The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-30
FUNERAL
TO Be HELD HERE
Services at Home of Aunt
at 2O6 Guffey St. Sat
urday Afternoon

George Garrison Yeager, aged g.,
n we'll known resident OF this city,
died Yesterday, at the Garrison hos
pital in Philadelphia after an ~
ness with pneumonia. The dc,
ceased was a son Of Captain Samuel
s. and Margaret E. Dent Yeager and
was born near Morgantovn on NO
vember Is. 1858.
The deceased had not been we'll
for some time and this summer was
greatly benefited by a long stay IN
the mountains. On December l. no
went 10 Philadelphia where he had
spent some time. Several days ago
he vas taken i'll and his homo physi-
clan, DR.. D. P. Fitch, was summon
ed to his bedside.
Mr.. Yeager is the last surviving
member Of a family we'll known IN
this section Of the state. His only
near stirYIvipg + relatives are an
aunt, Mrs, GordelIa Dent, OF 20E
Guftey street, and Frank Dent and
Miss Ora Dent, OF this city, both OF
whom are cousins. He has also an
uncle, ]. c. Dent, who resides in
Los Angeles, Cal.
The deceased was one OF the sub
stantial citizens OF this city and
owned the business block in which
is located Golden Brothers. store.
and for many years he conducted
a mercantile business there him
self.
His father was pioneer in the
steamboat business and operated a
boat on the Monongahela river. In
1947 he ran the second steamboat,
the John B. Gordon" into Fair.
mont, with seventy tons OF freight.
Samuel Ellis, former resident OF
Fairmont, sailed from England and
landed at New Orleans and from
there he took a steamboat up the
Mississippi river and thence on the
Ohio to Pittsburgh, where he
boarded the John B. Gordon" and
was brought safely to this place.
That was in 1S47 and up until that
time he was the only passenger who
had come from England to Fair
mont by water.
Captain Yeager established n
mercantile business near Fairmont
in 1856 and in 1880 he established
a general store hero and carried on
an extensive business until he died
in 1898.
After his death the deceased car.
ried on the business until March !,
1906. when he disposed OF the
business. Yeager's corner, where
Golden Brothers store is now 10.
Gated, was one Of the busiest trade
centers In West Virginia.
His mother was the daughter Of
Rolley Evans Dent and was born
near Morgantown on the farm OF
her grandfather, Captain Johr
Dent. Captain Dent was OF Eng.
lish ancestry and he received his
title OF captain by service and com.
mission in the war Of 1912. His
great grandmother, Mrs. Barker,
came from England when only six
years old. There were seven in his
mothers immediate family and
nine in his fathers Immediate fam.
lily, his father being the youngest.
Tho Dent family OF which his
mother was a member was OF the
same extraction as that OF Julia
Dent Grant, wife OF General o. S
Grant. His great grandmother on
more than one occasion had to flee
to the forts and bockhouees during
Indian warfare, while at other
times they were compelled to leave
on account OF wild animals.
The body arrived hero this morn
ing. The funeral will take place
from the residence OF his aunt, Mr5.
Cordelia Dent, at 2O6 Guffey street,
tomorrow afternoon at two O'Clock
and burial will be made in Wood.
lawn cemetery by Undertakers
Musgrave & Son. Services will be
conducted by the Rev. W. J. Eddy,
pastor OF the First Baptist church.