Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1919 — 78TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY [ARTICLE]

78TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

Celebrated Friday by D. H. Yeoman——Gives Each Child $2,000. Capt. David H. Yeoman reached his 78 th milepost yesterday, and in honor of the event a picnic was held on the banks of the Iroquois at bls farm, northwest of Rensselaer, occupied by Joseph Scheurich.

All of the seven children were present—Mrs. F. E. Mauck of Mum ci®-; Mrs. M. V. Brown of Detroit, Mich.; D. V. Veom’an of Buchanan, Mich.; ,D. M. Yeoman of Tab, J. F. Yeoman of Ambia, Mrs. Bert Hopkins of Rensselaer and Victor Yeoman of Barkley township—as well as a number of the grandchildren.

Comrade Yeoman is one of Jasper bounty’s oldest and most respected citizens, and is often referred to as “the youngest old man in the county,’’ because of his sprightliness and always being on the go. He has acquired _a competency of worldly goods, and yesterday presented each of his children wwith $2,000 —$14,000 in all —and has plenty left for himself.

The occasion yesterday was a very pleasant one and one rarely enjoyed by either a father or his children. The are all a credit to the father and the latter is a credit te Jasper county, where he was born. and has lived all his life. May Mr. Yeoman live to celebrate many more birthday anniversaries, is the wish of The Democrat and his legion of friends.