Thomas
Ashby
Born in Preston County, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John W. Ashby
and Eleanor (Wilson) Postlethwaite
Brother of
William Wilson Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Washington Marion Ashby, Josiah Ashby, Sarah M. (Postlethwaite) Little [half], John Newton Postlethwait [half] and Elizabeth Ann (Postlethwaite) Wharton [half]
Husband of
Catherine (Kirkpatrick) Ashby
— married
4 Nov 1852 in Wetzel County, West Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 75
in Wood County, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2017
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Biography
Thomas was born in 1829. He was the son of John Ashby and Eleanor Wilson. He passed away in 1905.
Extracted from: Hardesty`s Wood County Vol 8:
Thomas settled in Wood Co., West Virginia 29 March 1856. He was a farmer and fruit grower. He lived in the Union District. In 1882 his post Office address was Williamstown, Wood Co., West Viginia.
ASHBY, THOMAS - son of John W. and Eleanor (Wilson) Ashby, was born in Preston county Nov. 9, 1829, and settled here March 29, 1856. November 4, 1852, in Wetzel county, West Virginia, he married Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Johnson) Kirkpatrick. She was born in Wetzel County April 11, 1834. They have had nine children: Eleanor, married to Alexander Morrow, was born August 29, 1853; Riley, born November 5, 1856, died November 5, 1879; Alice Virginia, born April 6, 1859, died August 18, 1862; Emma, born October 17, 1861; Addie, May 23, 1864; Amanda, October 28, 1866; Lizzie, January 5, 1869, died May 27, 1869; Bertha, born January 26, 1870; Thomas Finley, February 3,1873.
Sources
- Family Sources
- Wetzel County, WV Birth Records: unnamed son of Thomas and Catherine who was born and died in 1855 [1]
- Wetzel County, WV Taxes 1853-1860 [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Find A Grave [11]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~3.12%
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