RE: Photo of Yeary-Rike Drug Store made in 1895 - 8th person from left is Walter Bonar Yeary.

1870 Federal Census taken 7/9/1870, for Collin Co., TX:
Walter Yeary, age 50;
Margaret Yeary, age 37;
John Yeary, age 19;
Melissa Yeary, age 16;
David Yeary, age 14;
Betty Yeary, age 12;
Walter Yeary, age 7;
Virginia Yeary, age 6;
Margaret Yeary, age 4;
William Yeary, age 19.

1880 Federal Census for Collin Co., TX:
Walter Yeary, age 60;
Margret Yeary, age 37;
Walter Yeary, age 19;
V. L. Yeary, age 17;
Margret Yeary, age 14;
Rula Yeary, age 9;
Lula Yeary, age 9.

1900 Federal Census taken 6/1/1900, for Collin Co., TX:
Walter D. Yewog, head, druggist, b. 12/1860 @ TX;
Roberta Yewog, wife, 6/4, b. 10/1866 @ NC;
Walter R. Yewog, son, b. 12/1888 @ TX;
Margaret A. Yewog, dau., b. 10/1890 @ TX;
Horace E. Yewog, son, b. 7/1892 @ TX;
James C. Yewog, son, b. 7/1894 @ TX.

W. B. Yeary was a druggist until 1901, when he was forced to give up this business, due to his childhood injuries. He then went into farming, then banking and then a writer for Cotton farmers.

1910 Federal Census for Collin Co., TX, town of Farmersville, TX, taken 4/27/1910:
Walter B. Yeary, age 49;
Walter R. Yeary, age 21;
Margaret A. Yeary, age 19;
Horace E. Yeary, age 17;
James C. Yeary, age 15.

1920 Federal Census for Collin Co., TX, town of Farmersville, TX taken 1/28/1920:
Walter B. Yeary, age 58, widow.

1930 Federal Census taken 4/2/1930, for Farmersville, Collin Co., TX:
Walter B. Yeary, head, male, age 69, b. TX;
Alice M. Yeary, wife, female, age 68, b. AR.

After the death of his first wife, Roberta Lindsey, he remarried "Miss Alice" Cagle. In their later years they left Farmersville, and moved to Dallas. Miss Alice lived to be almost 100 years old.

Obituary appearing in the Dallas Morning News on 7/3/1936:
Walter B. Yeary, Farm Leader, Dies.
Funeral services for Walter B. Yeary, 75, agricultural leader who died early Thursday at his home, 3113 Live Oak, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at the Guardian Funeral Chapel. The Rev. W. H. Wynn, pastor, Forest Avenue Baptist Church will officiate. Services and burial will be at Farmersville at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Yeary was born Dec. 24, 1860, on a farm near Farmersville, Collin County. He became a druggist in 1880 and entered the banking business in 1901, with agriculture as a side line. He was associated with many farming organizations. His first wife, the former Miss Roberta L. Jones, having died in 1919, Mr. Yeary married Miss Alice Lewis in 1920 and came here to live. He was a member of the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. C. H. Standifer, Austin; three sons, W. R. Yeary, Denton; H. E. Yeary, Farmersville, and Dr. D. M. Yeary, Farmersville; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Goff, Hereford; Mrs. Vina Webb, Nocona, and Mrs. John Bunkley, Seymour.