Myra Nickla

Yarbrough and Sims Cemetery Hwy. 97, between Sedalia & Tri City, South Graves County

Burnett's Chapel Methodist Church Sedalia, Graves County, Kentucky
Sedalia Kentucky , Graves County, Yarbrough and Sims Cemetery.
George and Lucretia lived in a log cabin located in Graves C o., Ky.,
where Yarbrough Cemetery is today. Some call it the Yarbrough-Sims
Cemetery. The story has been told that when George Yarbrough and his
son,George R. Yarbrough, died, they were buried in the family garden,
that is when Yarbrough Cemetery was started. Robert Louis Sims told,
that his grandmother, Virginia Belinda Yarbrough, told him, that George
and George Yarbrough Jr died of that "bad disease". We haven't
figured out just what that disease was.George Yarbrough Jr and father and mother are buried together it reads on stone George Yarbrough 25/August/1795 died 03/August/1848
Lucretia born 29/February/1796 and died 13/February/1884 in Farmington, Graves County, Kentucky, .age 87 years, 11 months, 15 days

William James Yrbrough born 30/May/1868 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
died in 24/November/1948 in Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas From Dardanelle, take Hwy 27 West to Danville, go through Chickalah and just after you cross Chickalah Creek turn right on County Road.27/November/1948 buried in Chickalah, Methodist Cemetary Yell County.. Father and mother James Knox. Polk Yarbrough and Mary Lettia Holmes his father James Milton Yarbrough and Margaret Elizabeth Leech Leach
his father George Yarbrough and Lucretia Louisa "Lula" Stokes in North Carolina and Tessessee and Yarborough land Between Sedalia and Farmington , Graves Co. KY

William James Yarbrough in 1904

Age: 36
Marriage to Ella Etta Dement:

Oregon County. Missouri.
1906
29 Aug
Age: 38
Marriage to Ella Etta. Dement

Montgomery County Arkansas Marriages
1906 29 Aug
Age: 38
Marriage to Ella Etta DeMent

Montgomery Co., Arkansas; Wed.
Description: Methodist Church Montgomery County Arkansas Marriages 1900-1925
1948
24 Nov
Age: 80
Death

Wed Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas 80 years, 5 months, 25 days

1 historical record
OneWorldTree
1948
27 Nov

Burial Saturday, Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas Methodist Cemetery
Methodist Episcopal Church South
TEMP: Masonic order having been initiated into the mysteries of Dutch Creek Lodge No. 269.
Mother told me he was a county Sheriff at one time and Farmer I once saw
a picture of him with his wife and some children on the porch of his
home, he was holding a shotgun , I can't forget the very long handle bar
mustache. I wish I had that picture now. he died just before I was born
in 1947.
Ella Etta . Dement born January 08, 1888 in Dunklin County. Missouri,
Near Holcomb
died January31, 1947 in Chickalah, Yell County. Arkansas
married in August 29, 1906 in Montgomery County, Arkansas Marriage Books
records
The family came to Arkansas and settled in Yell County, where the father
carried on his farm till his death in 1948, surviving his wife who passed
January 31, 1947 a year before his death. Both were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. theyt owned and operates 100 acres of
land, seventy-five of which are highly productive, yielding a good crop
of corn and cotton each season
He socially belongs to the Masonic order, having been initiated into the
mysteries of Dutch Creek Lodge No. 269. truly good man and is living a
Christian life
Father: James Knox Polk Yarbrough b: 7 AUG 1844 in Mayfield, Graves Co.,
Ky.
Mother: Mary Letitia Holmes b: 11 NOV 1846 in Maury Co., Tn.was engaged
in the milling business and horses, productive tracts of land in the
valley and a vast amount of valuable timber
Marriage 1 Ella Etta Dement b: 8 JAN 1888 in Dunkin Co., Mo.
Married: 29 AUG 1906 in Montgomery Co., Ar.
Children
Samuel Monroe Yarbrough b: 8 MAR 1917 in Chickalah, Yell Co., Ar.
Yarbrough, Ella View Image Online
Age: 41 Year: 1930
Birthplace: Roll: T626_99
Race: Page: 2B
State: Arkansas ED: 35
County: Yell Image: 0524
Township: Sulphur Springs
Relationship: Wife
Chickalah, Methodist Cemetary Yell County
ID: I946629 05
]ID: I64803
Name: William James Yarbrough
Sex: M
Birth: 30 MAY 1868 in Mayfield , Graves Co., Ky.
Death: 24 NOV 1948 in Chickalah, Yell Co., Ar.
Reference Number: 64803
The family came to Arkansas and settled in Yell County, where the father
carried on his farm till his death in 1948, surviving his wife who passed
January 31, 1947 a year before his death. Both were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. they owned and operates 100 acres of
land, seventy-five of which are highly productive, yielding a good crop
of corn and cotton each season
He socially belongs to the Masonic order, having been initiated into the
mysteries of Dutch Creek Lodge No. 269. truly good man and is living a
Christian lifeThe man facing the Yarbrough men pointing is William James Yarbrough no hat Clint Emerson Yarbrough Samuel Monroe Yarbrough Roy Otis Owen Yarbrough Walter Eugene Yarbrough Robert Bob' Levern Yarbrough
William James Yarbrough
Born: 30 MAY 1868
Saturday, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
Died: 24 NOV 1948
Wed Chickalah, Yell County, Arkansas 80 years, 5 months, 25 days
Burnett's Chapel Methodist Church Sedalia, Graves County, Kentucky
Sedalia Kentucky , Graves County, Yarbrough and Sims Cemetery.
George and Lucretia lived in a log cabin located in Graves C o., Ky.,
where Yarbrough Cemetery is today. Some call it the Yarbrough-Sims
Cemetery. The story has been told that when George Yarbrough and his
son,G eorge R. Yarbrough, died, they were buried in the family garden,
that is when Yarbrough Cemetery was started. Robert Louis Sims told,
that his grandmothe r, Virginia Belinda Yarbrough, told him, that George
and George R. Yarbroughb oth died of that "bad disease". We haven't
figured out just what that disease was.