John Ashman and Elinor Cromwell

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Husband John Ashman ¹

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           Born: 24 Feb 1783 - Bedford Furnace (later Orbisonia), Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1859 2
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         Father: Col. George Ashman (1740-1811) 3
         Mother: Elinor Cromwell (      -1827) 3

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       Marriage: 15 May or 5 Dec 1820 2 4

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Wife Elinor Cromwell ¹

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           Born: 1786 5
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           Died: Bef 1859
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         Father: Thomas Cromwell (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 M Richard Ashman ⁶

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           Born: 1827 - Clay Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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           Died: Jun 1894 7
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         Spouse: Mary J. Lorraine (      -1879) 8
           Marr: 29 Oct 1850 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 2

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2 F Ann Ashman ⁹

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         Spouse: Isaac Taylor (      -      ) 9

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3 F Ellen Ashman ¹⁰

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            AKA: Helen Ashman 2
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         Spouse: Dr. J. A. Shade (      -1876) 9

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4 M Thomas C. Ashman ⁹

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           Died: Bef 1897
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         Spouse: Melissa Greene (      -Aft 1897) 11

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General Notes: Husband - John Ashman

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Most of his life was spent on one of the farms near Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, which had been owned by his father, Colonel George Ashman, and was known as the "Mansion farm."

He inherited a large estate from his father, including a grist-mill built by the Colonel in 1785, and the house built in 1793.
He served two terms in the Pennsylvania legislature.

His was a kind and generous disposition; he had an open heart and hand for those in distress. He often refused to sell his wheat during "hard times," in order that he might keep the poor, who could not afford to pay cash, from starving. He entertained royally. In summer, large numbers of friends from Baltimore would visit him, domiciled for weeks under his hospitable roof. Indeed, he always "kept open house" for his friends.
Through his generosity, he became insolvent. David Hunter, one of his brothers-in-law, bought a small tract of land that had a dwelling on it, adjoining the homestead; this place, by his gift, was the home of the Ashman family until John Ashman died.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 6, 412.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 412.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 6.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 490.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 7.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 8, 411.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 415.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 411.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 8, 412.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 8.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 8, 429.