Husband: Hiram Fred Asher 1
Also known as: Frederick Asher 2
Born: Feb-10-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-16-1925 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Cause of death: typhoid fever 5
Resided: near Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6
Resided: 1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Occupation: Hope Gas Co. 5
Father: Hiram Jackson Asher (1858 - )
Mother: Rosalee George (1857 - 1934)
Wife: Samantha Seese 7
Also known as: Samantha Sees 4
Married: May-28-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Mar-10-1898 in Tyler Co, WV 5,4
Died: Sep-15-1925 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Cause of death: typhoid fever 5
Resided: 1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Father: Christopher Columbus "Dick" Seese (1869 - 1948)
Mother: Mahalia Glover (1870 - 1949)
M Child 1: Donald Richard Asher 8 Born: Mar- 8-1917 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3,9,10 Died: May-20-1984 11,9 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Resided: in Salem, WV 9 Resided: 1940 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Military: Feb-23-1945 - Feb-21-1946 F1, U.S. Navy, World War II 14,15 Wife: Thelma Ruth Starkey b. Nov-22-1919 d. Aug-17-2010 Married: Jan-24-1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
F Child 2: Cathleen Alice "Peg" Asher 16 Also known as: Kathleen Asher 4 Born: Dec- 3-1919 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 16 Died: Jun-17-2006 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Resided: at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 16,4 Occupation: school cook (Center Point Grade School, 17 yrs) 16 Husband: Wilbur Emmett Starkey b. Mar-25-1917 d. Sep- 9-1955 Also known as: Wilbert Starkey 11 Married: Feb-18-1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18,11 Partner: Denver McIntyre b. Oct- 9-1927 d. Mar- -1994 Not married: (35 years) 11
F Child 3: Geraldine R. Asher 8 Born: Jul-19-1921 9 Died: Nov-16-2003 in Belleville, Essex Co, NJ 9,19 Resided: in Newark, Essex Co, NJ 20,16 Husband: ___ Schweer
F Child 4: Lillie Maxine Asher Born: Sep-23-1922 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 21 Resided: 2006 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: 1940 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Husband: George Washington Owens b. Aug-18-1919 Married: Oct- 8-1940 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 21
M Child 5: Clarence Asher Died: in infancy 8
F Child 6: Betty Lee Asher Died: in infancy 8
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (2) Obituary of daughter. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Death record of wife. (7) Obituary of wife's brother. (8) Obituary of sister. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Obituary of wife. (12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (13) Headstone. (14) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (16) Obituary. (17) Obituary - At home. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Wilbur Starkey, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Smithfield Rt #1, son of Leeman Starkey; and Kathleen Asher, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Center Point, dau of (parents deceased). Married Feb 18 1941 at "The Methodist Parsonage, West Union, W. Va." by Ottis R. Snodgrass, minister of the Methodist Church. MR p. 43. (19) Obituary - Hospital. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951. (21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record and in WW One draft registration as Feb 25 1892, and the 1900 Census also shows it as Feb 1892. But his birth record states Feb 10 1893.