Charles Sylvester Yeager

Charles S. Yeager. One of the farm homes that include good management and prosperity to owners and occupants is that of Charles S. Yeager in Scott Township, 6 miles southeast of Nappanee. Mr. Yeager has seventy acres of the old homestead, and is one of the live and progressive citizens of that locality.

He was born in Tippecanoe Township of this county February 14, 1856, a son of Andrew and Clarissa (Hull) Yeager. His father was a native of Canada and his mother of Ohio. They married in Kosciusko County and from Tippecanoe Township they finally moved to section 30 of Scott Township, where the wife and mother died.

The father married a second time, and spent his last years at Nappanee. He was a very active member of the Church of God and a republican, having held several township offices. Of his eleven children, seven are still living: Charles S.; Anise, wife of Daniel Martin, of Prairie Township; Ida wife of Jacob Thomas, of Scott Township; Rose, wife of Hiram Zinn, of Etna Township; Orvil S. and Orlando, twins the former a resident of Jefferson Township and its trustee, and the latter deceased; Clementine, deceased; Eva, wife of Alfred Minor, of Etna; and Leonard, of Plain Township.

Mr. Charles S. Yeager grew to manhood in Tippecanoe Township, and attended district schools there. After reaching the age of twenty-one he became manager of the homestead and gradually acquired those interest and properties which now constitute his prosperity. April 8, 1883, he married Eliza Thomas, who was born in Scott Township, May 28, 1864. They have six children: Minnie, wife of Orville Lutz; Clayton, who is married and lives at Nappanee; Versa, wife of Merle Freeman, of Prairie Township; Victor, unmarried; Burten, who married Lodema Miller; and Thela, a graduate of the common schools. The family are members of the Church of God, while Mr. Yeager is one of it's elders. He is a republican in politics.

HISTORY OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Page 546 Submitted by: Jackie Nobles 4-14-98