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1 A document furnished by Lorene Fisher regarding the Lister Family said "someone came to visit Minerva, Barney's widow after the war and told her that he had seen Barney blown to pieces (litterally) on the battlefield. Another document states that Barney was killed on the battlefield in Virginia"

Minerva (Manurva) L. Morrow is shown as a landowner of Greenville County, in Highland Township, in 1888-1889 owning 47 acres. This land came from the Miller tract which is referred to in Dr. Listers will.

Minerva was often called "Nervie" Minerva Lister was the daughter of Dr. Simon Lister who was very wealthy in land and slaves. He possibly owned as much as 1500 acres along Middle Tyger River. 		Family: F4175
 
2 Mary Louise Hunter Schneider was adopted by Rudolph Schneider spouse of Mary Smith in 1946 Family: F4013
 
3 "National Genealogical Society Quarterly", 1963, V51, pg 217,Frankfort, Kentucky. Found at the Kentucky Historical Society.
Cooke 2. Nashville, 1814.
Nicholas Trammell, dec'd., was entitled to a pre-emption of 640 acres. His widow married, before 17 September 1800, Zacariah Askey. His sonand heir-at-law, Nicholas, was under age on 17 September 1800 whenZacariah Askey and Richard Maulding, "uncle and guardian" of NicholasTrammell, Jr., employed John Overton to locate the entry and get thegrant. By 1807 Nicholas, Jr., was of age. 		Family: F3685
 
4 Abner Askew, stepson of Col. Phillip Trammel. Family: F3671
 
5 Docia was a widow when she married Joe Askey. Family: F3676
 
6 J. W. Childers, J.P., performed the marriage. Family: F3724
 
7 John BILLINGSLEY (1647) and Sarah Ann BILLINGSLEY (1652) were first cousins. Family: F300
 
8 Marriage performed by: J. N. Stalbird, County Judge. Family: F3669
 
9 Marriage performed by: Liff Sanders, Minister of the Gospel. Thomasand Della seperated March 1, 1932. Family: F3667
 
10 Married by Liff Sanders Minister of the Gospel, Floyd County, Texas. Family: F3667
 
11 They were married by Jacob Whiteside, Elder. Family: F3678
 
12 Vol. 39 #26 in the Gonzales Inquirer Newspaper article. Family: F3714
 
13 Facts: There were no children beget from this marriage union. Mrs. W. W. II No. 3 (CARLTON)
 
14 Francis I, king of France

1494-1547, king of France (1515-47), known as Francis of Angoulême before he succeeded his cousin and father-in-law, King Louis XII.

Wars with the Holy Roman Emperor
Francis resumed the Italian Wars, beginning his reign with the recovery of Milan through the brilliant victory at Marignano (1515). A candidate for the Holy Roman emperors crown (1519), he was defeated by Charles V, king of Spain, whose supremacy in Europe Francis was to contest in four wars. In 1520 Francis tried to secure the support of King Henry VIII of England against the emperor in the interview on the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

Although no agreement was reached with the English king, Francis began his first war against the emperor (152125). He was defeated at La Bicocca (1522) and at Pavia (1525), where he was captured. Francis regained his freedom by consenting to the Treaty of Madrid (1526); he renounced his claims in Italy, agreed to surrender Burgundy to Charles, and abandoned his suzerainty over Flanders and Artois. Resolved to violate a treaty signed under duress, Francis created the League of Cognac (1526) with Pope Clement VII, Henry VIII, Venice, and Florence, and commenced his second war (152729) against Charles. It ended, unfavorably for Francis, with the Treaty of Cambrai (see Cambrai, Treaty of), which left Burgundy to France but otherwise duplicated the Treaty of Madrid.

Francis fulfilled the treatys terms until 1535, when the death of the duke of Milan, Francisco Sforza, opened the question of the Milanese succession. In a third attempt to regain Milan, Francis invaded (1536) Italy. Charles retaliated by invading Provence, and in 1538 a 10-year truce was arranged at Nice. In 1542 with the support of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman I, Francis for the fourth time attacked the emperor, who allied himself (1543) with Henry VIII. Their invasion of France resulted (1544) in the Treaty of Crépy, in which Francis relinquished his claims to Naples, Flanders, and Artois. Peace with England (1546) confirmed the loss of Boulogne.

The French Renaissance
Despite Franciss military failures, his reign saw domestic glory in the fullest development of the French Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci, Benvenuto Cellini, and Andrea del Sarto worked at his court. Francis and his sister, Margaret of Navarre, were the patrons of François Rabelais, Clément Marot, and Guillaume Budé; Francis also founded the Collège de France. The most permanent monuments of Franciss reign are the châteaus of the Loire, notably Chambord, and the royal residence at Fontainebleau.

Other Aspects of Franciss Reign
The king also had some notable political achievements, including a concordat with the papacy and an alliance with Switzerland (both in 1516). Jacques Cartier, exploring the coast of North America for Francis, established French interest in Canada. In domestic affairs, Francis expanded the absolutism of the monarchy. Government affairs were dominated by successive personal favorites, including Anne, duc de Montmorency, and Franciss mistresses. Louise of Savoy, the kings mother, was also influential. Franciss persecution of the Waldenses (1545), his ruinous expenditures for foreign wars, and the prodigality of his court foreshadowed some aspects of the reign of King Louis XIV. Francis I was succeeded by his son, Henry II.

Bibliography
See biographies by F. Hackett (1935, repr. 1968) and D. Seward (1973). 7


The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2001 Columbia University Press.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/fr/Francis1Fr.html 		Francis I (KING OF FRANCE)
 
15 Facts: J.W.Baby Girl No. 1 was still-born at birth. Her name is unknown at this time. J.W. No. 1 Baby Girl AINSWORTH
 
16 Facts: J.W.Baby Girl No. 2 was still-born at birth. Her name is unknown at this time. J.W. No. 5 Baby Girl AINSWORTH
 
17 Abner died of pneumonia. Abner ASKEW\ASKEY
 
18 Askey family was of English and Irish Decent.
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Found in the book "Josiah Askew of Edgecombe Co., NC" by Alice AnnAskew in the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Library, the following:
An Abner went to TN and died while visiting relatives.
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1830 Illinois Census
Askey, Elisha Whiteside Co. Pg # on microfilm 035 No Twp L

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RESEARCH NOTE:
For information on Red River County, Texas, prior to 1800, trythe Barker Texas History Center at the University of Texas. There wasnot much activity in Texas by non-Indians before 1800, except anoccasional foray by the French and Spaniards and a few fugitives.Very little is documented. What little government there was before1800 was by Spain, run through Mexico City, but the Red River Countyof today may have been in the area also claimed by FRANCE. The Frenchdid little that far from New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
This was vague, ill-defined territory, between the homes ofseveral Indian tribes; really east of the Comanches, and probably westof the main lands of the Cherokees, and north of the Caddo tribes.Texas was part of the Mexican territory known as Texas-Coahuila,governed from Saltillo in present northern Mexico. James Bowie ofLouisiana, one of the commanders at the Alamo, was married to Gov.Veramendi's daughter, (of Saltillo). So, if Spain made any census,tax or such records in the area before 1800, they would be at Saltilloor Mexico City. Mexico became independent of Spain about 1821, andTexas became independent of Mexico on April 21, 1836, with the battleof San Jacinto.

RED RIVER COUNTY RESEARCH INFORMATION:
The 1990 population of all of Red River County was 14,317, andthe County Seat is Clarksville. Locally, the County Clerk keeps thekind of early records you might like at the County Courthouse Annex,200 North Walnut Street, Clarksville, Texas 75426, (903) 427-2401.She is Mary Hausler. (this was March of 1994) 		Abner ASKEW\ASKEY
 
19 Masonic Lodge
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas. Number 110
14 April 1852
Master Mason - John Askew

John was a Masonic Lodge Member of Wayland Lodge No. 542 in Wayland,Texas. Initiated May 26, 1883. 		John Andrew ASKEW\ASKEY
 
20 On F.M. Road 1852 about twelve (12) miles south, southeast ofBreckenridge, Stephens County. John Andrew ASKEW\ASKEY
 
21 On John's son, Albert's, death certificate, it has John as being bornin Tennessee. The 1880 Census says he was born in Missouri. John Andrew ASKEW\ASKEY
 
22 Abner was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 754 in Silverton, Texas.Initiated April 16, 1894. Passed May 12, 1894. Raised June 23, 1894. Official Record JS 94, SS 97. Abner Nelson ASKEY
 
23 Informant was J.W. Askey from Winslow, Arizona.

He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage. Contributory General Arterissclerosis, Hypertrophis Heptic, Scirrhosis. 		Abner Nelson ASKEY
 
24 N. S. Griggs of Amarillo, Texas was the undertaker.

Original -- North Side, Lot #133 & #134 		Abner Nelson ASKEY
 
25 "Albert J. Askey, bachelor, came to Silverton in 1892 with 100 head ofthe first Nester cattle to be brought to Briscoe County, Texas. Thecattle were a mixed breed.
After Albert married, they lived in Silverton Texas with hismother until, 1904, when they moved to Floyd Co. Texas, where three oftheir children were born. They lived in an adobe house about twoblocks west of where the high school in Silverton, Texas is now.
While Albert lived in Silverton, Texas he helped organize the Masoniclodge. He also sold liquor in the old Blu Drug Store. During allthis time, he was buying land others had filed on and left.
Albert and three other men organized the bank at Lockney, Texasin the 1890's. Al, as he was known, was a stockman until he moved toQuitaque in 1908 and opened the First Bank in Quitaque. He operatedthe bank until 1920. When he sold his land and cattle, he opened theFarmer's State Bank of Quitaque, Texas and it has never beeninsolvent. He also operated a mail route from Quitaque to half way toEstilene, Texas, where a man from Estilene took over. The QuitaquePost Office was located in the bank. Sometimes he was up by midnightto take care of the mail and to warm brick for foot warmers for themail carriage.
His first grandchild, Dean Burson, has the roll top desk he usedduring his tenure as banker."
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Memoirs of A. J. Askey of Silverton:
"I was born November 6, 1860 in Hunt County Texas. I lived inHunt County until 1865. My father owned cattle and horses. When Iwas three years old, my brothers would take me with them on cow hunts. I thought it was lots of fun, but to them it was hard work.
In the summer of 1866 we moved to Fannin County, My father hiredthe soldiers to guard our wagons through Jernigan Thicket to keep thebush whackers away. When we got to the thicket, we penned the stockand the wagons went through to camp on the other side. As we cameback through the thicket all the boys shot their guns. The soldiersall but one, ran away from the wagons and we never saw them again.
At that time, 1866, the bush whackers were pretty numerous. Thepeople we stopped with in Fannin County had just had four of theirfamily waylaid and killed. My father, not liking such conditions,decided to leave the state. He and my older brothers rounded up 200steers and turned them over to a man to take to Arkansas to sell. Weleft all of our other cattle in Fannin County. We just drove off andleft them for any one who wanted to gather them up. When we got toArkansas the man had sold the steers and ran away with the money.
We stayed all winter in the Bosque Mountains. The older boys rana grist mill to make a living for the family. We moved from there toBenton County, Arkansas and made a crop. My father later bought aplace near Pineville, Missouri. The place got it's name from the pineforests near by. We lived there one winter and the boys worked at thesaw mill and freighted for supplies.
We did not like Missouri very well so the next spring, 1868 Ithink, we started for Texas again. We stopped in Ellis County andraised a cotton crop. The boys freighted to Beaumont. From there wewent to Denton County. We had bought as many cattle as our financeswould permit and were anxious to go farther west. In 1870 we moved toDallas County. The older boys all got jobs so I had to herd thecattle. I was then ten years old and made my own start in the cattlebusiness as one of the men for whom I herded cattle gave me a cow andcalf.
I never had a pair of breeches, shoes, or a hat until I was sixyears old. All I had in the way of clothes were things my mothercould make. The first hat I ever owned was bought in Sherman. Mybrother gave me the hat in the afternoon and before night I had lostit. That was a real tragedy in my life.
We moved to Wise County in 1872. The Indians camped in thethickets near our place. They stole milk from our spring and theymade two raids while we were there. They stole 75 mules from one ofour neighbors. They killed three women, and, as the men were so hoton their trail, they ran off and left the mules. I wished to go withthe men to hunt the Indians, but I had to stay near home and herd thecattle and what horses were left.
A few of the older boys that were not in the Indian chase decidedto scare me. They wrapped themselves in red blankets and whooped andyelled from a nearby hilltop to attract my attention. Thinking theywere real Indians after the stock and that they would kill me, Ijumped on my horse and started for home. The boys teased me about itfor a long time.
In those days cattle just roamed the country. There were no wirefences nor fences of any kind to stop the cows. It was every fellowfor himself. When a cow or calf went into a herd unbranded, it wascaught and branded with that herd. As years passed all of the cattlewere branded other than the calves. They had to be watched closely orthey would be stolen.
We moved from one place to another most of my young life. When Iwas 18, I went to Callahan County. There I had my first real job andsupported myself. I helped to round up the Hash-Knife herd of cattle. There were about 12,000 head in the herd. It took 300 men to herdthem. That was the largest herd of cattle that I have ever seen.They brought out 8 or 10 men from Fort Worth to help with the nightherding. They didn't know a thing about cattle. All of the old handsmade it up to initiate the tender-feet. We all ran off and left themalone. The new hands were scared to death. They hollered andwandered all up and down the creek trying to find the camp.
In 1883 we moved to Stevens County and lived there 8 years. Whenwe went out on a round up, we would leave home in the early spring andnot return until late summer. We went down in Commanche Countygathering up cattle. The night we got there, two men had been hung.To my great surprise one of them was a man whom I had played with whenwe were small boys. They had been horse thieves.
We moved to Briscoe County in 1891. The country was all underfence by Goodnight. I brought 50 head of cattle with me and in tenyears I had 600 head and 8 sections of land.
There were no towns in Briscoe County at all. The county wasorganized in 1892 and Silverton became the county seat. We freightedall of our supplies from Amarillo then, and it was a very small place.

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Mr. A. J. Askey, aged 76, is now living in Silverton. He was gladto live over again the old days, but was afraid that he was too absentminded to remember just how things happened. I found that heremembers the things that happened in his early life much better thanthe things that happen now. He was very careful as to detail andwould consult old letters to verify certain dates. He has lost nearlyall of his property and now lives with his daughter, Mrs. DellaGriffith. He has been in business in Silverton, but is not able towork now. He was glad to think that his experiences would be put onrecord for the younger generation to read."
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Belonged to Masonic Lodge No. 754, Silverton, Texas. He was InitiatedApril 16, 1894, Passed May, 18, 1894, Raised July 16, 1894. He wasSuspended, N.P.D. June 15, 1929, reinstated 1934. Dimitted September19, 1940. Official Record - Tiler 95, SW 96, M. 97, SD 98-99-00, SS03. D.D.G.M. 62Dist 1902.
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26 Filed and recorded on Page 100, Vol. 2 of the Records of Deaths ofBriscoe County, Texas. He died of acute myocardilis with contributorycauses being chronic bronchitis. Albert Jefferson ASKEY
 
27 Original -- North Side, Lot #156
T. C. Bomar of Silverton, Texas was the undertaker.

On Tombstone:
Albert Jefferson Askey
November 6, 1860
October 7, 1940 		Albert Jefferson ASKEY
 
28 From the Justice Court, Mission, Sept 28/1942, San Bernardino County.
I am personaly aquainted with Allen Elmer Askey and have known him tobe Honorable, forthright and honest and that he is entitled to hisBirth Certificate.
A. McCrany
Justice of the Peace


A copy of Allen's Birth Certificate in Betty Moeller's possession. 		Allen Elmer ASKEY
 
29 As a young lady she attended the well-known Miss Alice's FemaleCollege and later attended th Ursuline College in San Antonio,specializing in music and fine arts. Catherine Lloyd ASKEY
 
30 The Cemetery is located northside Highways 80/97 very near Gonzales.
Cemetery located 5-6 miles west of Gonzales on highway 97.

WOW symbol [Woodmen of World] 		Clinton Elijah ASKEY
 
31 Delia Askey Hall Recalls Early Days, by Felicia Applewhite
The family history of Delia Askey Hall of Plainview began whenher father, Albert J. Askey, bachelor, came to Silverton in 1892 with100 head of the first Nester cattle to be brought to Briscoe County,The cattle were a mixed breed.
An impressive contribution to Delia's history was the marriage ofher father to "one of John Rhea's daughters" in 1902 of Antelope Flat. Delia was one of the four daughters to be born to the couple. Theyat first, lived in an adobe house about two blocks west of where thehigh school in Silverton is now.
There has never been a more colorful character than Delia'sgrandfather, "Uncle John Rhea" as he was called. He lived just underthe "Cap", but tales of his escapades floated plentifully "up on top."
He ran wolf hounds hunting the crafty lobo while he sat the backof a mule capable of executing the rough terrain. Acitivity beganwhen he turned those hounds loose.
Once he converted a half-dugout to a cage wher he raised capturedlobo cubs to such a friendly state that they would "rear up on him andplay like a dog."
A visitor to the cage prevailed on John for one of the loboeswith a promise that he would raise it as a pet, but broke his pormiseand killed the lobo to collect 50 dollars for the pelt. All loboeshad "a price on the head" stemming from their destructive tendenciestoward ranchers' cattle.
While my father lived in Silverton, he helped organize theMasonic lodge. He also sold liquor in the old Blu Drug Store.
During all this time, he was buying land others had filed on andleft.
"Papa ended up with 13 sections of land in Floyd and Briscoecounties. I still own 192.2 acres in Floyd County as my fourth of hisland at the time of his death in 1940. He had sold much of his landto the Taylors in 1909. They still own it," she says.
Once before he sold to "the Taylors", the family lived in adugout one winter on the land where he had moved the cattle from thePlains. Delia remembers, "seeing antelope graze with cattle."
"Papa and three other men organized the bank at Lockney in the1890's. When he sold his land and cattle, he opened the Farmer'sState Bank of Quitaque and it has never been insolvent. He alsooperated a mail route from Quitaque to half way to Estilene where aman from Estilene took over. The Quitaque Post Office was located inthe bank. Sometimes he was up by midnight to take care of the mailand to warm brick for foot warmers for the mail carriage.
Delia's school experiences were varied. When she began herschooling, there were two types of school-the tax supported schoolsand the subscription schools where patrons contributed the money tohire a teacher.
It was when she was eight, the Quitaque school was late instarting that she stayed in Silverton at the Braidfoot Hotel under thecare of Miss Gertrude Braidfoot to attend Silverton school-a taxsupported school. That was the year that her mother died and Gertrudeand her brother John "took me to see Mama, but I would not stay therewith that dead body."
After that sometimes as a child, she was left with theGrandparent Rheas when, I couldn't sleep a wink because those oldhounds howled all night and the wolves would answer. And, too, mygrandmother cooked dog bread out of maize chops and I was afraid Iwould get a piece of it by mistake."
There were always animal skins about. John Rhea tanned his ownhides to sell to hide markets.
She hated the times she had to stay in Antelope Flat with hergrandparents and "those howling dogs."
Another time when she was back on the Plains one winter, "We hadall the lakes full of water. When the lakes froze over, you coulddrive a team and sled over the ice. We would gather up all the kidsin the community to ride on sleds over the frozen lakes. We just setthe wagon beds off and used them for sleds.
"I remember going to Ft. Worth with Papa in 1914 to court overland titles to Nexters holdings. The ranchers fought us; they didn'twant the Nester's fenceing land. The Nesters didn't have a cleartitle until it was taken to court. The ranchers didn't want to giveup all that free grazing they had had so long," she recalls.
Until Delia went away to boarding school in Dallas, she hadalways felt underpriviledged: a handicap she "had to work around."She had no mother-she was an orphan. Their housekeepers went toCarter-Houston in Plainview twice a year to shop for clothing and theyusually made the dresses.
But after boarding school, "I could see all the difference in theworld. Then I could see that my 'handicap' had been a characterbuilder. I began to appreciate my state."
Recently "The Adventure" an Episcopalian paper says of Mrs. DeliaHall," A long-time member of the Episcopalian Church in Plainview,Mrs. Hall was a pupil of Bishop Garret's at St. Mary's Academy inDallas. She discovered her 'Maveric Age' when her mother died and her52-year old father found out what it was like to cope with fourdaughters."
Delia's complete education included college at Mary Hardin Baylorwhere she was invited back in May of this year to receive a GoldenAnniversary diploma as a member of the Graduating class of 1926.
She has studied nursing and as a nurse she taught nursing in thePlainview Sanitarium and Clinic for seven years "for 50 dollars amonth."
At 74 Delia Askey Hall is still "in on everything." She, also,recalls cheerfully the past with a ready memory and touch ofenthusiasm. 		Delia Cassandra ASKEY
 
32 Original -- South Side, Lot #262 Delia Cassandra ASKEY
 
33 Death was caused by Carcinomatons Generalized and Malignant Melonoma.She died at 8:45 p.m. Della Alberta ASKEY
 
34 One source has her last name listed as Askew. Her grandchildrencalled her Memaw.
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Excerpt from a letter written to Betty Moeller from Aunt Johnie:
"One thing you might enjoy hearing about your Meemaw was when shewas just a little girl. She and I had been in school only one or twoyears. In those times the school was dismissed for several weeks sothe children could help with gathering the cotton. There was a smallpatch just across the fence from our house. Della and I wereambitious to pick cotton because we could get $1.00 for 100 lbs, andin our minds we could make a fortune which we would spend on things wesaw in the Montgomery Ward catalog. Della was always a favorite witheveryone. She was such a cute little girl with freckles across hernose and her very blond hair - so light in color that she was called"cotton-head".
In the cotton picking she had trouble getting her 100 lbs eachday, but the man weighing our sacks said if she did better the nextday, he would give her enough to make 100 lbs that first day. Afterwe were paid we wrote out our orders, filling a whole page, which wenever sent off cause our folks had other ideas, but we enjoyed the daydream.
When she first went to school, the teacher used her as a modelfor the other children to draw. The teacher drew the cutest pencildrawing of her sitting in a little chair on top of the teacher's desk. We had that picture a long time but it was lost when we went away toschool." 		Della Alberta ASKEY
 
35 Original -- North Side, Lot #156 Della Alberta ASKEY
 
36 The attending physician was M.C. Bell M.D. of Silverton, Texas. Della Alberta ASKEY
 
37 Frances Askey bought the O. R. Wilson Ranch in Sterling County Texas.He eventually moved to San Angelo Texas. Frances Marion ASKEY
 
38 Mrs. Robert Vackar, great granddaughter of Harrison Askey. - "AfterHarrison's parents death, which occurred when he was only seven oreight years of age, he was taken by an uncle, Nicholas Trammell, andreared on a farm in Arkansas. He worked for him until twenty years ofage, when he married Miss Catherine Lloyd in 1845. Later he moved toLouisiana, bought a farm, and after two years came to Gonzales CountyTexas, where he has since resided. He has always followed plantingand is a lover of blooded horses. Some of the famous race horses ofthe country were raised on his farm near Gonzales. The brown stallion"Joe Murray", holding the fastest record up to 1884 for seven-eightsof a mile, ever made at Chicago, was raised on his farm, and also thefamous mare, "Ella Harper", one-half sister of "Joe Murphy Murray",came from his ranch, her mile record being 1:40. He was owner of "OldRebel", father of "Joe Murray", one of the speediest in the annals ofracing the three-fourths of a mile. "Little Rebel", a great four-milehorse also came from Harrison's ranch.
With the approach of old age Mr. Askey decided to retire from theturf, and sold his stable in 1888. After seeing his children settled,Mr. Askey has still a beautiful ranch of 700 acres within five milesof Gonzales where he is spending his declining years in peace andquiet."
[The above information was taken from the book "Lone Star State",published in 1894.]
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Harrison was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Rancho No. 199, inGonzales, Texas. Initiated (?). Passed Sept. 8, 1860. Raised Oct.13, 1860. Official Record, S 1861, JD 1862, Tiller 1863. MasonicLodge, Gonzales No. 30, in Gonzales, Texas. Affiliated Feb. 6, 1871.
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"Memorial and Genealogical Record of South West Texas":
"Harrison Askey, who is one of the wide-awake, enterprisingplanters of Gonzales County, Texas, was born in Washington, HempsteadCounty, Arkansas, December 14, 1824 to the union of Morton and Lucinda(Hill) Askey, natives of Missouri. The father followed planting bothin Missouri and Arkansas, and a number of years before the TexasRebellion, came to Nacogdoches County, Texas, where he and wife passedthe closing scenes of their lives, their death occurring prior to thatwar. Politically the father was a Whig, and socially a Mason. Themother was a devout Methodist in religious belief. After his parents'death, which occurred when he was only seven or eight years of age, hewas taken by an uncle, Nicholas Trammell, and reared on a farm inArkansas. He worked for him until twenty years of age, when hemarried Miss Catherine Lloyd. Later he moved to Louisiana, bought afarm, and after two years came to Gonzales County, where he has sinceresided. He has always followed planting and is a lover of bloodedhorses. Some of the famous race horses of the country were raised onhis farm near Gonzales. The brown stallion, "Joe Murray," holding thefastest record up to 1884 for seven-eighths of a mile, ever made atChicago, was raised on his place; and also the famous mare, "EllaHarper", one-half sister of "Joe Murphy Murray," came from his ranch,her mile record being 1:40. He was the owner of "Old Rebel," fatherof "Joe Murray," one of the speediest in the annals of racing forthree-fourths of a mile. "Little Rebel," a great four-mile horse,also came from his ranch. With the approach of old age Mr. Askeydecided to retire from the turf, and sold his stable in 1888. He is aDemocrat, a member of Gonzales Masonic Lodge and has taken the Chapterdegrees. His wife, who is now sixty-six years of age and in theenjoyment of excellent health, is a worthy member of the MethodistEpiscopal Church. They have had fifteen children, and those livingare: Clinton, Lucinda, wife of John Nixon; John, Elizabeth wife ofWalter Mathews, of Gonzales County; Otho, and Catherine, wife ofThomas Fussell, of San Antonio. After seeing his children comfortablysettled, Mr. Askey has still a beautiful ranch of 700 acres withinfive miles of Gonzales, where he is spending his declining years inpeace and quiet. He still takes a keen, though inactive interest inall the important issues of the day." 		Harrison ASKEY
 
39 The Cemetery is located northside Highways 80/97 very near Gonzales.

Cemetery located 5-6 miles west of Gonzales on highway 97. 		Harrison ASKEY, Jr.
 
40 The Cemetery is located northside Highways 80/97 very near Gonzales.

Cemetery located 5-6 miles west of Gonzales on highway 97. 		Harrison ASKEY
 
41 Henrietta had an illegitimate son named Leslie Islom Askey. It wassaid that she was raped and that her brother T. Milton killed the man. She was said to be slow, possibly retarded. Henrietta ASKEY
 
42 Wayland Cemetery:
On F.M. Road 1852 about twelve (12) miles south, southeast ofBreckenridge, Stephens County. 		Henrietta ASKEY
 
43 Garner Braer (?) of Plainview, Texas was the undertaker. James Harrison ASKEY
 
44 He died of the Influenza. Contributory, oldage. James Harrison ASKEY
 
45 His Pension Record states this birth date. James Harrison ASKEY
 
46 Jess was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 49, Lodge Semper Paratus,in D.C.. Affiliated Oct. 21, 1943. Demitted May 3, 1951. Alsobelonged to Lodge No. 612, Lodge San Saba, in San Saba, Texas andLodge No. 165, Lodge Athens, in Athens, Texas. Initiated Feb. 20,1943. Passed April 27, 1943. Raised May 18, 1943. Demitted Sept.21, 1943. Affiliated July 7, 1951. Suspended N.P.D., June 24, 1957.Reinstated July 9, 1957. Jesse Ramsay ASKEY
 
47 Located on Highway 87, east of Nixon, Texas. John Lloyd ASKEY, Jr.
 
48 Masonic Lodge #985, Location: Nixon (Texas)
Initiated 2-5-1923
Passed 3-5-1923
Raised 4-7-1923
Official Record: Sec. 1924 S.D. 1925-28 		John Lloyd ASKEY, Jr.
 
49 The Cemetery is located northside Highways 80/97 very near Gonzales.

Cemetery located 5-6 miles west of Gonzales on highway 97.

Sovereign of Guadalupe WOW [Woodmen of World] Camp #90. 		John Lloyd ASKEY
 
50 John is believed to have died of pneumonia. Although it has been saidhe was bit by something at a sawmill, they put him in the wagon andsent him hone. By the time the horses got there he was dead. John Walter ASKEY
 

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