Mary Jane DuBree was the oldest of two surviving daughters of Charles DuBree and Mary Kerr. They were French Huguenots. Mary Jane was a seamstress/dressmaker. She married Martin Van Buren Yerkes January 31, 1872 in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA and had five sons. They were
Charles Hiram Yerkes who died as a baby,
William Thompkins Yerkes who was a real estate agent and church organist,
Carroll Harvey Yerkes who was a minister and missionary to China,
Archibald Murphy Yerkes who was a harness maker like his father and died at age 22, and
Dawson Martin Yerkes.
She died of pneumonia when Dawson, her youngest son, was about 14. Martin remarried about a year later. Three of her sons (Charles, Will and Archie) are buried with her, and the Dawson and his wife are beside her.
Charles Hiram Yerkes who died as a baby,
William Thompkins Yerkes who was a real estate agent and church organist,
Carroll Harvey Yerkes who was a minister and missionary to China,
Archibald Murphy Yerkes who was a harness maker like his father and died at age 22, and
Dawson Martin Yerkes.
She died of pneumonia when Dawson, her youngest son, was about 14. Martin remarried about a year later. Three of her sons (Charles, Will and Archie) are buried with her, and the Dawson and his wife are beside her.
Mary Jane DuBree was the oldest of two surviving daughters of Charles DuBree and Mary Kerr. They were French Huguenots. Mary Jane was a seamstress/dressmaker. She married Martin Van Buren Yerkes January 31, 1872 in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA and had five sons. They were
Charles Hiram Yerkes who died as a baby,
William Thompkins Yerkes who was a real estate agent and church organist,
Carroll Harvey Yerkes who was a minister and missionary to China,
Archibald Murphy Yerkes who was a harness maker like his father and died at age 22, and
Dawson Martin Yerkes.
She died of pneumonia when Dawson, her youngest son, was about 14. Martin remarried about a year later. Three of her sons (Charles, Will and Archie) are buried with her, and the Dawson and his wife are beside her.
Charles Hiram Yerkes who died as a baby,
William Thompkins Yerkes who was a real estate agent and church organist,
Carroll Harvey Yerkes who was a minister and missionary to China,
Archibald Murphy Yerkes who was a harness maker like his father and died at age 22, and
Dawson Martin Yerkes.
She died of pneumonia when Dawson, her youngest son, was about 14. Martin remarried about a year later. Three of her sons (Charles, Will and Archie) are buried with her, and the Dawson and his wife are beside her.
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