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Ashley, James Bell
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Bestaansperiode
c.1842-1894
Geschiedenis
James Bell Ashley was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, the son of Augustus Ashley and Christina (Kerr). He married Catherine Sproule in 1863 and Hattie Murdoff in 1877. He was originally a teacher, but lost his hearing as a result of contracting scarlet fever and worked as a journalist until securing a teaching position at the Ontario School for the Deaf in around 1884. He died in 1894.