William
B.
Ashford
Born about in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John B. Ashford
and Jinsey (King) Ashford
Brother of
Hiram Marcellus Ashford, James Ashford, Malinda (Ashford) Cowsert, Dorcas (Ashford) Lamar, Mary Ann (Ashford) Edwards, John Carroll Ashford and Mahala (Ashford) Cowsert
Husband of
Lucretia (Cowsert) Ashford
— married
before 1855 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henrietta (Ashford) Hines
Died before
before about age 39
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Marriage
- William B. Ashford married Lucretia Cowsert sometime before their first child was born in 1855.
Children
- Children of William B. Ashford and Lucretia Cowsert:
- Leander Ashford (1855)
- Laura Ashford (1857)
- Mary Isabelle (Ashford) Holloman (1860)
- Harriet (Ashford) Hines (1865 - 1892)
Census
1860 • Township 12 Range 8, Hardin, Illinois, United States
- On August 16th, Wm B Ashford, age 29, cooper, born in Illinois, was enumerated as the head of household. Also in home were Lucretia Ashford, age 25, born in Illinois, Leander Ashford, age 5, born in Illinois, Laura Ashford, age 3, born in Illinois, Mary Ashford, age 1, born in Illinois, and Margaret Cowsert, age 40, servant, born in Illinois.[1]
Death
- William B. Ashford died sometime before 1870 when he did not appear on the 1870 census schedule in Pope County, Illinois.
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHM-ZZ5 : 30 September 2017), Wm B Ashford, Township 12 Range 8, Hardin, Illinois, United States; citing p. 94, family 620, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 185.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 William:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Ada (Troutman) Vieceli 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch HC2824531 [compare], yourDNAportal ADA0bb91ec6
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Anonymous Howland :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #861275
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Lori Binns :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A559234 [compare], Ancestry member lbinns1
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~0.78%
Terry Davis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kimberly (Diss) Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FL3256616 [compare], yourDNAportal KIM551efdda, Ancestry member KimberlyDiss
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