Solomon Yonts b Sept 1835 Perry Co KY; s/o William Yonts and Nancy F Ray. Solomon Yonts m. 1863 to Frances Frankie Whitaker b 1836 Ashe Co NC d Nov 1877 Letcher Co KY; d/o Peter Whitaker and Frances White. Solomon Yonts served in the Co K, 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Union Army in the Civil War. He had previously served as did many others in the Confederate Army in the 13th Kentucky Cavalry. Children of Solomon Yonts and Frances Frankie Whitaker;

1. Martha Yonts b 15 Jan 1862 Letcher Co KY d 8 Aug 1928 Arkansas; m. 30 Apr 1878 Letcher Co KY to Robert Collier b 15 May 1855 KY d 16 May 1938 Neon, Letcher Co KY; buried Houston Cemetery, Goose Creek, Letcher Co KY; s/o William Dee Collier and Rebecca Meade. Findagrave Memorial.

2. William Yonts b Nov 1865 Letcher Co KY d 18 Feb 1956 Letcher Co KY; m. 11 Jul 1890 Letcher Co KY to Delila Dove Holbrook b 29 May 1874 Letcher Co KY d 3 Feb 1950 Neon, Letcher Co KY; d/o Ransom T Holbrook and Elizabeth Ann Betty Hughes.