Ashbel
Encyclopedia
Ashbel is masculine
given name
, and an occasional surname
. People with the name include:
Masculine
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, and an occasional surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with the name include:
Given name
- Ashbel, a minor Biblical figure
- Ashbel H. BarneyAshbel H. BarneyAshbel Holmes Barney was an American banker and expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company in 1869-1870.-Early life:...
, an American banker and expressman - Ashbel P. FitchAshbel P. FitchAshbel Parmelee Fitch was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Mooers, New York, Fitch attended the public schools of New York, Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, the Universities of Jena and Berlin, Germany, and Columbia Law School in New York City...
, a U.S. Representative from New York - Ashbel GreenAshbel GreenAshbel Green, D.D. was an American Presbyterian minister and academic.Born in Hanover Township, New Jersey, Green served as a sergeant of the New Jersey militia during the American Revolutionary War, and went on to study with Dr. John Witherspoon and graduate as valedictorian from Princeton...
, an American Presbyterian minister and academic - Ashbel Green SimontonAshbel Green SimontonAshbel Green Simonton was a North-American Presbyterian minister and missionary, the first missionary to settle a Protestant church in Brazil, Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil - Early life :...
, a North-American Presbyterian minister and missionary - Ashbel SmithAshbel SmithAshbel Smith was a pioneer physician, diplomat and official of the Republic of Texas, Confederate officer and first President of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas.-Early life:...
, a pioneer physician, diplomat and official of the Republic of Texas - Ashbel P. WillardAshbel P. WillardAshbel Parsons Willard was state senator, the 12th Lieutenant Governor, and the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. His terms in office were marked by increasingly severe partisanship leading to the breakup of the state Democratic Party in the years leading up to the American Civil War...
, the youngest man to be elected governor of the U.S. state of Indiana