1. John Franklin YEAGER (son of George B. YEAGER and Phoebe Ann DELANEY) was born in Nov 1823 in Madison Twp., Jackson County, Ohio. He died on 25 Jan 1901 in Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia. He was endowed on 10 Mar 1962. He has Ancestral File number 3SLR-RQ.

He was married to Rebecca D. SMITH (daughter of James SMITH and Martha ______) on 18 Sep 1845 in Madison, Lake County, Ohio. Rebecca D. SMITH was born in 1829 in Harrison County, Virginia. She died about 1873 in Carroll District, Lincoln County, West Virginia. John Franklin YEAGER and Rebecca D. SMITH had the following children:

	+2	i.	James W. YEAGER.
	+3	ii.	George Washington YEAGER.
	 4	iii.	Pamela YEAGER.
	+5	iv.	William James YEAGER.
	+6	v.	Martha Ann YEAGER.
	+7	vi.	John S. YEAGER.
	+8	vii.	Phoebe Jane YEAGER.
	+9	viii.	Amos YEAGER.
	+10	ix.	Marion General YEAGER.
	+11	x.	Mary Margaret YEAGER.
	+12	xi.	Rebecca YEAGER.
	 13	xii.	Seba YEAGER.

He was married to Mary Elinor LEWIS (daughter of Jesse D. LEWIS and Nancy CLARK) in 1874 in Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia. Mary Elinor LEWIS was born on 19 Jun 1852 in Arkansas. She died on 31 Mar 1921 in Lincoln County, West Virginia. She was buried on 3 Apr 1921 in Yeager Cemetery, McComas Ridge, Lincoln County, West Virginia. She is listed under her maiden name. She has Ancestral File number 3SLR-SW. John Franklin YEAGER and Mary Elinor LEWIS had the following children:

	+14	i.	Augusta Josephine B. YEAGER.
	+15	ii.	Cyrus YEAGER.
	 16	iii.	Simon Peter "Ned" YEAGER.
	+17	iv.	Mary Newman YEAGER.
	+18	v.	Carrie YEAGER.
	+19	vi.	Henry YEAGER.
	+20	vii.	Franklin YEAGER.
	+21	viii.	Edgar YEAGER.
	+22	ix.	Grover Cleveland "Cleve" YEAGER.
	 23	x.	Philip Weaver YEAGER.
	+24	xi.	Jessie David YEAGER.
	+25	xii.	Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" YEAGER.
	+26	xiii.	Fredric "Fred" YEAGER.
	+27	xiv.	Isabelle YEAGER.