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Note for Elizabeth Shasteen b 1828

Not with parents in 1850, no marriage or subsequent census found for her.

Believe this marriage is an incorrect placement due to the phrase that he married the Widow Shasteen. Speculation would be that it was William’s wife as Edward’s wife was still alive, or some unknown Shasteen.

THIS LINE IS TENATIVE- Nancy Curry nwcart@earthlink.net - person with info told me she thought she had seen the widow Shasteen describing Elizabeth at some point- (http://home.earthlink.net/~nwcart/7.htm - b abt 1787 Beaver PA d 4 Oct 1863 Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN age 76 b Oct 1863 Pierce Witmer Cemetery, Noble [Lagrange] Co., IN m1 Elizabeth Ann Duke abt 1809 PA (b 29 Dec 1791 Beaver PA d 8 Sep 1845 Florida Cemetery, Florida, Flatrockrock Township (nw part), Henry Co., OH b Sep 1845 Florida, Henry Co., OH have pic of stone Florida Cemetery, Henry Co.- Kids m1 John D Yeager b 1823 d 1890, Amelia b 1837 Absalom, Thomas Francis) m 2 Elizabeth Shasteen 9 Jun 1846 1856 Defiance Co., OH married by Benj B Abott, J.P. - Military Service: War of 1812. - Probably enlisted from Beaver Co PA when still a bachelor)

m John Yeager 9 Jun 1846 OR 1856 (1856 per Ancestry.com) Defiance Co. OH - (b calc 2 Apr 1787 Beaver Co, PA d 4 Oct 1863 Wolcottville, LaGrange Co, IN b Witmer Cemetery, Grave #5, Lot 104 - 76 y 6 m 2 d have photo. Listed as Pierce/Witmer/Woodruff south of 700S W of State Road 9) m1 Elizabeth Ann Duke abt 1809 PA (b 29 Dec 1791 Beaver PA d 8 Sep 1845 Florida Cemetery, Florida, Flatrock Township (nw part), Henry Co., OH b Sep 1845 Florida, Henry Co., OH have pic - See write up on Shasteen_ElizabethWidow_mJohnYeager.pdf - It also refers to her as being a widow. - According to the Warner Beers & Co, 1883 book "History of Defiance Co, OH page 354 (Los Angeles City Lib), "His father (John Yeager) then moved to Prairie Duemasque, and married Widow Shasteen; he then moved to LaGrange County, Ind." John and Mary E, (Duke) Yeager, who had a family of fifteen children -- Daniel, died at the age of two years; Catherine, Jacob, died 1857; Mary, died 1865, Francis, was in the army in the late war and had his leg shot off (amputated), and died from the wound at Alexandria. He had enlisted in a Michigan regiment; Elizabeth, John, Rebecca J., Absalom, Thomas, Susan, Andrew, Amelia, Samuel, who married Martha daughter of John and Nancy Snider, who were old pioneers; and Sarah.

Children were Daniel b abt 1811, Mary b abt 1816, Catharine b abt 1813, Elizabeth b abt 1820, Jacob b abt 1814, Rebecca J b abt 1825, Francis b abt 1817, John D b 12 Oct 1823 Abaslom b abt 1826, Thomas b 9 Nov 1828, Susan b abt 1830, Andrew R b 13 Sep 1832 Stark Co OH, Samuel b abt 1835 OH, Amelia b 27 Sep 1837 Portage Co., OH, Sarah b abt 1839 OH

John Yeager was on the Henry County Chattel Tax Rolls for 1844 and 1845 in Flatrock Twp. and John Yager and John D. Yager in 1846 in Damascus Twp. Others later.

HISTORY OF LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, 1888 - (abstracted from History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich) - This is one of the best, one of the earliest settled and first improved townships in the county. It possesses more intrinsic historic interest than any of the thirteen. In the government survey it is known as township six, north of range seven, east. This territory was reduced by the detachment of the two northern tiers of sections in the formation of Fulton county. It was, however, increased by the annexation of sections one, two, three, four, five and six, and the most of seven and half of eight, nine and twelve, and a small slice off the northern part of ten and eleven of township five in the same range (Harrison) at the time the Maumee River was made the dividing line between the townships. -The part of section twelve taken from Harrison, and section seven of Washington (originally Damascus) constituted what was known to the pioneers as Prairie du Masque, having been so named by the early French adventurers, traders or religious enthusiasts, who were attracted to the valley of the Maumee, ambitious of conquest, for greed of gain, or desire for religious proselytism. This was a camping ground for the army of General Wayne on his march to the battle of Fallen Timbers. - Upon this division of land, thus designated as Prairie du Masque, and long before the division of the northwestern territory into counties, much less townships, the white man had dared to penetrate. He invaded the wilderness which then enshrouded the county of Henry and the outposts of which were guarded by the most savage of the Indian tribes, and settled there. The names of the representatives of the white man as can now be ascertained, were John Butler, David and John Delong, Charles Gunn, George Chilson, David Bucklin and Samuel Vance. These brave men located on the prairie in 1814, and Elisha and Edwin Scribner came in 1818. These early settlers are, alas, all dead. The ashes of some of them rest in obscurely marked and almost forgotten graves along the banks of the Maumee. The last survivor of these pioneers was Edwin Scribner, who died during the present (1887) year, at the residence of his son-in-law in Napoleon.

Yeager, Thomas b 9 Nov 1828 Butler Co PA pg 33 of Commemorative Biographical Record, Northwestern Ohio Including Defiance, Henry, Williams, and Fulton, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co, 1899

Found no other available Elizabeth Shasteens that could be potential widows at the time of the marriage in 1846 of Eizabeth to John Yeager

Elizabeth Shasteen m John Yearger 09 Jun 1846 OR 1856 (Yeager 1856 per Ancestry.com) Defiance Co., OH - Ref: PCFA Records "Gateway to the West" by Short & Bowers, Vols. VI, VII & VIII. From IGI actual county records revealed no parents and the officiator was Benj B. Abull (or Shell) J.P. - No luck searching 1850 1860 census for both

1850-60 could not find Yeager b 1797 OH or IN that came close to a match other than bolded below for 1860. Underlined likely children. 1850 census Springfield, Williams Co., OH - John Yeager 27 abt 1823 lawyer b PA, Ann 27, Susannah 24, Edvina 3, Ann 1/12 1860 census Springfield, Williams Co., OH - John D Yeager 36 b abt 1824 OH, Ann 37, Susan 14, Edwin 13, Mary 10, William 5, Wesley 3 1860 census Napoleon, Henry OH - Absalom Yager 33 b abt 1827 PA Boatman, Amanda 27, James A 6, Elizabeth 2, Ephraim Mickley 26, Wm Baker 22 Boatmen 1850 census Johnson, Lagrange IN - Philip Bowers 35 OH, Mary 34 PA, Elisabeth 12 OH, Rachael 10 OH, Sarah 8 OH, Daniel 7 OH, Catharine 6 OH, Mary 6 IN, John 3 IN , Philip 2 IN, Andrew Yager 17 PA (Brother?) - Per Nancy Curry Bowers married 15 Nov 1836 - LaGrange/Noble Cos., IN, Gen R 977.21 L17 Chicago, F.S. Battey & Co., Pub 1882. Bk is Los Angeles City Library” 1860 census Johnson, Lagrange IN - John Zager 73 b abt 1788 PA, living with Philip Bowser (Bowers) 46 OH, Mary 45 PA, Rachael 21 OH, Sarah 19 OH, Daniel 18 OH, Kathaiene 17 IN, Mary 15 IN, John 14 IN, Philip 12 IN, Almond 9 IN, Samantha 1 IN - Post office Wolcotts Mills 1870 census Johnson, Lagrange IN post office Wolcottville - Philip Bowers b OH __, Rebecca 36 MD, Almon male 19 IN, Samantha 11 IN, Lola (fem) Austin 9 IN Not 1860 census Napoleon, Henry OH - Henry Yeager 52 b PA all others OH, Elizabeth 32, Henry 19, Elizabeth A 15, John F 13, Lorenzo 7, Emma A 5, Wm M 3, Unnamed 3/12 NOT 1870 census Napoleon, Henry OH - Henry Yeager 61 b PA others OH, Elizabeth 40, John 24, Lorenzo 17, Emma 15, William 13, Francis 10, Charles 5, Eddie 1 1880 Not found