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North Bloomfield Twp. -
JOSEPH
H. YEAGER, farmer; P. O. Steam Corners; is a native of
Lancaster Co., Penn.; e is third of a family of seven children;
was born Oct. 12, 1844; his parents, William and Harriet (Dase)
Yeager, were born and reared in Lancaster Co. His
father is a shoe maker by trade, and when a young man walked to
Ohio with his "kit" of tools on his back, stopping at various
places to work, and earn money with which to defray expenses;
his object was to see the country, but unlike the "tramp" of
modern times he wished to pay his way. He soon returned to
his native county, and in 1852 gathered together his worldly
effects and with his family came to this county, where he yet
lives. About the year 1860 he relinquished the trade and
has since followed farming. On arriving at his majority
Joseph commenced business for himself and has followed
farming, to which he seems adapted, although he has "run" a
threshing machine for ten years. He has had wonderful
success; last year he threshed forty-three thousand bushels of
grain; this is no doubt owing to the fact that he is one of our
enterprising men, and has been running his machine with an
engine, for the last five yeas, of which he has always been the
engineer. He was married Oct. 10, 1869, to Mary E.,
daughter of Jacob L. and Catharine Klinefelter. She
was born July 10, 1849, in Morrow Co.; they have had six
children, four are living - May, Daisy D., Edith B. and
Clara A. Both he and wife are members of the
Evangelical Church; and he was one of the charter members of the
"Patrons of Husbandry," of which he has been "Overseer."
He owns a farm of eighty acres and is very pleasantly situated. |
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