Rev
Jeremiah
Asher
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ruel Asher
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Abigail (Stewart) Asher
— married
13 May 1830 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas P Asher and John Isaiah Asher
Died
at age 52
in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Jeremiah Asher is Notable.
Jeremiah was a minister who was the first African-American chaplain to die in military service. He served as chaplain for the 6th Regiment, U.S.Colored Infantry during the Civil War.
Jeremiah was born free in Connecticut in 1812; grandson of a slave who had fought in the Revolutionary War and was able to buy his freedom afterwards.[1]
He was minister of the Shiloh Colored Baptist Church in Philadelphia for 14 years before entering the Union Army in December 1983.[2]
Previous to his commission as an officer, African-Americans had not been allowed to serve as officers in their own Colored regiments. Asher wrote President Abraham Lincoln, recommending that African Americans serve as military chaplains to these units. President LIncoln agreed and Jeremiah became chaplain for the 6th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. [3] He served for almost two years.[2]
He married Miss Abigail Stewart on 13 May 1830 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.[4]
He passed away in 1865 in Wilmington, North Carolina from typhoid fever.[2] His body was returned to Philadelphia for burial.[2][5]
He was the first African-American chaplain to die in military service.[6]
He was survived by his wife Abigail and two sons, Thomas and John. [7]
Sources
- ↑ "Baptists and the American Civil War", by Bruce Gourley, 21 Dec 2013,
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Death Notice: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 Aug 1865, p.3 Free View of Article
- ↑ Military:
"U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865"
Ancestry Record 1138 #302909 (accessed 27 March 2022)
Name: Jeremiah Asher; Rank Out: Chaplain; Plaque Number: A-17; Displayed As: Jeremiah Asher; Regiment: 6th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry; Company: F&S; Film Number: M589 roll 3; Rank In: Chaplain; Side: Union; Memorial: Part of the African American Civil War Memorial; Regiment State/Origin: U.S. Colored Troops. - ↑
Marriage:"Connecticut, U.S., Marriage Index, 1620-1926"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61367 #18627 (accessed 27 March 2022)
Mr Jeremiah Asher marriage to Miss Abigail Stewart on 13 May 1830 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154452650/jeremiah-asher : accessed 27 March 2022), memorial page for Jeremiah Asher (13 Oct 1812–27 Jul 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154452650, citing Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by African American Genealogy Group (contributor 48813465) .
- ↑ Historic Marker in Yorktown, Virginia
- ↑ "African-American Faces of the Civil War', by Ron S. Coddington, 2012, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. citing pension of Abigail Asher, NARS
- Wikidata: Item Q70698007, en:Wikipedia
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