Biography:

Engineer; educator. Born– August 20, 1897, Dayton, Marengo County.  Parents– Francis Barton and Bettie King (Jones) Askew. Married–Frances Juanita Deloach.  Children–four.  Education– Dayton Academy, 1903-1913; Marion Institute, 1913-1914; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1914- 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1917-1918; design engineer in Birmingham for ten years; teacher-athletic coach for three years; high school principal; assistant director of Alabama School of Trades for three years; engineering faculty of Auburn University; senior engineering drawing checker at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta, Ga. for ten years; retired 1965.  Died October 2, 1992.

Source:

Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama.

Publication(s):

Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama. Auburn, Ala.; Privately printed, 1985.

History of the [Auburn]  Class of 1917. S.l.; s.n., 1982.