Ashworths of Meigs County Ohio
James Ashworth (b. 1759 d. 1844) and
his wife Mary and their two sons Thomas
(b 1789 d 1857) and David (b 1785 d
1846) came to the United States from
County Wicklow Ireland in the summer of
1812. They lived in Elizabeth, NJ until
June 1816 and then moved to Meigs Co,
Ohio, eventually settling in the
Flatwoods area of Chester Township.
Thomas married Nancy Blain in 1824.
Five of their children died at an early
age and are buried in the family plot of
the cemetery in Chester. His other
children included Mary Ann Ashworth, who
married James Radford, Francis Ashworth,
who married John Perry Wolfe, John
Ashworth, and James Ashworth.
David married Francis Dixon presumably
in New Jersey. Their two eldest sons,
James and Robert, were born there.
They had two more sons and a daughter
after moving to Ohio.
The Ashworth House in Chester in late
1800's
David's eldest son James (b. 1812 d.
1895) never married.
Robert Ashworth (b. 1816 d. 1897)
married Sarah C. Murray (b. 1815 d
1892). She is the daughter of Archibald
Murray and Sarah Fulton, who married in
Augusta Co, VA. Robert was a tanner.
Robert and Sarah had five sons and a
daughter, all of whom ventured out west
in their youths. Robert H. Ashworth
became a respected city official in
Colorado Springs CO. Charles Ashworth
was present for some of the wildest
adventures of the West, made a fortune
mining silver, and then lost it all.
Augustus A. Ashworth was a teacher then
a successful businessman, running the
Ashworth Coal Company of Middletown
Ohio. Kate Ashworth Hoskins was a
teacher.
David's third son George Ashworth (b.
1819 d. 1879) married Martha Watkins in
1847 and had five children, Frances
Amanda Ashworth Hecox, Estus Dixon
Ashworth, Aurin P Ashworth (who was
sheriff of Meigs Co), Margaret
Ashworth, and Grazelda Ashworth.
Thomas Ashworth (b. 1821 d. ?) married
Catherine Mauck. They moved to
neighboring Gallia Co and had three
sons, Dell, Isaac, and Dayton.
Main Sources:
The Ashworth Family Tree done by Philip
Ashworth Stevens in 1954
Meigs Co Ohio Vol. 1 Ashworths family
history by Asa Hoskins
Thomas Ashworth Obituary Pomeroy Meigs
Co. Telegraph Weekly Dec. 15 1857
