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BIOGRAPHIES
Source #3
Commemorative Biographical Records
of
Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of
Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899
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WILLIAM YEAGLEY.
This successful agriculturist and prominent citizen, living in
Farmer Center, Defiance county, was born in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1833, a son of Andrew and Catherine
(Dougherty) Yeagly, also natives of Pennsylvania. From
Fayette county they removed to Richland county, Ohio, later to
Crawford county, and early in the '50s located in Williams
county, Ohio, where both died. They had a family of nine
children - five sons and four daughters - of whom William
is fourth in the order of birth.
With the family our subject removed to Crawford county,
and at Bucyrus was apprenticed to the tailor's trade, at which
he worked for about six months. He then joined his parents
in Williams county, where he continued to engage in tailoring
for about the same length of time. During the following
six months he was similarly employed at Greenup, Illinois, after
which he returned to Williams county, where he was married, Nov.
29, 1854, to Miss Margaret Ann Hendershott. She was
born in Columbiana county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5, 1837, a
daughter of John and Charlotta Hendershott. Six
children were born of this union, namely: Blanche,
now the wife of John Donley; Andrew Parke, a prominent
farmer of Washington township, Defiance county; Lottie,
wife of Hon, J. W. Winn; Shermna; Madge Britton Yeatley,
of Farmer, Ohio; and Ida, who died at the tender age of
sixteen months.
After his marriage, Mr. Yeagley located at
Williams Center, William county, where he followed farming until
his removal to De Kalb county, Indiana. Feeling that his
country needed his services he laid aside all personal interests
in August, 1862, enlisting in Company H, Eight-eighth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. He was made sergeant of his company,
and with his command took part in the battles of Perryville,
Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca (Georgia), Atlanata, Savannah
and Bentonville. After almost three years of faithful and
arduous service he was mustered out at Goldsboro, North
Carolina, and returned to his home in De Kalb county, Indiana.
A year later he returned to Williams county, Ohio,
where he remained three years and then came to Defiance county.
For several years he successfully engaged in farming in
Washington township, and then removed to Farmer Center, where he
has since made his home with the exception of two years spent in
De Kalb county, He is now the owner of two hundred and
eighty-five acres of rich and arable land, which is under
excellent cultivation and well improved. Politically he is
identified with the Republican party, and socially affiliates
with Lew Bouker Post, No. 725, G. A. R. He is a man of
sterling worth in all the relations of life, and as a citizen he
always stands ready to discharge every duty devolving upon him.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 - Page 375 |
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