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     Bettie Yandell was born on 1 August 1878. She was the daughter of William Martin Yandell and Narenie Rust. Bettie Yandell died on 26 May 1886 at age 7.

     David Wendel Yandell was born on 24 August 1910 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY. He was the son of Lunsford Pitts Yandell III and Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford. Occupation: Lawyer in 1940 at New York City, NY.
Note: Married after April, 1940, five children to the marriage. David Wendel Yandell died on 24 January 1983 at Crittenden Co. (probably), VT, at age 72 dates per SSDI, last residence Crittenden.

     Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. was born on 4 September 1826 at Rutherford Co., TN.¹ He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹ Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. married Frances Jane Crutcher, daughter of Foster D. Crutcher and Maria Elizabeth Cage, on 10 April 1851 at Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. died on 2 May 1898 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, at age 71 from findagrave.com:

David was named for his maternal grandfather, David Wendel, of Tennessee.
Dr. Lunsford P, Sr, was a medical pioneer, a son of Dr. Wilson Yandell, of Mecklenburg, NC. Dr. L.P. Yandell, Sr. graduated from Univ. of Maryland (then Baltimore) and returned to Tenn. He was affiliated with Translvania School of Pharmacy, in Lexington, KY, and later founded the University of Louisville's medical department.
In 1837, David's family moved to Louisville, where he was enrolled in a private school.
On April 10, 1851 he married a well-to-do Nashville beauty, Frances Jane Crutcher, who won her mother-in-law's heart at first sight by "her quiet sweetness, a real treasure."
Their children, Maria, and Allison, a son, were both bn in TN. Then moving to Louisville, they added two more daughters, Susan and Martha. (Martha d. at abt one year of age).

David had an "outgoing prsonality, and cosmopolitian nature," per Nancy Dasher Baird, in her book, "David Wendel Yandell Physician of Old Louisville." (pub. 1979.

David followed his father in medicine, was graduated from the Louisville School of Medicine, and became a physician of note, serving on the school's medical faculty for years receiving recognition from men of distinction. He also studied with Dr. Lister in France during his young years. David and his younger brothers, William M. (Willie) and Lunsford Pitts, Jr. (Luny) were also doctors who served with distinction in the medical profession in the CSA during the Civil War. Lunsford, Jr., taught in the Louisville medical school after the War.

In the War, David was assigned to be the personal physician to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and by Gen. Johnston was elevated to the medical directorship of the Army of the West. After the War, Wm. M. moved to El Paso, TX for the drier climate which he hoped would improve his health. There he achieved prominence, and the name "Yandell" marks medical facilities and streets in that city.
Dr. David returned to Louisville after the War, "penniless" but soon rebuilt a practice as he was well known. He returned to the school in 1869, and gave it 'my best endeavors.'
He bought his father's commodious three-story home on Chestnut Street and continued to more success as he became president of the Americal Medical Association. He was ahead of his time in treating all wounds with anticeptic agents, (from his study with Lister).
"An articulate lecturer, talented surgeon, dedicated educator, and highly respected citizen, David Yandell was the most progressive and influential member of the university's medicl faculty during the postwar era. In the spring of 1895 the university gratefully acknowledged the doctor's services when it placed 'upon the brow of this, our greatest son,' the highest degree within her power, a Doctor of Laws Degree." Yandell's twentieth-century successors honor his memory with a lectureship that brings to the campus the nation's most prominent and knowledgeable surgeons.
He died of ateriosclerosis among those he loved best and was buried on a tree-dotted hillside overlooking a picturesque lake in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.

     Eliza Yandell was born circa 1830 at Rutherford Co., TN.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹

     Elizabeth Yandell was born on 7 October 1833. She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel. Elizabeth Yandell died on 28 December 1833.

     Elizabeth Hosford Yandell was born on 12 November 1913 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY. She was the daughter of Lunsford Pitts Yandell III and Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford. Elizabeth Hosford Yandell married John Henry Dillon. Elizabeth Hosford Yandell lived in April 1935 at Warrenton, Fauquier Co., VA.¹ She married John A. Clark on 2 December 1939, Two children. Elizabeth Hosford Yandell lived in April 1940 at Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT, Living in her mother's household.¹ She died on 9 January 1967 at age 53.

     Elsie Yandell was born on 9 October 1876 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. and Maria Louise Elliston.¹ Elsie Yandell married Donn Barber, son of Charles Gibbs Barber and Georgianna Clinton O'Neil Williams, on 22 November 1899. Elsie Yandell lived in April 1910 at 125 East 74th Street, Manhattan, New York Co., NY.² She lived in January 1920 at 125 East 74th Street, New York City, NY.³ She died on 17 March 1939 at age 62. She was buried in March 1939 at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester Co., NY, Sec. 72, Hiram Barber plot.

     Enid Yandell was born on 6 October 1869 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. and Maria Louise Elliston.¹ Enid Yandell died on 13 June 1934 at age 64.
Note: Noted sculpter, did not marry.

     Hope Gay Yandell was born on 25 July 1906 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Lunsford Pitts Yandell III and Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford.¹ Hope Gay Yandell married John Wesley Hanes, son of John Wesley Hanes and Anna Hodgin, Two children to this marriage.² Hope Gay Yandell lived in April 1940 at Washington, DC.² She died on 12 August 1992 at Alexandria Co. (probably), VA, at age 86 dates per SSDI, last residence Alexandria.

     John Yandell was born on 12 February 1840. He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel. John Yandell died in 1843.

     Josephine Gay Yandell was born on 24 November 1908 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Lunsford Pitts Yandell III and Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford.¹ Josephine Gay Yandell married James Williamson Henning on 14 May 1932, Five children total.² Josephine Gay Yandell lived in April 1940 at Shelbyville Road, St. Matthews, Jefferson Co., KY.² She died on 8 December 1982 at Jefferson Co., KY, at age 74 dates per SSDI, last residence Prospect.

     Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell was born on 4 July 1805 at Sumner Co., TN.¹ He was the son of Wilson Yandell and Elizabeth Pitts. Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell married Susan Juliet Wendel, daughter of David Wendel and Sarah Hale Neilson, on 11 October 1825. Occupation: Professor, Medical Institute at Louisville, Kentucky in 1850.¹ Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell lived in August 1850 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ Occupation: Physician in July 1860 at Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.² He died on 4 February 1878 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, at age 72 Findagrave.com:

Professor Lunsford Pitts Yandell was born on July 4, 1805 near Hartsville, Sumner County, Tennessee. His father, Dr. Wilson Yandell, a native of North Carolina, was a physician of high standing. His mother was Elizabeth Pitts, a Virginian by nativity. He acquired the rudiments of an education in his native county. In 1818, he was a student in the Bradley Academy in Rutherford County, Tennessee and there, studied Greek and Latin and the physicial sciences. In 1822, he began the study of medicine with his father, Doctor Wilson Yandell, previously mentioned. In the following winter, he attended a course of medical lectures at Transylvania University. While atending the lectures in the Transylvania Medical College he became favorably known as a young man of industry, good attainments, and ability, and of popular manners.

Lunsford Pitts Yandell was married, in 1825, to Susan Juliet Wendel, daughter of David Wendel and Sarah "Sally Hale (Nielson) Yandell, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Throughout his career, as outlined below, eight children were blessed to their household, only three living to adulthood: David W., Lunsford P.Jr, and William Martin Yandell, all physicians. Five others d. as young children: Wilson P.(1830-1836); Margaret,1834-?); Elizabeth P,Oct1833-Dec1833); John B 1840-1843; Sarah Nielson,Apr1846-?).

Lunsford P,Sr, was called in 1831--after he received the degree of M.D. from the University of Maryland--to occupy the Chemical chair in the Transylvania School. On March 16, 1831, Professor Lunsford Pitts Yandell,Sr., M.D. was called to the Chair of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the Medical Department of Transylvania University. He removed to Louisville in 1837, to join in the establishment of the rival school, the Louisville Medical Institute. Dr. Yandell taught in the combined chairs of Chemistry and Materia Medica. In 1849, Dr. Yandell was placed in the chair of Physiology, for which subject he had a decided taste, and occupied this chair with great credit until he resigned in 1859, to accept a chair in the Medical School of Memphis, Tennessee. During the Civil War he dedicated himself to hospital service. In 1862, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Memphis, and in 1864, was ordained pastor of the Dancyville Presbyterian church. He resigned his pastorship in 1867, and returned to Louisville to resume the practice of medicine.

While resident in Lexington for some years, he was sole editor of the Transylvania Journal of Medicine, to which he contributed several able papers. In Louisville he was editor for some time of the Western Journal of Medicine and surgery, in both cases filing the editorial chair with characteristic activity and ability. He was always a contributor to the medical literature of his day in numerous papers, especially in biographical sketches and obituary memoris of medical men of Kentucky and Tennessee.

His social qualities made him always welcome and prominent in all public assemblies of his medical brethen. In 1872, he was elected President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Louisville, and at the time of his death he was President of the Medical Socity of Kentucky.

He was buried in February 1878 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

     Lunsford Pitts Yandell III was born on 8 March 1878 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. and Maria Louise Elliston.¹ Lunsford Pitts Yandell III married Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford, daughter of William Hosford and Helen E. Gay, on 2 February 1902 at Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ.² Lunsford Pitts Yandell III died on 10 August 1927 at Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT, at age 49. He was buried in August 1927 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

     Lunsford Pitts Yandell IV was born on 17 November 1902 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY.¹ He was the son of Lunsford Pitts Yandell III and Elizabeth Sanborn Hosford.¹ Lunsford Pitts Yandell IV married Katherine Lycurgus Winchester, daughter of Lycurgus Winchester and Katherine Gordon Pratt, on 14 June 1930. Lunsford Pitts Yandell IV died on 12 January 2000 at Scottsdale, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 97.

     Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. was born on 6 June 1837 at Rutherford Co., TN.^1,2 He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹ Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. married Maria Louise Elliston, daughter of William Robert Elliston and Elizabeth Blackman Boddie, in December 1867.³ Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. died on 12 March 1884 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, at age 46 Born in Tennessee, Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. grew up in Louisville, began studying medicine at age 17, and graduated with an MD from the University of Louisville in 1857.
He worked as chief of the Louisville Dispensary for about a year and then practiced in Memphis where he was chairman of materia medica and therapeutics at Memphis Medical College.
He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and was promoted to brigade surgeon and medical director. His letter describing the Battle of Belmont was later published as the best account of the engagement.
In 1865, he joined his brother David Wendel Yandell in practice in Louisville. He attended the International Medical Congress in Paris in 1867 and visited many European hospitals, taking particular interest in the work of famous dermatologists.

In 1869, he took the chair of materia medica and clinical medicine at the University of Louisville, which he held until 1882 when he took the chair of theory and practice of medicine which he held until his death.
His highly respected analysis of dermatoses argued that all but parasitic diseases are caused by scrofula, syphilis and malaria.
He opposed the use of the microscope and believed that physicians should test drugs on themselves to study their effects.

- Written by Daryll Anderson.

He was buried in March 1884 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

     Lunsford Pitts Yandell V was born on 20 May 1932 at Connecticut. He was the son of Lunsford Pitts Yandell IV and Katherine Lycurgus Winchester. Lunsford Pitts Yandell V died on 12 October 1998 at Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, at age 66.

     Margaret Yandell was born circa 1832 at Rutherford Co., TN.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹

     Maria Yandell was born on 10 October 1852 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, or possibly in Nashville.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. and Frances Jane Crutcher.¹ Maria Yandell married William Owen Roberts, son of Ryland Roberts and Mary Poe Tompkins. Maria Yandell died on 6 September 1921 at Jefferson Co., KY, at age 68. She was buried in September 1921 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

     Martha Yandell was born circa September 1859 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. and Frances Jane Crutcher.¹ Martha Yandell died in July 1861 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She was buried in 1861 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

     Maude Yandell was born on 6 June 1871 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr. and Maria Louise Elliston.¹ Maude Yandell died in 1962.
Note: did not marry. She was buried in 1962 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, Headstone says "Humanitarian."

     Sarah Neilson Yandell was also known as "Sallie".¹ She was born circa 1846 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹ Sarah Neilson Yandell married Isham Henderson, son of Isham Henderson and Harriet Kirtley, in 1872.¹ Sarah Neilson Yandell died on 28 September 1916.

     Susan J. Yandell was born on 20 September 1857 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. David Wendel Yandell M.D. and Frances Jane Crutcher.¹ Susan J. Yandell married James Francis Buckner, son of James Francis Buckner and Gabriella Lewis Hawkins, circa 1887, no children. Susan J. Yandell died on 8 May 1925 at Jefferson Co., KY, at age 67.

     William Martin Yandell was born circa 1843 at Rutherford Co., TN.¹ He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel.¹ William Martin Yandell married Narenie Rust on 11 November 1877. William Martin Yandell died on 24 March 1900 at El Paso Co., TX.

     Wilson Yandell was born on 17 December 1774 at Mecklenberg Co., NC. He married Elizabeth Pitts on 17 May 1804 at Smith Co., TN. Wilson Yandell died on 1 October 1827 at Rutherford Co., TN, at age 52.
Note: Yandell informatin from Matheson-Wood family tree.ftm2008-08-14_2010-06-13_2011-12-14_2012-10-26 genealogy prepared by KeittWood, online at ancestry.com.

     Wilson Yandell was born on 12 September 1830 at Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN. He was the son of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell and Susan Juliet Wendel. Wilson Yandell died on 13 June 1836 at age 5.

     Winchester Yandell was born on 6 May 1935 at Connecticut. He was the son of Lunsford Pitts Yandell IV and Katherine Lycurgus Winchester. Winchester Yandell died on 22 January 1988 at age 52.

     Isaiah Yant married Emma (?).¹

     Millard Basil Yant was born on 30 January 1907 at Harding Co., OH. He married Violet Alice Zorger, daughter of John Charles Zorger and Eliza Helen Goodyear, on 31 January 1928. Millard Basil Yant died on 4 March 1985 at Kosciusko Co., IN, at age 78.

     Pearl Yant was born on 2 September 1880.¹ She was the daughter of Isaiah Yant and Emma (?)¹ Pearl Yant married Rollie Crill, son of Jeremiah Crill and Sarah G. Gilbert, on 17 January 1904 at Nampa, Canyon Co., ID, Ceremony by Rev. J. G. Neher.¹

     Viola Etta Yant was born on 23 October 1869 at Wabash Co., IN. She married William Judson Windle, son of Peter Windle and Cynthia Gradeless, on 3 August 1918 at Indiana. Viola Etta Yant died on 28 July 1920 at Chester Twp., Wabash Co., IN, at age 50. She was buried in 1920 at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash Co., IN, Findagrave #46451276.