James Ashman

James Ashman (1848–?) was a 19th-century businessman who served two years on Los Angeles, California, Board of Education and who was a member of the City Council there from 1894 to 1898, where he championed the establishment of the city's first fire station composed of African-Americans. Ashman was born in England in 1848 and came to the United States in 1870, when he settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a locomotive engineer for a dozen years with the Pennsylvania Railroad, then moved to Los Angeles in 1884. In 1895, according to the Los Angeles Herald:

James Ashman

James Ashman (1848–?) was a 19th-century businessman who served two years on Los Angeles, California, Board of Education and who was a member of the City Council there from 1894 to 1898, where he championed the establishment of the city's first fire station composed of African-Americans. Ashman was born in England in 1848 and came to the United States in 1870, when he settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a locomotive engineer for a dozen years with the Pennsylvania Railroad, then moved to Los Angeles in 1884. In 1895, according to the Los Angeles Herald: