Yeakle Xenophon McConnell and Rachel Yockey

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Husband Yeakle Xenophon McConnell ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Frostburg, Allegany Co, MD
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         Father: Rev. John McConnell (1823-Aft 1906) 1
         Mother: Rachel Humberton (1827-      ) 3

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Wife Rachel Yockey ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 May 1855 - Salina, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Simon Peter Yockey (1820-1895) 2 3
         Mother: Eliza K. Whitesell (1819-Bef 1906) 2 3

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Children

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1 M John Nevin McConnell ¹

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           Born: 22 Jun 1876 - Salina, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Gertrude M. Wise (      -1903) 4
           Marr: 26 Oct 1898 3

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General Notes: Husband - Yeakle Xenophon McConnell

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He was born at Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, coming to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1870s. He spent some time in the west, principally at Corydon, Indiana. When about sixteen years of age he began teaching school. From 1890 to 1893 he served as deputy sheriff of Westmoreland County, under Lucian Clawson. Later he was employed by the Keystone Coal Company, at Salina, Pennsylvania. Politically he was a stanch Democrat, and in religious faith an adherent to the creed of the Reformed church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 79.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1094.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80, 645.