Born: 29 March 1850, United States
Died: 22 September 1930
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Emma Louise Hindle
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Emma Louise Ashford, an American musician and composer, born at Newark, Del., studied church music abroad, married John Ashford of Vanderbilt University, Tenn., in 1867.
Mrs. Ashford was organist and choir director in Nashville churches many years, editor of The Organist, and has won many prizes in various international song and anthem contests. She has written over three hundred anthems, about seventy-five sacred songs, duets and cantatas, and many compositions for organ and piano.