Person:Catherine Ash (4)

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Catherine Ash
b.30 Dec 1793 Washington County, Maryland
d.23 Aug 1874 Washington County, Maryland
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m. Abt 1785
  1. Mary Ash1785 - 1856
  2. Jacob Ash1790 - 1852
  3. John Ash1792 - Aft 1860
  4. Catherine Ash1793 - 1874
  5. David Ash1796 -
  6. George Ash1799 - 1888
  7. Abraham Ash1801 - 1874
  8. Amos Ash1802 - 1862
  9. Henry Ash1805 - 1872
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Name Catherine Ash
Gender Female
Birth? 30 Dec 1793 Washington County, Maryland
Christening? 8 Jun 1794 Evang. Lutheran and Reformed Churches in Washington Co., MD, 1788, now known as St. Paul's, near Clearspring, MD.
Death? 23 Aug 1874 Washington County, Maryland

Witnesses to Catherine's christening were Henry Esch and Catharina, wife (her grandparents). Noted that German spellings of names were used.

Catherine and her husband George took their sons and went to Oklahoma for the gold rush. Silas's sister Julia married Jessie Chisolm, nephew of Jessie of Chisolm Trail fame. There is a town in Oklahoma named Keifer on the trail. George got very sick and felt he had to get back to warm springs around Berkley Springs. He returned and lived for many moe years. (Information from Clara Kifer Pento, 1999)

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