George was the 6th of 10 children of George Yearian and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Bell.
He came with his family from Richland County, Ohio, to Perry County, Illinois, about 1838.
He married 1st on October 25, 1856, Perry County, Illinois, to Mrs. Abigale Frost Irvin Lawler by whom he had John Wesley Yearian (pictured).
He married 2nd on February 10, 1863, Illinois, to Elizabeth Anne Stroud by whom he had Thomas and Elnorah.
George was the real life counterpart to the character George Swearingen in the novel "The Sheep Queen" by his great-grandson, Thomas Savage.
Obituary:
DIED
YEARIAN - At Yearianville, Lemhi county, Idaho, on August 22, 1890, Geo. Yearian, aged 65 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The long expected and much dreaded event came at last, and George Yearian passed from Time into Eternity, August 22, 1890, at about 9 o'clock a.m. The deceased was one of the oldest, most noble and respected citizens of the Lemhi valley. He was born on the 20th day of September, 1824, at Plymouth, Ohio. In 1839, at the age of 19 years, he moved with his parents to Perry county, Illinois. He took the gold fever in 1850, and together with his brothers, Jacob and Frederick, went to California, where he remained four years and then returned to Illinois. In 1856 he married to a widow lady by the name of Abigail Irvin, mother of Mrs. Reddington of the upper Lemhi, with whom he lived five years, when she died, leaving him an only son, John, who is now a successful merchant at Junction. In 1863 he again married. Miss Elizabeth Stroud was the happy bride, with whom he lived a happy life until his death. Although he was born and raised on a farm, yet he chose the mercantile business as his profession, which he followed from the time he was 21 years of age until three years ago, when he sold out to his son John. Since coming to Idaho he has also been engaged in placer mining on Horse Prairie. He took sick on the 26th day of September, 1888, with heart difficulty, from which he never recovered. He was a great sufferer and day by day his life ebbed away, in spite of all that medical skill, loving hearts and willing hands could do. From the first he was impressed with a conviction that he would not recover, yet he held on to life with a tenacity that was marvelous. From a boy he had an unnatural fear of death. This fear seemed to become greater as he saw the end of life's journey drawing visibly nearer, until it became a source of positive pain to him to know that he must die. He had always lived a good, moral, and upright life, with a strong belief in God and his goodness and the universal salvation of all men; but when the shadows of eternity began to gather around him, he felt the need of a personal Saviour, whom he sought by faith and prayer, and found to his great joy. During the last month of his sickness the fear of death was removed, and during the last week of his life it was a joy for him to think of death, and a pleasure for him to talk of "going home."
He died in full confidence of his acceptance with God. He requested and exhorted his children to meet him in Heaven, and to his wife said, "I know you will meet me in Heaven." Never was there a wife more devoted and attentive to her husband than was his to him. Night and day for almost two years she was constantly at his bedside attentive to his every want. Now he's gone, and her greatest consolation is found in that he died happy and trusting in God for full salvation. Among his last words he said, "I can see into eternity, but not enough to tell you anything; if I do before death comes I will tell you." His funeral occurred on Sabbath, August 24, 1890, at one o'clock p.m. in the Junction Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee from its organization to the day of his death. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, W. E. King, from Second Timothy, first chapter, and tenth verse. The church was crowded to overflowing. The esteem in which he was held by community was attested in that his was the largest funeral ever had in the Upper Lemhi Valley. He leaves a wife and three children and many relatives who mourn his loss. But their loss is his gain. A good man has gone to his reward.
W. E. King
He came with his family from Richland County, Ohio, to Perry County, Illinois, about 1838.
He married 1st on October 25, 1856, Perry County, Illinois, to Mrs. Abigale Frost Irvin Lawler by whom he had John Wesley Yearian (pictured).
He married 2nd on February 10, 1863, Illinois, to Elizabeth Anne Stroud by whom he had Thomas and Elnorah.
George was the real life counterpart to the character George Swearingen in the novel "The Sheep Queen" by his great-grandson, Thomas Savage.
Obituary:
DIED
YEARIAN - At Yearianville, Lemhi county, Idaho, on August 22, 1890, Geo. Yearian, aged 65 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The long expected and much dreaded event came at last, and George Yearian passed from Time into Eternity, August 22, 1890, at about 9 o'clock a.m. The deceased was one of the oldest, most noble and respected citizens of the Lemhi valley. He was born on the 20th day of September, 1824, at Plymouth, Ohio. In 1839, at the age of 19 years, he moved with his parents to Perry county, Illinois. He took the gold fever in 1850, and together with his brothers, Jacob and Frederick, went to California, where he remained four years and then returned to Illinois. In 1856 he married to a widow lady by the name of Abigail Irvin, mother of Mrs. Reddington of the upper Lemhi, with whom he lived five years, when she died, leaving him an only son, John, who is now a successful merchant at Junction. In 1863 he again married. Miss Elizabeth Stroud was the happy bride, with whom he lived a happy life until his death. Although he was born and raised on a farm, yet he chose the mercantile business as his profession, which he followed from the time he was 21 years of age until three years ago, when he sold out to his son John. Since coming to Idaho he has also been engaged in placer mining on Horse Prairie. He took sick on the 26th day of September, 1888, with heart difficulty, from which he never recovered. He was a great sufferer and day by day his life ebbed away, in spite of all that medical skill, loving hearts and willing hands could do. From the first he was impressed with a conviction that he would not recover, yet he held on to life with a tenacity that was marvelous. From a boy he had an unnatural fear of death. This fear seemed to become greater as he saw the end of life's journey drawing visibly nearer, until it became a source of positive pain to him to know that he must die. He had always lived a good, moral, and upright life, with a strong belief in God and his goodness and the universal salvation of all men; but when the shadows of eternity began to gather around him, he felt the need of a personal Saviour, whom he sought by faith and prayer, and found to his great joy. During the last month of his sickness the fear of death was removed, and during the last week of his life it was a joy for him to think of death, and a pleasure for him to talk of "going home."
He died in full confidence of his acceptance with God. He requested and exhorted his children to meet him in Heaven, and to his wife said, "I know you will meet me in Heaven." Never was there a wife more devoted and attentive to her husband than was his to him. Night and day for almost two years she was constantly at his bedside attentive to his every want. Now he's gone, and her greatest consolation is found in that he died happy and trusting in God for full salvation. Among his last words he said, "I can see into eternity, but not enough to tell you anything; if I do before death comes I will tell you." His funeral occurred on Sabbath, August 24, 1890, at one o'clock p.m. in the Junction Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee from its organization to the day of his death. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, W. E. King, from Second Timothy, first chapter, and tenth verse. The church was crowded to overflowing. The esteem in which he was held by community was attested in that his was the largest funeral ever had in the Upper Lemhi Valley. He leaves a wife and three children and many relatives who mourn his loss. But their loss is his gain. A good man has gone to his reward.
W. E. King
George was the 6th of 10 children of George Yearian and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Bell.
He came with his family from Richland County, Ohio, to Perry County, Illinois, about 1838.
He married 1st on October 25, 1856, Perry County, Illinois, to Mrs. Abigale Frost Irvin Lawler by whom he had John Wesley Yearian (pictured).
He married 2nd on February 10, 1863, Illinois, to Elizabeth Anne Stroud by whom he had Thomas and Elnorah.
George was the real life counterpart to the character George Swearingen in the novel "The Sheep Queen" by his great-grandson, Thomas Savage.
Obituary:
DIED
YEARIAN - At Yearianville, Lemhi county, Idaho, on August 22, 1890, Geo. Yearian, aged 65 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The long expected and much dreaded event came at last, and George Yearian passed from Time into Eternity, August 22, 1890, at about 9 o'clock a.m. The deceased was one of the oldest, most noble and respected citizens of the Lemhi valley. He was born on the 20th day of September, 1824, at Plymouth, Ohio. In 1839, at the age of 19 years, he moved with his parents to Perry county, Illinois. He took the gold fever in 1850, and together with his brothers, Jacob and Frederick, went to California, where he remained four years and then returned to Illinois. In 1856 he married to a widow lady by the name of Abigail Irvin, mother of Mrs. Reddington of the upper Lemhi, with whom he lived five years, when she died, leaving him an only son, John, who is now a successful merchant at Junction. In 1863 he again married. Miss Elizabeth Stroud was the happy bride, with whom he lived a happy life until his death. Although he was born and raised on a farm, yet he chose the mercantile business as his profession, which he followed from the time he was 21 years of age until three years ago, when he sold out to his son John. Since coming to Idaho he has also been engaged in placer mining on Horse Prairie. He took sick on the 26th day of September, 1888, with heart difficulty, from which he never recovered. He was a great sufferer and day by day his life ebbed away, in spite of all that medical skill, loving hearts and willing hands could do. From the first he was impressed with a conviction that he would not recover, yet he held on to life with a tenacity that was marvelous. From a boy he had an unnatural fear of death. This fear seemed to become greater as he saw the end of life's journey drawing visibly nearer, until it became a source of positive pain to him to know that he must die. He had always lived a good, moral, and upright life, with a strong belief in God and his goodness and the universal salvation of all men; but when the shadows of eternity began to gather around him, he felt the need of a personal Saviour, whom he sought by faith and prayer, and found to his great joy. During the last month of his sickness the fear of death was removed, and during the last week of his life it was a joy for him to think of death, and a pleasure for him to talk of "going home."
He died in full confidence of his acceptance with God. He requested and exhorted his children to meet him in Heaven, and to his wife said, "I know you will meet me in Heaven." Never was there a wife more devoted and attentive to her husband than was his to him. Night and day for almost two years she was constantly at his bedside attentive to his every want. Now he's gone, and her greatest consolation is found in that he died happy and trusting in God for full salvation. Among his last words he said, "I can see into eternity, but not enough to tell you anything; if I do before death comes I will tell you." His funeral occurred on Sabbath, August 24, 1890, at one o'clock p.m. in the Junction Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee from its organization to the day of his death. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, W. E. King, from Second Timothy, first chapter, and tenth verse. The church was crowded to overflowing. The esteem in which he was held by community was attested in that his was the largest funeral ever had in the Upper Lemhi Valley. He leaves a wife and three children and many relatives who mourn his loss. But their loss is his gain. A good man has gone to his reward.
W. E. King
He came with his family from Richland County, Ohio, to Perry County, Illinois, about 1838.
He married 1st on October 25, 1856, Perry County, Illinois, to Mrs. Abigale Frost Irvin Lawler by whom he had John Wesley Yearian (pictured).
He married 2nd on February 10, 1863, Illinois, to Elizabeth Anne Stroud by whom he had Thomas and Elnorah.
George was the real life counterpart to the character George Swearingen in the novel "The Sheep Queen" by his great-grandson, Thomas Savage.
Obituary:
DIED
YEARIAN - At Yearianville, Lemhi county, Idaho, on August 22, 1890, Geo. Yearian, aged 65 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The long expected and much dreaded event came at last, and George Yearian passed from Time into Eternity, August 22, 1890, at about 9 o'clock a.m. The deceased was one of the oldest, most noble and respected citizens of the Lemhi valley. He was born on the 20th day of September, 1824, at Plymouth, Ohio. In 1839, at the age of 19 years, he moved with his parents to Perry county, Illinois. He took the gold fever in 1850, and together with his brothers, Jacob and Frederick, went to California, where he remained four years and then returned to Illinois. In 1856 he married to a widow lady by the name of Abigail Irvin, mother of Mrs. Reddington of the upper Lemhi, with whom he lived five years, when she died, leaving him an only son, John, who is now a successful merchant at Junction. In 1863 he again married. Miss Elizabeth Stroud was the happy bride, with whom he lived a happy life until his death. Although he was born and raised on a farm, yet he chose the mercantile business as his profession, which he followed from the time he was 21 years of age until three years ago, when he sold out to his son John. Since coming to Idaho he has also been engaged in placer mining on Horse Prairie. He took sick on the 26th day of September, 1888, with heart difficulty, from which he never recovered. He was a great sufferer and day by day his life ebbed away, in spite of all that medical skill, loving hearts and willing hands could do. From the first he was impressed with a conviction that he would not recover, yet he held on to life with a tenacity that was marvelous. From a boy he had an unnatural fear of death. This fear seemed to become greater as he saw the end of life's journey drawing visibly nearer, until it became a source of positive pain to him to know that he must die. He had always lived a good, moral, and upright life, with a strong belief in God and his goodness and the universal salvation of all men; but when the shadows of eternity began to gather around him, he felt the need of a personal Saviour, whom he sought by faith and prayer, and found to his great joy. During the last month of his sickness the fear of death was removed, and during the last week of his life it was a joy for him to think of death, and a pleasure for him to talk of "going home."
He died in full confidence of his acceptance with God. He requested and exhorted his children to meet him in Heaven, and to his wife said, "I know you will meet me in Heaven." Never was there a wife more devoted and attentive to her husband than was his to him. Night and day for almost two years she was constantly at his bedside attentive to his every want. Now he's gone, and her greatest consolation is found in that he died happy and trusting in God for full salvation. Among his last words he said, "I can see into eternity, but not enough to tell you anything; if I do before death comes I will tell you." His funeral occurred on Sabbath, August 24, 1890, at one o'clock p.m. in the Junction Methodist Church, of which he was a trustee from its organization to the day of his death. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, W. E. King, from Second Timothy, first chapter, and tenth verse. The church was crowded to overflowing. The esteem in which he was held by community was attested in that his was the largest funeral ever had in the Upper Lemhi Valley. He leaves a wife and three children and many relatives who mourn his loss. But their loss is his gain. A good man has gone to his reward.
W. E. King
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