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Thomas Byarn Spalding Yocom
Facts and Events
| Name |
Thomas Byarn Spalding Yocom |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
11 Dec 1848 |
Columbiana, Columbiana, Ohio, United States |
| Death? |
24 Oct 1928 |
Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States |
| Burial? |
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Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States |
References
- Family Recorded.
THOMAS BYAM YOCUM and E. B. YOCUM. The pioneer characters, who answer to the foregoing names, came to Washington Territory with their parents in 1880. The family located in Kittitas Valley, and about three miles southwest of Ellensburg. In the late eighties, these brothers settled on land close to the Colocken Creek. After several years Byam returned to the Kittitas Valley. In 1877, he was married to Miss Melissa Taylor, of Iowa. The following children have been born to this union: Edna A. (Mrs. Ed. Dennis), Taylor, Gay, Clifford, Joe, Thomas, Porter, Charles B., Rolla, Emmett, and Marie. At this writing, 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Yocum are living on Washington Street. Mr. Yocum, nearing eighty years of age, looks much younger. He stands erect, and his dark hair is scarcely touched with gray. His experiences in Washington have been varied, and as one of the many pioneers, he has cheerfully contributed his mite towards the upbuilding of the communities in which he has lived. T. B. Yocum died October 24, 1928.
E. B. Yocum, or "Burns" as he is universally known, lived for more than thirty years in the Colocken Valley, where as a farmer he prospered. Among his neighbors, he was regarded as a pattern of cheerfulness, goodwill and hospitality. So marked have been his characteristics in this respect, that undoubtedly any, or all of his friends would gladly give him a certificate of character for membership in the jollity club. It may be doubted if such famous characters as Dickens' Sam Weller and Mark Tapley, could, by the most liberal stretch of imagination, be made to hold their own against the unfailing good humor and resources in repartee of this long-time resident of Chelan County. Burns now lives in Wenatchee. Mrs. Yocum before marriage was known as Miss Lottie Hovey, sister to the well known attorney of Ellensburg--Chester Hovey. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Yocum: Eva and Chester. Mrs. Yocum died in the year 1917.
- Death Notice, in Wenatchee Daily World
2 Oct 1928.
Following an illness lasting most of the summer, Byam Yocom, 80, pioneer settler on Colockum Creek, and a resident of Washington for nearly 50 years, died today at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ed Dennis, on Washington Street. He had been bedfast only a few days.
Mr. Yocom was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1848. October 3, 1878, he was married to Miss Melissa Taylor in Iowa. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this year.
In 1880, two years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom came west to Ellensburg where Mr. Yocom's parents and several of his brothers and sisters had moved a year before to take up homestead land. They resided there for 19 years. Mr. Yocom assisting in the early survey of the Northern Pacific railway west of Ellensburg.
In 1899, Mr. Yocom purchased a hay and stock farm on Colockum Creek, living there until 1923, when they sold the place to Mrs. Ed Cooke and moved to Wenatchee.
Eight of the children born to the couple reside. They are Mrs. Edna Dennis, Taylor, Clifford, and Beryle Yocom and Mrs. Marie Barnes of Wenatchee; Mrs. Gay Moore, Portland, Porter Yocom of Malaga and Rollo Yocom of Medford, Ore.
The funeral will be held from Jones & Jones Chapel, Saturday at 10 o'clock. All of the children will be here for the services. Burial will be in the family plot in Wenatchee Cemetery. The Rev. H. O. Perry will officiate.
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