LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin.  Appeared in the Central City Messenger and
Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June,
and July 1959.

Dr. W. H. Yost Married Sisters; Cast His First Vote for Clay

DR. W. H. YOST, one of the leading physicians of Greenville, Muhlenberg
County, 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 respectively of Garrard and Muhlenberg Counties, KY.  The
doctor had born 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.

Yost Johnson Douthit Brank Campbell Slaton
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Logan VA Germany Garrard MO

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