CHESTER ASHLEY

Ashley, Chester (1790-1848), a Senator from Arkansas; born inin Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, June 1, 1790; moved with his parents to Hudson, N.Y.; attended the common schools and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., and the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced the practice of law in Hudson, N.Y.; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1820; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Fulton; reelected in 1846, and served from November 8, 1844, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1848; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses); interment in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
Parents: William Ashley, Nancy Pomeroy
Spouse: Mary Worthington Elliot
Born: 18 Mar 1798 in Virginia
Died: 25 May 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Marriage: 4 Jul 1821 in Sainte Genevieve, Genevieve, Missouri
Children Sex Birth
William Elliott Ashley M 6 Aug 1823 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Frances Ann Ashley M 3 Jan 1825 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Mary Van Alstyne Ashley F 13 Oct 1826 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Chester Pomeroy Ashley M 26 Jun 1828 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Henry Charles Ashley M 7 Mar 1831 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell