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Rh the army in Mexico. He was mustered into the service as colonel of the 1st Arkansas volunteer cavalry, and was killed by a Mexican lancer while leading his men at the battle of Buena Vista.

YELLAND, Raymond D., artist, b. in Lon- don, England, 2 Feb., 1848. lie came to this coun- try, studied at the National academy and under James R. Brevooit and William Page in 1869-'71, and under Luc, Olivier Merson, in Paris, in 1886-'7. He was elected a member of the San Francisco art association in 1874, and during 1877-'8 was assist- ant director of the California school of design, of which he was elected director in 1888. Among his works are " Half-Moon Beach," " The Lonely Sea," "Sunlight and Shadow," "The Golden Gate at Even," " Mount Tacoma," " Mount Hood," "Columbia River," "Golden Gate," "Near Dordrecht," and " Faringford, Isle of Wight."

YEO, James, Canadian member of parliament, b. in Porthill, Prince Edward island, 31 Oct., 1832. He is the son of James, who came from Devon- shire, England, in 1827, and who was a member of the Prince Edward island assembly for thirty years. The son is a merchant, ship-builder, and ship-owner ; was a representative in the Prince Edward island assembly and a member of the executive council for several years previous to 1872, when the prov- ince entered the confederation, lie was elected to the Dominion parliament in 1872, and re-elected in 1874, 1878, 1882, and 1887.

YEO, Sir James Lucas, British naval officer, b. in Southampton, England, in 1782 ; d. off the coast of Africa in 1819. He entered the navy at an early age under Admiral Cosby. In 1797 he was promoted lieutenant, and assigned to "La Loire," under Capt. Frederick L. Maitland. While off the Spanish coast he was sent to capture the enemy's vessels in the port of El Muros. Storm- ing the fort, he succeeded in bringing out of the port every vessel, armed and unarmed. For this achievement he was made commander, and given the " Confiance," one of the vessels he had taken. In 1809 he captured Cayenne, in conjunction with the Portuguese, and was in consequence made post-captain, and received from the prince regent of Portugal a knight's commandery of St. Benito d'Avis, being the only Protestant ever so hon- ored. Sir James "was placed in command of the British naval forces on Lake Ontario, and on 27 May, 1813, appeared off Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., on the " Wolf, twenty-four guns, with a squadron of five war-vessels, and about forty bateaux, con- taining 1,200 troops under command of Sir George Prevost. In May, 1814, he again sailed out of Kingston harbor with an effective force of cruis- ing-vessels, and 1,000 troops under Gen. Sir George Gordon Drummond. The capture of Oswego was the first fruits of the expedition. Subsequently he was blockaded for six weeks in Kingston harbor by Capt. Isaac Chauncey, of the American navy, who had previously defeated him and his squad- ron in York bay. On 15 Oct. Sir James once more sailed, on board the " St. Lawrence," pierced for 112 guns, and carrying over a thousand men, ac- companied by four ships, two b*igs, and a schooner, and henceforth was " lord of the lake." He did not deem it prudent, however, to attack Capt. Chauncey, who had retired to Sackett's Harbor, where a force of 0,000 men had been gathered. The lake being closed soon afterward by ice, no further hostilities followed, as the treaty of peace was signed in the following December. After the return of Sir James to England he was ordered to duty off the west coast of Africa. His health hav- ing been already impaired by arduous service, he was unable to withstand the climate, and died while on the voyage home.

YEOMANS, John William, clergyman, b. in Hinsdale, Berkshire co., Mass., 7 Jan., 1800 ; d. in Danville, Montour co., Pa., 22 June, 1863. He was graduated at Williams in 1824, and, after holding the office of tutor there for a year, resigned to study theology at Andover seminary. In 1828 he was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church at North Adams, Mass., where he remained until 1832, when he took charge of the 1st Congregational church at Pittsfield, Mass., whence he was called in 1834 to the 1st Presbyterian church at Trenton, N. J. In 1841 he became president of Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., but he resigned in 1845 to become pastor of the Mahoning church at Dan- ville, Pa., where he remained until his death. In 1800 he was moderator of the General assembly of the Presbyterian church. As president of Lafay- ette, Dr. Yeomans proved himself a ripe scholar and an able teacher. He was regarded as one of the chief theologians of his denomination, and as a metaphysician probably had but few equals among his contemporaries. He received the degree of D. D. from Miami university in 1841. Among his publications are " Election Sermon " (Boston, 1834); "Dedication Sermon" (Trenton, 1840); and " Address on the Author's Inauguration as Presi- dent of Lafayette College " (Easton, 1841). He was also a frequent contributor to the " Princeton Review," and was co-author of a " History of the County of Berkshire, Mass., in Two Parts " (Pitts- field, 1829). — His son, Edward Dorr, clergyman, b. in North Adams, Berkshire co., Mass., 27 Sept., 1829 ; d. in Orange, Essex co., N. J., 25 Aug., 1868, was educated chiefly by his father, and passed through the Junior year at Lafayette college before he was fifteen years old. On account of his youth he was not graduated, but he received from Prince- ton the honorary degree of A. M. in 1849 and that of D. D. in 1864. After studying theology at Princeton, he was licensed to preach, 21 April, 1847, when only seventeen years and a half old. After preaching from 1847 till 1849 at New Co- lumbia, Pa., and serving as principal of an acad- emy at Danville, Pa., in 1847-'50, he was pastor successively of several churches, including Roches- ter, N. Y., from 1847 until his death. That event was supposed to have been hastened by his ener- getic work at Orange, which resulted in doubling the church membership within a year, while he was undergoing the strain of severe literary labor. Dr. Yeomans will probably be longest remembered as a translator from the German. His English versions of Dr. Philip Schaff's " History of the Apostolic Church " (New York, 1853), of " Lectures on America " (1855), and " History of the Christian Church " (1859), have the idiomatic character of original compositions. He was engaged at the time of his death in translating the large volume of Lange's "Commentary on John."

YERGER, George Shall, lawyer, b. in Hagerstown, Bid., 23 Aug., 1801 ; d. in Bolivar county, Miss., 20 April, 1860. His father, who was of Ger- man origin, emigrated to the neighborhood of Lebanon, Tenn., in 1816. There George obtained a fair education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He settled in Nashville, was for many years reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of Tennessee, and was elected attorney-general of the state. After attaining a wide reputation he removed to Vicksburg, Miss., in 1839, and took rank among the chief lawyers of that locality. In 1844 he changed his residence to Jackson, Miss., where he practised his profession until