Biographical Sketch of John Clinton Ashley

Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 462. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: On Atlantic Ocean, 1800.
Died: Walnut Hill, Illinois, 1850.

He was one of the pioneer preachers of the Restoration movement and a coworker with Alexander Campbell. He was on a missionary tour from Ohio into Illinois when he sickened and died. His body was buried at Walnut Hill.

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