enlisted with the 7th Tennessee Calvary, Company B, enlisted as Private for 3 years in Carroll Co, Tennessee on August 10,1862 and mustered in Benton Co, Tennessee on August 17, 1862 at age 36. He was 5'6 1/2" tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Wilson County Tennessee. Captured by Forrest in late December 1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Ohio.
Captured again at Union City Tennessee on March 24,1864, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he
died of typhoid on August 22, 1864. he is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery under the name J. F. Ashby.
His widow Rebecca applied for a pension in 1871 and in 1883 she was receiving $8 per month. She lived in Hollow Rock, TN in the 1890 veterans' census.
First name also recorded as Josiah.
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Wilson County Tennessee. Captured by Forrest in late December 1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Ohio.
Captured again at Union City Tennessee on March 24,1864, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he
died of typhoid on August 22, 1864. he is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery under the name J. F. Ashby.
His widow Rebecca applied for a pension in 1871 and in 1883 she was receiving $8 per month. She lived in Hollow Rock, TN in the 1890 veterans' census.
First name also recorded as Josiah.
enlisted with the 7th Tennessee Calvary, Company B, enlisted as Private for 3 years in Carroll Co, Tennessee on August 10,1862 and mustered in Benton Co, Tennessee on August 17, 1862 at age 36. He was 5'6 1/2" tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Wilson County Tennessee. Captured by Forrest in late December 1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Ohio.
Captured again at Union City Tennessee on March 24,1864, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he
died of typhoid on August 22, 1864. he is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery under the name J. F. Ashby.
His widow Rebecca applied for a pension in 1871 and in 1883 she was receiving $8 per month. She lived in Hollow Rock, TN in the 1890 veterans' census.
First name also recorded as Josiah.
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Wilson County Tennessee. Captured by Forrest in late December 1862, he spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase in Ohio.
Captured again at Union City Tennessee on March 24,1864, he was taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he
died of typhoid on August 22, 1864. he is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery under the name J. F. Ashby.
His widow Rebecca applied for a pension in 1871 and in 1883 she was receiving $8 per month. She lived in Hollow Rock, TN in the 1890 veterans' census.
First name also recorded as Josiah.
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