Amos Ash

M, #5428, b. 27 June 1840, d. 1917
Pedigree
Father*Thomas Ash b. 9 Sep 1809
Mother*Rebecca Ann Spencer
ChartsAsh (maternal side) - Johann Adam Esch (Immigrant 1772), (aka Adam Ash)
Reference48.(10)4
Birth*27 June 1840 Amos Ash was born on 27 June 1840 at Doddridge Co., West Virginia. 
Marriage*14 April 1864 He married Mary Ann Pinnell on 14 April 1864. 
Military* Amos Ash was in the military Union 6th Cavalry. "The story that my grandmother and mother had related to me is as follows (as they showed me the two tin pictures of my Distant grandfather). Amos and a brother or cousin fought along side of each other in the West Virginia army (Union), Amos was serverly wounded as he was struck with a cannonball losing a leg, and arm. He had also lost an eye, and was tortured by the enemy by putting sand in the eye socket! The picture of him shows clearly that he was wearing an eye patch, lost one arm and leg as he stood on a crouch and holding a cannon ball in front of his tent. It was the cannon ball that injured him."
     "My sister and I are trying to find these two photos, The uniform in the two pictures look Union to me based upon what I remember of the photos and what I have seen looking at civil war pictures. I have no records or stories related to me indicating my family was anything but Union Soldiers."
     His "certificate of disability for discharge" reads as follow, Was admitted to the hospital May 30th 1865 with ulceration of the cornea result of taking (can't read) while on pickets in the Shenandoah Valley. I certify that I have carefully examined the said Amos Ash, corpral and find him incapable of performing his duties of a solider because of loss of right (not sure what this is), ulceration of the cornea, insident to the (cant read).
     Pickets is an old military term meaning, a group of men on the front line, In todays military terms it would be a "Point Man". I'm still trying to make out what these words are. A doctor wrote this so there is my first problem in reading it, I can't tell if some of the words are medical terms (most likely) or simply the hand writing style of the doctors. I beleive, what is writen does document that Amos Ash was a Union West Virgiana Volunteer Cavalry man from the 6th Regiment and that he was injured while while in battle. It also shows that he voluntered in 1861 for 3 years, upon being discharge he reinlisted and was injured about March 1864 and admitted to the hospital in May.1 
(Witness) Military He witnessed the military of Mary (Hannah?) Underwood (1797 PA - 1878); Per Janet Ash 810 Sexton Rd Minden, LA 71055-7392 318-371-0820 (2005 address) - Abraham Ash, his mother (Mary Underwood Ash) and brother Absolom, lived in Doddridge Co WV, a border area during the Civil War. They were southern sympathizers and had sabatoged the B & O Railroad for the south. One brother was captured by Union soldiers, his eye pushed out and filled with sand. These Ashes were originally from southern Pennsylvania. At the end of the war, Abraham & Absolom moved into southern WV to escape prosecution. Janet's dad was the source for this information. He said that it might have been an uncle or cousin. And a cousin fits this next story that has a picture to back it up. Look in the index for Amos Ash, and read the story there. Amos is first cousin to Abraham and Absolom.
     Steve Ash AMASCASH3@aol.com believes that the one eye story belongs to John G Ash, son of Jacob Ash and Isabelle Marsh, who is 1st cousin once removed from Amos. John worked for the B+O Railroad and did serve in a Union Prison Camp near Columbus, Ohio. But since there is a picture to prove the eye story belongs to Amos, the stories were probably mixed up. 
Death*1917 Amos Ash died in 1917. 
Relationships1st cousin 3 times removed of Kathryn Ann Rhinehart
1st cousin 1 time removed of Tillman E Ash

Family

Mary Ann Pinnell b. 22 Sep 1844, d. 3 Oct 1923
Children
Last Edited25 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S1620] "email from Glenn to Kathryn," e-mail message from Glenn Basore, e-mail address to Kathryn Bassett.