Yale, Elihu – Yeates, Jasper
Yale, Elihu
philanthropist, born April 5, 1649, in Boston, Mass. In 1678 he went to the East Indies; governor of Fort St. George, Madras, dur-. ing 1687-92; and acquired great wealth.
He never returned to America, and died July 8, 1721, in London, England. During 1714-21 he made donations to the college amounting to nearly three thousand dollars, at a time when the money was much needed; and the college was named Yale college in his honor.
Yale, Elisha
clergyman, author, was born June 15, 1780, in Lee, Mass. He became pastor of the presbyterian church at Kingsborough in 1804, and retained this charge till his resignation in 1852. He published Select Verse System, for the Use of Individuals, Families, and Schools; Helps to Cultivate the Conscience. He died Jan. 9, 1853, in Kingsborough, N. Y.
Yale, Leroy Milton
physician, educator, journalist, was born Feb. 12, 1841, in Holmes Hole (now Vineyard Haven), Mass. Since 1871 he has been instructor and lecturer on various branches in the Bellevue Hospital Medical college in New York city. He had charge of The Medical Gazette in 1867-68, and has edited the medical part of Babyhood since its beginning in 1884.
Yale, Linus
inventor, was born April 4, 1821, in Salisbury, N. Y. He was the inventor of the famous Yale locks, which are now extensively used throughout the civilized world. He died Dec. 4, 1868, in New York city.
Yales, William Hall
lawyer, state senator, lieutenant-governor, was born Nov. 12, 1831, in New Haven, Conn.
He is a noted lawyer of Winona, Minn.; was elected to the Wisconsin state senate in 1866; and again in 1875 and 1894. In 1869 he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state of Wisconsin, and received the re-election in 1871.
Yancey, Bartlett
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born about 1780 in Caswell county, N. C. He was a member of congress from North Carolina in 1813, where he served four years. He served for many years in the state legislature, and frequently as speaker of the house. He died Aug. 30, 1828, in Caswell county, N. C.
Yancey, William Lowndes
lawyer, journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1814, in Ogeechee Shoals, Ga. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1844. to 1847. Before entering congress he had served in the Alabama legislature, and, after leaving it, served as a member of various political conventions. He died July 28, 1863, near Montgomery, Ala.
Yancy, Mrs. Belle
author, poet, was born in Louisville, Ky. She is the author of several novels, and a number of poems.
Yancy, Joel
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1827 to 1831.
Yandell, David Wendell
physician, educator, was born Sept. 4, 1826, in.
Murfreesborough, Tenn. He was appointed professor of surgery in the Indiana Medical college in 1874. In 1870 he established the American Practitioner.
Yaple, George L
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1851, in Leonidas, Mich. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-eighth congress from Mendon, Mich.
Yardley, Robert M
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 9, 1850, in Yardley, Pa. He was elected district attorney in 1879 in Doylestown, Pa., and was elected a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago in 1884. He was elected to the fiftieth congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Yarrow, Henry Crecy
physician, author, was born Nov. 19, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a physician in Washington, curator of the reptile department in the National museum; and the author of Introduction to the Study of Mortuary Customs Among North American Indians.
Yates, Abraham
congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1724, in Albany, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the continental congress in 1787 and 1788. He died June 30, 1796, in Albany, N. Y.
Yates, Arthur Gould
merchant, railroad president, was born Dec. 18, 1843, in East Waverly, N. Y. In 1890 he was elected president and director of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh railway at Rochester, N. Y.
Yates, Austin Andrew
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born March 24, 1836, in Schenectady. In 1868 he was elected district attorney of Schenectady county, N. Y.; and he was judge from 1873 till 1876. He has a large law practice in Schenectady, and has been twice a member of the New York assembly.
Yates, Elizabeth Upham
missionary, lecturer, was born July 3, 1857, in Bristol, Maine. For many years she was a missionary in China; and as the national lecturer of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, and the National American Suffrage association, she has attained a world-wide reputation. She has addressed many state legislatures and congressional committees in the behalf of woman's enfranchisement and other reform measures; and is now engaged in lecturing on literary subjects, especially history and travel. Miss Yates is of French extraction, and a combination of Puritan and Creole.
Yates, John Barentse
state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 1, 1784, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1815 to 1817; and was a member of the assembly of that state in 1836 from Madison county. He died July 11, 1836, in Chittenango, N. Y.
Yates, John Van Ness
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 18, 1779, in Albany, N. Y. He was a lawyer of Albany; and the author of Collection of Pleadings and Practical Precedents, with Notes; History of the State of New York; and Principles and Practice, etc., in Cases of Writs of Error. He died Jan. 10, 1839, in Albany, N. Y.
Yates, Joseph Christopher
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1768, in Schenectady, N. Y. He served as mayor of Schenectady in 1798-1808, as state senator in 1806-07; and as judge of the supreme court in 1808-22; and was governor of the state of New York in 1823-25. He died March 19, 1837, in Schenectady, N. Y.
Yates, Peter W
lawyer, congressman, was born in Albany, N. Y. He was a lawyer by profession, and well known in the courts of Albany both before and after the revolution. He represented New York in the general congress in 1785-87.
Yates, Richard
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Jan. 18, 1818, in Warsaw, Ky. He frequently served in the Illinois state legislature; was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1851 to 1855, and in 1861 was elected governor of Illinois for four years. He participated extensively in the raising of troops for the national army during the rebellion, and was elected a senator in congress from Illinois for the term commencing in 1865 and ending in 1871. He died Nov. 27, 1873, in St. Louis.
Yates, Richard
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 12, 1860, in Jacksonville, Ill. He has practiced law with success in his native city; was city attorney during 1885- 91, and county judge during 1894-98.
Yates, Robert
lawyer, jurist, was born March 17, 1738, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a judge of the supreme court of New York from 1777 to 1790 and was chief justice from 1790 to 1798. He was commissioned to treat with the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut on the subject of territory and to settle the claims of New York against the state of Vermont. He died Sept. 9, 1801, in Albany, N. Y.
Yeager, James Martin
clergyman, lecturer, college president, was born Nov. 2, 1857, in Yeagerstown, Pa. He attended the Wyoming seminary and in 1880 graduated from the Wesleyan university, from which institution he subsequently received the degree of A. M. For two years he preached in Carmel, N. Y., then traveled through the principal countries of Europe and in Palestine and Egypt. During 1883-84 he filled a pastorate in Lenox, Mass., then for three years in Rhinecliffeon-Hudson, N. Y., and during 1888-92 in Hillsdale, N. Y., and since 1892 has been president of the Drew Ladies' seminary.
He lectures on Rembles on The Continent; Jauntings in the East; From Blarney Castle to The Nile; and Rocks That Wreck.
Yeagley, John W
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 12, 1843, in New Somerset, Ohio. He is an able lawyer of New Philadelphia, Ohio, of which city he has been mayor. For six years he was judge of the probate court of his county.
Yeaman, George H
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Nov. 1, 1829, in Hardin county, Ky. In 1854 he was elected judge of Davies county, Ky.
In 1861 he was elected to the legislature of Kentucky. He was a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-seventh congress and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress, serving on the same committee.
In 1865 he was appointed minister resident to Denmark. He practices law in New York city; and is the author of The Study of Government.
Yeamans, John
governor, was born about 1605 in England. During 1671-74 he was governor of South Carolina. He died about 1676, in the West Indies.
Yeardley, George
governor, was born in 1580, in England. He was governor of Virginia in 1616, 1619-21, and in 1625. In 1619 the first general assembly met in Virginia, and during his administration many important improvements were made. He died in 1627.
Yeates, Jasper
lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 9, 1745, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania from 1791 until his death. He published Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1808 in four volumes. He died March 14, 1817, in Lancaster, Pa.