William Ashcom and Rebecca Lane

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Husband William Ashcom ¹

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           Born:  - Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co, PA
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Wife Rebecca Lane ¹

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         Father: Thomas Lane (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Dr. John A. Ashcom, D.D.S. ^{5 6}

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            AKA: John A. Ashcon 2 3 4
           Born: 16 Dec 1841 1
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           Died: 23 Oct 1897 7
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         Spouse: Eliza Jane Knox (1841-1876) 2 4 8

         Spouse: Adelaide Ulerich (      -      ) 9

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2 F Catherine Ashcom ¹

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3 F Ella Ashcom ¹

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         Spouse: Samuel Hayes (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Ashcom

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The Ashcom family is of English origin and claims as an ancestor Sir Roger Ascham (as the name was then spelled), tutor to the Princess Elizabeth and after she became queen her Latin secretary. Sir Roger is also famous as the author of a work on archery which he dedicated to King Henry the Eighth, who granted him in return an annual pension of ten pounds.

He was born in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and all his life followed the shoemaker's trade. He was a Republican in politics, and held various township offices. For a number of years he served as a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church of Ligonier.
His death occurred when he was about seventy-eight years old.

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General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Lane

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She passed away at the age of sixty-eight.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1096.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 321.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 54.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 85.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 3.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 95, 644, 1096.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1097.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 644, 1097.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 95, 1097.