Death
On February 22, 1847, Yell was killed in combat at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico. He was buried three times: once in Mexico, and twice in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Yell was originally buried on the battlefield in Mexico. His body was removed and returned to Arkansas for burial at Waxhaws Cemetery in Fayetteville. When Evergreen Cemetery was established in the city, the Masons arranged for his body to be relocated and reinterred in the Masonic section of that cemetery.
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