Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Yager, Samuel J. 1834 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

SAMUEL J. YAGER.

    SAMUEL J. YAGER, who has been a resident of Auburn township, Shawnee County,
since 1866, and owns a well-improved farm of 240 acres, situated in section 23,
township 13, range 14, was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, March 13, 1834, and
is a son of Willis and Nancy (Overstreet) Yager.

    Jesse Yager, the paternal grandfather, was born in Virginia, of German
ancestry. He moved to Kentucky, where his son Willis was born. The latter died
at the age of 35 years. The mother of our subject was a native of Oldham County
and died in Shawnee County, aged 65 years. Her father, Samuel Overstreet, was a
soldier in the War of 1812. The father of Samuel J. Yager died when the latter
was but two years of age, leaving five children, viz: John, deceased; Mrs.
Elizabeth Fields; Willis, deceased; Samuel J., of this sketch; and Mrs. Martha
Netherton, deceased.

    After the death of the father, the mother took her little ones to Johnson
County, Indiana. In 1864 our subject visited Shawnee County for two months and
was so pleased with the appearance of the land that in 1866 he came here and
settled permanently, buying 240 acres of land, only 40 of which had been fenced
and cultivated. Mr. Yager has placed his land under cultivation and has made
many substantial improvements here, including the building of a fine brick
dwelling and all necessary barns and outbuildings. He devotes his land to
growing grain and stock. Two of his sons are located in the neighborhood, each
owning farms of 80 acres.

    Mr. Yager was married in 1864, in Indiana, to Magdalene M. Terrill, who was
born near Middleton, Ohio, in 1845, and is a daughter of Hampton and Hannah
(Aten) Terrill, whom she accompanied in childhood to Indiana, which was her
father's native State. Mr. and Mrs. Yager have four children: Willis H.; Sybil
Maud, wife of Harry Wright of Topeka; Jesse M. and Garrett A.

    Politically, Mr. Yager has been identified with the Republican party ever
since the administration of James Buchanan for whom he cast his first
presidential vote. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Auburn for
many years and ever since settling here has been one of the trustees. He has
also taken a deep interest in the Sunday-school and has served as its
superintendent. Mr. Yager is a man of sterling integrity, one who enjoys the
esteem of his fellow-citizens to a marked degree.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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