Upper Level: Samuel Ledford Yokley 1852-1918 and Elizabeth Frances Wingfield 1856-1919

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Samuel Ledford Yokley 1852-1918 and Elizabeth Frances Wingfield 1856-1919

Samuel and Elizabeth's headstone

Samuel Ledford Yokley
Parents: David Yokley and Mary Hayworth
Born 18 Jan 1852 North Carolina
Married Elizabeth Frances Wingfield 1 Aug 1875 Saline, Missouri
Died 23 Feb 1918 Saline County, 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)
Headstonel: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60840272/samuel-ledford-yokley
Elizabeth Frances Wingfield
Parents Austin Morris Wingfield and Sarah Catherine Williams
Born May 1856
Died 1919 Saline County, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 44)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60840325/elizabeth-frances-yokley

CHILDREN

Mary, Henry, and Samuel's headstone

Mary Catherine "Kate" Yokley
Born 18 Sep 1876 Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Married Henry Mayse
Children: Ledford
Died 15 May 1965 Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 24)
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183084667/mary-catherine-mayse

Grundy F Yokley
Born 26 March 1878 Saline, Missouri
Died 16 November 1878 Saline, Missouri
Buried: Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108441853/grundy-f-yokley

Rudolph's stone

Rudolph Lester Yokley
Born 1 May 1880 Saline, Missouri
Married Essie Lee
Children: Frances, Katherine, Blanton, Ruby
Died 1961
Buried Nauvoo Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Sources
Signature: WW1 Draft Registration Card
Note: describes him as medium height and build, blue eyes, blonde hair
WW2 Draft Registration Card (age 61)
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 20)
1910 US Census Davis, Lafayette, Missouri (age 29)
1930 US Census Marshall, Platte, Missouri (age 49)
1940 US Census Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois (age 59)
Note: name spelled Rodolph
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183059545/rudolph-lester-yokley
Juanita Yokley
Born June 1884 Saline, Missouri
Married ?
Children ?
Died ?
Buried
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 16)

Arke's headstone

Arke Dehaven Yokley
Born 25 August 1886 Saline, Missouri
Married 1) Fred Grant Robinson about 1910
Children: Roberta F (1927) - the only one I found so far
2) John Wilson Rittman (he was married before, had at least 2 children)
Children: ?
Died 14 Jul 1958 Knob Noster, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 14)
1910 US Census Kiowa, Kiowa, Kansas (age 22, married to Fred)
1930 US Census Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri (age 43, widowed)
1940 US Census Washington, Johnson, Missouri (age 53)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54086049/arke-de-haven-yokley-rittman

Adam "Add" buried with brother Samuel

Adam Lee (Add) Yokley
Born 19 Sep 1888 Missouri
Occupation: Farmer (listed on his WW1 draft registration)
Not Married, no children
Died 27 Dec 1974 Saline, Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 12)
Signature: WW1 Draft Registration (signed June 6, 1917-18, age 28, single, living in Sweet Springs)
Note: describes him as short, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair
1920 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 31, single, living with younger brother Sam)
1930 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 41, single, living with younger brother Sam)
SS Death Index
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18725626
Note: Buried with/by his brother Sam. I don't know if he ever had his own headstone.

Samuel and Nannie headstone

Samuel L Yokley
Born 4 Nov 1891 Missouri
Married Nannie May Wheeler
Children: Helen, Paris, Alice, Mary, Samuel, John
Died August 1964 Missouri
Buried Hazel Grove Cemetery, Herndon, Saline, Missouri
Sources
1900 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 9)
1920 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 29)
1930 US Census Liberty, Saline, Missouri (age 38)
Headstone : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60840509/samuel-ledford-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."

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Samuel Ledford Yokley 1852-1918 and Elizabeth Frances Wingfield 1856-1919

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