Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, WV
by William T Price pgs 442-451
JOHN YEAGER, SENIOR.
"……For well nigh a hundred years the Yeager name has been a familiar one. The Yeager relationship derive their name from John Yeager, an immigrant from Pennsylvania, reared near Lancaster City. From the most authentic information available for these notes, he first located in Crabbottom. Upon his marriage with Anise Hull, a granddaughter of Peter Hull, one of the original settlers of the Crabbottom section, they settled at Travelers Repose, where Peter D. Yeager now resides……."
"….John Yeager, the pioneer, seems to have been a person of great physical endurance, a noted hunter, and an industrious, laborious farmer. One of the incidents coming to us by tradition, illustrating what manner of man he was, is related in the Arbogast sketches.
...A panther had been driven by dogs up a very lofty, densely branched hemlock, at night. A torch of pine was prepared, and the fearless, agile man ascended the tree, torch in hand, until he could locate the game. Upon doing this he laid the torch on two limbs and descended until he could reach the flintlock rife, carefully primed and charged. He then returned to his torch and by its light shot the panther…."
Note: Book contains known errors
Children of
Phoebe Anastasia/Anise Hull & John P Yeager
1.Jacob Yeager b 19 Feb 1790
~~md Sarah Heide/Hildy
2. Sarah Ann Yeager b 16 Jun 1793
3. Elizabeth Yeager b 2 Nov 1796
4. John P Yeager, Jr b 18 Sep 1798
~~md Margaret Arbogast
5 Andrew Yeager b 11 Jul 1800
~~md Elizabeth Dilley
6 Phoebe Hull Yeager b 4 Jun 1803
7 Susannah Yeager b 27 Apr 1805
8 Rachel Yeager b 23 Jun 1811
by William T Price pgs 442-451
JOHN YEAGER, SENIOR.
"……For well nigh a hundred years the Yeager name has been a familiar one. The Yeager relationship derive their name from John Yeager, an immigrant from Pennsylvania, reared near Lancaster City. From the most authentic information available for these notes, he first located in Crabbottom. Upon his marriage with Anise Hull, a granddaughter of Peter Hull, one of the original settlers of the Crabbottom section, they settled at Travelers Repose, where Peter D. Yeager now resides……."
"….John Yeager, the pioneer, seems to have been a person of great physical endurance, a noted hunter, and an industrious, laborious farmer. One of the incidents coming to us by tradition, illustrating what manner of man he was, is related in the Arbogast sketches.
...A panther had been driven by dogs up a very lofty, densely branched hemlock, at night. A torch of pine was prepared, and the fearless, agile man ascended the tree, torch in hand, until he could locate the game. Upon doing this he laid the torch on two limbs and descended until he could reach the flintlock rife, carefully primed and charged. He then returned to his torch and by its light shot the panther…."
Note: Book contains known errors
Children of
Phoebe Anastasia/Anise Hull & John P Yeager
1.Jacob Yeager b 19 Feb 1790
~~md Sarah Heide/Hildy
2. Sarah Ann Yeager b 16 Jun 1793
3. Elizabeth Yeager b 2 Nov 1796
4. John P Yeager, Jr b 18 Sep 1798
~~md Margaret Arbogast
5 Andrew Yeager b 11 Jul 1800
~~md Elizabeth Dilley
6 Phoebe Hull Yeager b 4 Jun 1803
7 Susannah Yeager b 27 Apr 1805
8 Rachel Yeager b 23 Jun 1811
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, WV
by William T Price pgs 442-451
JOHN YEAGER, SENIOR.
"……For well nigh a hundred years the Yeager name has been a familiar one. The Yeager relationship derive their name from John Yeager, an immigrant from Pennsylvania, reared near Lancaster City. From the most authentic information available for these notes, he first located in Crabbottom. Upon his marriage with Anise Hull, a granddaughter of Peter Hull, one of the original settlers of the Crabbottom section, they settled at Travelers Repose, where Peter D. Yeager now resides……."
"….John Yeager, the pioneer, seems to have been a person of great physical endurance, a noted hunter, and an industrious, laborious farmer. One of the incidents coming to us by tradition, illustrating what manner of man he was, is related in the Arbogast sketches.
...A panther had been driven by dogs up a very lofty, densely branched hemlock, at night. A torch of pine was prepared, and the fearless, agile man ascended the tree, torch in hand, until he could locate the game. Upon doing this he laid the torch on two limbs and descended until he could reach the flintlock rife, carefully primed and charged. He then returned to his torch and by its light shot the panther…."
Note: Book contains known errors
Children of
Phoebe Anastasia/Anise Hull & John P Yeager
1.Jacob Yeager b 19 Feb 1790
~~md Sarah Heide/Hildy
2. Sarah Ann Yeager b 16 Jun 1793
3. Elizabeth Yeager b 2 Nov 1796
4. John P Yeager, Jr b 18 Sep 1798
~~md Margaret Arbogast
5 Andrew Yeager b 11 Jul 1800
~~md Elizabeth Dilley
6 Phoebe Hull Yeager b 4 Jun 1803
7 Susannah Yeager b 27 Apr 1805
8 Rachel Yeager b 23 Jun 1811
by William T Price pgs 442-451
JOHN YEAGER, SENIOR.
"……For well nigh a hundred years the Yeager name has been a familiar one. The Yeager relationship derive their name from John Yeager, an immigrant from Pennsylvania, reared near Lancaster City. From the most authentic information available for these notes, he first located in Crabbottom. Upon his marriage with Anise Hull, a granddaughter of Peter Hull, one of the original settlers of the Crabbottom section, they settled at Travelers Repose, where Peter D. Yeager now resides……."
"….John Yeager, the pioneer, seems to have been a person of great physical endurance, a noted hunter, and an industrious, laborious farmer. One of the incidents coming to us by tradition, illustrating what manner of man he was, is related in the Arbogast sketches.
...A panther had been driven by dogs up a very lofty, densely branched hemlock, at night. A torch of pine was prepared, and the fearless, agile man ascended the tree, torch in hand, until he could locate the game. Upon doing this he laid the torch on two limbs and descended until he could reach the flintlock rife, carefully primed and charged. He then returned to his torch and by its light shot the panther…."
Note: Book contains known errors
Children of
Phoebe Anastasia/Anise Hull & John P Yeager
1.Jacob Yeager b 19 Feb 1790
~~md Sarah Heide/Hildy
2. Sarah Ann Yeager b 16 Jun 1793
3. Elizabeth Yeager b 2 Nov 1796
4. John P Yeager, Jr b 18 Sep 1798
~~md Margaret Arbogast
5 Andrew Yeager b 11 Jul 1800
~~md Elizabeth Dilley
6 Phoebe Hull Yeager b 4 Jun 1803
7 Susannah Yeager b 27 Apr 1805
8 Rachel Yeager b 23 Jun 1811
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