Portrait of John Clinton Ashley

ID: 703 ~ Source: Nelson W. Evans, History of Scioto County, Ohio (Portsmouth, 1903): 646.

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

This portrait captures John Clinton Ashley, the father of Congressman James W. Ashley - the author of the 13th 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)…