[p. 918] general farmer and well known citizen of Wayne Township, was born not far from where he now resides, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1861. His parents were Daniel and Sarah (Wilson) Yoho.
The Yoho family is of German extraction. In the days of the great-grandfather, four brothers of the name came to America from Germany and three of these settled in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and one located in Virginia. Both grandparents were born in Europe, the grandfather John Yoho, February 11, 1799, and the grandmother, Nancy Daugherty Yoho, February 26, 1800. She was of Irish extraction and came to America with her parents. She died April 5, 1889. John Yoho died September 23, 1889. Daniel Yoho was born in Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania August 10, 1830, and died February 26, 1905, on the farm on which his son Eli E. resides. On November 4, 1852 he married Sarah Wilson who was born November 21, 1827, and died November 10, 1907. She was one of a family of sixteen children born to her parents, John I. and Elizabeth (Munsell) Wilson. Her father was a man of considerable substance for those early days. Daniel Yoho and wife settled down to housekeeping in Wayne Township and their whole lives were spent in Lawrence County. They were worthy, virtuous people and were valued members of the Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church. Daniel Yoho was a Democrat in his political views.
The children born to Daniel and Sarah Yoho were as follows: John W., who is engaged in a mercantile business at Chewton, married Lydia Robberman; Elizabeth, who married Charles Coulter, resides at Chewton; Edward J., a life-long resident of Wayne Township, married Elizabeth Nye; George, who died when young; Eli E.; Ella, who married Harry Garroway, resides in Wayne Township; Mary, who married A. J. Freed, resides in Beaver County; William, who resides at Wampum, married Kate McConaghey, and Harvey, who resides at Chewton, married Lida Cook.
Eli E. Yoho attended the district schools until he was nine years old and after that went to school in Chewton. When the time came for him to choose a life occupation, his inclinations did not lead him to either adopt his father's trade of stonemason or to engage in agricultural pursuits. When he was twenty-one years old he entered upon railroad work, first with the Pennsylvania Railroad, going from that system to the Pittsburg & Western and later was made yardmaster at Sharpsville for the Baltimore & Ohio line. He was then located at Omaha, later Sioux City, Iowa, and was connected with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad until 1886, when he entered the service of the Lake Division of the Pittsburg & Western, still later going on the main line of this road. He continued in railroad work until 1893. For a few years he lived in Chewton and then moved on the farm on which he lives, which is a part of his maternal grandfather's farm, the same on which he was born. Together with his sisters he owns thirty-three acres here, which he cultivates and he rents thirty-two additional acres for farming purposes.
In 1888 Mr. Yoho was married to Miss Anna Hoover, who died in 1893. She was a daughter of H. P. and Mary (Woodel) Hoover. They had two sons, Charles and Lewis, the latter of whom died in infancy. Charles Yoho, the elder son, who is now in his nineteenth year, is attending school at Ellwood City. Mr. Yoho is a member of the Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party. For a number of years he has been a member of Wampum Lodge, No. 865, Odd Fellows, at Wampum. Since settling on his farm some eleven years ago, Mr. Yoho has taken an active interest in all that pertains to the general welfare of this section, and he enjoys the respect of his fellow citizens.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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