Husband: John W. ASKEW
Birthdate: Oct 1818 - TN
Death date: June 4, 1904 - Malta (Bowie Co., TX)
father: not known
mother: not known
other marriages: Mary LOONEY

Marriage date: about 1872
Marriage place:

Wife: M. J. (maiden name unknown)
Birthdate:
Death date:

CHILDREN

CHILD 1: Minnie L. ASKEW
Birthdate: Oct. 3, 1875 TX
married: Samuel Newton TERRAL
Marriage date: Jan 10, 1895 Bowie County, TX
other marriages:
Death date: March 16, 1900
Buried in Old Salem Cemetery

CHILD 2: Augustus H. ASKEW
Birthdate: 1878 TX
married:
Marriage date:
other marriages:
Death date:
 
 
Sources:
* Census records,
* Burial records,
* Land documents,
* Numerous descendants of this line.

Notes:
* According to the 1850 census of Bowie County, JW had 1320 acres of land.
* He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in New Boston, Bowie Co., TX and got his first degree on 11-6-1850, second on 2-7-1854, third on 4-3-1854.
* I believe Mary's middle name to be Elizabeth.
* Mary's father David LOONEY was one of the original signers of the petition to make Bowie a county.
* Britton and Susan are my gg grandparents.