Nathaniel Ashby (1805-1846)

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Nathaniel Ashby was born 15 April 1805 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to Benjamin Ashby (1776-1840) and Mary Young (1779-1821) and died 23 September 1846 Six miles west of Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States of unspecified causes. He married Susan Hammond (1808-1851) 30 November 1826 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel 's family were seaman and shipwrights until after the war of 1812 . Nathaniel , however, was apprenticed to a shoemaker at an early age, to learn the shoemaking trade. He became expert in making fine shoes. After his marriage, the couple soon owned not only his shoe shop but also several houses which they rented out.

They were introduced to the gospel and baptized in 1841 . In 1843 they sold out and moved to Nauvoo . They lived there until the exodus, then started west with the saints. Nathaniel 's health was not good and, after reaching camp a few miles from Bonaparte, Iowa , they decided to camp until he felt better. He died there and was buried there. He was only 41 years old.

(1839-1846) This Nauvoo, Illinois, dwelling was built as a duplex shared by Erastus Fairbanks Snow (1818-1888) (future LDS Apostle) and Nathaniel Ashby and their families. It is located on the west side of Hyde Street just north of Parley Street in Nauvoo. Nathaniel followed Erastus from Salem to Nauvoo. Some of his children followed him eventually to St. George, Utah

Children

Offspring of Nathaniel Ashby and Susan Hammond (1808-1851)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Robert Reed Ashby (1827-1828)
Benjamin Ashby (1828-1907)
Susan Ann Ashby (1830-1896)	1 February 1830 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	28 April 1896 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895) Briant Stringham (1823-1871)
Elizabeth Rebecca Ashby (1831-1915)	17 May 1831 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	12 June 1915 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	Erastus Fairbanks Snow (1818-1888)
Martha Ellen Ashby (1832-1873)	28 August 1832 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	25 March 1873 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	Alondus de Lafayette Buckland (1823-1854) Briant Stringham (1823-1871)
Harriet Maria Ashby (1834-1921)	8 April 1834 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	18 April 1921 Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States	Briant Stringham (1823-1871)
Nathaniel Ashby (1835-1882)	25 May 1835 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	18 March 1882 Near San Francisco, Pacific Ocean	Mary Virginia Garr (1840-1886) Martha Ann Truman (1850-1892)
Richard Hammond Ashby (1836-1909)	26 December 1836 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	2 June 1909 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	Esther Ann Busby (1842-1914)
William Hardin Ashby (1839-1925)
Mary Jane Ashby (1841-1912)
Emma Smith Ashby (1843-1877)	10 March 1843 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	25 May 1877 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States	Benjamin Joseph Stringham (1839-1915)
John Jefford Ashby (1845-1893)

Siblings

Offspring of Benjamin Ashby (1776-1840) and Mary Young (1779-1821)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Benjamin Ashby (1800-1885))
Mary Joanna Ashby (1801-1851)
John Jefford Ashby (1802-1866)
Nathaniel Ashby (1805-1846)	15 April 1805 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	23 September 1846 Six miles west of Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States	Susan Hammond (1808-1851)
Eliza Jane Ashby (1807-1853)
Robert Ashby (1809-1879)

Offspring of Benjamin Ashby (1776-1840) and Joanna Glazier (1796-1889)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Mehitable Gale Ashby (1825-1846)
Richard Gale Ashby (1827-1892)
Laura Ann Ashby (1829-1920)
Francis Ashby (1832-1916)
William Henry Ashby (1834-1924)
Sylvester Holt Ashby (1837-1908)

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