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Gustavus A. Aschbach was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastatt Rastatt], Germany in | 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 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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*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. | |||
Latest revision as of 14:10, 28 May 2020
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].
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- 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.