Back to results

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share Link

Copy this link, or click below to email it to a friend
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://www.anb.org/abstract/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0400038
Link copied successfully

The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.
Share This

Article contents

Show Summary Details

Ashe, Thomas Samuel

(19 July 1812–04 February 1887)

William S. Powell

https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400038

Extract

Ashe, Thomas Samuel (19 July 1812–04 February 1887), jurist and congressman, was born at “the Hawfields,” Orange County, North Carolina, the home of his maternal grandfather, where his parents regularly spent the summer. He was the son of Pasquale Paoli Ashe, the owner of a plantation in coastal New Hanover County, North Carolina, and a coal mine in Alabama, and Elizabeth Jane Strudwick. His father lost his entire fortune about 1829 as surety for the debts of a friend....

You do not currently have access to this article

Login

Please login to access the full content.

Access to the full content requires a subscription

Oxford University Press

Printed from American National Biography. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a single article for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice).

date: 04 March 2021

Browse All

Share Link

Article contents

Ashe, Thomas Samuel

Extract

Login

Subscribe