Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameElvin Reed Ashton 
Birth6 Aug 1933, Virginia
Death16 Dec 1959
BurialSiloam Baptist Church Cemetery, Westmoreland County, Virginia
FatherWilliam Harvey Ashton (1904-1972)
MotherBettie F. Reed (~1906-)
Documentation
1940 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Enumeration District 97-4, Montross District, Sheet 6B
Dwelling 121, rented, 3, on farm
Ashton, Harvey, head, male, Negro, 35, married, not in school, highest grade attended 4, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, 48 hours worked previous week, farmer on farm, working on own account, worked 48 weeks, has other income
Ashton, Betty F., wife, female, Negro, 34, married, not in school, highest grade attended 6, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, engaged in housework
Ashton, Thomas W., son, male, Negro, 10, single, in school, highest grade attended 1, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, William A., son, male, Negro, 8, single, in school, highest grade attended 0, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, Elvin R., son, male, Negro, 6, single, in school, highest grade attended 0, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, Fermon R., son, male, Negro, 11/12, single, not in school, born in Virginia
On 16 December 1959, Elvin Reed Ashton died in Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Usual resident of Montross, Westmoreland County; male; colored; never married; born 6 August 1933; age 26; laborer; born in Westmoreland County; citizen of USA; father Harvey Ashton; mother Betty Ashton; informant Harvey Ashton of Montross; cause of death typhoid fever, 38 days, due to cardiac insufficiency, 2 days; burial on 18 December 1959 at Siloam Cemetery, Zacata, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 32579.]
Enumeration District 97-4, Montross District, Sheet 6B
Dwelling 121, rented, 3, on farm
Ashton, Harvey, head, male, Negro, 35, married, not in school, highest grade attended 4, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, 48 hours worked previous week, farmer on farm, working on own account, worked 48 weeks, has other income
Ashton, Betty F., wife, female, Negro, 34, married, not in school, highest grade attended 6, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, engaged in housework
Ashton, Thomas W., son, male, Negro, 10, single, in school, highest grade attended 1, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, William A., son, male, Negro, 8, single, in school, highest grade attended 0, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, Elvin R., son, male, Negro, 6, single, in school, highest grade attended 0, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Ashton, Fermon R., son, male, Negro, 11/12, single, not in school, born in Virginia
On 16 December 1959, Elvin Reed Ashton died in Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Usual resident of Montross, Westmoreland County; male; colored; never married; born 6 August 1933; age 26; laborer; born in Westmoreland County; citizen of USA; father Harvey Ashton; mother Betty Ashton; informant Harvey Ashton of Montross; cause of death typhoid fever, 38 days, due to cardiac insufficiency, 2 days; burial on 18 December 1959 at Siloam Cemetery, Zacata, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 32579.]