found: Smithsonian Amer. Art Mus./Nat. Portrait Gallery Library vertical file(from ca. 1986 exhibition announcement: Steve Ashby; b. 1904; d. 1980)
found: Folk artists biog. index, c1987(Ashby, Steve; African-American sculptor; b. 1904 or 1907, Delaplane, Va.; d. 1980, Fauquier County, Va.)
found: Getty Union list of artist names, Aug. 18, 2000(Ashby, Steven; American carver; b. 1904; d. 1980)
found: AskART Web site, Sept. 17, 2002(Ashby, Steve; naive sculptor; b. 1904; d. 1980)
found: Outsider art sourcebook, 2016:page 56 (Steve Ashby 1904-1980 ; spent most of his life working on the farm in his native Delaplane, Virginia ; small carvings ; figurative sculptures...made from scraps of wood)
found: Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 via Ancestry.com, September 17, 2019:(Steve Ashby ; birth: 3 Jul 1903 ; death: 13 Jun 1980, Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA)