Mildridge L. Asbury

Mildridge L. Asbury¹

• Reference: [3725:P]

Vitals

• Birth*: 1846, GA.^2,3,4,5
• Birth: 1848, Greene Co, GA.^6,7
• Marriage*: 11 Oct 1870, Selata A. Scroggin (G240), 9 children, 2s, 3d, living as of 1890.^8,6
• Death*:

Events

• Birth of son: 1877, Claudius M. Asbury, AR.⁹
• Birth of son: 1879, Little Asbury, AR.^2,3,4,5
• Biography (Son-in-law): 1891.
• Biography*: 1891, Conway Co, AR, *, 350905N0924437W, http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/ar/conway/goodspeeds/bios-a.txt
  
  Mildridge L. Asbury, a farmer and resident of Springfield was born
  in Greene County, Georgia, in 1848, being a son of Redman T. and
  Mary S. (Norton) Asbury, who were natives of central Georgia, and
  were born about 1822 and 1830, respectively. They are now
  residents of Greene County, Georgia, where they have resided ever
  since their marriage, and both have been members of the Missionary
  Baptist Church for many years. Mr. Asbury served a short period in
  the Confederate army as one of the guards at Andersonville prison.
  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a son of Harry
  Asbury, who died in Georgia before the birth of our subject. He
  was of English ancestry, being of the same family as the
  distinguished Methodist divine, Bishop Asbury, William Norton, the
  maternal grandfather, was a successful merchant of Clark County,
  Georgia, where he died when Mrs. Asbury was an infant. M. L.
  Asbury is the third of a family of six sons and four daughters. He
  was reared on a farm and from about 9 years old attended the high
  school at Beardstown, Georgia, till it was closed by the ravages
  of the civil war. After the war closed he taught school a short
  time, and in 1868 came to Arkansas and superintended a farm for
  John Varner in what is now Lincoln County, till 1870, when he came
  to Conway County, when on October 11, of the same year, he married
  Miss Cletie A. Scroggin, a daughter of James M. and Lemantha
  Scroggin. (See sketch of J. M. Scroggin.) Mrs. Asbury is a native
  of Conway County and the mother of nine children, of whom two sons
  and three daughters survive. After his marriage Mr. Asbury was
  engaged as a clerk in the store of R. L. Cargile at Springfield,
  for about four years, when he became a partner, the firm being
  Cargile & Asbury, which continued till the death of Mr. Cargile
  about 1879. Mr. Asbury then engaged with another mercantile firm
  as a clerk, and was also Postmaster till 1882, when he was elected
  Circuit Clerk of Conway County, and in 1884 was re-elected,
  serving four years in that official capacity with credit to
  himself and to his party. Since his retirement from office he has
  devoted his attention principally to his farm, being the owner of
  400 acres, of which about 150 acres is improved. He also owns
  property in Springfield and in Morrilton, all of which is the
  result of his own industry and good management. Since 1888 Mr.
  Asbury has been Notary Public. He is a Democrat in politics, and
  is a prominent member of the A. F. and M., Lewisburg Lodge, No.
  105, having taken the Chapter and the Palm and Shell Degrees
  there. His membership was formerly in the Springfield Lodge, No.
  127, where he took the Council degree.

• Last Edited: 6 Mar 2004