Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, 
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 
West Virigina, 1917

Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, 
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

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YEAGER, BROWN McLAUREN. (Democrat.) Ad-
dress: Marlinton, West Va. Delegate from Pocahontas
county. Born October 8, 1848, near Travelers Repose,
Virginia (now West Virginia); educated in the common
free schools of that day, which afforded but limited oppor-
tunities; is a surveyor and dealer in real estate; has held
the office of County Surveyor of Pocahontas County and
has also served as Commissioner of School Lands; elected
to the House of Delegates in 1914; re-elected in 1916;
in 1917 served on committees on Game and Fish, Insur-
ance, Labor, Penitentiary and the Virginia Debt.

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