Daniel, Eron Asberry

Eron Asberry Daniel

Eron “Asberry” Daniel was born July 15, 1858 to William and Martha “Patsy” (Rogers) Daniel in Colinsville, Missouri. Asberry's mother died when he was only 10 and his father when he was 11. They died of the Smallpox Epidemic. His grandfather also died in 1870. That gave me pause for thought....who did he live with as an orphan. Of course first I thought of his grandfather, Josiah, but then remembered he died the same year as Asberry's father, William. So I looked at the Rogers tree to see if he went with that grandfather, Thomas Rogers, but found Thomas passed away in 1848. We will assume he went with one of his older siblings because there were several.

Asberry married Sarah Truitt August 6, 1882 in Denton when he was 24. They were married 15 years. He was a widower 45 years.

Our Census start out in 1860 with them in Missouri. Asberry is only 2. His father, William, is a farmer. Their Real Estate Value is $640 and Personal Value $600.00.

The 1870 Census they are in Woodson, Kansas still Farming. William is 60. Asberry attends school but his father cannot read or write. His personal Estate value is $900.00.

Where was Asberry between 1870 and 1920? I hope one day I will find a census to answer that very question!!

The next Census jumps to 1920 when we find Asberry is 61 and lives with his son Woody and grandchildren George (13) and Pearl (11). They are still farming. They are in Wolf, Oklahoma.

1930 Census finds them in River, Oklahoma an Asberry lives with his son Woody and granddaughter, Pearl, with her husband Delbert Stringer and their daughter Mary who is 7 months.

The last Census we find is in 1940. Asberry is 81 now and lives with his son, Woody, who is 59 and Woody's wife, Ellen, who is 17.

Asberry passed away October 27, 1942 in Frisco, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. He was 84

It was such a sad story that Asberry lost his parents at such a young age but what a blessing he lived a long life and much of it in the home of family.