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1.	Title: 1830 United States Federal Census Page: 1830 US Census; Census Place: Chester, Knox, Ohio; Page: 282; NARASeries: M19; Roll Number: 134; Family History Film: 0337945 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gr;;
2.	Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;
3.	Title: Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1803-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 23 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cg;; Link: http://www.findagrave.com/cg
4.	Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Hilliar, Knox, Ohio; Roll: M432_700; Page:106B; Image: . Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the;;
5.	Title: Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1803-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 23 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cg;; Link: http://www.findagrave.com/cg
6.	Title: Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1803-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 23 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cg;; Link: http://www.findagrave.com/cg

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1830 Knox Co. OH census (p 93/282 in Bloomfield Twp) lists Jesse Askins with 1 male under 5 ; 2 males and 1 female 5-10; 1 male and 1 female 20-30.
1840 Franklin Co. OH census (p 195 in Montgomery Twp) lists a Jesse Askins with 2 males an d 1 female under 5; 1 male 10-15; and 1 male and 1 female 40-50. Is this the right family ? There aren't any other Jesse Askins that I can see in Ohio or Illinois.
1850 Knox Co. OH census (p 106b #1469 in Hilliar Twp) shows Jesse Askins 50 OH; Polly 50; Jam es 14; Martha 12; William 11; and George 10 all born Ohio. I think Jesse and Mary were bot h really born in Virginia! This family profile fits the 1840 Jesse Askins in Franklin Co. OH . Next door was Jonathan and Rebecca [Harris] Southard.
From OHKNOX Digest Vol 3, Issue 102. Information provided by courtesy of Denise Crawford.
Jesse Askins married, for his second wife, Mary "Polly" Harris on 22 Aug 1853 in Knox Co, Ohio. They lived together for many years as man and wife before they married - probably because Jesse's first wife was still alive...Delilia Askins is listed in the 1850 census at Liberty Twp, Knox, Ohio in the county poor house as insane. Maybe Delilah died by 1853 so Jesse Askins and Mary Harris were then free to marry. All four of Jesse & Mary's children were born before their marriage. The children listed in the 1850 census belong to Jesse and Mary [Harris] Askins.
Mary "Polly" Harris is the daughter of William & Charlotte Harris. Mary Askins is named as a child and heir to Charlotte Harris (d. 1859)in her will filed in Morrow County.
William Harris, father Mary Harris - is a brother to Elizabeth Harris Askins, mother to Jesse Askins. Mary Harris and Jesse Askins are first cousins.
What happened to the children of Jesse and Delilah Askins? It is known through family letters that in the early 1830's that Jesse took some of the children to relatives in Illinois - where many of the Askins family had relocated. It is also known that Jesse left at least one of his sons from his first marriage with neighbors in Ohio - never to return.
The information from these letters was supplied to me several years ago by Keith Askins, another Askins researcher. From a letter to Clyde Askins(descendant of Reubin b.1827) from Dona Askins his sister - written in 1947 "Your Grand Father who was Ruben Askins and his brother John Askins and 2 girls Cindy and Mary came here (Illinois)about 1832 or 3 with your Great-Grandfather, who was Jesse Askins, from Ohio, leaving part of the children in Ohio probably 2 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys he left was Enis the other Amos."
In a letter written by Maude Stewart of Baldwin, Kansas in 1948 "it is thought that only one child was left in Ohio and that child was Amos Askins. "...that the Askins living in Ohio knew only of their father Amos having been left there when his father, Jesse, was going go his sister's (Nancy?) in Illinois. At night he took Amos over through the woods and showed him a house with lighted windows. He told him he and the other children were going away and for him to go to that house and tell the man he had come to be his little boy. This was near and at Bloomfield, Ohio. Amos did as he was told and was raised by the family whose name was Clark." Amos did not know of any other brothers or sisters also being left behind. His father never got in touch with Amos even after he went back to Ohio and remarried. Jesse never got in touch with the children in Illinois either. He just moved on. After Lucinda died (Amos sister) someone got in touch with the Ohio Askins but as Amos was not living, the husbands of his two daughters went out to see about it. His two boys were still quite young " (Fletcher L. of Sparta and Emory of Powell).
The two families of Jesse Askins - our ancestors often led complicated lives. Maybe there are more family letters out there that would shed some light on this family situation.

Note: Buried in Hopewell Cemetery Leesburg Twp., Union County, Ohio From OHKNOX Digest Vol 3, Issue 102. Information provided by courtesy of Denise Crawford. Jesse Askins married, for his second wife, Mary "Polly" Harris on 22 Aug 1853 in Knox Co, Ohio. They lived together for many years as man and wife before they married - probably because Jesse's first wife was still alive...Delilia Askins is listed in the 1850 census at Liberty Twp, Knox, Ohio in the county poor house as insane. Maybe Delilah died by 1853 so Jesse Askins and Mary Harris were then free to marry. All four of Jesse & Mary's children were born before their marriage. The children listed in the 1850 census belong to Jesse and Mary [Harris] Askins. Mary "Polly" Harris is the daughter of William & Charlotte Harris. Mary Askins is named as a child and heir to Charlotte Harris (d. 1859)in her will filed in Morrow County. William Harris, father Mary Harris - is a brother to Elizabeth Harris Askins, mother to Jesse Askins. Mary Harris and Jesse Askins are first cousins. What happened to the children of Jesse and Delilah Askins? It is known through family letters that in the early 1830's that Jesse took some of the children to relatives in Illinois - where many of the Askins family had relocated. It is also known that Jesse left at least one of his sons from his first marriage with neighbors in Ohio - never to return. The information from these letters was supplied to me several years ago by Keith Askins, another Askins researcher. From a letter to Clyde Askins(descendant of Reubin b.1827) from Dona Askins his sister - written in 1947 "Your Grand Father who was Ruben Askins and his brother John Askins and 2 girls Cindy and Mary came here (Illinois)about 1832 or 3 with your Great-Grandfather, who was Jesse Askins, from Ohio, leaving part of the children in Ohio probably 2 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys he left was Enis the other Amos." In a letter written by Maude Stewart of Baldwin, Kansas in 1948 "it is thought that only one child was left in Ohio and that child was Amos Askins. "...that the Askins living in Ohio knew only of their father Amos having been left there when his father, Jesse, was going go his sister's (Nancy?) in Illinois. At night he took Amos over through the woods and showed him a house with lighted windows. He told him he and the other children were going away and for him to go to that house and tell the man he had come to be his little boy. This was near and at Bloomfield, Ohio. Amos did as he was told and was raised by the family whose name was Clark." Amos did not know of any other brothers or sisters also being left behind. His father never got in touch with Amos even after he went back to Ohio and remarried. Jesse never got in touch with the children in Illinois either. He just moved on. After Lucinda died (Amos sister) someone got in touch with the Ohio Askins but as Amos was not living, the husbands of his two daughters went out to see about it. His two boys were still quite young " (Fletcher L. of Sparta and Emory of Powell). The two families of Jesse Askins - our ancestors often led complicated lives. Maybe there are more family letters out there that would shed some light on this family situation.

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