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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

David Yokley 1814-1876 Mary Hayworth 1826-1878

Headstone

David Yokley
Parents:
Born 14 Jan 1814 North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer (1870)
Married 1) Mary Susan Schuler 18 March 1836 Davidson, North Carolina
2) Mary Hayworth 17 July 1844 Davidson, North Carolina
Died 16 Aug 1876 Saline County, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 36)
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 46)
Note: There is an 18 year old named Mary Schuler living with them. Interestingly enough, there is also a Mary Schuler that married a David Yokley in 1836.
Both of his marriages: North Carolina County Marriages 1759-1979
1870 US Census Missouri (age 55)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52555069/david-yokley

Mary's headstone

Mary Hayworth
Parents: ?
Born 1826 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Died 5 Oct 1878 Saline, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 24)
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 36)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 44)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52563394/mary-yokley

CHILDREN with Mary Schuler

John W Yokley
Born abt 1839 North Carolina
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 11)
Louisa J Yokley
Born abt 1841 North Carolina
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 9 )

CHILDREN with Mary Hayworth

Alexander and Catherine headstone

Alexander Francis Yokley
Born 18 August 1846 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Catherine A Wear 13 August 1865 Davidson, North Carolina
Children: Ida, Missie, Samuel, Jennie
Died 18 Feb 1894 Jerico Springs, Cedar, Missouri
Buried Anna-Edna Cemetery, Jerico Springs, Cedar, Missouri
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 4)

Marriage register

North Carolina Marriages 1762-1979 (see picture above of the register)
Family Search
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 14)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 23)
Note: gives his name was Alexandra
1880 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 34)
Note: gives middle initial as N
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23653004/alexander-francis-yokley

Delfina's headstone

Delfina Clementine Yokley
Born 22 July 1848 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Thomas J Wilborn June 1870
Children: David (1871), Mary Lee(1873), Clara B (1876), Crissy Ellen (1878), Unnamed baby(1880) William Evans (1882), Sarah (1884), Pleasant Cicero(1885), Pearl (1888), Jefferson T (1890), Samuel (1893)
Died 11 Dec 1925 Montserrat, Missouri
Buried
Obituary from the Knob Noster, Missouri newspaper
Delfina Clementine Yokley was born in Davidson County North Carolina, July 22, 1848. She grew to young womanhood in North Carolina, and moved to Missouri with her parents at the age of eighteen years. In June 1870 she was united in marriage to T.J. Wilborn. To this union was born eleven children, all of whom are living excepting one who died in infancy. Mrs. Wilborn united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1881. She died at the home of her son P.C. Wilborn near Montserrat, Friday night December 11, 1925, at the age of seventy seven years, four months, and nineteen days. The children who survive are: D.Y. Wilborn (David) and Mrs. E.V. Swope (Mary), of Centerview, Mrs. F.A. Swope (Clara) and P.C. Wilborn (Pleasant) of Montserrat, Mrs. C.A. Wilson (Crissy) of Deer River, Montana, Mrs. J.E. Sewell (Sarah) of Jerico Springs, Mo., W.E. Wilborn (William), J.T. Wilborn (Jefferson), and S.L. Wilborn (Samuel) of Windsor, Mo., and Mrs. Orrie Hollandsworth (Pearl and surname should be Hollingsworth)of Kansas City, Ks. She is also survived by a brother, Amos Yokley of near Knob Noster.

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A.S. Gwinn, of LaMonte, pastor of the Baptist church in this city.
Sources
1850 US Census Davidson, North Carolina (age 2)
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 12)
1880 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 32, sister Arcus living with them)
Note: surname given as Wilber
1900 US Census Jerico, Cedar, Missouri (age 52)
Note: name given as Delcina
1910 US Census Grover, Johnson, Missouri (age 61, widowed, living with son William)
Note: name given as D Clementine Welborne
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76750732/delfina-clemantine-wilborn

Samuel and Elizabeth headstone

Samuel Ledford Yokley
Born 18 Jan 1852 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Elizabeth Francis Wingfield 1 August 1875 Saline, Missouri
Children: Kate, Grundy, Rudolph, Juanita, Ark, Adam, Samuel
Died 23 Feb 1918 Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 8)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 17)
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 48)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60840272/samuel-ledford-yokley

William's headstone

William Houk Yokley
Born 10 November 1853 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer (1880)
Married Nancy Ellen Larken 15 January 1874
Children: Ada, William, Thurman
Died 5 January 1914 Washington, Johnson, Missouri
Buried Knob Knoster Cemetery, Knob Knoster, Missouri
Sources
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76857114
Headstone: Billion Graves Index
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 6)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 15)
1880 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 26, his sister Sarah living with them)
1900 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 47, orphan Sarah Sadwhite (age 14) living with them)
1910 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 57)

Arcus Headstone

Arcus Cleopatra Yokley
Born 4 March 1855 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Charles West DeHaven 16 Feb 1882 Pettis County, Missouri
Children: Maude, Theresa
Died 14 March 1928 Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri
COD: Intestinal Influenza
Buried LaMonte Cemetery, LaMonte, Pettis, Missouri
Sources
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 4 - note, claims she is a boy named Marcus)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 12)
1880 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 22)
1900 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 40)
1910 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 50)
1920 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 61)
Death Certificate
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107097836/arcus-cleopatra-dehaven
Catherine Yokley
Born abt 1857 North Carolina
Sources
1860 US Census Missouri (age 2)

Sarah's headstone

Sarah DeOma Yokley
Born 13 May 1858 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Gaston Parker Wilborn 26 Oct 1886 Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri
Children: Charles (nickname George?) (1887), Gaston(1890), Menafee (1894), Andy (1895), Forrest(1898)
Died 4 April 1936 Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri
Buried
Sources
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 2)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 11)
1880 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 20, with her brother William)
Marriage: http://home.comcast.net/~huntresp/reports/g0/p762.htm
Note: the owner of the above cite typed that the marriage took place in North Carolina, but if you look in the sources section, the mistake is corrected and says Missouri
1900 US Census Blackwater, Pettis, Missouri (age 40)
Note: name extracted as Leona
1910 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 52)
Note: name extracted as Donia S
1930 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 72)

Amos headstone

Amos N Yokley
Born 6 November1859 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer (1880)
Married 1) Mollie A Smith 8 August 1880 Saline, Missouri
Children: Albert (1883) Eugene (1886), Levy,
2) Leattie May Hammond
Children: none
Died 18 May 1949 Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri
Buried Knob Noster Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri
Sources
1860 US Census Northern Division, Davidson, North Carolina (age 0)
1870 US Census Missouri (age 9)
1880 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 20, single)
1910 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 50)
1920 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 60)
1940 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 80,with Leatie who is 57)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69492962/amos-n-yokley

Thomas JeffersonYokley

Thomas Jefferson Yokley
Born 28 July 1862 Greenboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Married Ida May Zeigel 25 Jan 1885 Missouri
Children: Clarence, Clara, Dollie, Myrtle
Died 3 April 1931 Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri

Thomas Headstone

Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1870 US Census Missouri (age 6)
1880 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 18, single, working as farm laborer for the Crawford family)
1900 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 37)
1910 US Census Cedar, Pettis, Missouri (age 47)
1920 US Census Dresden, Pettis, Missouri (age 57)
Photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52563475
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52563475/thomas-jefferson-yokley
Edward W Yokley
Born 1865 North Carolina
Married
Died
Buried
Sources
1870 US Census Missouri (age 4)

Robert headstone

Robert L Yokley
Born 27 Sep 1866 Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina
Married Ann Elizabeth Johnson
Children: Howard, Robert, Wilma, Laura
Died 22 April 1948 Baker, Fallon, Montana
Buried Custer County Cemetery, Miles City, Custer, Montana Plot Section A Block 43 Lots 15, 16, 21,22
Sources
1870 US Census Missouri (age 3)
1880 US Census Hughesville, Pettis, Missouri (age 14, single, working as farm laborer for the Crawford family)
1920 US Census Fletcher's Creek, Fallon, Montana (age 57)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87753359/robert-l-yokley

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

David Yokley 1814-1876 Mary Hayworth 1826-1878

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