YERKES-Allen - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Allen YERKES, farmer, Covington, was born in Wabash Twp, Fountain County in 1843 and is the son of Jacob and Ann SHOEMAKER Yerkes, who were natives of PA. His father was born May 11, 1809 and came to Fountain County in 1839 and settled in Wabash Twp, where he died in 1866. The subject of this sketch has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He owns the old homestead consiting of 207 acres. In 1866 he married Miss Serena ALEXANDER daughter of James and Sarah MITCHELL Alexander. Her father is a native of IN and her mother PA and came to Boone Co IL in an early day. Mr. Yerkes has two sons, James T and Jones I.