Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 292
 
THOMAS BYAM YOCUM and E. B. YOCUM
 
     The pioneer characters who answer to the foregoing names, came to
Washington Territory with their parents in 1880. The family located in Kittitas
Valley, and about three miles southwest of Ellensburg. In the late eighties,
these brothers settled on land close to the Colocken Creek. After several years
Byam returned to the Kittitas Valley. In 1877, he was married to Miss Melissa
Taylor, of Iowa. The following children have been born to this union: Edna A.
(Mrs. Ed. Dennis), Toylor, Gay, Clifford, Joe, Thomas, Porter, Charles B.,
Rolla, Emmett, and Marie. At this writing, 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Yocum are living
on Washington Street. Mr. Yocum, nearing eighty years of age, looks much
younger. He stands erect, and his dark hair is scarcely touched with gray. His
experiences in Washington have been varied, and as one of the many pioneers, he
has cheerfully contributed his mite towards the upbuilding of the communities in
which he has lived.    T. B.  Yocum died October 24,  1928.
 
     E. B. Yocum, or "Burns" as he is universally known, lived for more than
thirty years in the Colocken Valley, where as a farmer he prospered. Among his
neighbors, he was regarded as a pattern of cheerfulness, goodwill and
hospitality. So marked have been his characteristics in this respect, that
undoubtedly any, or all of his friends would gladly give him a certificate of
character for membership in the jollity club. It may be doubted if such famous
characters as Dickens' Sam Weller and Mark Tapley, could, by the most liberal
stretch of imagination, be made to hold their own against the unfailing good
humor and resources in repartee of this long-time resident of Chelan County.
Burns now lives in Wenatchee. Mrs. Yocum before marriage was known as Miss
Lottie Hovey, sister to the well known attorney of Ellensburg—Chester Hovey. Two
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Yocum: Eva and Chester. Mrs. Yocum died in
the year 1917.
     
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