Josiah Emer Ashcroft was born 7 September 1865 in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah, United States to Henry Ashcroft (1833-1867) and Elizabeth Ann Barton (1839-1913) and died 13 January 1924 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Lafentie Pipkin (1869-1909) 6 May 1885 in St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States. He married Arrilla Hamblin (1886-1962) 10 June 1910 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henry Emer Ashcroft (1886-1908) | |||
| Joseph Rulon Ashcroft (1889-1929) | |||
| Paris Ira Ashcroft (1891-1959) | |||
| Ida Ashcroft (1894-1982) | |||
| James Wilford Ashcroft (1897-1991) | |||
| Julia Minnie Ashcroft (1901-1991) | |||
| Lelia Agnes Ashcroft (1904-2000) | |||
| Lenora Ashcroft (1907-1993) | |||
| Walter Ashcroft (1909-1926) | |||
| Wallace Ashcroft (1909-1994) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Emer Ashcroft (1911-1961) | |||
| Arrilla Fay Ashcroft (1912-1994) | |||
| Clarcia Ashcroft (1915-1991) | |||
| Dudley Joy Ashcroft (1917-2010) | |||
| Mary Zelma Ashcroft (1921-1987) | |||
| Lloyd Ashcroft (1923-2008) | |||
Siblings