William Elwin AsmanAge: 67 years1862–1929
- Name
- William Elwin Asman
- Given names
- William Elwin
- Surname
- Asman
 Birth | January 18, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Harriet Maria Rhode — View this family February 15, 1883 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Luella C Asman May 29, 1886 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Warren Wesley Clapper — Luella C Asman — View this family July 31, 1907 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Virgil Warren Clapper May 12, 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Joseph Allen Clapper March 8, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Harriet Ruth Clapper July 7, 1918 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | October 4, 1929 (Age 67 years) |
| Obituary | William Elwin Asman Obituary and Family Listing October 5, 1929 (1 day after death) Shared note: William Elwin Asman Obituary and Family Listing |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabor Cemetery |
| Family with Harriet Maria Rhode |
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William Elwin Asman Birth: January 18, 1862 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: October 4, 1929 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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Harriet Maria Rhode Birth: March 2, 1860 42 37 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: February 29, 1932 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: February 15, 1883 — Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Luella C Asman Birth: May 29, 1886 24 26 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: July 19, 1977 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Elwin Asman - Household
Lyons, Mills, Iowa, United States
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| Obituary | William Elwin Asman Obituary and Family Listing
Tabor Beacon
Tabor, Iowa
October 10, 1929
Remains of W. E. Asman, were buried here Sunday ( 6 Oct 1929 )
Funeral services for W. E. Asman was conducted Sunday ( 6 Oct 1929 ) at 11 O'clock at the Hawthorn church by Rev. John Branson of Red Oak. A mixed quartet sang old and favorite hymns of the deceased. Mrs. Lake and Mrs. White of Red Oak assisted with the beautiful flowers. The pall bearers were Chas. Turner, Elmer West, Clyde Wilson, Horace Ewing, J. M. Lake and Henry Wookey.
After the services at the church the remains were brought to Tabor where a short, but impressive service was held at the grave and the body laid to rest in the Tabor, cemetery.
William Elwin Asman, son of Frank and Marinda Carpenter Asman, was born at Tabor, January 18, 1862 and passed on, October 4th 1929, at his home in Red Oak.
On February 15, 1883 he was united in marriage to Harriet Maria Rhode. Mr. and Mrs. Asman began housekeeping on a farm in Fremont county in which county they lived until the year 1910 when they moved to Montgomery county where they have since resided.
Besides the wife, two sisters, nine children and 21 grandchildren are left to mourn this great loss. The children are F. D. Asman Tabor; Mrs. W.W. Clapper of near Glenwood; Mrs. V. V. Wyant, Tabor; G. E. Asman Tabor; W. E. Asman of Council Bluffs; Mrs. S. M. Diehl, Pomeroy, Ohio; M. H. and A. H. Asman of California and Mrs. Albert Cherry of Red Oak.
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