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Both articles I referred to appear in Arizona papers.

Re: Re: John B. Yoast — Bob Cash, Tue Jun 29 9:17
On Newspapers.com I have found two articles that make me question whether the John Yoast of Arizona and the John B. Yoast of New Mexico are the same person. Both are dated after 1900, with one reporti... more
- John and Bert Yost (Yoast) — Robert Buckley, Tue Jun 29 15:02
  Bob, Hogge has your question covered in his book . John and Bert Yost were brothers that lived in the Sulphur Springs Valley . Their name was actually spelled “Yost”, in the newspapers their named wou... more
- - Re: John and Bert Yost (Yoast) — Bob Cash, Tue Jun 29 18:17
    Thanks, Robert. So now we have to rule out the John Yoast killed in 1927 in Salerno, Arizona as being the man who found Ringo. A lot of Yoasts and Yosts hanging around Arizona and New Mexico from the ... more
  - - Scott Cooley and John Ringo — Robert Buckley, Wed Jun 30 16:37
      The Daily Herald , March 18, 1876 “Quite an excitement was raised among our citizens last Sunday by the arrival in town of the notorious Mason County outlaws Scott Cooley and John Ringgold , who ... more
    - - Re: Scott Cooley and John Ringo — Bob Cash, Wed Jun 30 17:47
        Robert, as a previous post of mine points out, there is some speculation, including by law enforcement personnel conversant in suicide scenes, that sometimes a gunshot that close to the head could cau... more
- CLARIFICATION: Re: John B. Yoast — Bob Cash, Tue Jun 29 9:19
- - Frank Yoast — Robert Buckley, Tue Jun 29 16:54
    Frank Yoast was the father of John B.Yoast and Hiram A. Yoast . https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021327/1871-08-24/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1871&index=0&rows=20&words=Frank+Yoast&searchType=ba... more

Hiram A. Yoast — Robert Buckley, Mon Jun 28 20:01
John B. Yoast did have a brother named Hiram. Here is his Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103354969/hiram-yoast

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