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Robert H. ASHER
Born: 22 Jul 1849 in Craig, Holt, MO
Died: 7 Jan 1908 in White Cloud, KS
Buried: 9 Jan 1908 in Rulo, Richardson, NE

Robert's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO, Dist 38, #246: 2 years, born MO.
1860 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO, Dallas Twp, Rush Bottom, P.O., #1022: 11 years, born MO, living with parents and 6 siblings.
1870 CENSUS, Dallas Twp, North Point. P.O., Holt Co, MO, #198/190: 21 years, born MO. Living with parents and 3 siblings.
1876 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO, page 241: Living with wife, Mary and 4 children.
1880 CENSUS, Union twp, Holt Co, MO, #49a: 30 years, born MO, parents born KY, farmer. Living with wife, Mary and 6 children (Anthony, Emma, Sarah, Marjorie, James, Eli).
1900 CENSUS, Rulo, Richardson, NE, ED 150: born Jun 1849, 50 years, born MO, parents born KY, married 30 years, farmer. Living with wife, Mary B. and 5 children (Elizabeth, James, Eli, William, Ethel).

Patrons of Holt Co, MO, Atlas, 1877: Robert ASHER, Craig, Section 2, Twonship 61, Range 40; born Holt County, in 1849; farmer and stock raiser.

Craig, volume 1, page 263: Robert was named Master of Grange at Rush Bottom. (Nov 1877)
Craig, volume 2, page 100: Oct 1883 Robert purchased the John Rowland farm in Bigelow Twp. Page 162: "The barn of Robert ASHER, living 3 miles west of Bigelow, and 2 horses were destroyed by fire Sunday evening, 10 May 1885."

Funeral at home, Rulo, NE. Died of Apoplexy.

Robert married
Mary B. LIPPS 25 Sep 1870 in Craig, Holt, MO
Born: Oct 1849 in Clay Co, KY
Died: after 1930 probably CO
Father: William R. LIPPS
Mother: Margaret SAMPLES

Mary 's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Clay Co, KY: 11 months old, born KY, living with parents, sister and 2 male boarders.
1860 CENSUS, Georgetown, Pettis. MO: 11 years, born KY, living with parents and 3 siblings.
1870 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO, Dallas Twp, North Point, #192/196: 20 years, born IL. Living with parents and 6 siblings.
1876 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO, page 241: Living with spouse, Robert ASHER and 4 children.
1880 CENSUS, Union Twp, Holt, MO: 30 years, born KY, father born VA, mother born KY. Living with spouse, Robert H. ASHER and 6 children.
1900 CENSUS, Rulo, Richardson, NE, ED 150: "Mary B.', born Oct 1849, 50 years, born KY, father born TN, mother born VA, married 30 years, 12 children born and 9 living. Living with spouse, Robert H. ASHER and 5 children.
1910 CENSUS, Irving Twp, Brown, KS, ED 27: mother, born KY, father born TN, mother born VA, widow, 12 children born and 4 living. Living with son Eli and his wife. Also living in the household are their son, William, and his wife.
1930 CENSUS, Precinct 52, El Paso Co, CO: "Mary ASHER", mother, born KY, father born TN, mother born VA, widow. Living with son, Eli ASHER, and his family.

Robert and Mary had the following children:

  1. Anthony ASHER
  2. Emma Agnes ASHER
  3. Sarah "Sally" ASHER
  4. Margaret B. ASHER
  5. James H. ASHER
  6. Eli ASHER
  7. Lydia L. ASHER
    Born: 1881
    Died: 29 Mar 1883
    Buried: in Guilliams Cemetery, Holt Co, MO
    Lydia's Notes:
    Vitals from Gone Home, page 13.
  8. Elizabeth ASHER
    Born: Nov 1882 in Holt Co, MO
    Died: after 1900
    Elizabeth's Notes:
    1900 CENSUS, Rulo, Richardson, NE, ED 150: born Nov 1882, 17 years, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, attends school. Living with parents and 4 siblings.
  9. William R. ASHER
  10. Ethel ASHER
    Born: Jan 1891 in MO
    Died: after 1900
    Ethel's Notes:
    1900 CENSUS, Rulo, Richardson, NE, ED 150: born Jan 1891, 9 years, born MO, father born MO, mother born KY, attends school. Living with parents and 4 siblings.

Last changed on 13 November 2009