Franklin Ashley
Franklin Ashley was born in 1834 in Auburn, Ohio, to Ebenezer and Mary Ashley. His father died in 1843, and his mother remarried the following year. His stepfather died in 1850. Ashley grew up and attended school in Auburn, and by the early 1860s, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on November 4, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company H of the 64th Ohio Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stones River, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Atlanta campaign, and the Battle of Nashville. In August 1864, he condemned Peace Democrats as "the bigest sinners on the face of the earth." He accused them of undermining the Union war effort and prolonging the conflict. He added that, "when I think of...how many brave boys are loosing their lives for their country and they [Peace Democrats] doing all they can against them it hurts my feelings." He was promoted to corporal in May 1865, and he mustered out on December 3, 1865.
 
He married Celesta A. Ewing on February 25, 1864, and their daughter Carrie was born around 1866. His wife died in 1868. By 1870, he was living in his father-in-law’s household in Shelby, Ohio. He married Sarah E. Ewing—his first wife’s sister—on June 24, 1873, but she died in 1875. He eventually returned to Auburn. He applied for a federal pension in March 1893 and eventually received one. By 1920, he was living in his daughter’s household in Sharon, Ohio. He died in Richland County, Ohio, on May 7, 1926.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4899)Ashley, Franklin18341926-05-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 75

  • (13558) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 11 January 1862
  • (13559) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 17 October 1862
  • (13560) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 6 December 1862
  • (13561) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 14 December 1862
  • (13562) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 20 December 1862
  • (13563) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 11 January 1863
  • (13564) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 10 March 1863
  • (13565) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 22 March 1863
  • (13566) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 6 April 1863
  • (13567) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Sarah Ewing, 15 April 1863
  • (13568) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 16 April 1863
  • (13569) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 2 February 1862
  • (13570) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 4 May 1863
  • (13571) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 25 May 1863
  • (13572) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 26 June 1863
  • (13573) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 12 August 1863
  • (13574) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 23 September 1863
  • (13575) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 28 October 1863
  • (13579) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 12 November 1863
  • (13580) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 22 March 1864
  • (13581) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 24 March 1864
  • (13582) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 8 April 1864
  • (13583) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 28 February 1862
  • (13584) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 21 April 1864
  • (13585) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 25 April 1864
  • (13586) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 20 May 1864
  • (13587) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 21 May 1864
  • (13588) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 3 June 1864
  • (13589) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 13 June 1864
  • (13590) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 23 June 1864
  • (13591) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 1 July 1864
  • (13592) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 7 July 1864
  • (13593) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 13 July 1864
  • (13594) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 8 March 1861
  • (13595) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 16 July 1864
  • (13596) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 24 July 1864
  • (13597) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 3 August 1864
  • (13598) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 7 August 1864
  • (13599) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 9 August 1864
  • (13600) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 29 May 1864
  • (13601) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 9 September 1864
  • (13602) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 18 September 1864
  • (13603) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 3 October 1864
  • (13604) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 16 October 1864
  • (13605) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 17 March 1862
  • (13606) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 17 November 1864
  • (13607) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 21 November 1862
  • (13608) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 11 December 1864
  • (13609) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 19 February 1865
  • (13610) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 5 March 1865
  • (13611) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Sarah Ewing, 5 March 1865
  • (13612) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 12 March 1865
  • (13613) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 15 March 1865
  • (13614) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 12 April 1865
  • (13615) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 27 May 1865
  • (13616) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 29 March 1862
  • (13617) [recipient] ~ William W. Ashley and Mary Ashley to Franklin Ashley, 27 August 1865
  • (13618) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 28 November 186X
  • (13619) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, undated
  • (13620) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 10 May 1862
  • (13621) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 10 June 1862
  • (13622) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 27 July 1862
  • (13910) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 30 April 1865
  • (13911) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 12 May 1865
  • (13912) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 7 June 1865
  • (13913) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 30 June 1865
  • (13914) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 8 July 1865
  • (13915) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 21 July 1865
  • (13916) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 6 August 1865
  • (13917) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 10 August 1865
  • (13918) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 23 August 1865
  • (13919) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 8 October 1865
  • (13920) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 17 October 1865
  • (13921) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 1 November 1865
  • (13922) [writer] ~ Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 11 November 1865

People - Records: 4

  • (4909) Ewing, Celesta A. is the [wife of] (4899) Ashley, Franklin
  • (4910) Ewing, Sarah is the [parent-in-law of] (4899) Ashley, Franklin
  • (4911) Ashley, William Wallace is the [sibling of] (4899) Ashley, Franklin
  • (4912) Ashley, Mary is the [parent of] (4899) Ashley, Franklin

Places - Records: 2

  • (3022) [birth] ~ Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  • (2805) [death] ~ Richland County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (509) [enlisted] [H] ~ 64th Ohio Infantry
SOURCES

1870, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Death Records, 1908-1932, available from Ancestry.com; The Tiro (OH) World, 13 May 1926; Franklin Ashley to Celesta A. Ewing, 7 August 1864, DL1902.043, Nau Collection