Husband: Huey Ewing Asher
Census name: Hugh E. Asher
Born: Sep-29-1879 in Littleton, Wetzel Co, WV 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-30-1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Resided: at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1930 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Resided: 1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1917, 1918 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 8,1
Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1899 in Tyler Co, WV 8
Census: 1880 in Center District, Wetzel Co, WV
Occupation: oil driller 4
Occupation: 1940 driller at Carnegie Gas Co. 6
Occupation: 1930 pumper in oil field 7
Occupation: 1920 driller of oil & gas wells 9
Occupation: 1918 oil & gas worker at South Penn Oil Co. in Smithburg 1
Occupation: 1910 laborer on oil lease 10
Military: Spanish-American War 4
Father: John Asher (1858 - 1887)
Mother: Caroline E. ___ (1859 - )
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes
Wife: Reta P. Mann 11,12
Also known as: Areta Mann 11
Married: Mar-12-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13
Born: Aug-13-1900 in Wetzel Co, WV 14,15,3
Died: May-25-1978 14,15
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 5
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1930 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Resided: 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
Father: Truman Mann
Mother: Lula ___
F Child 1: Betty Jo Asher Also known as: Betty Joe Asher 17,6 Born: Sep- 6-1927 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18,15 Died: Jul-31-2010 18,15 Buried: in Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH 18 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 16,19 Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1930 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Husband: William Eugene Bennett b. Aug-14-1924 d. Nov-28-2000 Married: Feb- 7-1946 in Calhoun Co, WV 20
F Child 2: Doris Marie Asher Born: Sep-30-1929 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 21,22 Resided: 1957, 2010 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 19,23 Resided: 1946 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Husband: Donald Warren Ford b. Jun-30-1924 d. Sep- -1967 Married: Aug-15-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Husband: ___ Turner Husband: Lavern Morris Bradford b. Nov- 3-1927 d. Apr-14-1995
F Child 3: Elizabeth "Edwina" Asher Also known as: Edwina Asher 24,19 Born: May- 1-1932 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 22,21 Resided: 2007, 08, 10, 11 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 25,26,23,24 Resided: 1957 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 19 Resided: 1949 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1950) 25 Husband: Clarence Ray Bonnell b. Jul-22-1928 d. Sep-26-2008 Also known as: Ray Bonnell 27,28,29,19 Married: Feb-26-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22,26
F Child 4: Ruth Ann Asher Born: Dec-31-1935 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Died: bef Jul 2010 23 Resided: 1957 in New Lexington, Perry Co, OH 19 Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Husband: ___ McGee
M Child 5: Freddie Lynn Asher Also known as: Fred Asher 23 Born: Oct-15-1938 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 30,3 Died: Jun-12-1994 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 31,30 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 15,3 Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Wife: Deloris Jean Lowe b. Oct- 1-1942 d. Oct- 4-2003 Married: Jun-19-1960 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) 1880 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Findagrave.com. (6) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (7) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (8) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (10) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) Marriage record of daughter. (12) Obituary of daughter. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Hughey Asher, widowed, 45, b. Wetzel Co, res. West Union, son of John & Caroline Asher; and Reta Mann, single, 25, b. Wetzel, res. Clarksburg (151-1/2 Water Street), dau of Truman & Lula Mann. Married Mar 12 1927 in Clarksburg. MR p. 261 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=32555&Type=Marriage. (14) Headstone. (15) Social Security Death Index. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Obituary. (19) Obituary of father. (20) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. (21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (23) Obituary of sister. (24) Obituary of niece. (25) Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 11/11/2007. (26) Obituary of husband. (27) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (28) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (29) Obituary of brother. (30) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (31) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Sep 29 1880, and birth date on headstone is also 1880. But he appeared in the 1880 Census (enumerated in June), age 8 months, birth month September. His World War I draft registration shows his birth date as Sep 29 1879.