ASHLING, JOHN FAMILY

John Ashling and his wife, Anne Wells Ashling, came to Naperville from Sheffield, England, about 1850. They bought their farm from the Ferry family. The land is located on the North side fo Diehl Road, West of Route 59. It was owned and lived on by the Ashling family until it was sold to Alexander Ferguson in 1935. The house, remodeled, and the maple trees planted by John Ashling still stand, across from the entrance to Country Lakes on Diehl Road.

John and Anne Ashling had three daughters, Annie, Ellen, and Jenny, and one son, William Wells Ashling. Tow daughters died unmarried; one daughter, Ellen or Jenny, married Wallace Johns of Naperville (Ward & Jone Furniture, Aurora). They had sons Harry and Clarence. Harry had a son Everett and a daughter, Eileen or Ellen, who married Denis Bapst who grew up at 125 Mill St., Naperville.

William Wells Ashling, born June 4, 1856, married Amelia Dasenbrook, born Juyly 28, 1861, in Warrenville. She was the daughter of Henry Dasenbrook and Mary Kline Dasenbrook from Hanover, Germany.

William and Amelia Ashling had six children: Hattie Eleanor Ashling- became Mrs. Albert Nelson, Charles Ivring Ashling- Family is in Miami area, Florence Irene Ashling- Became Mrs. Ernest O’Neal, Earl Dasenbrook Ashling-Family is in Oregon, John William Ashling- Family is in Minnesota, Mildred Helen Ashling – Became Mrs. Harley Babel (Babels of Naperville).

One of the daughters of Hattie Ashling Nelson, Joyce Nelson Brewer Farnsworth, lives on Hobson Road, Naperville.
The daughter of Florence Ashling O’Neal, Virginia O’Neal Patton Wolch, lives on North Webster, Naperville.
Florence Ashling O’Neal lives at Community Convalescent Center, Mill Street, Naperville.
 
Information contributed by Virginia Wolch.