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Source:
  History of Stark County:
 with an outline sketch of Ohio

Chicago: Baskin & Battey,
1881

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Lawrence Twp. -
JOHN P. YOCKEY, editor and proprietor of the Fulton Signal, Canal Fulton; is a native of Lawrence Twp., and a son of Philip and Elizabeth Yockey, former residents of Lawrence Township, now deceased.  Our subject was rendered an orphan when 7 years of age, and from that period until 12 years old he lived with relatives, receiving meager educational advantages; at the age of 14, he commenced working for wages upon a farm, for five years in the employ of Christian Eschliman, of Lawrence Twp., to whom Mr. Yockey owes a debt of gratitude for judicious advice and instillation of higher aims in life; at the age of 19, he went to Smithville Academy of Wooster, Ohio, where he remained for three years, teaching school in winter sessions; after completing his education, he became a teacher, and, in 1868, became the Superintendent of Schools at Canal Fulton, where he remained for three years, going from there to Doylestown, where for two years he was engaged in teaching.  In 1875, he returned to Fulton and bought out the Herald, changing the name to the Fulton Signal, which he has conducted ably and successfully up to the present writing; his subscription books have been increased from 200 to 600, and he has added a job office, in which department he is able to do complete and artistic work.  Mr. Yockey entered into a matrimonial alliance, Sept. 20, 1877, with Miss Arabella Porter, daughter of John Porter, of Lawrence Township, being enterprising, and public-spirited, and possessing a genial and accommodating nature.  In all works of advancement and progress, you will find him in the front ranks; he has served the township as Clerk two terms, and for three years has been Clerk of the School Board; is a member of the K. of H.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 794
Lawrence Twp. -
SIMEON YOCKEY, milling, North Lawrence; is a native of the Empire State, and when quite young came with his parents to Ohio; they located in Wayne County, subsequently removing to Stark County, where his father died; his mother died in Wayne County.  Our subject was raised upon a farm, but, during the later years of his life, has given his attention to milling.  In 1858, he came to Lawrence Township, and since that period has been a resident there.  He was united in marriage, in 1841, to Miss Eleanor Johns, a native of Franklin Co., Penn.; they have six children living - Frank, in Dakota Territory; Samuel; John, in Alliance; Charlotte Milligan, a resident of Wayne County; Mary Kettler and Matilda Samuel Yockey is a native of Lawrence Twp., and has been identified with his native township all his life; he worked at mining for a few years, but has given his attention to operating saw-mills the greater portion of his life; he is now in partnership with his father in a saw-mill enterprise in North Lawrence, where they have superior facilities for the operation of their business; they also are running a chopper in connection with their mill.  Mr. Yockey is a young but enterprising citizen, and bound to make life a success.  He was married, in 1871, to Miss May R. North, of Van Wert Co., Ohio.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 794
Perry Twp. -
OLIVER YOST, farmer; P. O. Massillon; was born March 23, 1837, in Perry Co., Ohio, the second child and eldest son born to Isaac Yost and Elizabeth Phearson; Isaac was a son of John Yost, who was a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and emigrated to Perry County at an early day.  John Yost's wife's maiden name was McCormick, and she bore him four sons and two daughters; the sons were Isaac, Abram, John and William; Polly and Patty were the daughters, all born in Perry County.  Elizabeth was a daughter of Robert Phearson, who was born in County Cork, on the Emerald Isle.  He was one of the early pioneers in Perry County, being one of the three who came to that locality when it was all woods.  He raised the following offspring: Robert, John, William, George, Mary J., Margaret, Elizabeth and Ada, who was born blind.  Mr. Phearson was the founder of Unity Church, in Clayton Twp., Perry Co.  He said the name was symbolical of the unity of feeling that ought to pervade and influence the minds of the early settlers.  Isaac Yost, the father of the above, spent his days in Perry Township.  After he became a man, he purchased land adjoining the homestead upon which he lived until May 9, 1881, when he was removed by death.  Eight children were born him:  five are living; Amour is a hardware merchant; Owen, an attorney at law, both residing in Somerset; Albert resides near by, and is engaged in farming; Clara is the wife of Albert Hull, all of Perry County.  Feb. 3, 1863, Oliver Yost married Clara Chapman, born June 26, 1841, in Bethlehem Township, daughter of Thomas Chapman, who married Rebecca Warner June 30, 1836; the former came from Virginia, the latter from Pennsylvania; they had six children - Warren, William M., Clara, Anna M., Elizabeth and Eva A.  They came to Stark County about 1838.  In 1861, Mr. Yost came to Perry Twp., Stark Co., locating on Sec. 30, on the Oswalt farm; in 1875, he purchased 143 acres on the northwest quarter of Sec. 22, where he has since lived.  He has four children- Mary R., Harriet E., Clara and Thomas O.; the parents were members of the Reformed Church.  Mrs. Yost's brothers and sisters were Maria, now Mrs. Levi Smith, of Bethlehem Township; Elizabeth is the wife of Prof. O. S. Hursk, of Heidelburg College; Eva A., married Rev. James Steele,  of Mohigan; Warner remains on the homestead.  Her parents were also members of the Reformed Church.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
Lawrence Twp. -
CHARLES F. YOUNG, farmer; P. O. North Lawrence; is a native of Lawrence Township, where he was born in 1856.  He was connected with the home farm until 1876, when he was united in marriage to Isabella Walter, of Lawrence Township, and soon after moved to his present residence in Wayne County, upon the line dividing the two counties; his farm consists of 220 acres, which is located in both Stark and Wayne Counties.  Mr. and Mrs. Young have two children - Myrtle and Homer.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 794
Lawrence Twp. -
MRS. MARGARET YOUNG, Massillon; is the widow of Cyrus Young, a sketch of whom appears in another portion of this work.  Mrs. Young, whose maiden name was Margaret Sheafer, is a daughter of John and Eve (Wagner) Sheafer, early settlers of Lawrence Township; she was born in the township in 1826, and was married to Cyrus Young June 8, 1848.  From this union there are ten children, as follows: Letitia, wife of J. W. Myers, of Lawrence Township, was born March 5, 1849; William S., born Aug. 23, 1850; Clement Russell, born Aug. 10, 1852, died in 1860; Frances Eve Morganthaler, of Massillon, born Aug. 18, 1854; Mary Melissa, born Oct. 15, 1856, married go George Leonard in December , 1879, and now a resident of Medina County; Charles Fremont, born Oct. 15, 1856; A. Lincoln, born Apr. 7, 1859; Cyrus Osra, born Apr. 7, 1861; Philip A., born Sept. 4, 1863; and Violet May, born Oct. 18, 1867.  Mrs. Young is nicely situated in a beautiful home in Lawrence Township; she is an agreeable lady and a kind and devoted mother.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 794
Lawrence Twp. -
WILLIAM S. YOUNG, farmer and capitalist; P. O. Massillon; was born in Lawrence Township Aug. 23, 1850; he was an assistant of his father until 1874, when he went to Indiana, where he remained one year; returning to Ohio, he engaged in the oil business in Lorain County, in which he is still interested, having four producing wells of the finest lubricating oil found in the United States; he also engaged in the hotel business in Belden one year; he returned to Stark County in 1880, and since that time has had the management of his father's numerous interests and estate, of which he is the administrator. Mr. Young is a young man of fine executive and business ability, and possesses a liberal and progressive spirit, which is bound to make life a success with him; he is a large landowner in the county, and is largely interested in valuable real estate in Massillon.  He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow organizations.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 794
Bethlehem Twp. -
DANIEL J. YOUNKMAN

Source:  History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 998

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