Hon. James Mitchell Ashley of Ohio (1824-1896)

ID: 320 ~ Source: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.03557 ~ Date: [ca. 1860-1865]

This file appears in: James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment

This file appears in: James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment

James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Ashley moved with his parents and siblings to Portsmouth in the spring of 1826 at the age of four and grew to manhood here. His father, John Clinton Ashley was a minister in the Disciples (Campbellite)…