Soldier Information
Name: Noah Ashbrook
Alias:
Place of Birth: Harrison KY Year of Birth: 1839
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5 1/2
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Covington
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 6th
Company: A Regiment(s): 117th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Covington, Ky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Ashbrook is first reported sick from an undisclosed illness on Dec 12, 1864. His death date is reported as Feb. 15, 1865 but the date appears on the Returns muster card as Feb. 16, 1865.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: February 15, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Va
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: February 15, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 16, 1867
Application No.: 140717 Certificate No.: 100864
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Charity Smith
Pensioner County: Greene Pensioner State: OH
Number of Pages:30
Pension Notes:
Pensioner was Noah’s widow, Charity (Ashbrook) Smith, who lived in Greene County, Ohio, at the time of filing. Noah served in the 117th USCI, Co. A. He died at Point of Rock, Virginia, during February of 1865 from Chronic Diarrhea. Noah had two children: Priscilla (born 1861) & Lucy Ashbrook (born 1864).
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Charity Maiden Name: Smith
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Priscilla Stowers 1862
Lucy Mary Stowers 1864
Family Notes:
Charity had three other daughters and possibly a fourth child in addition to the minor children named in the pension file. In the 1870 census, Hester, Emma, and Millie are named; they were likely not Noah Ashbrook’s children.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Keeping house
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Charity “Stowell”lives in Xenia, Ohio with her five daughters Hester, Emma, Priscilla, Lucy, and Millie. It is quite possible Hester, Emma, and Millie were not Noah Ashbrook’s children. Only Priscilla and Lucy are mentioned in the pension file as being the legitmate children of Noah and Charity. It is also unknown why Charity used the surname Stowers/Stowell; there is no alias name for Noah Ashbrook as Noah Stowers.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Keeping house
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Only three of the daughters are found in this census record living Charity: Mary (aka Lucy Mary) 16 yo, Emma 21 yo, and Priscilla 18 yo. All three are working outside the home as servants.
1890 Census
1890 Vet/Widow Census: View
1890 Census Notes:
Charity is enumerated using the surname Ashbrook; correctly identifies Noah Ashbrook by military company and regiment.
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Cook
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
In 1900 the widowed Charity lives with her widowed daughter Lucy Duncan and Lucy’s two daughters.
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census information not found
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found