Louis Calloway Yadon

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• Occupation: According to his granddaughter, Dorene, Louis was a blacksmith. Working in his blacksmith shop caused him to lose his sight.

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His granddaughter, Minnie Shumate Wampler remembers visiting her grandfather. He was almost blind, but he would always invite them in and quote passages from the scripture.

Name:
Janet Eiskina had Louis' middle name listed as Calloway

Louis married Mary E. McChone on 10 Jul 1873. Mary (daughter of John McChone and Anna Evans) was born on 17 Jul 1854; died on 31 Jan 1938; was buried on 01 Feb 1938 in Hamilton Cemetery, Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Service performed by Thomas O. Johnson.

1. Manda Ida. Yadon was born on 30 Jun 1878; died in May 1957.
2. Annie H. Yadon was born on 13 Oct 1880; died on 25 Jul 1958; was buried in Haun Cemetery, Luttrell, Union Co., Tennessee.
3. Magnolia M. Yadon was born on 29 Mar 1883; died on 08 Mar 1963.
4. Jennie Cassada Yadon was born on 19 Sep 1885 in Tennessee; died on 20 Mar 1962 in St Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; was buried on 22 Mar 1962 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Left Section E, Maynardville, Union Co., Tennessee.
5. James D. Yadon was born on 10 Nov 1888; died on 02 Nov 1974; was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Maynardville, Union Co., Tennessee.
6. Easter M. Yadon was born on 23 Dec 1890; died in Dec 1955; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery.
7. Jasper E. Yadon was born on 03 Apr 1893; died on 30 Sep 1955; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee.

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Name:
Minnie Wampler remembers that William's middle name was Louis

William married Mary Ann Lay. Mary (daughter of William Lay and Sarah Capps) was born between 1817 and 1820. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Yadon

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Name:
Minnie Wampler remembered that the Lay family connected with the Yadons somehow.

David married Nancy Williams. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Yadon

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Birth:
possibly Wilkes or Buncombe County

William married Sarah Capps on 02 Nov 1813 in Grainger Co., Tennessee. Sarah was born on 14 Jan 1797 in NC; died on 05 Oct 1860 in Union Co., Tennessee; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Union Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sallie Capps
• Name: Sarah Lay

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Military:
Joseph Yadon was born in Ireland, 17 Dec 1756. As early as 1772 he was serving in the Irish Army. During the American Revolution, Irish troops were sent to join the British forces against the colonists. Joseph Yadon came to America with British forces under the command of General Burgoyne and was among the prisoners captured during Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga. These prisoners were marched thru Virginia toward the Albemarle Barracks, at Charlottesville, VA. Many slipped away to join the American Army. Historians note that the Irish people were three to one on the side of the colonists.

Joseph Yadon was one of these. He enlisted in the American army in 1779, at Martinsburg, VA (now West Virginia). He was under the command of Col. Joseph Crockett. In Sep 1780, Col. Crockett's men were sent to Ft. Pitt (Pittsburg) where they joined General George Rogers Clark. In June of 1781, Gen. George Rogers Clark left Ft. Pitt with a force of 400 men, traveling in boats down the Ohio River to The Falls of the Ohio (now Louisville, KY). They stayed at The Falls until December when Joseph Yadon was discharged.

Please note that the Lewis and Clark expedition began 14 May 1804 from St. Louis, and the Clark of this expedition was William Clark (Gen. George Rogers Clark's younger brother). In 1804 Joseph Yadon was in TN and had 10 children. He married Mary Pennybaker (daughter of Jacob and Christiana Pennybaker) 12 Jan 1782. They had 12 children. Joseph Yadon died 1 Sep 1842, at age 87. He is buried in the Yadon Cemetery. A low, granite marker identifies him as "A Revolutionary War Vet".

Joseph married Mary Pennybaker on 12 Jan 1782 in Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA. Mary (daughter of Jacob Pennybaker and Christina Dotterer) was born on 01 Dec 1763 in Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA; died on 18 Sep 1838 in Grainger Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Yadon

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• Military: 1780

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Military:
Thomas enslistd in the Revolution in the fall of 1780, served one year as a private under Major Joel Lewis, was in skirmishes with the Tories and received wounds. He received a pension until his death in 1843, he migrated to Missouri along with some of his children.

Thomas married Mary (Polly) Lawrence in 1783. Mary was born in 1767; died in 1853. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary (Polly) Lay