History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 643. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] THOMAS V. ASHBROOK, deceased; was a farmer and distiller, born in Harrison County, Ky., Aug. 22, 1828, and died Sep. 30, 1874, son of Aaron and Sallie (Veach) Ashbrook, who were the parents of seven children. Thomas V., our subject, was educated in the district schools of his native county, and was reared to farming, in which occupation he continued, with the addition of distilling. He was elected Mayor of Cynthiana several terms, and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Sept. 3, 1857, he married Artemesia Belles; born in Indianapolis, Feb. 10, 1832; daughter of John J. Belles and Dorcas Saunders, of Pendleton County, Ky.; and by which union there were born five children: Felix S. and T. Earl, sons, and Sallie V., Dorcas S., and Mary E., daughters. Dorcas Saunders' mother was a Grant, and her mother was a sister of Daniel Boone, the old Kentucky pioneer. James Saunders, brother of Dorcas, was killed at the battle of River Raisin. Mr. Ashbrook was an officer in the Christian CHurch for several years before his death; his widow and oldest children are also members of the same church. He was a Democrat. Ashbrook Veach Belles Saunders Grant Boone = Pendleton-KY IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/ashbrook.tv.txt