Henry Franklin ASKEY

1872 - 1959  (86 years)

• Name	Henry Franklin ASKEY
  Birth	13 Mar 1872	Rock Grove, Stephenson, IL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	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.
  Death	19 Feb 1959	Grant, Montgomery, IA   [1]
  Burial	Grant Cemetery, Grant, Montgomery, IA   [2]
  Person ID	I6233	MM
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Alice Dean CARROLL,   b. 1878, CT d. 25 Mar 1957, IA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1902	Guthrie Center, Guthrie, IA   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Alice ASKEY,   b. 1 Oct 1904, IA d. 17 Dec 1979 (Age 75 years)   2. Ruth Emily ASKEY,   b. 10 Dec 1908, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA d. 14 Oct 1979 (Age 70 years)   3. Florence ASKEY,   b. 1913, IA d. Bef 17 Oct 2006, Iowa City, Johnson, IA (Age < 93 years)   4. Bertha Mildred ASKEY,   b. 23 Mar 1921, Grant, Montgomery, IA d. 17 Oct 2006, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F4322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Mar 1872 - Rock Grove, Stephenson, IL Marriage - 25 May 1902 - Guthrie Center, Guthrie, IA Death - 19 Feb 1959 - Grant, Montgomery, IA Burial - - Grant Cemetery, Grant, Montgomery, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S548] Askey Family File, 548. [S667] Kennon and Carl Family Trees, 667.