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
