Kentucky: A History Of The State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

CHARLES D. ASHBY was born February 11, 1843, in Jefferson County, Ky. His
father, Presley Ashby, was a native of Oldham County, Ky., born May 5,
1814, and was married to Miss Allishia McDaniel, and had born to him six
children.  Charles D., the eldest born, was educated in the country
schools, and at eighteen years of age, volunteered in the Union army,
enlisting in Company H, Thirty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and
served until the close of the war, when he returned to Kentucky, located
in Bullitt County, and engaged in farming.  In 1870 he was married to Miss
Rolaner Froman, daughter of Jeremiah and Amanda Froman.

Ashby McDaniel Froman
=
Oldham-KY Bullitt-KY

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