Leonard Yocum

John Yocum
(1836-1912)

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(1844-1918)

John Ervin Jenkins
(1845-1917)

Sarah Jane Rawlins
(1852-1929)

Albert Yocum
(1875-1915)

Edith Jenkins
(1882-1951)

Leonard Yocum
(1902-1981)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sophie Helene Anna Adermann

2. Vera Edna Woods

Leonard Yocum

Born: 28 Dec 1902, Toledo, Cumberland, Illinois, United States ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Sophie Helene Anna Adermann on 24 Dec 1924 in Altamont, Effingham, Illinois, United States ¹ ²
Marriage (2): Vera Edna Woods on 12 Jun 1971 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States ³
Died: 13 Apr 1981, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States at age 78 ⁴ ⁶
Buried: 15 Apr 1981, Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States ⁶

bullet Cause of his death was Carcinoma of the Liver, Metastatic.⁶

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1910 United States Federal: Jackson Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States. ⁷

• Residence: 3617 Lafayette Blvd, 1926, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁸

• Residence: 1261 24th, 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁹

• Residence: 2088 25th, 1928, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁰

• Residence: 2088 25th, 1929, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹¹

• Census: 1930 United States Federal: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹²

• Residence: 2026 25th, 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹³

• Residence: 2026 25th, 1931, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁴

• Residence: 2097 25th, 1932, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁵

• Residence: 782 Woodmere Av, 1935, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁶

• Residence: 782 Woodmere Av, 1936, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁷

• Residence: 8881 Mason Pl, 1937, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁸

• Residence: 1133 Elsmere Av, 1938, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹⁹

• Residence: 1133 Elsmere Av, 1939, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁰

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²¹

• Residence: 15712 Thomas, 1940, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²¹

• Residence: 15712 Thomas, 1941, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²²

• Residence: 15712 Thomas, 1944, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²³

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1953, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁴

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1954, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁵

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1956, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁶

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1957, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁷

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1958, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁸

• Residence: 7757 Winona, 1960, Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ²⁹

• Obituary: Daily Reporter: Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States. ³⁰
Leonard Yocum
JONESVILLE - Services for Leonard
Yocum, 78, of 604 Hemlock Court,
Evergreen Estates, Jonesville, who died
Monday morning in the Coldwater
Community Health Center, will be at 1
p.m. Wednesday in the Beebe Chapel of
the Eagle Funeral Home, Jonesville
with the Rev. John Palmer officiating.
He was a switch man with the Norfolk
and Western Railroad (formerly the
Wabash Cannonball) for many years
before he retired in 1965. Mr. Yocum was
born on Dec. 28, 1902 in Effingham, Ill.
and had lived in Allen Park, Detroit,
before moving to his present address
four years ago.
He was a member of the Allen Park
Presbyterian Church and the Findlater
Masonic Lodge 475 in Detroit, where he
was a 32nd degree Mason.
Vivian Anderson, whom he married on
Dec. 24, 1924, preceded him in death on
July 8, 1970. He married the former Vera
Woods on June 12, 1971. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Robert (Maxine) Hackett of
LeRoy; a son, Harley Yocum of Detroit;
a sister, Mrs. William (Mary) Miller of
Quincy; six grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren. Three brothers preceded
him in death.
A Masonic memorial service will be
given by the Jonesville LaFayette Lodge
16 F & AM at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
funeral home. Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday.
Burial will be in the Sunset View
Cemetery, Jonesville.

• Cemetery: Sunset View Cemetery: Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. ⁶ ³¹

Leonard married Sophie Helene Anna Adermann, daughter of Carl Ferdinand D. Adermann and Maria Albertine Auguste Heiden, on 24 Dec 1924 in Altamont, Effingham, Illinois, United States.¹ ² (Sophie Helene Anna Adermann was born on 11 May 1902 in Mound Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States,³² ³³ ³⁴ ³⁵ died on 18 Jul 1970 in Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States ³² ³⁶ and was buried on 22 Jul 1970 in Mound Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States ³¹.). The cause of her death was Infarct left and right lung, Osteolytic Skull.⁶

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Article: Decatur Daily Review, 3 Jan 1925, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States. ³⁷

MARRIED
Martin Voelker of West township
and Miss Hilda Engel of this city,
were married Sunday by Rev. M. O.
Burkhardt, pastor of the Lutheran
church. Sophia Kruger and Herman
Voelker were the witnesses.
Leonard Yocum of Effingham and
Sophia Aderman were married Dec.
24 by Rev. M. O. Burkhardt. Mary
Yocum and Alma Aderman were the
witnesses.

Leonard next married Vera Edna Woods, daughter of Wilbur Bartley Woods and Delpha Lingenfelter, on 12 Jun 1971 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States.³ (Vera Edna Woods was born on 21 Jun 1910 in Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States,³⁸ ³⁹ died on 27 Sep 1981 in Fayette Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States ³⁸ ³⁹ and was buried on 2 Oct 1981 in Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States ³¹.)

2 Immanuel Lutheran Church (Altamont, Illinois, United States), "Marriage Register 1879-1954".

3 Marriage License, Wayne County, Michigan Local File Number 1261474, State File Number 44442.

4 Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 (Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.),

Name: Leonard YOCUM
Birth Date: 28 December 02
Death Date: 13 April 81
Gender: Male
Residence: Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan
Place of Death: Coldwater, Branch, Michigan.

5 "U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 3 Mar 2019);

Name: L Yocum
Birth Date: Dec 1902
Claim ID: Same as Social Security Number
Industry: Railroad

6 Death Certificate, State of Michigan Certificate of Death Number 0020225.

7 1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).

8 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1926-1927 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard; brkman; h3617 Laf Blvd

9 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1927-1928 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h1261 24th

10 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1928-1929 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h2088 25th

11 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1929-1930 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h2088 25th

12 1930 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.).

13 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1930-1931 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h2026 25th

14 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1931-1932 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h2026 25th

15 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1932-1933 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h2097 25th

16 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1935 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h782 Woodmere av

17 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1936 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h782 Woodmere av

18 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1937 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h8881 Mason pl

19 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1938 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Lenard (Vivian); switchmn; h1133 Elsmere av

20 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1939 Detroit City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h1133 Elsmere av

21 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Allen Park, sheet 14A, household 295; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

22 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1941 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); brkmn Wabash Ry Co (M); h15712 Thomas (AP)

23 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1944 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn; h15712 Thomas (AP)

24 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1953 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian A); swtchmn Wabash (Det); h7757 Winona (AP)

25 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1954 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian A); swtchmn Wabash RR (Det); h7757 Winona (AP)

26 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1956 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn RR; h7757 Winona (AP)

27 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1957 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard; swtchmn Wabash RR; h7757 Winona (AP)

28 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1958 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn Wabash RR (Det); h7757 Winona (AP)

29 "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/);

1960 Lincoln Park; Allen Park, Melvindale City Directory; Yocum, Leonard (Vivian); swtchmn Wabash RR (Det); h7757 Winona (AP)

34 Immanuel Lutheran Church (Altamont, Illinois, United States), "Baptisms 1879-1953".

35 Immanuel Lutheran Church (Altamont, Illinois, United States), "Confirmation Records 1880-1920".

36 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Vivian Yocum
SSN: 363-01-6950
Last Residence: 48101 Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 11 May 1902
Died: Jul 1970
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951).

38 Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 (Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.),

Name: Vera E YOCUM
Birth Date: 21 Jun 10
Death Date: 27 September 81
Gender: Female
Residence: Fayette, Hillsdale, Michigan
Place of Death: Fayette, Hillsdale, Michigan.

39 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Vera Yocum
SSN: 377-01-4356
Last Residence: 49250 Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 21 Jun 1910
Died: Sep 1981
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951).

Leonard Yocum

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