Benjamin YEATER

1803 - 1888  (85 years)

• Name	Benjamin YEATER
  Born	31 May 1803	Pennsylvania   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850  [3]
  	miller
  Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  	Harrison County Deed Book 27, page 92 and 93: Deed date 27 Aug 1838 from Elias Swiger to Benjamin Yeater ($200) for 419 acres on McElroy Fork of Middle Island Creek. Next to land owned by Israel Allen "on a marked line known in that neighborhood by the name of the Yankey line." On the original line of a survey of 1,000 made for David Griere. "It being part of the same tract of land conveyed to the said Yeater by the heirs of said David Grier."
  Census	1870, 1880	McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [4, 5]
  Died	4 Nov 1888  [6]
  Buried	Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV   [7]
  Person ID	I82998	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2015

  
  

  Family	Sarah UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1802, Virginia ,   d. 27 Dec 1881, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Jun 1823	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [8]
  Marriage Bond	19 Jun 1823	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [8]
  Notes	1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Oct 2 1850: Benjamin Yeater, 46, b. Pa, miller, value of real estate $2500, cannot read or write; Sarah, 47, b. Va, cannot read or write; William, 25, farmer; Rachel, 18; Mary, 16; John, 14; Samuel, 12; Martha, 9; Andrew, 5. 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 1 1860: Benj. Yater, 57, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100; Sarah, 58; Samuel, 23, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100; Martha, 19; Andrew, 16; R. (male), 9; M. (female), 1. 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jul 28 1870: John Yeater, 34, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $2017, value of personal estate $900; Isobel, 30, b. Ohio, cannot read or write; Nancy, 10, b. Va, cannot write; Henry, 7, b. Va; Andrew J, 4, b. WVa; Zadock, 2, b. WVa; Benj., 62, b. Pa, farmer, cannot read or write; Sarah, 63, b. Va. cannot write; Missouri, 10, b. Va, cannot write; Matthias Cooley, 40, b. Canada, dry goods merchant; Reason Yeater, 19, b. Va, farmer. (NOTE: Household members were listed in the sequence above. Relationships not stated.) 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880: John Yeater, 44, b. Va, farmer; wife Isabel, 39, b. Ohio, cannot read or write; son Henry, 16; son Andrew J, 14; son Zadock, 12; dau Rhoda, 9; son Emory, 6; dau Ally, 3; son Mathies, 1; father Benjamin, 76, b. Pa, farmer; mother Sarah, 77, b. Va.
  Children	+ 1. William YEATER,   b. 13 Jan 1826,   d. 7 Sep 1887  (Age 61 years) + 2. Catherine YEATER,   b. 8 Mar 1828, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 17 Sep 1917  (Age 89 years) + 3. Rachel YEATER,   b. 2 Dec 1830,   d. 4 Dec 1879, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 49 years) + 4. Mary YEATER,   b. 18 Mar 1833,   d. 10 Aug 1901, McElroy Creek, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 68 years) + 5. John YEATER,   b. 25 Aug 1835, Virginia ,   d. 20 Feb 1893  (Age 57 years) + 6. Samuel YEATER,   b. CA 1838, Tyler Co, (W)VA   7. Martha YEATER,   b. CA 1841   8. Andrew J. YEATER,   b. CA 1845,   d. 8 Oct 1868  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Family ID	F35513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. [S2060] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp). [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. [S5] Headstone. [S2544] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)). [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.