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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        25 May 1835
        Death Date
        19 March 1882
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        Nathaniel Ashby

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        • The Ashby family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Company in 1848.  The Ashby family included Susan Hammond Ashby Noble and her children Benjamin, Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby Snow (wife of Erastus Snow), Harriett Maria, Nathaniel, Richard Hammond, William Hardin, Mary Jane, Emma Smith, and John Jefford.

          Nathaniel drove a team for Brother Haven.

        Brigham Young Company (1848)

        • Age at Departure: 13

        Traveled with

        • Susan Noble (Age: 39)
        • Benjamin Ashby (Age: 19)
        • Harriet Maria Ashby (Age: 14)
        • Richard Hammond Ashby (Age: 11)
        • William Hardin Ashby (Age: 8)
        • Mary Jane Ashby (Age: 6)
        • Emma Smith Ashby (Age: 5)
        • John Jefford Ashby (Age: 2)

        Sources

        • Badger, Louisa Ashby Noble, A sketch of the life of Susan Hammond Ashby Noble, 1932, 8-9.
        • Benjamin Ashby autobiography, circa 1897-1904, 25-30.
        • "First 100, report, 1848 June" in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849, Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division.