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6 unusual facts about Yount


Corners, Perry County, Missouri

Corners is situated in the southwest corner of Perry County, near the St. Francois County line, northwest of Yount.

Saint Mary's Township, Perry County, Missouri

There are three unincorporated communities in St. Mary’s Township: Barks, Silver Lake and Yount.

Yount

John P. Yount (1850–1872), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Robin Yount (born 1955), American Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1974 to 1993, Hall of Famer, and brother of Larry Yount

Larry Yount (born 1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1971, brother of Robin Yount

Yount, Missouri

Yount is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri.


Barton Kyle Yount

After ending his military service Yount founded and served as President of the American Institute for Foreign Trade, a Glendale, Arizona school he created at the site of the former Thunderbird Field military base, which he purchased after it was closed following World War II.

George C. Yount

His two daughters, Frances Yount with her husband William Bartlett Vines and her sister Elizabeth Ann Yount came west with the Walker-Chiles Party of 1843.

Georgina Frances Sullivan (1853–1936), the daughter of his daughter Elizabeth Ann Yount, married John P. Jones in 1875.

John Phelan

John Henry Phelan (1877–1957), secretary-treasurer of the Yount-Lee Oil Company

Spindletop Hall

On November 14, 1925, Frank Yount struck oil at the Spindletop field in Beaumont, Texas.


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