Sunsbury Twp. -
CORNELIUS YOHO - is a native of West
Virginia, where he was born Dec. 7, 1835. He came to this
county, Jan. 28, 1868. His parents were William Yoho
and Rebecca D. Hart. Mr. Yoho was married in Marshall
county, West Virginia, July 24, 1839. Her parents were
James Lowe and Mary Clark. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Yoho were: James, born Oct. 19, 1855,
died Sept. 2, 1860; Mary H., Jan. 12, 1861, died Jan. 12,
1863; Lucy B., June 9, 1864, lives in Sunsbury township.
Mr. Yoho is engaged in the business of farming in
Sunsbury township. Postoffice address, Beallsville, Monroe
county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 15) |
Salem Twp. -
JOEL YOST - was born in Belmont
county, Oct. 26, 1808, and came into Monroe county in 1833.
His father, Robert Yost, was born Jan. 12, 1781, died
May 19, 1824; his mother, Nancy Nixon, also deceased,
was born Jan. 22, 1788. He married in this township,
Mar. 11, 1834, Nancy Walton, who was born in
Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1817. Her
parents were James Walton, who died Nov. 19, 1852,
aged 78 years. Her parents were James Walton,
who died Nov. 19, 1852, aged 78 years, and Elizabeth
Risher, who died Aug. 19, 1833, aged 48. They
settled in this county in 1819, and Mr. Walton was
justice of the peace for a long term of years, and
enterprising man, and assisted largely in making
improvements her in an early day. The children of
Joel Yost and wife are: Mary W. (McCarty), born
Dec. 24, 1834, resides in Adair county, Iowa; Angeline (Gatts),
Aug. 14, 1836, lives in West Virginia; Minerva, Jan.
13, 1838, is at home; Sophia, Jan. 10, 1840, deceased
Sept. 8, 1840; Elizabeth, Jan. 28, 1842; Francis
A., Sept. 26, 1844, at home; J. Warren, June 15,
1847, lives at Bellaire; George W., Oct. 6, 1848, at
Wheeling, West Virginia; Nancy E., Dec. 4, 1850, died
Oct.2 5, 1864; James K., Dec. 26, 1863, at home;
J. C. C., Nov. 30, 1860, at Columbus, Ohio. Mr.
Yost was trustee in his township for about ten years.
was elected commissioner of the county for two terms, but
before the second term was out he was elected to the
legislature of the State, in which he represented his county
two terms. Mr. Yost's grand-parents came from
New Jersey in a very early day, and settled near Martin's
Ferry, when the country was a wilderness, and very few
settlers along the Ohio river. His grandfather,
Nixon, settled at the mouth of Glen's run, four miles
above Wheeling, and often had to flee to the fort at West
Liberty for safety. Mr. Yost's father was never
a resident of Monroe county, but lived and died in Belmont.
His mother died in Monroe county. Occupation, farming.
Address, Clarington.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 9) |
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Washington
Twp. -
WILLIAM W. YOUNG – a farmer and stock-raiser, son of George Young and Mary Hedge (both deceased), was born in Brook county, Virginia, May 8,
1814, and settled here in 1843. He
was married at Wellsburg, Virginia, May 28, 1837, to
Margaret, daughter of
Joseph and Rebecca (Hickenbottom) Walker. Children: the eldest,
George, and two youngest
Laura and Adda, are both deceased;
Manerva of this township;
Rebecca, in
Franklin; Mary, at
Carlisle; Joseph, in
Marietta. The son of
George
was a member of the 27th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, entered the service as an orderly, was promoted up to
brigadier, and died at Natchez.
Mr. Young and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of thirty
years’ standing; he is a class-leader, and has been one of the trustees of
Hopewell Church
since its organization. Their
children are all professors of Christianity.
His grandfather, Philip Young,
was a soldier of the war of 1776, and
Mrs. Young’s father served in the war of 1812.
Mr. Young is intimately connected
with the settlement and history of Monroe county. Postoffice,
Rinard’s Mill.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 11)
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