Background
Ash was born on January 26, 1861, in Shelby County, Indiana, the son of Eli and Mary Hooper Ash, both of Richmond, Virginia.
Ash was born on January 26, 1861, in Shelby County, Indiana, the son of Eli and Mary Hooper Ash, both of Richmond, Virginia.
He went to school in Shelby County, then earned a bachelor"s degree in 1885 at Purdue University in Indiana. She died in 1928. They had no children. He was a Methodist and a Republican.
Ash worked at Indianapolis Bank and Trust Company for 27 years, where he became vice president and cr manager.
In 1914 he was vice president of the York Boulevard State Bank. On July 15, 1933, Ash was stricken with a heart attack shortly after alighting from a streetcar in downtown Los Los Angeles
At the time of his death, his residence was at 5116 Meridian Avenue, Highland Park. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.