When Margaret Yoho was born on 13 February 1813, in Proctor, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Yoho II, was 31 and her mother, Anna Belle Buchanan, was 32. She married Joseph Gorby Parsons in 1833, in Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Marshall, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 7 August 1887, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Parsons Cemetery, Marshall, West Virginia, United States.
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Americanized form of German and Swiss German Joho, unexplained.
History: This name was brought to North America by Johannes Joho from Sulzthal in 1738.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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