Tennessee Family Group Sheet for the Alvin Cullum YORK Family


Husband: Alvin Cullum YORK (1,2)
Birthdate: 13 Dec 1887
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (3,4)
Death date: 2 Sep 1964
Place of death: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Father: William YORK (1863-1911) (5)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth BROOKS (1866-1943) (6)
Other spouses:

Marriage date: 6 Jun 1919
Marriage place: Pall Mall, Fentress, Tennessee, USA (7)

Wife: Grace Loretta WILLIAMS (8)
Birthdate: 7 Feb 1900
Birthplace: , , Tennessee, USA (9)
Death date: 27 Sep 1984
Place of death: (10)
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Father: Francis Asbury WILLIAMS (1856-1942) (11)
Mother: Mary Alice PILE (1859-1931) (12,13)
Other spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Infant YORK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 May 1920
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (14)
Death date: 10 May 1920
Place of death: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (14)
Burial: Mount Union Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Did Not Marry

Child No. 2: Alvin Cullum YORK Jr (15)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 Mar 1921
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (16,17)
Death date: 28 Aug 1983 (17)
Place of death:
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Glennis Ellen RILEY (1923-2006)

Child No. 3: Living (details have been suppressed)
Sex: M
Birthdate:
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Spouses' names: [1] Living [2] Clara Marie WILLIAMS (1925-1988)

Child No. 4: Woodrow Wilson YORK (18)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4 Sep 1925
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (19)
Death date: 22 Apr 1998
Place of death:
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
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Spouses' names: Opal Normagene EVANS (1930-1998)

Child No. 5: Samuel Houston YORK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Mar 1928
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA
Death date: 19 Oct 1929
Place of death: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Did Not Marry

Child No. 6: Andrew Jackson YORK (20)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Apr 1930
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (21)
Death date: 2009
Place of death:
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Helen J LOWREY (1932-2005)

Child No. 7: Living (details have been suppressed)
Sex: F
Birthdate:
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Spouses' names: Howard Joseph LOWERY (1932-2009)

Child No. 8: Mary Alice YORK (22)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Sep 1925
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (23)
Death date: 18 Jan 1994
Place of death:
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Living

Child No. 9: Thomas Jefferson YORK (24)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 9 Jan 1938
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA (25)
Death date: 7 May 1972
Place of death: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Living

Child No. 10: Baby Girl YORK
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Nov 1941
Birthplace: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA
Death date: 2 Nov 1941
Place of death: , Fentress, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Wolf River Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names: Did Not Marry
 
 
Documentation:
1. 1900 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 16, pg 11A. Alvin C York.
2. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), York, Alvin #27. Alvin Cullum York.
3. 1900 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 16, pg 11A. age 12, Dec 1887, Tennessee.
4. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), York, Alvin #27. 13 Dec 1887, Pall Mall, Tenn.
5. 1880 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 39, pg 555A. William York.
6. 1900 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 16, pg 11A.
7. Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 (FamilySearch.org), York, Alvin C. to Gracie Williams.
8. 1910 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 18, pg 1-B. Gracie Williams.
9. 1910 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 18, pg 1-B. age 10, Tennessee.
10. Cemetery Record, York, Grace. @FindaGrave.com.
11. 1910 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 18, pg 1-B. Francis A Williams.
12. 1910 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 18, pg 1-B. Alice Williams.
13. Cemetery Record, Williams, Mary Alice. @FindaGrave.com.
14. Death Certificate, York (Infant) #287.
15. 1930 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 4, pg 1B. Alvin C York Jr.
16. 1930 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 4, pg 1B. age 9, Tennessee.
17. Social Security Death Index, 415-34-7984.
18. 1930 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 4, pg 1B. Woodrow W York.
19. 1930 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 4, pg 1B. age 4, Tennessee.
20. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. Andrew J York.
21. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. age 10, Tennessee.
22. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. Mary A York.
23. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. age 4, Tennessee.
24. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. Thomas J York.
25. 1940 Federal Census, Tennessee, Fentress, ED 25-4, pg 11A. age 2, Tennessee.

Notes:
1. Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1917, , Fentress, Tennessee, USA. He was tall, medium build, blue eyes and red hair and a farm laborer. He claimed exemption from the draft because "Dont want to fight." At that time in his life, he didn't believe killing people was ever right.
2. He appeared on the ED 18, pg 6A census in 1920 in , Fentress, Tennessee, USA. 2nd District
Alvin C York Head M 32 Tennessee
Gracie York Wife F 20 Tennessee
3. He appeared on the ED 4, pg 1B census in 1930 in , Fentress, Tennessee, USA. 2nd District
Alvin C York Head M 42 Tennessee
Gracie M York Wife F 30 Tennessee
Alvin C York Jr. Son M 9 Tennessee
George E B York Son M 6 Tennessee
Woodroe W York Son M 4 Tennessee
Mary York Mother F 63 Tennessee
Alvie Hatfield Servant F 24 Tennessee
4. He appeared on the ED 25-4, pg 11A census in 1940 in , Fentress, Tennessee, USA. 2nd District
Alvin C York Head M 52 Tennessee
Grace L York Wife F 40 Tennessee
George E B York Son M 16 Tennessee
Woodrow W York Son M 14 Tennessee
Andrew J York Son M 10 Tennessee
Betsy R York Dau F 7 Tennessee
Mary A York Dau F 4 Tennessee
Thomas J York Son M 2 Tennessee
Mary York Mother F 73 Tennessee
M Kansas Williams S-in-l F 57 Tennessee
Mertie A Rains Cook F 25 Tennessee
Dixie York Nephew M 22 Tennessee
* Sgt York was one of the most decorated soldiers in WWI and was actually a colonel.
* Alvin and Gracie were married by then Governor Albert H Roberts.

Last Modified: 18 Jun 2014
The information that is not sourced was found at FindaGrave.com with some assistance
from the article on Alvin Cullum York at Wikipedia. I'm not related.

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