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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Ashbuin, Jesse Anderson, farmer, clergyman, statesman, was born Dec. 31, 1861, near Pilot Mountain, N.C. He is a successful farmer and clergyman of Ashburn, N.C. As an orator he is well

known

in

the south;

where he has also attained prominence as a speaker. In 1896 he was elected a member of the North Carolina state, senate; has taken a prominent part in the deliberations of that body and at all times advocating with voice and pen all progressive measures in the interests of the commonwealth of North Carolina. political

Ashbumer, Charjes Albert, -

civil engineer,

geologist, was born Feb. 9, 1854, in Philadelphia. Pa. In 1880 he was appointed geologist in charge of the survey of the anthracite coal fields; and originated a method for surveying and representing the geology of this great coal-bed, which has received the approbation of mining engineers and geologists both in the United States and in Europe. In 1885 he became geologist in charge of all

the office and field work of the survey. died Dec. 24,- 1889, in Pittsburg, Pa.

He

Ashburner, William, educator, mining engineeer, was born March 28, 1831, in Stockbridge, Mass. In 1864-80 he was a state commissioner to manage, the Yosemite valley and the Mariposa grove. In 1874 he was appointed professor of mining in the university of California. In 1880 he became a regent of the university. He died March 28, 1888, in San Francisco, Cal. Ashby, Thomas Almond, physician, surgeon, founder, author, was born Nov. 18, 1848, in Warren county, Va. He was educated at the Washington and Lee university of Virginia; and in 1873 graduated with the degree of M.D. from the medical department of the university of Maryland. He held numerous hospital and college appointments in Baltimore, Md. and in 1877-88 was founder, editor and proprietor of the Maryland Medical Journal. In 1882 he was the founder of the Woman's medical college of Baltimore; was professor of obstetrics in that institution until 1897. In 1889-97 he was professor of diseases of women in the Baltimore medical college; and since 1897 has filled the same chair in the university of Maryland. He has been president of the medical and chirurgical faculty of Maryland; honorary member of the medical society of the District of Columbia; and fellow of the American gynecological society. He is the author of Diseases of Women; and other works.

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Ashby, Turner, Rose Hill, Va.

soldier,

was bom

in 1834

He

raised a regiment of so distinguished a record

cavalry; and made as a cavalry officer that he

was appointed

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brigadier-general in the confederate provisional army in 1861. He died June 6, 1862.

Ashcraft, William Ervin, educator, lecturpresident, author, was born July 13, 1860, in Kosciusko county, Ind. In 1891 he was admitted to the Indiana bar; and in 1891-95 was editor and publisher of the Decatur Journal of Indiana. In 1895-1900 he was professor of pedagogy at the Chattanooga normal university of Tennessee; and in 1900-06 was president of the Ohio normal Hoosier in college. He is the author of Dixie; Self -Mastery; and other works. er, college

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soldier, orator, statesman, in 1720. He was a general in the continental army; and was general in com-

Ashe,

was

John,

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mand

in 1779 at Brier Creek, Ga. While speaker in the North Carolina assembly in 1766, he led an armed force to Brunswick; and constrained the royal governor and ves-

war to abandon an attempt to enstamp act. He died Oct. 24, 1781, in Sampson county, N.C. Ashe, John B., congressman, was born in 1806 in Rocky Point, N.C; and was a son of Col. Samuel Ashe. In 1843-45 he was a sels of

force the

representative from Tennessee to the twenty-eighth congress. He died in January, 1858, in Galveston, Texas. Ashe, John Baptiste, congressman, governor, was born in 1748 in Rocky Point, N.C. In 1787-88 he was a lieutenant-colonel in the continental army; and was a delegate to the continental congress. In 1789-93 he was a representative from North Carolina to the first and second congresses; and was one of those who voted for locating the seat of government on the Potomac. He Avas elected governor of the state of North Carolina in 1802. He died Nov. 27, 1803, in Halifax, N.C. Ashe, Samuel, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in 1725 in North Carolina; and was a brother of General John Ashe. He was a leading member of the North Carolina congress; was chief justice of the state in 1796; and was governor of North Carolina in 179598. He died Feb. 3, 1813, in Rocky Point, N.C. Ashe, Samuel A'Court, lawyer, journalist, historian, author, was born Sept. 13, 1840, near Wilmington, N.C. He attended the Ge-

orgetown mathematical academy, Rugby academy, Oxford military academy and the United States naval academy. He served as captain in the confederate army. He has been the postmaster of Raleigh, N.C. and was chairman of the state executive democratic

committee. He is now a successful journalist, an able lawyer and a noted historian. He is editor-in-chief of The Biographical History of North Carolina; and the author of The History of North Carolina.