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William Ashley was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, in about 1778. He became a trader but later joined the army and by 1812 he had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. Ashely then moved to St Louis and he was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri in 1820. Then he formed a fur trading company.

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