he led a treatment campaign to treat people afflicted with hookworm, and ultimately cured about 300,000 people. One of the main hospitals in the capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, bears his name in recognition of the work he carried out towards the welfare of the people of Puerto Rico.
María Asunción López Nussa Vda. de Ashford is buried near her husband Bailey at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

She was the daughter of Ramon Belisario López-Villar y Carlos, born in 1842 in San Germán, Puerto Rico, and Francisca Micaela Nussa Pascal, born in 1848 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Her husband was a Colonel in the United States Army and he served in the Spanish American War. He is listed as:
COL BAILEY K. ASHFORD, US ARMY, SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.

Her husband was educated in Georgetown University Medical School. While working in Puerto Rico, he led a treatment campaign to treat people afflicted with hookworm, and ultimately cured about 300,000 people. One of the main hospitals in the capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, bears his name in recognition of the work he carried out towards the welfare of the people of Puerto Rico.


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