Nathaniel Ashby 
M, #6149, b. Apr 15, 1805, d. Sep 23, 1846
| Father* | Benjamin Ashby b. Sep 6, 1776, d. Sep 20, 1840 |
| Mother* | Mary Young b. Dec 10, 1779, d. Aug 29, 1823 |
Family | Susan Hammond b. Aug 28, 1808, d. May 15, 1851 | |
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| Birth* | Apr 15, 1805 | Nathaniel Ashby was born on Apr 15, 1805 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States . |
| He was the son of Benjamin Ashby and Mary Young. | ||
| Marriage* | Nov 30, 1826 | Nathaniel Ashby married Susan Hammond on Nov 30, 1826 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Death* | Sep 23, 1846 | Nathaniel Ashby died on Sep 23, 1846, at age 41 at Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States. |
| Obituary | Sep 24, 1846 | OBITUARY: Nathaniel Ashby Sr. was the son of Mary Young and Benjamin Ashby. He married Susan Hammond on November 30, 1826 in Salem, Massachusetts. They had eleven children: Benjamin Ashby, Susan Ann Ashby, Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby, Martha Ellen Ashby, Harriet Maria Ashby, Ashby, Louisa Ashby, William Hardin Ashby, John Jefford Ashby and Emma Smith Ashby Nathaniel died three years after their youngest was born, leaving his wife to raise their children. He was buried in Bonaparte, Iowa. When his wife died in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was memorialized on her gravestone as seen in the photo. (Nathaniel Ashby was born in 1805 at Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Ashby (1776-1841) and a descendant of Anthony Ashby (b. ca. 1630). He married Susan Hammond (1808-1851), daughter of Edward and Rebecca Flack Hammond. They had twelve children, ca. 1824-1845. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in 1841 and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843. He died on the plains near Bonaparte, Iowa, in 1846, after the Mormons were driven from Nauvoo. The family continued to Utah, arriving in 1848. His widow married 2) Joseph B. Noble and had one daughter, born in 1849. Information found on Find-A-Grave.com.1 |
| Burial* | Sep 25, 1846 | He was buried on Sep 25, 1846 at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 21711680.2 |