Family Group Sheet
NameMilinious Butler Yarber
Birth17 Mar 1876, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death25 Dec 1960, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn Yarber (1851-1932)
MotherMartha Parthena Christy (1850-1927)
Marriage29 Jul 1897, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Peach Pergram, 5C4R
Birth7 Sep 1878, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death2 May 1947, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherBenjamin Franklin Pergram (1853-<1900)
MotherHannah Mary Stull (1859-1944)
Children
1 MHobart Yarber, 6C3R
Birth15 Sep 1899, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death2 May 1976, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
SpouseSudie Florence Shrout
2 MCleveland A. Yarber, 6C3R
Birthabt 1907, Bath Co., Kentucky
3 FNevada Yarber, 6C3R
Birth16 Feb 1910, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death31 May 1992, Owingsville, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseArnold Copher
Notes for Milinious Butler Yarber
Bath Co., Ky birth records list Mileas B. Yarbrough, born 17 Mar 1876, father John Yarbrough, mother’s maiden name Martha Christy.
The 1880 census recorded him as age 4.
HIs WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Butler Yarbrough, age 41, residence Olympia, Bath Co., Ky, born 11 April 1877, occupation farmer, nearest relative Peach Yarbrough, wife.
The Kentucky death index lists Butler Yarber, age 84, died 25 Dec 1960 in Bath Co., residence same.
The 1880 census recorded him as age 4.
HIs WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Butler Yarbrough, age 41, residence Olympia, Bath Co., Ky, born 11 April 1877, occupation farmer, nearest relative Peach Yarbrough, wife.
The Kentucky death index lists Butler Yarber, age 84, died 25 Dec 1960 in Bath Co., residence same.
Notes for Mary Peach Pergram
Her obituary in the Owingsville Outlook reported: “Mrs. Peachie Pergrem Yarber, 68, wife of Butler Yarber, died at her home at Olympia last Friday afteroon, May 2, after a seven weeks illness. Mrs. Yarber was a daughter of the late Frank and Hannah Stull Pergrem, and came of a pioneer Bath County family. She was married to Butler Yarber July 29, 1897, and had been a citizen of this county all her life.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arnold Copher; two sons, Hobart Yarber, this county, and C. A. Yarber, Ashland; a sister, Mrs. Mertie Griggs, and a brother, J. Cleveland Pergrem, Olympia.
The body was removed from the Shrout, Piper & Shrout funeral home here Saturday afternoon to the residence and funeral services were held at the Olympia Christian Church Sunday afternoon, May 4, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. J. W. Jordon. Burial was in Old Fields Cemetery.
Pall bearers were: Horton, Wallace and Brooks Becraft, Miller and Rollie Griggs and Woodrow Pergrem; flower girls were: Mrs. Gladys Turner, Mrs. Edna Shultz, Irene Wright, Mary Frances Swarts, Eunice Hart, Dorothy Shultz, Margie Shultz, Patricia McGlothen, Phyllis Hatton and Belle Thompson.”
Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arnold Copher; two sons, Hobart Yarber, this county, and C. A. Yarber, Ashland; a sister, Mrs. Mertie Griggs, and a brother, J. Cleveland Pergrem, Olympia.
The body was removed from the Shrout, Piper & Shrout funeral home here Saturday afternoon to the residence and funeral services were held at the Olympia Christian Church Sunday afternoon, May 4, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. J. W. Jordon. Burial was in Old Fields Cemetery.
Pall bearers were: Horton, Wallace and Brooks Becraft, Miller and Rollie Griggs and Woodrow Pergrem; flower girls were: Mrs. Gladys Turner, Mrs. Edna Shultz, Irene Wright, Mary Frances Swarts, Eunice Hart, Dorothy Shultz, Margie Shultz, Patricia McGlothen, Phyllis Hatton and Belle Thompson.”
Census Notes for Milinious Butler & Mary Peach (Family)
1910 census of Bath Co., Ky, Preston precinct, enumerated 22 April, lists on p. 9B as family #108:
Yarbrough, Butler, 34, farm laborer; Peach, wife, 29, first marriage for both, married 12 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living; Hobart, son, 10; Cleveland A., son, 3; Nevada, dau, 2/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1920 census of Fleming Co., Ky, Poplar Plains precinct, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 4A as family #79/82:
Yarber, Butler, 45, farmer; Mary, 30; Hobart, son, 18; Cleveland, son; Nevada, dau, 9. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Mary should be recorded as 41.
Yarbrough, Butler, 34, farm laborer; Peach, wife, 29, first marriage for both, married 12 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living; Hobart, son, 10; Cleveland A., son, 3; Nevada, dau, 2/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1920 census of Fleming Co., Ky, Poplar Plains precinct, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 4A as family #79/82:
Yarber, Butler, 45, farmer; Mary, 30; Hobart, son, 18; Cleveland, son; Nevada, dau, 9. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Mary should be recorded as 41.
