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Hi,
Saw your note on the "Woodman of the World".
Just wanted you to know what it means.....
There was a couple of guy who were bankers in Omaha, NE. in the late 1800's
who started an insurance company...... "The Woodman of the World"
It started because these men wanted to creat a way in which men could insure
a proper buriel when they died.
When a person subscribed, he would make payments that would go toward his
policy. After it was paid in full ... the bankers kept earning enterest
from the
fun
I am descended from John Yoakum who married Rachel Grimes. His brother, Moses Yoakum, married Rachel's sister, Elizabeth Grimes.
I have seen reference to John and Moses, sons of Isaac and Mary Davis Yoakum, by several researchers whom I respect. But alas, have never found the source.
Does anyone know the source for this information? I'm very interested in it as it's the only link I haven't documented:
1)How we know these two (John and Moses Y.) are the children of Isaac and Mary Y., and
2)How we k
Hello:
I am still trying to reach a Kuehly, Kuehley, or similar names, trying for a
match with the Annas or possibly (Sarah) Anna Livengood one married (1) a
Kuehley before marrying (2) Jesse Pannebecker at New Hanover, PA. They were
married 25 Jan 1825 at the Church there.
She is the ancestor I cannot locate! Please help me by contacting me at
bjlarson@uswest.net
The other Anna Levengood married a Daniel Yocum, another pair of
Ggrandparents of mine.
Thanks in advance for any help from anyone concerning the
Hi:
I am trying to reach ANNA KUEHLY. Would she please reach me at
bjlarson@uswest.net
I am researching Pennypackers and Kuehly.
I would appreciate any help reaching ANNA KUEHLY.
Thanks in advance, Bj Larson of MT
Hi Cuz,
I have been researching / collecting data on the Prather (Prater, Prator,
Praytor, etc.)
family for over 35 years.
My great grandmother was a Yocum..... saw you note on the Yocum PDL and
wanted to let you know that I have Mary Prather on file.....
I have her family line back to the 11th Century, England.
If you are interested contact me...... also go to my WebSite:
http:gary.prather.net
read to the bottom of the page at the site and you will see an ICON
(Prater, Prather Home Page) shown in blue.
Reading an "Old West" Magazine dated Fall 1970 author of story Victor
H.White.
Story about Perry Vickers. There is a picture on page described as:
Oliver Yokums's
"Government Camp"recreational facilities about 1900 in the Cascade Range
in northern Oregon. Pursuing the same trade a Vickers. Yocom became a
personal friend and later presided at Vickers funeral. Only other
mention of Oliver in this story is that someone stayed overnight at
Government Camp. Hope some our Oregon people know more about this ma
This isn't any great genealogical find, no wall breaking discovery, but I
just had to tell someone, so here it is.
My husbands g-grandfather, Thomas Yocom, worked with leather,
saddles,bridles,harnesses,etc....
Yesterday, my husband brought me a set of three sewing awls, several leather
needles(the thread is still with them), and two other leather tools that I
believe are skiving knives. All of these wonderful pieces belonged to
Thomas Yocom.
My husband has no idea how precious these gifts are to m
I know tons of stuff about Oliver Yocum. He was a distant cousin from my
line of Yocum's. His father was Jesse Yocom, son to Jacob and Mary Booth
Yocom of Sangamon County Illinois. He was the first man to take a camera to
the top of Mount Hood here in Oregon, he was a guide on Mt. Hood for many
many years taking as many as 3 trips to the summit in a day. He built the
first Hotel at Government Camp. There is a ridge on Mt. Hood named Yocum's
Ridge and there is also Yocum's Falls on Mt. Hood named after
Yocum researchers,
Do any of you have a record of what happened to Agustus Yocum, b. 1858 Mound Twp. McDonough Co., Ill.?
He was the eighth child of Jacob Yocum and the fourth child of Martha Glasscock Yocum.
He is supposed to have homesteaded in Montana. Even with the demonstrated longevity of the Yocums he has probably departed this life by now, but considering their prolific production of offspring, there should be many descendants that can trace their family back to him.
I hope to hear from you!
hi,
anyone have information on these two (my great grandparents)?
here's what i have:
john wilson kelsey-b. 8/3/1877, d.12/2/1934
mary (my aunt said she thought "delano" was her middle name) towry, his wife
b.3/2/1885, d.2/27/1938
i believe they are both buried in oak hill cemetery in mulberry, ar, john
definitely died in mulberry. i assume mary did also.
our family story is that one of them was full-blooded cherokee which i would
love to verify.
thank,
jack
Just a little story I found. I don't know if it's true or not.
Seth Carey's Escape from the Murderous Yocum Gang
http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/seth.htm
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Apparently I was too excited when I typed my previous note.
The leather tools belonged to my husband's GRANDFATHER, not G-Grandfather. I
appolgize for the error.
Here is additional information for Thomas Yocom.
James Thomas Yocom
b. 8 May 1893
d. 15 May 1967
m. 29 May 1927 Mary Alice Prather
b. 1911
d. 17 June 1948
both are buried at Huckabee Cemetery, SpringHill Community,Hempstead County,
Arkansas.
I was given a typed "history" of the SpringHill community, but it has
I am trying to find out information about my mother's grandparents &
g-grandparents. Blanche Belle Yocum married a gentleman with the surname
McCaig in/near Pittsburgh, PA around 1910. They had one daughter, Jane. He
died after only about three years of marriage and Blanche remarried my
grandfather Charles Hamilton Smith around 1920. I believe they got married
in Pittsburgh, PA and had 2 children -- Charles Hamilton (b. ~1923) and Betty
Ruth (b. ~1925).
I am interested in learning about Blanch
I posted a message yesterday, but probably didn't give enough information.
Isaac Y. (b. 1778 Muddy Creek, Greenbriar, WV) married Mary Davis around 1800 (b. 1779 Powell Valley, Claiborne County, TN). Isaac died in 1857 and is buried in Claiborne County, and Mary died in 1845.
His sons John Y. and Moses Y., who married Rachel and Elizabeth Grimes left Tennessee for Ray County, Missouri around 1834 and settled there with their families. John later left for Oregon via the Oregon Trail with his then grown
I know of the "typed" history you speak of. It came from a local
geneological book published in Hempstead. I have found several errors. I
have done many hours of research regarding the Yocums from Hempstead county.
Uncle Tom was the son of a blacksmith .. James Henry (Jim) Yocum and Mary
Elizabeth Daugherty. Jim and his father George were members of the "Woodmen
of the World?" I think that is what it was called. Huge grave marker that
looks like a tree. You are correct, there are a bushel of Yocums,
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Hope this is not a repeat. Elizabeth B. Langley of Billings, Missouri
published a book called "Stone County, Missouri: Cemeteries" in 1967. The
last cemetery entry follows.
"YOACHUM CEMETERY or THE OLD WALL CEMETERY. JAMESVILLE, MISSOURI. ['on Bob
Melton Ranch' written in margin]"
"There are about twenty graves with native stone markers. The stone wall
around this cemetery was built by the slaves. They hauled the rock for the
walls from the hillside behind the Yoachum home, loading it on sleds and