Brief Life History of Martha Bell
When Martha Bell Yoakum was born on 26 May 1881, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States, her father, Edwin Smith Duncan Yoakum, was 28 and her mother, Lucinda Markley, was 33. She married John Alexander Broaddus Potts on 2 May 1904, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Barbour, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Valley District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 15 December 1974, at the age of 93, and was buried in Talbott Cemetery, Belington, Barbour, West Virginia, United States.
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- Martha Potts in household of Broaddus Potts, "United States Census, 1940"
- Martha B. Yoakum, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930", 26 May 1881
- Martha Bell Yoakem, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970", 2 May 1904
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Jochem or Joachim . This surname is also found among African Americans. Compare Yoachum , Yoakam , Yocum , Yokem , and Yokum .
History: The majority of the Yoakums trace their origin to Johann Matthäus Yoakum or Jochem (possibly Joachim), born c. 1698 in Germany, died 1783 in KY or VA. His descendants bear various forms of the surname, including Yoachum, Yocom, Yocum, Yokem, Yokom, and Yokum. However, several of these (and of other possible) forms are also borne by the descendants of various other immigrants from Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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