Born: Dec. 1885, Georgia. 1 6
Parents: JOHN B. YEARWOOD AND JENNIE (UNKNOWN) 6
Married: multiple.
Death: 30 Dec. 1958, Greene Co., GA. 2 3 5
Burial: Greensboro City Cemetery, Greensboro, GA. 2 3
Notes:
Listed as a widowed farmer in the 1910 Federal Census, Pento, Wilkes, GA (indexed R. R. Yearwood).
After his first wife, Eloise, died in April 1910 Rufus Yearwood later married Eloise's cousin, Nannie Burke Copelan, and Rufus and Nannie are buried together in the Greensboro City Cemetery.
Listed as a farmer in the 1920 Federal Census, Greensboro, Greene, GA; wife listed as Anne.
Listed as a farmer in the 1930 Federal Census, Greensboro, Greene, GA (indexed Rube R. Yearwood); wife listed as Nannie B.
Spouse (1): ZELLA ELOISE COPELAN
MARRIAGE LICENSE: 24 March 1909, Madison, GA RECORDED: 15 April 1909 MARRIAGE 24 April 1909. 4 8
Spouse (2): NAN BURKE COPELAN m. about 1916. 1
CHILDREN OF RUFUS R. YEARWOOD AND NAN BURKE COPELAN:
(my second cousins once removed)
WILLIAM R. YEARWOOD. b. about 1916, Georgia. 1
THURSTON C. YEARWOOD b. about 1918, Georgia. 1
JOHN B. YEARWOOD b. about 1920, GA 1 WWII Veteran. 7
EDWIN A. YEARWOOD b. about 1923, Georgia. 1
Sources:
1. 1930 Federal Census, Greensboro, Greene, GA.
2. The Cemeteries of Green County Georgia, E. H. Armor, Agee Publishers, 1987.
3. Personal viewing of cemetery marker in the Greensboro City Cemetery.
4. Greensboro Herald and Journal, obituary of Eloise Yearwood, 8 April 1910.
5. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Cert. 32537.
6. 1900 Federal Census, Tanners, Walton, GA.
7. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
8. Morgan Co., GA White Bk 2 (1908-1946) pg. 20, A. Linton Johnson; data base online at Morgan Co. Library.
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