Samuel was born on 9 April 1867. He married
Mae Koonce on 30 January 1896. He married
Retha Mae Strong at
Lincoln Co., Tennessee, on 17 December 1912. Samuel Wilson Ashby left a will on 20 May 1939 at
Lincoln Co., Tennessee; Lincoln Co., Tennessee Dated May 20, 1939, Probated, Dec 11, 1942 Sons: Bob Wilson Ashby H. Stiles Ashby.
Samuel died on 6 December 1942 at
Buckeye, Lincoln Co., Tennessee, at age 75. He was New Tag His survivors: 3 sons, Stiles of Fayetteville Joe Samuel S., Jr. of U.S. Army in Los Angeles, California Daughter-in-law: Mrs. Bob Wilson Ashby 2 sisters: Mrs. H.W. Moyer of Fayetteville Mrs. Hattie Robison of Dallas, Texas 1 brother: Claude Ashby of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 granddaughter: Mrs. Martha Wilson of Nashville, Tennessee in December 1942. His body was interred in December 1942 at
Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee, at Rose Hill Cemetery.