Joseph Watkins Yerkes (1824 - 1899)

Born 5 May 1824 in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Emeline (Sawtelle) Yerkes — married 14 Mar 1848 in Gaines, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1899 at age 75 in Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Joseph Watkins Yerkes was born 5 May 1824 at Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States the son of Jonathan Yerkes and Maria Watkins.^[1] The family came to Michigan in 1838.^[1]

• Fact: Religion 15 Feb 1845 Vernon Baptist Church^[2]
• Fact: Marriage Sarah Emeline Sawtelle 14 March 1848^[1]
• Fact: Residence (1850) Gaines, Genesee, Michigan, United States^[3]
• Fact: Property 1859^[4]
• Fact: Residence (1860) Township of Venice, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States^[5]
• Fact: Residence 1864 Vernon,Shiawassee, Michigan^[1]
• Fact: General Store^[6]
• Fact: Residence (1880) Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States^[7]

Death 30 November 1899 ^[8]

• Fact: Burial (1899) Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States of America^[9]

Research Notes

Work on: Citation for 1870 Census (Vernon) Shiawassee County Deeds citations + comment about activities in Vernon (Yerkes addition to Village of Vernon; loss of building in 1871 fire at Vernon) Add other property and probate information and citations (numerous).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Leach, Josiah Granville, Chronicle of the Yerkes Family (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904), pg. 102.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hazelton Frances. Compiler, First Baptist Church, Vernon, Michigan 1846 - (Vernon, Michigan: Frances Hazelton, 1992).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF8D-8V3 : 12 April 2016), Joseph Yerkes, Gaines, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing family 334, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Combined 1859 Wall Map, 1875 Atlas, 1895 Plat Book and 1915 Atlas of Shiawassee Co., Michigan (; reprint, Owosso: Shiawassee County Historical Society, n.d.), pg. 9 Venice Township.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWDR-6MP : 14 December 2017), Joseph W Yerkes, 1860.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The 100th Anniversary of the Village Charter: Vernon Yesterday and Today (Vernon, Michigan: Historical Committee of the Vernon Area Centenial Corp., 1971), p. 39.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW3F-B1Y : 14 August 2017), Joseph W Yerkes, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 363, sheet 564B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0606; FHL microfilm 1,254,606
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Death Records MI 1897-1920 Seeking Michigan, Joseph W. Yerkes. 30 Nov 1899. Shiawassee, Vernon Village. MI #801.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK7-WH8H : 13 December 2015), Joseph Watkins Yerkes, 1899; Burial, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 32407422, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 January 2018, 21:54), entry for Joseph Watkins Yerkes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K4R4-KJF); contributed by various users.