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DescriptionAlfred John Yost (1870-1907) biography in Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (1905).png	English: Alfred John Yost (1870-1907) biography in Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (1905)
Date	1905
Source	Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (1905) pages 78–79
Author	John Woolf Jordan  (1840–1921)      Alternative names John W. Jordan Description American historian, editor and antiquarian Date of birth/death 14 September 1840  11 June 1921  Location of birth Philadelphia Authority file : Q5393626 VIAF: 42222201 ISNI: 0000000026861934 LCCN: n88236987 Open Library: OL6629072A GND: 1147045860 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q5393626 Edgar Moore Green  (1862–1935)      Alternative names Edgar M. Green Description American physician and editor Date of birth/death 20 September 1862  9 March 1935  Location of birth Easton Authority file : Q116733000 VIAF: 24029544 ISNI: 0000000040425653 LCCN: n2006060740 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q116733000 George Taylor Ettinger  (1860–1949)      Alternative names George T. Ettinger Description American editor Date of birth/death 8 November 1860  April 1949  Location of birth/death Allentown Allentown Authority file : Q116732835 VIAF: 28962586 ISNI: 0000000040610592 LCCN: n2006060742 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q116732835
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Alfred John Yost, M.D., a physician and surgeon of Allentown, was born in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1870, and is of Danish descent, the ancestry of the family being traced Nick to Joseph Yost, his great-grandfather, who was a native of Denmark and became a resident of the United States in the early part of the nineteenth century. The early educational privileges of his son, John Yost, were limited, but by the exercise of his inherent talents he won a place among the substantial residents of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Not only was he successful in business affairs, but he also became quite prominent and influential in public life in his locality, serving in various official positions, including that of county com-missioner. He devoted his attention largely to farming. but his last years were spent in active retirement from labor, and he died in 1873, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife bore the maiden name of Maria Van Steuben. and be-longed to a well known and influential family of Lehigh county. Their marriage was blessed with four sons and five daughters. including Dr. Mar-tin Lewis Yost, the father of Dr. Alfred J. Yost. Dr. Martin L. Yost became a student in the public schools, and his love of learning prompted him to devote all of his leisure hours to the acquirement of knowledge, and in this way he be-came prepared for entrance upon a professional career. He was graduated in the Bellevue Medical College of New York in 1864. but previous to that time he gained a practical knowledge of the science of medicine, and had ministered to his neighbors as a member of the medical fraternity. Soon after his graduation he located in Salisbury township, near Allentown, and he remained an active member of the profession up to a few years ago, always keeping thoroughly informed concerning the advancement made by the medical fraternity. Not only (lid he practice his profession in that city, but also became a director of the Second National Bank of Allentown. He has been for a number of years the owner of one of the best farms of the locality, comprising one hundred and fifty acres of very valuable land, splendidly improved with all modern equipment. Dr. Martin L. Yost was twice married. In November, 1862, he married Amanda Gable, a native of Lower Milford township. Lehigh county, and a daughter of Willoughby and Eliza (Wieder) Gable. They became the parents of seven children, five of whom, as well as the mother, met an accidental death. The others are Dr. Alfred J. Yost, and his sister, Helen. The father for his second wife chose Julia Heiman, a daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Ulmer) Heiman. Her father was a resident of Alsace, Germany, and spent his entire life in that country. Unto the second marriage of Dr. M. L. Yost was born a daughter, Rachel, who graduated from the College for Women. Alfred J. Yost acquired his early education in the public schools of his native town, and after-ward attended Muhlenberg College. in which he was graduated with the class of 189o. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, and completed a course in that institution with the class of 1893, having been a student in the medical department. Immediately afterward he went to Salisbury township, where he opened an office apd engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery until November of that year, when he was married and removed to Allentown. He has since engaged in active practice in the latter place and his business ability, comprehensive under-standing of the principles of the medical science, and his care and precision in his surgical work, have gained for him a large practice. In 1893 he was nominated for coroner, and on the expiration of his first term, three years later, was re-elected to the same office. When six years had passed he refused to accept another nomination. Dr. Yost is quite prominent in fraternal organizations in his county, belonging to Lehigh Lodge, No, 83, I. 0. 0. F., of which he is a past grand; to the Elks Lodge, No. 130; to Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M.; to Rajah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. His political faith is that of the Democratic party, and his religious belief is in harmony with the Lutheran doctrine. . Dr. Yost was married in 1893 to Miss Adelina Lovina Ruhe, a daughter of Werner K. and Mary Jane (Frederic) Ruhe. Her paternal grandparents were Augustus L. and Adelaide (Knauss) Ruhe, and. her maternal parents were Nathan and Lovina (Kiechel) Frederic. Mrs. Yost has one brother, Mark Ruhe, but no sisters. To Dr. Yost and his wife have been born five children -- Martin Lewis, Ethel, Isabel, Mary, and Ruth, the two last named being deceased.

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