James Fredrick “Jim” Yeldell

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James Fredrick “Jim” Yeldell

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
11 May 1931 (aged 83)
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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According to Alice Yeldell Sisson, daughter of James' son, Fred, James Fredrick was raised to be a gentleman and was not taught how to work by his father, Joseph Ashbury Yeldell. Apparently, the family had a tough time.

James Fredrick married two sisters.

First Wife: Matilda Elizabeth Bunn
James had one son, Emmett Yeldell by first wife, Matilda.
Matilda died.
Second Wife: Mary Jane Bunn Folds
James then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane Bunn Folds.
Mary Jane had two sons, William & Walter, with William D.Folds who died.

James and Mary Jane married in 1880 in Bastrop, Louisiana and had four more children.
1 Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae " Yeldell who married George Madison Sims.
2 Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones - had no children.
3 George Fredrick "Fred" Yeldell who married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire.
4 D Roy Yeldell b 1891 d 1937 died in Houston, Texas

Son of Joseph Ashbury Yeldell (1813 - 1856) and Mary Catherine Crum Yelldell (1821 - 1889)
James' brothers and sisters
Mary Elizabeth Yeldell Aranat (1852 - 1925)
Albert Monroe Yeldell (1843 - 1899)

1900 Census - Ward 4 - Morehouse Parish same page as Willis Asbury Yeldell
Yeldell, Jas age 52 M born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary age 47 F born GA
Yeldell, Mae age 19 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, Ellen age 17 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, George age 14 son born AK
Yeldell, Katie age 12 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, Roy age 9 M son born LA
Folds, Walter age 1 grandson born LA

1910 Census - Ward 4 - Campti, Louisiana
Yeldell, Jim F age 62 Born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary age 59 F born GA
Yeldell, Ellen age 27 F born LA
Yeldell, Fred age 24 M born AK
Yeldell, Kate age 21 F born LA
Next door to Emmett Edward Yeldell, son of Jim and Mary.
Roy Yeldell age 19 living two houses away with George Madison Sims & Mary Yeldell Sims, Jim & Mary's daughter.

1920 Census - Ward 4
Yeldell, James F age 72 born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary J age 66 born GA
Yeldell, G Fred age 34 born AK

1920 Census - Ward 7
Yeldell, Roy age 29 M born LA no employment listed
Yeldell, Maud age F 33 born LA
Yeldell, Donald age 7 M born LA

1930 Census - Ward 6, Morehouse Parish
Mer Rouge Hotel
Sims, Mary E Yeldell 49 widow
Sims, Vernon son 24
Sims, Hubert son 22
Yeldell, James F 82 father
Yeldell, Mary J 78 mother
Many boarders in hotel

Info from notes of Alice Yeldell Sisson, Known Burials of Morehouse Parish (1995) and family lists from Mrs. Vergie Faye Bowe of Family History
club. Thanks Miss Fay, I'd have never done this without you.
According to Alice Yeldell Sisson, daughter of James' son, Fred, James Fredrick was raised to be a gentleman and was not taught how to work by his father, Joseph Ashbury Yeldell. Apparently, the family had a tough time.

James Fredrick married two sisters.

First Wife: Matilda Elizabeth Bunn
James had one son, Emmett Yeldell by first wife, Matilda.
Matilda died.
Second Wife: Mary Jane Bunn Folds
James then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane Bunn Folds.
Mary Jane had two sons, William & Walter, with William D.Folds who died.

James and Mary Jane married in 1880 in Bastrop, Louisiana and had four more children.
1 Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae " Yeldell who married George Madison Sims.
2 Ellen Yeldell "Auntie Jones" Jones - had no children.
3 George Fredrick "Fred" Yeldell who married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire.
4 D Roy Yeldell b 1891 d 1937 died in Houston, Texas

Son of Joseph Ashbury Yeldell (1813 - 1856) and Mary Catherine Crum Yelldell (1821 - 1889)
James' brothers and sisters
Mary Elizabeth Yeldell Aranat (1852 - 1925)
Albert Monroe Yeldell (1843 - 1899)

1900 Census - Ward 4 - Morehouse Parish same page as Willis Asbury Yeldell
Yeldell, Jas age 52 M born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary age 47 F born GA
Yeldell, Mae age 19 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, Ellen age 17 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, George age 14 son born AK
Yeldell, Katie age 12 F daughter born LA
Yeldell, Roy age 9 M son born LA
Folds, Walter age 1 grandson born LA

1910 Census - Ward 4 - Campti, Louisiana
Yeldell, Jim F age 62 Born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary age 59 F born GA
Yeldell, Ellen age 27 F born LA
Yeldell, Fred age 24 M born AK
Yeldell, Kate age 21 F born LA
Next door to Emmett Edward Yeldell, son of Jim and Mary.
Roy Yeldell age 19 living two houses away with George Madison Sims & Mary Yeldell Sims, Jim & Mary's daughter.

1920 Census - Ward 4
Yeldell, James F age 72 born AL farmer
Yeldell, Mary J age 66 born GA
Yeldell, G Fred age 34 born AK

1920 Census - Ward 7
Yeldell, Roy age 29 M born LA no employment listed
Yeldell, Maud age F 33 born LA
Yeldell, Donald age 7 M born LA

1930 Census - Ward 6, Morehouse Parish
Mer Rouge Hotel
Sims, Mary E Yeldell 49 widow
Sims, Vernon son 24
Sims, Hubert son 22
Yeldell, James F 82 father
Yeldell, Mary J 78 mother
Many boarders in hotel

Info from notes of Alice Yeldell Sisson, Known Burials of Morehouse Parish (1995) and family lists from Mrs. Vergie Faye Bowe of Family History
club. Thanks Miss Fay, I'd have never done this without you.

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