Individual Details

"Buck" is the same as William J. found on the 1880 Census. The Asbill Newsletter refers to "Uncle George" and "Uncle Buck" in the same paragraph. And also says that Uncles Buck, George and Minter were the first of the Asbills to leave Crawford County about 14 years before Oklahoma became a state. Their father and mother, John Henry and Hannah, followed about 1895. Since they were not part of the Cherokee Nation, they had to pick up their mail across the line in Uniontown, AR until Oklahoma statehood. Etta Asbill Benge was a legal resident in Oklahoma Territory as the wife of Obie Benge.

Buck married Laura Boyd, granddaughter of David Boyd, said to be the first white man to set foot in the area of Van Buren circa 1818. They were married 25 Oct 1891 - buck was 28 and Laura was 16.; she died 6 Feb 1894 in Indian Territory, at the birth of her second son.

1900 Census. Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Hh 167
J. H. Asbill, b. Nov 1839, 60 married 39 years, b. MO
Annie, wife, b. Dec 1839, 60, 12 children - 8 are living, b.TN
W. J., son, b. Aug 1862, 36, widowed, b. AR
William, grandson, b. Jan 1894, 6, b. AR
Otto, grandson, b. Feb 1895, 5, b. IT

Children were William Jefferson Asbill Jr., born 19 Jan 1893 and Luna Otto Asbill, b. 6 Feb 1894.
Buried Northview Cemetery, Sequoyah Co OK: Luny Otto Asbille, b. 6 Feb 1894, d. 31 Jan 1980. Son of Buck Asbill. Husband of Lucy Horn Asbill.
William Jr. must have left the area, but an infant son is buried at Northview: William Jefferson Asbill III, born and died 1913; infant son of Will and Tempie Asbill.


Many members of the family are buried Northview Cemetery, in Sequoyah Co, OK. It is believed that Laura Boyd Asbill was taken back to Crawford Co and buried Macedonia Cemetery, located near the original Boyd homeplace.

Birth	1861	Arkansas
Marriage	25 Oct 1891	Crawford County, Arkansas - Laura Boyd
Death	16 Mar 1937	Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Laura Boyd (1874 - )
Child	William Jefferson Asbill (1893 - 1965)
Child	Luney Otto Asbill (1894 - 1980)
Child	Jane Asbill (1898 - )

Father	John Henry Asbill (1839 - 1916)
Mother	Hannah Burris (1840 - 1915)
Sibling	Emma Harriett Asbill (1864 - )
Sibling	George Washington Asbill (1867 - 1944)
Sibling	Martha Etta Asbill (1870 - 1906)
Sibling	Minter Parker Asbill (1871 - 1940)
Sibling	Robert Marion Asbill (1873 - 1928)
Sibling	James Decalb Asbill (1876 - 1965)
Sibling	Joseph Asbill (1880 - )