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Ashe, Thomas Samuel, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born aljout 1810 in Orange county, N.C. In 1843 he was elected a member of the state legislature of North Carolina. In 1847-53 he was solicitor of the fifth judicial district of North Carolina; in 1854 was elected to the state senate; in 1861 was elected to the house of representatives of the confederate states; to the senate of the confederate congress in 1864; and was one of the councilors of state in 1866. In 1873-77 he was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses. He was a justice of the supreme court of North Carolina in 1878-87. He died Feb. 4, 1887, in Wadesboro, N.C.

Ashe, William was born in 1813

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lawyer, congressman, Wilmington, N.C; and

was the son of Colonel Samuel Ashe. He served in the North Carolina state legislature in 1846-49. In 1849-55 he was a representative from North Carolina to the thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-third congresses. He was killed on a railroad In 1863, near Wilmington, N.C.

Ashe, William Willard, forester, scientist, 2, 1873, in Raleigh, N.C. Since 1902 he has been in charge of forest investigations in the North Carolina state geological survey. He has made special and original

was born June

researches on the growth of east American pines.

Ashhurst, John, surgeon, author, was born Aug. 23, 1830, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 186365 he sei'ved as acting assistant surgeon in the United States army. Since 1877 he has been professor of clinical surgery in the university of Pennsylvania; and has been connected with several hospitals. He was the author of Injuries of the Spine; and Principles and

Practice of Surgery. He was the editor of Transactions of the International Medical Congress; and the International EncyclopEedia of Surgery, in six volumes. He died in 1900 in Philadelphia, Pa. Ashhurst, Richard Lewis, soldier, lawyer, historian, author, was born Feb. 5, 1838, in Naples, Italy, of American parents. In 1856 he graduated from the university of Pennsylvania; and in 1859 from the law department of the same institution. He served in the union army as first lieutenant and adjutant of the one hundred

and fiftieth regiment Pennsylvania volun-

losophical society; vice-dean of the Shakespeare society; and vice-chancellor of the Philadelphia law association. He is the author of History of the Shakespeare Society; Remarks on First Day's Fight at Gettysburg; Contemporary Evidence of Shakespeare's Identity; and Memoir of W. M. Meredith.

Ashley, Barnas Freeman, clergyman, auth37, 1833, in Nova Scotia. in active pastorates for nearly fifty years of baptist churches and later of the reformed church. He is the author of or,

was born Nov.

He has been

Tan-Pile Jim; Dick and Jack's Adventures on Sable Island; Air Castle Don; and other works. Ashley, Charles Sumner, merchant, public official, was born Sept. 5, 1858, in New Bedford, Mass. He is a successful merchant of New Bedford, Mass. In 1891-93 and 1896-99 he was mayor of that city and its postmas;

ter in 1893-96.

Ashley, Chester, lawyer. United States sewas born June 1, 1790, in Westfield, Mass. He established himself in Little Rock, then a mere landing in Arkansas. In 1843-48 he was United States senator from Arkansas. He died April 27, 1848, in Washington, D.C. Ashley, Clarence Degrand, lawyer, author, was born July 4, 1851, in Boston, Mass. He organized the Metropolis law school of New York City; and accepted a professorship in its faculty. He was appointed to the chair of contracts in the university law school; became vice-dean of its faculty and executive head of the evening department; and is now dean. He is the author of Cases on Contract. nator,

Ashley, Delos K., lawyer, congressman, was 19, 1828, in Arkansas. He went to California in 1849, where he held the office of district attorney in 1851-53. He was a member of the California state assembly in 1854-55; a state senator in 1856-57; and state treasurer in 1863-63. Early in 1864 he removed to Nevada; and in 1865-69 was a representative from Nevada to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. He died July 18, 1873, in San Francisco, Cal.

born Feb.

Ashley, George Hall, educator, geologist,

was born Aug. 9, 1866, in Rochester, N.Y. In 1894-96 he was a teacher in California. Since 1901 he has been assistant geologist to the United States geological survey. He is the author of several geological reports. Ashley, Harrison Everett, chemist, ceramist, scientist,

was born Aug.

2,

1876, in

New

was brevetted major United States volunt-

Bedford, Mass. Since 1905 he has been chemical engineer of the Homer Laughlin china company of East Liverpool, Ohio. He has made original researches on the constitution of slag and on the holding of glazes.

eers for distinguished gallantry at Gettysburg. He is an eminent lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa. ; a member of the Pennsylvania historical society; a member of the American phi-

Ashley, Henry, congressman, was born in Cheshire county, N.H. In 1825-27 he was a representative from New York to the nineteenth congress.

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