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 3
Other spouse 4
Notes
Wife: Lulu Gay Musgrove
Also known as: Lulu Gay Musgrave 11
Married: ca 1904 10
Born: Feb- 8-1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 4,12
Died: Dec-11-1915 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 4,13
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 5,4
Cause of death: appendicitis 4,14
Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 14
Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: ___ Musgrove ( - 1910)
Mother: Viola ___ (1862 - 1918)
F Child 1: Reda P. Asher Also known as: Aretta Asher 15 Born: ca 1905 10 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 2: Lee Royden Asher 16 Born: Oct-18-1906 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 17,18 Died: Nov- -1982 18 Resided: in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 19,20 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Flossie N. Vanscoy b. Jun-29-1904 d. Apr- -1985 Married: Aug- 8-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 3: Burl Dearborn Asher Born: Dec- -1908 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 17,19,12 (see note 2) Died: Aug- 7-1969 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 21,19 Buried: in Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 5 Resided: 1940, 1957 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 22,20 Census: 1940 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1940 glass worker 22,23 Wife: Thelma F. Kemmerling b. Jul-12-1916 d. Dec-30-1985
F Child 4: Ethel Mary Asher Born: Sep-25-1912 in Harrison Co, WV 3,18,12 Died: Sep-19-1984 in Greenville, Darke Co, OH 21,18,12 Buried: in Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 5 Resided: in Greenville, Darke Co, OH 19 Resided: 1957 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH 20 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Husband: Carl Henry Robey b. Feb-13-1893 d. Oct- 6-1963 Married: Feb- 6-1937 in Clarksburg, 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) Obituary of husband. (12) Headstone. (13) Obituary - St. Joseph's Hospital. (14) Obituary. (15) Obituary of mother. (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (17) Wetzel County Birth Records, New Martinsville, WV, BR p. 8-C : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2438627&Type=Birth. (18) Social Security Death Index. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (20) Obituary of father. (21) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (22) City Directory. (23) 1940 Census. 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. Note (2) Birth date given on headstone and in Social Security records as Dec 25 1908, but his birth record states Dec 24 1908.