Dr. Theodore C. Yeager was born April 1, 1928, and was educated at the Allentown Academy and Allentown Seminary. He then studies medicine under Dr. Chas. L. Martin, began practice in 1860 and engaged in the drug business with Dr. W. E. Barnes. He was assistant medical inspector of Lehigh County in 1862, assistant surgeon of the Fifty-First Regiment in 1863, professor of chemistry and botany at Muhlenberg College and deputy revenue collector under President Grant. Doctor Yeager was elected mayor of Allentown in 1873 and died in office Jan. 14, 1874. He was survived by his wife and two children: Minnie W. and Norton.