Addison Young Yeaman (U.K. 1928)(Columbia Law 1930), second son of James Moore (1877-1927) and Myra Lewis Sebree Yeaman (1886-1941), was born on March 13, 1908, in Henderson, Ky. He was executive vice-president and chief counsel for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., 1937-72, in Louisville, and chairman of the Council for Tobacco Research in New York. In an internal memo in 1963, he recommended that the surgeon general be advised that nicotine was addictive, freeing the company to do research openly to develop safer cigarettes. He was chairman of the Louisville Red Cross and a major in the Army Air Corps in WWII, 1942-45. He married in 1930, Edna Isabel Taylor (1910-65), daughter of Dr. James Edgar (1874-1957)(Nashville DMD 189_) and Roe Leota Blackwell Taylor (1881-1979)(Ward-Belmont 190_), of Madisonville, Ky. Their son is 1Lt. Addison Young Yeaman Jr.
Addison Yeaman's father was James Moore Yeaman (Sewanee (189_), fifth son of Malcolm (1841-1927) and Julia VanPradells Moore Yeaman (1842-1920). He was a lawyer in practice with his father in Henderson. He married in 1904, Myra Lewis Sebree (1886-1941), daughter of Elijah Garth, Jr. (1857-1905) and Margaret Banks Sebree (1862-1941), of Hopkinsville, Ky. Her father was a lawyer in Hopkinsville and Henderson. Her grandfather, Elijah Garth Sebree, was builder of the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, now part of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and established the St. Bernard Coal Company, now part of Pittston Corporation. Their sons were Malcolm, II (1905-48) and Maj. Addison Young Yeaman (1908-96).
Malcolm Yeaman, II (1905-48) lived near Henderson and was a farm owner and tobacco buyer for Imperial Tobacco, London. He married Pauline Beard (1906-76), daughter of Dr. Charles C. Beard (1872-1908). Their son was James Moore Yeaman II (1936-90) who served in the Army in Korea.
Addison Young Yeaman, Jr. (Yale 1953)(U.L. Law 1969) lived in Springfield, Va. He was an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and a 1st lieutenant in the Air Force, 1953-55. He married (1) in 1960, Diana Jo Smith (1935-96), daughter of Cleveland (-1947) and Helen Juanita Carter Smith (1904-94), of Los Angeles. Their daughter is Allison Michelle Yeaman. He married (2) in 1972, Mary Schrank (Ursuline 1967), daughter of William Joseph (1899-1965) and Mabel Ray Schrank (1905-2001), of Louisville. Her father was an engineer. Their sons are Addison Young, III and James Garth Yeaman.
See 1910 Census, Henderson, Ky.; The Courier-Journal, July 13, 1996, B5 (has photo of A.Y. Yeaman); The Voice-Tribune (Louisville), July 17, 1996, B3; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 274.
Addison Yeaman's father was James Moore Yeaman (Sewanee (189_), fifth son of Malcolm (1841-1927) and Julia VanPradells Moore Yeaman (1842-1920). He was a lawyer in practice with his father in Henderson. He married in 1904, Myra Lewis Sebree (1886-1941), daughter of Elijah Garth, Jr. (1857-1905) and Margaret Banks Sebree (1862-1941), of Hopkinsville, Ky. Her father was a lawyer in Hopkinsville and Henderson. Her grandfather, Elijah Garth Sebree, was builder of the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, now part of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and established the St. Bernard Coal Company, now part of Pittston Corporation. Their sons were Malcolm, II (1905-48) and Maj. Addison Young Yeaman (1908-96).
Malcolm Yeaman, II (1905-48) lived near Henderson and was a farm owner and tobacco buyer for Imperial Tobacco, London. He married Pauline Beard (1906-76), daughter of Dr. Charles C. Beard (1872-1908). Their son was James Moore Yeaman II (1936-90) who served in the Army in Korea.
Addison Young Yeaman, Jr. (Yale 1953)(U.L. Law 1969) lived in Springfield, Va. He was an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and a 1st lieutenant in the Air Force, 1953-55. He married (1) in 1960, Diana Jo Smith (1935-96), daughter of Cleveland (-1947) and Helen Juanita Carter Smith (1904-94), of Los Angeles. Their daughter is Allison Michelle Yeaman. He married (2) in 1972, Mary Schrank (Ursuline 1967), daughter of William Joseph (1899-1965) and Mabel Ray Schrank (1905-2001), of Louisville. Her father was an engineer. Their sons are Addison Young, III and James Garth Yeaman.
See 1910 Census, Henderson, Ky.; The Courier-Journal, July 13, 1996, B5 (has photo of A.Y. Yeaman); The Voice-Tribune (Louisville), July 17, 1996, B3; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 274.
Addison Young Yeaman (U.K. 1928)(Columbia Law 1930), second son of James Moore (1877-1927) and Myra Lewis Sebree Yeaman (1886-1941), was born on March 13, 1908, in Henderson, Ky. He was executive vice-president and chief counsel for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., 1937-72, in Louisville, and chairman of the Council for Tobacco Research in New York. In an internal memo in 1963, he recommended that the surgeon general be advised that nicotine was addictive, freeing the company to do research openly to develop safer cigarettes. He was chairman of the Louisville Red Cross and a major in the Army Air Corps in WWII, 1942-45. He married in 1930, Edna Isabel Taylor (1910-65), daughter of Dr. James Edgar (1874-1957)(Nashville DMD 189_) and Roe Leota Blackwell Taylor (1881-1979)(Ward-Belmont 190_), of Madisonville, Ky. Their son is 1Lt. Addison Young Yeaman Jr.
Addison Yeaman's father was James Moore Yeaman (Sewanee (189_), fifth son of Malcolm (1841-1927) and Julia VanPradells Moore Yeaman (1842-1920). He was a lawyer in practice with his father in Henderson. He married in 1904, Myra Lewis Sebree (1886-1941), daughter of Elijah Garth, Jr. (1857-1905) and Margaret Banks Sebree (1862-1941), of Hopkinsville, Ky. Her father was a lawyer in Hopkinsville and Henderson. Her grandfather, Elijah Garth Sebree, was builder of the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, now part of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and established the St. Bernard Coal Company, now part of Pittston Corporation. Their sons were Malcolm, II (1905-48) and Maj. Addison Young Yeaman (1908-96).
Malcolm Yeaman, II (1905-48) lived near Henderson and was a farm owner and tobacco buyer for Imperial Tobacco, London. He married Pauline Beard (1906-76), daughter of Dr. Charles C. Beard (1872-1908). Their son was James Moore Yeaman II (1936-90) who served in the Army in Korea.
Addison Young Yeaman, Jr. (Yale 1953)(U.L. Law 1969) lived in Springfield, Va. He was an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and a 1st lieutenant in the Air Force, 1953-55. He married (1) in 1960, Diana Jo Smith (1935-96), daughter of Cleveland (-1947) and Helen Juanita Carter Smith (1904-94), of Los Angeles. Their daughter is Allison Michelle Yeaman. He married (2) in 1972, Mary Schrank (Ursuline 1967), daughter of William Joseph (1899-1965) and Mabel Ray Schrank (1905-2001), of Louisville. Her father was an engineer. Their sons are Addison Young, III and James Garth Yeaman.
See 1910 Census, Henderson, Ky.; The Courier-Journal, July 13, 1996, B5 (has photo of A.Y. Yeaman); The Voice-Tribune (Louisville), July 17, 1996, B3; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 274.
Addison Yeaman's father was James Moore Yeaman (Sewanee (189_), fifth son of Malcolm (1841-1927) and Julia VanPradells Moore Yeaman (1842-1920). He was a lawyer in practice with his father in Henderson. He married in 1904, Myra Lewis Sebree (1886-1941), daughter of Elijah Garth, Jr. (1857-1905) and Margaret Banks Sebree (1862-1941), of Hopkinsville, Ky. Her father was a lawyer in Hopkinsville and Henderson. Her grandfather, Elijah Garth Sebree, was builder of the Evansville, Henderson & Nashville Railroad, now part of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and established the St. Bernard Coal Company, now part of Pittston Corporation. Their sons were Malcolm, II (1905-48) and Maj. Addison Young Yeaman (1908-96).
Malcolm Yeaman, II (1905-48) lived near Henderson and was a farm owner and tobacco buyer for Imperial Tobacco, London. He married Pauline Beard (1906-76), daughter of Dr. Charles C. Beard (1872-1908). Their son was James Moore Yeaman II (1936-90) who served in the Army in Korea.
Addison Young Yeaman, Jr. (Yale 1953)(U.L. Law 1969) lived in Springfield, Va. He was an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and a 1st lieutenant in the Air Force, 1953-55. He married (1) in 1960, Diana Jo Smith (1935-96), daughter of Cleveland (-1947) and Helen Juanita Carter Smith (1904-94), of Los Angeles. Their daughter is Allison Michelle Yeaman. He married (2) in 1972, Mary Schrank (Ursuline 1967), daughter of William Joseph (1899-1965) and Mabel Ray Schrank (1905-2001), of Louisville. Her father was an engineer. Their sons are Addison Young, III and James Garth Yeaman.
See 1910 Census, Henderson, Ky.; The Courier-Journal, July 13, 1996, B5 (has photo of A.Y. Yeaman); The Voice-Tribune (Louisville), July 17, 1996, B3; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 274.
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