Jacob F. Yeager

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Jacob F. Yeager (January 27, 1841 – November 13, 1909) was an American Civil War soldier who fought for the Union. He served in the 101st Ohio Infantry and was wounded three times. On May 11, 1864, at Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, he saved his comrades by grabbing a burning shell with a live fuse and throwing it into a stream. For this act, he received the Medal of Honor on August 3, 1897.

Yeager was born in Pennsylvania. After the war, he worked in a tannery and later in real estate. He died in 1909 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin, Ohio.

In 1896, Yeager was involved in a public dispute during an election in Tiffin. He handed out flyers near a voting place denouncing a letter praising Norton’s war record as forged. James A. Norton attacked Yeager; Norton was nearly indicted for assault with intent to kill, but the grand jury declined to indict by one vote. Some reports say Yeager started the altercation, while others say Norton did. The details are unclear.