My Famous File: Archibald Yell

Located at Evergreen Cemetery in Fayettville, AR.

Archibald Yell

Born in North Carolina, Aug.

1797. A Volunteer in the

battle of New Orleans.

District Judge of Ark.

Territory, 1832. First member

of Congress from the

State Government, 1840.

Elected to Congress again, '44/

Resigned and accepted

Colonelcy of Ark Vols.

During the Mexican War 1846.

Killed at Buena Vista Feb.

22, 1847. A gallant soldier,

an upright judge, fearless

champion of poplar

rights, a sincere friend

and an honest man. 

Note: First he was buried near the battlefield at Saltillo in a tin coffin encasing the wood, remained there only five months then he was disinterred and brought back to Arkansas where he was buried in the family cemetery at Waxhaws. but that was not his final resting place. The Masonic Lodge disinterred all the bodies from this cemetery and reentered in the Evergreen Cemetery in Fayetteville in 1881.

In Honor of Service

In the War of 1812

Archibald Yell

You can read more about Archibald yell at the following links.
The Governors of Arkansas: Essays in Political Biography By Timothy Paul Donovan

The Life of Archibald Yell By MELINDA MEEK

Sacred

 to the memory of

Ann Yell

who departed this life

Oct 7th 1835

aged 32 years.

Note: Ann Jordan Moore was Archibald's second wife. They had three daughters—Artemesia, Jane, and Elizabeth—and a son, DeWitt Clinton.

D.W.C. Yell

Born Oct 15, 1831

Died May 15, 1861

Mary C. Daughter of

D.W.C. & C.M. Yell

Born Jan 1, 1859

Died Aug 1, 1864

Note: DeWitt Clinton Yell, son of Archibald, became a Fayetteville lawyer but died just before the Civil War.

Dedicated

to the memory of

Maria Yell

who departed this life

Oct 14th 1838

aged 33 years

Note: Archibald's third wife,  Maria (McIlvaine) Ficklin, but they had no children. Mary Ficklin was the widow of  Judge Thomas Ficklin who had been an early political leader from Lawrence County.