Ashmun, George

Life Span
to
Full name
George Ashmun
Place of Birth
Hampden County, MA
Burial Place
Hampden County, MA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
Friends
Abraham Lincoln 
Family
Eli P. Ashmun (father), Lucy Hooker Ashmun (mother), Martha E. Hall (wife)
Education
Yale
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Date Event
In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln formally accepts the Republican nomination for President
Stephen Douglas meets with Lincoln at the White House and pledges his support
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln, Autobiography, circa June 1860
Memorandum by Alexander T. Galt, Canadian diplomat, describing interview with Abraham Lincoln, December 5, 1861
Alexander Galt to Amy Galt, Washington DC, December 5, 1861
How to Cite This Page: "Ashmun, George," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/35969.