Abraham Yeazel
1774 - 1832 (57 years)
Generation: 1
1. Abraham Yeazel was born on 29 Apr 1774 in Hardy County, Virginia (son of Jacob Yeazel and Wife Unknown); died on 2 Jan 1832 in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio; was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Census: 1820, Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio
- Census: 1830, Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio
Notes:
From 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago, Illinois, Biographical Publishing Co., 1908.
Page 576-578.
JOSEPH MILTON YEAZELL, who is well known throughout Clark County as a prosperous retired citizen, and formerly as an extensive breeder of and dealer in tine sheep and other stock, was born in this county October 5, 1847, son of George and Nancy Ann (Wilkinson) Yeazell.
He traces his ancestry in the direct paternal line back to Abraham Yeazell, and then, indirectly, through the Brown and Ball families, to William Ball, of Berks, or Berkshire, England, the name of whose wife is not known, but who died in the year 1480, in the reign of Henry VII., the first of the Tudors. The line from this William Ball to Abraham Yeazell is as follows:
Robert Ball, son of William, of Berkham, died in 1543. The name of his wife is not known. He was father of William Ball (wife unknown), who died in 1550.
John Ball, son of the second William, died in 1599. He was twice married, first to Alice Haynes, by whom he had four children, and secondly to Agnes Holloway, of which union also there were four children.
John Ball, son of John and Agnes (Holloway) Ball, died in 1628. He married Elizabeth Webb, who bore him ten children, among them William, better known as Colonel William Ball, who died in 1680. Colonel William Ball married Hannah Atheral, of which union there were three children, the one to continue this line of descent being William, or Captain William Ball, who married Margaret Doiraman and died in 1699.
The next progenitor in the Ball line was William, who died in 1740 and who by wife Mary, had, besides other children, William, who died in 1809. It is in this generation that we find the Ball family intermarrying with the Browns, and the line to the subject of this sketch is now continued through the latter family. It is thus traced:
The brothers and sisters of the William Ball last mentioned were: Samuel, Joseph (died 1821), Mary (died 1816, married Thomas Brown) and Ann (married John Gibson).
Thomas and Mary (Ball) Brown had a large family, consisting of ten children, and including Sarah (born 1758; died 1828), who married William Curl. The family of William and Sarah (Brown) Curl was also large and included Mary, who married Abraham Yeazell, great grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
Abraham Yeazell (or Yeazel, as the name was sometimes spelled) came to this country from Germany and settled at an early date in Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio. By his wife Mary, above mentioned, he had thirteen children: Mary Ann, Sarah, George, William, Caroline, David, Jeremiah, Adam, Jacob, Elizabeth, Abraham, Sidney, James and Isaac.
George Yeazell, of the above-mentioned family, married Elizabeth Jones, and their children were George, Mary Ann, Jeremiah, John W., Eliza, Caroline M., Isaac, Angeline and Frances M. George Yeazell, son of George and Elizabeth (Jones) Yeazell, and father of J. Milton Yeazell, married Mary Ann Wilkinson, and their family was as follows: Joseph Milton, James W., Retta, Anne Belle, Mary, Ellen, Thomas, Elizabeth, Angle and Mabel Estella. James W., the second child, married Amanda Neer, and he and his wife are the parents of four children, all sons-George, Clayton, Fred and Lawrence, all of whom are living. Retta is the wife of John Conley, and has three children-Blanche, Harry and Robert. Anne Belle married Nathan Baumgartner, and has two children, Agnes and Wilmette, of whom Agnes be- came the wife of Dr. Deman and resides in Mechanicsburg, and Wilmette married M. C. Houston.
Mary, fifth child of George and Nancy Ann Yeazell, married Samuel Prugh, who is now deceased. She has one child - Earl. Ellen Yeazell married Jacob Baumgartner and has two children-Alice, who is the wife of Forest Tavemer and Nathan, all living. Thomas Yeazell, of the above- mentioned family, and seventh in order of birth, was killed on the railroad. Elizabeth died at the age of two years. Angie, the ninth child, married Newton Jones and is now deceased. Her children are Walter and Thomas, both of whom are living. Mabel Estella, the tenth child, married Arthur Taverner; she has no children.
Joseph Milton Yeazell, whose nativity has been already given, has resided in Clark County all his life, unless we except the period of his service in the Civil War. He enlisted at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1864, in the Sixteenth Ohio Light Artillery, and was stationed for a while at New Orleans. On the close of the war he returned to Clark County, and settled on his father's farm, and was for some years engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1874 he entered into mercantile business at Catawba Station, Champaign County, Ohio. He continued thus occupied, however, but for a short time.
On February 15, 1875, he married, and in the same year bought a farm of 345 acres in Pleasant Township. Here he went into the business of raising grain and live stock, giving special attention to the breeding of sheep. It was also his practice to buy trainloads of sheep in Montana, ship them to his farm and here fatten them for the Buffalo market, sell- ing them there at a good profit. Though now retired from active pursuits, he frequently contributes valuable articles to agricultural papers, among them the American Agriculturist, the Ohio Farmer, the Pittsburg Stockman, the Breeders' Gazette and the Chicago Drovers Journal. He is regarded as an authority of stock matters, especially on sheep, and has received many offers to become a salesman at the Buffalo and Chicago sheep markets, but prefers to remain on his farm. He has served the town as trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket, and held that office for six years. A member of the Gr. A. R., he has served as commander of N. M. McConkey Post No. 391, was adjutant for ten years and was a member of General Townsend's staff, with the rank of major, for two terms. He is a prominent member of the Catawba Methodist Episcopal Church, which he has served ten years as trustee, having also been school director a number of times.
Mr. Yeazell has had the misfortune to lose his wife, who passed to the higher life May 19, 1900, after a happy married life of twenty-five years. She was just two years his senior. She had borne him four children, whose record, in brief, is as follows : Leon Howard married Josephine Campbell, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Campbell, and' they reside in Springfield, this county. Florence is the wife of Herbert Loveless, of this township, and has one child-Phelma. Gwendoline, who is now deceased, was the wife of Van C. Tullis, of Champaign County, Ohio. Wendell, born in 1885, died in Los Angeles, Cal., in April, 1906, at the early age of twenty-one years.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65449486/abraham-yeazell
On Find a Grave his name is spelled as Abraham YeazellAbraham married Mary Curl on 7 Jul 1794 in Hampshire County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Curl and Sarah Brown) was born on 30 Oct 1776 in Hardy County, Virginia; died on 22 Sep 1828 in Catawba, Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Currently Harrison County, West Virginia.- Mary Ann Yeazel was born on 19 Jun 1796 in Virginia; died on 7 Mar 1858 in Meeker, Marion County, Ohio; was buried in Deal Cemetery, Meeker, Marion County, Ohio.
- Sarah Yeazel was born on 26 Oct 1797 in Virginia; died on 25 Aug 1890 in Meeker, Marion County, Ohio; was buried in Deal Cemetery, Meeker, Marion County, Ohio.
- George Yeazel was born on 14 Feb 1799 in Virginia; died on 17 Jan 1868 in Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio.
- William Yeazel was born on 4 Dec 1800 in Frederick County, Virginia; died on 3 Aug 1862 in Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
- Catherine Yeazel was born on 9 Jul 1802; died in 1881.
- David Yeazel was born on 5 Jun 1804 in Ohio; died on 2 Feb 1890 in Champaign County, Ohio; was buried in Treacles Creek Cemetery, Goshen Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
- Jeremiah Yeazel was born on 16 Jan 1806 in Clinton County, Ohio; died on 16 Jan 1861 in Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio.
- Adam Yeazel was born on 25 Nov 1807 in Clark County, Ohio; died on 27 Mar 1852 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
- Jacob Yeazel was born on 10 Nov 1809 in Todds Fork, Clinton County, Ohio; died on 21 Jan 1901 in Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
- Elizabeth Yeazel was born on 11 Sep 1811 in Clark County, Ohio; died on 1 Jun 1894 in Hardin County, Ohio; was buried in Henkle Cemetery, Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio.
- Abraham Yeazel was born on 15 May 1813 in Clark County, Ohio; died in 4 Mar 1887 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
- Sidney Yeazel was born on 6 Feb 1815 in Clark County, Ohio; died on 7 Dec 1907 in Clark County, Ohio; was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
- James Yeazel was born on 2 Mar 1817 in Clark County, Ohio; died on 12 Jan 1888 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
- Isaac Yeazel was born on 15 Dec 1818 in Clark County, Ohio; died on 6 Feb 1849 in Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
2. Jacob Yeazel was born in 1741 in Germany; died in 1828 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Locust, Fleming County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139434914/jacob-yeazelJacob married Wife Unknown. Wife was born about 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Wife Unknown was born about 1741. Children:
- 1. Abraham Yeazel was born on 29 Apr 1774 in Hardy County, Virginia; died on 2 Jan 1832 in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio; was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio.