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Male David Ashbaugh Click to view David Ashbaugh in the family tree

David was born on March 14th, 1772 in Huntingdon, PA and his baptism took place in German Reformed Congregation Church.  David's father was Frederick* Ashbaugh and his mother was Sophia* Sells.  His paternal grandfather was Johann Heinrich Eschbach and his paternal grandmother is Maria Elizabetha Merck; his maternal grandparents were Anthony* Sells and Catherine* Schneider. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Andrew*, Thomas, William, Frederick Oliver, John, Susan and Catherine.  He was the oldest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 62 in July 1834 in Hardin Co., KY.


David's family with Catherine Shoptaugh

‌David and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony about 1793 in Hagerstown, MD.  They had six sons and two daughters, named Frederick, John, Christopher Columbus, James Christopher, Henry, William, Artemesia and Sophia.


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