John Yost

Name	John Yost
Birth	1852, Hanover, Germany^{189, ED 118, SD 3, page 14, dwelling 49, family 51,425} The 1880 census says Wurttemburg.
Census	8 June 1880, Kentucky Twp, Jefferson, KS^{189, ED 118, SD 3, page 14, dwelling 49, family 51}
Death	1892, Jefferson Co, KS⁴²⁶
Occupation	He worked at a grain mill on the Delaware River⁴²⁵
Father	Yost

Spouses

1	Melinda Jane Denning
Birth	18 February 1855, Miller Co, MO^{216, Sheet 11-B, dwelling 235, family 237,426}
Death	22 November 1944, Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co, KS⁴²⁶
Burial	24 November 1944
Father	Leonard Denning (1832-)
Mother	Mary Minerva Estes (1836-)

Marriage

13 September 1879, Perry, Jefferson Co, KS⁴²⁷

Children	Leona Evelyn (Duplicate) (1877-1963)
	John A. (1880-1965)
	Birdie (1883-1964)
	William A. (1885-1975)
	Edith
	Roy (1890-)
	Leonard (1893-1972)

Notes for John Yost

John came to this country at age 15 in the hopes of finding his uncle Jacob who had offered to help him find work. It is not known whether he found him. He left Germany to escape the draft during the Prussian-German wars.

He married Melinda Denning in 1879⁴²⁷. Melinda already had a young daughter, Leona (born out of wedlock) who John came to claim as his own.⁴²⁵ They had six more children together.

He worked at a grain mill powered by a water wheel on the Delaware River near Perry in Jefferson County, Kansas⁴²⁵. He died young, probably from tuberculosis, though another family story suggests appendicitis⁴²⁵. He died in late 1892⁴²⁵, before the birth of his son Leonard.

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