James W. Yelverton
James Walker Yelverton was an American politician from New York.Life
He was the son of Thomas Yelverton, at the time of his death Clerk of Schenectady County, and Leah Little Yelverton. He attended Union Classical Institute in Schenectady.
On December 28, 1896, he was appointed by Gov. Levi P. Morton as Treasurer of Schenectady County, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John G. L. Ackerman.
On November 30, 1901, he married Mary Cochran Veeder, and they had a daughter, Ruth Ellis Yelverton. Mary Ellis was the daughter of Charles G. Ellis, owner of the Schenectady Locomotive Works from 1878 until his death. She had been married to Harmon W. Veeder who died in 1900, and had a daughter from her first marriage, Mary Elizabeth Ellis Veeder.
Yelverton was a member of the New York State Senate from 1917 to 1920, sitting in the 140th, 141st, 142nd and 143rd New York State Legislatures.
