Adams County, Ohio GenWeb Project: Ailshire/Aleshire

Transcript of letter sent to Pauli Driver Smith by Ida May Ailshire Polly. 1973.

My Grandpa Micheal Ailshre married Nancy Dodge. Their son's names:

Frank Ailshire: Died in the Black Hills of North Dakota

Marion Ailshire: Died in the Civil War in a Rebel Camp.

Steven Ailshire: Died in Rome, Ohio about 1918.

George Ailshire: Died in Rome, Ohio.

James Nelson Ailshire: Born June 23, 1856. Died Sept. 24, 1928. Died in Kentucky near Concord.

My mother Mary Ellen Blythe Ailshire born Nov. 25, 1858. Died in April 1947 near West Union, Ohio.

Yes, I had a brother, James Michael Ailshire. Born Oct. 13, 1881. Died Oct. 24, 1896 at Brush Creek, Adams County, Ohio.

Ida May Polly Born Sept. 18, 1884 near Little, three miles below Manchester, Ohio.

A sister Mary Effie, Born Feb. 21, 1892 on Brush Creek, Ohio, died April 6, 1941 in Manchester, Ohio.

Johnie Ailshire born Oct. 24, 1896. Died Oct. 24, 1896.