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1847–1868

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Birth Date
25 December 1836
Death Date
2 June 1909
Gender
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Richard Hammond 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.

    FamilyTree lists his birth date as 25 Dec. 1836. His death certificate shows the date as 26 Dec. 1836.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • Susan Noble (Age: 39)
  • Benjamin Ashby (Age: 19)
  • Harriet Maria Ashby (Age: 14)
  • Nathaniel Ashby (Age: 13)
  • 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.
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.