Martha ASKEW (1869-1948)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: James Harrison BRANSCUM Gertrude BRANSCUM Maud BRANSCUM Ratio BRANSCUM+ Trellie BRANSCUM James Brady BRANSCUM Charles Edward BRANSCUM Gee BRANSCUM Cordia BRANSCUM John Wesley Dixon BRANSCUM Martha ASKEW 3 4 Born: 19 Apr 1869, Kentucky 4 5 Marriage: James Harrison BRANSCUM about 1884 1 2 Died: 24 Jan 1948, near Fanshawe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma 5 Buried: Hicks Chapel Cemetery, near Fanshawe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma 5    Another name for Martha was Mattie.3 5 6   General Notes: Mattie Askew appears to have been the inspiration for the central character of the novel, The Mercy Seat, by Rilla Askew (Penguin Books, 1997), which tells the story of a Kentucky family which was among the first white settlers in Indian Territory. Martha married James Harrison BRANSCUM, son of John Wesley BRANSCOMB and Eliza C. LAIR, about 1884.3 6 (James Harrison BRANSCUM was born in Jan 1862 in Wood County, Texas,4 5 died in 1938 near Fanshawe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma 5 and was buried in Hicks Chapel Cemetery, near Fanshawe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma 5.)

1 Family Records of Rhonda (Branscum) Woodard. Rhonda is a descendant of James Harrison Branscum and Martha "Mattie" Askew through their son, Ratio. Her e-mail address is Dreamer371@aol.com. Her postal address is P. O. Box 893092, Oklahoma City, OK 73189. Her telephone number is 405-691-4280.

2 Family Records of Dwight Branscum. Dwight is a descendant of James Harrison Branscum and Martha "Mattie" Askew through their son, Ratio. His e-mail address is dwight_b@sbcglobal.net. His postal address is 12100 Tanglebriar Cove, Austin, TX 78750. His telephone number is 512-335-0945.

3 Family Records of Dwight Branscum.

4 1900 Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, FHL Film No. 1,241,851, Sheet 12B (Dwelling 213, Family 213).

5 Tammy Talbot, Le Flore County, Oklalhoma, Hicks Chapel Cemetery, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/leflore/cemeteries/hicks.txt.

6 Family Records of Rhonda (Branscum) Woodard.