William E. Ashbrook

Birth Date

1820-10-13

Death Date

1882-06-14

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Covington, Kentucky, sheriff and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ashbrook. Father of Edward Ashbrook, Walker Ashbrook, Russell Ashbrook, and Arthur Ashbrook. Slaughterer in Covington in 1850. Sheriff of Kenton County, Kentucky, from 1858 to 1860. Trader in Kenton County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 5, p. 293; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 5, p. 241; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, p. 34.
Thomas S. Page, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1858 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1859), p. 133.
Thomas S. Page, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, KY: John B. Major, 1860), p. 138.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, Kentucky, Sixth Congressional District, Kenton County, 1863, p. 2;
Find A Grave, "William E. Ashbrook (1820-1882)," Memorial #142444025, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142444025 (accessed April 8, 2020).
KYR-0001-029-0513.

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