McCreary "Mack" Yonts and
Margaret Jane Perline Stewart
McCreary "Mack" Yonts b 5 May 1876 Elkhorn Creek, Letcher Co KY d 25 Nov
1935 Johnson Co KY or 1927 Letcher Co KY; s/o
Solomon "Solly" Yonts
and Virginia Jane "Jennie" Quillen. McCreary "Mack" Yonts m. 11 May 1894
Whitesburg, Letcher
Co KY to Margaret Jane Perline Stewart b Jan 1873 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d
1943 Kona, Letcher Co KY; buried Potter Cemetery, Neon, Letcher Co KY; d/o
Thomas "Tom" Stewart
and Susie Fleming. McCreary "Mack" Yonts was convicted of the murders of
Jemima Hall and Sherwood Reynolds in Bell Circuit Court 1 OCT 1901 Bell
County, KY. He was given a sentence of imprisonment for life in the Kentucky
State Penitentiary. Pardoned for the murders of Jemima Hall and Sherwood
Reynolds by Gov. J.C.W. Beckham 10 DEC 1906 Frankfort, Franklin County
Kentucky.
Children of McCreary "Mack" Yonts and Margaret Jane Perline Stewart;
i.
Elijah Yonts b Jul 1890 Millstone, Letcher Co KY
ii.
Alpha Yonts b 31 Mar 1895 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY
ii.
Susan Yonts b 20 May 1895 Letcher Co KY d 19 Nov 1969;
buried Kona, Letcher Co KY; m. 12 Jul 1912
Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to
Joseph "Joe" Newsome b 20 Nov 1886 Letcher Co
KY d 26 Apr 1973; buried Kona, Letcher Co KY; s/o
Elcanie Newsome and Sarah Tolley.
iv.
Nancy Jane Yonts b 15 Apr 1899 (or 1897) Rockhouse, Letcher Co KY d 5 Jun
1969 m. 18 Jul 1916 (divorced) to Dewey Freeman Neal b 17 Aug 1898 Dewey,
Polk Co MO d 2 Jul 1961. Children of Dewey Freeman Neal and Nancy Jane Yonts;
I.
Alonzo "Lonzie" Neal b 14 Sept 1917 d 10 Jun 1966; m. Carolyn Stockton.
Children of Alonzo "Lonzie" Neal and Carolyn Stockton;
1.
Carol Neal
2.
Jeanette Neal
3.
John Neal
4.
Virginia Neal
II.
Robert Neal
v.
Sallie Yonts b May 1899 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY d 1940 Portsmouth, OH; m.
Ell Newsome b 1891 Letcher Co KY
vi.
Holly Roosevelt Yonts b 21 May 1901 (or 22 May 1900) Haymond, Letcher Co KY d 22 Mar 1973
Ashland KY; buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashland KY; m. 1 Jul 1920 Pike Co KY
to Hulda Bartley Brown b 7 Oct 1901 Pikeville, Pike Co KY. Children of Holly
Roosevelt Yonts and Hulda Bartley Brown;
I. Holly Roosevelt "Bucky" Yonts
II. Goble Yonts
III.
Allen Kay Yonts
IV.
Herbert Hoover Yonts Sr
V.
Bessie Marie Yonts
VI.
Betty Joe Yonts
VII.
Bobby Yonts
VIII.
Genna Yvonne Yonts
IX.
Patty Ruth Yonts
X.
Peggy Rae Yonts
XI. Ora
Ann Yonts
XII.
Donald Yonts
XIII.
Shirley Yonts
XIV.
Mary Sue Yonts
XV.
Andy Yonts
XVI.
Alphie Yonts
vii.
Omega Yonts b 31 Mar 1909 Boone, Letcher Co KY d 6 Dec 1972 Rossburg OR;
buried 13 Dec 1972 Kona, Letcher Co KY; m. 17 Oct 1931 Whitesburg, Letcher Co
KY to Verna Holland b 17 Jun 1914 Letcher Co KY d 16 Aug 1977 San Antonio TX;
buried 21 Aug 1977 Kona, Letcher Co KY. Children of Omega Yonts and Verna
Holland;
I.
Johnny Ruskin Yonts
II.
Frank Delano Yonts
III.
Mack McCreary Yonts
IV.
Sandra Yonts

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