WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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			HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY


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                                   ALSO A 

                        HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY

                                  CHICAGO:
                      H. H. HILL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
                                     1884



  Asher, John, farmer, was born in Banffshire, October 18, 1835, being the second of four children 
 born to Alexander and Jane Findlay-Asher, both of whom died in Scotland. The elder Asher was a 
 farmer, and our subject lived on the homestead till 1880, when he came with his family to West 
 Albany township, and located on the farm of two hundred acres which he now owns. He was married 
 December 4, 1863, to Margaret Asher, of Aberdeenshire. To this union have been born eleven 
 children, of whom nine are living, viz: Alexander, William L., Isabella J., George W., James L., 
 Margaret A., Mary D. D., Bathia P., Janett W. Mr. Asher is a republican, and, with his wife, belongs 
 to the United Presbyterian church.