The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11
Old Families Of Garrett County.
EVANSVILLE, Aug. 7th, 1883.


county. L have learned they reached
at least some of your readers with
favor, at any rate one of them lately
asked the question, whether the
writer, or the subject was exhausted.
Not willing to admit the truth of
either alternative. l have concluded
to offer little proof in the negative
of each.
1t has been suggested that some
"reminiscences of the Yeast family
would be Interesting as well as CRATE
full. Nearly century ago, Adam
Yeast, the immediate ancestor of the
family migrated to this neighborhood
from Frederick county over the old
Braddock's road, when it was yet
thoroughfare for the horse and pack
saddle. In the course of time, some
where prior to 1900, he secured 165
acres of the northeast angle of that
splendid tract of land called "MOunt
Nebo," near this place, which was
surveyed in IVA for one of the far
seeing old land prospectors of that
noted year, when so many choice
locations and surveys were made i'm
this district. But bloody border
war with the Indians and the near
approach of the revolutionary strug-
gle put a period to all surveys for the
next fourteen years. Mount Nebo in
the long meantime has been divided
up into a number of fine farms,
which are now occupied by some of
our best citizens, such as Samuel
Engle, Samuel Custer. Sol. Baker, j.
j. Beachy, and the old Yeast home
stead being now owned by Jacob
Otto. 1t passed out of that family
forty FIVE years ago. Yeast from all
1 can gather of him was quiet, or
derby and well disposed citizen, with
no traces of bad deeds whatever.
He died nearly sixty years ago, hav-
ing first disposed of all his estate, and
thus avoided any will, or admins
tration, leaving six sons and several
daughters. William, the oldest, was
of a rather weak nature and quiet
disposition. He was never married.
and passed away many years ago,
and now nearly forgotten. Michael,
another bachelor brother, lived to a
good old age and died about fifteen
years ago. He was perhaps the oldest
convert to Methodism in this region.
and he held out, and lived truly
christian life to the last. If this good
man is not now realizing the reward
of fifty years of piety, devotion. and
ernestness, then for thruth, the rest
of US may live in dispair.
John was hotel keeper, married
but left no children died at "Pine
Grove Tavern" in 1882. yet young
man. His widow was a very fine
looking woman, and married, and
remarked till she attained the fifth
husband in all. During her fourth
widowhood, as Mrs. Hufford, she was
overtaken with fearful prosecution
for poisoning a fellow woman, but
was acquitted with the last trial of
the old "Allegany County Court"
that excellently good man, Judge
Weisel, presiding alone, Judges Mar
tin and Marshall being absent. This
unpleasant recollection is now a gen.
Grafton old, and is the only instance
where person of this district was
ever tried for grave crime.
Jacob, one of the oldest of the
brotherhood, in his more early life
was an active farmer. He married
the eldest child and daughter of that
most respected man, Samuel Brown,
who has rested in the Old Brown
cemetary, FIVE miles east of this place,
since April /, 1929. Jacob has been
dead number of years, and his wife
still longer. The remnant oftheir once
large family is small. Julia A. is the
wife of Michael burst, one of the
foremost, and best citizens of the
county, with a very interesting and
intelligent family. Many of them in
the west. Another daughter is the
wife of Mr.. Elisha Fuller, of Cum
berland. Amy, another daughter,
the wife offs. Harshberger, of Bloom
ington, died only ten days ago with
consumption. Samuel Yeast, the on
ly son reaching manhood, remarka-
bly, small in stature, with vision SO
poor that he could not distinguish a
man from woman at twenty PAGES,
yet he volunteered in the 18th Ill
Infantry in the late war, and in
six weeks thereafter was killed in
the disastrous battle of Perryville
KY, in October, 1862. A brave man
he was. He went into the army
with more chances by far to be killed
than to kill.
Adam, the youngest and smallest
ruddy, chubby, dressy and good ma.