Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ashton, Joseph 1829 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Joseph Ashton, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Delaware County, Penn., in 
September, 1829, and lived there until he became twenty-two years of age, when 
he, with his parents, moved to Kendall County, Ill., and settled near Lisbon, 
where they bought a farm. Mr. Ashton now owns a farm of 190 acres, in Sections 
19 and 20 of Wauponsee Township. This land is worth $45 an acre; 150 acres of 
the farm is under cultivation. On the 21st of February, 1865, Mr. Ashton 
married Miss Rachel Hager, daughter of Godfrey Hager, of Virginia. Mrs. Ashton 
was born June 12, 1840, in Illinois, and is the mother of three children, 
viz., William E., Sarah L. (deceased) and John A. Mr. Ashton is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p76

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