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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I
The Southern Historical Association
Atlanta, GA. - 1895

         p. 253
         
         B. H. ASKEW, merchant and postmaster, Milford, Baker Co.,
       son of DAVID R. and ELIZA ANN (JORDAN) ASKEW, was born in
       Spaulding county, Ga. His grandfather ASKEW came from North
       Carolina and settled in Georgia in the early part of the
       present century. Mr. ASKEW'S father moved to Griffin to edu-
       cate his children, where he remained until 1873. That year
       he removed to Baker county and settled at Haggard's Mills,
       and later moved to Plattville, Early Co., where he engaged
       in merchandising until 1876, when he moved to Milford -
       where our subject now lives - and continued his business
       until his death, in 1878, aged fifty-eight years. In early
       life he was a whig, but later became a democrat, and served
       four years in the Confederate army. His wife survived him
       some years. To them three children were born: TALLULAH
       VIRGINIA, wife of S. B. CHANCY; B. H., the subject of this
       sketch; ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. THOMPSON. The maternal grand-
       father of Mr. ASKEW, WILLIS A. JORDAN, was born in Hancock
       county, was a physician of fine reputation, and a Methodist
       preacher. He moved to Spaulding county, where he successfully
       practiced his profession and preached until called "to that
       bourne whence no traveler returns." Mr. ASKEW passed his
       early life in Griffin, where he was educated, attending a
       school taught by Prof. W. F. SLATON, now superintendent of
       the public schools of Atlanta. In 1879 he embarked in a 
       general merchandise business at Milford, continuing in it
       until now, carrying a large and varied and well-selected
       stock, and is the leading merchant and postmaster of that
       place. Mr. ASKEW married Miss MARY L., daughter of Dr. I. H.
       HAND, of Baker county, and to them seven children have been
       born: BEN HILL, BIRDIE MAY, E. BOWER, FANNIE ROSLIN, GLADYS,
       and FLOY and LAURA, deceased. Mr. ASKEW is a master Mason,
       and financially and socially he and his family rank with the
       best in the county.
       
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