I would like to find the burial place for my husband’s great-grandfather, General Hamilton Ash – usually recorded as G.H. Ash. General was a given name – not a title. The family moved to Collin County before 1887 when their daughter was married. So they do not appear in any census records of Collin County. His widow, Margaret, bought land in Collin Co. on Sister Grove Creek in 1893 and 1895 and sold it in 1895 and 1898. The deed for one parcel shows that it bordered a 1 acre tract deeded for a school house.

Margaret Ash, then moved to Oklahoma where she homesteaded land. Her brothers, John & Joel Cates, and sister Elizabeth Finley were also in Collin County and moved to OK. Nancy Shelton Cates (mother of Margaret, Joel, John & Elizabeth) also died in Collin Co. between 1895 and 1898.

Three of the children of Hamilton & Margaret Ash were married in Collin County: Nancy Elizabeth Ash married Isaac Hart April 20, 1887; Martha Ann Ash married Joseph Lee October 3, 1891; Mary Adeline Ash married Isaih McAdams May 22, 1892. Mary Adeline died before 1900 since her 2 children were living with Margaret Ash in OK in the 1900 census.

Any information on these families will be welcome.
Jane Webb