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BIOGRAPHIES.
History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
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City of Laclede
Jefferson Twp., and Town of Laclede -
JOHN YOUNT,
son of David and Barbara (nee Stover) Yount,
was born in East Tennessee, Mar. 30, 1810. When a
small child his parents removed to Middle Tennessee, and in
1817, they located in Howard county, Missouri. In 1824
they went back to Tennessee, and three years later returned
to Missouri settling in Cole county. The subject of
the sketch received a limited education in subscription
schools, the branches of study being writing and arithmetic.
In 1833, he formed a copartnership with David Curtis,
then living in Linn County, Missouri, and bought a lot of
hogs and cattle and drove them to that county. He and
Curtis kept bachelor's hall for two years, living together
in a cabin. In 1835 Mr. Curtis went to Howard
County, Missouri and married. After that Mr. Yount
kept a bachelor's hall himself most of the time until he,
too, married in 1838. He and Curtis were accustomed to
buy hogs in Howard county, Missouri, and drive them to Linn
county, When they had fattened on mast they would
drive them back and sell them, getting sometimes only one
cent per pound, dressed. Keytesville, Missouri, was
their milling point. On one occasion, as Mr.
Yount was on his way from mill he was water-bound for
two weeks. He has started home with five bushels of
meal on two horses, but when he reached there only one
bushel was left, he having loaned the balance along the
road. Such was an incident of the pioneer experiences
of that time. On another occasion, he had to go to
Keytesville to get a doctor to come and see his sick
brother. The trip occupied two nights and a day.
Mr. Yount was the first constable of Linn
county, sometimes having to ride twenty families for a
witness and getting only twenty-five cents for the service.
He helped to build the first cabin where Linneus now stands
in the winter of 1833-34 for Jack Holland.
Mr. Yount removed to his present farm in 1839, and is
the only survivor of the settlers living in Linn county in
1833. The rest have all gone to that bourne from
whence none ever return. Since the latter named year
he has been a constant resident of Linn county. Mr.
Yount was married January 11, 1838, to Miss
Margaret Taylor, daughter of George and Rebecca (nee
Raymee) Taylor. Her parents were
natives of Virginia, and removed to Tennessee, but emigrated
to Linn county in 1836. Mrs. Yount was born in
the latter State in 1820. She is the mother of xix
children, four of whom are living: William P.,
Joseph A., George W., and Amanda. They hall live
near their parents, excepting George W., who has been mining
in Colorado the past nine years. Amanda married
Mr. William Furbee, and lives in Linn county.
Mr. Yount's farm comprises two hundred acres,
splendidly improved. As an indication of his
liberality and prosperity he has given to each of his four
children sixty acres of valuable land. He has always
been a highly esteemed and useful citizen.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
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