John Ashurst Asher (abt. 1770 - 1835)

Born about 6 Apr 1770 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane H (Curry) Asher — married 21 Oct 1793 in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1835 at about age 64 in Gosport, Owen, Indiana, USA

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Biography

John Asher was born April 6, 1770, in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of William Amherst " Capt. Billy" Asher and Anna Bartlett.

On 21 Oct 1793, in Jefferson, Kentucky, John married Jane Curry (1776 -1861). [Note: His elder brother, Bartlett A. Asher, married Margaret Curry.]

Children of John and Jane are: Charlotte Asher, born February 8, 1796, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, died June 20, 1828, in Owen County, Kentucky, married Henry Henderson Hancock (1792 - 1849)

Sarah A. "Sally" Asher, born April 5, 1799 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, died May 31, 1880 in Monroe County, Iowa, married name is also Hancock.

John Asher, born March 16, 1819, died April 2, 1850, married Lucy Jones McDade (1820 - 1905). John died February 4, 1835 and is buried in the Asher Cemetery, in Quincy, Owen County, Indiana

Residence

Date: 1830, Montgomery, Owen, Indiana, USA

Sources

• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

View Record Name John Asher Gender Male Household Members Name Age Jane Asher Jane Asher John Asher James Tanner

• Fact: Burial (8 February 1835) Asher Family Cemetery, Quincy, Owen, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1820) Virginia, USA
• Fact: Residence (1830) Anderson, Tennessee, USA

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 07:18), entry for John Ashurst Asher(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LD5M-P4M); contributed by various users.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-D77K : accessed 29 November 2017), John Asher and Jane Curry, 21 Oct 1793; citing , Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 482,706.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-DSKK : accessed 29 November 2017), John Asher and Jane Curry, 1794; citing , Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 482,706.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-TH1C : accessed 29 November 2017), John Asher in entry for William Hancock and Sally Asher, 09 Jan 1817; citing , Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 817,862.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-TZ34 : accessed 29 November 2017), John Asher in entry for Henry Hancock and Lotty Asher, 10 Apr 1817; citing , Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 817,862.
• 1830 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• Dodd, Jordan Title: Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38912445

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2017), memorial page for John Asher (6 Apr 1770–4 Feb 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #38912445, citing Asher Cemetery, Quincy, Owen County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Garland Hill (contributor 46773120) .

Research Notes

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-3CZX : accessed 29 November 2017), Curry in entry for Jeremiah P Archer and Mariah Curry, 31 Oct 1836; citing Union, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 562,195.