Thomas Kirkpatrick Yandell ¹

  General Notes:

Children of Matilda Weaver and Thomas Yandell:
Margaret Catherine Yandell b. 1841-11-03
Polly Jane Yandell b. 1844-00-00
*Martha Park Yandell b. 1847-02-18
Mary Ann Yandell b. 1849-03-00
John Wilson Beard Yandell b. 1851-01-18
Malinda Frances Yandell b. 1854-01-05
James T Yandell b. 1857-05-01 d. 1871-04-18
Susan Malinda Yandell b. 1860-01-10
William H Yandell b. 1862-11-15


Notes:

Buried in Ava Missouri

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from a writeup by granddaughter Ida Clinkingbeard:

Matilda was a short woman with dark hair and blue eyes. Her nationality was Dutch-Cherokee.
She was an orphan, raised by an aunt. Her brother John ran a ferryboat across the Mississippi River.
She died in 1914 at age 91.

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I don't have hard proof that George was her father, but circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. See
his notes.

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1900 census Douglas Co MO p150b, Benton twp
Samuel Dobbs household
mother-in-law Matilda Yandell 80 TN/unk/unk

She cannot read or write. She has had 9 children, 5 still living.

1880 census Douglas Co MO p519
Thomas K Yandell 68 NC/NC/SC
wife Matilda 55 TN/TN/VA
son William H 17 MO/NC/TN

1870 census Douglas Co MO p638
Thomas K Yandel 59 NC
Matilda 45 TN
John W B 19 TN
Malinda F 16 MO
James T 13 MO
Susan M 10 MO
William H 7 MO

1860 census Douglas Co MO p24
T K Yandell 47 NC
Matilda 38 TN
Polly J 15 TN
Martha P 13 TN
John W B 9 TN
Matilda F 7 TN
James T 4 MO
Susan M 1/12 MO

1850 census Wilson Co TN p454b, Civil district #26
Thomas Yandell 36 NC
Matilda 25 TN
Margaret 8 TN
Polly 6 TN
Martha 4 TN
Mary 1 TN

1840 census Wilson Co TN p244, twp not stated (district allotted to Gid C Matlock)
James Yandle 1 M 30-40, 1 M 50-60, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 60-70
[Thomas 28?, James 75?, Matilda Weaver 17, Mary 64]

1830 census Wilson Co TN p108, twp not stated (district allotted to Harone? A Hays)
James Yandal 2 M 10-15, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 20-30, 1 M 60-70, 1 F <5, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 30-40, 1 F 50-60
[John Weaver, James 14, Thomas 18, William 21, James 65, Matilda Weaver 7, Mary Ann 16, Matilda Weaver, Mary 54]

I'm fairly confident the additional people are the Weavers. James' children are all known, and do not
match the three people I have as Weaver. These three do match the only Weaver family in Wilson Co
on the 1820 census, who are listed one page after James Yandell. George Weaver apparently died soon
after Matilda was born, and it appears his family then moved in with the Yandells. His widow Matilda
must have died soon after that, leading to our family story of Thomas' wife being an orphan.
Land records show the Weavers and Yandells were probably neighbors, or at least very close. See
notes for George. ¹

Thomas married Matilda Weaver on 5 Oct 1841. (Matilda Weaver was born in 1823 in Wilson County, Tennessee, USA, died on 2 May 1914 in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri, USA and was buried in Ava Cemetery, Ava, Douglas County, Missouri, USA ².)