Alexander Ashley

Alexander Ashley

• Birth Date: 31 May 1831
• Death Date: 11 Apr 1901
• SAR Membership: 71298
• Role: Ancestor
• Application Date: 7 Sep 1949
• Spouse: Elizabeth A Cox Ashley
• Children: Alexander McLure Ashley

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ALEXANDER ASHLEY DEAD. Old and Well-Known Clerk in the Weather Bureau. Mr. Alexander Ashley, one of the oldest and best known clerks in the United States weather bureau, died this morning at his home. 906 23d street. ... More serious complications ensued, and he continued to grow steadily worse until death claimed him. Mr. Ashley has been quite prominent in the affairs of the Methodist Church, and has on several occasions been a lay delegate to the general conference. His funeral will take place Saturday morning from Union M. ... Church, after which the remains will be shipped to Homestead, Pa., for interment. Mr. Ashley leaves two svnsAlexander McC. ... He afterward became..."
Publication title: Evening star
Publication place: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Date: Apr 11 1901
Page: 3

Published in 175th Anniversary book, "Anne Ashley United Methodist Church, 1830-2005," Anne Ashley United Methodist Church, 2005.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96926621/alexander-ashley
• John McDowell in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 < AncestryImage >
• “Ann Ashley United Methodist Church.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thu, May 19, 2005 . Page 6. < newspapers.com > In 1887, a committee in the congregation decided to replace that church with a new one, which cost $4,000 and was paid off on the day the church was dedicated. Anne Ashley's son, Alexander Ashley, who lived in Washington, D.C., had set aside a sum of money, $350, to be used to rebuild the church. Feeling that Alexander Ashley was "a representative man and an enthusiastic Methodist..." the congregation decided to name the church in honor of his mother, who died in 1854 at age 60 and was buried in the church cemetery. When the cornerstone was laid, it was renamed the Anne Ashley Memorial Methodist Church. "She was an estimable and kind-hearted woman and one of the first members of Franklin. To her memory, the new church was named," according to a book called "Homestead Methodism," published in conjunction with the church's centennial in the 1930s.