Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1910 — JOSEPH YEOMAN DEAD. [ARTICLE]

JOSEPH YEOMAN DEAD.

Aged Pioneer Passes Away Suddenly Thursday Afternoon. Joseph Yeoman, an aged and respected pioneer citizen of Jasper county, dropped dead at his home in the northwest part of town at 1 p. m., Thursday, aged 83 years. He had been in poor health for the past six years, and had not been out of the house since the big snow fall of Dec. 6, although he was up and about all the time. Thursday noon he said he was not feeling extra well, having some pains in his chest and stomach, and said he would not eat any dinner, but finally was prevailed on to sit down to the table. He did not eat anything, however, and soon got up and went into his bedroom. The rest of the folks finished their dinner and their son-in-law, John Rush, and Mrs. Yeoman’s brother, R. M. Moore, went out to unload a load of wood. Soon after Mr. Yeoman came out of his bedroom and started to sit down in a chair, but instead fell to the floor.

The men folks were at once called in and they raised him up, but he only gasped once or twice. Deceased was the eldest son of Stephen and Hannah (Smith) Yeoman, being one of a family of ten children. He. was bom in Fayette county, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1826, and came with his father’s family to Jasper county and located near Rensselaer in June, 1844. He has lived Here continuously since, and leaves an aged wife to whom he was married in 1852, and four children, Robert J., and Reuben of Newton tp., Mjs. John Rush and Miss Mattie Yeoman. He was one of Jasper county’s early pioneers, and a most respected citizen. The funeral will be held today at 2 p. m., from the Frist Baptist church, Rev. O. E. Miller conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery.