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David Walter Asher

Birth
Spring Creek, Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Feb 1915 (aged 78)
Spring Creek, Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Big Creek, Clay County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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The following is result of many people doing thorough research, striving for accuracy for this person and their family. Many details and records are listed below to verify.
David is the son of Robert Sidney Asher and his first wife Mary/Polly/Patsy Sizemore married March 26, 1827. She died in 1858 though the gravestone for Robert has her death as 1870.

This stone was obviously created many many years later and date is incorrect.
Widowed, his father Robert Sidney Asher married Mary/Polly Morgan, March 2, 1862, Clay County, KY.Some think his father Robert Sidney Asher may be TWIN of William Blevins Asher if the birth dates on their memorials are correct however Wm. Blevins birth may be 1800.
David Asher 16 appears on the 1850 census, Clay County, KY with parents Robert 45 a farmer, Mary 40 and siblings Nancy 20, Dillion 19, Mary 18, Henry 14, Rebecca 13, John 9, Margaret 6, and Jemma 2.They reside adjacent to a William and Rebecca Asher family farm. Also nearby Jonah & Elizabeth Asher family, and John & Elizabeth Asher family.
Marriage register for David Asher to marry "Leady J" Hubbard Nov 5, 1855.Marriage record David Asher single, both born Clay County, to Letha Hubbard single, born Clay County, Nov 15, 1855, Clay County, KY.
David Asher 25 a farmer is listed on 1860 census, Clay KY with wife Aleta 20 and their children Moses 4 and Felix 2. She died in 1865.
David Asher and Nancy Sisemore, obtained a license to marry Dec 9, 1865 and married Dec 12 1865, Clay County, KY, witnessed by Jackson Sisemore and John Sisemore, signed Josiah Asher, JP.Jackson and John Sizemore are sons of James Sizemore and Mary Collett.
David W. Asher 45 is listed on 1880 census, Leslie County KY with wife Nancy 34 and children Letcher 12, James 11, William 10, Jennie 9, Margaret 3, Blevins 2 and Dillion 3 mons.They reside adjacent to Andrew J and Sarah Asher family farm.(The reason living Leslie County is because that county was just formed in 1878 from parts of Clay, Harlan and Perry Counties.)


David Asher's first wife Nancy Sizemore Asher died in 1895.
Dave Asher born Dec 1836 appears on the 1900 census, Upper Red Bird, Clay, KY, widowed farmer, with children Blevins 21, Margaret 22, Dillion 20, Haley (Mahala) 17, John 13, Grant 12, Nancy 10 and Walter 7 (last two may be children of his son William Asher), also his widowed mother in law Jane Sizemore 78 born April 1822.They reside adjacent and nearby family farms of Farmer and Jane Sizemore , John T and Mary Sizemore, their son Letcher and Aggie Asher, their son William and Mary Asher, etc.
David married again after death of wife Nancy to Margaret Scalf, July 5, 1907, Clay, KY in presence of E.J. Sizemore and Ulysses Wagers, signed Blevins Sizemore. (Rev. Blevins Sizemore is son of Henry Sizemore and Mary/Polly Asher who is sister to his father Robert Sidney Asher.)
(Margaret "Ackmon" married "Blackgrohefer/grofer Scalfe, Dec 14, 1876, Clay County, KY., at Calvin Collins, in presence of Nelson Collins and Nancy Sizemore. Calvin Collins was a Reverend and Nelson was his son.Blackgrove Scalf 13 is son of Jessie Scalf and Liza Collins, appeared on 1870 census with family, Clay, KY.)
Margaret Scalf 21 is listed on 1880 census, Leslie County, KY with husband Black G Scalf 28 and daughter Mary J 1, also step son Spencer Akeman 4. (if he is step-son, what is Margaret's maiden name. There is a death record for a Spence Scalfe 42 widowed, died Nov 1914, Spring Creek, Clay KY, parents Dave Hollen and Margaret 'Ackmon' ?)
(Margaret Scalf 44 and husband Black G 47 appeared on 1900 census, Otter Creek, Clay, KY with 5 children Nancy 13, Shelby 9, Menford 6, Robert 3 and Felix 16. This record indicates married 24 years, she had 11 children, 9 living. )
David Asher 75 is listed on 1910 census, Otter Creek, Clay, KY with wife Margaret 50. This record indicates it is David's 3rd marriage and Margaret's 2nd and they were married 2 years. Margaret had 10 children, 2 living.
Evert Sizemore of Spring Creek was informant on David's death certificate which indicates he was married, buried in "Asher graveyard". memorial was originally placed in this cemetery.
NOTE: the memorial for another Nancy Sizemore Asher linked to David's memorial is not accurate to this family. The death record for a Nancy Sizemore who died in 1917 actually belongs to Nancy Metcalf Sizemore, on which you can see death certificate dated 1917.
The following is result of many people doing thorough research, striving for accuracy for this person and their family. Many details and records are listed below to verify.
David is the son of Robert Sidney Asher and his first wife Mary/Polly/Patsy Sizemore married March 26, 1827. She died in 1858 though the gravestone for Robert has her death as 1870.

This stone was obviously created many many years later and date is incorrect.
Widowed, his father Robert Sidney Asher married Mary/Polly Morgan, March 2, 1862, Clay County, KY.Some think his father Robert Sidney Asher may be TWIN of William Blevins Asher if the birth dates on their memorials are correct however Wm. Blevins birth may be 1800.
David Asher 16 appears on the 1850 census, Clay County, KY with parents Robert 45 a farmer, Mary 40 and siblings Nancy 20, Dillion 19, Mary 18, Henry 14, Rebecca 13, John 9, Margaret 6, and Jemma 2.They reside adjacent to a William and Rebecca Asher family farm. Also nearby Jonah & Elizabeth Asher family, and John & Elizabeth Asher family.
Marriage register for David Asher to marry "Leady J" Hubbard Nov 5, 1855.Marriage record David Asher single, both born Clay County, to Letha Hubbard single, born Clay County, Nov 15, 1855, Clay County, KY.
David Asher 25 a farmer is listed on 1860 census, Clay KY with wife Aleta 20 and their children Moses 4 and Felix 2. She died in 1865.
David Asher and Nancy Sisemore, obtained a license to marry Dec 9, 1865 and married Dec 12 1865, Clay County, KY, witnessed by Jackson Sisemore and John Sisemore, signed Josiah Asher, JP.Jackson and John Sizemore are sons of James Sizemore and Mary Collett.
David W. Asher 45 is listed on 1880 census, Leslie County KY with wife Nancy 34 and children Letcher 12, James 11, William 10, Jennie 9, Margaret 3, Blevins 2 and Dillion 3 mons.They reside adjacent to Andrew J and Sarah Asher family farm.(The reason living Leslie County is because that county was just formed in 1878 from parts of Clay, Harlan and Perry Counties.)


David Asher's first wife Nancy Sizemore Asher died in 1895.
Dave Asher born Dec 1836 appears on the 1900 census, Upper Red Bird, Clay, KY, widowed farmer, with children Blevins 21, Margaret 22, Dillion 20, Haley (Mahala) 17, John 13, Grant 12, Nancy 10 and Walter 7 (last two may be children of his son William Asher), also his widowed mother in law Jane Sizemore 78 born April 1822.They reside adjacent and nearby family farms of Farmer and Jane Sizemore , John T and Mary Sizemore, their son Letcher and Aggie Asher, their son William and Mary Asher, etc.
David married again after death of wife Nancy to Margaret Scalf, July 5, 1907, Clay, KY in presence of E.J. Sizemore and Ulysses Wagers, signed Blevins Sizemore. (Rev. Blevins Sizemore is son of Henry Sizemore and Mary/Polly Asher who is sister to his father Robert Sidney Asher.)
(Margaret "Ackmon" married "Blackgrohefer/grofer Scalfe, Dec 14, 1876, Clay County, KY., at Calvin Collins, in presence of Nelson Collins and Nancy Sizemore. Calvin Collins was a Reverend and Nelson was his son.Blackgrove Scalf 13 is son of Jessie Scalf and Liza Collins, appeared on 1870 census with family, Clay, KY.)
Margaret Scalf 21 is listed on 1880 census, Leslie County, KY with husband Black G Scalf 28 and daughter Mary J 1, also step son Spencer Akeman 4. (if he is step-son, what is Margaret's maiden name. There is a death record for a Spence Scalfe 42 widowed, died Nov 1914, Spring Creek, Clay KY, parents Dave Hollen and Margaret 'Ackmon' ?)
(Margaret Scalf 44 and husband Black G 47 appeared on 1900 census, Otter Creek, Clay, KY with 5 children Nancy 13, Shelby 9, Menford 6, Robert 3 and Felix 16. This record indicates married 24 years, she had 11 children, 9 living. )
David Asher 75 is listed on 1910 census, Otter Creek, Clay, KY with wife Margaret 50. This record indicates it is David's 3rd marriage and Margaret's 2nd and they were married 2 years. Margaret had 10 children, 2 living.
Evert Sizemore of Spring Creek was informant on David's death certificate which indicates he was married, buried in "Asher graveyard". memorial was originally placed in this cemetery.
NOTE: the memorial for another Nancy Sizemore Asher linked to David's memorial is not accurate to this family. The death record for a Nancy Sizemore who died in 1917 actually belongs to Nancy Metcalf Sizemore, on which you can see death certificate dated 1917.