Individual Details
Rev. Stephen L Yerkes
(27 Jun 1817 - 28 Mar 1896)
of Boyle County
Events
| Birth | 27 Jun 1817 | Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1840 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Amanda Lovell |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1860 | Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States - Amanda Lovell |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 May 1875 | Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States - Amelia Owsley Rodes | |||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States - Amelia Owsley Rodes | | ||
| Death | 28 Mar 1896 | Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Amanda Lovell (1816 - 1872) |
| Child | Mary E Yerkes (1844 - ) |
| Child | Helen M Yerkes (1846 - ) |
| Child | Prof. William Lovell Yerkes (1848 - 1918) |
| Child | Alice G Yerkes (1848 - 1913) |
| Child | Elizabeth M Yerkes (1851 - ) |
| Child | Hon. John Watson Yerkes (1854 - 1922) |
| Spouse | Amelia Owsley Rodes (1827 - 1899) |
Notes
Census (family)
Stephen Yerkes M 42 PennsylvaniaAmanda Yerkes F 43 Maryland
Mary E Yerkes F 16 Maryland
Helen Mc Yerkes M 14 Maryland
Will L Yerkes M 12 Maryland
Elizabeth M Yerkes F 9 Maryland
Johhn W Yerkes M 6 Kentucky
Addeline Lovell F 44 Maryland
Census (family)
Stephen Yerkes Self M 62 Pennsylvania, United StatesAmelia R Yerkes Wife F 51 Kentucky, United States
John W Yerkes Son M 26 Kentucky, United States
Lizzie Yerkes Stepdaughter F 26 Kentucky, United States
C R Anderson Stepson M 24 Kentucky, United States
William Anderson Stepson M 20 Kentucky, United States
Henry Washington Other M 46 Kentucky, United States
Viney Washington Other F 45 Kentucky, United States
Mary Washington Other F 12 Kentucky, United States
Millie Anderson Other F 75 Kentucky, United States
Millie Anderson Other F 38 Kentucky, United States
Death
Morning Herald (Lexington, KY) Sun, 23 Mar 1896 Vol: 26 Issue: 89 Pg: 2Death of Dr. Yerkes
At Danville --- For Many Years He Resided in Lexington.
Danville, March 28. -- Rev Stephen Yerkes, D. D., of the Danville Theological Seminar, died suddenly this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. He has been confined to his room for about two weeks with rheumatism, but was thought to be improving. He was born at Hathborough, Pennsylvania, in 1817.
Dr. Yerkes was an eminent scholar and linguist and was one of the best known Presbyterian ministers in the United States, have in taken an active pat in the councils of the church at its general assembly meeting for many years.
For years he has resided in Danville, being the most active worker in and President of the Theological Seminary here. He resided in Lexington before coming to Danville.
Among his children are the Hon. J. W. Yerkes, the well known lawyer of Danville; Prof. William Yerkes, of Paris; Mrs. John M. Van Meter, of Boyle county, and Mr. Street Van Meter, of Missouri.
His wife, who survives him, was the widow of the Hon. Wm. S. Anderson.
Dr. Yerkes' first wife is buried in the Lexington Cemetery, and his remains may be taken there for burial.
Endnotes
1. "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 9 August 2017), Stephen Yeiks and Amanda Tyson, 19 Dec 1840; citing Baltimore, , Maryland, United States, clerk of the circuit court from various counties.; FHL microfilm 13,694..