A. T. YONKEE.

A. T. YONKEE.
A. T. Yonkee is a prominent ranchman of Sheridan county, where he owns four thousand acres of land on which., he pastures between six and eight hundred head of cattle. He was born in Germany, March 23. 1859, a son of Fred and Julia (Nast) Yonkee, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father came to America in 1860 and took up his abode in Wisconsin, where he settled upon a farm. He is still living in that state at the advanced age of ninety-three years, but the mother passed away in December, 1917. In their family were five children, of whom three are now living. A. T. Yonkee was reared and educated in Wisconsin and in 1882 removed to Montana, where he resided for one year. In the spring of 1883 he came to Sheridan county, Wyoming, and turned his attention to the cattle business in this section. In 1890 he purchased a ranch in Sheridan county which he still owns. It comprises four thousand acres of excellent land upon which he keeps a herd of from six hundred to eight hundred head of cattle. He believes in handling high grade stock and has done not a little to improve the grade of stock raised in this section of the state. In 1889 Mr. Yonkee was united in marriage to Miss Julia Noller, a native of Wisconsin, and to them were born five children: Fred, who is now conducting a ranch in Montana; Charles, who died at the age of thirteen years; Adolph, who is on his father's ranch and is in partnership with his father; Alma, who is a graduate of the high school of Sheridan and also a graduate of the Wyoming State University at Laramie; and Vera, who is the wife of Warren Maunsell, of Stillwater, Minnesota. The wife and mother passed away in 1897 and was laid to rest in a cemetery on Fair creek. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and enjoyed the friendship and high regard of all with whom she came in contact. Mr. Yonkee has since married Miss Ida Cass, of Chicago, Illinois. Fraternally Mr. Yonkee is an Elk. Politically he is a republican and has served as county commissioner of Sheridan county for two years. He is now on the state advisory board, handling the fuel situation and is maintaining a patriotic and loyal attitude toward all the vital questions which are now before the people of the country concerning the conservation of those things which are a necessity not only to America but to the world. In business affairs his career has been marked by steady progress. He has recognized and utilized opportunities and has put forth every possible effort to attain legitimate success. Constantly and steadily he has worked his way upward and is today one of the prominent stockmen of Wyoming whose prosperity is the direct result of intelligently directed effort.

A. T. Yonkee is a prominent ranchman of Sheridan county, where he owns four thousand acres of land on which., he pastures between six and eight hundred head of cattle. He was born in Germany, March 23. 1859, a son of Fred and Julia (Nast) Yonkee, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father came to America in 1860 and took up his abode in Wisconsin, where he settled upon a farm. He is still living in that state at the advanced age of ninety-three years, but the mother passed away in December, 1917. In their family were five children, of whom three are now living.
A. T. Yonkee was reared and educated in Wisconsin and in 1882 removed to Montana, where he resided for one year. In the spring of 1883 he came to Sheridan county, Wyoming, and turned his attention to the cattle business in this section. In 1890 he purchased a ranch in Sheridan county which he still owns. It comprises four thousand acres of excellent land upon which he keeps a herd of from six hundred to eight hundred head of cattle. He believes in handling high grade stock and has done not a little to improve the grade of stock raised in this section of the state.
In 1889 Mr. Yonkee was united in marriage to Miss Julia Noller, a native of Wisconsin, and to them were born five children: Fred, who is now conducting a ranch in Montana; Charles, who died at the age of thirteen years; Adolph, who is on his father's ranch and is in partnership with his father; Alma, who is a graduate of the high school of Sheridan and also a graduate of the Wyoming State University at Laramie; and Vera, who is the wife of Warren Maunsell, of Stillwater, Minnesota. The wife and mother passed away in 1897 and was laid to rest in a cemetery on Fair creek. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and enjoyed the friendship and high regard of all with whom she came in contact. Mr. Yonkee has since married Miss Ida Cass, of Chicago, Illinois.
Fraternally Mr. Yonkee is an Elk. Politically he is a republican and has served as county commissioner of Sheridan county for two years. He is now on the state advisory board, handling the fuel situation and is maintaining a patriotic and loyal attitude toward all the vital questions which are now before the people of the country concerning the conservation of those things which are a necessity not only to America but to the world. In business affairs his career has been marked by steady progress. He has recognized and utilized opportunities and has put forth every possible effort to attain legitimate success. Constantly and steadily he has worked his way upward and is today one of the prominent stockmen of Wyoming whose prosperity is the direct result of intelligently directed effort.