Georgia   Biographies Baptist  John Hergen Ash

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JOHN HERGEN ASH

     John Hergen Ash was born in Savannah, Georgia, November
17th, 1843.  He was the only son of George A. and Sarah Ash, 
by a second marriage on both sides.  He was deeply impressed
by the death of an only sister, at the age of three years.  
Though he was very young, this bereavement caused him to 
reflect most seriously about his responsibility to God, and the
"vast concerns" of eternity.  He was fortunate in having a 
mother of deep piety, who communed much with God, and the
remembrance of her fervent prayers for him still linger in his
bosom.  She often took her boy by the hand to lead him to the
place where she daily knelt in secret prayer to pour out her
soul to God...
     He received his education in Savannah, being sent to the 
private schools and academies of this city until the war between 
the States...   April, 1857, during a revival season, under the
ministry of Rev. D. G. Daniel, he united with the church, and 
was baptized.
     At the breaking out of the war he left school, and though,
only about seventeen years old, entered the Confederate 
service, among the early volunteer troops who occupied Fort
Pulaski, near his native city.  Four years of the spring-time of
his life were passed in camp...  Settling in Effingham county, 
he was ordained deacon of Cowpen Branch church in 1867; licensed to preach by Elim church in 1871; ordained during
the session of the Middle Association, with Turkey Branch
church, September, 1873 by Revs. G. L. Jackson, J. C. 
Edwards and H. E. Cassidey...
     He has been married three times.  His present wife, who
 was Miss E. T. Foy of Effingham county, has borne him one
son, his only living child...

Ref:  HISTORY OF THE BATPIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA:
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM AND PORTRAIT 
GALLERY OF BAPTIST MINISTERS AND OTHER GEORGIA
BAPTIST, 1881, Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Atlanta, GA, pp. 12-13


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