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Yockey, Benjamin Henderson

Male 1854 - 1926  (72 years)


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  • Name Yockey, Benjamin Henderson 
    Born 1 Mar 1854  Bell Twp., Westm'd. Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9RXC-K7 
    _UID 0A3E9F54367C47838FB5FEAB37939E667262 
    Died 16 Sep 1926  Yockey Farm, R.D.#2, Latrobe, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Unity Cem., Unity Twp., Westm'd. Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3905  Our Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 1999 

    Family Barnhart, Anna Mary,   b. 31 May 1853, Barnhart Farm, Hempfield Twp., Westm'd. Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1935, Greensburg, PA, Home Of Brother Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1878  Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Yockey, John Franklin,   b. 20 Aug 1878, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1921, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    +2. Yockey, Howard Mandus,   b. 19 Feb 1881, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1966, New Alexandria, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +3. Yockey, Clara May,   b. 24 Mar 1883, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1914, R.D.#2, Latrobe, (Unity Twp.), PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2007 
    Family ID F2554  Group Sheet

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  • Notes 
    • [Benjamin Henderson Yockey & family are discussed in Chapter 5
      of "Yockey Ancestors, Westmoreland County, PA" by Janet K.Warter,
      1997. FHL microfilm 2056012-item 7.]

      NOTES & SOURCES:
      1. Yockey Family Bible - The Bible of John Yockey was also used to
      record the births/marriages/deaths for the Henderson [Benjamin Henderson]
      Yockey family, and it came down in this family. [This Bible is now in the
      possession of my sister, a granddaughter of Clara May Yockey McKlveen.
      Clara McKlveen died 28 Feb. 1914 of tuberculosis. Her 3 children were
      raised by their father and their McKlveen grandparents.]

      2. Page from a small book owned by Anna Mary Barnhart Yockey. This
      contains a record of the birthdates of her 3 children, written in her hand.
      The page has the record on one side, and the other, a hand-colored stenciled
      design of two hearts & flowers, with "Anna M. Barnhart, Testament" in
      the hearts. This page also came down in the family of Clara May Yockey
      McKlveen.

      3. Henderson Yockey met and married Anna Mary Barnhart after the
      Yockey family moved to Unity Twp. The Barnhart family lived only
      a mile or less away, but in Hempfield Twp. She was one of 5 children
      of John Barnhart (1822-1888) & wife Sarah Schwartz/Swartz (1827-1909).
      ["Barnhart Ancestors, Westmoreland Co., PA" by Janet K. Warter, 2001,
      FHL microfilm #1425446. Chapter 3 develops the story of the parents
      of Anna Mary Barnhart Yockey.]

      4. The old log house on the Yockey farm may have been their first home,
      shared with them by John & Elizabeth Jane Yockey, but a new wood frame
      house was built on the farm a short distance away from the log house
      sometime after 1876. (The new house is not shown on the 1876 Unity
      Twp. map.) Henderson & Anna Mary did live in the new house later,
      and it is likely that it was built by Henderson, not by John. The house
      was not mentioned in the Will of John Yockey, although the farm land
      went to Henderson.

      5. Census records, Unity Twp.:
      1880 - B.H. Yockey, 26; Anna, 27; John F., 1.
      1900 - Henderson Yockey, 46; Anna M., 47; John F. 21; Howard, 19;
      Clara, 17.
      1910 - Henderson Yockey, 56; Annie, 56. Married 38 years, 3 children.
      1920 - Henderson B. Yockey, 65; Anna Mary, 65; John F. , 42; Alice, 15;
      Clara, 13; Henderson, 11; Paul, 8. [John Franklin Yockey & his 4 children
      had moved back home, following the death of his wife after childbirth,
      Feb. 20, 1911. Henderson & Anna Mary helped raise the children.
      John F. Yockey developed cancer and died at age 42 in 1921, leaving the
      children solely in the care of their grandparents.]

      6. Will of Benjamin Henderson Yockey - Will Bk. 23:442. Written 17 Aug.
      1923. He died 16 Sept. 1926. Gave all his "real estate, personal property,
      money & bonds" to his wife as long as she lived, and then to the other
      heirs. His only surviving child, Howard, was to get half the real estate, &
      the other half to be divided between the 4 oldest children of his deceased
      son, John F. Yockey. The 3 children of his deceased daughter Clara Mae
      Yockey McKlveen were to receive $200 each, and $100 to the youngest
      child of John F. Yockey [ from a second marriage that ended in
      divorce.] After the death of Anna Mary Barnhart Yockey in 1935, and the
      settlement of the estate, there was actually little money left to distribute
      as indicated in the Will.

      7. Clipping of Death notice in unidentified newspaper:
      "D.H. [B. H.] Yockey, aged 73, died at 3 O'clock this morning at his home
      near Sowash station, Unity township. He is survived by his widow and
      one son, Howard Yockey, of New Alexandria, and three sisters...Internment
      in Unity cemetery."

      8. Documents pertaining to the Estate of B.H. Yockey at Westmoreland
      County Courthouse:
      Original Will copy - file 693 of 1926.
      Inventory & Appraisment - file 693 of 1926.
      Widow's Apport. - file 174 of 1926.
      Transfer Apport. - file 693 of 1926.
      Election under Will - file 153 N 1926.
      Accounts Confirmed - file 27 N 1927
      Accounts Received - file 27 N 1927

      9. After the death of her husband, Anna Mary Yockey moved to Greensburg
      to live with her brother, Cyrus Barnhart (unmarried) and two sisters, Susan
      Barnhart (unmarried) & Emma Byerly (widowed). A public sale was held
      & the household goods & farm equipment & livestock sold. After the death
      of Anna Mary in 1935, the Yockey farm went to Howard Yockey, who
      eventually passed it to his daughter, Anna Mary Yockey Shuey. It was
      later sold and left the family.