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Excerpt from Union University, Vol. 2: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and Equipment, With the Lives and Works of Its Founders, Benefactors, Officers, Regents, Faculty, and the Achievements of Its Alumni
Sidney Gillespie Ashmore, professor of Latin in Union College, who became a member of the university faculty nearly twenty-five years ago, author of several educa tional books, pamphlets and papers, was born in London, England, April 15, 1852, son of Sidney Ashmore and Maria Ellsworth Phelps, the former a son of Mr. Thomas Ashmore, of London, and the latter a daughter of Mr. Thaddeus Phelps, of New York. The wife of Thomas Ashmore was J essie Beckwith, granddaughter of General J ohn Beckwith of the British army, niece of General Sir Sidney Beckwith, also of the British army, and sister of Major General Charles Beckwith, who fought at Water loo as chief of staff to the Duke of W'ellington. She was descended from one Hercules Malbisse (of Norman descent), who in 1226 (reign of Henry having mar ried Lady Anne Beckwith, changed his name to Beckwith and became head of a new family which gave many of its descendants to the service (chiefly military) of the Brit ish crown. The wife of Thaddeus Phelps, father of Maria Ellsworth Phelps, was Dorinthia Ellsworth of New York.
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