In 1839 he was married to Phebe Jane Goff, who survives him. Fourteen children were born of this union 8 of whom are living. He moved from Indiana to Iowa in 1851, was converted at the age of 18 and in 1858 entered the local ministry of the M. E. Church but the close application of study neccessary to make the ministry a success did not suit his energetic nature and he turned to a more active life. He was a very patient sufferer; the writer called to see him during his protracted illness a number of times but no word of complaint escaped his lips. Th funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. R. McNabb, assisted by Elder Thomas of the Christian Church, after which a large concourse of friends went on the solumn journey to the grave near Pleasant Valley church where they were met by a large number of sorrowing friends, and just as the sun was sinking behind the western hills they lowered the body into "mother earth" from which it came, there to await the resurrection call. --J. R. McNabe
Tombstone inscription:
He is gone, but we are lingering
In this weary world of ours,
Bearing on our hearts the ashes
Of affections broken flowers.
In 1839 he was married to Phebe Jane Goff, who survives him. Fourteen children were born of this union 8 of whom are living. He moved from Indiana to Iowa in 1851, was converted at the age of 18 and in 1858 entered the local ministry of the M. E. Church but the close application of study neccessary to make the ministry a success did not suit his energetic nature and he turned to a more active life. He was a very patient sufferer; the writer called to see him during his protracted illness a number of times but no word of complaint escaped his lips. Th funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. R. McNabb, assisted by Elder Thomas of the Christian Church, after which a large concourse of friends went on the solumn journey to the grave near Pleasant Valley church where they were met by a large number of sorrowing friends, and just as the sun was sinking behind the western hills they lowered the body into "mother earth" from which it came, there to await the resurrection call. --J. R. McNabe
Tombstone inscription:
He is gone, but we are lingering
In this weary world of ours,
Bearing on our hearts the ashes
Of affections broken flowers.
Family Members
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Pvt John Wesley Yancey
1840–1863
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Mary Ann Yancey Zickefoose
1841–1902
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James Yancey
1844–1877
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Martha Jane Yancey Zickefoose
1844–1924
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Francis Asbury Yancey
1846–1864
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Ambrose Yancey Jr
1848–1916
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William Henry Yancey
1850–1937
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Lucy Yancey Layman
1854–1873
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Charles Washington Yancey
1856–1932
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Dr Milton Vernon Yancey
1858–1894
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Phoebe Yancey Lewis
1861–1887
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Adaline Yancey Bennett
1863–1903
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Alvin Saunder Yancey
1863–1918
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