From the Ashley County Eagle, September 5, 1907:
"...Mrs. V. Green and Mr. Wes Yelvington were united in marriage Saturday morning at Mr. Tom Dingler's..." and also "Marriage license to S. W. Yelvingon and Mrs. V. Green of Trafalgar."
Sept 1916: requested "a letter" to leave Mt. Olive Church in Berea, Ashley Co., Arkansas [Mt. Olive records, p. 124].
1918: WW I registration card has residence as Cooper, Delta Co., Texas; noted to be tall and slender with light hair (either blue or brown eyes--illegible; see the "scrapbook" link in the multimedia version of this report).
1920: farm laborer in Hopkins Co, Texas.
1930: residing in Cooper, Texas.

Samuel's death was the result of a fall on November 21, 1941 which fractured his skull. [Death Certificate]

!RESEARCH NOTES:
-1900 Census
Name: Wesley S Yelvington
Home in 1900: Bearhouse, Ashley, Arkansas
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: 1881
Birthplace: Arkansas
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bearhouse, Ashley, Arkansas; Roll: T623 49; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 8.
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-Arkansas Marriage Index (hmmmm...)
Name: S. W. Yelvington
Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1907
Spouse: Vertis Green
County: Ashley
State: Arkansas
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-1918 WW I Registration
Name: Samuel Wesley Yelvington
City: Not Stated
County: Hopkins
State: Texas
Birth Date: Jul 29 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1953561
DraftBoard: 0
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-1920 Census
Name: Sam W Yelvington
Age: 37 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Birthplace: Arkansas
Race: White
Home in 1920: Precinct 8, Hopkins, Texas
Roll: T625_1817
Page: 3B
ED: 82
Image: 592
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-1930 Census (note mis-spelling)
Name: S W Yelvinton
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Ora Yelvinton
Race: White
Home in 1930: Precinct 1, Delta, Texas
Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Delta, Texas; Roll: 2323; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 181.0.
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-Name: Samuel Wesley Yelington
Death date: 30 Nov 1941
Death place: Cooper, Delta, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): white
Age at death: 60 years 4 months 1 day
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 29 Jul 1881
Birth place: Ark.
Marital status: Married
Spouse name:
Father name: T. M. Yelvington
Father birth place: Arkansas
Mother name: Mary Riley
Mother birth place: Arkansas
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Cooper, Delta, Tex.
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Hamburg, Ark.
Burial date: 02 Dec 1941
Additional relatives: X
Film number: 2138748
Digital GS number: 4030529
Image number: 1038
Reference number: cn 49816
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Additional Notes (LBW)
Notes for Samuel Wesley Yelvington:
1920 Delta County, Texas Census, Precinct 1:
Yelvington, S. Wesley Head M W 37 M Tx Ark Ark
" Ora Wife F W 16 M Tx Ala Ark
" Gregory Son M W 9 S Tx Ark Ark
" Clifton Son M W 7 S Tx Ark Ark
" Thomas Brother M W 18 S Tx Ark Ark
Census taken January 26 & 27, 1920.
1920 Hopkins County, Texas Census, Precinct 8, Family 45/45:
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Yelvington, Sam W. Head M W 37 M Ark Ark Ark
" Ora Wife F W 16 M Ark Ark Ark
" Gregory Son M W 9 S Ark Ark Ark
" Clifton Son M W 7 S Ark Ark Ark
Census taken January 15, 1920. They probably moved from Hopkins County, Texas after the census was
taken and before the Delta County, Texas was taken.
1930 Delta County, Texas Census:
Yelvington, S. W. Head M W 48 M36 Farmer Ark Ark Ark
" Ora Wife F W 25 M15 Tx Ala Ala
" Gregory Son M W 19 S Ark Ark Ark (Son by Verlie Jones)
" Clifton Son M W 17 S Ark Ark Ark (Son by Verlie Jones)
" Cora Belle Dau F W 7 S Tx Ark Tx
" Christine Dau F W 4 S Tx Ark Tx
" Samuel ? Son M W 2 S Tx Ark Tx
They lived on Sulphur Springs Road
More About Samuel Yelvington and Verlie Gregory:
Marriage: August 31, 1909, Ashley County, Arkansas

• Married: 31 AUG 1907 in Ashley Co., Arkansas ^{6 1 7}

1. Mary Yelvington b: 25 NOV 1908
2. James Gregory Yelvington b: 20 MAY 1910 in Arkansas
3. Clifton Wesley Yelvington b: 1 DEC 1912 in Arkansas
4. Thomas Miller Yelvington b: 8 NOV 1915

• Married: ABT 1920 ^{2 7}

1. Living Yelvington
2. Ruby Christine Yelvington b: 1 JUL 1925 in Enloe, Delta Co., Texas
3. Living Yelvington

1. Title: Reflections of Ashley County, Including History of Ashley County by Y. W. Etheridge
   Author: Robert A. Carpenter, Sr. and Mary Imogene Noble Carpenter, comp.
   Abbrev: Carpenter, comp.
   Publication: Dallas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1988
   Abbrev: Reflections of Ashley Co.
   Page: p. 434
   Note: submitted by Gregory Yelvington
2. Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
   Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census
3. Title: Death Certificate
   Abbrev: Death Certificate
4. Title: Ashley County Ledger
   Abbrev: Ashley County Ledger
   Page: Cemetery Listings
5. Title: Reflections of Ashley County, Including History of Ashley County by Y. W. Etheridge
   Author: Robert A. Carpenter, Sr. and Mary Imogene Noble Carpenter, comp.
   Abbrev: Carpenter, comp.
   Publication: Dallas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1988
   Abbrev: Reflections of Ashley Co.
   Page: p. 435
   Note: submitted by Mary Riley
6. Title: Excerpts from the Ashley County Eagle, 1889-1914
   Author: Alice Kennedy Lee
   Abbrev: Alice Kennedy Lee
   Publication: 2000
   Abbrev: Ashley County Eagle
   Page: p. 141
   Note: September 5, 1907, edition
7. Title: GEDCOM from Olin Eugene Thomas
   Publication: Sources cited in the GEDCOM entries are Thomas Polk Story and Ruby Christine Yelvingdon
   Abbrev: GEDCOM from Olin Eugene Thomas