Henry Ashley


Henry Ashley was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Ashley was born the son of David Ashley in Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. 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, and Charles.

Career

Serving as Town Clerk of Winchester in 1811, Ashley was also a Justice of the Peace 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.
Elected as a Jacksonian to the 19th United States Congress, Ashley was Representative for the eleventh district of New York from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827. 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, Greene County, New York on January 14, 1829. He was interred at the Catskill Village Cemetery on Thomson Street.