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See also
Francis
D. Adams —
Catherine
A. Ashley-Cotleur —
Ashley
Barbara —
Ashley
Daniel Bell —
Ashley
B. Bruggeman —
Daniel
Azro Ashley Buck —
George
Burnham —
John
Burroughs —
Wanda
Bynum Ashley —
Ashley
Leonidas Camp, Jr. —
William
Astor Chanler —
Ashley
G. Classen —
Ashley
Trimble Cole —
Ashley
Collier —
Ashley
Davenport —
Charles
Samuel Deneen —
Ashley
Futrell —
Ashley
W. Gilbert —
Ashley
Gorman —
Ashley
Mulgrave Gould —
Ashley
Greene —
John
Ashley Griswold —
Ralph
Ashley Horr —
Orton
A. Jones —
Ashley
King —
Ashley
Lockwood —
Ashley
Grant Miller —
Ashley
Murphy —
Ashley
Pond —
Ashley
Prewitt —
Ashley
Reed —
Ashley
N. Scott —
Aaron
Ashley Flowers Seawell —
Ashley
Sowell —
Ashley
C. Stuart —
Ashley
Lionel Taylor —
E.
Ashley Wills —
Ashley
Winn —
Ashley
Bascom Wright |
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Ashley, A. P. —
of Odenville, St. Clair
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Alfred —
of Michigan.
Member
Michigan territorial council 2nd District, 1832-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Barrett —
of Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Ashley, Blake —
of California.
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 38th District, 1992.
Still living as of 1992.
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Ashley, Bob (born c.1953) —
of Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born about 1953.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 11th District; elected 1992;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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See Robert Gene Ashley |
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Ashley, C. R. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Carlos —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Ashley, Charles Sumner
(1858-1941) —
also known as Charles S. Ashley —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., September
5, 1858.
Son of Joshua Bishop Ashley and Susan (Sanderson) Ashley.
Mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 1891-92, 1897-1905, 1907, 1910-14,
1917-21, 1927-36.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Ashley, Chester
(1790-1848) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 1,
1790.
Son of Nancy (Pomeroy) Ashley (1761-1792) and William Ashley
(1763-1847).
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1848 (age 57 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ashley, Daniel —
of Allegany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1831.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, David W. —
of Michigan.
Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 2nd District,
1906.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Delos Rodeyn
(1828-1873) —
also known as Delos R. Ashley —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Arkansas Post, Arkansas
County, Ark., February
19, 1828.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 3rd District, 1854-56; member of California
state senate, 1856-57; California
state treasurer, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1865-69.
Died of apoplexy (stroke),
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 18,
1873 (age 45 years, 149
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1938 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Ashley, Edward S. (b.
1851) —
of Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in June, 1851.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 27th District, 1893-94.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Gene M. (b. 1920) —
of Amma, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born in Amma, Roane
County, W.Va., November
3, 1920.
Son of Waitman T. Ashley and Icie (Carper) Ashley.
Republican. Chemical plant
worker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1961-68.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Still living as of 1968.
|
| | Ashley,
Gordon See H. Gordon
Ashley |
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Ashley, Guy —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Ashley, H. A. —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, H. Gordon —
of Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1924,
1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, H. L. —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Henry (1778-1829) —
of New York.
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., February
19, 1778.
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1825-27.
Died in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., January
14, 1829 (age 50 years, 330
days).
Interment at Thomson
Street Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.
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Ashley, Herbert H. —
of Dorchester, Grafton
County, N.H.
Republican. Elected New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Dorchester 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Dorchester,
1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Hiram —
of Allens Hill, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County 2nd District, 1848, 1853.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Horace S. —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 19th District, 1897-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, J. D. —
of Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Valdosta, Ga., 1937.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, James Mitchell
(1824-1896) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1824.
Son of Rev. John Clinton Ashley (1800-1855) and Mary Ann
(Kirkpatrick) Ashley (1800-1861).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th
District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1869.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack in Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich., September
16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Ashley, Jerold M. —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Democrat. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lebanon,
1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lebanon,
1956; candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Ashley, Jessie —
of New York.
Socialist. Candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Joe —
of Richland, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Ashley, John C. —
of Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Joshua Whitner —
of South Carolina.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1913.
Interment at Mt.
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, S.C.
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Ashley, Leonard H. —
of Atlantic
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1876-77.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Noble (1863-1917) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, England,
September
30, 1863.
Son of George Ashley and Ellen Matilda (Noble) Ashley.
Republican. Printer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04, 1911-16; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1905-06.
Member, Maccabees.
Died in 1917
(age about
53 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1888
to Florine E. Kelley. |
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Ashley, R. F. —
of Springville, St. Clair
County, Ala.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Robert Gene (b.
1953) —
also known as Bob Ashley —
of Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born July 4,
1953.
Son of Gene M. Ashley and Kathleen (Harris)
Ashley.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 11th District, 1985-.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ashley, Robert M.
(1890-1966) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 12,
1890.
Son of Walter Allen Ashley and Mary Elma Ashley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; pharmacist;
osteopath;
delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
4th District, 1933; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1966
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Robert T. —
of Indiana.
People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, Thomas William Ludlow
(1923-2010) —
also known as Thomas L. Ashley —
of Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio; Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
11, 1923.
Son of William Meredith Ashley (1893-1973) and Mary Alida (Ludlow)
Ashley (1893-1986).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich., June 15,
2010 (age 87 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, William E. —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1857-58, 1861-63.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ashley, William Henry
(c.1778-1838) —
also known as William H. Ashley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., about 1778.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.
Died near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March 26,
1838 (age about 60
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Ashley, Willmore Dewey
(1886-1974) —
also known as Willmore D. Ashley —
of New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in East Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., November
3, 1886.
Son of Warren King Ashley and Henrietta Ruth (Dewey) Ashley.
Ice
business; woodworker;
sawmill
owner; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from New
Ipswich, 1948.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
22, 1974 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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