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William H. Yost
Dr. W.H. Yost, one of the leading physicians of Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Ky., was born July 5, 1821, in Logan County, Ky. He is the third of five children born to Jacob and Matilda (Johnson) Yost, natives of Virginia. Jacob Yost was a son of Henry Yost, who married Miss Douthit. He was born and reared in Germany; was a gunsmith and made guns for the Revolution. Subject's mother was a daughter of William Johnson, a farmer.
Dr. Yost was reared on a farm and received a good education; in January, 1845, he married Mary J. Brank, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Campbell) Brank, natives of respectively of Garrard and Muhlenberg Counties, Ky. The Doctor had bron to him by this union five children, three of whom lived to be grown: Mary M. wife of T.J. Slaton; William H. and Ephraim B. (practicing medicine at St. Louis).
Mrs. Yost died August, 1862, a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Yost next married Tabitha Brank, sister of his first wife, who died in October, 1877. Dr. Yost is a Mason and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay, in 1844; since the war he has voted the Democratic ticket.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 927.
Updated July 9, 2018