Bowie County, TX Family Group Sheet for John W Askew Family

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Submitted by: Rebecca Cowen-Rutter
rebalee53@hotmail.com
Sources: census records, burial records, land documents, numerous descendants of this line.
 
HUSBAND: John W. ASKEW
date and place of birth: Oct 1818  TN
date and place of marriage:  Abt. 1844, Bowie County, TX
other marriages:  M.J. (maiden name unknown)
military service:
date and place of death:  June 4, 1904  Malta (Bowie Co., TX)
father: not known
mother: not known
 
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.

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WIFE:  Mary LOONEY
date and place of birth:  1826  AL
other marriages:
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father:  David LOONEY
mother:  Isabella LAWHON
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.
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CHILD 1: Margaret Ann ASKEW
date and place of birth:  1844
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CHILD 2: Martha ASKEW
date and place of birth: 1848
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CHILD 3: Britton Gatewood ASKEW
date and place of birth:  Oct 1850  TX
married: Susan Powell WARD
date and place of marriage: Bowie County, TX
other marriages:
date and place of death:  Feb 02, 1906, Bowie County,TX
*Britton and Susan are my gg grandparents*
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CHILD 4:  Clara Elizabeth ASKEW
date and place of birth: 1854
married: David Alexander HILL, Sr.
date and place of marriage:  Abt. 1875
other marriages: George THOMPSON
date and place of death:  Bet. 1900-1910
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CHILD 5:  James Taylor ASKEW
date and place of birth:  Abt. 1856
married:  Leona Portasee RICE
date and place of marriage: Abt. 1878 TX
other marriages:
date and place of death: Aug 17, 1941
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CHILD 6: George H. ASKEW
date and place of birth: 1858
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CHILD 7: Matilda Caroline ASKEW
date and place of birth: March 18, 1860
married:  Elias Warren STURGEON
date and place of marriage: 1878
other marriages:
date and place of death: Sept 23, 1921 Snyder, TX
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CHILD 8: Sarah Alice ASKEW
date and place of birth: 1866 TX
married:  Jack ALLEN
date and place of marriage: Abt. 1883
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CHILD 9: Orre Della ASKEW
date and place of birth:  1868
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 2nd wife M.J. (maiden name unknown) married about 1872
 
 
CHILD 1: Minnie L. ASKEW
date and place of birth:  Oct. 3, 1875 TX
married: Samuel Newton TERRAL
date and place of marriage:  Jan 10, 1895 Bowie County, TX
other marriages:
date and place of death: March 16, 1900
Buried in Old Salem Cemetery
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CHILD 2: Augustus H. ASKEW
date and place of birth: 1878 TX
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