William G. Yerger

This article is about the American politician. For the American judge, see William Yerger.

William G Yerger (died November 6, 1899) was a lawyer in Greenville, Mississippi ^[1] who served in the Mississippi Senate. He was a Democrat.

He served first as a soldier and then as an officer in the Confederate Army. ^[2] He served in Company D, 28th regiment Mississippi Cavalry and was a 2nd Lieutenant at the end of the American Civil War. ^[3]

He served in the Mississippi Senate from 1886 to 1890, representing Washington County, Mississippi, the 15th district. ^[4] He also was a key member of the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. ^[2]

He died November 6, 1899 aged 59 after being ill for several months. ^{[2] [5]}

References

1. Cisco, Jay Guy (1909). Historic Sumner County, Tennessee: With Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Gage and Douglass Families, and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families. Higginson Book Company. ISBN   9780832835001.
2. "Obituary: Col. William G Yerger". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 7, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
3. "Twenty-Five Years Ago (Company D. 28th regiment Mississippi Cavalry)". The Weekly Democrat-Times. December 25, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
4. "Mississippi Legislature - 1886". Weekly Commercial Herald. November 20, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
5. "Tribute to a Mississippian". Greene County Herald. November 17, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2024.