William Ashmead served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is buried at First Presbyterian Church Memorial Gardens, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His cenotaph is located at Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina, where he also ministered.

William Ashmead served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is buried at First Presbyterian Church Memorial Gardens, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His cenotaph is located at Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina, where he also ministered.