Yelvington apparently sometimes used the nickname or abbreviation of "El" or "Ell". Oral family history that is quoted in some family trees suggests the "Y" was silent.
Headstones/ cemetery info confirm they are both buried at Yelvington Cemetery in Daviess County, KY However, census records for 1860 show that the widow Nancy Overby was living in Hancock County with her daughter and son-in-law (Susan Ann Overby Hawley and William Daniel Hawley, who are buried at Hawesville Cemetery in Hancock County).
Yelvington apparently sometimes used the nickname or abbreviation of "El" or "Ell". Oral family history that is quoted in some family trees suggests the "Y" was silent.
Headstones/ cemetery info confirm they are both buried at Yelvington Cemetery in Daviess County, KY However, census records for 1860 show that the widow Nancy Overby was living in Hancock County with her daughter and son-in-law (Susan Ann Overby Hawley and William Daniel Hawley, who are buried at Hawesville Cemetery in Hancock County).
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