BIO: Charles D. Ashby, Jefferson/Bullitt Co., KY ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submitter before downloading. Added June 5, 2001 In Memory of Jeff Murphy - Ky Biographies Project ***************************************************************************** Kentucky: A History Of The State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. CHARLES D. ASHBY was born February 11, 1843, in Jefferson County, Ky. His father, Presley Ashby, was a native of Oldham County, Ky., born May 5, 1814, and was married to Miss Allishia McDaniel, and had born to him six children. Charles D., the eldest born, was educated in the country schools, and at eighteen years of age, volunteered in the Union army, enlisting in Company H, Thirty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Kentucky, located in Bullitt County, and engaged in farming. In 1870 he was married to Miss Rolaner Froman, daughter of Jeremiah and Amanda Froman. Ashby McDaniel Froman Oldham-KY Bullitt-KY