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BIOGRAPHIES
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bethlehem Twp. -
DANIEL J. YOUNKMANSource: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
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