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-oJohn A. Yeoman, son of Christopher and Annie
Yeoman, was born in Mytton, Lancashire, England, on
June 21st, 1884.
He was united in marriage with Sarah Ann
Chalmer$ on January 30th, 1909.
They have three
children, May, J. Alexander and Kenneth Chalmers.
Mr. Yeoman was raised in the Episcopal Communion
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and was led into a saving experience of Christ in
1903 and two years later received his call to preach.
From 1908 to 1912, he was a member of the staff
of the Manchester City Mission, Manchester, England.
In 1912 he came to the Detroit Annual Conference and
has held the following appointments: Argyle, 1912-14;
Owendale, 1914-17; Midland, 1917-21; Detroit, Whitefield, 1921-26; Detroit, Calvary, 1926-35; Superintendent, Marquette District, 1935-40; Flint, Oak
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Park, 1940.
His early education was received in England and
upon coming to America he took the conference course
of study, after which he studied in connection with
the Uni ted Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Xenia,
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Ohio, from which he received the degree of Bachelor
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of Divinity in 1919.
1940.
The foregoing was written in
MINISTERIAL BIOGRAPHICAL BLA~~
DETROIT METHODIST CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Date. J anuary 171 .1951
Name:
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June 21 s t
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Birth:
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Family Background:
1. Father 1 s Name in Full
Date of Birth
Nationality
Christopher Yeoma n
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·P laee Engl a nd.
English
Occupation
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Extent of Education
Death;
Date of Birth
Anni~ Calve rt Yeoman.
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unknown
Place
England
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Nationality
Extent of Education
Date
W~rriage
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Dec 23rd 1904
Place Engl and
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2. Mother ss Maiden Name
Death ;
Farmer.
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of Parents; Date .
un known
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Place England.
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Yorkshire
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Brother s and Sisters
Name
Address
William Calvert
deceased
Joeph Mat the w
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Timothy
r e ti re d
Present Occupation
Distinguished Services for Which Members of Famil y Are Known
Personal History:
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Education:
Schools and tegrees
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Early ed11ca.tion in England.
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Xenia.Obio.
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Noteworthy Experiences of
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Ma:Pr.iage : Date .Ta n 11 ary 36 1909
By· i!i1oin
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Chi ld..~ood
Rev. Simon
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May · Hoshal
May 22nd 1910
J. Aleaxand·eT
March 26th
Kennet·h · Chalmers
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schoolteacher
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Admitted on Trial and Ordinations:
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Offi ces Held i n the Church:
Distrjct Sllperintendent
Conference Missionary Secretary
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REV. AND l\IRS. J . A. YE OMAN, of ·
Plymouth, a t·e now at Rohr's Tourist
Camp, Route 2, Box 636, La rgo, F lorida,
wher e they pla n to stay un t il Spr ing.
Mt·. Yeoman, whose heal th is g reatly improved, is on sabbatic;.a.J leave f rom the
Detroit Conference. ~ · <J...,) I Cf"fi
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REV. ~ ND MRS. J. A. YEOMA ' ~f
the Dett:ott Conference, write from Larg~, Flor~da, t hat Mt·. Yeoma n's health is
g t eatly Improved. The Yeoma ns recently
c~lled on . Rev. H . F . Schwarzkopf at
ht s home m Clea rwater, and f ound that
he had los t t~e s ig ht of his left eye a
f ew d~ys p rev10us ly. With res t and care
the stght may be r estored and Mr.
Schwarzkopf hopes to attef d tl>; Conf er ence session in June. 3/
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tery.
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.JOHN A. YEOi\IA N of Plymout h wi dow of ·the late Rev. J ohn A.
Yeom~n of the Detr oi t Con ference, died
December 27. She was born Sarah Ann
Chalm ers Ja nuary 3, 1885, in Haydock,
En o·la nd a nd wa s marri ed in 1909 to
R e;. Jo l~n A. Yeoma n. Ft·om 1!J08 t o
1912 Mr. a nd Mrs. Yeoma n la bored togeth~r in the Manchester City l\Iission
in E ng land. They cam e to th is country
in 1912 and immediately joined the Detroit Conference, serving pasto ra tes at
Argyle, Owenda le, Midland, Whitefi el~l ,
Ca lvar y a nd East Grand Boulevard m
Detroit and Oak Park in F lin t; and t he
supet·in'tendency of the Miii·quette Dist rict. }Irs. Yeoman is su rvived by a
da ughter, Mrs. Mae Hosha l of Sylvania,
Ohio; a nd two sons, Alex Yeo ma n of
Ply mouth, and Rev. Kenneth Chalmer s
Yeoma n of Ch icago, member of the Rock
River Confe rence.
After the death of her hus ba nd in 1951, }
i\'I I·s. Yeoman beca me t t·emendous ly interested in ce ra mi cs and produced many
lovely things. In her later years, she
gave he rse lf to the work of t he G~·ey
L adi es, and lacked but 11 days of hav mg
s erved ten consecutive years in that
organization. Her 10-year pin will be
awarded pos thum ously. She was allowed to s erve, when s he began, by a
s pecial d is pe nsa tion si nce s he was over
ao·e. Howeve r , s he had one of the longe;t consecut ive service records in t he
organization at t he t ime of her death.
S he was also very active in the Six ty
Plus g-roup in t he local Fi rst Methodis t
Chu rch.
F une ra l set·vices were hc,ld in F irs t
Church, Plymouth, December 30, Rev.
Hugh C. White and Rev. Melbou rne I.
Johnson offi ciating.
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John A. Y e o man
OHN ARTHUR YEOMAN, son of
Christopher a nd Anne Calvert Yeoman, was born June 21, 1884, in Yorkshi re, E ngla nd, t he seventh son in a
fami ly of eight.
H e married Sarah Ann Chalmers on
January 30, 1909. To them wer e bor n
t h ree children, May and J ohn Alex in
England, and Kenneth in America. At
t he time of h is marriage he joined the
staff of the Man chester City Mission, a
post in which he r ema ined a s Special
Evangelist unt il he r esigned to come to
America in 1912.
On anival in thi s country he was appoi nted to the Argyle Circu it in the
Thumb of Michigan. Other churches
which he served wer e Owendale, Midland, .Detroit Whitefield, and Detroit
Calvar y. In 1935 h e was a ppointed to
t he s uperintendency of the Marquette
District under the la t e Bishop Edgar
Blake. Retur ning to t he pastorat e he
served Flint Oak P ark a nd Detroit Eas t
Gra nd Bouleva rd.
Mr. Yeoman r etir ed in 1949 a nd S'ince
that time has resided at 14269 Minehart
Drive, P lymouth. He died May 7 at
Sessions H ospital, Nor thville.
He is s urYived by his wife, Sarah
Ann Yeoman ; th ree child1·en; May (Mrs.
W alter Hoshal), of T oledo, Ohio; J.
Alex of Plymouth; and Ken,!leth of Lock port, Illi nois ; and fi ve g r andchildren.
Funer al services were h eld at Calva ry
Methodist Church, Detroit, Wednesday,
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May 9. Those p articipa ting wer e District
Superintendent Wm. E. Ha rrison; Revs.
Gor don Phillips, M. I. Johnson and John
W. Greenwood. Bishop Marshall R.
Reed pa id t r ibute to Mr. Yeoman and
s poke highly of his work a s a Chris tian
minis ter. Rev. John Mer edith who had
been a ver y close fri end. of the deceased
f or m a ny year s, also s poke briefly of a
long comradeship in the ministry of
J esus Ch ris t a nd th e Church. Interment
t ook place in t he Grand L awn Cemetery,
Redford.
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Yeoman, John A.