Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Elijah Fisk Yeager

Full Name: Elijah Fisk Yeager
Other surnames: Edward
Birth date: December 26, 1844
Death date: May 10, 1890

Census of 1870 - Elijah F. Yeager, Washington County, Tennessee, age 25, born circa 1845, son in household of C.F. Yeager.
Census of 1880 - E.f. Yeager, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, age 35, born circa 1845 in Tennessee, lawyer, wife Minnie.
Elijah F. Yeager married Minnie B. Rainey, 6/1/1875 in Ellis County. FamilySearch . 1870 1880

Elijah F. Yeager, birth date 12/26/1844, death date 5/10/1890, burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County. Find a Grave .
Edward F. Yeager, p. 194. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Biographical sketch, E.F. Yeager, pp. 60-61. Born 12/26/1855 in Johnson City, Tennessee, owner of Waxahachie Enterprise newspaper. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Confederate States Army, Company G, 29th Regiment, Army of Tennessee, pp. 60-61. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
"Elijah Fisk Yeager" and "Waxahachie Enterprise" from Memorial and biographical history of Ellis County, Texas . . ., p. 189 and pp. 355-356, crediting Dallas Public Library. "In 1875 the Waxahachie Enterprise was established . . . in 1880 sold out to E.F. Yeager and E.G. Senter. This co-partnership existed until the next year, when Senter sold his interest to Yeager. E.F. Yeager continued as proprietor until May, 1890, when he died . . ."
"Our subject represented his county in the Nineteenth Texas Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
"We are pained to note . . ." Corsicana Observer, 2/21/1890, p. 4, crediting San Jacinto Museum of History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .