Notes:

Mary Ann Smith came to Missouri from Illinois in the company of two brothers. She wed Silas Yarnell in 1868. Possibly the unnamed brothers were pleased to be relieved of the teenaged Mary Ann, as she was married to Silas at a very young age. Silas and Mary Ann's children were; Ida May (b.1869), Sarah Frances (b.1872), Ira (b.1876), Harry (b.1881), and Frank Irvin (b.1884). Frank Irvin's birth is recorded in the Missouri Digital Heritage: Birth and Death Records, and the age of his mother is given as 32, which gives Mary Ann an alternate birth year of 1852. After Silas died in 1891 at the age of 49, of tuberculosis, Mary Ann remarried to John F. Kersey, and moved to Sedalia MO. John Kersey apparently died before Mary Ann, because Mary Ann's MO death certificate gives her marital status as "widow", but I have not been able to find any more information on John. Mary Ann & Silas are buried together and share a stone in the Pilot Grove City Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Kersey, John F. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Yarnell, Silas on 27 Aug 1868 in Cooper, Missouri, USA. Silas (son of Yarnall, John W and Yarnall, Delilah) was born on 1 Apr 1842 in Palestine Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 8 Apr 1891 in Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apr 1891 in Pilot Grove City Cemetery, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Yarnell, Ida May was born on 24 Sep 1869 in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 28 May 1900 in Pettis, Missouri, USA; was buried in May 1900 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA.
2. Yarnell, Sarah Frances "Sally" was born on 4 Feb 1872 in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Jul 1961 in Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried in Jul 1961 in Otterville IOOF Cemetery, Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.
3. Yarnell, Ira was born on 22 Mar 1876 in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 13 Dec 1948 in Oxnard, Ventura, California, USA; was buried in Dec 1948 in Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, St Clair, Missouri, USA.
4. Yarnell, Harry was born on 19 Dec 1881 in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 30 Oct 1954 in Arizona, USA; was buried in Nov 1954 in Citizens Cemetery, Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, USA.
5. Yarnell, Frank Irvin was born on 12 Feb 1884 in Pilot Grove Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Jul 1911 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 20 Jul 1911 in Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, St Clair, Missouri, USA.