Thomas Franklin Yeager (1832 - 1899)

Born 9 Jul 1832 in Vermilion, Illinois, United States

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Died 7 May 1899 at age 66 in Arkalon, Seward, Kansas, United States

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Private Thomas Yeager served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment

Thomas, a farmer, was born 9 Jul 1832 at Vermillion County, Illinois^[1] the son of Elijah and Hannah (Stanfield) Yeager. His parents are found in Vermillion County, Illinois in the 1830 US Census.^[2]

He married Mary E Reser of Dallas County, Missouri at Dallas County on 18 Jun 1857^[1] with whom he had seven children, one of whom predeceased Thomas. In December 1863 when he registered for the US Civil War draft he lived in Miller Township, Dallas, Missouri.^[3] How Thomas came to serve in the 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment during the United States Civil War is uncertain.^[4][5] Following the war, the family lived in Lincoln Township of Dallas County, Missouri^[6][7] until moving to Seward County, Kansas settling near Arkalon, Kansas about 1886.

Thomas passed away 7 May 1899 at Arkalon, Kansas after a long struggle with "catarrh of the stomach."^[1] He is interred at the Grand Army of the Republic circle monument at the Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Kansas.^[8]

Children^[7]

• Sophia Adeline - b 1858 d 1908
• Charles Elbert - b 1859 d 1926
• William Harrison - b 1861 d 1934
• Thomas Madison - b 1863 d 1929
• Robert Grant - b 1867 d 1941
• Dora Alice - b 1868 d 1949
• Seventh child is presently unknown^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Liberal News, Liberal, Kansas, 18 May 1899, p 4
2. ↑ US Census, 1830, Vermillion County, Illinois
3. ↑ Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 2
4. ↑ National Park Service. U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
5. ↑ Kansas Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1943. Topeka, Kansas: Kansas Historical Society. Loose paper, 104 boxes.
6. ↑ US Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lincoln, Dallas, Missouri; Roll: M593_773; Page: 197B
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} US Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lincoln, Dallas, Missouri; Roll: 684; Family History Film: 1254684; Page: 260B; Enumeration District: 021; Image: 0183
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89499779