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Joab York (b. Abt. 1809, d. 1892)
Notes for Joab York:
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In a document attributed to Prudence Evangeline Fulwider by neice Glenna Kay Smith Gergory there is a statement:
Nathan York - brother of Joab
Sargent York is descendant of Nathan
Note: Nathan is not listed among the siblings.
Is this Nathaniel of is there another child of Joab?
2002-
I believe the Yorks were in Randolph Co., N.C. before coming to Illinois.
Joab York, 1810-1892-father of Mary Melinda York, who married James Fulwider-Horace's parents; Joab's wife was Martha. Family legend is that James and Mary Melinda's families were on opposite sides politically during the Civil War and forced them to separate before Grandpa Horace was born.