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Richard Hammond Ashby1

#60429, Deceased, (1836-1909)
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Richard Hammond Ashby
1836-1909

Biography

  • Richard Hammond Ashby was born on 25 December 1836 in Salem, Massachusetts.1
  • Father: Nathaniel Ashby Sr (b 1805) - Mother: Susan Hammond (b 1808.)1
  • Richard married Esther Ann Busby, daughter of Joseph A Busby and Ann Cady Eldredge, on 20 December 1862 in Salt Lake City, Utah.1
  • Richard Hammond Ashby died on 2 June 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 72.1
  • He was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Plot: B_8_18_1_E.1

Family: Esther Ann Busby (b. 15 May 1842, d. 17 December 1914)

  1. Emma Esther Ashby+ (b. 7 September 1863, d. 9 December 1938)
  2. Maud Ashby (b. 15 April 1873, d. 7 August 1874)
  3. Willard Ashby (b. 17 September 1875, d. 24 May 1877)
  4. Joseph Mark Ashby (b. 22 December 1879, d. 13 April 1880)
  5. Arletta Carman Ashby (b. 1 October 1880, d. 25 January 1881)

Obituary Notice

An obituary was published

Richard H. Ashby

Born on December 25, 1836 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Richard Hammond Ashby is the son of Susan Hammond and Nathaniel Ashby Nathaniel. He married Esther Ann Busby December 20, 1862 in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. They had ten children.

He passed away on June 2, 1909 at Salt Lake City, Utah and buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

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Children not listed below: Cada Ann Ashby Saunders, Katy May Ashby Wright and Wallace Ashby.1

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Citations

  1. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Richard Hammond Ashby, created by Rhonda, added Jan 2008, memorial number 23899805.

Emma Esther Ashby1

#60430, Deceased, (1863-1938)
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Parents

Biography

  • Emma Esther Ashby was born on 7 September 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah.1
  • Emma married Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr, on 19 October 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah.2
  • She died on 9 December 1938 in Burley, Idaho, at age 75.1
  • She was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho. Plot: Block 7 lot 2 Space 2.1
    Gravestone

Family: Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr (b. 18 December 1858, d. 29 March 1932)

  1. Emma Alpha Pixton+ (b. 13 August 1883, d. 22 April 1942)
  2. Katie Elena Pixton+ (b. 9 April 1885, d. 13 September 1981)
  3. Joseph Cooper Pixton, Jr+ (b. 7 May 1890, d. 15 November 1966)
  4. Erastus Snow Pixton+ (b. 18 June 1894, d. 21 November 1937)
  5. Thelma Pixton+ (b. 16 July 1899, d. 17 December 1985)
  6. Richard Ashby Pixton+ (b. 17 April 1903, d. 14 September 1989)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Emma Esther Ashby Pixton, created by D Scott, added Dec 2008, memorial number 32537571.
  2. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Joseph Cooper Pixton Sr, created by D Scott, added Dec 2008, memorial number 32537313.

Maud Ashby1

#60434, Deceased, (1873-1874)
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Parents

Biography

  • Maud Ashby was born on 15 April 1873.1
  • She died on 7 August 1874 at age 1.1
  • She was buried in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah. Plot: 08@-08.1.1
    Gravestone

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S10048] Find A Grave: Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah, Maud Ashby, created by Ryan D Curtis, Utah State Historical Society, added Feb 2000, memorial number 39111.

Willard Ashby1

#60435, Deceased, (1875-1877)
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Parents

Biography

  • Willard Ashby was born on 17 September 1875.1
  • He died on 24 May 1877 at age 1.1
  • He was buried in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah.1
    Gravestone

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S10048] Find A Grave: Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah, Willard Ashby, created by Ryan D Curtis, Utah State Historical Society, added Feb 2000, memorial number 39112.

Joseph Mark Ashby

#60437, Deceased, (1879-1880)
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Parents

Biography

  • Joseph Mark Ashby was born on 22 December 1879 in Leeds, Utah.1
  • He died on 13 April 1880 at age 0.1
  • He was buried in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah. Plot: 98W-09.1.1
    Gravestone

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S10048] Find A Grave: Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah, Joseph Mark Ashby, created by Ryan D Curtis, Utah State Historical Society, added Feb 2000, memorial number 39110.

Arletta Carman Ashby1

#60440, Deceased, (1880-1881)
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Parents

Biography

  • Arletta Carman Ashby was born on 1 October 1880.2
  • She died on 25 January 1881 at age 0.2
  • She was buried in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah.2
    Gravestone

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Esther Ann Busby Ashby, created by Rhonda, added Jan 2008, memorial number 23903808.
  2. [S10048] Find A Grave: Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Utah, Maud Ashby, created by Ryan D Curtis, Utah State Historical Society, added Feb 2000, memorial number 39111.

Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr1

#60441, Deceased, (1858-1932)
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Joseph Cooper Pixton
1858-1932

Biography

  • Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr, was born on 18 December 1858 in Sandy, Utah.1
  • Father: Robert Pixton (b 1819) - Mother: Elizabeth Cooper (b 1820.)1
  • Joseph married Emma Esther Ashby, daughter of Richard Hammond Ashby and Esther Ann Busby, on 19 October 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah.1
  • Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr, died on 29 March 1932 in Burley, Idaho, at age 73.1
  • He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho. Block 7 Lot 2 Space 1.1

Family: Emma Esther Ashby (b. 7 September 1863, d. 9 December 1938)

  1. Emma Alpha Pixton+ (b. 13 August 1883, d. 22 April 1942)
  2. Katie Elena Pixton+ (b. 9 April 1885, d. 13 September 1981)
  3. Joseph Cooper Pixton, Jr+ (b. 7 May 1890, d. 15 November 1966)
  4. Erastus Snow Pixton+ (b. 18 June 1894, d. 21 November 1937)
  5. Thelma Pixton+ (b. 16 July 1899, d. 17 December 1985)
  6. Richard Ashby Pixton+ (b. 17 April 1903, d. 14 September 1989)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Joseph Cooper Pixton Sr, created by D Scott, added Dec 2008, memorial number 32537313.

Emma Alpha Pixton1

#60442, Deceased, (1883-1942)
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Emma Alpha Pixton Spencer
1883-1942

Parents

Biography

  • Emma Alpha Pixton was born on 13 August 1883 in Leeds, Utah.2
  • Emma married Raymond Spencer on 22 March 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah.3,4
  • She died on 22 April 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 58.2
  • She was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Plot: A_1_1_5E.1
    Gravestone

Family: Raymond Spencer (b. 6 September 1884, d. 3 March 1947)

  1. Dr George Elwood Spencer+ (b. 29 May 1912, d. 15 December 1994)
  2. Kenneth Pixton Spencer+ (b. 16 July 1914, d. 22 June 1982)
  3. Ashby Bill Spencer+ (b. 4 May 1917, d. 29 April 2006)
  4. Raymond Bennion Spencer+ (b. 4 March 1921, d. 5 October 2002)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Emma Alpha Pixton Spencer, created by Gen-Sher, added Feb 2011, memorial number 65477211.
  2. [S10052] KathyFussell, compiler, family tree titled "Lawrence Ralph Holland Family Tree 1", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 109035288, viewed May 2026 , .
  3. [S5188] Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949, online transcription database, digitized by FamilySearch, 2013 www.ancestry.com. (Original publication: FamilySearch, Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949, FamilySearch.org, Salt Lake City Utah: 2013). Emma Alpha Pixton Spencer.
  4. [S10055] berkspencer, compiler, family tree titled "BA Spencer Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 72211086, viewed Jun 2026 , .

Katie Elena Pixton1

#60443, Deceased, (1885-1981)
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Katie Elena Pixton Mitchell
1885-1981

Parents

Biography

  • Katie Elena Pixton was a school teacher in the LeGrand area in Oregon.
  • She was born on 9 April 1885 in Taylorsville, Utah.2
  • Katie married William Eugene Mitchell on 11 December 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah.2
  • William Eugene Mitchell and Katie appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census of South Miller St, Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, enumerated on 5 January 1920. They own their home with a mortgage.3
  • Her husband William Eugene Mitchell died leaving her a widow at age 40.4
  • After her musband died she moved to Provo with her children.5
  • She died on 13 September 1981 in Provo, Utah, at age 96.
  • She was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah. Plot: Garden of Sunset 43 A-3.5
  • An obituary was published.
    Obituary notice

Family: William Eugene Mitchell (b. 28 August 1887, d. 4 June 1928)

  1. Esther Mitchell (b. 28 October 1913)
  2. Katherine Mitchell (b. about 1916)
  3. Max Pixton Mitchell (b. 14 December 1921, d. 23 December 1993)

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Citations

  1. [S4326] Find A Grave: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Katie Elena Pixton Michell, created by Annie Duckett Hundley, added Sep 2013, memorial number 116941162.
  2. [S10055] berkspencer, compiler, family tree titled "BA Spencer Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 72211086, viewed Jun 2026 , .
  3. [S10059] 1920 US Federal Census, Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, digital image Ancestry, National Archives micropublication, William E Mitchell head of household, roll T625_290, page 4A, enumeration district 133 .
  4. [S10060] Find A Grave: Union Cemetery, Union, Oregon, William Eugene Mitchell, created by Jeff Davis, Gravely and Morticia Diggens, added Oct 2011, memorial number 7785636.
  5. [S4326] Find A Grave: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Katie Elena Pixton Mitchell, created by Annie Duckett Hundley, added Sep 2013, memorial number 116941162.

Joseph Cooper Pixton, Jr1

#60444, Deceased, (1890-1966)
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Parents

Biography

  • Joseph Cooper Pixton, Jr, was born on 7 May 1890 in Taylorsville, Utah.
  • Joseph married Julia Deane Wardell on 17 July 1912 in Logan, Utah.2
  • Joseph Cooper Pixton, Jr, was the operator of the Pixton Confectionery, a wholesale and retail outlet.3
  • He died on 15 November 1966 in Nampa, Idaho, at age 76.1,3
  • He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho. Plot: Block 42 Lot 4 Space 1.1
    Gravestone

Family:

  1. Dick Cooper Pixton (b. 13 May 1913, d. 7 December 1920)
  2. Barbara Pixton+ (b. 11 October 1917, d. 6 November 1966)
  3. Harriet Pixton (b. 12 March 1919)
  4. Bettie Louise Pixton (b. 22 November 1921)
  5. Paul Wardell Pixton

Obituary Notice

An obituary was published in South Idaho Press, Burley, Idaho, on 16 November 1966.3

Obituary notice

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Joseph Cooper Pixton Jr, created by D Scott, added Nov 2008, memorial number 31166801.
  2. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Julia Deane Wardell Pixton, created by D Scott, added Nov 2008, memorial number 31166731.
  3. obituary notice
    [S8716] South Idaho Press, Burley, ID, Newspaper, Joseph Cooper Pixton obituary notice published 16 Nov 1966 p 1.

Erastus Snow Pixton1

#60445, Deceased, (1894-1937)
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Erastus Snow Pixton
1894-1937

Parents

Biography

  • Erastus Snow Pixton was born on 18 June 1894 in Taylorsville, Utah.1
  • Erastus married Betsy Elizabeth Greene on 5 April 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah.2
  • He died on 21 November 1937 in Burley, Idaho, at age 43.1
  • He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho. Plot: Block 203 Lot 1 Space 1.1
    Gravestone

Family: Betsy Elizabeth Greene (b. 19 September 1896, d. 4 August 1997)

  1. Cecile Pixton (b. 5 November 1917, d. 14 December 1917)
  2. Lucile Pixton+ (b. 21 February 1921, d. 21 November 1975)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Erastus Snow Pixton, created by D Scott, added Sep 2008, memorial number 30069378.
  2. [S4958] Find A Grave: Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho, Betsy Elizabeth Greene Pixton, created by D Scott, added Sep 2008, memorial number 30069213.

Thelma Pixton1

#60446, Deceased, (1899-1985)
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Parents

Biography

  • Thelma Pixton was a a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.1
  • She was born on 16 July 1899 in Taylorsville, Utah.1
    Gravestone
  • Thelma married Leslie Mons Johnson on 5 February 1927 in Denver, Colorado.1
  • She died on 17 December 1985 in Sidney, Nebraska, at age 86.1
  • She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Nebraska. Plot: Block E, Lot 39.1

Family: Leslie Mons Johnson (b. 6 April 1895, d. 9 July 1973)

  1. Theodore P Johnson (b. 9 January 1928, d. 21 January 1981)
  2. Clifford M Johnson+ (b. 4 March 1940, d. 19 February 2024)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S10051] Find A Grave: Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Nebraska, Thelma Pixton Johnson, created by Nebraska Ancestry, David Goltry, added Jul 2013, memorial number 113463088.

Richard Ashby Pixton1

#60447, Deceased, (1903-1989)
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Parents

Biography

  • Richard Ashby Pixton was born on 17 April 1903 in Taylorsville, Utah.1
  • Richard married Winifred Maxine Gibbs on 14 August 1923 in Rupert, Idaho.2
  • He died on 14 September 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 86.1
  • He was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.1
    Gravestone

Family: Winifred Maxine Gibbs (b. 12 September 1903, d. 5 July 1968)

  1. Richard Gibbs Pixton+ (b. 26 November 1924, d. 2 March 1953)
  2. Clifford Ashby Pixton (b. 11 August 1926, d. 13 March 2014)
  3. Robert Boyd Pixton+ (b. 14 February 1932, d. 1 September 2010)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Richard Ashby Pixton, created by Gen-Sher, added Jun 2008, memorial number 27665321.
  2. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Winifred Maxine Gibbs Pixton, created by Gen-Sher, added Jun 2008, memorial number 27665341.

Raymond Spencer1

#60448, Deceased, (1884-1947)
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Raymond Spencer
1884-1947

Biography

  • Raymond Spencer was born on 6 September 1884 in Taylorsville, Utah.2
  • Father: George Mitton Spencer (b 1838) - Mother: Angeline Roberts Bennion (b 1847.)
  • Raymond married Emma Alpha Pixton, daughter of Joseph Cooper Pixton, Sr, and Emma Esther Ashby, on 22 March 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah.1,3
  • Raymond Spencer died on 3 March 1947 in Taylorsville, Utah, at age 62.2
  • He was buried. Plot: !_1_1_4E.2

Family: Emma Alpha Pixton (b. 13 August 1883, d. 22 April 1942)

  1. Dr George Elwood Spencer+ (b. 29 May 1912, d. 15 December 1994)
  2. Kenneth Pixton Spencer+ (b. 16 July 1914, d. 22 June 1982)
  3. Ashby Bill Spencer+ (b. 4 May 1917, d. 29 April 2006)
  4. Raymond Bennion Spencer+ (b. 4 March 1921, d. 5 October 2002)

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S5188] Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949, online transcription database, digitized by FamilySearch, 2013 www.ancestry.com. (Original publication: FamilySearch, Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949, FamilySearch.org, Salt Lake City Utah: 2013). Emma Alpha Pixton Spencer.
  2. [S2569] Find A Grave: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Raymond Spencer, created by Gen-Sher, added Feb 2011, memorial number 65477423.
  3. [S10055] berkspencer, compiler, family tree titled "BA Spencer Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 72211086, viewed Jun 2026 , .

Dr George Elwood Spencer1

#60450, Deceased, (1912-1994)
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George Elwood Spencer
1912-1994

Parents

Biography

  • Dr George Elwood Spencer was born on 29 May 1912 in Taylorsville, Utah.1
  • George married Anna Morrison on 19 September 1934 in Cache, Utah.2,3
  • From 1949 to 1972 Dr George Elwood Spencer was a technician and administrator in the US Foreign Service, specializing in education & community deveolpment.1
  • He graduated from Cornell University in 1958 with a Ph,D, in Rural Sociology and Cultural Anthropology.
  • He died on 15 December 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at age 82.1
  • He was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho. Plot: Block 32, Grave.1
    Gravestone

Family: Anna Morrison (b. 8 March 1914, d. 23 March 2016)

  1. Berkley Arnold Spencer
  2. Richard Elwood Spencer
  3. Beverly Ann Spencer
  4. Frances Kay Spencer
  5. Robert Keith Spencer
  6. Kurtice Ray Spencer

Obituary Notice

An obituary was published in The Deseret News on 25 December 1994

Dr. George Elwood Spencer (Papacito) , 82, recently of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Thursday, December 15, 1994 in a Las Vegas hospital.

He was born in Taylorsville, Utah May 29, 1912; received his B.S. in '33 and his M.S. in '35 from Utah State University in agriculture and education; Ford Fellowship at Cornell University in '55 and '56; Ph.D. from Cornell in '58 in Rural Sociology and Cultural Anthropology. Spencer was a technician and administrator in the United States Foreign Service, specializing in education and community development in seven foreign countries between '49 and '72, including Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Jordan, Cambodia, the Philippines and Panama. Prior to his foreign service, he taught science, math, and vocational agriculture in Fillmore, Utah, Costa Mesa, California and El Centro, California where "Elwood" coached the 1948 Central Wrestling Team to an undefeated season winning the C.I.F. Southern Section and the Southern Pacific A.A.U. Championships, setting records that still stand.

"George" served in the United States Peace Corps under its founding Director, Sargent Shriver, and was previously chairman of the Deschutes County Democratic Party in Oregon, as well as a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions of '76, '84 and '88. "Spence" was an activist against nuclear weapons, supported environmentalist organizations, sponsored political refugees from Cambodia, was a lifetime humanitarian and opposed to the increasing militarism throughout the world.In addition to his worldwide family of "kindred spirits", "Papacito" is survived by his wife of 60 years, Anna, of Las Vegas, Nevada; son, Berkley and Kurtice, Provo, Utah; Richard, Bend, Oregon; and Keith, Las Vegas, Nevada; daughters, Beverly Ballif, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Fran Cliff, Franklin, Tennessee; brothers, Ashby and Raymond Bennion, both of Murray, Utah; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren (George also supported Planned Parenthood)!

Private services will be held on May 29, 1995 at a Memorial Day family reunion in Las Vegas.

Other Information

Citations

  1. [S10054] Find A Grave: Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, Dr George Elwood Spencer, created by Brianna Butler, added Sep 2017, memorial number 183463087.
  2. [S10054] Find A Grave: Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, Anna Morrison Spencer, created by Brianna Butler, added Sep 2017, memorial number 183463079.
  3. [S10055] berkspencer, compiler, family tree titled "BA Spencer Family Tree", published by Ancestry, ancestry.com, from database ID 72211086, viewed Jun 2026 , .
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