Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,
1885, Hopkins Co.

WILEY ASHLEY was born in Granville County N. C., May 29, 1824, and is a 
son of David and Polly (Ashley) Ashley.  His father, who was also a native 
of North Carolina, was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and also 
followed the trade of chimney builder.  After his father's death, the 
family came to Kentucky, and settled in Hopkins County in 1859, where 
our subject has since been engaged in farming.  In 1872 he moved to his 
present farm, which consists of 198 acres, and is considered one of the 
best north of Madisonville for a distance of twenty miles.  This
valuable farm Mr. Ashley has acquired through constant attention to 
business and good management.  He was married, in the fall of 1858, to 
Naomi Bowles; this union has been blessed with two sons and six
daughters.  They are members of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Ashley has been 
a member of the Masonic fraternity since he was twenty-one years of age.

Ashley Bowles
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Granville-NC

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