_________________ _ROBERT WILLIS _________| | |_________________ | |--JOSEPHINE WILLIS | | _JACOB YEAGER ___+ |_CATHARINE LIFE YEAGER _| |_SARAH ANN HIDY _
_JACOB YEAGER ___+ _JOHN YEAGER _______________| | |_SARAH ANN HIDY _ | |--WILLIAM ASBURY YEAGER | | _________________ |_MARGARET "PEGGY" ARBOGAST _| |_________________
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HE WAS IN THE BATTLE AT SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE ON MAY 12 1864. SEVEN-
TEEN BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN HIS CLOTHING, BUT HE ESCAPED WITHOUT A
SCRATCH. HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY BY A SINGLE BULLET AT HATCHERS RUN,
NEAR PETERSBURG, VA. HE WAS A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. HE WAS BURIED WITH
HIS GUN, SABER, AND CANTEEN.