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William Shepperd Ashe

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Birthplace: Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1862 (49)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States (Railroad accident)
Place of Burial: Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Col. Samuel Porter Ashe and Elizabeth Haywood Ashe
Husband of Sarah Ann Ashe
Father of Eliza Ann Miller; John Grange Ashe; Samuel A'Court Ashe; Mary Porter Ashe; Josephine Watters Ashe and 5 others
Brother of Mary Porter Moses; Elizabeth Shepperd Holmes; John Baptista Ashe; Samuel Swann Ashe; Dr. Shepperd Montfort Ashe and 5 others

Occupation: Politician, Confederate Major - in charge of train transport east of the Mississippi River
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About Rep. William Shepperd Ashe (D-NC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepperd_Ashe

William Shepperd Ashe (14 September 1814 – 14 September 1862) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1849 and 1855.

Born in Rocky Point, North Carolina, Ashe attended school in Fayetteville and pursued classical studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Ashe engaged in rice cultivation and studied law; he was admitted to the state bar in 1836 and practiced in New Hanover County.

Active in the Democratic Party, Ashe was a presidential elector in 1844 and was elected to the North Carolina Senate for a term of two years. (1846–1848). In 1848, he was sent to the U.S. House, serving in the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855). During the 32nd Congress, Ashe chaired the Committee on Elections. He did not run again in 1854, but served as the president of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company from 1854 until his death.

He was elected to one further term in the North Carolina Senate between 1859 to 1861. He was a delegate to the Charleston Democratic National Convention in 1860 and the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1861.

During the American Civil War, Ashe was a major in the Confederate Army, in charge of all transportation between Virginia and the rest of the South. Ashe was killed in a railroad accident near Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 1862. He is buried in a family cemetery in Pender County, North Carolina.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8076750

See also http://www.ashefamily.info/ashefamily/891.htm

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Rep. William Shepperd Ashe (D-NC)'s Timeline

1813
August 12, 1813
Birth of Rep. William Shepperd Ashe (D-NC)
Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, United States
1831
1831
Birth of Eliza Ann Miller
1837
March 13, 1837
Birth of Anna Elizabeth Ashe
N.C.
1837
Birth of Josephine Watters Ashe
1839
March 11, 1839
Birth of John Grange Ashe
N.C.
1840
September 13, 1840
Birth of Samuel A'Court Ashe
Wilmington, New Hanover, N.C.
1841
1841
Birth of Mary Porter Ashe
1842
1842
Birth of James Dobbins Ashe
1843
1843
Birth of Sarah Green Ashe
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