Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Edmond Yerkey, Jr.
Born: Sep-10-1787 1 Died: Oct- 9-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 2 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 3,4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 5 Father: Mother:
Wife: Abigail Childers Married: Jan-10-1809 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
Born: Jun- 1-1789 6,3 Died: Jul- 3-1862 6,3 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 3,4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: William Childers (1748 - 1804) Mother: Martha Lowther (1743 - 1838)
M Child 1: John G. Yerkey Born: Feb-16-1813 2 Died: Jan- 4-1898 2 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Mary Ann Stutler b. Dec-13-1816 d. Aug-15-1876 Married: Oct-22-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 2: Sarah Catharine Yerkey Also known as: Catharine Yerkey 8,9,10 Born: Sep-25-1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,11,8 Died: Jun-15-1853 at Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8 Buried: in Bethel Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4 Cause of death: piles 8 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Nathaniel Hinkle b. Aug-23-1810 d. Dec-13-1891
F Child 3: Eliza Ann Yerkey 4 Also known as: Ann Yerkey 12 Born: May-22-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4 Died: May-29-1887 in Gilmer Co, WV 4 Buried: in Otterbein Methodist Church Cemetery, near Sand Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 4 Husband: Ethelbert Drake Westfall b. Aug- 5-1826 d. Nov-20-1895 Married: Jan-28-1847 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
F Child 4: Ruhamah Yerkey Census name: Ruhama Yerkey Born: May- -1830 8 Died: Mar-25-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Cause of death: child birth 8 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Reuben D. Childers b. ca 1841 Census name: Ruben D. Childers Married: Mar- 6-1861 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13
M Child 5: Enoch M. Yerkey Born: Apr- 3-1832 2 (see note 1) Died: Nov-17-1903 in Harrison Co, WV 14,15 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 15,16 Wife: Phoebe Sommerville b. Nov- -1833 d. Sep-25-1907 Census name: Pheba Married: Dec-27-1853 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 6: Edith Yerkey Born: ca 1835 5 Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Sources: (1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (2) Headstone. (3) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (4) Findagrave.com. (5) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (6) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (9) Marriage record of son. (10) Marriage record of daughter. (11) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (12) Death record of daughter. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 224 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=112623&Type=Death. (15) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Apr 3 1832, while death record shows it as Apr 3 1833. But age 71 in 1903 death record would conform to the 1832 date. Death date on headstone is Nov 17 1902, but death record shows it as Nov 17 1903.Name Index