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Based on the sources provided, the name "Yeager" appears in several contexts, primarily related to individuals, settlements, and events in Pocahontas County.

Here are the key mentions of individuals named Yeager and their significance:

  • Mrs. Rella F. Yeager:

    • Authored the writing titled "The Pathfinder of the Seas," which is a complete statement on the life of Matthew F. Maury.
    • Is listed as the author of a nine-page article about Camp Price and the Droop Mountain Battle field.
    • Is listed as the author of an inventory of materials titled "Camp Black Mountain," which discusses its location, altitude, how to reach it, camp dedication, and details about the CCC boys.
    • Authored "DEVELOPMENT OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY," discussing events in the late 19th century.
    • Is listed as the author of an inventory of materials titled "Watoga State Park - Lookout house". This article notes the lookout house is named Anne Bailey, is a reproduction of Indian warfare blockhouses, and trails have Indian names. However, a note on this source page also states the article was written by Mrs. Ann Curry and Mrs. Grant, which conflicts with the authorship attributed to Mrs. Rella F. Yeager.
    • Is listed as the author of an article about Watoga State Park sent to Mr. James C. Herbert. The article about Watoga State Park was prepared by Mr. Wm. B. Curry of the National Park Service and had the approval of Watoga Park and state officials. Rella F. Yeager is noted as having descriptive articles of pretty places, as does Mr. Curry.
    • Is listed as the author of an inventory of materials titled "Watoga State Park - Camp Seebert," discussing the park's facilities, description, recreational and educational facilities for CCC boys, among other topics.
    • Authored an article about Watoga State Park, describing the increasing tourism, developing facilities including cabins, and a recreational lake (artificial lake) impounded by a dam built by Company 1525, CCC Camp Watoga.
    • Authored an article about Camp Seebert, mentioning Congressman Andrew Edmiston's visit and positive remarks about the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), including road building and dam construction.
  • Jacob Yeager (Pioneer on Block Run):

    • Around the year 1840, he and his son John Yeager erected an Up and Down water power Saw mill below the forks of Block Run. They built a dam across the run with stones, which was a piece of masonry about 13 feet high and 200 feet long. When full, the dam covered an acre. The Yeager Mill Dam blocked the run, giving it the name Block Run.
    • Married Sarah Hidy of Crabottom.
    • He and his son John were the parents of a large family, including sons Joel, Jacob Jr., and daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Anna, Caroline, Margaret, Catherine, Christine, and Serena.
    • Some time before the Civil War, he and his son John Yeager, with community help, erected a Church which was used for a commissary by the Southern Soldiers during the war. This Log Church stood until about 1905.
    • Cleared several hundred acres of grass land from the virgin forest.
  • John Yeager (Son of Jacob Yeager on Block Run):

    • Son of Jacob Yeager.
    • Erected a saw mill with his father on Block Run.
    • His home place was the site of the Top Allegheny Battle Field, which was fought on December 13th, 1861.
    • Listed as a parent in Jacob's large family.
    • With his father Jacob, he helped erect a Log Church used as a commissary by Southern Soldiers.
    • Selected by Col Rust of the 3rd Arkansas Regiment to go with him as a guide to the Federal fortifications at Whites Top of Cheat; however, the attack was not made because of high water.
    • His sugar grove was used for building the camps and cabins at Camp Allegheny, which was his family's home place.
  • John Yeager (Pioneer at Travelers Repose):

    • About 150 years before 1940, this John Yeager came to the upper Greenbrier Valley from Pennsylvania near Lancaster.
    • He settled on the East Fork of Greenbrier River at a place known as Travelers Repose.
    • He bought thousands of acres in what was known as the German settlement.
    • His neighbors included John Slaven, Abraham Burner, Moses Houchin, and Abraham Arbogast.
    • One of his sons, John Yeager, married a Hull.
    • Another son, Andrew, married Elizabeth Dilley.
  • Andrew Yeager (Son of Pioneer John Yeager at Travelers Repose):

    • Son of John Yeager, the pioneer who settled at Travelers Repose.
    • Married Elizabeth Dilley.
    • Came to the homestead, Travelers Repose, in the 1820s.
  • Peter D. Yeager (Son of Andrew Yeager):

    • Son of Andrew Yeager.
    • Was a Confederate soldier.
    • Was a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio.
    • Was released July 1865.
    • According to one source, upon his return from prison, he "in a large measure restored Travelers Repose from the devastation of war".
    • He is mentioned as hosting G. Sutton at Travelers Repose on January 5, 1886.
    • However, another source states he died of typhoid fever in Highland County the same year the Travelers Repose tavern was burned, which was 1861. These accounts regarding the date of his death and subsequent activities at Travelers Repose appear contradictory in the provided sources.
  • Evelyn Yeager Board:

    • Wrote "Reminiscences of Civil War Days".
    • Her father was John Yeager, whose sugar grove was used as a camp by Confederate soldiers.
    • She had brothers, Brown Yeager and Paul McNeel Yeager.
  • Brown Yeager:

    • Brother of Evelyn Yeager Board and son of John Yeager.
    • Guarded the family's stock in the mountains with his father during the war.
  • Paul McNeel Yeager:

    • Brother of Evelyn Yeager Board.
  • Henry Arbogast Yeager:

    • Was held as a prisoner-of-war at Point Lookout, Maryland.
    • Was released on June 17, 1865, after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.
    • The original spelling of Yeager was with a "J", and he began calling himself "Reager" instead of Yeager. He was finally released under "R" as Henry A. Reager and took good care to sign it "Henty A. Yeager".
  • William Asbury Yeager:

    • Was in the engagement at Winchester and although his clothing had over 17 bullet holes, he was not scratched.
    • Took part in all battles of his company except Gettysburg, where he was in the hospital.
    • He was killed at Hatches Run on February 6, 1865.
  • Dr. John M. Yeager:

    • Died on Sunday afternoon, April 14, at the age of 63. (Based on the context of the document, this likely refers to the year 1940).
    • He had been in failing health but continued his practice.
    • Died of paralysis.
    • He was buried in the family plot in Vice Cemetery.
    • Was born at Bartow on April 7, 1877.
    • Was the second son of the late Brown M. Yeager.
    • His siblings were brothers Walker, Sterling, James, and Paul, and sisters Fannie, Willie Brownie Gatewood, and Mrs. Trudie Carroll.
    • He married Miss Mollie Smith, daughter of Captain A. S. Smith, in 1902.
    • They had four children: Guy M. Eiming(?), A. L. A. Frank(?), Mrs. Eiming(?), and Mrs. W. E. Adlung.
    • Graduated in medicine at Louisville, Ky., and practiced for 39 years in Marlinton.
    • He is described as having a large practice, traveling "every walk of life," being kind and poor alike, and having a passion for helping the sick and broken bodies. He is referred to as a "good kind hearted physician".
  • Brown M. Yeager:

    • The late father of Dr. John M. Yeager.
  • Unnamed Yeagers:

    • Are mentioned as owning land in the Greenbank District and being secessionists at the time of the Battle of Bartow.
    • A soldier's experience at the Battle of Droop Mountain in 1863 mentions his family, the Yeagers, presenting him with a boiled ham.

The sources indicate that the Yeager family was a significant presence in Pocahontas County history, involved in early settlement, business (sawmill), religious and community building (church), farming, and participating in the Civil War on both sides. Rella F. Yeager is noted as a writer contributing historical accounts to the WPA project.

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