Henry Ashley (February 19, 1778 – January 14, 1829) was an American politician and a

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from

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from 1825 to 1827.

Biography

Ashley was born the son of David Ashley in

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. He attended the common schools on December 14, 1817, at Catskill, Greene County, New York. Henry's estate was proved on January 29, 1829, at Catskill, Greene County, New York. They had five children, Henry, George, Clarence, Charles (April 26, 1826 – November 27, 1826), and Charles (born December 19, 1827).

Career

Serving as Town Clerk of Winchester in 1811, Ashley was also a

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in 1817. Afterwards he moved to Catskill and married Susan Haight Van Voorhis there on December 14, 1817. They had five children. He was Chairman of the Catskill Tanners' Association in 1825.

Congress

Elected as a Jacksonian to the

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, Ashley was Representative for the eleventh district of New York from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

Later career

Afterwards he resumed his tanning business, and was President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Catskill from 1828 until his death.

Death

Ashley died in Catskill,

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, on January 14, 1829 (age 50 years, 330 days). He was

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at the Catskill Village Cemetery on Thomson Street.

References

External links

Ashley genealogy
at Conover genealogy *
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashley, Henry 1778 births 1829 deaths People from Winchester, New Hampshire American people of English descent Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Catskill, New York