He is my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. His parents and siblings were in Rall County, Missouri prior to the Civil War. I have no wife or family recorded for him... His sister, Martha Ann Yager, married a Thompson T. Alford:
<http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/details.asp?id=S36086&conflict=Civil%20War&txtName=Alford,%20Thompson&selConflict=Civil%20War&txtUnit=&rbBranch=all#>
That's about all that I have to go on! Nor, do I know whom his Union brother was! He had 2 brothers, Frederic Yager and Joseph Smith Yager, whom both married in Ralls County after the War...[Looks like you'll have to copy and paste the URL's!]