SECOND GENERATION

4. Henry Enos ASH ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born on 22 Mar 1847 in Marshall Co. Indiana. He died on 9 Apr 1909 in Butler, South Dakota-Day Co.. Military Service of Henry E. Ash

Henry enlisted on 01 April 1864 as a private. He was promoted to full sergeant.
Served Indiana Enlisted K Company 12th Cavalry Regiment IN. Mustered out at Indianapolis,IN on 10 November 1865.
Application date: 09 December 1881
Relationship: Self
Number 434925
State: Minnesota
08 June 1909
Relationship: Widow
Lorinda M. Ash
Number: 921515
State: South Dakota
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Abbreviation: INRoster
Published by Holloway on 1865-66


From the Webster Reporter And Farmer
Dated April 22, 1909
From a Column Entitled " From Butler Herald "
Floyd Yeager, of Webster, was here to attend the funeral Tuesday.
Mrs. Rankes, of Webster, arrived Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Ash.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mattson came up from Summit Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Ash.
Charles Phelps of Webster, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Butler, were here to attend the funeral Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. James Ash and children arrived from Garden City Monday evening to attend the funeral of the former's father.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCloskey, Mrs. W. A. Hart, Miss Joy Ash, of Sentinel Butte, N. D., came up from Bristol in an automobile to attend the funeral of their father.

He was married to Laurinda Maria ARCHIBALD (daughter of David William ARCHIBALD and Elizabeth MCCONNAUGHHAY) on 4 Apr 1869 in Morocco, Indiana-Newton Co.. Laurinda Maria ARCHIBALD^{(1) (2)} was born on 8 Mar 1848 in Morocco , Indiana. She died on 18 Apr 1938 in Big Arm , Montana. Pioneer Woman Of Butler Is Buried
Closing the last chapter of a life wherein was written a chronicle of service to her community and her friends, Lorinda M. Ash, one of Butler's most respected citizens, peacefully crossed the last frontier on Sunday afternoon at Big Arm, Montana, where she has spent the past winter, in company with her two daughters, Elsie and Hattie, and her two sons Charles and Ivan.
Lorinda M. Archibald was born in Morocco, Newton County, Indiana, March 8, 1849; and was at the time of her passing, 89 years, one month, and 16 days of age.
At the early age of ten years, she lost both her parents. An uncle, a Christian minister, took her to raise and it was at this time that she united with the Christian church. Her early education and girlhood was spent at Morocco and it was here that she taught school for two years.
On March 15, 1865, she was united in marriage to Henry E. Ash of Morocco, Indiana, and to them were born eleven children. Two daughters, Joy and Candace, and her husband preceded her in death. She is survived by four daughters: Elsie of Butler; Eva (Mrs. O. P. Olson) of Lily; Maud (Mrs. J.L. Dahl) of Polson, Montana; and five sons: Dr. James Ash of Lake Andes; Ransom and Charles of Butler, Arles of Rupert, Idaho, and Ivan of Polson, Montana, who mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother.
Shortly after their marriage, the young couple started housekeeping on a farm in Indiana, and resided there until 1876, when they moved by emigrant wagon to Douglas County, Minnesota. In 1882 they moved to Day Co. which has been her continuous residence except two years in southern Georgia, and the past three winters in Polson and Big Arm, Montana.
Mrs. Ash was among those sturdy pioneers who struggled with the hardships and trials of the early settlers and lived to see the results of years of labor in the fine farm which has been her home. She was an uncomplaining wife and mother. Life she faced with a smile and was never known to speak ill of anyone.
"Auntie Ash" as she was familiarly known, will be missed in the Butler community where she spent the greater share of her life. Although she has not been in the best of health for the past twenty years, her upright character and cheerful, winning personality won for her many friends. Her's was a life well spent, filled with many acts of love and usefulness to those around her.
The body reached Butler Tuesday and was taken to the home of her son Ransom, where a stream of friends came to speak words of sympathy to the sorrowing family.
Funeral services were held (Wednesday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the Evangelical church, Rev. Bergland officiating. Numerous bouquets and sprays of flowers were a beautiful silent testimony of the esteem in which the deceased was held.
Interment was made in Prairie Mound Cemetery, beside the graves of her husband and daughter Joy.
Pall bearers were: G. P. Essington, Albert Zimmerman, John Roseth, Frank Herr, Rex Batie, and W. C. Wingard.
Out of town relatives who came to attend the funeral were: Dr. James Ash and wife of Lake Andes, Arles Ash of Rupert, Idaho, Robert Ash of Minneapolis, Minn., Frances Ash of Clear Lake, Floyd Yeager of Sioux Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Guy McKibben of Webster and Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Olson and son Kenneth of Lily. Henry Enos ASH and Laurinda Maria ARCHIBALD had the following children:

+14 i. Candace Lenoi ASH.
+15 ii. James Clair ASH.
+16 iii. Charles Henry ASH.
+17 iv. Hattie Belle ASH.
+18 v. Arles Daniel ASH.
+19 vi. Maud Lorinda ASH.
20 vii. Elsie Gay ASH^{(1) (2)} was born in 1882 in Butler SD-Day Co.. She died on 27 Apr 1944 in San Diego, California. She had Social Security Number. ELSIE GAY ASH
( Butler Correspondent)
Many hearts in this community were saddened last Tuesday morning when it became known that Miss Elsie Gay Ash had passed away at eight o'clock the previous morning, in San Diego, California, where she had submitted to an operation on Friday, March 17th.
Miss Ash had not been in in good health for about two years, but she accompanied her brothers, Charles and Ivan and her sister, Mrs. Hattie McCloskey, leaving on November 4, for California, hoping the change of climate might prove beneficial. Dr. B. A. Adams of San Diego, California, formerly of Bristol, an old friend and family physician for many years and was her attending physician during her illness and all that medical science and loving hands could do was not enough.
Elsie Gay Ash, 61, daughter of the late Henry and Lorinda M. Ash, well known pioneer couple of this community, was born August 14, 1882, and passed away at the Mercy Hospital at San Diego, California, March 27, 1944. Her entire life was spent near the place of her birth, and to Miss Ash goes the honor of being the first child born in Butler Township, on the homestead of her parents one mile west of Butler. She attended grade school, followed by one year spent at the Aberdeen Normal, after which she spent seven years as a teacher in this community, having taught in the Butler town school for four years. For a number of years she was employed in the Olson Mercantile store at Lily. As a child she attended the Methodist church and for years was a member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge.
Gifted from the first with a broad and deep sense of human sympathy, "Elsie" entered fully into the life around her. For fifteen years she and her brother Charles were constant companions of their mother, caring for her in her declining years. Her life has been full of service, not only to her own family, but also to others. With a smile for everyone, she plucked victory out of defeat. She invested wisely and well every talent given her and her memory will be ever a blessed one, to all whose privelege it was to know her. She personified these lines of Ella Wheeler Wilcox: " It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song; but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years; and the smile that is worth the praises of earth, is the smile that shines through the tears."
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 'clock from the Evangelical church at Butler with Rev. C. M. Bergland, pastor, officiating, at the last sad rites. Masses of beautiful flowers, parting tributes from her many friends who had known and loved her filled the air with their fragrance. Musical selections were sung by the male quartet composed of Marvin Luckow, Olaf Bye, Sam Knebel, and Ben Bohn, accopanied by Mrs. Ed Buhler. The hymns were " We're Going Down the Valley" , "The Beautiful Land", "Shall You, Shall I". Pall bearers were old friends and neighbors of the deceased, Otto and Albert Zimmerman, Jorn Roseth, G. P. Essington, M. C. Wingard and Reuben Ihrke. Burial was in the family lot at Prairie Mound Cemetery .
She was preceede in death by her parents, 3 sisters, Candace,Joy, and Eva and one brother, James.
Left to mourn her passing are four bothers, Charles, Ransom, Ivan of Butler and Arles of Rupert, Idaho; Mrs. J. L. Dahl (Maud) of Riverside, California, and Mrs. Hattie McCloskey, beside many relatives and friends.
+21 viii. Eva Lena ASH.
+22 ix. Joy May ASH.
+23 x. Ivan William ASH.
+24 xi. Ransome Jay ASH.