Archibald Yell - Family Life

Family Life

Yell met Mary Scott in Bedford County, Tennessee, where they were neighbors. They married in 1821 after he had started to establish his law practice. She had one daughter, Mary, who was born January 5, 1823. Mary Scott Yell died from complications following their daughter's birth.

A few years later, Yell married Nancy Moore of Danville, Kentucky. They had four children before her death.

Yell later married Maria (McIlvaine) Ficklin, a widow. They had no children. Maria died October 15, 1838 in Arkansas, while Yell was serving in the US Congress.

Yell’s nephew James Yell became a Major General of the Arkansas state militia during the Civil War.

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