Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCQ-JGR
• Bopæl: 1920, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1930, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1935, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1940, Supervisorial District 2, Pinal, Arizona
• Obituary: 1998, Payson, Gila, Arizona, USA
• Obituary: 29 nov. 1998, Arizona, USA
• Obituary: 30 nov. 1998, Arizona, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCG-HPD
• Bopæl: Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1900, ED 43 Snowflake District Snowflake town, Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States
• Folketælling: 1910, Apache, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Apache, Arizona, USA

Edward blev gift med Phoebe Adeline Freeman den 30 aug. 1893 i Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA. Phoebe blev født den 18 mar. 1876 i Washington, Washington, Utah, USA; døde den 18 jan. 1959 i Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA; blev begravet den 21 jan. 1959 i Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCG-HP6
• Folketælling: 1880, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1880, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1900, ED 43 Snowflake District Snowflake town, Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States
• Folketælling: 1910, Apache, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Apache, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1930, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1935
• Bopæl: 1940, Supervisorial District 3, Navajo, Arizona
• Obituary: 19 jan. 1959, Arizona, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KVPR-ZP3
• Bopæl: 17 okt. 1850, Clinton Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States
• Bopæl: 12 jul. 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 24 jun. 1870, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 18 jun. 1880, Orderville, Kane, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 15 jan. 1920, Fort Lowell Election Precinct, Pima, Arizona, United States; Farm
• Bopæl: 11 jul. 1921, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; Daughter's home at 588 Germania Street
• Obituary: 12 sep. 1921, Utah, USA

Notater:

Edward Milo Webb, Jr. (1847-1921) was born in Linden, Missouri to Edward Milo Webb, Sr. (1815-1852) and Caroline Amelia Owens (1821-1895). The elder Edward was born in Hanover, New York to James Webb, Jr. (1777-1845) and Hannah Griswold (1790-1845). James was a descendant of Richard Webb (1580-1665) who was born in Norwalk, Dorsetshire, England. Richard immigrated to America and settled in Connecticut. Edward traveled to Utah as a young boy and settled in Filmore. He eventually married three women plurally and was the father of thirty- one children. His first wife was Ellen Ashman (1854-1928) who was the daughter of John Ashman and Ann Wild. Ellen was born in Moston, England and immigrated with her family to Utah in 1864. Descendants live in Utah, Arizona, California, New Mexico and other parts of the western United States.

Edward blev gift med Ellen Ashman den 6 jun. 1870 i Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Ellen (datter af John Ashman, Jr. og Ann Wild) blev født den 28 maj 1854 i Moston, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; døde den 19 nov. 1928 i Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; blev begravet den 21 nov. 1928 i Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCK-948
• Bopæl: 1861, Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
• Indvandring: 26 aug. 1864, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1920, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA; Fort Lowell
• Obituary: 20 nov. 1928, Utah, USA
• Obituary: 21 nov. 1928, Utah, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LLQX-5C3
• Indvandring: Deseret, United States
• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Notater:

Edward Milo Webb was a member of the Nauvoo, Illinois 1st Ward. (Reference: Nauvoo: Early Mormon....Series 1839-46. Platt, Lyman. 1980)

Edward labored as a missionary in Michigan. (Reference: Journal History of the Church; Feb. 4, 1840; Oct. 3, 1842; Apr. 17, 1843.)

He died July 31, 1852 while crossing the plains

Edward + Caroline Amelia Owens. Caroline blev født den 9 jul. 1821 i Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, USA; døde den 1 sep. 1895 i Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 3 sep. 1895 i Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJR-FCL
• Bopæl: ml. 1839 og 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
• Bopæl: 1850, Clinton, Missouri, United States
• Bopæl: 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1880, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• National Identification: Doug592
• FSID: KWJW-HV6
• Indvandring: 1864, New York City, New York, United States
• Indvandring: 26 aug. 1864, Utah, USA
• Obituary: 7 maj 1909, Utah, USA

Notater:

JOHN ASHMAN
The Patriarch
1823-1909

John Ashman was the eldest son of John Ashman and Elizabeth Arnold and was born February 7, 1823 in the West Cliff Parish of Dover, Kent, England overlooking the White Cliffs of Dover. He was the sixth child in a large family, and early in life learned the trade of masonry eventually also becoming a painter and plasterer. He was described as short in stature, with blue eyes, black hair, and a graying beard.

John’s father was also John Ashman born about 1791. His mother Elizabeth, was born November 20, 1793 in Lydden, Kent, England. She lived to be 93 and was described in the 1881 census as a charwoman and a widow. She died October 20, 1887 in Dover, Kent, England.

Young John joined the army for four years and was stationed in Leeds where he met Ann Wild. They were married on November 18, 1844 in Islington, Middlesex, England. Ann was born April 25, 1826 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Her parents were Thomas Wild and Sarah Rushworth.

John and Ann had seven children, but the youngest two girls died in infancy. Our grandfather, John Thomas was their only son. All their children were born in England.

John and Ann became interested in the Church when the missionaries came, particularly Reuben A. McBride of Fillmore. John became convinced of the truth of the Gospel when he had a vision in which he saw a man standing in a very bright light holding a book in each hand. He was convinced it was the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He was a lay minister and when he began preaching some of the principles of the Mormon church in a sermon, the congregation became enraged, and a mob chased him until he was able to hide in a cemetery (one story says he jumped into a freshly dug grave) and stayed the long cold night.

John was baptized March 5, 1851 by John H. Jarvis and confirmed by Robert Q. Menzies. Ann was opposed to the church initially, but at last consented to baptism the following year, October 19, 1852. John Brook baptized her and Elder Jason Horton confirmed her. Their two oldest children, Ann Elizabeth and Harriet were baptized August 30, 1856. John became a leader of the church, becoming President of the Failsworth, Lancaster Branch. John Ashman even had a letter appear in the Millennial Star regarding his missionary work. “I take this opportunity to inform you that since I left Burmingham I baptized five people in this branch…..our prospects for the increase of this branch are encouraging. I have distributed some hand bills containing the prophecies of Joseph Smith, concerning the present American war and they have been productive in the work….I rejoice in the privilege of laboring in the vineyard, and see the honest in heart obey the Gospel.” (signed John Ashman)

The family worked hard for eleven years to get ready to go to Zion. Harriet and Ann Elizabeth both worked in the cotton mill as children until they left. In fact, the family moved often from mill town to mill town living near London, Leeds, and Manchester. Ann was reluctant to leave England, but John felt if one child went ahead, that would encourage Ann. They had saved enough to send one person and along with a $40 loan from the Perpetual Emigration Fund, the family was able to send Ann Elizabeth first at age 16. She accompanied Elder McBride who had first taught them the gospel. She would be able to live in Fillmore with his family.

She finally arrived on the John J. Boyd at Castle Gardens, New York on June 1, 1862. Castle Gardens, was called the “Emigrant Home”. They then traveled by steamboat to Albany, NY, across to Niagara Falls and then they traveled to Detroit, and then Chicago. They went on the Mississippi to Hannibal, and by railroad to St. Joseph Missouri and then by steamboat the 250 miles up the Missouri River to Florence, Nebraska. Finally they were taken by teamsters across the plains. On her trip to Utah she met Abraham Carling, one of the young teamsters, and they were married on their arrival in Salt Lake. She worried about paying back her Perpetual Emigration Fund loan, but Abe paid it for her.

Ann became anxious to get to Zion to be with her daughter and asked for money from her rich uncle to help send the rest of the family, but he told her if it were for anything else he would give it to her, but if it took her to Utah and Brigham Young, he would not lend her any. John said not to worry, “The Lord will open the way.” A short time later in 1863, her bachelor uncle passed away and their inheritance allowed them to finally take the rest of their family to Zion.

They finally sailed on the Monarch of the Sea. 974 Saints, one of the largest groups ever to sail left Liverpool with the Saints singing as they wept, “My Native Land I Love Thee” and “Ye Elders of Israel”-they were certainly going to the “mountains of Ephraim to dwell.” They arrived in New York June 3, 1864 and unlike Ann Elizabeth’s long trek via steamboat, etc. they went by train to Wyoming, Nebraska the new outfitting station for the treks west. The church would send out teamsters from Utah to drive the Saints west. Newton McBride was their teamster and he drove a team of mules rather than oxen. They traveled across the plains in the John R. Murdock Company, walking the whole way as the wagons brought their supplies. One of the girls remembered when their shoes wore out, they walked barefoot and it was not uncommon to see blood in the footprints on the sand. John Thomas got Rocky Mountain Fever, but recovered. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley August 26, 1864 and were met at the Tithing Office by members with an abundance of food. Then they were off to Fillmore to the waiting arms of Ann Elizabeth, her husband and, their first grandchild, John.

The Ashman family then settled in Fillmore. John bought property across from the Carlings, and because the area was so rocky he built a home from the rock. The children helped built a rock wall as well. This lovely two story home built in 1868 reflects his skill as a mason, with its long side porch and five gables. Even though today it has a coat of stucco it is still considered one of the beautiful old homes of the area. John continued in his occupation of plasterer and painter. He was said to be able to whitewash a large room before breakfast. Whitewash was a way to brighten up rooms that had no fancy paint or wallpaper. One time Ann wanted some color so he put some berries in the paint and she had a pink room. John also served on the School board and was General Chairman of the Fillmore 50th Anniversary Celebration.

John also ran a freight business taking goods to Nevada to sell. Coming back with was always dangerous as there were many robbers in the area. John was stopped one time by the well known robber Ben Tasker. He and his companions searched and searched but could not find the gold and silver John had hidden in the bottom of his water barrel. Jovial soul he was, John talked and joked with them, and before they left he had even traded horses with them.

John was considered a jolly, loveable Englishman, always singing as he worked. In fact, the whole family loved to sing-Ann had a lovely voice and always sang in the choir. He was a leader of boys and in 1868 called to be the President of the Deacons ultimately teaching every boy in town. When he joined the Church, John smoked a pipe, (this was before the Word of Wisdom) and when he was called as President, the Bishop mentioned how he needed a good man to be an example to the boys, a man who didn’t smoke, and one the boys could respect, but he wasn’t telling John to quit smoking. At home John hung his pipe over the fireplace and told Ann he would see if he could resist it. After two weeks he told her to burn the pipe.

John was always trying to find interesting ways to teach his deacons and it sometimes included singing to them. Their favorite song was an old English one about a crocodile swallowing a man, and the man’s determination but ever failing efforts to get out of the crocodile. His dramatic gestures always got generous applause. He served in the church his whole life and in 1895 was made Patriarch of Millard Stake. He and Allen Russell traveled all over the area and he gave hundreds of blessings. One time he even gave a blessing with a prophecy to Alonzo Hinckley that he would someday be an apostle. Brother Hinckley never told anyone until the day he was sustained as an apostle.

John Ashman took three other wives in plural marriage. Lydia Tye and John were married October 18, 1875. She was born June 3, 1825 in Cranford, Northhampshire, England and died June 7, 1909 Her parents were John Tye and Esther Askew. John also married Batilda Nielsen and Jane Ingles. An old family story says that when they came to arrest John for polygamy, they decided that one of the wives was so ugly that was enough punishment.

John died April 27, 1909 in Fillmore and was buried there. Ann had preceded him in death, dying March 12, 1906.

Taken from histories of John Ashman by Kristie Teames, Nellie Peterson Foote, Genevieve Huish Carling, and Rhoda Ashman Melville, Pioneer Immigrants to the Utah Territory, the 1900 Utah Census, the 1861 British Census, information from Ancestry.com (John Ashman Family trees) and Family Group Sheets in my possession.
Compiled by Jane Watson Hales

John + Ann Wild. Ann blev født den 25 apr. 1827 i Meanwood, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; blev døbt den 3 jun. 1827 i Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire, England; døde den 12 mar. 1906 i Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 13 mar. 1906 i Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJX-MPL
• Bopæl: 1841, Wakefield All Saints, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; Census
• Bopæl: 1851
• Bopæl: 1851, Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
• Bopæl: 1851, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England
• Bopæl: 1861, Midsomer Norton, Somersetshire, England
• Bopæl: 1861, Newton, Lancashire, England
• Indvandring: 26 aug. 1864
• Indvandring: 26 aug. 1864, Utah, USA

Notater:

ANN ELIZABETH WILD ASHMAN
1826-1906

Ann Elizabeth Wild Ashman was born April 26, 1826 to Thomas Wild and Sarah Rushworth in Meanwood, Chappeltown, Yorkshire, England (near Leeds) into a family of ten children.

When Ann was a little girl, she saw Queen Victoria as she sat in her carriage which was drawn by six white horses. Ann was often told she looked like the Queen. She had brown eyes and brown hair, and was a very stately lady. She was very outspoken, but had a very sympathetic heart.

When she was almost eighteen, she met a young man by the name of John Ashman who had joined the army for four years and was stationed in Leeds. He and a companion were walking down the street, passed two young ladies, and even though John had never seen her before, he told his companion he intended to marry the pretty one. It was Ann Wild.

John married Ann November 18, 1844 in Islington, Middlesex, England (near London). They became interested in the Mormon Church and were baptized-- John in 1851 and even though Ann at first was opposed, she was baptized the next year in 1852. The Elders made the Ashman home their headquarters. Ann cared for them as her own. George Q. Cannon, president of the British Mission, lived with the family.

They worked hard saving money to get to Zion. Ann Elizabeth, the oldest, was sent ahead to America, and her mother, Ann, was anxious to join her. She went to her bachelor uncle and asked for money to go to America, and since she was going to Utah to be with the Mormons, he refused to give her any. John told her not to despair, as “The Lord would take care of them.” Shortly after, her uncle passed away, and they used the inheritance to go to America. They traveled on The Monarch of the Sea with one of the largest groups of Mormon emigrants arriving in New York in June of 1864. They took the train to the jumping off point in Wyoming, Nebraska and crossed the plains and arrived in the valley in August. She and John moved to Fillmore with their five children and were reunited with Elizabeth Ann, her new husband, Abraham Carling, and their first grandson, John’s namesake, John Carling.

Ann was the first of four plural wives. The lovely home pictured was the Ashman home with a gable for each wife, so the story goes. The other wives were Lydia Tye, Batilda Nielsen, and Jane Ingles.

John and Ann had eight children all born in England, but in several different places indicating their many moves from one mill town to another. Ann Elizabeth was born December 20, 1846 in Islington, Middlesex, England; Harriet born July 4, 1848 in Leeds, Yorkshire; Isabella born May 15, 1850 in Leeds; John Thomas Ashman, our grandfather, born March 29, 1852 in Leeds; Ellen born May 28, 1854 in Moston, Lancashire; Sarah Jane, born in Fallsworth, Manchester in 1856 and dying in infancy; Emma Jean, 1858 dying in infancy; Imogene, 1859 dying in infancy. (Some records show a second Imogene who also died, and some records indicate that Emma Jean and the Imogene were the same child, with the name spelled two different ways).

Ann had a lovely singing voice, and sang in the choir for forty years. Music was an important part of the Ashman home. Ann never lost her English brogue, and everyone who knew her loved her witty jokes. She was known as a great entertainer, who gave excellent parties. She and John had a great deal of respect and love for each other. He enjoyed her humor as much as anyone.

Fillmore was the first capitol of the state of Utah. After the capitol was moved to Salt Lake, this building was used for church, recreation, and other meetings. The Ashmans would have been among those who sang, danced and worshiped there. Their pictures along with other pioneers hung on the walls of this old capitol building.

Ann would live a long life as wife of the Patriarch, and devoted mother, and church member. She passed away on March 12, 1906 at age of 80, three years before her husband. She is buried in Fillmore.

Taken from Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory, History of Ann Wild Ashman by Nellie Peterson Foote, and The Ashman Story by Kristie C. Teames, the 1900 Utah Census, the 1961 British Census, information from Ancestry. com (John Ashman Family Trees) and Family Group Sheets in my possession.

Compiled by Jane Watson Hales