When Stephen Bates Yeoman was born on 10 September 1801, in Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, James Yeoman, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Bates, was 22. He married Hannah Smith on 28 July 1825, in Fayette, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States in 1840. He died on 9 September 1845, in Jasper, Dubois, Indiana, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States.