When Artmishia Frances Yoakum was born in May 1873, in Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse Franklin Yoakum, was 31 and her mother, Martha Clarinda Morrow, was 27. She married Joseph Henry Jones on 14 June 1891, in Maries, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Richwoods Township, Miller, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Miller Township, Maries, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1964, at the age of 91, and was buried in Brays, Miller, Missouri, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries: 1894: Miller, Missouri, United States
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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