America Lane1,2

F, #3679, b. 24 April 1831, d. 1 July 1920

Relationship=2nd great-grandmother of Robert Lynn Adams.
Relationship=Great-grandmother of Ida Ione Ashby.
Last Edited=18 Dec 2008
America Lane Ashby
     America Lane was born on 24 April 1831 at Bartholomew Co., Indiana.3,4

America Lane married Richard Washington Ashby on 9 July 1848 at Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana, when she was 17.5,6

America Ashby was enumerated with Richard Washington Ashby as America Ashby. on the Census of 9 October 1850. She is shown as age 19 and born in Ind..7

America Ashby was enumerated with Richard Washington Ashby as America Ashby on the Census of 16 July 1860. She was listed as age 28 and born in Indiana.8

America Ashby was enumerated with Richard Washington Ashby on the Census of 1 June 1870. She was shown as age 39 and born in IN.9

America Ashby and Richard Washington Ashby appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Davis Co., Iowa, at Wyacondah Township, enumerated 7 June 1880. Their children Elizabeth A., Abraham, Amanda, Dennis, Richard L., Emma, Mary and Martha Elmira were listed as living with them. America Ashby is listed as age 49 and keeping house. She was born in IN. Her father was born in NY; her mother in KY.10

America Ashby was enumerated with Richard Washington Ashby as America Ashby on the Census of 9 June 1900. She is listed as wife; she is a white female, age 69 and born in April 1831. She was born in Indiana. Both her parents were born in New York..11

America Ashby was listed as the head of household on the 1905 Kansas State Census recorded 1905 at Fredonia, Wilson Co., Kansas. Her name as shown on the census was America Ashby. She is shown as age 74. Her place of birth is shown as Ind.. Also living in the household were Dennis Ashby and Earle Ashby.12

America Ashby was enumerated with Daniel Francis Fortner as America Ashby, mother-in-law, on the Census of 27 January 1920 at Duck Creek Township, Wilson Co., Kansas. She is 88 years old and a widow. She was born in Indiana as were her mother and father.13

America Ashby died on 1 July 1920 at probably Wilson Co., Kansas, at age 89 years, 2 months and 7 days.14 She was buried Fredonia Cemetery, Fredonia, Wilson Co., Kansas, To see others buried at the same cemetery, go to the preceeding link for Fredonia *Cemetery.15

Children of America Lane and Richard Washington Ashby

Citations

  1. [S37] 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Vol. 2; ED 52; Steet 10; line 46.
  2. [S176] Marriage Certificate of Richard and America Ashby: Book 4; page 190.
  3. [S191] Letter, Hazel Leota Dannels York to Ruty Doty, Lists State of birth.
  4. [S318] Diane Anderson, 15 Nov 2002.
  5. [S37] 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Vol. 9; ED 52; Sheet 10; Line 46.
  6. [S176] Marriage Certificate of Richard and America Ashby: Book 4; page 190. Married by a Justice of the Peace. Recorded 29 Jul 1848.
  7. [S216] Ancestry, Online electronic image of 1850 US Census, District 14, Page 686, Beginning Line 15, Dwelling 704, Family No. 704.
  8. [S39] 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Dwelling No. 924, Family No. 858 Troy Post Office.
  9. [S40] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Page 188.
  10. [S37] 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Pages 10 and 11; entry 99.
  11. [S225] 1900 US Census Population Schedule, Wilson Co., Kansas, Supervisor's District No. 3; Enumeration District No. 162; Sheet 9 (stamped 27A);; East Mound St.; Dwelling No. 197; Family No. 202.
  12. [S586] 1905 Kansas State Census of Wilson County, Page 11, Dwelling and Family No. 7, Lines 26-28.
  13. [S272] 1920 US Census Population Schedule, Wilson Co., Kansas, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 228, Sheet No. 5A, beginning on line 31.
  14. [S236] Gene P. Ewert, "Ashby burial plots," e-mail to Robert L. Adams, 1 Jul 2002.
  15. [S227] Dee, "Richard Ashby email," e-mail to Salley Bertine, December 10, 2000, "They are buried in Fredonia Cemetery in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. Richard was first buried in Koger Cemetery, which is a little further south, down by where they lived in Duck Creek." "... but he is also listed as being buried by America in Fredonia." "If it is indeed Richard Washington who is buried with America there, and not Richard L. her son, then that means, they either move him afterward, or the records are wrong."
  16. [S2] Interview, Ida Ione Ashby Adams, 1996.
  17. [S39] 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA.
  18. [S37] 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA.
  19. [S40] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Davis Co., IA, Age 3.
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