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Yonts, Joseph Davis & Delia L. Kingsley

Joseph Davis Yonts
Born: October 25, 1841, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Married: November 14, 1871, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Died: June 9, 1896, Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Kentucky
Father: Philip Yonts Jr.
Mother: Frances Adeline Heck

Joseph D. Yonts served in the Civil War: Company H, 11th KY Infantry Federal, First Lt.

Lieutenant Joseph Davis Yonts was born near Paradise, October 24, 1841, and died in Greenville June, 1896. When the Eleventh Kentucky Infantry (Federal) was organizing he enlisted as a private in Company H, and after the battle of Shiloh became first lieutenant. Although he was wounded a number of times, he remained with his company until the close of the war. Immediately after the war he removed to Greevnille, and for more than thirty years took an active interest in the business affairs of the town. In 1865 he became a clerk in the store of Edward R. Weir, Sr., and continued in that work until the Greenville Grange Store was organized. He and Joseph G. Ellison managed this cooperative store during the few years of its existence. In the latter part of the seventies he and his brother, Edward L. Yonts, began rehandling tobacco in Greenville, and continued in that business until 1880, when they opened a drug store on the northeast corner of Main and Main Cross streets. A few years later he bought his brother's interest in this store, and remained in the drug business until the time of his death.

Joseph D. Yonts was a son of Philip Yonts and his wife Adaline Davis Yonts. In 1872 he married Delia L. Kingsley, daughter of Edward Kingsley of Rochester and his wife Mary Susan Myers, daughter of David Myers of Myers' Chapel. Their only son is Morton K. Yonts, now of the Louisville bar.
Source: A History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by Otto A. Rothert, page 337

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Wife: Delia L. Kingsley
Born: August 30, 1848, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Died: June 27, 1876, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Kentucky
Father: Edward Kingsley
Mother: Susan Mary E. Myers
Note: Middle name is possibly “Susan”

Children of Joseph Yonts & Delia Kingsley:

  1. Morton Kingsley Yonts, born January 14, 1874, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky; died February 22, 1944, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; buried Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky. See his Death Certificate
  2. Mary Adeline Yonts, born May 31, 1876, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky; died June 22, 1876, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Kentucky

Sources: Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries Book 3 and 4; Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900; 1876 Deaths - Muhlenberg County Vital Statistics; Muhlenberg County Marriage Book 2; History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by Otto A. Rothert, pg. 337; Kentucky Death Certificate; Muhlenberg Co. Census 1850-1910; 1910 Miracode Index: McLean Co., Kentucky.

Yonts, Philip Jr. & Frances Adeline Heck

Husband: Philip Yonts Jr.
Born: 10 November 1811, North Carolina
Married: 15 October 1834, Muhlenberg County
Died: 27 November 1853, Muhlenberg County
Buried: Nelson Creek Cemetery, Muhlenberg County
Father: Philip Yonts Sr.
Mother: Mary Ann Warner

Wife: Frances Adeline Heck
Born: 10 July 1819, Muhlenberg County
Died: 30 April 1882, Muhlenberg County
Buried: Old Greenville Cemetery, Muhlenberg County
Father: Joseph E. Heck
Mother: Sallie Davis
Other Husbands: Married 2) 27 February 1856, Thomas Roll
Married 3) 16 May 1867, Arnold Malin

Children of Philip Yonts Jr. & Frances Heck:

  1. Sarah Ann Yonts, born about 1836, Muhlenberg County; married 27 September 1855, Robert M. Tinsley.
  2. Mary Katherine Yonts, born about 1838; said to have married a Fears, nothing more known.
  3. Joseph Davis Yonts, born 25 October 1841, Muhlenberg County; died 27 June 1896, Muhlenberg County; married 1) 14 November 1871, Delia L. Kingsley; married 2) 26 November 1879, Lillian (Malin) Hancock.
  4. Edward L. Yonts, born 19 May 1842; died 24 May 1928; married 14 November 1876, Mary Beatrice Love.
  5. Laura Frances Yonts, born 04 July 1845, Muhlenberg County; died 07 October 1884; buried Williams Cemetery, Muhlenberg County; married 27 March 1862, George W. Depoyster, son of Joseph L. & Ruth Depoyster.
  6. Adriane “Ady” Yonts, born 01 June 1848; died 04 August 1855; buried Nelson Creek Cemetery, Muhlenberg County.
  7. Cordelila Yonts, born 20 July 1852; died 13 August 1923, Central City, KY; married 14 July 1870, Benjamin Young Casebier, son of Ben T. & Polly (Heltsley) Casebier.

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam