James Mitchell Ashley (1824 - 1896)

Born 14 Nov 1824 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Jane (Smith) Ashley — married 17 Nov 1851 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1896 at age 71 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Preceded by Acting Territorial Governor James Tufts

James Mitchell Ashley 3rd Governor of Montana Territory 1869[1]

Succeeded by Acting Territorial Governor Wiley Scribner

Biography

James Ashley is Notable.

James Ashley was a part of the Abolitionist Movement.

James Ashley lived in Appalachia, in Pennsylvania. See Appalachia Project.

Sources

1. ↑ Appointed April 9, 1869 by President Ulysses S. Grant, removed from office in mid-December 1869 for unclear reasons.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6865268
• James Mitchell Ashley on Wikipedia
• Randall, Emilius Oviatt, Daniel Joseph Ryan. History of Ohio: The Rise and Progress of an American State, Volume 6. Century History Company, 1912. page 325.
• United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX4-D3G : 3 January 2021), James M Ashley, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3V-XWR : 19 February 2021), James M Ashley, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 223, sheet 31B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,608.