Charles was the 6 1/2 year old son of U.S. Army Captain Charles Askins, II (Nebraska) and His wife, Dorothy Whitla (Woodward, OK) of El Paso Co., Texas.
Sources:
Texas Deaths: 1890-1976
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs website
In 'Unrepentant Sinner' Charles 'Boots' Askins writes:
'Returned to El Paso my cup literally runneth over when my Child Bride presented me with an exceedingly handsome son. We had been married for 5 years and this was the firstborn. No father could have been more happier nor more proud than this one. By common consent we named him Charles Askins III. Actually he was the sixth of the line but not having been born to royalty we both were a bit modest about tacking that sort of a title on him. The grandfather, Major Charles Askins, was properly delighted and opined that we'd have to make a shooting man of him.
My Old Man lived in Oklahoma but I persuaded him to buy a home in the Rio Grande Valley above El Paso and with him much nearer he had a great deal of time for the grandson. He promptly gave him a shotgun and assured us that when "The Boy" as he always referred to him was big enough he'd make a wingshot of him. Because there were too many Charles in the family the young son was promptly designated Chuckie and he kept his sobriquet. It served to better define various family members.
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081)
Sources:
Texas Deaths: 1890-1976
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs website
In 'Unrepentant Sinner' Charles 'Boots' Askins writes:
'Returned to El Paso my cup literally runneth over when my Child Bride presented me with an exceedingly handsome son. We had been married for 5 years and this was the firstborn. No father could have been more happier nor more proud than this one. By common consent we named him Charles Askins III. Actually he was the sixth of the line but not having been born to royalty we both were a bit modest about tacking that sort of a title on him. The grandfather, Major Charles Askins, was properly delighted and opined that we'd have to make a shooting man of him.
My Old Man lived in Oklahoma but I persuaded him to buy a home in the Rio Grande Valley above El Paso and with him much nearer he had a great deal of time for the grandson. He promptly gave him a shotgun and assured us that when "The Boy" as he always referred to him was big enough he'd make a wingshot of him. Because there were too many Charles in the family the young son was promptly designated Chuckie and he kept his sobriquet. It served to better define various family members.
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081)
Charles was the 6 1/2 year old son of U.S. Army Captain Charles Askins, II (Nebraska) and His wife, Dorothy Whitla (Woodward, OK) of El Paso Co., Texas.
Sources:
Texas Deaths: 1890-1976
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs website
In 'Unrepentant Sinner' Charles 'Boots' Askins writes:
'Returned to El Paso my cup literally runneth over when my Child Bride presented me with an exceedingly handsome son. We had been married for 5 years and this was the firstborn. No father could have been more happier nor more proud than this one. By common consent we named him Charles Askins III. Actually he was the sixth of the line but not having been born to royalty we both were a bit modest about tacking that sort of a title on him. The grandfather, Major Charles Askins, was properly delighted and opined that we'd have to make a shooting man of him.
My Old Man lived in Oklahoma but I persuaded him to buy a home in the Rio Grande Valley above El Paso and with him much nearer he had a great deal of time for the grandson. He promptly gave him a shotgun and assured us that when "The Boy" as he always referred to him was big enough he'd make a wingshot of him. Because there were too many Charles in the family the young son was promptly designated Chuckie and he kept his sobriquet. It served to better define various family members.
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081)
Sources:
Texas Deaths: 1890-1976
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs website
In 'Unrepentant Sinner' Charles 'Boots' Askins writes:
'Returned to El Paso my cup literally runneth over when my Child Bride presented me with an exceedingly handsome son. We had been married for 5 years and this was the firstborn. No father could have been more happier nor more proud than this one. By common consent we named him Charles Askins III. Actually he was the sixth of the line but not having been born to royalty we both were a bit modest about tacking that sort of a title on him. The grandfather, Major Charles Askins, was properly delighted and opined that we'd have to make a shooting man of him.
My Old Man lived in Oklahoma but I persuaded him to buy a home in the Rio Grande Valley above El Paso and with him much nearer he had a great deal of time for the grandson. He promptly gave him a shotgun and assured us that when "The Boy" as he always referred to him was big enough he'd make a wingshot of him. Because there were too many Charles in the family the young son was promptly designated Chuckie and he kept his sobriquet. It served to better define various family members.
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081)
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