Margaret Prettyman (Beauchamp) Yeager (1805 - 1855)

Born 15 Feb 1805 in Kent, Delaware, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Yeager Jr — married 28 Oct 1819 in Pike, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1855 at age 50 in Westpoint, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

Biography

Margaret Beauchamp Yeager was the daughter of Elizabeth Prettyman and John Beauchamp (b. 1776). Her siblings were: David Asbury, Harriett Sarepta (Kirkpatrick), Mary (Buck), Sarah Shepherd (John Hubbard Brown), Maria (Gordon; Beauchamp), Eliza (Sansom), Rachel (Royal Brown), John Tivis, Charlotte (James) and Elizabeth (Bennett). The family moved the spring of 1808 from Delaware to Ohio (Pickaway Plains, Portsmouth, then Pike CO).

Margaret married John Yeager (1798–1882) on Oct 28,1819 in Pike County, Ohio. They lived in Fountain, Wayne and Tippecanoe counties in Indiana. They had the following children: John Beauchamp, Andrew Jackson (died young), Mary H.(died young), Elizabeth (Campbell,Smith, Barker), George Washington, and Asbury (died young).

After Margaret died, John married Elizabeth Esget Scott. His burial site is next to Margaret's (see "Notes"). In 2016, only the stone for son Andrew Yeager, Sr. was located in this section.

Source: An American Family; Elizabeth Prettyman Beauchamp obituary; letters of Wilma (Beard) Harper; written by Nancy Hagood, great great great granddaughter.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97052671/margaret-prettyman-yeager : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Margaret Prettyman “Peggy” Beauchamp Yeager (15 Feb 1805–9 Oct 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97052671, citing Kiser Cemetery, West Point, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Hagood (contributor 47381031) .