Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Yost, Daniel 1822 - 1895

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DANIEL YOST, deceased, was a contractor and one of the most widely known and

highly respected citizens of Shamokin, Coal township. He was a son of Conrad and

Sarah (Scholl) Yost. He was born in the Shamokin Valley, April 22, 1822, and

died January 4, 1895.



  Our subject's father was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., but removed at an

early date into Northumberland County, where he followed agricultural pursuits

throughout the remainder of his life and was a popular, progressive and

influential citizen.



  It was on his father's farm that our subject spent his boyhood, received his

primary education, and when grown to manhood learned the carpenter trade,

passing through the different grades of apprenticeship, until he completely

mastered the business. He remained in Shamokin Valley for several years,

contracting and building with marked ability and success. In 1852 he removed to

Shamokin, where he carried on his business more extensively and secured greater

profits. Shamokin at that time was in the midst of a building boom, and Mr. Yost

received the contract for most of the large and substantial business buildings

now standing in that town. In one building in particular he took especial pride,

the Polish Roman Catholic Church, constructed by him, which is a superb

structure, noted for its architectural beauty, and is one of the finest in

design of the twenty large church edifices in Shamokin.



  On October 9, 1849, our subject was united in marriage with Sarah Hoover, a

daughter of John and Mary (Harmon) Hoover, and their home was blessed with nine

children, all of whom have grown to noble manhood and womanhood: Francis, who

had exceptional advantages, received a college education, and studied for the

ministry,—for twenty-seven years he has expounded the doctrines of the Reformed

Church, being now stationed at York, Pa.; John Addison, of Shamokin, a carpenter

by trade; George, also a carpenter of Shamokin; Mary, wife of E. W. Deifler, of

Shamokin; Lily, wife of Frank Nicolas and resides in the Green Mountain State;

Louisa, wife of W. Heckman, a prominent contractor of Shamokin; Sally, wife of

Robert Blair, of Johnstown, Pa.; Bertha and Laura, who are at home. John Hoover,

father-in-law of our subject, was born in Berks County, Pa., September 9, 1792,

and died in 1856 at the age of seventy-four years. Farming was his sole

vocation. In early life he removed from Berks County and settled in Shamokin

Valley where he owned one of the finest and best improved farms in that fertile

district.



  Our subject was a good man; he will long be remembered as one who labored

unceasingly for the advancement of his township, where his memory is revered by

all who knew him. He had been a member of the Reformed Church since he was a boy

and always took an active part in all church organizations; he served as deacon

of the church for many years and was justly considered one of its main-stays.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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