BIO:  George P. Yost, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 184

GEORGE P. YOST, M.D., was born in Carroll County, Md., May 8, 1848.  His father, Phillip, was a 
native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and when a small youth came with his parents to America, 
arriving at Baltimore in 1825, having been over five months in passage.  His parents settled 
near the Mason and Dixon line in Carroll County, Md., where he was reared.  He subsequently 
purchased a farm near his parents, and has followed farming up to the present time.  The 
paternal grandmother of Dr. Yost was a French lady.  The mother of our subject, whose maiden 
name was Lydia Utz, was a native of Carroll County, Md., of Welsh descent.  Our subject was 
reared on a farm, and at the age of sixteen began teaching, subsequently attending Irving 
Institute at Manchester, Md., two years.  After teaching another year he entered the office of 
Dr. William A. Alabaugh, of Sticks, located in North Codorus Township, and commenced the study 
of medicine.  He graduated from the Washington University, Baltimore, Md., in February, 1871, 
and began the practice with his old preceptor, with whom he was associated eighteen months.  In 
1872 he removed to Loganville, where he continued his practice for nearly thirteen years.  In 
1885 Dr. Yost located in Glen Rock, where he is now well established.  In 1881 Dr. Yost was 
elected lecturer on Dermatology in the Baltimore Medical College, and for the past four years 
he has delivered weekly lectures at that institution.  Dr. Yost is ardent in the practice of 
his profession, and an active worker in educational affairs.  The Doctor is entirely a self-
made man, never having had pecuniary assistance from any one, and having worked his way through 
schools and college by his own individual efforts.