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Ashby Community Information Matagorda County,
Texas |
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Community of Ashby - Wilson
Creek |
 W. E. Moore Dry Goods Matagorda County Tribune, July 20, 1900 |
 Ashby Store & Barber Shop Photo courtesy of Shirley L. Brown |
 Ashby Store & Barber Shop Photo courtesy of Shirley L. Brown |
 Ashby Store Photo courtesy of the Matagorda County Museum |
 George Duffy, George B. McKissick |
 Ashby School - November 18, 1927 Mrs. Eva Trousdale & Miss Clara Ritchie, teachers |
 Ashby School |
 Ashby Teacherage and School built in 1911. Moved from this site to Robbins Slough Road in January 2008 and destroyed by fire in September 2013. |
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A solemn service at 2:15 Sunday afternoon marked the organization of a Baptist Church at one of the oldest landmarks in Matagorda County, the Ashby community, about 15 miles northeast of Palacios. The new church was organized under the leadership of Rev. Robert E. Black, who for the past fifteen years has served as pastor of the Markham Baptist Church, and is now the senior pastor of the Colorado Baptist Church Association. Revival services are being held each evening at 8 o’clock this week in the school auditorium. The newly organized church was named the Ashby Memorial Baptist Church, in consideration of the pioneer Christians of different faiths who labored there and many of whom are buried in the well kept cemetery nearby, the site selected for the new church building. All-day services were held with Rev. S. M. Inman, moderator of the Colorado Baptist Association and pastor of the El Campo Baptist Church, delivered the sermon.
Palacios Beacon, July 18, 1946 |