Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-01-19

moving about or making any noise on Sa
tnrday. his neighbors, Mr.. Vowles and
Mr.. Matthews, concluded to ascertain
II he was sick or dead they knocked a,
ms doors and called upon him, but re.
ceiYing noanswer, they entered his house
ana Iound him lying with his head in
!ne nre place, dead. From the position
I'D winch be was found, it is supposed
ne was IN the act af covering up his fire
ana ABOUT to retire TO bed, when he was
seized with an apoplectic fit, and fell for
wardand died he held in his right hand
the tpngs. and from which it appears he
received bruise on his face in falling,
and his head was severely burnt by the
fire.
There being no individual here rela-
ted to MIR. Yeargain, the magistrates of
The town took under their charge his
property, and had his body decently
buried on Monday evening.
Records have been found. which Sta.
ted that he had jars or pots of money,
and the amount contained in each, but
no mention is made of the places where
theywere deposited, and those found
contained the exact amount which he
had stated the jars to contain.
1t is probable that MIR. Yeargain,
may have relations living, but they are
unknown to the citizens Of Charlottesville.
In the year 1929, we remember young
man coming here and claimed 10 be his
nephew, but he staid only few days;
since then we have not heard that any
others have been here to claim relation
ship with him. We have heard it said
that he had relations in Ham pton or
York in this State. We copied the fol-
lowing record from an old PRAYER Book
which was found in his house.
John Yeargain, the son Edward and
his wife, was born February the 18th,
l772.
Mary Yeargain the daughter of Ed
ward and Mary his wife, was born MAY
9Th, ITS.
Mary Langley was born February %,
1882. ~
Judah Langley was born Sept 81,
1856.
Sarah Langley, daughter Of Wilson
and judah his wife, was born in the year
of our Lord 1884. July 3d."
The Prayer Book from which we CO.
pied the above record was printed in
Edinburg. 1859.
Mr. Yeargain has been for years a re-
c!use from the world, living BY himself ia
his house where he died. His dress " as
OF the most common kind, and which
generally consisted of pair of buck skin
or Gotten velvet pantaloons. green baize
coat or jacket and coarse cotton shirt
the one which he had on when he died
was black with grease and dirt, and
looked as if he had worn it withou,
changing for years. His diet was bacon
cheese and corn bread-tea and coffee
he never allowed himself, as he said, tina,
not Stops killed people. He cooked his
own victuals, and was economical i'm the
manner Of burning his wood, LAYING it
endwise in the fire place, so that it should
not burn out too fast.
His house is mass Of filth and dirt,
and every thing covered with the dust
and cobwebs of thirty years accumula-
ton, crowded with casks, barrels, bot
ties and rubbish Of all sorts. We found
large piles of old newspapers, and sever
al books.-Those books which he read
and valued could be distinguished from
the others. 1t would seem from their
appearance, and the marks put in them
that he often perused the works Of
Franklin, Goldsmith and Pope, Cupid's
Songster, &c. Other books there were
which did not appear to have been much
liked by him, among the latter we obser-
we'd New Testament, which some per.
son had gwen him, in 1881, as a New
Year present. He slept in chamber
in the upper story Of his house, upon an
old bed laid upon four sticks of wood ;
the covering consisted Of deer skins. 81
Piled up in the garnet we observed a
hundred or more canes, which we SUD-
pose he has been accommodating for years,
and had probably been left by servants
and others who called upon him.
Mr.. Yeargain was, we believe, sad
dler by trade, and came to Charlottesville
about the year 1895, and carried on his
business and sold liquors, &C., in the
house which stood where Twyman
Wayt now keeps store. In 1909 he
purchased his present residence, when
ne continued to sell liquors and other ar.
tIcles, and living almost entirely to him
sell, bording up his money, and never
receiving any thing but gold or silver
for the articles he sold, and giving nc
credit Having difficulty with some
OF the students of the IJn;yers;tv soop