Frederick Aspinall
(1812-1870)
I started researching this family years ago (in the 1970s) when we thought my mother, Barbara Ann Mominee Jervis, had been adopted by her Uncle Howard and Aunt Mattie (Westcott) Ridlebaugh, but it turns out the adoption was never official. I still maintain an interest in the Aspinall family, so I wish to include them here. Frederick was Mattie’s grandfather.
Frederick is one of 19 children born to Robert Alfred Aspinall and Frances Dyson. At least eight of these children, including Frederick, immigrated to the United States from England . According to the ship’s manifest, his parents Robert and Frances (ages 57 and 53) came in 1826 with, Dorothy (27), Sarah (26), Robert (24), Elizabeth (21), Dyson (23), George (18), William (18), and Francis (16). There is a problem with matching this list with the family in that some of the ages don’t seem to be correct and I don’t know who Elizabeth is. Frederick is not on this list, though Francis (16) might be him. At this point, we only know that he arrived in America by 1833.
Also, according to a newspaper article to be found at the end of this, they came in 1820, not 1826, and the 8 children who came over are Sarah, Robert, Dyson, William, Francis, Thomas, Frederick, and Joseph.
Frederick Aspinall (Aspenall, Aspenwall, Aspinwall)
b. 11 June 1812 in Netheroyd Hill, Yorkshire, England
Christened 6 September 1812 St. Peter, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Immigrated to the United States
m. 1st Phebe Martin on 4 May 1833 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey
Naturalized 7 October 1837 Morristown, Morris, New Jersey
m. 2nd Nancy Brown on 2 April 1838 Morris, New Jersey-issue 1 son
m. 3rd Jane McGrew on 9 January 1845 in Greene, Ohio-she might have died in child bearing
m. 4th Caroline Stitzel on 29 September 1846 in Clark, Ohio-issue 1 son and 8 daughters
d. 30 October 1870 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
Frederick’s first wife was Phebe Martin. They married on 6 May 1833 in Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Elisha or Elijah Martin and was christened 15 September 1811 in Mendham, Morris, New Jersey at the Hilltop Presbyterian Church. I don’t have any other information on her… whether she had children or she died while still married to Frederick.
But obviously something happened to Phebe as Frederick married Nancy Brown on 2 April 1838 in Morris, New Jersey.
Frederick and Nancy moved to Ohio at some point, since their son was born there.
Joseph Aspinall was born 15 August 1840 in Ohio and died on 15 July 1856 due to an accident. He is buried in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, in the Oakridge Cemetery.
The Goshen Democrat July 23, 1856 page 3:
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT As the grave train on the Air–Line railroad, was backing down from Ligonier, on Friday, it ran over a cow, by which several of the cars were thrown off and smashed to pieces. Several persons were on the cars at the time, but all escaped uninjured except Joseph Aspinwall, son of Mr. Aspinwall of the National Hotel, who was shockingly mangled. He was brought home in the evening, and had one arm and leg amputated, but, despite all attention and medical aid, he died during the night. A large number of our citizens attended his funeral on Sunday. Too much care cannot be exercised in the running of trains, and every vigilance should be used to prevent and avoid accident. This is said in no disparagement to any of the employees of the road, but with a view to impress them with watchful care in the future. We have heard no blame attached to anyone for either dereliction to or recklessness in the performance of duty.
Nancy must have passed away in Ohio as Frederick’s third marriage was to Jane McGrew on 7 January 1845 in Greene, Ohio. Besides her marriage record and her tombstone, I don’t know anything about her. According to her tombstone, she would have been born about 1809.
It looks like Jane probably passed away in childbirth as her tombstone, which is in the New Carlisle Cemetery, reads:
JANE
wife of
F. Aspinall
DIED
Dec. 7, 1845
aged 36 y’s
Also an infant
At this point, it looks like Frederick has lost 3 wives and at least one infant and is raising Joseph, who has now lost 2 mothers. It is not surprising that Frederick remarried about 10 months later. His fourth wife is Caroline Stitzel.
Caroline is the daughter of John and Sarah Stitzel. I say that, but the proof is lacking. Her death certificate does say John…
b. 27 February 1830 in Pennsylvania
m. 29 September 1846 in Clark, Ohio
d. 26 August 1871 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
When Caroline marries Frederick, Joseph is 6 years old. She and Frederick go on to have 1 son and at least 8 daughters. I had sources for 6 daughters, but there’s a tree on Ancestry (the Eidemiller Family Tree) that has 2 more daughters than I have. I do not see sources and I am hunting for them, but I believe the info is correct, so I will add it here. I have not been able to find the family in the 1860 census, which is unfortunate as that might prove very helpful. I’m guessing the 2 daughters had passed away by the 1870 census as they are not enumerated there. Caroline’s obituary states she has 6 living daughters.
1-William E. Aspinall
b. about 1848 as he is listed as being 2 in the 1850 census in New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio.
d. 28 September 1850 New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio and is buried in the cemetery there
His tombstone shows his death date and it says “aged” but then the age is illegible. The notes say that he was an infant.
2-Martha C. “Mattie” Aspinall (the Eidemiller Family Tree on Ancestry.com has Caroline as her middle name)
b. 20 November 1852 New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio
m. 8 January 1879 Clark, Ohio to Elnathan STAFFORD
d. 22 December 1890 New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio from consumption
They did not have children that I can find, but they did have Mattie’s sister, Florence, living with them in the 1880 census in Ohio.
3-Sarah F. “Sadie” Aspinall
b. 13 November 1854 Ohio (6 or 13 November 1850-1855 depending on the source)
m. 17 September 1869 Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana to Thomas L. F. HUBLER
d. 17 March 1921 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Thomas and Sadie had 2 children together: Lena E. Hubler (1879-1883) and Thomas L. F. Hubler, Jr (1886-1917).
The fun thing about Thomas, Sr is that he was supposedly the youngest drummer boy in the Civil War. “Little Tommy” joined his father’s regiment when he was only 9 years and 6 months old.
Custer County Republican (Broken Bow, Nebraska) · Thu, Oct 11, 1883 ·
Page 3:
The Youngest Drummer-Boy
But the Twelfth Indiana regiment possessed a pet of whom it may be said that he enjoyed a renown scarcely second to that of the wide-famed Wisconsin eagle. This was “Little Tommy,” as he was familiarly called in those days– the youngest drummer-boy and, so far as the writer’s knowledge goes, the youngest enlisted man in the union army. The writer well remembers having seen him on several occasions. His diminutive size and child-like appearance, as well as his remarkable skill and grace in handling the drum-sticks, never failed to make an impression not soon to fade from the memory. Some brief and honorable mention of “Little Tommy,” the pride of the Twelfth Indiana regiment, should not be omitted in these “Recollections of a Drummer-boy.”
Thomas Hubler was born in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana, October 9, 1851. When two years of age, the family removed to Warsaw, Indiana. On the outbreak of the war, his father, who had been a German soldier of the truest type, raised a company of men in response to President Lincoln’s first call for 75,000 troops. “Little Tommy” was among the first to enlist in his father’s company, the date of enrollment being April 19, 1861. He was then nine years and six months old.”
The regiment to which the company was assigned was with the Army of the Potomac throughout all its campaigns in Maryland and Virginia. At the expiration of its term of service, in August 1862, “Little Tommy” re-enlisted and served to the end of the war, having been present in some twenty-six battles. He was greatly beloved by all the men of his regiment, with whom he was a constant favorite. It is thought that he beat the first “long roll” of the great civil war. He is still living in Warsaw, Indiana, and bids fair to be the latest survivor of the great army of which he was the youngest member. With the swift advancing years, the ranks of the soldiers of the late war are rapidly being thinned out, and those who yet remain are fast showing signs of age. “The boys in blue” are thus, as the years go by, almost imperceptibly turning into “the boys in gray;” and as “Little Tommy,” the youngest of them all, sounded their first reveille, so may he yet live to beat their last tattoo.-- From “Recollections of a Drummer boy, in St. Nicholas for October.
4-Nellie Aspinall (according to the Eidemiller Family Tree)
b. 15 March 1856 (don’t know if she was born in Ohio or Indiana)
5-Margaret “Maggie” Bell Aspinall
b. 1861 Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana (30 July 1859 according to Eidemiller Family Tree)
m. 24 May 1883 Kosciusjo, Indiana to Willis Leland BLAINE
d. 30 January 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois buried Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, Oakridge Cemetery
They had one daughter, Bernice B. Blaine (1887-1938).
6-Kittie Aspinall (according to the Eidemiller Family Tree)
b. 21 March 1862 Indiana
7-Florence Holland Aspinall
b. 11 July 1865 Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana
m. 8 December 1885 in Vanlue, Hancock, Ohio to Theodore W. Westcott
d. 24 January 1947 in Findlay, Hancock, Ohio
There is a whole section on Florence and Theodore, so no more will be said about them here.
8- Minnie Aspinall (Bell is her middle name according to the Eidemiller Family Tree)
b. 2 September 1867 Indiana
m. 23 October 1889 Hancock, Ohio to Charles Alfred Tannehill
d. 22 April 1899 Ohio
Minnie and Charles had one daughter Margaret B. Tannehill (1891-1970)
9-Lottie F. Aspinall
b. 27 May 1871 Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
I knew that Caroline had a daughter 7 months after Frederick had died as there is a little notice in the newspaper, but I didn’t know what her name was. The name Lottie F. came from the Eidemiller Family Tree.
On her sister Margaret's findagrave entry is a photo of a newspaper clipping from the Goshen Democrat May 31, 1871 page 3 Births column which reads:
ASPINWALL In Goshen, on the 27th inst., a daughter to the wife of Frederick Aspinwall, deceased.
Caroline passed away 3 months later. There are several newspaper notices about Caroline during that time frame:
On her daughter Margaret’s findagrave entry there is a photo of a newspaper article from the Goshen Democrat June 14, 1871 page 3 which reads
Mrs. Frederick Aspinwall is lying dangerously ill at her residence.
This would have been just 2 ½ weeks after Lottie’s birth.
On her entry at findagrave.org there are 2 obituaries posted. This one is from the Goshen Times Sept 14, 1871 page 3
GONE HOME Mrs. Caroline Aspinall, widow of the late Fred. Aspinall, of the Aspinall House of this city, died on Saturday, Aug. 26th, 1871, after a lingering and painful illness. The deceased was 41 years and 6 months old at the time of her death. Her husband having been a member of the Masonic Fraternity, a good number of the Order here, by request, attended her funeral and followed her remains to the grave. The funeral sermon, which was preached by the Rev. J. C. Mabin [the name is hard to read so this might not be a correct transcription], at the M. E. Church, of which the deceased was a member, was a very impressive one, under the circumstances, and was listened to by a large audience of sympathizing friends and neighbors. Mrs. Aspinall was highly esteemed by her neighbors and acquaintances. She leaves a family of 6 children, all girls, who, in the short space of ten months, have been bereft of both father and mother. They have the sympathy of the community.
On her entry at findagrave there are 2 obituaries posted. This one is from the Goshen Democrat August 30, 1871 page 3
Mrs. Fredrick Aspinwall died on Saturday last. She has been sick more or less ever since the death of her husband, and is now finally released from the troubles of this world. She was one of the best of women, and had many warm friends in this city and in Warsaw.
Now, to backtrack to Frederick’s passing, there was an obituary printed. However my Aunt Lucille, Frederick’s granddaughter, told me that he had committed suicide by jumping off a hotel roof (which would be a great tragedy for Lucille’s mother Florence as she was only 6 when her father committed suicide and then mother died, then later her husband committed suicide, and then her only son died in World War I). When I read Frederick’s obituary it mentions the Aspinwall Hotel and his son Joseph’s accidental death article mentions his father as “Mr. Aspinwall of the National Hotel”… so I’m guessing that’s where he jumped from.
On his findagrave entry there is a picture of his obituary from the Goshen Times, Nov 3, 1870 page 3. It reads
Mr. Fredrick Aspinwall, for many years a resident of this place and our neighboring town of Warsaw, died quite suddenly at the Aspinwall House, on Sunday last, of lung fever. His funeral was largely attended on Tuesday by the Masonic Fraternity, and the friends and neighbors of the deceased. A most excellent and practical sermon was preached on the occasion by Rev. A. Marine, of Warsaw.
A brief rundown of the parents and siblings of Frederick Aspinall:
Robert Alfred Aspinall b. 1769 Elland, Yorkshire, England
m. 1789 in England
d. 1 October 1850 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio
Frances Dyson
b. 1774 England
d. 1820 Manunka Chunk, Warren, New Jersey
They are the parents of 19 children:
1-John Aspinall b. 18 July 1791 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. 25 March 1867 Leeds, Kent, England
m. Elizabeth "Betty" Lumb
2-Aquilla Aspinall b. 12 August 1792 Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. Leeds, Kent, England
m. Jane Naylor
3-Robert Aspinall b. 30 March 1794 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. 31 July 1794 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
4-James Aspinall b. 9 September 1795 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. March 1872 Leeds, Kent, England
m. Grace Naylor
5-Frances Aspinall b. 17 Feb 1797 Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 11 November 1802
6-Nancy Aspinall christened 26 May 1798 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Deceased
7-Ann Aspinall b. 7 April 1799 Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. Leeds, Kent, England
8-Dorothy Aspinall b. 8 May 1799 Netheroyd Hill, Yorkshire, England d. 3 November 1846 Harmony, Clark, Ohio
m. David Chatterton
[I know there’s a problem with the birth dates of Ann and Dorothy, but it hasn’t been solved yet]
9-Sarah Aspinall b. 30 March 1801 Netheroyd Hill, Yorkshire, England d. 5 June 1881 Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri
m. 1st William Ashton m. 2nd William Cubberly Hutchinson
10-Robert Aspinall Jr b. 20 August 1802 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Oct 1850 Clayton, Montgomery, Ohio
M. 1st Elizabeth Fouts m. 2nd Barbara Fultz
11- Dyson Aspinall b. 16 March 1804 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. 13 January 1883 Stryker, Williams, Ohio
m. 1st Frances Wade m. 2nd Sarah Ann Haines
12-George Aspinall b. 13 April 1805 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Deceased
m. Elizabeth Gibb
13-William Aspinall b. 7 March 1808 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England d. 27 December 1860 Miami, Ohio
m. Elizabeth Brown
14-Frances Aspinall b. 9 September 1809 Fartown, Yorkshire, England d. 8 August 1889 Piqua, Miami, Ohio
m. Henry C. Reynolds
15-Thomas Aspinall b. 13 November 1810 Fartown, Yorkshire, England d. 6 December 1878 Piqua, Miami, Ohio
m. Elizabeth Curtis
16-Frederick Aspinall b. 11 June 1812 Netheroyd Hill, Yorkshire, England d. 30 October 1870 Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
m 1st Phebe Martin m 2nd. Nancy Brown m 3rd Jane McGrew m 4th Caroline Stitzel
17-Joseph Aspinall b. 18 May 1818 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Deceased
18-Infant Aspinall sex unknown Deceased
19-Infant Aspinall sex unknown Deceased
Part of the article from The Piqua Daily Call (Piqua, Ohio) - Wed, Jun 24, 1908- page 4
TELLS ABOUT ASPINALL FAMILY
The following is the Full Text of the History Read at the Reunion Sunday Last
Sometimes in the providence of God, under the reign of George III, there was born at, or near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, two little children, a boy and a girl, who, when they had grown to manhood and womanhood were united in marriage according to the laws of Great Britain.
To this union were born nineteen children as follows:
John Aspinall, born July 16, 1791, at Leads, England, died in England.
Aquilla Aspinall, born, August 12, 1792 at Leads, England, died in England.
James Aspinall, born September 9, 1795, at Leads, England, died in England.
Frances Aspinall, born February 17, 1797, at Leads, England, died in England.
Ann Aspinall, born April 7, 1799, at Leads, England, died in England.
Dorothy Aspinall, born May 3, 1800 at Huddersfield, England, died in England.
Sarah Aspinall, born March 13, 1801 at Huddersfield, England, died at Mayslick, Kentucky.
Robert Aspinall, born August 20, 1802, at Huddersfield, England, died near Clayton, Ohio.
Dyson Aspinall, born March 16, 1804, at Huddersfield, England, died in Indiana.
George Aspinall, born April 13, 1805, at Huddersfield, England, died in Huddersfield, England.
William Aspinall, born March 8, 1807, at Huddersfield, England, died near Covington, Ohio.
Francis Aspinall, born September 9, 1809, at Huddersfield, England, died in Piqua, Ohio.
Thomas Aspinall, born November 15, 1811, at Huddersfield, England, died near Piqua, Ohio.
Frederick Aspinall, born —-1813, at Huddersfield, England, died in Goshen, Indiana.
Joseph Aspinall, born May 10, 1816 at Huddersfield, England, was last seen and heard of on the morning he left the home of his brother William and took a train for the west. It is generally believed that he drifted to Mexico or South America.
Two died in their infancy and there are two of whom we have no record. The remaining fifteen grew to manhood and womanhood. After this large number of children had been added to the union, they emigrated to America, about the year of 1820, during the first year of the reign of George IV as the recognized King of England. They settled somewhere near Manunka, New Jersey, where our great grand mother Aspinall died and was buried. Soon after her death, her husband traveled westward over the mountains, unbroken country, settling in Mongomery [sic] County, Ohio, where he died and was buried on a plat of ground which afterwards was occupied by the old Union Depot of Dayton, Ohio.
Of the children who came to America there were eight, namely Sarah, Robert, Dyson, William, Francis, Frederick, Thomas and Joseph.
William was thirteen years old when he came to America with his parents. The home being broken up after the death of his parents, his brothers and sisters were scattered about seeking homes for themselves….
The rest of the article deals with William going back and forth between America and England, about his dealings in the woolen industry, and about his wife and children.
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