Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Askam, Augustus F. 1838 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   AUGUSTUS F. ASKAM, farmer, P. O. Vanlue, born March 6, 1838, in Findlay
Township. Hancock Co., Ohio, is a son of John and Julia A. (Leader) Askam.
natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1837-38, and settled in Findlay
Township, this county. They entered land near what is now the city of Findlay.
Of their family of three sons and one daughter, our subject is the only one now
living. He was educated in Findlay, and, in 1859, married Savilla, daughter of
Stephen Lee. She bore him three children, two of whom are now living: Alice M.
(wife of J. Campbell) and Alvin L. Their mother died in 1865, and Mr. Askam
married, in 1866, Melinda Ault, daughter of a pioneer of Marion County, Ohio. By
her he has three children, now living: Lola M., John B. and Anna L. Mr. Askam
has been engaged in mercantile business, has also followed the carpenter's
trade, and for the last four years has been engaged in farming. He is a member
of the I. O. O. F. and Good Templars. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Amanda Township


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