1808 - 1886

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• Birth	1808	Opingham , Saratoga , New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Apr 1886	Rochester , Cedar , Iowa
  Person ID	I46908	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John Daniel Ezekiel YERINGTON, b. Abt 1778, Stonington , New London , Connecticut
  Mother	Rhoda COVEY, b. Abt 1780, Berkshire , Massachusetts
  Family ID	F19725	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Sarah WADE, b. 7 Jun 1831, Wooster , Wayne , Ohio
  Married	6 Jun 1858	Cedar , Iowa
  Children	> 1. Daniel Webster YERINGTON, b. 21 Apr 1855, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio   2. Josephine YERINGTON, b. 1856, Iowa   3. Nettie YERINGTON, b. 1858, Cedar , Iowa   4. Frank YERINGTON, b. 1860, Cedar , Iowa   5. Anna YERINGTON, b. 1866, Cedar , Iowa   6. Delia YERINGTON, b. 4 Dec 1872, Cedar , Iowa
  Family ID	F20595	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary Jane UNKNOWN, b. 1811, New York
  Children	1. Oscar YERINGTON, b. 1836, New York   2. Charles YERINGTON, b. 1837, Michigan   3. Andrew J. YERINGTON, b. 1843, Michigan   4. Alice YERINGTON, b. 1847, Michigan
  Family ID	F19820	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Laura VESTER, b. 16 Aug 1818, New York
  Children	1. Angeline YERINGTON, b. Abt 1838 > 2. George Washington YERINGTON, b. 29 Sep 1842, Findlay , Hancock , Ohio > 3. Emma YERINGTON, b. 1849, Ohio
  Family ID	F19732	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Rank E15 US Inf. - Commanded by Isaac Toll enlisted 04/08/1847 discharged 04/13/1848 New Orleans Lousiana age 59 John Yarrington 41 1808 New York Male Brighton, Livingston, MI Jane Yarrington 38 1811 New York Female Brighton, Livingston, MI Oscar Yarrington 14 1835 New York Male Brighton, Livingston, MI Chas Yarrington 13 1836 Michigan Male Brighton, Livingston, MI Andrew Yarrington 7 1842 Michigan Male Brighton, Livingston, MI Alice Yarrington 3 1846 Michigan Female Brighton, Livingston, MI age 40 in jail John D Yerington Tipton, Cedar, IA 40 1819 Ohio Male Sarah Yerington Rochester, Cedar, IA 28 1831 Ohio Female Emna Yerington Rochester, Cedar, IA 10 1849 Ohio Female Webster Yerington Rochester, Cedar, IA 5 1854 Ohio Male Josephine Yerington Rochester, Cedar, IA 4 1855 Iowa Female age 68 age 68 CLAIMED 73 YEARS OLD Found your John Yerington in jail-he was judged"insame and distracted" in about March 20,1860,tried to drown himself, and there was a document that had Jas.M. Jasbor(sp?) as guardian with about 15 other signers.From reading it said he needed to be kept somewhere as no one could take care of him and since there were no other safe facilities at the time(think only hospital was in Muscatine at this time),the only place was the jail(how sad for him)His possessions were appraised ,not much,and then later papers Jas.M Jasbor was guardian and had bills for wood,shoes, 3 dozen eggs, flour,sugar, potatoes 1 lb. of candles, matches, salt, 6 yds of Print-hooks and eyes, thread etc. John apparently had pension papers and a land warrant also .It sounded like this Jas M,,think he lived in Muscatine, was taking care of and providing for the rest of the family. I found a marriage of John Yarrington to Sarah Powell Bk D Page 163, June 6, 1858,think both were age 21??.Is this your John..? The librarian at Tipton,Linda Dykstra,said her mother was acquainted with the Yerrington family and her name is Marie Shaull,phone 319 886-2032.I had other material written down(about 6 pages) and will mail if you send s-mail address.Thought you would like to know this ahead.The court documents had about 6-8 small pages.Probate # 352.Apparently there are WITMER related to the Yerington??from a lady at the library. On various pension papers On 04/28/1859 he claimed to be 46 years old On 03/27/1879 he claimed to be 68 years old On 04/06/1885 he claimed to be 74 years old