Biographies for Kiowa County, Kansas

BIOGRAPHIES

Kiowa County, Kansas

CHARLES MILLS ASHER

Charles Mills Asher, farmer, was born in Haviland, Kansas, April 28, 1894, and since 1920 has been secretary and director of the Brenham Mercantile Company. His father, Allen Dayton Asher, was born in Almo, Indiana, September 18, 1861. He is a farmer. His wife, Hanetta Newlin, was born in Bridgeport, Indiana, January 9, 1871.

Upon his graduation from public school, Charles Mills Asher attended Haviland Academy, graduating in 1913. Thereafter for two years he was a student at Friends University.

On August 18, 1915, he was married to Lora Isabel Elliott at Haviland. She was born in Sterling, November 3, 1894. There are two children, Shirley Faye, born November 7, 1917; and Betty Jean, November 14, 1925.

A Democrat, Mr. Asher served as township trustee from 1922 until 1930, as a member of the state legislature from the 93rd district in 1930 and in 1932 was re-elected to the same office.

He is a member of Prairie Flower Friends Church, the Lions Club, the Kiowa County Historical Society, and the Haviland Rural High School Board (treasurer). Residence: Haviland. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 44)