Henry Wandal Yager (bef May 12, 1802 – January 9, 1860) was a farmer, businessman and political figure in
Upper Canada.
He was born in
Claverack,
Columbia County, New York, in 1802, the son of Wandal Yager and Eva Dings. The family moved to Upper Canada and settled in
Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario about 1800. He was not a
United Empire Loyalist. He married Elizabeth White, daughter of
Reuben White who was also elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.
From the land records, it appears that he was an active speculator frequently buying and selling land in the area and is often referred to as a merchant in the deeds though no record of his business has been found. In 1834, Yager was elected to the 12th Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada session for
Hastings. He was a reformer. Thirteen letters were saved by the family from his political years and are now held by the Archives of Canada and called the Henry W Yager Fonds.
In 1847, he left Canada and took his family to Wisconsin, where he bought a farm in
Dane County, Wisconsin
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, near the home of his daughter Lorinda. He died in
Dane County in 1860.
References
* ''Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841'', J.K. Johnson, McGill-Queen's Univ Press, (1989)
* ''The Rebels of Hastings'', Betsy Dewar Boyce, University of Toronto Press, (1992)
External links
“Henry W Yager of Thurlow Tp, Hastings County”
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1860 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
1802 births