Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ashe, William S. September 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com August 5, 2007, 12:44 pm The Standard of Raleigh: 24 Sept. 1862 The Standard of Raleigh: 24 Sept. 1862 DEATH OF HON. WILLIAM S. ASHE HON. WILLIAM S. ASHE died on Sunday night last in Wilmington, of the wounds received on Friday evening from the collision of the mail train with the hand- car which he was in. He had represented New Hanover County in the Senate, the Wilmington District in Congress and was President of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company at the time of his death. He was in his 50th year. He was a genial, kind-hearted gentleman, and his death is deplored by a large circle of friends. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/newhanover/obits/a/ashe297ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb