John Ash Jr.

John Ash Jr. was born Feb 10, 1820 in Stockport, England to John and Sarah Rainer Ash.

History

At a young age, the family moved to Birmingham, England where John became an apprentice to a gunsmith. After that, he married Jane Lunt in April of 1884. They had two kids, both dying before the age of three. Jane later died in 1848. A year later, John married Mary Stephenson in 1849. They had one child in 1851, which in the following year, Mary died, and their child died in 1853. That same year, John married Sophia Edwards.

Soon after their marriage, the Ash family became acquainted with Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were baptized. On March 23, 1856, the family began the trek to Utah, reaching on Sep 26, 1856. John opened a gunsmith shop in Salt Lake City to get some income from making pistols. 

In 1860, the Ash family, along with the Griffin family, decided to seek a new home in Cache Valley where they moved to Richmond. After about three years in Richmond, and the death of Sophia and Sarah, in 1863 the Ash family moved to Logan, Utah where he stayed the rest of his life.

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