Beckwith, H. W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881, p. 389 --
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.
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Beckwith, H. W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881, p. 389 --B.
YERKES, farmer, Covington was born in Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana in 1841
and is the son of Jacob and Ann SHOEMAKER Yerkes, who came to the county in 1839. They
have spent a useful life in improving and helping to build up all local enterprises in the
neighborhood where they lived. Mr. Yerkes was raised onhis father's farm and is now
one of the leading farmers of Wabash Twp. He owns 615 acres of fine land, well stocked and
improved as a reward for his own exertions. In 1867 he married Miss Martha E. MARLATTE,
daughter of Jacob and Cythia Marlatte, who came to the county in an early day. Mrs. Yerkes
was born 1845. Their family consists of Emma, Jacob, Charles and Sherman.