John Thomas Ashby

1936 - 1939  (3 years)

• Name	John Thomas Ashby
  Birth	30 Apr 1936
  Gender	Male
  _UID	90315DA0EC254321B8F0C9ED2B1597D23A15
  Death	11 May 1939	Denville, Morris Co., New Jersey
  	Cause: by drowning,
  	Address: Cedar Lake
  	Son of John Buhle Ashby and Opal Trackwell Ashby. Johnny Ashby died as a small boy, drowning at age 3 at Cedar Lake in Denville, NJ.Jacqueline Conkling McClatchey, his first cousin, who was a teenager at the time, writes: "Little Johnny drowned in May of 1939. He was playing in the backyard of the house, which was fenced. Aunt Opal was ironing and Uncle Jack was lying on a couch, when they missed him. Aunt Opal went down the road to look for him and was over on the dam. Uncle Jack came out of the house and walked out on the dock and saw him in the bottom of the lake at the end of the dock. They think he was trying to feed the fish which he loved to do. I can't remember exactly now how old he was, two or three or four. They did not hear him go through the house, which he would have had to do to get outside. Mr. Rudolph handled the funeral. It was the first time our family had lost a child and it sure was rough. The male cousins were the pallbearers and it was all they could do to hold themselves together." [E-mail of Sept 29, 2002.] Information provided by Wilson Brown 1/16/09.
  Burial	May 1939	East Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey
  	Address: Hanover Cemetery
  	The pallbearers were his male cousins: Raymond (Conkling) Brud (John Frank Porter) Billy Ashby Roger (Collins)
  		John T Headstone Keywords: Picture
  Person ID	I2726	Gustafson/Morrow
  Last Modified	7 May 2023

  
  

  Father	John Buhle Ashby,   b. 4 Mar 1900, West Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey d. 13 Mar 1973, Medford, Jackson Co, OR (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Opal Trackwell,   b. 14 Apr 1907, Jarbalo, Leavenworth Co., Kansas d. 26 Mar 1999, Townsend, Broadwater Co., Montana (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1923	Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana
  	Address: County Courthouse
  	Jul 2014 I went to the Grt Falls Genealogical Society in the public library and got a copy of the original Marriage Certificate that Uncle Jack and Aunt Opal signed.
  Family ID	F752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart