The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

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CHOSEN friends, and to No.! g
- "a Nlsh manner the beaUtffI-f Ilte
1iiiuIy art of social entertainiT,s ana
y4-;1I SalIu, indeed that Mr.. YaafT,-t-l
/ OnaTs - - 80 20 submit to the surei-.5
-. ION winch, ii was hoped Tr7Sal
SSaHe ms life. was largely dus - '.lQ
/ nope mat he would thereby 80 me
/ 90 70 see more of his many f~is,59L7
soii5e lnlng which he had been IIrsE5s
10 do IN his later years. ---9'i5
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The old Yeatman co,n+,-
near St Louis, Belmont. as he 80
] tened il, was long a center of $50,
! activities. II was established IN
| Ledt imam when he first came 81
! -NdShNlIIe, Tenn, his birthDIaca IN
/ NaS 50 beautiful as to become one -t
the sights shown TO visitors in ~
/ Ct'y. among its features was a ser
/ y ue-Ilslhs gardens originated by ~
/ Aeatman and modelled on those he h.;
4 seen as beautifying features Of -.'
1aCS estates where he had been .
/ sues while sOjOurning abroad 8 -
/ 4uOlCS OF successive terraced 6a,Tf--5
80 ~ me natural topography Of tbs
/ : oL -ILG at Belmont made these gardens
/ yC1+r-,ll-, II was here, also, that BTr
! IedtiIlaA cultivated appreciate, -
StaIudIy was best shown. the L.
/ OF b6ImOnt being TRANSFORMER 80 10
/ soilIT tLIhs Ike Open-air art CALLERS,
II men eAhl9It Of the best scuInrurs
/ ~ Is sdId OF Mr. Yeatmau that he comb
~ - 81 LesIsJ me temptation to buv srT
/ production Of the scuIDtor's Lt4 80
! which appealed TO his fancv -T ---1C-
I We also at Belmont a number of cor
i 80 go. EaIotles IN which numerous "a.
mares had been set at liberty. "a
! WAS mere that Mr.. Yeatmar was
most distinguished as a host. and if
was at Belmont also, that his FIRST
! VIE died. For a time tberaaf+a~ 5,fs.
/ cnlIufeh lived at Belmont. 1Indar tn
( charge OF a sOyeruess. and rba 49,
! is described by them as ba1,i-s- go 49,
4 a perfect Eden There were rhraa
] cnlIoIeh Dy his first marriage. Jar7sq
/ a, charles Pope and Angelica Char-
/ IoILe 4eatman, the latter now heinz
mrs AlIred Carr, and the two former
deceased Mr. Heatman's second wife
/ was Miss Cynthia Pope. who. diving
| Wilnln lew years, LETT him again q
! Whoever a young man still, with one
son Dy MS second marriage II was
/ MIS- 4eatman's dying wish that THEM
/ son, Nathaniel p. Yeatman. should he
! given to the care Of her eldest sister
| Mrs. Beverly Allen. and Mr.. Yeatman.
/ feeling that he could not be sonar
/ ated from lis son, arranged to com
/ Dine the two households, Mrs Allen
/ prererring to remain in her own home
/ Thus Mr. Yeatman consented to leave
Belmont, his old home and added an
elaborate addition 10 the home then
occupied by Mrs. Beverly Allen one
OF the rooms, 5Ox25. containing The Ii
/ brary Of 10000 volumes bequeathed 10
Washington university after Mrs. Al
lens death. Here. also, Mr.. Ye8f-
man enjoyed entertaining his friends
until the war brought its changes.
Mrs. Aliens family consists Of three
"a . ! Ia aaa-a
mother, and Mr.. Yeatman's consisted
Of three sons and one daughter. and
MS hrst wife's father, Colonel J. P.
Thompson.
Upon the return Of Mr. Yeatman's
children from school they remained at
Mrs. Beverly Aliens until the health
OF one Of the sons, James A. Yeatman.
requiring his being constantly in ths
open air, Mr.. Yeatman, the father,
built beautiful home at Glencoe for
this son, at a cost Of 800 600. On the
estate itself he established a IimekiIn
for the burning Of lime for making the
concrete of which the house was con-
structed; and the walnut for the
stairways and inside wood decoration
was also cut from the estate, it being
Mr. Heatman's fancy to get all the
material possible from his own ground.
Being connected with the Missouri
Pacific railroad of those days Mr.
Yeatman had been greatly attracted
by the beauty Of that part of St. Louis
suburban country which is now known
as Glencoe, and which was named by
Mr. Teatman himself James A. Yeat-
man lived there and was followed by
Mrs. Angelica Yeaman Carr, her
grandfather, Colonel Thompson, going
with them. This left Mr.. Teatman. the
father. at Mrs. Beverly Aliens, where
ne remained until his death, and
whence he was buried.
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Mr.. Yeatman has living only one
sister, Mrs. Emma Y. Player, and one
brother, Colonel Harry Yeaman, who
married General Folks daughter, and
now resides at the Old Polk mansion.
Mrs. Alfred Carr, the only child Of Dir.
Yeatman's now residing in St. Louis,
has the beautiful home at Glencoe.
consisting Of $50 acres, and given TO
her by her father, where she resides
during the summer, coming 10 St
Louis for the winter social season
It seems fitting to this sketch
of Mr.. Yeatman's private life as
viewed I'm the social side, with a
mention of one Of his strongest and
sweetest characteristics. his love for
children. Tt was q love that grew with
his growth. and in his old age it was a
frequent and touching sight to see the
old gentleman surrounded by little
ones whom he was entertaining and
treating with the greatest zest in their
cOmpaniOnship. He had numerous
nephews and nieces, and there were
numerous other children Of his friends
who called him Uncle Jimmie for
affections sake It is said that Mr.
Yeatman bought hundreds Of boxes of
candy yearly for distribution to these
child friends of his and that he was
rarely caught unprepared to produce
candy at a chance meeting with one or
more of them