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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & CO.,
1881
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Goshen Twp. -
DAVID YEAZELL, farmer; P. O. Mechanicsburg; an early settler of Goshen Township; was born in June, 1804,
near Yellow Springs, Greene Co., Ohio, and raised in Clark Co., till the fall of
1826, when he came to the place where he now resides, locating the 15th
of December, in the house in which he now lives; he is the son of
Abraham and Mary (Curl) Yeazell, the
former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Virginia.
Abraham was among the early pioneers
of Greene Co., whence he moved to Clark Co., when our subject was quite young;
he dwelt on the same farm the remainder of his life; he was a farmer by
occupation, and reared nine sons and five daughters, all of whom grew up to
maturity and were married. Our
subject was a sixth of the family, and his early life was that of a pioneer
farmer. Since 1826, he has plied his
industry as a farmer in Goshen
Township, taking a creditable part in the
improvements of the country for over half a century. He married
Esther Bumgartner, born in Greene and raised in Clark Co.
Of the two sons and two daughters born to this union, one daughter has
died.
Source: History of
Champaign County,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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Adams Twp. -
ELISHA YOST, farmer and saw-miller; P. O. Pemberton, Shelby Co.; is a son of
Samuel Yost, a native of
Virginia, where he lived and died.
Elisha was born Dec. 25, 1838, in
Morgan Co., Va.; he was raised and educated a
farmer; when young, he learned the trade of a carpenter, came to Ohio and worked
five years at his trade. When the
late rebellion broke out, he enlisted in the 99th O. V. I., and went
forward to battle for his country.
After the close of the war, he returned, and, Sept. 12, 1865, he married
Miss Callie, a daughter of
Peter Weimer, a native of Germany,
who came to America in the year 1824, locating first in Pennsylvania; from there
he came to Dayton, Ohio, and lived there till 1833, when he moved to Shelby Co.,
where he has resided since until the last few years, but is now living with
Mr. Yost, and is enjoying good
health; he was born in the year 1797.
Mr. Yost has a splendid farm
of 229 acres, located in Sec. 33.
Adams
Township, with good farm buildings upon it. He has also upon his farm one of the
best saw-mills in the county, and is doing a large and extensive business in
that line, doing all the custom work for miles around, besides a great deal of
bill sawing.
Mr. Yost is prompt and exact in all
his dealings, by which he has gained the confidence of all who know him, being
the __ to his success in business.
They had seven children, of whom six are living, viz.,
__ttie May, Olive Myrtle, Dora A., Callie B., Mary
M. and Daisy A.
Source: History of Champaign County,
Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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