William R. Asher

    William R. Asher is a native of Johnson County, Indiana, and was born on the 30th of November, 1861. When he had reached the age of eight years, he was removed by his parents to this town, where he was reared, attended and graduated form the Martinsville High School, and afterward became a student of he State University in September, 1878, in a course of four years study. In the month of March, 1883, he entered into the oratorical contest, with four contestants, for the privilege of representing the University in the State contest, and which privilege he won; consequently, he represented the University of Indiana in the State oratorical exhibition, which took place at Indianapolis April 17, 1883, in which effort he was successful, coming out number one from a list of six, each representing a college, and also winning the prize, $50. This success at the State capital bestowed upon him the right to contending in the inter-State contest of oratory, held at Minneapolis May 2, 1863, from which engagement he came forth third in honor.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.