Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

DR. FRANKLIN J. YAGER, a widely known physician and surgeon of
Campbellsburg, Henry County, was born in Oldham County, Ky., the sixth of
seven sons and two daughters born to Daniel and Susan (Berry) Yager, and
is of German descent.  His father was a native of Madison County, born May
17, 1779, came to Kentucky in the fall of 1817, and settled a farm in
Oldham County, near Brownsboro.  The year following he moved to a farm on
Harrod's Creek, where he resided until his death, August 14, 1860.  He was
a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was one of the most
influential men of his day.  Mrs. Susan Yager was a native of Madison
County, Va., born May 23, 1788; she was a member of the Missionary Baptist
Church, and a firm supporter of its principles, and died in May, 1844.
John Yager, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Germany,
came to America when a young man, and settled in Madison County, Va.,
where he resided until his ninety-eight year.  His maternal grandfather,
Michael Berry, was a native of Germany, but little of his life is known.
The early life of our subject was passed on the farm until his eighteenth
year, when he entered Shelbyville College, under Prof. John E. Farnam,
and there remained under a year.  He then attended the seminary at LaGrange
for three years, then under a professor at this father's house fifteen
months, then taught school in Henry County one year, then one year in
Oldham, during which time he prosecuted the study of medicine, with a
view of making it his profession.  In 1846 he entered the medical
department of the University of Louisville, where he finished his course
of study.  He began practice at the Pond Settlement, Jefferson County,
where he remained two years, and then came to Campbellsburg, where he
has since successfully followed his profession.  April 10, 1847, he was
united in marriage with Diana Smith, a native of Oldham County, and a
daughter of Fountain and Bersheba Smith.  Her father was a native of
Virginia, born June 18, 1802; came to Kentucky in his twenty-second year;
was one of the earlier settlers of Oldham County, and died April 16, 1843.
Her mother was born March 25, 1811, was a member of the Missionary Baptist
Church, and died December 29, 1831, in Oldham County.  Four sons and three
daughters were born to Dr. and Mrs. Yager: Fountain S., Born May 7, 1849,
now practicing law at Leesburg, Fla.; Ida L. born August 29, 1853, died
March 8, 1855; Ernest, born December 30, 1855, last one graduating at
Georgetown College, Ky., now a banker at Leesburg, Fla.; Arthur, October
29, 1857, graduated at Georgetown College with a degree of A.B., in 1879,
taught three years in the academy at Georgetown, then to Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, graduated with the degree of Ph.D. in 1884, and is
now professor of history and political science at Georgetown; Luella J.,
born February 3, 1860, graduated from the female high school of Louisville
in 1879 with honor; Nannie, born June 4, 1864, died January 24, 1866, and
Walter H., born April 28, 1868, now attending Georgetown College.
Politically Dr. Yager has been a lifelong Democrat.  He has been combating
the saloons, retailing whisky [sic] business and drunkenness for years,
has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for thirty years, and has
attained to the Royal Arch degree.  He has been a member of the county
board of health for many years, and of the Missionary Baptist Church since
1844.  His farm near Campbellsburg consists of 252 acres.

Yager Farnam Smith Berry
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Oldham-KY Madison-VA Jefferson-KY Georgetown-Scott-KY MD FL Germany

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