Person:Courtland Yockey (1)
Courtland Matson Yockey
b.19 Aug 1891 Jasper, Illinois, United States
d.24 Oct 1956 Olney, Richland, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Nov 1890
  1. Courtland Matson Yockey1891 - 1956
  2. Lena Lorraine Yockey1892 - 1971
  3. Verne C. Yockey1895 - 1969
  4. Charles Avery Yockey1898 - 1980
  5. Berlyn Francis Yockey1904 - 1934
  6. Blanche L. Yockey1908 - 1990
  7. Wendell Yockey1915 - 1930
Spouse and Children
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m. 1921
  1. Thomas Jean Yockey1922 - 2003
  2. Richard Yockey1925 - 1925
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Facts and Events
Name[7][8] Courtland Matson Yockey
Alt Name[3] Cortland M. Yockey
Alt Name Cortland S. Yockey
Gender Male
Birth[7][8][14][15][16] 19 Aug 1891 Jasper, Illinois, United States"near Hunt, Illinois"
Census[11] 1900 Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesLiving with parents on a farm while in school.
Census[3] 1910 Hunt City, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesEighteen years old, living with parents and working as a laborer on the family farm.
Occupation[8] 1917 Palestine, Crawford, Illinois, United StatesBarber. Crawford county presumed. Also residence location at the time.
Military[1] 2 Oct 1917 Robinson, Illinoisenlistment
Physical Description[8] 1917 White. Medium height and build. Blue eyes. Red hair.
Military[1][4] Bet 1917 and 1919 Quartermaster Sergeant. Served in WWI.
Military[1] 1 Apr 1919 honorable discharge by reason of dependency
Census[12] 1920 Hunt City, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesLiving with parents as a single adult.
Occupation[5] 1921 Barber.
Residence[5] Dec 1921 Chicago, Illinois
Marriage License 13 Dec 1921 Sullivan, Indiana, United Statesto Nora Ruth Ferguson
Marriage 1921 Sullivan, Indiana, United Statesto Nora Ruth Ferguson
Occupation[4] 1930 Barber on train.
Census 1930 Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesLiving in an owned home worth $800
with Nora Ruth Ferguson
Census 1935 Jasper, Illinois, United Stateswith Nora Ruth Ferguson
Census 1940 Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesLiving in a rental property with a $37 monthly rate.
with Nora Ruth Ferguson
Residence[13] Oct 1945 Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United StatesAt Fred Harvey Hotel.
Education[2] 3rd year of High School completed
Death[7][9][16] 24 Oct 1956 Olney, Richland, Illinois, United StatesIn Richland Memorial Hospital.
Burial[10][16] Mound Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Certificate in lieu of lost or destroyed discharge certificate for Courtland M. Yockey. (photocopy of notarized certificate, original filed for record 4 September 1951).
  2. ↑ Willow Hill Village, Willow Hill Township, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    8 Apr 1940.

    For details and transcription see Family:Courtland Yockey and Nora Ferguson (1)

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hunt City township, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    23 Apr 1910.

    For details and transcription see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1)

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Village of Willow Hill, Willow Hill Township, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    17 APR 1930.

    For details and transcription see Family:Courtland Yockey and Nora Ferguson (1)

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Indiana, United States. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
    Pg. 127, 13 Dec 1921.

    Source citation: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67MS-FWG?cc=1410397 : 8 April 2021), > image 1 of 1; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.

    Transcription of Marriage License Application - see User:Ceyockey/Yockey-Ferguson 1921 Marriage License Application (transcription)

  6.   Ref # 67151349878, in Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency. Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT). (College Park, Maryland: National Archives and Records Administration)
    Application (SS-5) Files, 1936 - 2007 (Last Names U through Z and non-alphabetic).

    Application for SSN for TJ Yockey; via National Archives Access to Archival Databases (NARA AAD)

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ref # 66153794831, in Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency. Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT). (College Park, Maryland: National Archives and Records Administration)
    Claim Files, 1936 - 2007 (Last Names U through Z), 5 Aug 1977.

    Social Security Claim file, for Death Claim pursuant to death of Courtland Matson Yockey. The Claim Date was 19 Nov 1956, a little less than a month after Yockey's death. The record was added to the NUMIDENT file in 1977.

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Person 1205, in United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    Crawford County; Bowen, Lawrence-Z; Illinois, 5 Jun 1917.

    Name: Courtland Matson Yockey
    Age: 25 years
    Home address: Palistine, Ill
    Date of birth: Aug 19, 1891
    Natural born citizen?: Natural born
    Birthplace: Hunt, Ill USA
    If not a citizen... (checked)
    Present trade: Barber
    Employed by who: J. C. Apple
    Employed where: Palestine
    Dependents?: No
    Married or single: Single
    Race: Caucasian
    (no previous military service)
    (not claiming exemption from draft)
    Tall, medium or short: medium
    Slender, medium or stout: medium
    Eye color: Blue
    Hair color: Red
    Bald?: No
    Amputations?: No

    shows a signature of Yockey

    "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8146-KLL?cc=1968530&wc=9FC6-T36%3A928312901%2C928927901 : 17 October 2019), Illinois > Crawford County; Bowen, Lawrence-Z > image 4262 of 4314; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  9. ↑ Central Illinois Deaths: Yockey, Courtland M., in Macon, Illinois, United States. Herald & Review. (Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States)
    Pg 36, column 2, 25 Oct 1956.

    "YOCKEY, Courtland M., 65, Newton, died 5 p.m. Wednesday in Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney; leaves wife, Nora; son, Thomas, at home; brothers, Vern, Willow Hill; Avery, Olney; sisters, Mrs. Lena Griffy, Los Angeles; Mrs. Blanch DeBou, Centralia; body in Reese Funeral Home, Newton; arrangements incomplete."

    via Repository:Newspapers.com

  10. ↑ Headstone photograph, shared with wife Nora R., in Find A Grave
    16 Jun 2007.

    Courtland M Yockey (1891-1956)

  11. ↑ Town of Liberty, Willow Hill Township, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    18 Jun 1900.

    For details and transcription see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1)

  12. ↑ Hunt City Township, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    21 Jan 1920.

    For details and transcription see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1)

  13. ↑ Thomas J. Yockey. Postcard Tom Yockey to C.M. Yockey 19 Oct 1945
    19 Oct 1945.

    Postcard addressed to:
    Mr. C. M. Yockey, B.B.M.
    c/o Fred Harvey Hotel
    Dodge City, Kansas

  14. ↑ noted as "abt 1892" in S2; age 28 in 1920 according to S3 (inferred > 1892), and born in Illinois
  15. ↑ Marriage application indicates he was born near "Hunt, Illinois"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Courtland M and Nora R Yockey grave
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