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unusual facts about Marvin J. Ashton


Marvin Ashton

Marvin J. Ashton (1915–1994), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


Gorton locomotive works

Gorton Locomotive Works, known locally as Gorton Tank was located in Openshaw near Manchester, England and was completed in 1848 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.

Isaac Watt Boulton

In 1841 I. W. Boulton began an apprenticeship with the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway under Richard Peacock.

Marvin Ashton

Marvin O. Ashton (1886–1946), general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marvin J. Chomsky

During the 1970s, Chomsky served as one of the directors for the miniseries Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

In 1982 he directed Vanessa Redgrave in the TV movie, My Body, My Child and in 1989 the miniseries Brotherhood of the Rose with Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss and David Morse.

Marvin J. Roshell

Previously, he had been a member of the Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors from 1969 to 1979, serving as Chairperson from 1975 to 1979.

Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town (1971) is a crime TV movie, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, with Telly Savalas, Joe Don Baker and Martin Sheen.

Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway

Besides Woodhead, there were short tunnels at Audenshaw Road, Hattersley (two), Thurgoland and Bridgehouses.

Two extra stations were added at the site of previous coal sidings at Oxspring and Thurgoland.

The line was opened as far as Woodhead in 1844, with stations at Hadfield and Woodhead.

Sons of Utah Pioneers

In 1947, when they organized a centennial commemorative journey for the original Mormon trek to Salt Lake City, Wendell J. Ashton was the national president.

Wendell J. Ashton

As director of LDS Public Affairs, Ashton dealt with the issue of the Howard Hughes "Mormon Will".


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