Bonnie,
You will find your ASH and STRANGE ancestors who left Washington and Nelson
Co for Indiana--in Daviess and Martin Co, Indiana. Most likely cemetery
would be St. Mary's Cemetery, Barr Twp, Daviess Co, IN. Be sure to check the
Daviess and Martin Co sites:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indavies/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmartin/index.htm
and the GenExchange sites:
http://www.genexchange.com/in/daviess/index.cfm
http://www.genexchange.com/in/martin/index.cfm
as well as the
rootsweb.com sites....
In the St. Mary's Church Congregation in Barr Twp in 1848 were:
Raphael Ash
Thomas Ash
Francis Ash
Charles Ash
William Strange
James Strange
Charles Strange
At the Miles Settlement attached to the St Mary's Congrgation in 1848 were:
Henry Ash and Thomas Ash
John Strange Jr
Charles Strange Jr
The first marriage performed by Fr. Patrick J. R. Murphy was May 4, 1848,
when he married Henry Ash and Miss Ellen Miles. John Cannon and Miss Miles
were witnesses.
Those who made their Confirmation at St. Mary's in 1868 were:
James Ash
Jane Strange
Frances Jane Ash
Catherine Mary Ash
I need to advise you that almost all of the old pioneer graves are now
without stones or markers. Across the gravel road from St Mary's is the
pioneer cemetery, and there is one commemorative marker for all. Natalie
Montgomery Baker did compile a cemetery listing and a copy is in both the
Shoals Library in Martin Co and the Carnegie Library in Washington in Daviess
Co. Her work is also on microfilm at the FHL in SLC, Utah. You can probably
view (have to go and order it first) a copy of the microfilm at a local LDS
Family History Center.
The following are buried in unmarked graves at St Mary's--
Ash, Mary Ellen Miles d. Mar 1 1898 age abt 70 years wife of Henry Ash
Ash, James d. Feb 8, 1898 age 76 years
Ash, Susan d. Feb 22, 1898 age abt 70 years wife of James Ash
You can also go to the BLM website and find out when the Strange and Ash
families bought land in Daviess Co.
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov
Good luck!
Shirley H. Platt
~Researching Maryland-Kentucky-Indiana Families~
Bowling~Spalding~Mattingly~Montgomery~Johnson~Seale~Vessels~Greene~
Norris-Queen~Riney~Lents~Melton~Canter~McDaniel~Bowles~Langworth~
Kidwell~Clements~Greenwell~Higdon~Speake~Cissell~McAtee~Blandford~
~Boone~
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Daviess Co
http://www.genexchange.com/in/daviess/index.cfm
Martin Co
http://www.genexchange.com/in/martin/index.cfm