Seventh Generation

683. Ella Mae Peters^{251,258,259,266,468,543,544,545,546,547,548,549}.
Birth: 28 September 1902, Anderson County, Tennessee.^251,550
Parents: Alva Edward Peters and Sallie Jane Cole.
Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁶²
Household of her father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, 27 April 1910.
Ella 8 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, attended school.
Census: 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁵⁵
Household of her father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, Enumeration District 10, 22 Jan 1920.
Ella M. 17 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN. City Directory: 1922 Knoxville, Tennessee.⁴⁵³ Peters Ella M Miss bds 1150 Hoitt av. This was the residence of Robert D. Buckner who was the father of her brother Lester's first wife Amy Buckner. City Directory: 1923 Knoxville, Tennessee.²⁸³ Peters, Ella Miss r 1150 Hoitt av. This was the residence of Robert D. Buckner who was the father of her brother Lester's first wife Amy Buckner.
Marriage: 8 October 1923, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, age 21, to Bayard Earl Yadon.^543,546,548 Newspaper Article:⁵⁵¹ Marriage announcement: (from the files of Reta Harrell Weiss)
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peters announce the marriage of their daughter Ella Mae to Mr. Bayard Yadon Monday October the eighth nineteen hundred and twenty-three at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church Knoxville, Tennessee. A wedding which will be of interest to a wide circle of friends and both in East Tennessee and Southeastern Kentucky, will be that of Miss Ella Mae Peters and Mr. Bayard Yadon which was solemnized Monday, October 8, at 3:30 p.m. at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev. Elmer E. Gabbard officiated, using the beautiful and impressive ring ceremony. The bride was daintily gowned in a dark blue traveling suit with accessories to match. Only a few close relatives and friends of the couple were present. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Peters, of Edgemoor, Tennessee; and the groom, who is the youngest son of Mrs. J. D. Yadon, Knoxville, is connected with the news staff of the Daily News of Middlesboro, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Yadon left soon after the ceremony for a short trip south, stopping for a few days at Chattanooga and Nashville and other points and will be home to their friends after the 20th at their new home on twenty-sixth street, Middlesboro, Ky.
Birth of Child: 7 July 1924, Ada Louise Yadon, parent age: 21.
Birth of Child: 18 September 1927, Thelma Joyce (Joyce) Yadon, parent age: 24.
Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁵²
Household of her husband Bayard Earl Yadon.
Ella 27 wife female first married at age 21 white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Marriage: 21 September 1936, Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, age 33, to Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole.^{468,545,553,554}
Birth of Child: 24 January 1939, Thomas Edward (Edward) Cole, parent age: 36.
Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁵⁵
Household of her husband Clyde Cole.
Ella 37 wife female married white, 1 year high school, born in TN, lived 1935 same house.
Death: 22 April 1987, age 84, Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.^251,550,556 Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 23 Apr 1987, page A15⁵⁵⁶
Cole, Mrs. Ella Mae Peters age 84, of Route 11 Burkhart Rd., Knoxville passed away 10:15 am. Wednesday, April 22, 1987, at Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. Resident of the Ritta Community for 57 years. Member of Shannondale Presbyterian Church. Preceded in death by husband; Clyde Cole, Survivors: son, Edward Cole, Knoxville; daughter, Mrs. Ada Huffman, Booksville, Fla.; granddaughter, Mrs. Carolyn Underwood, Chattanooga, with whom Mrs. Cole had made her home for the past 6 months; nine other grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brothers; Arthur and Robert Peters, both of Knoxville. Funeral service 10:30 A.M. Saturday, Steven’s Chapel, Rev. Robert Walker officiating. Interment Lynnhurst Cemetery. Pallbearers: James Peters, Clyde Letsinger, William Goodard (sic), Dr. Ray King, Kenneth Harless, Leroy Cole. The family will receive friends 7-9 P.M. Friday at Stevens Mortuary.
Burial: 25 April 1987, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^550,556
Burial inscription: Ella Cole, Sept. 28, 1902 - Apr. 22, 1987.⁵⁵⁰
Burial GPS: 36.022861, -83.932047.⁵⁵⁷

Ella Mae Peters and Bayard Earl Yadon.
Marriage: 8 October 1923, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, Ella Mae Peters, to Bayard Earl Yadon.^543,546,548 Courthouse Marriage Record:⁵⁴⁶ State of Tennessee, Knox County, book 16, page 164, license #1374.
Bayard Yadon to Ella Peters, 1923. A. W. Edington, Clerk. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above parties on the 8th day of October 1923. Elmer E. Gabbard, Pastor. 5th Ave Pres. Church, Knoxville. Marriage License, State of Tennessee, County of Knox. To any Minister of the Gospel, Priest, or Jewish Rabbi having the care of Souls, or Judge or Justice of the Peace for said County -- Greeting: I, A. W. Edington, Clerk of the County of Knox County aforesaid, by the power in my vested by law, do license you, or either of you, to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Bayard Yadon of Middlesboro, Ky. and Ella Peters of Knoxville, Tenn. Given at office in Knoxville, the 8 day of Oct 1923 and of American Independence 148. A. W. Edington Clerk, by W. S. Hall Deputy Clerk. Marriage Bond: Date of Marriage - Oct 8 1923, by whom married - Elmer E. Gabbard, M.G., I solemnly swear that the above named parties are not under the age of eighteen years, J.J. Sailor, No. 1374, State of Tennessee, Knox County, Know all Men by these Presents: that we are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be void on condition that there be no lawful cause to prevent a marriage from being solemnized in the county of Knox, between Bayard Yadon age 27 and Ella Peters age 21. Witness our hands and seals, the 8 day of Oct 1923. (signed) Bayard Yadon, J.J. Sailor.

Bayard Earl Yadon^{544,546,547,548}, son of Jasper David Yadon and Mary Elizabeth McDonald,.
Birth: 10 January 1896, Powder Springs, Grainger County, Tennessee.^543,558,559
Parents: Jasper David Yadon and Mary Elizabeth McDonald.
Census: 1900, Claiborne County, Tennessee.⁵⁶⁰
Household of his father Jasper David Yadon.
Bayard E. 4 son, male, single, white, Jan 1896 born in TN, father born in TN, mother born IN.
Census: 1910, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁶¹
Household of his father Jasper David Yadon.
Baird 14 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father born in TN, mother born IN. Draft registration: 5 June 1917, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁵⁹ -----
1. Name - Bayard Yadon, 21
2. Address - 707 Luttrell, Knoxville, Tenn
3. Date of birth - January 10, 1897
4. Citizenship - natural born
5. Birth Place - Powder Springs, Tenn
7. Occupation - laborer
8. Employer - Standard Knitting Mills, Knoxville
9. Dependents - mother
10. Status - single; race - Caucasian
11. Claim exemption - on mother's account
Signed - Bayard Yadon
1. Height - medium; build - medium
2. Eyes - blue; hair - light
H. V. Carson, registrar, 7th Precinct, Knoxville, Tenn, June 5, 1917
Census: 1920, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁶²
Household of his father Jasper David Yadon.
Bayard E. 24 son, male, single, white, order clerk, knitting mills born in TN, father born in TN, mother born IN.
Marriage: 8 October 1923, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, age 27, to Ella Mae Peters.^543,546,548
Birth of Child: 7 July 1924, Ada Louise Yadon, parent age: 28.
Birth of Child: 18 September 1927, Thelma Joyce (Joyce) Yadon, parent age: 31.
Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁵²
Head of household. Ward 16, Dist. 2, Enumeration District 47-41, 4 Apr 1930
page 189a, 2515 Coker Ave., dwelling number 51, family number 52
Yadon Bayard 34 head male first married at age 27 white farmer born in TN, father born in TN, mother born IN
Ella 27 wife female first married at age 21 white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
Ada L. 5 daughter, female, single, white, born KY, father and mother born in TN
Thelma J. 2 4/12 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
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The family was enumerated a second time in 1930 in Knox County:
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Head of household. Dist. 13, Enumeration District 47-88, 22 Apr 1930
page 159b, Washington Pike, dwelling number 368, family number 368
Yadon Bayard 34 head male first married at age 27 white farmer born in TN, father born in TN, mother born IN
Ella 27 wife female first married at age 21 w, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
Ada L. 5 daughter, female, single, white, born KY, father and mother born in TN
Thelma 2 4/12 daughter, female, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Death: 25 September 1933, age 37, Fort Sanders Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^{543,544,558,563,564} Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 26 Sep 1933, page 7⁵⁶⁴
Hold Rites for Bayard Yadon. Funeral Services for News-Sentinel Reporter Set for 2 P.M. Today.
The body of Bayard Yadon, News-Sentinel reporter who died at Fort Sanders Hospital early yesterday, was to be laid to rest this afternoon in Lynnhurst-Resthaven Cemetery. Services were to be at his home on Washington Pike at 2 p. m. with the Rev. W. A. McCormick, Mascot M. E. Church pastor, and the Rev. J. F. Benton, Washington Pike M. E. Church pastor, in charge. Burial in Lynnhurst-Resthaven Cemetery. At the Court house today presiding judges hurried thru with their dockets so they could attend the funeral. There were no courts in session this afternoon. Most of the Court House officials left their offices in charge of clerical employs and attended the services. The local officials of the Jr. O. U. A. M. today ordered a floral wreath for the casket. Mr. Yadon had faithfully reported for several years the activities of this order in The News-Sentinel. Judge Hu B. Webster today said this publicity had been invaluable to the order. Obituary: Knoxville Journal [Knoxville, Tennessee], 26 Sep 1933, page 10⁵⁵⁸
Death Claims Bayard Yadon, Veteran Reporter Was Well Known in Knoxville
Bayard Yadon, New-Sentinel reporter assigned to cover the court house, and a frequent contributor of poetry and feature articles to his paper, died Monday at 6:25 a.m. at Fort Sanders Hospital. He was 37 years old. Mr. Yadon had been critically ill since Friday night, suffering from sinus infection. He became semi-conscious late Friday night. Pneumonia developed late Sunday and hastened his death. He was surrounded by his wife, his two children and his three sisters when the end came. A native of Union County, Mr. Yadon attended schools there and later was a student at Central High school in Knoxville. After serving with the American Expeditionary Forces overseas, he returned to Knoxville, studied law, and was later admitted to the bar. He became interested in literary work, however and began working as a reporter for the old Knoxville Sentinel. In 1923 he left the Sentinel and became news editor of the Middlesboro Daily News for year and then returned to the Sentinel and became its city editor. When the News absorbed the Sentinel Mr. Yadon joined the News-Sentinel staff. Mr. Yadon was a member of Washington Pike M. E. church and Farragut council, No. 11, Jr. O. U. A. M. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Yadon; two children, Ada Louise, nine, and Thelma Joyce, six; one brother, J. L. Yadon, Route 12, and three sisters, Mrs. J. F. Burnette, Mrs. Otis Keck, and Mrs. J. E. McDonald, all of Knoxville. The body was removed from Rose mortuary to home off Washington pike, and the Ritta community, Monday at 5 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the home. The Rev. W. A. McCormack of Mascot M. E. church and the Rev. J. F. Benton, pastor of Washington Pike M. E. church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lynnhurst Resthaven Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Benton J. Strong, Lloyd E Miller, Warner Ogden, Steve Humphreys, Bob Cunningham and Bert Vincent. Honorary pallbearers will be Judge Hu Webster of the court of domestic relations; Judge Sam O. Houston of the county court; Judge Carlock of second circuit court; R. M. Murphy, county agent; J. C. Rutherford, criminal court clerk; Frank L. West, clerk and master; Frank Montgomery, president of Knoxville Bar association; Leslie M. Kennedy, county court clerk; Tom Cline, divorce proctor; Attorney General J. Fred Bibb; Sheriff J. W. Brewer and Judge Stooksbury. Farragut council No 11, Junior Order, will have charge of the services at the grave. Obituary: Gay Talk by Bones Barrier, Knoxville Journal [Knoxville, Tennessee], 26 Sep 1933, page 4⁵⁶³
YADON DIES. Bayard Yadon, one of my favorite newspapermen, died Monday morning and I was hurt when I heard about it. As the News-Sentinel said, he was a pipe-smoking, philosophical person. I used to work with Yadon and he was sort of a philosopher. In a calm sort of way he would say funny things that would put me to roaring and he and I used to back off in corners and tell each other all the latest pokes we'd heard. Although I haven't seen him but two or three times in a couple of years, I know I'll miss him.
Death Certificate:⁵⁴³ Knox County, Tennessee, 1933, certificate 18852.
1. Place of death - Knox County, Knoxville, Fort Sanders Hosp.
2. Name - Mr. Bayard Yadon, resides Washington Pike
3. Sex - male
4. Color - white
5. Status - married
5a. Husband of - Ellie Petters (sic) Yadon
6. Date of birth - Jan 10, 1896
7. Age - 37 years, 8 months, 15 days
8. Occupation - news reporter
12. Birthplace - Tennessee
13. Father - J Yadon, born in Tennessee
15. Mother - Mary McDonteal (sic, her name was McDonald)
17. Informant - wife Ellie Petters (sic) Yadon
18. Burial - Lynnhurst Cem, Sep 26, 1933
19. Undertaker - Rose Funeral Home, N 4th & Grainger
20. Filed 9-26, 1933, M. Kyle
21. Date of death - Sep 25, 1933
Burial: 26 September 1933, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^543,558,564
Burial inscription: Bayard Yadon, Jan. 10, 1896 - Sept. 25, 1933. Also there is Yadon family headstone shared with his daughter Joyce.⁵⁶⁵
Burial GPS: 36.022836, -83.932107.⁵⁶⁶ Narrative: ⁵⁶⁷ (from an interview with his daughter Ada Huffman)
Bayard had a law degree, but he became a newspaperman instead of practicing law. During his WWI service, he wrote letters home to his sister that were so good that they were published in the newspaper. That gave him is start in the newspaper business. In addition to writing for the paper, he wrote poems and short stories. Newspaper Article:⁵⁶⁸ (from the files of Reta Harrell Weiss)
Bayard Yadon, on The News-Sentinel editorial staff, is a native of Grainger County, but moved to Claiborne County while quite young. He came to Knoxville in 1909, going to school here and attending Park City, and Knoxville High Schools. He then studied law and passed the state bar examination. He went to war in 1918, serving for a year overseas, and was mustered out in 1919. He then entered the purchasing department of the Standard Knitting Mills. He began his newspaper work in 1922 by joining The Sentinel. Four months later he went to the Middlesboro Daily News in Kentucky, where he became news editor. He returned two years later to become city editor of The New-Sentinel, which position, he held, when The News and The Sentinel combined. He has been with The News-Sentinel since that time. Yadon is married and has two children, Ada Louise, six, and Thelma Joyce, three. His wife was Miss Ella Peters of Anderson County. He lives at Ritta.

Ella Mae Peters-1241 and Bayard Earl Yadon-1514 had the following children:

Ella Mae Peters and Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole.
Marriage: 21 September 1936, Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, Ella Mae Peters, to Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole.^{468,545,553,554} Marriage register, Madison County, North Carolina.
Sept 21, 1936, Cole, Thos, Clyde, Rt. 12 Knoxville, Tenn., age 27, white to Ella Mae Yadon, R-12, Knoxville, Tenn., age 33, white, by J.R. Duncan, M.G., Sept 21, 1936, Marshall, N.C. witnesses Mrs. Dora Ramsey, Mrs. J.R. Duncan, both of Marshal N.C. They were married at the home of Rev. Duncan. Courthouse Marriage Record:^545,553,554 Marriage register, Madison County, North Carolina.
Sept 21, 1936, Cole, Thos, Clyde, Rt. 12 Knoxville, Tenn., age 27, white to Ella Mae Yadon, R-12, Knoxville, Tenn., age 33, white, by J.R. Duncan, M.G., Sept 21, 1936, Marshall, N.C. witnesses Mrs. Dora Ramsey, Mrs. J.R. Duncan, both of Marshal N.C.

Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole^{468,545,549,553,577,586}, son of Thomas Lamar Cole and Martha Bell Webb,.
Birth: 1 September 1909, [Knox County], Tennessee.^545,553,587
Parents: Thomas Lamar Cole and Martha Bell Webb. Names: Known as Clyde.⁵⁸⁸
Census: 1910, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁸⁹
Household of his father Thomas Lamar Cole.
Thomas 5/12 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1920, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁹⁰
Household of his father Thomas Lamar Cole.
Clyde 10 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁹¹
Household of his father Thomas Lamar Cole.
Clyde 20 son, male, single, white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Marriage: 21 September 1936, Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, age 27, to Ella Mae Peters.^{468,545,553,554}
Birth of Child: 24 January 1939, Thomas Edward (Edward) Cole, parent age: 29.
Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁵⁵⁵
Head of household. Dist. 13, Enumeration District 47-33, 8 May 1940
page 635a, Sheet 15a, dwelling number 253, Burkhart Road, property worth $1850
Cole Thomas C. 30 head male married white, farm hand, county farm, 1 year college, born in TN, lived 1935 Knox County, $480 income
Ella 37 wife female married white, 1 year high school, born in TN, lived 1935 same house
Thomas E. 1 son, male, single, white
Yadon Ada L. 15 step-daughter, female, single, white, 1 year high school, born KY, lived 1935 same house
Thelma J. 12 step-daughter, female, single, white, 6 years school, born in TN, lived 1935 same house.
Death: 14 November 1983, age 74, UT Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^549,587 Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 15 Nov 1983, page B5⁵⁴⁹
Thomas Clyde Cole - age 74, of Rt. 12, Burkhart Rd., passed away Nov. 14, 1983 at UT Hospital. Member of Shannondale Presbyterian Church. Retired from City of Knoxville Inspection Dept. Preceded in death by stepdaughter, Joyce Harrel (sic). Survivors: wife, Mrs. Ella M. Cole; son, Edward Cole; Stepdaughter, Ada Huffman, Florida; 8 grandchildren; several great-great grandchildren.; sisters, Miss Lucille Cole, Mrs. Nellie Truhn, Mrs. Annie Snyder, Mrs Mary Harris, Mrs. Katherine Foust; brother, Allen Cole, all of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Stevens Chapel, Rev. Robert Walker officiating. Interment in Lynnhurst Cemetery. Pallbearers: James Peters, Clyde Letsinger, Kenneth Harless, Kenny Underwood, Leroy Cole, Don Harris. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Stevens Mortuary.
Burial: 16 November 1983, Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^549,587
Burial inscription: Clyde Cole, Sept. 1, 1909 - Nov. 14, 1983.⁵⁸⁷
Burial GPS: 36.022862, -83.932022.⁵⁹²

Ella Mae Peters-1241 and Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole-1544 had the following children: