Catherine Yoakum

b. 24 March 1802, d. 1 January 1892
  • Catherine Yoakum was born on 24 March 1802 in Kentucky.
  • She was known as Kitty.
  • She married Jacob Montgomery Shannon.
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon. Also in the household were children Jacob (age 21), Dicy Ann (18), Margaret (16), Julia (14) and Josephine (10).
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon. Also in the household was son Jacob (age 30).
  • Jacob Montgomery Shannon and Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Montgomery Precinct, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin Franklin Shannon, Mary E. Scott and Annie Shannon. Also in the household were children Clifford (age 13) and Jacob (41) and (his daughter?) Mary (9.)
  • Catherine Yoakum became a widow at the 22 May 1878 death of her husband Jacob Montgomery Shannon.
  • Catherine Yoakum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Cornelia Shannon, Benjamin Franklin Shannon, Annie Shannon and John Frank Shannon. Granddaughter Nellie also is enumerated elsewhere in Montgomery County with her mother's parents.
  • Catherine Yoakum died on 1 January 1892 at age 89 in Dobbin, Montgomery County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas, near Dobbin.
  • Last Edited: 30 Oct 2013

Family: Jacob Montgomery Shannon b. 6 March 1804, d. 22 May 1878