Brief Life History of Fielding Harris
When Fielding Harris Yost was born on 30 April 1871, in Fairview, Marion, West Virginia, United States, his father, Permeneus Wesley Yost, was 25 and his mother, Elzena Jane Ammons, was 18. He married Eunice Josephine Fite on 12 March 1906, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1946 and Michigan, United States in 1946. He died on 20 August 1946, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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- Harris G Youst in household of Wesley Youst, "United States Census, 1880"
- Fielding Youst, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Fielding Harris Yost, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878 · Liberian Exodus
April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Dutch Jost or Joost , Slovenian, Croatian, Czech, and Slovak Jošt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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