Person:William Yost (6)
William Albert Yost
b.1 Nov 1854 Pennsylvania, United States
d.1933 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Annie Yost1852 - 1933
  2. Percilla Yost1853 -
  3. William Albert Yost1854 - 1933
  4. Jacob Yost1855 - 1931
  5. Catherine Yost1859 - 1935
  6. Caroline Yost1860 - 1862
  7. Elmer Elsworth Yost1861 - 1912
  8. Levi Yost1863 -
  9. Flora Yost1865 - 1865
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Facts and Events
Name[4][7] William Albert Yost
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 1 Nov 1854 Pennsylvania, United States
Residence[2] 1860 Monaghan, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Education[1] From 10 Sep 1866 to 4 Nov 1866 White Hall School, Camp Hill, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death[3] 1933 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial[4] Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul, James Laughery. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools: giving a brief account of the origin of the late Civil War, the rise and progress of the orphan system, and legislative enactments relating thereto ; with brief sketches and engravings of the several institutions with names of pupils subjoined. (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876).

    Yost William A.
    birth Nov 1 1854
    enrolled Sep 10 1866
    On Orders Nov 4 1866
    Home Siddonsburg

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 York, Pennsylvania, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

  3. ↑ 102713021 , in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photo, last accessed Oct 2021.

    Plot: Section K, Lot 52

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 William Albert Yost, in United States Sanitary Commission. Civil War Widows Pension File
    1865.

    Contains names and birth dates of all children of John Yost as submitted by Hannah Yost in applying for John's Pension Sep 1865

  5.   United States. Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934: database. (FamilySearch.org).

    "United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXD2-XHT : 4 December 2014), John Yost in entry for Hannah Knisely Yost, 1861 - 1934; from "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1934," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2008); citing military unit 200 Pennsylvania Infantry, company I, application number WC58524, NAID identifier 300020, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

  6.   .

    The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), Thursday, November 16, 1933; pg. 6

    Funeral services for Albert Yost, 79, resident of Mechanicsburg for the last forty-five years and an employe (sic) of the Eberly & Orris Manufacturing Company for many years, will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his grandson, Albert Hershey, at 425 North Market Street, with Rev. St. Carl N. Mundis, pastor of the First United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

    Mr. Yost died on Tuesday at his grandson's home after a lingering illness. Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. A. S. Bentz, of Lemoyne, and Mrs. Charles Palmer, of Mechanicsburg; three grandchildren; one brother, Boyd Yost, of York County, and a sister. Mrs. Catherine Barnes, of Mechanicsburg.

  7. ↑ Like many German heritage persons he went by his middle or "calling" name Albert
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