Person:Abraham Ash (5)

"History of Miami County, Indiana": "Abraham Ash, husband of Hannah Logue was the father of 11 children. Abraham was born in Pennsylvania and was a tailor by trade and also a farmer. He moved to Indiana in 1852. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church."

In 1820 Census, was in Bedford County, Southampton Township, PA

Abraham was a farmer in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Phoebe Shultz on February 27, 1827. She died March 5, 1838, five to seven years after the family relocated to Ohio, five weeks after giving birth to a son, George. That son would die 5 months after his mother died. She may have died of complications of birth. He was married in Seneca County, Ohio, to Hannah Logue on September 23, 1838. Abraham and Hannah moved to Miami County, Indiana in 1852.

Abraham was in Richland Township in the 1860 census (age 59). His children, including 27-year old Joseph, from his previous marriage, were with him and his wife Hannah. Atsey was age 2. Joseph, a farm laborer, was married to Mary, age 22. Abraham was a "farmer". In the 1870 census, he was still in Richland Township (age 69). Children Andrew (age 29), Mary (age 24), Upton (age 18), William (age 16), Eliza J. and Atsey, were still in the same household. The men were all listed as farmers. James, who would have been 27, and Joseph, age 38, were not listed in this census, and may have already moved to Missouri.

Abraham sold his farm in Richland Township, Miami County, Chili, Indiana on November 25, 1869. In the Richland Township Transfer Records, W2, SW 4, Section 1, Twp. 28, Range 4, 80 acres were transferred to Michael Muhl. The transfer was recorded January 4, 1870. If that was the time he moved to Missouri, he would have been 68 years of age. Of his twelve living children, it is known that those who stayed in Indiana were: Andrew, Anna, Elizabeth, and Mary. There are no records of Joseph, Tabitha or Upton after 1870 in Miami County, Indiana. It is known that William, Eliza Jane, Atsey, and Martha Ellen, and probably Upton, lived in Missouri. Abraham died in 1874 in Missouri.

In a certified copy of Abraham Ash's will I received from Dade County:

         Last Will and Testament of Abraham Ash

In the name of God, I Abraham Ash of Dade County, in the state of Missouri, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say 1st It is my desire and wish that my executor hereinafter appointed shall out of the most available portion of my estate, pay all just and legal debts and deviance against my estate including funeral expenses. 2nd After the payment of all such debts and deviance against my estate as herein before- mentioned, in such case my beloved wife Hannah Ash shall survive me, it is my desire and wish, and I hereby will and bequeath unto her, for and during her natural life, all my estate, real, personal and mixed. 3rd At my death and in such case my said wife (illegible.........) funeral expense. 3rd After the payment of all such debts and deviance against my estate as herein before- mentioned, in such case my beloved wife Hannah Ash hereby survives me, it is my desire and wish and hereby will and bequeath unto her, for and during her natural life all my estate, real and personal and mixed. 3rd At my death and in case my said wife Hannah Ash survive me, then upon her death I will and bequeath and direct that all my estate real, personal and mixed shall be divided among my beloved children in manner following, that is to say that my daughter Ann, now intermarried with John D. Arnest, my daughter Elizabeth, now intermarried with Henry Lower, my daughter Mary, intermarried with John Smith, my son Andrew, my son Upton, my son William, my daughter Eliza Jane, my daughter Atsey Mahalath and my daughter Martha Ellen each and all share and share alike equal portions and distributive share in all my estate, real, personal and mixed. And unto my son James Ash a share and portion of my estate, real, personal and mixed equal to that of one of my children first above named, except that my last named son James having already received an advancement of one hundred dollars, that sum to wit the sum of one hundred dollars is to be deducted from his distributive share in my estate at the time of the distribution and added to that of my other above-mentioned children in equal proportion. 4th Having already by advancement fully cared and provided for my son Joseph H. Ash in my lifetime, so far as I deem rightfully and just, I intend that he shall not receive any part or portion of my estate after my death. 5th And in order that this my last will and testament shall and may be fully carried out I hereby nominate and appoint my son James Ash of Barton County, Missouri, Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness hereof, I the said Abraham Ash the testator have herewith set my hand and seal this the 7th day of July AD 1873, Abraham X (mark) Ash. Attested by Edward Bulen.

Will proved March 3, 1875 in Dade County, Missouri.

Susan never had much to do with the Ash relatives after James' death. There was a dispute with Abraham. At the time of Abraham's death, James owed Abraham $100. According to Regina Ash, Abraham left all the children something, but gave nothing to James except to forgive his debt. Abraham reportedly disapproved of James marriage to Susan and did not like Susan.

Obituary notice in June 9, 1904 Denver (IN) Tribune:

    "Mrs. Hannah Ash, widow of Abraham Ash, deceased, a former resident of Miami County, died at her home in Barton County, Missouri on May 31, 1904, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 11 days.  She was the mother of Mrs. Ann Arnest of this place."

Wyatt Earp lived in Barton County for awhile. In 1870, the Earp family was enumerated in Lamar Township of Barton County, Missouri,5 with Nicholas listed as a grocer. The then 22-year-old Wyatt Earp is shown with his wife, "Rilla," whose real name was Urilla Sutherland.6 They were married 10 January 1870 in Barton County, Missouri, according to marriage records there. Urilla died later that year in childbirth, along with the infant. Wyatt got into a serious quarrel with her brothers, left town and drifted into Kansas. (Source: The Earp Brothers of Tombstone: The Story of Mrs. Virgil Earp, by Frank Waters. New York: Framhall House, 1960, p. 29. [Hereinafter: Brothers. ] Wyatt made his way back from California working as a section hand in various railroad gangs. When he arrived in Lamar, Mo., he learned that his elder half brother Newton had announced himself a candidate for the post of town marshal in the 1870 elections. Wyatt, then 22 years old, ran against him and was elected by a vote of 137 to Newton's 108. Newton pulled up stakes and went to Kansas, where he filed claim to a piece of barren prairie.

Abraham was re-interred in Bethlehem Cemetery. Unknown where original burial site was located.

1. ↑ .

   "History of Miami, Co., Indiana", Arthur Bodurtha
   Ash Family Bible, Homer Ash, Peru, IN

2. ↑ .

   "History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri" Goodspeed Publishing, 1889.