[160-20] ABRAHAM A. YEAKLE, b Apr. 4, 1830; d Nov. 1, 1888; s Samuel and Lydia (Anders) Yeakle [160-6a]; m Sept. 15, 1863, ANNA ELIZA SHEPARD, b Aug. 23, 1842; d Jan. 1, 1899; dau Jesse and Harriet Y. (Schultz) Shepard [68-17].
“Abraham A. Yeakle for more than twenty years ranked among the leading dry goods merchants of Norristown, Pa. He relinquished the dry goods business in order to devote more time to the affairs of the People’s National Bank of Norristown of which institution he was one of the organizers, and which he served as president during the last seven years of his life. Mr. Yeakle was interested in many other progressive enterprises and was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown at the time of his death.” |Bean— Hist. Montg. Co.]}
Children (8): [160-51.1] 1. Frank S., 6 June 16, 1864; m Caroline Brakley Bennett:
Parents’ family: [160-6a] Samuel Yeakle and Lydia Anders