Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Salathiel Lynch Yerkey    
       Also known as: Lakey Yerkey 1
                Born: Mar-21-1865          at Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV  2,3,4,5
                Died: Aug- 3-1946          in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  2,4
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              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  3,7
              Father: John G. Yerkey   (1813 - 1898) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Stutler   (1816 - 1876) 
                Wife: Alice Florence Richards     
       Also known as: Aldis Richards 5
             Married: Oct- 3-1889          in Harrison Co, WV  5
                Born: Mar-28-1868          at Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV  2,5 (see note 1)
                Died: May-27-1949          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Lewis B. Richards   (1834 - 1917) 
              Mother: Angelina Bailey   (1841 - 1886) 
           M Child 1: Laudra Nile Yerkey      
         Census name: Laud Yerkey 
                Born: Sep-16-1890          in West Virginia  8,9
                Died: Apr-  -1982           9
              Buried:                      in Doak Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1966                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1910 (April)         in Beaver Co, OK   (see note 3)
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 line worker for Hope Natural Gas Co.  12
          Occupation: 1930                 tool dresser for gas company  13
          Occupation: 1920                 farmer  14
                Wife: Pearl Blanche Ford  b. Oct-15-1889  d. Sep-11-1966  
             Married: Nov-30-1910          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
           F Child 2: Audra Fray Yerkey      
         Census name: Audrey F. Yerkey 
                Born: Sep-26-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  15,3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Virgil A. Williams  b. Jun-  -1881  
             Married: Oct- 2-1910          in Doddridge Co, WV  16
           F Child 3: Ila Iowa Yerkey      
         Census name: Ioway I. Yerkey 
                Born: Feb-24-1895          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,3,17
                Died: Feb-  -1981           10
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1915                 in Doddridge Co, WV  17
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Grover Lester Benedum  b. Dec-25-1892  d. Jun-14-1966  
             Married: Oct-17-1915          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  17
           F Child 4: Jessie G. Yerkey      
                Born: Nov-  -1899           3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Curtis S. Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1902               7
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Etha Osal Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1904               7
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Thelma G. Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1906               7
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 8: Elman R. Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1908               7
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Birth record of daughter. 
(2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(7) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) Death record of wife. 
(12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(13) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(14) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(16) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Mar 1869, and date on headstone is 1867. 
But death record states Mar 28 1868.
Note (2) In 1930, location specified as Big Flint.
Note (3) Listed as Laudrie Yerkey, 19, b. WVa, single, a cousin in the household of
Westaca A. & Tencie M. Hill.







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