[3] Yeomans' initial education began under Reverend Cummings of Albany, New York, and he supported himself by teaching classes during the day and night.

[4] Yeomans was ordained in November 1828 and first served as pastor to a small congregation he helped create in North Adams, Massachusetts.

[4] During his tenure Yeomans was active in helping to accept black students and Native Americans to the college, and himself taught courses titled "Moral and Mental Philosophy" and "Evidences of Christianity.

After the presidency at Lafayette, Yeomans served the rest of his career as pastor of the Mahoning Presbyterian Church in Danville, Pennsylvania.

[4] In 1860 he was chosen as the moderator of the General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church where he called for a national day of prayer to be held on January 4, 1861.