"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVS-QHQ : 12 April 2016), Ashar Simar, Iowa, United States; citing p. 11, family 77, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,890.
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HZSJ-JW2 : 11 March 2018), Asher Simar, Dover, Fayette, Iowa; citing p. 30, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,466.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148482561/asher-simar: accessed 11 September 2023), memorial page for Asher Simar (17 Jan 1817–18 Dec 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148482561, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Chris Schaefer (contributor 46926890).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asher by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Asher: