Ashley, Don E. - M.D.

DON E. ASHLEY, M.D., P.O. Guy’s Mills, was born at Guy’s [sic] Mills, January 13, 1846, son of Carl D. Ashley, also a physician, who came to Guy’s Mills at an early day. He studied medicine with Dr. Woodruff, of Meadville, and his first year’s practice was at Centreville. He afterward located at Guy’s Mills, and there followed the practice of his profession for thirty-five years. He moved from Guy’s Mills to Meadville, Penn., where he resided for some five or six years before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he still resides. His wife, Harriet (Sikes) Ashley, died in September, 1877. They were the parents of three children, now living: Carlton G., Nellie M. and Don E. Our subject attended the common schools of his native town, and finished his education in the common branches at the high school of Townville, this county. He studied medicine with his father, and received his diploma from the medical college at Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1871. He entered on the practice of his profession at Mill Village, Erie County, where he remained six months, and then went to Little Cooley, this county. He there continued practice about nineteen months, and then moved to Guy's Mills, where he took charge of his father’s practice on the latter leaving that town. Here the Doctor has since remained, and to such an extent has he gained the confidence of the people by his thorough knowledge, skill and close attention to business, that his ride now extends over five townships. Our subject was married, September 8, 1870, to Miss Mary A. Guy, born in 1850, by whom he has one child— Don Carlton— born January 19, 1873. Mrs. Ashley is a daughter of Augustus and Maria (Ames) Guy, former deceased. Dr. Ashley in politics is a Republican.