Dess is third from right in front row. Guessing this was taken between 1905 and 1910.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Minden, Iowa, Baseball Team
FRONT ROW from left - Tom Ryan, Clarence Johnson, Charlie Stephanie, Roy Sinclair, Tom Hegarty.
This picture was taken in front of the home of Mrs. Bertha Pieper on the corner of 2nd and Park Street in Minden.
Ervin Yocum, Minnie Addison's Father - What a Handsome Guy!!
From Story County Watchman December 22, 1893
"Cambridge Press: ....Ervin Yocum, who lived northwest of Cambridge, died very suddenly Wednesday afternoon. It seems that on Monday he was husking corn and was taken suddenly ill. Tuesday he gradually grew worse, and on Wednesday his family was called to his bedside to see him breath his last. His body was laid to rest in the Walnut Grove cemetery Thursday afternoon."
This picture is not dated.
I have found him in census reports as Ervin, Irvin and Irving.
Link to 1860 Story County Census
http://iastory.com/1860/1860Access.mvc?pagearg=011&internal=1&SelectedName=E.+YOCUM&x=4&y=3
Link to 1895 Story County Census - first one after Ervin's death
http://iastory.com/1895/1895Access.mvc?pagearg=081&internal=1&SelectedName=Elmira+YOCUM&x=3&y=8
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Bud
Desvenia Darrell Jr., aka Bud, born 02/11/1916. Bud was riding his
bicycle when he was involved in an accident of some sort and his leg was
cut. He eventually developed gangrene and died at Jennie Edmundson
Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 14 on 11/07/1930. Jackie
stated in her autobiography that Bud died on the 8th of November, which
would have been Minnie's 45th birthday. Not sure which is accurate.
The family was living at 1127 5th Avenue in Council Bluffs then. Vera was 12 when Bud died. She said that her dad went down into the basement and could be heard crying all the way upstairs. She said she has never heard a man cry like that.
Bud was very inventive. There is a notebook, not sure who has it now, in which he drew a large airplane with windows along the side and wrote that someday a lot of people would fly on planes. He was so right!
04.16.2014 - I was going through mom's picture albums and found this one of Bud. Was so pleased, as it is the only one I have found. At first I thought it was my Uncle Larry. The girl on the left is Bud's sister Vera, the one on the right is unknown. Vera and Bud have a strong resemblance, even the tilt of their head is the same.
The family was living at 1127 5th Avenue in Council Bluffs then. Vera was 12 when Bud died. She said that her dad went down into the basement and could be heard crying all the way upstairs. She said she has never heard a man cry like that.
Bud was very inventive. There is a notebook, not sure who has it now, in which he drew a large airplane with windows along the side and wrote that someday a lot of people would fly on planes. He was so right!
04.16.2014 - I was going through mom's picture albums and found this one of Bud. Was so pleased, as it is the only one I have found. At first I thought it was my Uncle Larry. The girl on the left is Bud's sister Vera, the one on the right is unknown. Vera and Bud have a strong resemblance, even the tilt of their head is the same.
Dess's little problem
I was told that Dess had syphilis and that his first 3 children - going
to be a little vague here - had to wash in a red substance to combat
this. Wow that sounds weird, doesn't it?? Anyway, it was thought that
Leona was mentally slow as a result of the syphilis,
that she was most affected because she ws the firstborn, and that the
red substance kept it from having a great effect on the other 2
children. I am assuming that Dess was fully treated by the time Bud, the
twins, and Vera were born, with Jackie being on the cusp.
I have several problems with this. First, the initial treatment of syphilis was in 1910 and prior to that mercury salts were used. Have not been able to find any information on this being a red substance except in its initial processing, later turning white.
Second, Dess's sister Cordelia allegedly was a madam, and if Dess got syphilis from one of his sister's prostitutes, this would have been in the late 1890s, he would have been 15 in 1896. Cordelia supposedly had a mobile prostitution unit, a hookermobile if you will, which I guess was a large vehicle, and that Dess drove it. Boy this sounds crazy to me, just relating what I was told.
Let's say he contracted this disease in 1998, when he got married in 1902 he would have had this for 5 years and would have had it for 10 years when Leona was born and 16 years when Jackie was born. Although syphilis has many presentations and inconsistent symptoms, I can't imagine that Dess had this disease all that time without exhibiting serious symptoms. Arsphenamine, also known as salvarsan, was used for treatment of syphilis starting in 1910, replacing mercury salts, so unless the mercury salts was the red substance and Dess used this earlier, he would not have been treated until he had this disease for 12 years. Obviously I am making an assumption here and he may not have contracted this until later.
I have several problems with this. First, the initial treatment of syphilis was in 1910 and prior to that mercury salts were used. Have not been able to find any information on this being a red substance except in its initial processing, later turning white.
Second, Dess's sister Cordelia allegedly was a madam, and if Dess got syphilis from one of his sister's prostitutes, this would have been in the late 1890s, he would have been 15 in 1896. Cordelia supposedly had a mobile prostitution unit, a hookermobile if you will, which I guess was a large vehicle, and that Dess drove it. Boy this sounds crazy to me, just relating what I was told.
Let's say he contracted this disease in 1998, when he got married in 1902 he would have had this for 5 years and would have had it for 10 years when Leona was born and 16 years when Jackie was born. Although syphilis has many presentations and inconsistent symptoms, I can't imagine that Dess had this disease all that time without exhibiting serious symptoms. Arsphenamine, also known as salvarsan, was used for treatment of syphilis starting in 1910, replacing mercury salts, so unless the mercury salts was the red substance and Dess used this earlier, he would not have been treated until he had this disease for 12 years. Obviously I am making an assumption here and he may not have contracted this until later.
Dess and Minnie's daughters
This was taken in front of 241 Elder Street in Council Bluffs in 1948 ?.
The note on the back says that from left to right are Jackie (Anita), Vera,
Leona, Irene.
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