Records of the Yarnall family in St. Charles County, Missouri

This web page is a history of one branch of the Yarnall family, which, for a time, was prominent in St. Charles County, Missouri. The "patriarch" of this branch of the name was one John Yarnall, a great-great-grandson of Francis & Hannah (Baker) Yarnall. [Francis 1, John 2, John 3, Jesse 4, John 5]. This page references many sources; each bit of information is identified as to source.

"John [5] Yarnall, first child of Ann (Tomlinson) and Jesse[4] Yarnall, was born in 1775, in York County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth ( -?- ) in 1797 in York County, Pennsylvania; their children:

1. Edward B., b. 1-22-1800
2. Stephen, b. 1801
3. John, b. 1802
4. Rachael, b. 12-20-1803
5. Delilah, b. 1805
6. Amos, b. 1806
7. Squire, b. 1808
8. Washington, b. 1810
9. Louisiana, b. 1812
10. Sarah "Sally", b. 1815
11. Silas A., b. 1816
12. Memory, b. 1818
13. Nancy, b. 1822
14. Caroline, b. 1824
15. Jeremiah, b. 4-4-1826

"In the summer of 1800, John, Elizabeth, his wife, and infant son Edward, went to Harrison County, Kentucky (from York County, PA). The family moved to Pendleton County, Kentucky in 1813.

"In 1816 John, Elizabeth and family moved to St. Charles, Missouri. According to the St. Charles County Records of Original Papers contained in Vault No. 3-27, St. Charles, Missouri - "A petition to the city council to increase the ferry charges from St. Charles, across the Missouri river to St. Louis, has among subscribers, John Yarnall." John Yarnall died in St. Charles, Missouri in 1831."
source: Harry H. Yarnell and Ruth (Brookman) Yarnell, A Partial Genealogy of the Name Yarnall-Yarnell, 1683-1970, 1970; pp15-17; excerpts.

Birth Records

Thomas Smith Yarnell

baptized 8 Dec. 1831, St. Charles, Missouri
Father: Squire Yarnell; Mother: Rebecca Spalding. Recorded 24 June, 1832 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, St. Charles, Mo.
source: Mary Johnson McElhiney, St. Charles County, Missouri Baptisms 1792-1863, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Mo.; pg. 121.

Mary Jane Yearnell

b. 12 Feb. 1860, baptized 13 Apr. 1862, St. Charles, Missouri
Father: Thomas Yarnell; Mother: Mary Ann Green. Recorded in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, St. Charles, Mo.
source: Carrol Becker Geerling, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Baptisms 1792-1925, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Mo.; March 1997.

Dalila Mary Yarnell

b. 6 Aug 1862, baptized 25 Dec. 1862, St. Charles, Missouri
Father: Thomas Yarnell; Mother: Mary Green. Recorded in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, St. Charles, Mo.
source: Carrol Becker Geerling, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Baptisms 1792-1925, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Mo.; March 1997.

Wedding Records

John Yarnal

m. Delilah Yarnal on 8 Dec 1817 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by Daniel Colgan, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri, Book 1, page 54; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Rachel Yarnel

m. James Green Jr. on 17 April 1823 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by Daniel Colgan, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Mo., Book 1, page 74, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles Co., Mo.

Sarah Yarnall

m. William Forman on 24 Dec 1828 in St. Charles Co., Missouri by Philo Gillet, J.P..
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri; Book 2, page 20A; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

John Yarnald

m. Jane Wilker/Wilkace on 16 Feb 1834 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by T. A. Grimes, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri, Book 2, page 76; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Louisiana Yarnall

m. James Oliver on 28 Aug 1834 in St. Charles, Missouri; Philo Gillet, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri, Book 2, page 85; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Amos Yarnall

m. Elizabeth Tagart on 1 Dec. 1836 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by Philo Gillet, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Mo., Book 2, page 123, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles Co., Mo.

Nancy Yarnall

m. George Patton on 13 April 1837 in St. Charles, Missouri; by Philo Gillet, J.P.
Nancy, daughter of John Yarnall, deceased; consent given by Leo Twyman, guardian. Consent for George Patton given by guardian William M. Campbell.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri, Book 2, page 143; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Washington Yarnall

m. Elizabeth West Towers on Dec 22, 1838 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by James Green, J.P.
sources: Marriages--Missouri to 1850; Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri, Book 2, page 157; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Mrs. Elizabeth West Yarnell

m. James Phippen on 19 June 1842 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by Jefferson Dyer, J.P.
sources: Marriages--Missouri to 1850; Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri, Book 2, page 215; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Memory Yarnall

m. Amandelia Howell on 28 Dec 1843 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; by James Green, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Mo., Book 2, page 245, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles Co., Mo.

Elizabeth Yarnold

m. Patrick Flannegan on 1 January 1854 St. Charles County, Missouri.
source: Carrol Geerling, indexer; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Marriage Records, 1834-1866, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Missouri.

George W. Yarnell

m. Anna Riggs on 17 July 1868 in St. Charles County, Missouri, by Henry Abington J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 1868, page 351; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

S. E. Yarnell

m. George A. Foster on 1 May 1872 in St. Charles, Missouri
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri; Book 4, 1873-1885, page 8; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Ann Jane Yarnall

m. James Long on 11 June 1878 in St. Charles, Missouri
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri; Book 4, 1873-1885, page 138; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Mary D. Yarnell

m. GTT. Kirkman on 12 December 1878 in St. Charles, Missouri
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri; Book 4, 1873-1885, page 157; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

James Yarnall

m. Izette Foreman on 2 April 1896 in St. Charles Co., Missouri.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri, 1894-1898, page 170; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

D. B. Yarnall, of Lexington, Kentucky

m. Anna M. Beile of St. Louis, Missouri on 27 March 1915 in St. Charles County, Missouri, by Max Frey, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 15, page 114; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo. Indexed as B. D. Yarnall.

Ruby Yarnall, of St. Charles, Missouri

m. Jess Levy of St. Charles, Missouri on 29 June 1926, by Max Frey, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles Co., Missouri; Book 24, page 269; Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Clare Yarnell, of St. Louis, Missouri

m. James Baremore of St. Louis, Missouri on 9 July 1929 in St. Charles County, Missouri, by Max Frey, J.P.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 26, page 626; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Troy Yarnell, of Bethany, Moultrie Co., Illinois

m. Opal Fern Crane of Bethany, Moultrie Co., Illinois on 28 June 1941 in Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri, by Walter O. Mitchell.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 43, page 404; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Benjamin D. Yarnell, of St. Louis, Missouri

m. Cora Mueller of St. Louis, Missouri on 17 December 1941 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 46, page 347; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Deanna R. Yarnell, of Cottlesville, St. Charles Co., Missouri

m. William E. Wilderman of St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri on 24 July 1971 in St. Charles County, Missouri.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 70, page 582; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Charles F. Yarnall, of Florissant, Missouri

m. Joanice R. Knouse of Florissant, Missouri on 12 June 1982 in St. Louis County, Missouri.
source: Marriage Records of St. Charles County, Missouri; Book 92; St. Charles County Courthouse, Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Charles, Mo.

Death Records

Sara Ann Yarnell, age 20 yrs

d. June 1855, buried 4 June 1855, in St. Charles Co., Missouri.
source: Carrol Geerling, indexer; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Burial Records, 1866-1934, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Missouri, 1999, pg 139.

John Yarnall, age 38 yrs

d. Feb 1871, buried 13 Feb 1871, in St. Charles Co., Missouri.
source: Carrol Geerling, indexer; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Burial Records, 1866-1934, St. Charles County Historical Society Archives, St. Charles, Missouri, 1999, pg 12.

Gravestone Records

in James Green Burying Ground, St. Charles Co., Missouri.

Land Records

• Green-Yarnall Log Cabin, newspaper article from St. Charles, Missouri.