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Erasmus Dow Askins (Washington County, Kentucky, physician.)

b. 1821-10-31

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Askins, Erasmus Dow. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199182 (February 11, 2026).

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