Kalkaska County MI Archives Biographies.....Ashdon, William H August 25, 1825 - 
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Author: H.R. Page & Co., Chicago, 1884

"The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive, with Illustrations of 
Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men 
and Pioneers"
Chicago: H.R. Page & Co., 1884

Page 317
William H. Ashdon, farmer, Rapid River, was born in England, Aug. 25, 1825.  
At the age of eighteen years he enlisted in the British army and spent six 
years in the service of his native country.  In 1848 he came to Lockport, 
Niagara County, N.Y.  He purchased land and remained there several years.  His 
marriage was to Miss Mary A. Harmer, also of Niagara County, N.Y.  They had 
three children, Myron H., Mary M., and William R.  Mrs. Ashdon died Nov. 2, 
1862.  His second marriage was on July 2, 1863, to Miss Miranda C. Dean, of 
Tuscola County, Mich.  She was born in Sanilac County, July 10, 1845.  Their 
children are George L., Edwin S., Alice L., and Annie Grace.  Mr. Ashdon's 
removal from New York State was to Tuscola County, Mich.  From there, in 1867, 
he came to Rapid River, Kalkaska County, where he located land on Section 6, 
and opened for himself and family a pioneer home in the waving forest.  He 
then had to bring their supplies from Elk Rapids, a distance of twenty miles.  
He has eighty acres of beautiful land, with forty-five under cultivation.  He 
has also a fruit-bearing orchard of choice varieties of fruit, and an inviting 
home.  He has been four years township treasurer, and five years commissioner 
of highways.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F.

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