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James Barton Ashcroft

28 Mar 1863 – 2 Jun 1904

Birth	28 Mar 1863
Death	2 Jun 1904
Cemetery	Kirtland Cemetery Kirtland , San Juan County , New Mexico , USA
Added by	Sonnet Tidwell on 29 Jan 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8583343

Bio

James lived in the era prior to plural marriage being outlawed in the United States. He was a polygamist and married three times: first to Margaret Ellen Johnson on 5 April 1882 at St. George, Washington, Utah Territory. They had eight known children. He married a second time to Margaret's younger sister, Elizabeth Lavina Johnson 28 November 1885 at St. George. They had three known children. He married third, Nannie Amelia Smith 10 February 1889 at St. George. They had six known children, his last child was with Nannie, born 1903. Out of the 8 he had with Margaret, four died as infants, one son at about 17 and only one son and 2 daughters lived to adult age. His three with Elizabeth lived and all married. His 6 children with Nannie lived to adulthood, except for their first son, who died at 22 and never married. BISHOP KILLED. Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 8, 1904 -- J. B. Ashcroft of Fruitland, a bishop of the Mormon Church and manager of the co-operative store at Fruitland, was accidentally killed while blasting rock in the construction of an irrigating ditch for the Navajo Indians near Fruitland. He was knocked from a cliff by falling rocks, death resulting instantly.

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Family

Parents

• Henry Ashcroft 1833–1867
• Elizabeth Ann Barton Bloomfield 1839–1913

Spouse

• Margaret Ellen Johnston Ashcroft 1865–1913
• Elizabeth Lavina Johnson Ashcroft 1869–1908
• Nannie Amelia Smith Ashcroft 1869–1936

Siblings

• Henry William Ashcroft 1857–1913
• James Albert Ashcroft 1859–1859
• George Franklin Ashcroft 1861–1942
• Mary Elizabeth Ashcroft 1863–1863
• Josiah Emer Ashcroft 1865–1924
• Margaret Ann Ashcroft Hurren 1865–1950
• Walter Ottual Ashcroft 1867–1928
• Charles Robert Ashcroft 1867–1923
• Joseph William Bloomfield 1869–1940
• Richard Henry Bloomfield 1873–1951
• Harriet Martha Bloomfield Davis 1875–1957
• Margaret Emma Bloomfield Bond 1878–1961
• George Riches Bloomfield 1882–1959
• Helena Elizabeth "Lena" Bloomfield Biggs 1884–1937
• Alexander Finley Bloomfield 1887–1983

Children

• Margaret Ellen Ashcroft 1884–1884
• May Ashcroft 1885–1887
• Pamelia Irene Ashcroft 1888–1889
• Lavina Elizabeth Ashcroft Foutz 1888–1917
• Joseph Barton Ashcroft 1890–1912
• James William Ashcroft 1890–1907
• Phoebe Ann Ashcroft 1892–1892
• Alice Asenith Ashcroft Nagle 1893–1974
• Charles Ashcroft 1894–1968
• Clara Ashcroft Foutz 1894–1980
• Leona "Nonie" Ashcroft Huggins 1895–1985
• Henry Ashcroft 1897–1898
• SGT Karl George Ashcroft Sr 1897–1953
• CPL James Lot Ashcroft 1898–1922
• Ellen Jane Ashcroft Kleinman 1898–1980
• Dewey Richards Ashcroft 1901–1973
• Elda Ashcroft Hunsaker 1901–1935
• Henry Ashcroft 1903–1949

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