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 4
Notes
Wife: Edna L. Pratt
Married: Nov-11-1917 in Tyler Co, WV 11
Born: Jul- -1899 in Tyler Co, WV 12,8
Died: bef Mar 1927 13
Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1918 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: 1917 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 8
Census: 1910 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV
Father: John Shirdan "Shird" Pratt (1873 - )
Mother: Mary P. Wise (1880 - 1920)
M Child 1: Wilford D. Asher Born: ca 1917 9 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: James R. Asher Born: ca 1919 9 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
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) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Hughie Ewing Asher, widower, 35, b. Wetzel Co, res. Smithton; and Edna L. Pratt, single, 19, b. Tyler Co, res. Wilbur. Married Nov 11 1917 "at Sherd Pratt's," officiated by E. W. Webster, a minister of the U. B. Church. Informants for marriage license: Hughie E. Asher of Smithton & J. S. Pratt of Wilbur. MR p. 446 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12044279&Type=Marriage. (12) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (13) Record of husband's remarriage. 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.