Rev. John Nelson Yadon

This is my 3rd Great Grandfather, Rev. John Nelson Yadon. He was mentioned in a book "History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present..., Volume 4, pages 1151-52

Rev. John N. Yadon, a prominent minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, was born where he now lives, May 8, 1823, the son of Joseph and Phoebe (Cabbage) Yadon; the former was born in 1799, and deceased in 1973, and the latter was born in 1800, also deceased in 1873, and both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Joseph Yadon, the grandfather, came from Ireland, as a British soldier, in the Revolution, but afterward joined the Americans, and was at the battle of Stillwater, and was a drum major. He afterward moved to Virginia, and then to Tennessee. The father was a farmer, and postmaster at Haynes, for twenty-four years. our subject, the eldest of seven children, was fairly educated, and March 28, 1841, married Selena Condry, who was born in August 1820, in Granger (now Union) County. Of two sons and seven daughters, six daughters are living. He has bought half of his father's estate and is a successful farmer. In 1858, he was ordained a minister, and preaches at Hickory Valley, Straight Creek, Spring Dale and Head of Barron, Churches. He is a strong Prohibitionist.