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Gustavus A. Aschbach was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastatt Rastatt], Germany on March 3, 1826 <ref>Jordan et al. 1905, page 511</ref>. Aschbach arrived in Allentown, PA in 1854. He was repeatedly elected as city engineer of Allentown. In this role, he made many maps of the city <ref>Jordan et al. 1905, page 511</ref>.  
Gustavus A. Aschbach was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastatt Rastatt], Germany on March 3, 1826 <ref>Jordan et al. 1905, 511</ref>. Aschbach arrived in Allentown, PA in 1854<ref>Roberts et al. 1914, 21</ref>. He was repeatedly elected as city engineer of Allentown. In this role, he made many maps of the city<ref>Jordan et al. 1905, 511</ref>. He was responsible for the [[1865 Aschbach Map of Lehigh County]]<ref>Roberts et al. 1914, 21</ref>.


Aschbach served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He built fortifications in Ohio and Kentucky under Generals Simpson and Burnside. As a result of exposure during this time, he was disabled and died of related complications on April 17, 1875 <ref>Jordan et al. 1905, page 511</ref>.  
Aschbach served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He built fortifications in Ohio and Kentucky under Generals Simpson and Burnside. As a result of exposure during this time, he became disabled and died of related complications on April 17, 1875 <ref>Jordan et al. 1905, 511</ref> <ref>Roberts et al. 1914, 21</ref>.  


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== References ==
== References ==
Jordan, John Woolf, Edgar Moore Green, and George Taylor Ettinger. 1905. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC7578932.
*Jordan, John Woolf, Edgar Moore Green, and George Taylor Ettinger. 1905. ''Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.'' Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC7578932.
 
*Roberts, Charles Rhoads, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas H. Krick, and William J. Dietrich. 1914. ''History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families.'' Vol. II. Allentown, PA.: Lehigh Valley publishing Company, Limited. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC362413.

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Gustavus A. Aschbach was born in Rastatt, Germany on March 3, 1826 [1]. Aschbach arrived in Allentown, PA in 1854[2]. He was repeatedly elected as city engineer of Allentown. In this role, he made many maps of the city[3]. He was responsible for the 1865 Aschbach Map of Lehigh County[4].

Aschbach served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He built fortifications in Ohio and Kentucky under Generals Simpson and Burnside. As a result of exposure during this time, he became disabled and died of related complications on April 17, 1875 [5] [6].

Notes

  1. ↑ Jordan et al. 1905, 511
  2. ↑ Roberts et al. 1914, 21
  3. ↑ Jordan et al. 1905, 511
  4. ↑ Roberts et al. 1914, 21
  5. ↑ Jordan et al. 1905, 511
  6. ↑ Roberts et al. 1914, 21

References

  • Jordan, John Woolf, Edgar Moore Green, and George Taylor Ettinger. 1905. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC7578932.
  • Roberts, Charles Rhoads, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas H. Krick, and William J. Dietrich. 1914. History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families. Vol. II. Allentown, PA.: Lehigh Valley publishing Company, Limited. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC362413.