Person Sheet


Name Hezekiah Vantine Ashbaugh18,8
Birth 25 Mar 1841, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, Pa.18,117,136
Death 3 Aug 1934, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, Pa.136
Occupation Clerk in country store14
Father Thomas Ashbaugh (1815-1876)
Mother Elizabeth (Betsy) Stitt (1816-1895)
Misc. Notes
Hezikiah was a member of the Gallant 78th Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry during the American Civil War. Company I was recruited in Armstrong County, by Robert D. Elwood and others, and was composed of men from Armstrong and adjoining counties, with an average age of about 22 years. This company comprised laborers, students, farmers, and mechanics, and came to Camp Orr on the 29th of August. It was organized with Robert D. Elwood, captain; George W. Black, 1st lieutenant; Samuel M. Crosby, 2nd lieutenant, with Samuel H. Kerr, William B. Kerr, William C. Murphy, Daniel Bryson and John D. Hall, sergeants, and Aaron Hawk. Lewis T. Hill, William Henry Jr., John S. McIlwain, Hezekiah V. Ashbaugh, Joseph L. Keer, and James Drummond, corporals.58

Served in the Civil war.136 His name may sometimes be written as Isaiah. Living in Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, in the 1870 & 1880 censuses.

1880 census of Allegheny Twp, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania:
Hezekiah V. ASHBAUGH Self M M W 40 PA
Occ: Clerk In Country Store Fa: PA Mo: PA
Ellen J. ASHBAUGH Wife F M W 35 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Worth S. ASHBAUGH Son M S W 13 PA
Occ: At Home Fa: PA Mo: PA
Ninna Minnie ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 12 PA
Occ: At Home Fa: PA Mo: PA
Lizzie Belle ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 10 PA
Occ: At Home Fa: PA Mo: PA
Emma U. ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 8 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
Kezia A. ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 6 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
William W. ASHBAUGH Son M S W 3 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
Katie R. ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 11M PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
Blanche M. ASHBAUGH Dau F S W 11M PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA14

In 1900 he was census enumerator for District 77, which included Hyde Park.19
Spouses
1 Ellen Jane Hawk136,8
Birth 12 Apr 1846, Armstrong Co, Pa.136
Death 3 Jul 1934, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, Pa.136
Father David E. Hawk (1806-1895)
Mother Catherine Eckman (1814-1884)
Marriage ca 1863
Children Worthington S. (Worth) (1866-ca1915)
Nina Minnie (1868-1958)
(Lizzie) Belle (1869-1955)
Emma U. (ca1872-)
Keziah A. (Kizzie) (1874-1962)
William W. (1877-1918)
Blanche (Twin) (1879-)
Katherine (Kate) (Twin) (1879-)
Robert (1881-)
Myra Pearl (1883-)
Logan (1885-)
(Eva) Mae (1889-1978)
Last Modified 13 Sep 2005 Created 9 Dec 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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