Annie Tabitha Stephenson Yarbrough

On March 3, 1915, Samuel Walter Stephenson,  became the guardian of some of his sister's kids. His sister, Annie Stephenson Yarbrough, died on February 3, 1911 and her husband William Penn Yarbrough died on February 27, 1915. He became guardian of some of their 15 children--William Jenkins Yarbrough, Maud Yarbrough, Mabel Yarbrough, Minor Yarbrough, Marvin Yarbrough, Darius Yarbrough, Lucy Yarbrough, and Libbye Yarbrough.

As a young boy, I heard my father frequently talk about the Yarbrough children and the good times they had.  What I never did know was why they were all in McAdoo, Texas when I knew they were from Arkansas.  I've come to realize that there were 8 Yarbrough children and 8 Stephenson children.  The Yarbrough children were between the ages of 7 and 20 and Ma and Pa already had 3 children with 5 more to come, and Roland Waldrop.   I'm not really sure how many children were there at one time, as I'm sure some of the older ones probably were on their own at some point. 

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