William Sanford Yarbrough (1896 - 1946)

Born 21 Aug 1896 in Beulah, Lee, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

From 1900 US Census, Beulah, Lee Co., AL:^[1]

Joe B Yarbrough Head M 45 Alabama,

Harret C Yarbrough Wife F 47 Alabama,

Felix Yarbrough Son M 18 Alabama,

Eula Yarbrough Daughter F 16 Alabama,

Solon Yarbrough Son M 14 Alabama,

Lucy Yarbrough Daughter F 7 Alabama,

Sanford Yarbrough Son M 4 Alabama

From 1910 US Census, Lafayette, Chambers Co., AL:^[2]

Joe B Yarbrough Head M 53 Alabama

Eula Yarbrough Wife F 22 Alabama (should be daughter)

Sanford W Yarbrough Son M 14 Alabama

Sarah F Frederick Boarder F 65 Alabama

J Clabon Webb Boarder M 66 Alabama

Sanford married Janie Lee Nichols.

Sanford was married and living in LaGrange, Troup Co., GA when he completed his WW I Draft Registration in 1917. He gave his birthyear as 1885 on the registration, but his wife changed it to 1886 on request for grave marker. The marker indicates 1885. Sanford was working in the Cotton Mills. He enlisted in the Army in August 1918 and was discharged in February 1919.

PVT 331 INFANTRY 83rd DIV US ARMY WW I ^[3]

From 1920 US Census, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA:^[4]

William S Yarbrough Head M 24 Alabama

Janie Lee Yarbrough Wife F 23 Mississippi

Joe Willie Yarbrough Son M 0 Georgia

From 1930 US Census, Bemiston Mills, Talladega Co., AL:^[5]

Sanford Yarbrough Head M 36 Alabama

Jannie Yarbrough Wife F 32 Mississippi

J W Yarbrough Son M 11 Georgia

Wade Yarbrough Son M 9 Georgia

Lee Yarbrough Son M 6 Georgia

Harol Yarbrough Son M 1 Georgia

Hellen Yarbrough Daughter F 4 Georgia

From 1940 US Census, Troup Co., GA:^[6]

William Yarbrough Head M 45 Alabama

Janie Yarbrough Wife F 43 Mississippi

Wade Yarbrough Son M 18 Georgia

Lee Yarbrough Son M 16 Georgia

Helen Yarbrough Daughter F 14 Georgia

Harold Yarbrough Son M 11 Georgia

Betty Yarbrough Daughter F 9 Georgia

Joyce Yarbrough Daughter F 7 Alabama

Gay Yarbrough Daughter F 4 Georgia

He died, at the age of 49, on May 4, 1946. He is buried at the Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Lee County, Alabama.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DQ-9NQ : accessed 17 September 2017), Joe B Yarbrough, Precinct 1 Beulah, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,025.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK3T-X71 : accessed 20 October 2017), Sanford W Yarbrough in household of Joe B Yarbrough, Lafayette, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 24A, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,374,018.
3. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-JMQ3 : 17 May 2016), William S Yarbrough, .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXV-15M : accessed 20 October 2017), William S Yarbrough, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing ED 138, sheet 14B, line 69, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 281; FHL microfilm 1,820,281.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3GMR-1N2 : accessed 20 October 2017), Jannie Yarbrough in household of Sanford Yarbrough, Bemiston Mills, Talladega, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 3A, line 39, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 49; FHL microfilm 2,339,784.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PY-J7B : accessed 20 October 2017), William Yarbrough, Militia District 805, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 141-33, sheet 5A, line 7, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 716.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137614807/william-sanford-yarbrough: accessed 02 September 2022), memorial page for William Sanford Yarbrough (21 Aug 1896–4 May 1946), Find A Grave: Memorial #137614807 citing Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by SFP (contributor 47852495) .

See Also:

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZ2-FV3 : 12 December 2014), William Sanford Yarbrough, 1917-1918; citing Troup County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,558,648.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR6-MYY5 : 26 October 2016), Sanford Yarbrough in entry for Mrs Joyce Y Thompson, Georgia, United States, 13 Oct 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing LaGrange Daily News, born-digital text.