Benjamin Warren Ashley

1854 -

• Name	Benjamin Warren Ashley
  Born	20 Apr 1854	Fort Ann, Washington County, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I40048	Day Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jan 1998

  
  

  Father	Warren Ashley,   b. 9 Oct 1827, Fort Ann, Washington County, NY ,   d. 23 Jun 1907, De Kalb, DeKalb County, IL  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Wing,   b. 20 Mar 1834, Hartford, Washington County, NY ,   d. 9 Mar 1907, De Kalb, DeKalb County, IL  (Age 72 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1853	Hartford, Washington County, NY   [1]
  Family ID	F15095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida May Smith,   b. 6 Jun 1857, Knoxville, Marion County, IA
  Married	3 Jan 1883	Jefferson, Greene County, IA   [2]
  Children	1. George Harry Ashley,   b. 13 Jan 1884, Paton, Greene County, IA ,   d. 9 Sep 1885  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F15131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Apr 1854 - Fort Ann, Washington County, NY Married - 3 Jan 1883 - Jefferson, Greene County, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At the age of 18 Benjamin commenced teaching school in Illinois. After five years he was made superintendent of a school in Ripley, Iowa. He then went to Colorado to take charge of a school in Idaho Springs for two years. He was then for three years principal of a graded school in Paton, Iowa. For the next four years he was professor of sciences and mathematics at Ford Dodge College, and from there went to Wayne, Neb., where he was superintendent of the graded schools for 4 more years. He returned to DeKalb.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Ashley Genealogy, Trowbridge, R292.2 As3t, 256 (Reliability: 3). [S35] Ashley Genealogy, Trowbridge, R292.2 As3t, 288 (Reliability: 3).