John Anthony Yost was born in Beloit township.

The evidence

• “John Anthony Yost is well known as one of Eock county's representative citizens and substantial, prosperous farmers. He is a native of Beloit township and was born on March 12, 1848, the third of a family of six children born to William S. and Harriet P. (Sadliere) Yost, both natives of New York state, where they were married.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 487 / book p. 974

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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