William Christian Yost Wooster OH 1884 U of M Law Cabinet Photo Signed
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Antique Victorian Cabinet Card Photo
circa 1884.
Photographer: Lewis & Gibson,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Identified and signed on the back:
Yours,
W.C. Yost
Wooster, Ohio
U of M
Law Class '84
Note: also handwritten on back (birth date is incorrect):
Born
1869
Died
July 1938
Facts based on research:
William Christian Yost - University of Michigan, Law, Class of 1884
Portrait of young man with moustache and wearing a sack suit with bowtie.
4¼" x 6½".
Condition as shown, slight edge wear else near excellent.
Some additional history based on research:
From the General Catalogue of officers and students, 1837-1911 By University of
Michigan:
George McClurg Anderson, Probate Judge, 1897-1903, Akron Ohio
Excerpts from History of the lawyers of Wayne County, Ohio, from 1812 to 1900,
by Benjamin Douglas, 1900:
Born July 5th, 1854, in Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and spent his
earlier years on his father's farm. At the age of sixteen he entered the
Smithville High School, which he attended for two years, when, in pursuance of a
previous determination, he commenced the study of law, and graduated at Ann
Arbor University, Michigan, in the class of 1884. He was elected Mayor of the
city of Wooster, in 1889, and re-elected to the same position in 1891; he was
elected City Solicitor of the City of Wooster, in 1893, and re-elected in 1895.
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