Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Enoch M. Yerkey    
                Born: Apr- 3-1832           1 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov-17-1903          in Harrison Co, WV  2,3
              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  3,5
              Father: John Edmond Yerkey, Jr.   (1787 - 1865) 
              Mother: Abigail Childers   (1789 - 1862) 
                Wife: Phoebe Sommerville   6  
         Census name: Pheba 
             Married: Dec-27-1853          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7
                Born: Nov-  -1833           8 (see note 2)
                Died: Sep-25-1907          at Isaac Creek, near Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: James Sommerville   (1795 - 1872) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Post   (1803 - 1884) 
           F Child 1: Silvana J. Yerkey      
         Census name: Savannah Yerkey 
                Born: ca 1854               5
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 2: Adaline V. Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1856               5
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 3: Tobitha V. Yerkey      
         Census name: Tibitha V. Yerkey 
                Born: ca 1858               5
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 4: Edward L. Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1866               10
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Harper Yerkey      
                Born: ca 1877               11
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 224 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=112623&Type=Death. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(6) Death record of husband. 
(7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(11) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District). 

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.
Note (2) Age 73y 10m 16d at death calculates to a birth date of Nov 9 1833, but date
on headstone is Nov 6 1833.







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