Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameThorton Strowder YOAKUM 
, M
, MBirth2 Apr 1813, Hardin County, Kentucky
Death30 Dec 1873, Seneca, Newton County, Missouri
BurialKirk Cemetery, Seneca, Newton County, Missouri
FatherJacob YOAKUM , M (1767-)
MotherEve Marie AMBROSE , F
Misc. Notes
Other children MAY have been Thomas C, Mary J Mitchell, Alice Paige Jones, Francis Marion Yocum and William Moffitt Yocum
Married (1) Emily Morgan September 3, 1835 in Coles County, Illinois
Married (2) Margaret Bolin September 9, 1849 in Coles County, Illinois
No where is his name ever officially recorded as "Thornton Samuel", even though that is what some of the descendants say that it was and was stated as such in the big Yocum Genealogy Book by Dr. H. S. Smith.
I have found numerous errors in the Yocum Book, so please do not believe everything in that book. Do your own research. Even “The Prairie Sleeps” contains errors because it shows him buried in Coles Co., IL based on a tombstone that was erected based on assumption, not fact. It is newer than the MO tombstone and also has no death date inscription.
Anything before 1838 simply refers to him as either "Thornton" or "Thornton S.". Even his tombstone does not include "Samuel”.
LAND PATENTS: 10 Aug 1838, Bureau of Land Management records show his middle name to be "Strouder and Strowder" on three of the patents. His own signature may be on the original records.
1. Land Patent #3658 (Accession #IL2480__.172) 10 Aug 1838: "Thornton Yocom of Cole Co., Illinois...the North East Quarter of the North West quarter of Section fourteen in Township Eleven North of the base line of Range Seven East of the Third principal meridian in the District of lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois containing forty acres."
2. Land Patent #4732 (Accession #IL2500__.188) 10 Aug 1838: "Thornton Strouder Yocom, of Cole County, Illinois...the South West quarter of the North East quarter of Section ten in Township eleven, North of the base line, of Range seven, East of the third principal Meridian in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois, containing forty acres."
3. Land Patent #6542 (Accession #IL2530__.419) 08/10/1838 : "Thornton Strowder Yocum, of Coles County, Illinois...the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section ten, in Township eleven North of the base line, of Range seven, East of the third principal meridian, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois, containing forty acres."
4. Land Patent #6543 (Accession #IL2530__.420) 08/10/1838 : "Thornton Strowder Yocum, of Coles County, Illinois...the North West quarter of the North West quarter of Section fourteen, in Township eleven, North of the base line of Range seven, East of third principal meridian in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois containing forty acres.
The above three are from Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office, Patents Found on their website located at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/response.asp?SearchType=1
5. LAND RECORD: 7 Jan 1847 (abstract): "Thornton Strouder Yocum and Emily Yocum, his wife, sold land to James T. Cunningham for $300. Both signed their names. The land is described as: East half of the northeast quarter of Sec. 10, Twp. 11N, Range 7E, containing 80 acres." This is from Coles Co., IL Deeds, Vol. K, Pg. 61 (FHL Film #1,306,118)
—Della Lipe (#48268498).
Married (1) Emily Morgan September 3, 1835 in Coles County, Illinois
Married (2) Margaret Bolin September 9, 1849 in Coles County, Illinois
No where is his name ever officially recorded as "Thornton Samuel", even though that is what some of the descendants say that it was and was stated as such in the big Yocum Genealogy Book by Dr. H. S. Smith.
I have found numerous errors in the Yocum Book, so please do not believe everything in that book. Do your own research. Even “The Prairie Sleeps” contains errors because it shows him buried in Coles Co., IL based on a tombstone that was erected based on assumption, not fact. It is newer than the MO tombstone and also has no death date inscription.
Anything before 1838 simply refers to him as either "Thornton" or "Thornton S.". Even his tombstone does not include "Samuel”.
LAND PATENTS: 10 Aug 1838, Bureau of Land Management records show his middle name to be "Strouder and Strowder" on three of the patents. His own signature may be on the original records.
1. Land Patent #3658 (Accession #IL2480__.172) 10 Aug 1838: "Thornton Yocom of Cole Co., Illinois...the North East Quarter of the North West quarter of Section fourteen in Township Eleven North of the base line of Range Seven East of the Third principal meridian in the District of lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois containing forty acres."
2. Land Patent #4732 (Accession #IL2500__.188) 10 Aug 1838: "Thornton Strouder Yocom, of Cole County, Illinois...the South West quarter of the North East quarter of Section ten in Township eleven, North of the base line, of Range seven, East of the third principal Meridian in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois, containing forty acres."
3. Land Patent #6542 (Accession #IL2530__.419) 08/10/1838 : "Thornton Strowder Yocum, of Coles County, Illinois...the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section ten, in Township eleven North of the base line, of Range seven, East of the third principal meridian, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois, containing forty acres."
4. Land Patent #6543 (Accession #IL2530__.420) 08/10/1838 : "Thornton Strowder Yocum, of Coles County, Illinois...the North West quarter of the North West quarter of Section fourteen, in Township eleven, North of the base line of Range seven, East of third principal meridian in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vandalia, Illinois containing forty acres.
The above three are from Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office, Patents Found on their website located at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/response.asp?SearchType=1
5. LAND RECORD: 7 Jan 1847 (abstract): "Thornton Strouder Yocum and Emily Yocum, his wife, sold land to James T. Cunningham for $300. Both signed their names. The land is described as: East half of the northeast quarter of Sec. 10, Twp. 11N, Range 7E, containing 80 acres." This is from Coles Co., IL Deeds, Vol. K, Pg. 61 (FHL Film #1,306,118)
—Della Lipe (#48268498).
Spouses
ChildrenFrancis Marion , M (1836-1901)
William M , M (ca1841-)
Allison P , F (ca1844-)
Thomas Coke , M (ca1846-)
Marriage9 Sep 1849, Coles County, Illinois
ChildrenJames , M (ca1851-)
Sarah Alice , F (1856-1923)