Sidney Lee Asby

b. 10 March 1889, d. 12 February 1966
  • Sidney Lee Asby was born on 10 March 1889 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
  • He married Grady Latham, daughter of John W. Latham and May Emily Rembert, circa 1914.
  • Sidney Lee Asby registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, while living with his wife and two children in Toro, and employed at log hauling by W. R. Pickering, Bonham.
  • Sidney Lee Asby and Grady Latham appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Shamrock Logging Camp, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Ralph Truett Asby. Also in the household were two Edwards children identified as sons, likely enumerator error, since Grady is identified as a male board employed as a log cutter.
  • He was a logging contractor, according to the 1920 census.
  • Sidney Lee Asby and Grady Latham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Ralph Truett Asby, Fannie Mae Asby, Sidney Lee Asby Jr. and John L. Asby.
  • He was employed as a teamster logging, according to the 1930 census.
  • His wife Grady Latham became a widow at his death.
  • Sidney Lee Asby died on 12 February 1966 at age 76 in Newton County, Texas.
  • He was interred at Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Newton County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 29 Mar 2012

Family: Grady Latham b. 28 February 1897, d. 15 January 1985