John Ashbaugh

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by Diane Minor!

Grain and Hardware Merchant at Dunlap, Radnor Township; was born in Marshall County, Illinois February 27, 1863. He is the son of George Ashbaugh a native Pennsylvania and Mary (O’Keefe) Ashbaugh (deceased) a native of Ireland; the latter the daughter of jerry O’Keefe. George Ashbaugh came to this State at an early date and was married in Peoria. He settled on a farm in Saratoga Township, Marshall County from which he moved to Hallock Township, Peoria County and thence to Parsons County, Kansas where he died. He was a soldier in the Mexican War and served under General Scott. John J. Ashbaugh worked on a farm ten years then engaged in the grocery business in Dunlap for a time which he sold and farmed for two years. He later engaged in the hardware and grain business which he still carries on. He is a Democrat has been Justice of the Peace and is now serving his second term as Supervisor of his township. He is an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. Mr. Ashbaugh married Sadie J. Gordon in Radnor Township June 8, 1892. They are the parents of three children: Samuel Edward born March 8, 1893 and Jessie who died January 11, 1900 aged two years, four months and twenty-two days; and Walter Wyatt, born June 1901. Mrs. Ashbaugh was born in Radnor Township October 20, 1867. Her father, Samuel, and her mother, Nancy (Strain) Gordon were natives of India. Mrs. Gordon is still living.

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