Joseph Ash and Susan Gansz

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Husband Joseph Ash ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: John Ash 4
           Born: 29 Sep 1832 - Forward Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Sylvester Ash (1805/1808-Abt 1880/1883) 1 2 5
         Mother: Martha Boggs (      -1886) 2 5

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   Other Spouse: Susan E. White (      -      ) 3 6 - Jun 1859 6

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Wife Susan Gansz ^{4 6}

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         Father: Lewis Gansz, Sr. (1803-1885) 4
         Mother: Margaret Textor (      -1876) 4

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Ash

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He was reared to manhood on the home farm and attended school in a primitive log school-house. After his marriage, he went to Evans City, Pennsylvania, and opened a general store, which he conducted for four years, then sold out to his brother-in-law, Milton White. He had, in the meantime, come into possession of a farm of sixty-six acres in Forward Township, and on this he located, clearing and farming it. He learned the trade of a carpenter under his father, with whom he worked many years, and they erected most of the farm-houses and buildings of the neighborhood at that period. Later he went into the lightning rod business, which he followed successfully for thirty-two years, rodding some 3,600 buildings in that section of Pennsylvania. Retiring from that business he purchased a tract of forty-four acres in Forward Township, located along the traction line about twelve miles southwest of Butler, where he then lived and engaged in farming. He cleared the place, on which he operated a sawmill, cutting up over 900 logs.

He and his wife had seven children born to them, three of whom died young.

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General Notes: Wife - Susan Gansz

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She died about one year after her marriage to Mr. Ash.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 235.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 982.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1102.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1099.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1097, 1125.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 983.