| 1. | Henry Franklin ASKEY was born on 13 Mar 1872 in Rock Grove, Stephenson, IL; died on 19 Feb 1959 in Grant, Montgomery, IA; was buried in Grant Cemetery, Grant, Montgomery, IA. Notes:
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Henry was about 4 months old when he first come to Montgomery County, IA with his mother and he returned with her to Illinois at the age of 17 months. His mother died 2 months later of consumption (tuberculosis). Frank lived with his maternal grandparents while his father returned to the farm in Iowa. After his father remarried, they took Frank back to Iowa with them. He was about 3 years old then. He remained on the farm a short time after his father and stepmother left to live in Red Oak, IA.
OBITUARY
SERVICES HELD FOR HENRY F. ASKEY, 86
GRISWOLD--Funeral services for Henry Franklin Askey, 86, early day photographer at Red Oak and later a farmer near Red Oak and Grant, were held Saturday, February 21, at Wagler's Funeral Home here.
He died Thursday, February 19, at Marshall Manor in Red Oak.
The Rev. Clarence Landis of Elliott officiated at the rites and burialwas a Grant.
The son of Samuel and Mary Fisher Askey, he was born March 13, 1872, in Rock Grove, IL and came to Iowa as a small child, settling in Pilot Grove Township. He was married in 1902 to Alice Carroll who died two years ago.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mary Nielsen, Red Oak, Mrs. RuthEshelman, Elliott, Mrs. Florence Martens, Griswold, Mrs. Mildren Kennon,Stanton, 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Connick, Mrs. Bert Mullen, and Miss Lucy Askey, all of Red Oak, andMrs. E. E. Hossle of Ames and a brother, Hugh Askey.
Henry married Alice Dean CARROLL on 25 May 1902 in Guthrie Center, Guthrie, IA. Alice was born in 1878 in CT; died on 25 Mar 1957 in IA; was buried in Grant Cemetery, Grant, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Mary Alice ASKEY
 was born on 1 Oct 1904 in IA; died on 17 Dec 1979; was buried on 19 Dec 1979 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA.
- 3. Ruth Emily ASKEY was born on 10 Dec 1908 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; died on 14 Oct 1979; was buried in Noble Township Cemetery, Noble Township, Cass, IA.
- 4. Florence ASKEY was born in 1913 in IA; died before 17 Oct 2006 in Iowa City, Johnson, IA.
- 5. Bertha Mildred ASKEY was born on 23 Mar 1921 in Grant, Montgomery, IA; died on 17 Oct 2006 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 21 Oct 2006 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA.
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1872 - 1959 (86 years)