Mary Ashley
Mary Ashley (maiden name: Aumend) was born around 1812 in Pennsylvania to Adam Aumend. Her family moved to Auburn, Ohio, around 1819, and she married Ebenezer Ashley on November 21, 1830. They had six children: Clarissa; Philo, born around 1833; Franklin, born around 1834; Elam, born around 1837; Leonora, born around 1839; and William, born on March 9, 1842. Her husband died in 1843, and she married Elijah Ashley—Ebenezer’s brother—on July 11, 1844. They had two children: Jerome, born around 1846; and Judson, born around 1849.
Elijah Ashley died on April 21, 1850. She raised her children on her own, and by 1850, she owned $2,000 of real estate. A decade later, she owned $3,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property. By 1880, she was living in her son Elam’s household in Auburn. She died in 1896.
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| (4912) | Ashley, Mary ~ Aumend, Mary | 1812 | 1896 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13617) [writer] ~ William W. Ashley and Mary Ashley to Franklin Ashley, 27 August 1865
People - Records: 3
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County, Ohio (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1902)
