U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- York, John Y. (b. 1846) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 712-713 HON. JOHN Y. YORK, a member of the State Senate of West Virginia, from Wayne County, is a prominent citizen of Yorkville, where he has extensive business interests. He was born in Wayne County, Virginia, now West Virginia, September 24, 1846, and is a son of Joseph D. and Elizabeth (Ratcliffe) York, the former a native of Brown County, Ohio, and the latter of Wayne County, Virginia, now West Virginia. John Y. York received his education in the common and subscription schools of this locality, and early in life engaged in the lumber business, which he has since followed with an abundance of success. He is also interested in various other enterprises, among them a mercantile business at Yorkville. He owns and operates a farm of 300 acres and in all owns about 1,500 acres of land. During President Harrison's administration, a post office was established at Yorkville and for some time our subject served as postmaster. They have two mails a day and the Norfolk & Western Railway Company contemplates the construction of an extension to the town, which will make Yorkville one of the best little towns of West Virginia. Mr. York is a stanch Republican in politics, and has served as County Commissioner and in the State Senate, where he has most ably represented his constituents. John Y. York was married in 1866 to Fanny Keysor, by whom he had 11 children. He formed a second matrimonial alliance, with Celeste Parsley, by whom he has three children. Fraternally, he is a member of Fort Gay Lodge. No. 58, A. F. & A. M.: Chapter No. 38, R. A. M.; and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. ------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEXED REGISTER OF DEATHS, Waye County, WV (Page 31) NAME: Fannie York DATE-OF-DEATH: Dec 18, 1891 AGE-AT-DEATH: 44 years PLACE-OF-DEATH: Wayne County, W. Va. CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Disease of Liver MARITAL-STATUS: Married ------------------------------------------------------------------- MARRIAGE LICENSE, Wayne County, WV (Page 158) John Y. York AGE: 45 BIRTHPLACE: Wayne Co., W.Va. RESIDENCE: Wayne Co., W.Va. Celista Pasley AGE: 18 BIRTHPLACE: Wayne Co., W.Va. RESIDENCE: Wayne Co., W.Va. DATE-OF-LICENSE: March 17, 1894 MINISTER'S RETURN OF MARRIAGE: portion, not filled in ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Wayne County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/wayne/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------