My Genealogy Hound

JOHN YOST, blacksmith and wagon manufacturer, Carthage, Missouri, was born in May, 1827, in Seneca county, New York. His grandfather, Caspar, was a native of Germany, and killed in the Revolutionary War. His father, John, was born in 1766, was a mill-wright by trade, and died in 1848 on the old homestead. The subject of this sketch was married at Des Moines, Iowa, to Caroline Wheeler, who was born in New York City; her father was a resident when Central Park was a cornfield. Mr. Yost went to Des Moines in 1853, and assisted Major Williams in laying out the city of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Mr. Yost came to Carthage, Missouri, for its beneficial climate in 1867, and is among the first settlers of Jasper county after the war, and owns a fine farm in Union township of 160 acres. He formerly successfully operated a large farm, but moved into town seven years ago. He is the manufacturer of the celebrated Carthage wagon, and also owns a general repair and blacksmith shop on South Grant Street. Mr. Yost has always been a successful business man, and is one of those jolly souls who are “hail fellows well met.”