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John P. Yeager, another prominent resident of Calhoun County, was born in Mississippi, November 22, 1842. His parents, Michael and Julia W. Yeager, moved to Arkansas from Mississippi in 1844, settling in Ouachita County, from which they moved to Calhoun County in 1853, where they continued to reside until their death. Our subject was reared in Arkansas, principally in Calhoun County, obtaining a limited education at the common country schools, and at the age of twenty-two years began doing for himself. His principal occupation since has been farming; he owns a fine farm of 160 acres of land, with thirty-five acres under cultivation. In connection with his farming operations he also operates a saw and grist mill, and does ginning for the public, and is engaged in a small mercantile business, furnishing some of his neighbors with supplies. Mr. Yeager has been twice married, first to Miss Dona Flynr, daughter of Pittman Flynr, a native of Mississippi, who bore him four children, viz.: Henry D., Robert P. and Annie and Nannie, all dead except Robert P. His first wife died December, 1868. Mr. Yeager was again married in 1871 to Mrs. H. J. Riggs, by whom he has four children: May E., Martha F., Laura S. and Louisa C, all of whom are living with their parents except the eldest daughter, May E., who married Mr. Z. N. Brooks, and resides in Calhoun County. Mr. Yeager enlisted in the late war in 1862, under Capt. Thomas D. Thompson, in Tappan’s brigade. He served under Capt. Thompson for some time, and then later under Capt. Radford, engaging in several skirmishes, but came out all right. Politically Mr. Yeager affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he joined in 1875, also of the Farmers’ Union. He has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church since 1859, and is deeply interested in forwarding the religious, educational and all worthy enterprises in his community.