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Facts and Events
Area Entrepreneur Dies in Amsden OH
Wm Ash was born in Bedford CO Pa., April 14, 1830, making him seventy -five years old when he died in his home in Amsden of heart trouble on De c. 5, 1905. He came here with his parents when three years of age, settli ng in Liberty Township where his father entered a claim to one hundred a nd sixty acres of government land, which land still remains in the famil y, and on which this father, George Ash, died at the age of ninety years.
Mr. Ash was married Jan. 1, 1852 to Miss Rebecca Trumbo, a native of th is CO whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Trumbo, were also pioneers of th is section. Three children were born to them, two of whom, Mrs. Alfred Mow ery and Charles survive, along with their mother.
Mr. Ash secured his education in the primitive log school house of the per iod, but so well did he improve his opportunities and so well was he dower ed by nature, that while still a young man, he had attracted attenti on as one of more than common business ability.
At the time of his marriage, he purchased a farm of eighty acres whi ch he cleared and improved, and as his toil produced results, he continu ed to buy more land until this farm became one of four hundred acres and o thers were added until he had become the owner of twelve hundred or more a cres within three miles of his home. He went into the business of buying a nd shipping live stock about 1870 and also engaged extensively in stock ra ising. He was a justice of the peace for the period of twenty-seven year s, and was a land appraiser of the township in 1890 and a trustee of the t ownship for three years.
Mr. Ash was one of the stockholders of the First National Bank from it's o rganization in June 1882, was one of the original directors and was vice p resident for fourteen or more years.
Wm Ash died at his home in Amsden this forenoon (Dec. 6, 1905) of hea rt trouble
His son, Seneca CO Treasurer Charles Ash, was notified and started at on ce for Amsden, stopping in Fostoria on the way.
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