Born in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jedediah D Benedum
and Charlotte May (Wilson) Benedum
Wife of
Walter H Yerkey
— married
17 Jun 1902 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ocie is the daughter of Jedediah D. Benedum and Charlotte May Wilson.
From 1910 US Census, McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA: "Walter Yerkey Head M 38 West Virginia Beca Yerkey Wife F 30 West Virginia Ray Yerkey Son M 6 Pennsylvania Ralph Yerkey Son M 4 Pennsylvania Edith Yerkey Daughter F 2 Pennsylvania"
From 1920 US Census, Brady, Butler Co., PA: "Walter H Yerkey Head M 48 West Virginia Ocie B Yerkey Wife F 38 West Virginia Ray W Yerkey Son M 16 Pennsylvania Ralph P Yerkey Son M 14 Pennsylvania Edith C Yerkey Daughter F 11 Pennsylvania Mary V Yerkey Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania Charles H Yerkey Son M 3 Pennsylvania Daras L Yerkey Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
Sources
- "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XM-RSY : 11 February 2018), Walter H Yerkey and Ocie B Benedum, 17 Jun 1902; citing Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,299,352.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG72-TYT : accessed 6 April 2018), Walter Yerkey, McKeesport Ward 7, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 3A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1295; FHL microfilm 1,375,308.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFR6-PCD : accessed 6 April 2018), Walter H Yerkey, Brady, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 3, sheet 4B, line 71, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1543; FHL microfilm 1,821,543.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ocie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ocie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ocie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ocie:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Pamela (Dyer) Groth 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FC2950985 [compare], Ancestry member prg1951
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~0.78%
Doug Doak :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A925312 [compare], Ancestry member ddoak0604
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