G. B. YEATTS IS SUCCESSFUL
SOUTHEAST COLLIN BUSINESS MAN AND HONORED CITIZEN
Courier
January 5, 1938
Native Of Virginia Who Was Brought To Texas When A Child Of Only Five—Family
First Settled At Allen—Has Lived 40 Years At Josephine—Large Landholder, Also
Owner Valuable Dallas Property
Collin has a host of
high-type citizens living in almost every locality. One of the most prominent
men of this type in Southeast Collin is B. G. Yeatts of Josephine, who was born
in Abington, Washington County, Virginia, October 18, 1870.
He came to Texas
with his parents when he was a little lad of only five. His parents, J. E. and
Stella Yeatts, settled at Allen, Texas, in 1875. Their first home was on the
Rogers farm just east of Allen.
The son attended
school at Allen, his first teacher being Prof. Owen Matthews. That was before
the school was moved to its present location in Allen. Former County Auditor,
the late J. Leland Franklin, was one of the trustees.
At the age of
twenty, Mr. Yeatts was married, his bride being Miss Lottie Fisher. Soon
thereafter, they moved to Josephine, Texas, on a farm owned by his brother, C.
C. Yeatts and farmed it for two years.
He then bought a
part of the old Harris farm, as his homestead, still owning the place. Four
years later, he bought fifty acres in Josephine, and opened up the G. B. Yeatts
addition. The present Josephine High School building is located on this
addition. He sold all of the land in this fifty-acre addition, but eleven acres
on which he and his devoted wife are living.
In 1901, he bought
out Dr. Robinson's one-half interest with W. F. Swanson, general mercantile
establishment. He continued successfully in that business for eighteen years.
He has also been
active as a cotton merchant and grain dealer as well as in farming and has
gradually added to his farm and holdings in that section until now he has 1200
acres or more of that blackland in and around Josephine.
He was president of
the Josephine Bank, which operated for twenty-five years until it was sold out
several years ago to the First National Bank of Nevada.
In recent years, he
has devoted his time to overseeing his farms, looking after their upkeep and in
other investments that he has accumulated, including high grade rental apartment
property valued at more that $50,000 in Oak Cliff.
Mr. and Mrs. Yeatts
have always taken an active part in community affairs — church, school, business
and social life. The are members of the Baptist Church and gave substantial
assistance in building its house of worship. They also were contributors to the
erection of the splendid Methodist Church house of worship in their home town.
Their broad-minded, Christian characters cause them to be liberal supporters of
both denominations in their little home town. Every movement and enterprise
calculated is contribute to the upbuilding of Josephine and surrounding trade
territory has his active interest and support.
Mr. Yeatts and wife
have resided at Josephine, for more that forty years and he facetiously remarked
to this writer, "We have just about decided to make Josephine our permanent
home."
Among the many good
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Yeatts in McKinney there are none whom they appreciate
more highly than A. Hardy Eubanks, Executive Vice-President of the Central
National Bank, who for several years in his earlier banking career was Cashier
of the Josephine bank and was closely associated in a business way with Mr.
Yeatts.
These editors have
long appreciated the friendship and patronage of Mr. and Mrs. Yeats for our
papers, and we join their host of other good friends scattered over our county
to wishing them continued good health and prosperity during the year that we are
just yet entered upon and for many more years yet to come.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"G. B. Yeatts,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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