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Biographies
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio -
her people, industries and institutions
by R. E. Lowry
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Old Families
Illustrated
1915
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
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JOHN M. YOST.
To the wanderer in a strange region the word “home” has a great
attraction. Home is undoubtedly the dearest place on earth
to men. Those men who love and respect their homes are
likely to be the best citizens. Being kind husbands and
fathers, they realize that any influence harmful to the
community is harmful to that unit of society, the home.
A home-lover and a public-spirited man is John M.
Yost, who was born in Lanier township. Preble county, Nov.
26, 1877, the son of Enoch W. and Anna (Bursher) Yost,
who were the parents also of Albert Yost, a
successful farmer of Washington township, and Everett, a
common- school graduate and also a farmer of Washington
township.
Enoch W. Yost was born in this county on Jan. 1,
1844, and died Mar. 3, 1902. His widow still lives,
residing in Eaton. E. W. Yost was the son of
John and Mary (Rinehart) Yost, the former of whom was the
son of John Yost, who was born in Virginia and
came to Preble county when a young man, spending the rest of his
life on a farm south of Eaton. John M. Yost’s
father and grandfather were reared in Preble county.
The youth of John M. Yost was spent on the home
farm in Washington township. During the winter months he
attended the public schools and was graduated from the Eaton
high school when he was nineteen years of age. Then he
began teaching in the Eaton schools and was principal of one
school for twelve years. In the spring of 1914 he
resigned, because of eye trouble, and moved on to his farm in
Dixon township, where he now lives.
A specialist in the breeding of Jersey cattle, Mr.
Yost has a splendid herd of these cattle, the herd being
headed by the high-grade “Fancy’s Owl.”
On Aug. 2, 1906, Mr. Yost married Ada
Brower, the daughter of S. A. and Emma Brower, the
former of whom died in 1901. Ada (Brower)
Yost received a common school education, which she has
supplemented by individual study and observation. To
the union of Mr. Yost and Ada
Brower one child has been born, James K., born on
Aug. 19, 1908.
Mr. Yost is a Democrat, but he is not an office
seeker, and has never held office. He is a quiet,
unassuming man and an honorable citizen, who holds the welfare
of his county, state and nation close to his heart.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated -
1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
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