John Yeager

1815 - 1861  (46 years)

• Name	John Yeager
  Born	27 Mar 1815	Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Dec 1861	, Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States
  Buried	Homeplace, Top Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Wv
  Person ID	P19244	Arbogast
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family	Margaret (Peggy) Arbogast,   b. 29 Feb 1820, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 11 May 1865, Top of Allegheny, Pendleton Co., Wv  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1837	Pocahontas Co., Va
  Children	1. Eliza Ann Yeager,   b. 3 Jul 1839, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 15 Dec 1911  (Age 72 years)  [Natural]   2. William Asbury Yeager,   b. 30 Nov 1840, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 6 Feb 1865, Hatchers Run, Nr. Petersburg, Va  (Age 24 years)  [Natural]   3. Frances Elizabeth Yeager,   b. 18 Apr 1842, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 18 Apr 1909, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 67 years)  [Natural]   4. Henry Arbogast Yeager,   b. 16 Nov 1843, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States ,   d. 9 Jan 1902, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 58 years)  [Natural]   5. Sarah Jane Yeager,   b. 4 Aug 1845,   d. 16 Aug 1858  (Age 13 years)  [Natural]   6. Brown McLauren Yeager,   b. 8 Oct 1848, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 25 Jan 1924, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 75 years)  [Natural]   7. Eveline Medora Yeager,   b. 18 Jun 1852, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 4 Mar 1934, Pocahontas Co., Wv  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]   8. Paul McNeill Yeager,   b. 27 Mar 1854, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 3 Mar 1932, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 77 years)  [Natural]   9. Leah Alice Victoria Yeager,   b. 9 Dec 1855, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 20 Oct 1860, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 4 years)  [Natural]   10. Jacob Reese Yeager,   b. 16 Sep 1857, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States ,   d. 27 Nov 1860, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States  (Age 3 years)  [Natural]   11. Emma Mildred Yeager,   b. 27 Oct 1859, Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va ,   d. 25 Sep 1892  (Age 32 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F4087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey, daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Settled on the homestead which became known as Camp Allegheny. Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma Beard Harper. Ref: WBH, granddaughter. When John died, soldiers were camped at the Methodist Church at Bartow. The family meant to remove him after the war to the church cemetery, but this had not been done when Margaret died in 1865, and she was laid to rest beside him. One of the Civil War battles was fought on their homeplace; Will and Henry carried their mother to 52nd VA Regiment camp, which was principally from Augusta, as she was ill. She remained there during the night. John was an extensive landowner, owning thousands of acres of land on both sides of the road for a distance of 10 miles. He was also a surveyor and helped survey the Staunton-Petersburg Turnpike on the Allegheny Mountain and Traveler's Repose section, under Claude Crozet, an engineer of Napoleon's. He was deputy surveyor for the county under Sampson Mathews, first surveyor of Pocahontas Co. Roscoe W. Brown, surveyor in 1938, told WBH that he had always found the work of John Yeager to be very accurate.