James Harrison ASKEY & Mary Jane SMITH

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James Harrison ASKEY
Mary Jane SMITH

WARNING: Secondary sources are mixing up our subject with John H. ASKEY (b. 1843, TX) though, given the differences in name, age, and geography, it's hard to imagine how. These are two different men, not one man married to two women.

Husband: James Harrison ASKEY
Birth: 20 Oct 1828, Centre Co., PA
Death: 15 Jan 1906, Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA
Disposition: buried Rockland Cemetery, Venango Co., PA
Father: David Thomas ASKEY
Mother: Jane HARRISON

Marriage: 19 May 1855

Wife-1: Mary Jane SMITH
Birth: 27 Dec 1835, PA
Death: 17 Dec 1913, Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA
Father: William SMITH (1813-1893)
Mother: Elizabeth ARMSTRONG (1814-1899)

Children:

1. Clara Louise ASKEY, b. 14 Apr 1856
2. Mary J. [Isadore?] ASKEY, b. 16 Jan 1859; d. 14 Sep 1877
3. William Elmer ASKEY, b. 1 Nov 1861; d. 18 Feb 1948
4. Edwin Nelson ASKEY, b. 21 Dec 1865; d. 18 Nov 1930
5. James Burton ASKEY, b. 16 May 1875; d. 5 Jul 1933
6. Ida May ASKEY, b. 7 Jun 1880; d. 16 Jan 1968

Some secondary sources give our subject this daughter
. Ann / Anna "Annie" Martha ASKEY, b. 6 Jun 1864; d. 15 Dec 1930
but she appears in no census with them and is, in fact, the daughter of James Burton ASKEY.

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Jas. H. ASKEY (æ 22, b. PA) is living in Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA (p. 58A), with his widowed mother, Jane ASKEY (æ 53, b. PA), plus siblings. Mary Jane SMITH (æ 14, b. PA) is living in Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA (p. 70A), with her parents, Wm. SMITH (æ 37, b. PA) & Elizabeth (æ 35, b. PA), plus siblings, et al.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 41): Rockland P.O., Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA, Roll M653_1189 (Book 1), p. 530, PN 107, 689/689, enumerated 25 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James Asky 30 M Farmer 250 Pa

Mary J " 24 F "

Clara L " 4 F "

Mary J " 1 F "

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 51): Porterfield P.O., Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA, Roll M593_1460, p. 526A, PN 29, 197/195, enumerated 7 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Askey James 41 M W Farmer 4000 1110 Pennsylvania

_____ Mary J 35 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania

_____ Clarra L 24 F W at home Pennsylvania

_____ Mary J 11 F W Pennsylvania

_____ William 8 M W Pennsylvania

_____ Edwin E 4 M W Pennsylvania

Listed three households from Abraham & Susan (DOMER) STANFORD, parents of William Martin STANFORD.

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21-22 of 40): Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA, Roll T9_1199 (Book 10, pp. 323D-324A, PN 24-25, SD 10, ED 252, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

171 171 Asky J F?/H? W M 51 / Farmer PA PA PA

____ Mary J W F 44 Wife / Keeping house PA PA PA

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____ William E W M 18 Son / Farmhand / PA PA PA

____ Edwin N W M 15 Son / Farmhand / PA PA PA

____ James B W M 5 Son PA PA PA

Listed three households from son-in-law, Lorance STROUP, husband of their daughter, Clara, with whom William Martin STANFORD and his wife are living.

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 22): Rockford Twp., Venango Co., PA, Roll T623_1491, p. 202A, SN 8, SD 15, ED 163, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

142 144 Askey James H Head W M Oct 1828 71 M 45 PA PA PA Farmer 0 Y Y Y O F F 91

_____ Mary J Wife W F Dec 1835 64 M 45 7 5 PA PA PA Y Y Y

_____ James B Son W M May 1875 25 S PA PA PA Day laborer 0 Y Y Y

_____ Ida M Dau W F Jun 1879 20 S PA PA PA Y Y Y

Ida wasn't enumerated in 1880, so she cannot have been born in 1879, not unless she's adopted, which would not be unreasonable given Mary's age in 1880. Listed three households from William Martin STANFORD.

8. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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