Erasmus Dow Askins

Birth Date

1821-10-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Washington County, Kentucky, physician. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Askins and Ann Askins. Married to Jemima Farris Askins in Washington County, Kentucky, on January 8, 1844. Married to Elizabeth Moore Askins in Washington County on September 15, 1865. Attended Centre College in Boyle County, Kentucky. Physician in Washington County in 1850. Physician in Washington County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Washington, p. 152A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 168.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 461B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #005773082, p. 219.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #000551246, p. 656.
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky(Cincinnati, OH: J.M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 556.

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