John A. Yeazell

As printed in 1902

JOHN A. YEAZELL.

John A. Veazell is well known as a farmer and raiser of thoroughbred shorthorn Durham cattle. He is a leading representative of this great department of business activity and his efforts have been so managed that he has prospered in his work and is now one of the substantial agriculturists of Moorefield township. He was born and reared in this township, his natal day being October 10, 1837. His parents were Jacob and Elnora (Foley) Yeazell. The former was born near Todd’s Fork, Clinton county, Ohio, November 10, 1809, and was a son of Abraham and Mary (Curl) Yeazell. The mother of our subject was born January 14, 1810, and her parents were John and Jane (Reeser) Foley, who became early settlers of Moorefield township, establishing their home im this section of the state when Indians still lived here. Abraham Yeazell was born in Virginia, April 29, 1774, and on the 7th of October, 1794, he was joined in wedlock.to Mary Curl, whose birth occurred October 30, 1776. -Mary Ann, their eldest child, became the wife of Mailand Marsh and removed to Marion county, where she died, leaving several children. George Yeazell, the second of their family, lived and died in Moorefield township. Two of his sons, Isaac and Francis, are now residents of Springfield, while another son, John W., lives in New Moorefield, and George and Jeremiah are deceased. William Yeazell, the third member. of the family, lived and died in Moorefield township. He had six sons, of whom three are still living, while John F. and James W. are deceased. William M. is a resident of Springfield. Adam is also deceased. Edward is living in the state of Washington. Charles C. resides in Springfield. Catherine became the wife of Hugh Smith and removed to Marion county, where she died leaving several children. David became a resident of Champaign county, Ohio, and left a family at his death. Jeremiah lived in Pleasant and Moorefield township, dying in the latter, and two sons of his, John and Jacob, are residents of Moorefield, while William E. is living in Pleasant township and Henry and Edward W. are in Springfield, while Andrew, also of that family, is a resident of

California. Adam, another member of the family of Abraham Yeazell, removed to Champaign county, Illinois, after his marriage and there died leaving several children. Jacob spent his days in Moorefield township. Elizabeth married Reuben Hinckle, of Hancock county, where she died leaving a family. Abraham became a resident of Champaign county, Illinois, where his death occurred. Sydney became the wife of Thomas V. Crabill and is now a widow, living in Springfield township. James also went to Champaign county, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days and at his death left a family. Isaac also removed to Champaign county, Illinois, where he reared his family and there died. The grandfather of our subject was called to his final rest January 2, 1832, and his wife passed away on the 22nd of September, 1828.

Jacob and Elnora (Foley) Yeazell were married in Moorefield township and they became the parents of seven children. Eliza J. married Jonathan Donnell and is now a widow, living in Springfield. Catherine W. is the wife of Nathan Marsh, of Champaign county. John A. of this review is the third of the family. James E. is living in Dayton, Ohio. William H. makes his home in Moorefield. Sarah E. married Henry Weaver and is now a widow Springfield. George, who complete the family, resides on a farm in Springfield township. The father of our subject inherited about two hundred and forty acres of land and became an extensive landowner, his possessions aggregating twelve hundred acres. He lived to the very advanced age of ninety-one years, two months and eleven days, and his wife was more than ninety-one years of age when she passed away. They were people of the highest respectability, known and honored as worthy pioneer living in settlers of the county and active participants in much of the work that has led to the substantial upbuilding and prosperity of this portion of the state.

A common school education was quired by Mr. Yeazell of this review and throughout the period of his youth he worked at farm labor, and during his manhood has carried on the same pursuit. He was married at the age of twenty-four years, on the 22d of January, 1862, in Harmony township, to Miss Mary A. Baird, and unto them were born three children. Sarah E., the eldest, became the wife of Joseph W. Page, a farmer of German township, and they have three children—Mary, Will and Jonathan. Walter D., the second member of the family, is married and has two children, Bertha B. and Evalyn C. Fannie M., the youngest, became the wife of Henry Otstot and they live in Springfield with their one son, Robert. On the 27th of August, 1868, Mrs. Mary Yeazell was called to her final rest and on the lath of March, 1872, Mr. Yeazell was again married, in Pleasant township, his second union being with Miss Augeline Hodge, by whom he has one child, Claret B., now the wife of ‘Walter Snaufer, by whom she has four children. Mrs. Yeazell was born in Moorefield township, September 3, 1840, and is a daughter of Samuel uel E. and Sevina (Spencer) Hodge, who were early settlers of the county. Her father was born in Virginia, whence he emigrated westward to Kentucky, and thence came to Ohio with his parents, Andrew and Isabel (Meteer) Hodge. Mrs. Yeazell’s mother was born in Harmony township, Clark county,

For eight years the subject of this review resided in Madison county on land belonging to his father and then removed. to

Moorefield township, where he purchased „one hundred and sixty-seven acres of lard, on which his son Walter is now living. Subsequently he purchased his present farm in Moorefield township, where he has two hundred and eighty-two acres of valuable land, ou which are many excellent improvements, including good machinery, substantial build- “ings and well kept fences. In his pastures are found many fine specimens of thoroughbred shorthorn Durhams and as a cattle raiser he is well known. His business interests have been profitably conducted and he has done not a little to improve the grade of stock raised in this portion of the state, therefore he deserves the gratitude of his fellow citizens for his efforts in this direction have been a potent element in advancing prices, so that the general community has profited by his work. He voted for Lincoln in 1860, but is independent in politics. He belongs to the Grange and is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the agricultural class. A worthy representative of an honored pioneer family, he certainly deserves creditable men” tion in this volume, not alone on that account, but also because his own well spent life entitles him to the confidence and good will of his fellow men.

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.