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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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FOUNTAIN S. YAGER, attorney and counselor at law, was born May 7, 1849, in Jefferson county, Kentucky. His father, Dr. F. J. Yager, was a native of Kentucky, where he still resides, and has been practicing medicine for over thirty years at Campbellsburg. His mother, whose maiden name was Alice Smith, was also a native of Kentucky and still living. Her father, Fountain Smith, and Dr. F. J. Yager’s father, Daniel Yager, were early settlers in Kentucky, coming from Virginia at an early day. Fountain Yager, the subject of this sketch, was reared at his native town and educated in Ohio. He studied law at Evansville, Indiana, under Parrett & Wood, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1873, and engaged in practice there until 1875, when he came to Carthage, Missouri, where he has since pursued his favorite calling. Since coming to Carthage he served as city attorney, and has served two years as county land agent. When he took charge of the office the county owned about 10,000 acres of land, and much of it he has been instrumental in selling. Mr. Yager has been quite successful, and is one of the prominent attorneys of Jasper county. He is agent for the Kansas Loan and Trust Company, having loaned large amounts of money for this company. Mr. Yager is a member of the I. O, O. F.; he is also a member of the Baptist Church and the superintendent of the Sunday-school. He was married in October, 1881, at Otter Creek, Kentucky, to Lucy Long, of Hardin county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Yager are prominent members of society and command the esteem of the best people. Mr. Yager’s law office is at the southeast corner of the square in the old McDaniel building.

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