George C Yeaman

YEAMAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/10/2009 at 12:18:46

George G Yeaman, is one of the younger lawyers practicing in “the Boone county bar, his years do not seem to hamper his capability of his success for he has already won liberal clientage that has connected him with some of the important litigations tried in the courts of his district. He was born in Sugar Valley, Pennsylvania, on December 21, 1872, and is a son of William and Barbara (Gray) Yeaman, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter of Pennsylvania. William Yeaman came to America fifty-right years ago and took up his abode in the Keystone state, whence he removed to Minnesota in 1879. There he remained for a year and a half and on the expiration of that period located in South Dakota in 1881, securing a homestead and tree claim, which he developed into a valuable property. He is now living a retired life in De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the call of his adopted country for aid and joined the Union Army. He has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Renninger by who he had seven children as follows: James, John, William, Richard, Anna, Harry and McClellan. For his second wife Mr Yeaman chose Barbara Gray and they also had seven children: Arnelda, Hiram, George, Joseph, Samuel, Charles and Albert. William Yeaman, a half brother of our subject, is now living in Coal Valley, Boone county, Joseph Yeaman, a brother of our subject, is a member of Company I, First South Dakota Volunteer and is serving his country in the Philippines.
George G Yeaman was a boy of only about seven years when he accompanied his parents to Minnesota and in the common schools of De Smet he pursued his early education, which was afterward supplemented by study in the Drake University, where he completed the course with the class of 1899. During his early life he spent eight years in Deadwood, in the Black Hills, and in Wyoming, having a position with the Indian School Agency, in Sisseton, South Dakota. In 1896 he arrived in Boone and after his admission to the bar began the practice of law here. On October 4, 1899, he was admitted to practice in the various state courts and has won creditable success in his chosen vocation. His mind is keenly analytical and his trial of a case is characterized by strong argument and ready mastery of all points bearing upon his suit
In October, 1899, Mr Yeaman was unite3d in marriage to Miss Ruth Evans, of Boone, and they now have an interesting little daughter, Gladys Ruth. Their home is the center of a cultured society circle and their friends in the community are many. Mr Yeaman is rapidly winning his way upward and his success will undoubtedly come because his is a nature that never could be content with mediocrity.

1902 Boone County History Book