Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ashton, Jacob 1829 - 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com April 29, 2006, 3:51 pm Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914 Ashton, Jacob (deceased), was for many years a resident of Grundy County, and was born in Delaware County, Pa., in 1829, but he came to Grundy County in 1851, and for three years thereafter carried on farming in Nettle Creek Township. He then went to Wauponsee Township and there rounded out his life, dying February 27, 1897. He married Rachel Hager, and they had three children, namely: William Ashton, John A. Ashton, and Sarah Levina, the latter being deceased. page 756 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/ashton674nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb