Freeman AshleyBarnes Freeman Ashley was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia in November, 1833. He got his early education in Barrington, NS, and studied Classics and Theology under private tutors in Boston. He followed that with a three-year medical course at the Ohio edical College in Cleveland, Ohio.Ashley served as a pastor for 43 years, first with Baptist congregations and later for the Reformed (Dutch) Church. Later in life he began writing stories for magazines, and then novels for young adults, including "Tan Pile Jim" and "Air Castle Don". Read More Read Less