Family
One of his sons, also named John Ashe, served as a captain in the 4th North Carolina Regiment. Governor Samuel Ashe (1725-1813), for whom Asheville, North Carolina was named, was his younger brother, and other descendants (not named Ashe since none of their male children had offspring) have continued to play a role in North Carolina politics.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The agent’s steep and steady stare
Corroded to a grin.
Why, you black old, tough old hell of a man,
Move your family in!”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“... the school should be an appendage of the family state, and modeled on its primary principle, which is, to train the ignorant and weak by self-sacrificing labor and love; and to bestow the most on the weakest, the most undeveloped, and the most sinful.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)