Re: W. F. and Sarah Yeatts from Adams Co, PA
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In reply to:
W. F. and Sarah Yeatts from Adams Co, PA
Janet Duffield 9/08/02
William Franklin Yeatts was born 16 Apr 1840 in Adams Co. PA, the son of William Yeatts and Rebecca Cline.He died 24 May 1912 in Altoona, Blair Co., PA.He is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Altoona.
His first wife was Sarah Ann Harris, born ca. 1840.She died 10 Mar 1864 in Bendersville, Adams Co., PA, and is buried in the Upper Bermudian Church Cemetery in Adams Co.
Willam and Sarah were married ca. 1859.In the 1860 Census of Adams County they were living in Bendersville where William Franklin Yeatts was a miller.
William and Sarah had three children: John Luther Yeatts, Mary Catharine Yeatts, and Sarah Harris Yeatts.
John Luther Yeatts was born Mar 1860 in Bendersville; he died in Altoona, PA Jul 1894 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Altoona.He married Katherine Manning and they had two children: Maud I. Yeatts (born Jan 1884) and Wilfred Harry Yeatts (born Jan 1888).
Mary Catharine Yeatts was born in 1861 in Bendersville. She married A. Yingling; they lived in Altoona, PA.
Sarah Harris Yeatts was born in 1864 in Bendersville.She was raised in the home of her paternal grandmother, Rebecca Cline, who had married Joseph Toner in 1843.They lived in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., PA.Sarah Harris Yeatts married Ervil Group (1855-1925).She died in 1942 in Mount Holly Springs and is buried in the Mount Holly Springs Cemetery.
William Franklin Yeatts married his second wife, Elmira Jane Warner, on 13 Feb 1866 in Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA.She was born 28 Feb 1842 in Arendtsville, Adams Co., and died 10 Feb 1904 in Altoona, PA.She is also buried in Fairview Cemetery in Altoona.Shortly after their marriage William and Elmira moved to Altoona where William worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.He later operated a dairy store in Altoona.
William and Elmira had 5 children:
Alberta May Yeatts (1867-1918), married Charles F. McCartney (1862-1923),
Byon Warner Yeatts (1870-1953), married Mary Catharine Bickel (1869-1954),
Edwin Mayberry Yeatts (1871-1905), never married,
William Allen Yeatts (1874-1937), married Margaret Jane Graham (?-1936),
Charles Eldon Yeatts (1879-1933), married Maud Elma Ritter (1880-1934).
I am a great-grandson of Byon Warner Yeatts.
Please contact me if you need more information, and let me know how you are related.Are we cousins?
Bernard Yeatts