Highlights of the 1950s included the much-heralded marriage of Abner and Daisy Mae in 1952, the birth of their son "Honest Abe" Yokum in 1953, and in 1954 the introduction of Abner's enormous, long-lost kid brother Tiny Yokum, who filled Abner's place as a bachelor in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Mar 06, 2022 · By the time Dogpatch shuttered for good in the early 1990s, Abner Yokum, Daisy Mae Scragg and the rest of Capp's creations were but dim memories in American popular culture."