Albert Bartlett Ashley, son of Elbridge G. and Henrietta M. (Booth) Ashley was born in Lakeville September 8, 1838 and was educated in Lakeville and Wareham schools.
A sailor and mate of a merchant ship before the rebellion, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May 1861 and served on the frigate Mississippi of which Admiral George Dewey was then Lieutenant Commander.
He was discharged in June 1862 at expiration of term of enlistment. He enlisted in Company A, 3d Mass Vols., in August 1862, was accredited to the quota of Freetown and served through the campaign in North Carolina. He enlisted in 4th Mass. Cav., December 21, 1863 and served in South Carolina and Florida, taking part in the battles of Gainsboro, Honey Hill and Pocotaligo.
He was promoted March 12, 1865 to 2d Lieutenant Regt., U.S.C.T., was on garrison duty in Fort Johnson, Jones Island, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and commanded the company on picket duty in the rear of Charleston. He was promoted to Captain in March 1866. He was on detached service as quartermaster of marine transportation at Hilton Head from July 1865 until April 1866, then mustered out and honorably discharged. Appointed Light Keeper at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, in May 1866, he served until April 1867.
He was on the Police force in Taunton Massachusetts during the remainder of 1867, and until December 1869. He was appointed by a Boston company as general manager of coal mines in Indiana and Illinois in December 1869, he served until his resignation in 1892; then he became consulting manager of same mines.
For seventeen years he has connected with the lecture board of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Masons in Illinois and then Grand Lecturer. He was married at Hilton Head South Carolina on October 30, 1865 to Janette W. Miller of Dedham Massachusetts.
~~~ Their children ~~~
Jennie W. Ashley born September 5, 1866
Albert M. Ashley born May 9, 1873
A sailor and mate of a merchant ship before the rebellion, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May 1861 and served on the frigate Mississippi of which Admiral George Dewey was then Lieutenant Commander.
He was discharged in June 1862 at expiration of term of enlistment. He enlisted in Company A, 3d Mass Vols., in August 1862, was accredited to the quota of Freetown and served through the campaign in North Carolina. He enlisted in 4th Mass. Cav., December 21, 1863 and served in South Carolina and Florida, taking part in the battles of Gainsboro, Honey Hill and Pocotaligo.
He was promoted March 12, 1865 to 2d Lieutenant Regt., U.S.C.T., was on garrison duty in Fort Johnson, Jones Island, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and commanded the company on picket duty in the rear of Charleston. He was promoted to Captain in March 1866. He was on detached service as quartermaster of marine transportation at Hilton Head from July 1865 until April 1866, then mustered out and honorably discharged. Appointed Light Keeper at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, in May 1866, he served until April 1867.
He was on the Police force in Taunton Massachusetts during the remainder of 1867, and until December 1869. He was appointed by a Boston company as general manager of coal mines in Indiana and Illinois in December 1869, he served until his resignation in 1892; then he became consulting manager of same mines.
For seventeen years he has connected with the lecture board of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Masons in Illinois and then Grand Lecturer. He was married at Hilton Head South Carolina on October 30, 1865 to Janette W. Miller of Dedham Massachusetts.
~~~ Their children ~~~
Jennie W. Ashley born September 5, 1866
Albert M. Ashley born May 9, 1873
Albert Bartlett Ashley, son of Elbridge G. and Henrietta M. (Booth) Ashley was born in Lakeville September 8, 1838 and was educated in Lakeville and Wareham schools.
A sailor and mate of a merchant ship before the rebellion, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May 1861 and served on the frigate Mississippi of which Admiral George Dewey was then Lieutenant Commander.
He was discharged in June 1862 at expiration of term of enlistment. He enlisted in Company A, 3d Mass Vols., in August 1862, was accredited to the quota of Freetown and served through the campaign in North Carolina. He enlisted in 4th Mass. Cav., December 21, 1863 and served in South Carolina and Florida, taking part in the battles of Gainsboro, Honey Hill and Pocotaligo.
He was promoted March 12, 1865 to 2d Lieutenant Regt., U.S.C.T., was on garrison duty in Fort Johnson, Jones Island, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and commanded the company on picket duty in the rear of Charleston. He was promoted to Captain in March 1866. He was on detached service as quartermaster of marine transportation at Hilton Head from July 1865 until April 1866, then mustered out and honorably discharged. Appointed Light Keeper at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, in May 1866, he served until April 1867.
He was on the Police force in Taunton Massachusetts during the remainder of 1867, and until December 1869. He was appointed by a Boston company as general manager of coal mines in Indiana and Illinois in December 1869, he served until his resignation in 1892; then he became consulting manager of same mines.
For seventeen years he has connected with the lecture board of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Masons in Illinois and then Grand Lecturer. He was married at Hilton Head South Carolina on October 30, 1865 to Janette W. Miller of Dedham Massachusetts.
~~~ Their children ~~~
Jennie W. Ashley born September 5, 1866
Albert M. Ashley born May 9, 1873
A sailor and mate of a merchant ship before the rebellion, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May 1861 and served on the frigate Mississippi of which Admiral George Dewey was then Lieutenant Commander.
He was discharged in June 1862 at expiration of term of enlistment. He enlisted in Company A, 3d Mass Vols., in August 1862, was accredited to the quota of Freetown and served through the campaign in North Carolina. He enlisted in 4th Mass. Cav., December 21, 1863 and served in South Carolina and Florida, taking part in the battles of Gainsboro, Honey Hill and Pocotaligo.
He was promoted March 12, 1865 to 2d Lieutenant Regt., U.S.C.T., was on garrison duty in Fort Johnson, Jones Island, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and commanded the company on picket duty in the rear of Charleston. He was promoted to Captain in March 1866. He was on detached service as quartermaster of marine transportation at Hilton Head from July 1865 until April 1866, then mustered out and honorably discharged. Appointed Light Keeper at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, in May 1866, he served until April 1867.
He was on the Police force in Taunton Massachusetts during the remainder of 1867, and until December 1869. He was appointed by a Boston company as general manager of coal mines in Indiana and Illinois in December 1869, he served until his resignation in 1892; then he became consulting manager of same mines.
For seventeen years he has connected with the lecture board of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Masons in Illinois and then Grand Lecturer. He was married at Hilton Head South Carolina on October 30, 1865 to Janette W. Miller of Dedham Massachusetts.
~~~ Their children ~~~
Jennie W. Ashley born September 5, 1866
Albert M. Ashley born May 9, 1873
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