HONEST ABE YOKUM is Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae's little boy. An only child, he was born in 1953 after the celebrated marriage of his Dogpatch parents. Initially named Mysterious Yokum (there was even a doll marketed quickly under this name) he was renamed Honest Abe (after President Lincoln) to thwart his early tendency to steal.

His memorable first words were "po'k chop" and that remained his favorite food. Though his uncle, Tiny Yokum, was perpetually frozen at 15 1/2 yars old in the strip, Honest Abe gradually grew from an infant to grade school age.