The Skaggs-Files

Birth & death dates verified from Fairfield Cem., West Lafayette, Lafayette Twp., Coshocton Co., OH. Sec. C1.
1920 Census, Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, roll T625_1357, page 10A, district 29, image 0813. Census shows Asbury at age 53 living in a rented house. He is not employed. He was born in Ohio, as were both his parents. Wife Virginia is shown as 'Jenny' on the form. She is age 47, and she was born in Ohio of parents who were both born in Ohio. Son McKinley G at age 23 is employed and working for wages. Daughter Clare A ? is 13 years old. Both children were born in Ohio of parents born in Ohio.
Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970 page 419
ASBURY NORMAN
The farming interests of White Eyes township find a worthy representative in Asbury Norman, who is devoting his time and energies to the cultivation and improvement of a good tract of land of one hundred and one acres. He is numbered among Coshocton's native sons, his birth having occurred in Lafayette township, May 18, 1866. He is the son of Daniel and Mary J. (Karms-Karns) Norman, and his early boyhood days were spent under the parental roof, his time being divided between the work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the labors of the field. He started out upon his own account when sixteen years of age, securing employment as a farm hand, in which capacity he worked for five years. He then bought a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres in White Eyes township and lived thereon until 1903. In that year he sold his property and invested in one hundred and one acres in White Eyes township, constituting his present farm, which is well improved and returns to him a gratifying annul income. He is diligent and persevering in his labors and he employs the most modern methods of farming so that the soil is always kept in good condition and his fields yield the best possible return.

In 1889 occurred the marriage of Mr. Norman and Miss Virginia Patterson, who was born in Oxford township,
Coshocton county, January 17, 1871, her parents being John M. and Mary (Everel) Patterson. Her father now
lives in Guernsey county, Ohio, while her mother passed away in 1881. Mrs. Norman was one of a family of six children, of whom four are yet living, and by her marriage she became the mother of six children:
May B., deceased; Bertha M., John F., McKinley M., George Dewey, and Clarissa, all yet at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and attend its services. Mr. Norman belongs to the Grange and is interested in all pertaining to the agricultural development of the community. In politics he is an earnest republican and, while he does not seek nor desire political office, he has served for four years as school director and is a warm friend of the cause of public education. His entire life has been passed in this county where he is now widely known and the fact that many of his warmest friends are those with whom he has been acquainted since his boyhood days indicates that his career has always been upright and honorable.
1920 Census, Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, roll T625_1357, page 10A, district 29, image 0813. Census shows Asbury at age 53 living in a rented house. He is not employed. He was born in Ohio, as were both his parents. Wife Virginia is shown as 'Jenny' on the form. She is age 47, and she was born in Ohio of parents who were both born in Ohio. Son McKinley G at age 23 is employed and working for wages. Daughter Clare A ? is 13 years old. Both children were born in Ohio of parents born in Ohio.

Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970 page 419
ASBURY NORMAN
The farming interests of White Eyes township find a worthy representative in Asbury Norman, who is devoting his time and energies to the cultivation and improvement of a good tract of land of one hundred and one acres. He is numbered among Coshocton's native sons, his birth having occurred in Lafayette township, May 18, 1866. He is the son of Daniel and Mary J. (Karms-Karns) Norman, and his early boyhood days were spent under the parental roof, his time being divided between the work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the labors of the field. He started out upon his own account when sixteen years of age, securing employment as a farm hand, in which capacity he worked for five years. He then bought a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres in White Eyes township and lived thereon until 1903. In that year he sold his property and invested in one hundred and one acres in White Eyes township, constituting his present farm, which is well improved and returns to him a gratifying annul income. He is diligent and persevering in his labors and he employs the most modern methods of farming so that the soil is always kept in good condition and his fields yield the best possible return.

In 1889 occurred the marriage of Mr. Norman and Miss Virginia Patterson, who was born in Oxford township,
Coshocton county, January 17, 1871, her parents being John M. and Mary (Everel) Patterson. Her father now
lives in Guernsey county, Ohio, while her mother passed away in 1881. Mrs. Norman was one of a family of six children, of whom four are yet living, and by her marriage she became the mother of six children:
May B., deceased; Bertha M., John F., McKinley M., George Dewey, and Clarissa, all yet at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and attend its services. Mr. Norman belongs to the Grange and is interested in all pertaining to the agricultural development of the community. In politics he is an earnest republican and, while he does not seek nor desire political office, he has served for four years as school director and is a warm friend of the cause of public education. His entire life has been passed in this county where he is now widely known and the fact that many of his warmest friends are those with whom he has been acquainted since his boyhood days indicates that his career has always been upright and honorable.