Mary "Polly" (PORTER) ASBURY

PORTER, ASBURY, CLARY, NEIDIGH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/22/2011 at 22:42:12

OLDEST RESIDENT DIES

Mrs. Polly [Mary "Polly" (PORTER)] ASBURY died April 12, 1908, at her home in Tingley, aged 96 years and 11 months. At the time of her death, she was the oldest resident in Ringgold County, residing here 32 years, and had lived in Tingley for over 18 years. She came to Iowa in 1850.

Her husband was Benjamin ASBURY. Ever since his death in 1899, she and her granddaughter, Miss Emma ASBURY, have lived so cozily together in a neat cottage on Main Street.

Mr. and Mrs. ASBURY had seven children, five of them surviving, viz. Mrs. Emily CLARY of Signurney, W. H. ASBURY of Ottumwa, Dr. T. P. ASBURY of Tingley, Mrs. Mary A. NEIDIGH of Shannon City, and B. F. ASBURY of Albia.

NOTE: Dr. Thomas Porter ASBURY was born in June of 1838, Indiana, and died at the age of 87 years on April 16, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska. He was interred at Tingley Cemetery.

Mary Ann (ASBURY) NEIDIGH was born in Newport, Indiana on June 21, 1849, and died at the age of 84 years on March 22, 1934, Shannon City, where she was interred at Oakland Cemetery. She married 1870 William H. NEIDIGH (1841-1910).

SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. Pp. 16, 21-22. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011

Transcription and Note by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2011

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