City: Birchwood
YOAKLEY, William Frederick, agriculturist; born in Sullivan Co. Tenn., Oct. 7, 1843; English-German descent; son of Jesse E. and Mary A. (Hull) YOAKLEY; paternal grandparents Richard and Hannah (Hicks) YOAKLEY, maternal grandparents Frederic and Mary A. (Coak) HULL; educated in common schools of Sullivan Co.; graduated from Oakland Academy 1861; served in Confederate Army, private 1861, in Capt. Osborn’s Independent Battalion from Texas; Co. F, 63d Tenn. Inf. April 14, 1862; Capt. Gammon’s Co. 60th Tenn. Feb 9, 1865; married Elizabeth E. BOWMAN Aug. 14, 1866; Democrat; warden Coal Creek branch state prison 1891; deputy warden of Mount Branch state prison 1906, etc.; delegate to National Pure Food and Drugs Congress Washington, March 7, 1900; delegate to Farmers’ National Congress at St. Louis, Mo., Sept., 1904; same at Richmond, Va., Sept. 12, 1905; again at Washington, D. C., Jan., 1910; president of Sullivan County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 1898-1910; postmaster at Hilton, Tenn., several years; member of A. F. & A. M. Lodge No. 559 at Holston Institute; lay official M. E. church, South, since 1866.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
