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Dr John Wiley Yeater

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Dr John Wiley Yeater

Birth
Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death
18 Oct 1916 (aged 65)
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of Mary Shepherd and Reason Yeater; brother of Willard. He read medicine first with Dr. W. S. Howard of Marshall county and attended lectures at the University of Louisville, KY in 1876-77. He was graduated from Baltimore, MD College of Physicians and Surgeons after studying there in 1879-80. On 30 DEC 1881 in Marshall County, Dr. Yeater was joined in wedlock with Rachel Yoho. Dr. J. W. Yeater had a large practice in Wetzel and Marshall counties and his post office address was New Dale, Wetzel Co, WV. He was also a farmer and became quite wealthy because of oil & gas. From RootsWeb and Interment.net.

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From FAG Member #50006409:

{FYI his 1889 WV Senate photo is available at the WV State Archives in Charleston, WV.}

Prominent Men of West Virginia (1890), p. 952:
JOHN WILEY YEATER.

JOHN W. YEATER is on the rolls of the present Senate from the Second District. He is a physician, and his residence, New Dale, Tyler county. He was born December 28, 1850, in Marshall county, Va.; was a farmer's boy, attending the ordinary schools of the locality, and afterwards for a while was teacher. Studied medicine at the Howard Medical College, sessions of 1876 and 1877, and practiced in Wetzel until 1879. He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, then resumed practice until 1887, when he attended the Polytechnic, of New York City. He has not sought office, but the voters of his district sent him as their representative in 1889 to the Legislature, where he is upon the committees of Finance, Claims and Grievances, and Public Printing.
Son of Mary Shepherd and Reason Yeater; brother of Willard. He read medicine first with Dr. W. S. Howard of Marshall county and attended lectures at the University of Louisville, KY in 1876-77. He was graduated from Baltimore, MD College of Physicians and Surgeons after studying there in 1879-80. On 30 DEC 1881 in Marshall County, Dr. Yeater was joined in wedlock with Rachel Yoho. Dr. J. W. Yeater had a large practice in Wetzel and Marshall counties and his post office address was New Dale, Wetzel Co, WV. He was also a farmer and became quite wealthy because of oil & gas. From RootsWeb and Interment.net.

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From FAG Member #50006409:

{FYI his 1889 WV Senate photo is available at the WV State Archives in Charleston, WV.}

Prominent Men of West Virginia (1890), p. 952:
JOHN WILEY YEATER.

JOHN W. YEATER is on the rolls of the present Senate from the Second District. He is a physician, and his residence, New Dale, Tyler county. He was born December 28, 1850, in Marshall county, Va.; was a farmer's boy, attending the ordinary schools of the locality, and afterwards for a while was teacher. Studied medicine at the Howard Medical College, sessions of 1876 and 1877, and practiced in Wetzel until 1879. He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, then resumed practice until 1887, when he attended the Polytechnic, of New York City. He has not sought office, but the voters of his district sent him as their representative in 1889 to the Legislature, where he is upon the committees of Finance, Claims and Grievances, and Public Printing.

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  • Created by: Becky Doan
  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38441877/john_wiley-yeater: accessed ), memorial page for Dr John Wiley Yeater (28 Dec 1850–18 Oct 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38441877, citing Williams Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Becky Doan (contributor 46821009).