Husband: John G. Yerkey
Born: Feb-16-1813 1 Died: Jan- 4-1898 1 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1880 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Father: John Edmond Yerkey, Jr. (1787 - 1865) Mother: Abigail Childers (1789 - 1862)
Wife: Mary Ann Stutler 3,4
Married: Oct-22-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5
Born: Dec-13-1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,6,7
Died: Aug-15-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 8,1
Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 2,9
Cause of death: jaundice 10
Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV (see note 1)
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F Child 1: Jemima Yerkey Born: Oct- 1-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,11,12 Died: Mar- 9-1887 in Lewis Co, WV 9,11 Buried: in Law Chapel Cemetery, Sand Fork of Kincheloe Rd (CR 2), Lewis Co, WV 9 Husband: John Starkey Burnside b. Mar-11-1833 d. Apr-28-1909 Married: Aug-28-1854 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 12
F Child 2: Abigail Yerkey Born: ca 1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13 Died: bef Dec 1876 14 Husband: Isaac Hill b. Apr-25-1833 d. Mar- 6-1910 Married: Mar-28-1861 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15
F Child 3: Sarah Ellen Yerkey 9 Also known as: Ellen Yerkey 16 Born: 1843 11 (see note 2) Died: 1920 11 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Robert Benton Romine b. Dec-22-1841 d. Nov-20-1914 Married: 1864 17
F Child 4: Amanda Jane Yerkey Also known as: Manda Yerkey 3 Born: 1852 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9 Died: Jul-25-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 9 Buried: in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Andrew Jackson Furbee b. Dec- -1852 d. Jul-11-1918 Also known as: Andrew J. Furby 13 Married: Apr- 6-1873 in Harrison Co, WV
M Child 5: Lewis Alexander Yerkey Born: May-29-1853 18,1 Died: Apr- 7-1939 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,1 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 20 Census: 1880, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 21,22 Wife: Mary Iowa Ash b. Jan-15-1858 d. Jul-27-1941
F Child 6: Barbara Ann Yerkey Born: May-10-1855 in Harrison Co, WV 23 Died: Mar-14-1936 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Buried: in Doak Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1930 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 24 Resided: 1873 in Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Husband: John W. Minter b. ca 1848 Married: Dec-18-1873 in Harrison Co, WV 13
M Child 7: Salathiel Lynch Yerkey Also known as: Lakey Yerkey 25 Born: Mar-21-1865 at Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 23,26,11,13 Died: Aug- 3-1946 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 23,11 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 26,22 Wife: Alice Florence Richards b. Mar-28-1868 d. May-27-1949 Also known as: Aldis Richards 13 Married: Oct- 3-1889 in Harrison Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) Death record of son. (5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (7) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Mary A. Yerkey, white female, age 59, born in Harrison Co, wife of John; died Aug 15 1876 in Harrison County, cause of death jaundice. Informant: Husband. DR p. 83 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=104667&Type=Death. (9) Findagrave.com. (10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Record of husband's remarriage. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Isaac Hill, 23, b. Bedford Co Pa, res. Harrison Co Va, son of Jacob & Martha Hill; and Abigail Yerkey, 18, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John G. & Mary Yerkey. Married Mar 28 1861 in Harrison County. MR p. 23. (16) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (17) Obituary of husband. (18) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), p. 213. (19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (20) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (21) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (22) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (25) Birth record of daughter. (26) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (27) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) Event Notes Note (1) She also appeared with her husband and son Salathiel in the 1880 Census, despite her 1876 death, documented in both her death record and on her headstone, Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1844, but date on headstone is 1843.