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A. J. YEAGER, dental surgeon, was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., Nov. 14, 1852. His parents, Andrew J. and Ura S. (Bradfield) Yeager, were natives of the Old Dominion. When about six years of age our subject moved with his parents to Champaign, Ill., where he grew to maturity, receiving a liberal education in the city schools and the Illinois State University. He commenced the study of dentistry in the fall of 1868 with Dr. O. F. Ritter, with whom he continued eighteen months; then entered the St. Louis Dental College, graduating from that institution in the fall of 1871. He commenced the practice of his profession in Greenfield, Dade county; eighteen months thereafter he returned to Champaign, Ill. In the spring of 1878 he moved to Alabama, locating at Decatur, Morgan county, where he practiced until coming to Joplin in June, 1881. Dr. Yeager was married in Champaign county, Ill., May 24, 1872, to Miss Laura, daughter of J. B. Garner, a prominent attorney of Pontiac, same state. Mrs. Y. was born in Lawrence county, Oct. 24, 1850. They have one child, Maud E. The doctor is now located on the corner of Main and Third streets, where he has one of the finest dental parlors in the Southwest. Although comparatively a young man, he has gained a prominence in his profession such as only genilaity, skill, and a thorough knowledge of the work could require.