Individual Details

Changed name from Yager to Jaeger because he worked in a German community and this was how everyone else spelled the name.. Veterinarian. Lived Elk River, Willow River, Hackensack, and West Concord,MN.

Obituary:
From Newspaper article:

Dr. John A. Yager
Dr John A. Yager died at his home in West Concord Wednesday. He had been ill a short time. He was born in this city March 4, 1884, the oldest of Adam and Katherine Yager. He grew to manhood on their farm. He graduated from McKillip veterinary college, Chicago,1916.

He served on the livestock board in 1926. He was a member of St. Mathews Episcopal church, the Masonic lodge and the Minnesota State Veterinary Medical society. At the last meeting of the society he was honored with a life membership in recognition of more than 40 years in that society. After retirement he continued with his smallanimal practice.

Surviving are his wife and two daughters: Mrs. Joseph Grove (Edna), Glenwood and Mrs. Florence Finnicum, Miami Springs, Fla.

Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Dr. J.F. Yager, Sauk Centre; William C., Holyoke, MAss.; Robert, Aitkin; Dr. A.H., Augusta, GA.; Mrs. Louis Holmes (Ellen), and Mrs. Ben Condon (Ethel), St Cloud. There are five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Friday at West Concord at St Mathews church. Masonic rites were given at the graveside at Concord cemetery.
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Funeral Card

In Memory Of
John A Jaeger
West Concord, Minnesota

Born
March 4th 1884
St Cloud, Minnesota

Date of Death
May 16th, 1956

Funeral From
Methodist Church - 2:00pm
Friday, May 18th, 1956

Clergyman Officiating
James L. Jenkins, Vicar

Final Resting Place
Concord Cemetery

Arrangements By
Ferguson Funeral Home
West Concord, Minnesota
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NOTES FROM EDNA:

John Adam Jaeger (1884-1956)

John Adam Jaeger, son of Adam and Catherine Yager was born March 4, 1884 at St Cloud, Minnesota. He grew up on the farm and left home to work in logging camps where he ran a Dinky Train.

He went out west and worked on a ranch in North Dakota and took a homestead. He married Herta Eilertsen May 14, 1909. Edna was born in 1912. In 1913 he enrolled at McKillip Veterinary College in Chicago. He was graduated in 1916 and started to practice in Elk River, Minnesota. Florence Irene was born on August 29, 1917.

In 1922 the family moved on a farm near Willow River, Minnesota. He farmed and continued his practice.

In 1926 they moved to West Concord, Minnesota and he joined Dr. Fritz Pieper in practice. John and Herta were divorced in 1934.

In 1935 he married Josephine Bringgold. They resided in West Concord until he retired. They moved to Hackensack for several years, then back to West Concord. He passed away in 1956 and is buried at Old Concord near West Concord.
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Transcription of text in document

The Faculty and Senior Class of the McKillip Veterinary College request the honor of your presence at the Commencement Exercises Tuesday evening, April eleventh nineteen hundred and sixteen at eight o'clock Main Auditorium, 20th & Michigan Boulevard, Chicago

11 Apr 1916
McKillip Veterinary College, Chicago
Commencement program listing John Adam Jaeger among the graduates
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John Jaeger
Land Patent 85054

21 Oct 1909
Golden Valley County, North Dakota
U.S. General Land Office Land Patent
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For the southwest quarter of Section ten in Township one hundred thirty-seven north of Range one hundred four west of the Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota, containing 160 acres
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WWI Draft Card
John Adam Jaeger
Elk River, Sherburne, MN
age 34
born Mar 4, 1884
Veterinary, own business
Hertha Jaeger, Elk River
Tall, slender, light blue eyes, dark brown hair
at present recovering from broken leg.

John Adam Jaeger U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Source Citation
Registration State: Minnesota;Registration County: Sherburne; Roll: 1682641
Description
Draft Card: J
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
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Betty Condon: John was kicked in his leg by a cow and the leg crushed. Later on he was kicked in the same leg resulting in surgery to remove crushed bones. This shortened his leg by inches so he had to wear a leg brace and he limped.

Birth	5 Mar 1884	Stearns, Minnesota, United States
Marriage	14 May 1909	Beach, North Dakota, United States - Hannah Herta Eilertsen
Census (family)	1910	ND, Billings, Two 139, Dist 0244 - Hannah Herta Eilertsen
Census (family)	1920	Hannah Herta Eilertsen
Census	1925	Eldred, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Census (family)	1930	West Concord District 0017 Dodge MN - Hannah Herta Eilertsen
Divorce	1934	Hannah Herta Eilertsen
Marriage	1935	Josephine Belle Bringold
Census (family)	1940	West Concord, Dodge, Minnesota, United States - Josephine Belle Bringold
Death	16 May 1956	West Concord, Dodge, Minnesota, United States
Burial	18 May 1956	Old Concord Cemetery, West Concord, MN

Spouse	Hannah Herta Eilertsen (1883 - 1983)
Child	Edna Jaeger (1912 - 1999)
Child	Florence Irene Jaeger (1917 - 2006)

Spouse

Josephine Belle Bringold (1897 - 1980)

Father	Adam Yager Jr (1857 - 1907)
Mother	Katherine "Kate" Herzberger (1862 - 1942)
Sibling	Edith Hermina "Ida/Eda" Yager (1886 - 1907)
Sibling	Edward Herman Yager (1886 - 1930)
Sibling	George Fredrick Yager (1888 - 1969)
Sibling	Emma Louise Yager (1890 - 1891)
Sibling	William Carl Yager (1892 - 1971)
Sibling	Robert Malcolm Yager (1894 - 1969)
Sibling	Arthur Herbert Yager (1897 - 1959)
Sibling	Benjamin Alfred Yager (1900 - 1901)
Sibling	Ethel Emma Josephine Yager (1903 - 1988)
Sibling	Ellen Eva Loretta Yager (1903 - 1973)
Sibling	Elmer Mikel Theador Yager (1903 - 1905)

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