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JOHN SON
OF CONRAD
JACOB SON OF CONRAD
DAVID SON OF CONRAD
ELIAS SON OF CONRAD
MORE eLIAS YODER DESCENT
MORE DANIEL SON OF CONRAD- from Karen
Christy Meeker, March 2010
CATHERINE
DAU. OF CONRAD
ADAM SON OF CONRAD
CABIN OF ADAM YODER
New Conrad Chapters
PART I- origins of
the yoder family and background
PART II- JOHN YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*PART III- JACOB
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
PART IV- DAVID YODER
(2) AND DESCENDANTS (FORMERLY PART III)
*PART V- ELIAS YODER
(2) AND DESCENDANTS
*PART V1- DANIEL
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*PART VII- CATHERINE
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*PART VIII- ADAM
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
PART II- JOHN YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
1. John Yoder (2)
1764-1835 (Con1)
2. John Yoder (3)
1795-1870 (Con11)
3. Daniel M. Yoder (4) 1822-1908
4. Alfred P. Yoder
(5) 1866-1947
5. Andrew R. Yoder
(4) 1836-1895
6.
John A. Yoder (5) 1864-1926
7. Junius Yoder (5)
1867-1948
8. Jacob Yoder (3)
1797-1864
9. Reuben Yoder (4)
1828-1898
10. Oliver Mack Yoder
(5) 1873-1948
11. moses yoder (4)
1830-1917
12. Marcus Yoder (4)
1833-1880
13. Amzi Yoder (4)
1844-1924
14. Michael Yoder (3)
1799-1874
15. Col. George M.
Yoder (4) 1826-1920
16. Francis Alfonzo
Yoder (5) 1851-1913
17. Julius Montfort
Yoder (5) 1853-1925
18.
19. Colin Monroe
Yoder (5) 1863-1953
20. Enloe Michael
Yoder (5) 1879-1948
21. Cyrus Yoder (4)
1828-1865
22. Michael Andrew
Lee Yoder (5) 1856-1924
23. Peter R. Yoder
(5) 1858-1930
*PART III- JACOB
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*1. Jacob yoder (2) 1767-1843
*2. henry yoder (3)
1804-1871
*3. emmanuel yoder
(3) 1806-1903
*4. jacob yoder (3) c1816-1885
*4. ISRAEL YODER (3) c1812-1865
*5. JOHN YODER (3) c1825-by 1867
PART IV- DAVID YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
(FORMERLY PART III)
1. David Yoder (2)
1770-1864
*2. conrad yoder (3) 1793-
*3. adolphus yoder
(3) 1795-
4. david yoder
(3) 1799-1897
5. solomon yoder (3)
1805-1854 (Con37)
---Daniel a. yoder
(4) 1834-1927
---david yoder (4)
1844-1911
---robert lee yoder
(5) 1875-1949
----william yoder (4)
1851-1900
----luther a. yoder
(5) 1883-1964
----rev. robert
anderson yoder (5) 1853-1911
*6. eli yoder (3)
1810-1891) Con31
7. andrew L. yoder
(3) 1812-1900 Con3a
*PART V- ELIAS YODER
(2) AND DESCENDANTS
*1. JOHN YODER (3) (1805- ) (Con53)
*PART VII- CATHERINE
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*PART VIII- ADAM
YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
*1. David YODER (3)
(c1807- ) (Con81)
*2. george yoder (3)
(c1809- ) (Con82)
*3. edmund (aka adam)
yoder (3) Con83
*4. ephraim yoder (3)
con 84
*5. john d. yoder (3)
con85
*6. jefferson yoder
(3) con86
*7. jason yoder (3)
con87
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
additional
illustrations or text to incorporate
--adolphus yoder
cabin photo (YNL38)
--?Wm. peter yoder
(YNL6)
--YNL7-neal wilfong
article on col. g.m. yoder
--ynl8-photo william
westford yoder
--ynl11- adam yoder
article
--YNL15-
---YNL16--Schultze
diary data
---YNL16- Daniel data
begins to unravel
--ynl16- paul v yoder
obit
--ynl17--photo of
jacob yoder stone
--ynl19-anson yoder
photo
--ynl21-search for
yoders in
---want to present
photocopies of conrad deed & documents
--ynl22- traverse
yother stone
--YNL27-Eli Yoder
picture & Chair
--YNL33- DC Yoder at
--YNL36- David Yoder
of
--YNL36-gransddaughter
of Elias yoder
--YNL36-support for
adam yoder-yother link
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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A Yoder sister? > From: "Bob Kastens" <preacherbob@worldnet.att.net>
I have Hans Jacob Hoffman (b. 1716,
m. 2nd, 1770, to Catherina Yoder. He died in Gaston Co, NC. I don't have any info
on Ms. Yoder. Can you help? Bob
There was a Hoffman family book by Max Hoffman, revised by Frances Wellman Hoffman with details on the Hoffman family. But they have nothing on Catherina Yoder. I am trying to find where I got this info. Hans Jacob Hoffman was born in Palatinate of Germany in 1716. Sailed from
>
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PART I- origins of
the yoder family and background
1- Yoders in
Europe and Early
2- Conrad Yoder (1) 17__-1790: Founder of Yoder Family in
Con Conrad Yoder b. ca1730 d. Apr. or May 1790 Lincoln Co., NC
settled in NC ca 1755 bur. 8 miles S of Hickory, NC
m1 1763 Christina "Klein" Cline (born 1743 in , Lancaster Co, PA- 1771/2)
(Lexikay1@aol.com) ( Conrad's 3rd wife on the 1790
(
Dear Chris and Neal,I have long suspected that the Catharin Goder in the published 1790
chance to check a scanned image of the handwritten original.
Unequivocally, it is Yoder, not Goder. All the uppercase Gs on the same
page are very different from the upper case Ys.Best Regards,
Ray Yount –Oct 2002)
NEW DATA GIVES CONRAD MARRIAGE DATE
Thanks to Ray Yount for the following
record: "Conrad Yutter and Katharina Huffman, June 20, 1775")
+Con1- John (per- Lexikay1@aol.com- John Abel Sr) b. Oct.26, 1764
+Con2- Jacob b. Dec.13, 1767
+Con3- David b. Apr.3, 1770
m2. 1773 Miss Seitz (?- w/i a year of marriage)
m3. 1775 Catherine Huffman (?- ca1810)
(
June 20, 1775- infoi found by Roy Yount, Feb. 2001)
Con4- Elizabeth b. Apr. 14, 1776 d. as an infant
born blind.
+Con5- Elias b. Oct. 31, 1777
+Con6- Daniel b. Jun. 18, 1780
Con7- Catherine b. Dec.21, 1782 m. May 8, 1798 Lincoln Co., NC
John Baker d. Aug.3, 1867
+Con8- Adam b. Jun.23, 1785
PART II- JOHN YODER (2) AND DESCENDANTS
1. John Yoder (2)
1764-1835 (Con1)
2. John Yoder (3)
1795-1870 (Con11)
3. Daniel M. Yoder (4) 1822-1908
4. Alfred P. Yoder
(5) 1866-1947
5. Andrew R. Yoder
(4) 1836-1895
6.
John A. Yoder (5) 1864-1926
7. Junius Yoder (5)
1867-1948
8. Jacob Yoder (3)
1797-1864
9. Reuben Yoder (4)
1828-1898
10. Oliver Mack Yoder
(5) 1873-1948
11. moses yoder (4)
1830-1917
12. Marcus Yoder (4)
1833-1880
13. Amzi Yoder (4)
1844-1924
14. Michael Yoder (3)
1799-1874
15. Col. George M.
Yoder (4) 1826-1920
16. Francis Alfonzo
Yoder (5) 1851-1913
17. Julius Montfort
Yoder (5) 1853-1925
18.
19. Colin Monroe
Yoder (5) 1863-1953
20. Enloe Michael
Yoder (5) 1879-1948
21. Cyrus Yoder (4)
1828-1865
22. Michael Andrew
Lee Yoder (5) 1856-1924
23. Peter R. Yoder
(5) 1858-1930
1. John Yoder (2)
1764-1835 (Con1)
JOHN YODER, ELDEST SON
Con1 John Yoder (John Abel Sr-per lexikay1@aol.com) (10/26/1764 Lincoln Co.,
NC-12/29/1835 Lincoln Co., NC)
m. ca 1790 Mary Barbara Reep (1765-Aug.28,1842 Catawba Co., NC).
both buried
+Con11- John (John Abel Jr-per LexiKay1@aol.com) b. Mar.19,1795
Con12- Christina b. ca 1796 m. Dec.21, 1823 Lincoln Co., NC
Jacob Weaver d. "age 83" ca 1879
+Con13- Jacob b. Mar.25, 1797
+Con14- Michael b. Mar.17, 1799
+Con15- Peter b.Oct.13, 1805
Con16- Mollie b. m. Caleb Dietz (b. 1/20/1817 Lincoln, Co, NC.
(son of Solomon DEITZ)
Con17- Barbara b. m. 3/20/1828 Lincoln Co, NC
David Reep d. "age 82"
HISTORY OF THE YODER FAMILY
IN
By
Fred Roy Yoder
A.B.,
A.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
(c)
1970 by Fred Roy Yoder
This History Book, written by Dr. Fred Roy Yoder
printed in 1970
and republished in 1976 is rededicated this the 12th
day of August,
in the year of our Lord 2000.
The original Book was a lifetime “labor of Love” for
Dr. Fred R. Yoder
to document the
Yoder as relayed to him by many but most by his
personal relation-
ship with his grandfather Col. George M. Yoder.
The only additions to the original History Book are
this rededication
page and the
"first-name-index," provided by the REEP FAMILY
ASSOCIATION.
The credits for this reprint and rededication go to
North Carolina
Yoder Chaplain Dr. J. Larry Yoder for "planting
the seed' with the
1999-2001 Yoder Family Staff and to Elaine Yoder
Zakarison (daugh-
ter of Dr. Fred Roy Yoder) and the Family of Dr. Fred
Roy Yoder.
Lovingly Dedicated
To Memory of My Late Grandfather
Colonel George M. Yoder
Distinguished Family Historian
and
Christian Nobleman
PREFACE
This brief History
of the Yoder Family in North Carolina has been more than a half century in
the making. During summer vacation months,
between 1910 and 1915, the author had many conversations
with his grandfather, Col. George M. Yoder
(1826-1920), noted Yoder family historian, about Conrad Yoder and his early
In 1917 the
author was called into military service and had to lay the manuscript aside. In
March 1920, Col. Yoder passed away. In the fall of that year the author went to
the state of
Between
1957 and 1967 the author and his wife spent a part of most of their summer
vacations in
.
Figures
inserted within parentheses after names indicate the generation to which
persons belong. As an example, the
author gives his own line of descendants for eight generations as follows:
Conrad Yoder (1), John Yoder(2), Michael Yoder(3) George M. Yoder(4), Colin M.
Yoder(5), Fred R. Yoder(6), Thomas W. Yoder(7), Thomas Porter Yoder(8). In a few families the ninth generation has
been reached. The author recognizes that Yoder children and descendants have
been born since he gathered information from their parents, and therefore they
are not recorded in this book. A few
blank pages appear at the end of the book, which the author suggests may be
used top complete the history of families.
Children of
each Yoder family head to whom a chapter is devoted are numbered in numerical
order of birth or age, as 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., under the general sectional
heading, Children, Grandchildren, GreatGrand children. Descendants of these numbered children follow
in unnumbered, chronological order.
As the book
contains hundreds of dates of births, marriages, and deaths, and facts of
religious affiliations, occupations, and other personal data, which have been recorded
and copied several times, some mistakes will have undoubtedly occurred.
The author
asks charitable forgiveness for these errors and suggests that they be
corrected by readers who know the correct facts.
The author
invites correspondence for corrections, new items of information, and
suggestions from any and all families and readers.
The author
expresses his thanks to the hundreds of members of the Yoder family who have
furnished him information about their own specific families. He is especially indebted to his wife, Wilma
P. Yoder, competent genealogist, who knows her way through county courthouse
records, state archives, and historical divisions of libraries, for her many
hours of assistance. She has read the
manuscript of the book and made many valuable suggestions.
The author
lovingly dedicates this History to his noble grandfather, Col. George M.
Yoder, learned pioneer-family historian and generous sharer of his remarkable
and almost unlimited knowledge about Conrad Yoder and his descendants in
Fred
Roy Yoder
November,
1969
Permanent address
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Preface..................................................................................................vii
PART
Chapter Page
I. Yoders in
Europe and Early
II. Conrad
Yoder(1), 17__-1790: Founder of Yoder
Family in
PART II. JOHN YODER(2) AND DESCENDANTS
III. John
Yoder(2), 1764-1835 ......................................................25
IV. John Yoder(3),
1795-1870........................................................31
V. Daniel M. Yoder(4),
1822-1908................................................33
VI. Alfred P.
Yoder(5),1866-1947..................................................35
VII. Andrew R. Yoder(4),
1836-1895..............................................38
VIII. John A. Yoder(5),
1864-1926..................................................40
IX. Junius Yoder(5),
1867-1948....................................................42
X. Jacob Yoder(3), 1797-1864......................................................45
XI. Reuben Yoder(4),
1828-1898..................................................47
XII. Oliver Mack Yoder(5),
1873-1948..........................................49
XIII. Moses Yoder(4),
1830-1917..................................................51
XIV. Marcus Yoder(4),
1833-1880..................................................58
XV. Amzi Yoder(4),
1844-1924.....................................................63
XVI. Michael Yoder(3),
1799-1874................................................67
XVII. Col. George M. Yoder(4),
1826-1920....................................71
XVIII. Francis Alfonzo Yoder(5),
1851-1913...................................79
XIX. Julius Montfort Yoder(5),
1853-1925....................................84
XX.
XXI. Colin Monroe Yoder(5),
1863-1953......................................94
XXII. Enloe Michael
Yoder(5)......................................................106
XXIII. Cyrus Yoder(4),
1828-1865................................................108
XXIV. Michael Andrew Lee
Yoder(5),..........................................109
XXV. Peter R. Yoder(5),
1858-1930............................................115
Chapter
Page
PART III. DAVID YODER(2) AND DESCENDANTS
XXIV. David Yoder(2),
1770-1864...............................................121
XXVII. David Yoder(3),
1799-1897...............................................123
XXVIII. Solomon Yoder(3)
1805-1854............................................126
XXIX. Daniel A. Yoder(4),
1834-1927.........................................129
XXX. David Yoder(4),
1844-1911...............................................137
XXXI. Robert Lee Yoder(5),
1875-1949.......................................141
XXXII. William Yoder(4),
1851-1900...........................................144
XXXIII. Luther A. Yoder(5),
1883=1964........................................145
XXXIV. Rev. Robert Anderson Yoder(4),
1853-1911....................147
XXXV. Andrew L. Yoder(3),
1812-1900.......................................156
ILLUSTRATIONS
Picture
Number
Page
1. Colonel George M. Yoder(4)........................................................ ii
2. The author, Fred Roy Yoder(6), and his two
grandfathers, Moses
Yoder(4) and George M. Yoder(4)
................................................. vi
3. Part of Conrad
Yoder's(1) original homestead............................... 12
4. Author Fred
old Conrad Yoder(1) house
stood................................................. 13
5. Helen Yoder
Hahn(6) and Fred Roy Yoder(6)............................. 15
6. Conrad
Yoder(1) monument, erected in 1958.............................. 17
7. Dedication
ceremonies, Conrad Yoder(1) monument, 1958......... 18
8. Grace Union
Church built in 1856................................................. 28
9. Moses
Yoder(4) and Sarah Yoder ................................................ 52
10. Old Moses
Yoder(4) home, built in 1850 .................................... 53
11. Marcus
Yoder(4) and wife ...........................................................
59
12.
13. Amzi
Yoder(4)
.............................................................................
64
14. Amzi Yoder(4),
wife and family .................................................. 65
15. Old Michael
Yoder(3) home built in the 1820's .......................... 68
16. Colonel
George M. Yoder(4) age about 60 ................................. 73
17. Colonel George
M. Yoder(4) and Eliza Yoder ............................ 75
18. Colonel
George M. Yoder(4) age 90 ........................................... 76
19. Family
picture of Colonel George M. Yoder(4) and
wife and his six children ..............................................................
78
20. Colin M.
Yoder(5) and Emma C. Yoder(5), 1906 ....................... 95
21. Colin M.
Yoder(5), wife, and children, 1917 ............................... 96
22. Colin M.
Yoder(5) family reunion, 1930 ................................... 101
23. Cyrus N.
Yoder(6) and son, Earl R. Yoder(7) ........................... 110
24. Cyrus N.
Yoder(6) Family ......................................................... 112
25. Old David
Yoder(3) house and kitchen ..................................... 124
26. Eight
living children of Solomon Yoder(3) ............................... 127
27. David
Yoder(4)
.......................................................................... 138
28. Robert Lee Yoder(5)
.................................................................. 142
29. Rev. Robert
College
.......................................................................................
148
30.
PART ONE: ORIGINS OF YODERS AND
BACKGROUND
CHAPTER I
YODERS IN EUROPE AND EARLY
Origins of Yoders in
(The author
is indebted to Doctor Don Yoder, of Devon Pennsyl- vania, foremost historian of
Yoders in Europe and the United States, for many of the historical facts of the
first section of this chapter. taken from his pamphlet, "Origins of the
Pennsylvania Yoders.")
Yoders in the
Joders
(Yoders) are first mentioned as residing in or near the two Swiss villages of
Steffisburg and Murri, the former village in the highland area of
Many
Joders in
The
Anabaptist religion spread down the Rhine, reached the
The
most extreme of the Swiss Anabaptists were the followers of a priest named
Jacob Ammon. They stressed plain, simple
living and dress, and other types of nonconformity. After 1740 many of them came to
Some
Anabaptists took refuge in the Palatinate, a small state in southwestern
Although
Yoders in the United States today are found in a number of different
denominations, especially among the Lutheran Reformed (now United Church of Christ)
denominations, perhaps a majority of them still adhere to Mennonite and Amish
faiths. But neither Mennonite nor Amish
groups migrated from
Great Palatine Migration to
Yoders
were a part of the great Palatine migration to
When
the great peace-loving Quaker, William Penn, established the colony of
The
journey across the
After
taking the oath of allegiance to the English Crown, the Palatines spread out
into the area of southeastern
Although
Yoders wee soon found in many of the communities in the
Migration of Germans to
According
to any records we now have, only Conrad Yoder (1) journeyed to the far south
land. He became the founder of the Yoder
family in
Henry
Weidner (Whitener) was the first of these German settlers from
Conrad
Yoder(1) and his wives, and children became neighbors and acquaintances of many
of these families.
Indian Frontier Dangers Revolutionary
Conflict
When
Conrad Yoder(1) and his pioneer neighbors arrived n the Catawba and
According
to tradition, Weidner returned alone on horseback from time to time to
investigate whether the Cherokee Indians were still roaming the territory. It is said he had an agreement with a
friendly Catawba Indian chief in the area that the chief would keep the trunk
of a white oak tree painted red as long as there was danger from the Cherokees,
and that when he found it safe for Weidner to return with his family, he would
paint the trunk white. After two years
Weidner returned with his family, finding all the buildings on his place
destroyed.
During
the French and Indian War (1754-1760) the Cherokee Indians were encouraged by
the French to attack all the western frontier settlements. In 1760 and 1761, North Carolina colonial
troops marched against the Indians to the west, were first defeated, and then
with the assistance of troops from Virginia and South Carolina, defeated the
Indians decisively at Echoee, a hundred miles to the west, near what is now the
town of Franklin, drove them west of the Blue Ridge, and forced them to give up
all their lands east of the Blue Ridge.
But danger from the Cherokee Indians was short lived. With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in
1776, the Cherokee Indians again went on the warpath, this time incited and
encouraged by the British to attack the western settlements. Not until 1783, when the Revolutionary War
was over, could the settlers of the Catawba area feel safe against Indian
attacks.
During the period of the American Revolution
(1776-1783) a virtual state of local civil war existed among the white settlers
themselves over the issues of the Revolution.
The 200 families of the Catawba and
Fifteen
miles to the northeast, on the west bank of the Catawba river, at Lookout
Shoals, a gang of thieves, robbers, plunderers, and murderers, led by the
notorious Sam Brown, posing as a Tory Captain, ravaged the country for miles
around and struck fear and terror in the minds of the Whig and Patriot
families. Not until the Revolution was
ended did quiet, peace, safety, and freedom from fear, really prevail in the
Catawba area. Conrad Yoder(1), who died
in 1790, lived twenty years of his thirty years as a pioneer in North Carolina
amid dangers, fears, hatreds, and potential and actual, violent conflict.
CHAPTER
II
CONRAD YODER(1) 17 -1790__ FOUNDER OF YODER FAMILY
IN
Conrad
Yoder(1), 17__ -1790, was the founder of the Yoder family in
While
in
Col.
George M. Yoder(4), 1826-1920, a great grandson of Conrad Yoder(1), has left us
more information about Conrad Yoder(1) and his early descendants in North
Carolina than any other person. The
author, a grandson of Col. Yoder, spent many hours with him between 1910 and
1917 listening to accounts of Conrad Yoder(1) and other early Yoders in Lincoln
and Catawba Counties. Col. Yoder got
most of his information about Conrad Yoder(1) from his grandparents and other
old people who knew Conrad Yoder(1) and the members of his family. He was ten years old when his grandfather,
John Yoder(2), oldest son of Conrad Yoder(1) died, and sixteen years old when
his grandmother, Mary B. Yoder, died. He
lived only a quarter of a mile from the home of his grandparents. As his own
mother had died when he was six years old and as his father, Michael Yoder(3)
never remarried, Col Yoder and his younger brother Cyrus, as small boys often
spent days and nights with their grandparents and heard stories about Conrad
Yoder(1) around the table and the fireside.
Col. Yoder said to the author a number of times, "Fred, when the
old folks talked about the old Pioneers and settlers, I listened to every word
and have always remembered what they said about them." He wrote two rather extensive manuscripts on
the early history of the Yoder family in
Col.
Yoder usually said and wrote that Conrad Yoder(1) came from
But
more recent students of the early pioneers in Lincoln and Catawba Counties have
placed the date of his arrival as most probably October 25, 1746 on the ship NEPTUNE,
under the name of Conrad (X) Yotter, which appears on the ship list of persons
taking the oath of allegiance on that date.
(Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania Pioneers, Vol. II, p. 387,
Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934.) The mark ( after Conrad indicates that someone else signed for
him. Col. Yoder(4) states that when he
was a boy in the 1830's the Yoders were often called Yotters by the old
German people. An authority on German
and Swiss names in the Palatinate, Dr. Fritz Braun, of
In
traveling from
From
the descriptions of Conrad Yoder(1) that
Col. Yoder got from his grandparents, he described his several times to the
author as of somewhat short stature, stocky, dark hair, and brown eyes. In his conversations with the author he said
a number of times, "From what they told me about Conrad Yoder(1), I always
think of him as a man about like Amzi Yoder(4)." (See picture p.64) The author knew Amzi Yoder very well for a
number of years and he well fitted the description of Conrad Yoder(1) as Col.
Yoder got it from his grand-parents.
Many Yoders in
Other
traits of Conrad Yoder(1) that we can infer from what we know about his life
and activities is that he was a bold pioneer, energetic, industrious, skilled
in various handicrafts, resourceful, thrifty, foresighted; and a just, quiet,
peace-loving man, Christian in his attitudes towards all men. He never owned any slaves, although many of
his friends and neighbors did, and he probably was opposed to slavery on moral
and religious grounds. We visualize him
quietly working away on his farm, clearing river bottom cane-brakes, and
heavily wooded forest lands; building log houses, barns, and shops; raising
different kinds of animals and crops; making many tools and articles with his own
hands; going in his covered wagon on distant trips of 50 to 100 miles over
primitive, rough roads to markets; exploring the countryside to the west for
good land; and visiting and associating with his neighbor pioneers, especially
Henry Weidner and his family.
In
December, 1762, Conrad Yoder(1) bought from Henry Weidner 200 acres of land
lying on both sides of Jacob's
Conrad
Yoder(1), his children, his grandchildren, and some of his great grandchildren
spoke the German language, or "Pennsylvania Dutch," a mixture of the
German and English languages that developed among the German and Swiss people
in eastern Pennsylvania between 1700 and 1750.
It is still spoken by descendants of these people in parts of
In 1763
Conrad Yoder(1) built his first log cabin house, on a slightly elevated ridge
about 200 yards from Jacob's Fork River, and about 30 yards from ag good
spring, close-by the side of a little branch. In the same year, he married
Christina Klein (Cline), daughter of pioneer Sebastian Klein (Cline), who lived on Clark's Creek, at the mouth of
Anthony Creek, near where the town of Newton is now located, and six or seven
miles distant from Conrad Yoder's(1) place. As the size of his family increased,
Conrad Yoder(1) built a larger and more commodious log house, with a
cellar. Probably the kitchen and dining
room was a separate building, a few feet away from the main house. It is also probable that the corners of his
log house had projecting corners with gun holes to afford defense against
attacking Indians from three directions.
Chimneys had fireplaces eight feet wide, where cooking was done. Nothing remains today of the old Conrad
Yoder(1) house and other buildings. They were torn down and the logs and
chimney rocks moved away more than a hundred years ago. The picture on page 12 shows the author
standing on the spot where the old house stood.
He was directed to this spot in 1952 by the owner of the land, Mr. Lloyd
Miller, and the author's father, Colin M. Yoder(5), who cut wheat with a cradle
over the old house site, in the early 1880's, when a trace of the old cellar
could still be seen. The picture on page
13 shows a part of the land originally cleared and farmed by Conrad Yoder(1)
and his sons. This land remained in the
hands of Conrad Yoder's(1) descendants till about 1920. It is now owned by Luther Bowman, who lives
on Highway 1008 that runs through a part of the original 200 acre tract.
Conrad
Yoder(1) was married three times. He
first married Christina Cline in 1763. She died in 1771 or 1772. Three children were born to this marriage:
John, Jacob, and David. In 1773, Conrad
Yoder(1) married a Miss _____ Seitz, who died within a year, leaving no
offspring. Then in 1775, he married
Catherine Huffman, "a German lady who came directly from
On the blank page between the Old and New Testament
Books of Conrad Yoder's (1) large German Bible, are written in German script
the dates of birth of all his eight children.
Below are given the names and dates of birth as they appear in the
Bible, followed by translation into English:
German:
Johannis
ist auf die Welt goboren den 26ten October 1764.
Jacob
ist auf die Welt geboren den 13ten December 1767.
David
ist die Welt geboren den 3ten aprill 1770.
Elias
ist auf die Welt geboren den 31ten October 1777.
Daniel
ist auf die Welt geboren den 28ten Juni 1780.
Chatarina
ist auf die Welt geboren den 21ten December 1782.
Adam
ist auf die Welt geboren den 23ten Juny 1785.
Translation:
John
born into the world the 26th of October 1764.
Jacob
was born into the world the 13th of December 1767.
David
was born into the world the 3rd of April 1770.
Elias was
born into the world the 31st of October 1777.
Daniel
was born into the world the 18th of June 1780.
Catherine
was born into the world the 21st of December 1782.
Adam
was born into the world the 23rd of June 1785.
This
bible is now in the Possession of Helen Yoder Hahn(6), of
Conrad Yoder(1) belonged to no church in
Conrad Yoder(1) was a Patriot during the Revolutionary
War, supporting the American cause for independence. Some of his neighbors remained loyal to
old to engage in active military service, but he
furnished supplies to the militia of
Conrad Yoder(1) died in April or May 1790, He was buried by the side of his first two
wives and his infant daughter, Elizabeth, on the high knoll on his farm, about
a quarter of a mile to the south of his home.
At the time of his burial the knoll was still covered with timber. This knoll became the
In 1955 the descendants of Conrad Yoder(1) began a
movement to collect funds to erect a monument in the old Cemetery to the memory
of him, his two wives, and others buried there, and to fence the cemetery. Mr. Luther Bowman, who now owns the land on
which the cemetery is located, graciously gave his full cooperation to the
project. In August, 1958, the cemetery
was cleaned off, the small trees and shrubs removed, and the still standing
gravestones put back in place. The
monument with appropriate ceremonies was dedicated in late August of that Year
with many Yoders and others in attendance.
The cemetery and monument are now reached by a footpath, off Highway
1008, that begins at the bridge on Jacob's Fork River and winds up through
fenced woods to the cemetery about a quarter of a mile distant.
During the 28 years that Conrad Yoder(1) lived after
purchasing his first tract of land on Jacob's
Conrad
Yoder(1) had died without a will. In
July, 1790. a few months after his death, his personal property was sold at
public auction according to the
One of the most
precious documents found in our search for facts about Conrad Yoder(1) was
found by Mrs. Wilma P. Yoder, wife of the author, in the office of the Clerk of
the Court of Lincoln County. It is
entitled "an account of the sales of the estate of Conrad Yoder,
Dec.," dated July 6, 1790. It is
written in English script, in beautiful handwriting. It lists 350 items sold and the price of each
in British currency. The heading of the
list reads:
"True
Inventory of Goods and Chatles of the Estate of Deceased
Conrad Yoders Which Was Sold By Publick Vandue on
Monday The Tenth Day of May In the year of our Lord one Thousand and Seven
Hundred and Ninety Returned to the Worshipful Curt of Lincoln County by us.
John Yoder Administrator
and Catarina Yoder
Administratrix"
An enumeration of the many personal property items
sold reveals the character and extent of the pioneer farming operations,
handicraft industries, and household activities that had been carried on for
many years on Conrad Yoder's(1) homestead.
Many of the fabricated personal property items undoubtedly had been made
by the hands of Conrad Yoder(1), his wives, and his children.
Livestock sold, included 10 horses and 3 colts; 14
cows and 7 calves; 4 steers and 1 bull; 26 sheep; "a shoat in the
woods"; "parcels" of hogs, geese, and ducks; and 8 bee
hives. Vehicles, farming and handicraft
tools, and various other things sold, included 1 still; 1 wagon and wagon
sheet; 2 saddles; 1 woman's saddle; 1 saddle bag; 5 pairs of gears; 1
single-tree and devis (clevis); 8 scythes; 8 sickles; 2 grain cradles; 3 plows;
1 harrow; 4 axes; 2 "grubbling" hoes: 2 pitchforks; 2 shovels; 1 hand
saw; 1 sheep shears; 4 chusels (chisels);2 augurs; 3 hand bucks; 1 hammer; 4
bells; 2 whetstones; 1 grindstone; 1 handscrew; 2 sets of plow irons; 1 frow; 1
pair of steelyards; 1 branding iron, 2 corn hoes; 1 barrel; 1 log chain; 1 gun;
bars of iron, steel, and lead; 4 barrels of salt; 3 sides of leather; 2 hides;
4 bottles; 1 bottle of brandy; and boards.
Household
and kitchen goods sold, included 6 beds; 5 chairs; 2 trunks; 1 chest; 2
spinning wheels; 1 reel; 2 Dutch ovens; 1 house stove; 8 "puter"
spoons; 6 "puter" plates; 3 "puter" vases; 1 fire tongs and
shovel; 1 pot hook and steel; 2 crane pots; 1 set of knives and forks; 2 pairs
of wool cards; 3 bags of wool; 1 bag of flax; 1 pepper mill and heggle; 7 table
cloths; 4 blankets; 6 sheets; 1 parcel of "puter" cups; 1 looking
glass: 2 lamps; 98 baskets; "some jugs" "some pots"; 1
skillet; 1 hour glass; 1 skimmer and ladle; a bible 8 books; 1 ink horn.
At the end of the long list is a summary that reads:
"The Wholestate amounts To The
Sum Hirunto Annexed
Six Hundred and Ten Pounds Nineteen Shillings 8 pence
By Notes and Bonds one
Hundred and Thirty Eight pounds
& Nine Shillings
To Book Depts Tenpounds and four pence
To each-Seven Shillings
To Claimes-Seventeen pounds"
In U.S. dollars this was the equivalent of $3419.
A few years later, in 1794. Conrad Yoder's(1) land was divided among his
surviving widow and six sons as follows:
Home
Jacob's River tract--
To
Catherine Yoder(1), Widow 166
acres
To John
Yoder(2) 130
acres
To Jacob
Yoder(2) 130
acres
To
David Yoder(2) 130
acres
Mountain
Creek tract--
To
Elias Yoder(2) 150
acres
To
Daniel Yoder (2) 150
acres
To Adam
Yoder(2) 166
acres
Total 1,022 acres
Why Catherine
Yoder(2), daughter, was not given a share, is not stated in the records, but
her part was probably contained in the 166 acres allotted to her mother. Adam Yoder(2), youngest son of Conrad
Yoder(1), and only 9 years old at the time of the division of the estate, was
later apprenticed to his brother-in-law, John Baker, husband of Catherine Yoder
Baker(2).
Catherine Huffman Yoder, Conrad Yoder's(1) surviving
widow, lived on the old homestead on her 166 acre dower with her children till
they became of age and married. Her
daughter, Catherine Yoder(2), had married John Baker in 1798. About 1804 Catherine Huffman Yoder suffered a
partial paralytic stroke. She then sold
her dower rights in the old homestead to John Yoder(2) "for $20 a year as
long as she lived," and went to live with her daughter Catherine
Baker. She recovered largely from her
paralytic stroke and lived till about 1810.
She is buried in the old Baker Cemetery, which is about a quarter of a
mile off Highway 10, on the Old John Helton Place, 4 miles west from the Conrad
Yoder(1) homestead. The grave is not
marked with a tombstone and is not now identifiable.
All Conrad Yoder's(1) living children (
About
1815 Jacob, Elias, and Daniel sold their farms and moved to the new state of
John Yoder(2)
and David Yoder(2) settled on farms in the
- - - - - - - - - - - -
“ I believe really strongly that Conrad Yoder came from Oley, or at least was
living in Oley with a relative. Conrad Yoder, Michael Whitener, and Henry
Whitener all came
from Oley Twp.,
Henry WEidner ever sold was to Conrad and Michael. He sold them the VERY
VALUABLE water rights. Contrary to legend, original papers show that Henry
sold the water rights to Conrad and to Michael FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF
MONEY. There is some ridiculous story that Henry charged Michael more
than Conrad.--- Anne McAllister, author “Georg Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792;
Catharina Mull Weidner 1733-1804”, Feb 2002
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YODER BABY FIRST OF MILLENIUM IN
baby photo
Photograph
by Woody Fender
Lukas
Coleman Yoder was the first baby born in the
area in 2001. He was born at
to Kevin and Amy Yoder. Lukas is the grandson of
"Yoders of North
Amy
Yoder had been having contractions for several days, her
husband, Newton Fire Chief Kevin Yoder said. Just after 6 a.m.
Monday, the Yoders arrived at the hospital. "As
soon as we came in
they said, 'We don't have a New Year's baby yet, we'd
better hurry,'"
Amy Yoder said.
At 8 lbs, 3 ounces, Coleman was a bit larger than
expected, but very healthy. (with permission--
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2 Jacob YODER b: 13 December 1767 d: Abt 1853
+ Catherine DELLINGER b: 6 March 1782 d: 1863
3 Mary Catherine (Polly) YODER b: 12 July 1800 d: 23 November 1886
+ Conrad YODER b: December 1793 d: 10 May 1879
4 Jacob YODER b: 1818
4 Mary YODER b: Cir 1819 d: Cir 1819
4 Jane YODER b: Cir 1821 d: Cir 1824
4 Unknown YODER
4 John M. YODER b: 16 September 1823 d: 16 September 1865
+ Sarah WILSON b: 4 August 1832 d: 6 May 1906
5 William YODER b: Cir 1852
+ Emma ROSE
6 Lillian YODER b: 1878
+ Al MOORE
7 Lee
6 Della YODER
+ Delbert COVILL
7 Ernest COVILL
7 Dureand COVILL
6 Estey YODER
6
5 Elizabeth YODER b: 1853 d: 1853
5 Susanna Catherine YODER b: 16 April 1854 d: 16 February 1945
+ George Houston TULLOCH
6 John TULLOCH
6 Miller TULLOCH
6 May Katherine TULLOCH
6 Ira TULLOCH
6 Earl Verne "Dick" TULLOCH
5
George
+ Julia MUNKER
6 Unknown YODER
+ Hettie BURNS
6 Ruby YODER
+ Carl TILDEN
5 Joshua Hixson (Hicks) YODER b: 1863 d: May 1934
5 Mary Frances (Frankie) YODER b: 4 February 1861 d: 12 December 1936
+ James Calvin TULLOCH b: 8 December 1855 d: 22 August 1940
6 Naomi Elsie TULLOCH b: 16 April 1887 d: 1966
+ George SELECMAN b: 19 August 1888 d: March 1981
7 Helen SELECMAN
7 Reid SELECMAN d: September 1978
6 Bess Edith TULLOCH b: 12 June 1889 d: July 1933
+ George E. KIMBALL
6 Ruth Ernestine TULLOCH b: 2 February 1892 d: 1971
6 Maud Eva TULLOCH b: 29 April 1894 d: 6 May 1945
6 Charles Reid TULLOCH b: 7 June 1896 d: 2 July 1968
+ Maybell ALBERS
7 Mitzie Ellen TULLOCH
4 David (Doc) YODER b: 12 September 1825 d: 15 December 1910
4 Catherine (Kate) YODER b: Cir 1827 d: Cir 1890
+ Henry F. JONES b: Cir 1822
5 David JONES
5 Dolly JONES
5 Minta JONES
5
5 Sara Jane JONES
5 William JONES
4 Margaret YODER b: Cir 1829 d: 21 May 1894
+ George DORRELL
5 Jane DORRELL
5 Alonzo DORRELL
5 Alise DORRELL
5 Addie DORRELL
5 Hattie DORRELL
4 George YODER b: 2 March 1836 d: 21 April 1931
+ Amanda D. OGLE b: 23 June 1844 d: 28 December 1928
5 George F. YODER b: November 1867 d: 6 December 1869
5 Allice (Allie) YODER b: Cir 1868
+ Thomas KENT
6
Unknown
6
Unknown
+ John CROSBY
5
+ Frank ELDREDGE (ELDRIDGE)
6 Ralph ELDREDGE
6 Billy ELDREDGE
6 Nora ELDREDGE
6 Edna ELDREDGE
6 Winifred ELDREDGE
5 Benjamin (Ben) YODER b: 19 April 1872 d: November 1963
+ Teresa UNKNOWN d: June 1974
5 Joseph (Joe) YODER b: 4 February 1874 d: 17 May 1960
5 Charlie YODER b: Cir 1879
4 Phillip Henry YODER b: 21 June 1840 d: 29 April 1930
+ Catherine (Kate) BURNS b: 15 July 1848 d: 15 December 1915
5 Laura Belle YODER b: 26 January 1866 d: 14 September 1919
+ George SWARTZ
6 Imus SWARTZ
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
7 Shirley SWARTZ
+ Curtis HARTLEY d: 30 October 1987
6 Irvin SWARTZ
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
7 Donald SWARTZ
7 Robert SWARTZ
+ Elaine MCDONALD
6
6 Everet SWARTZ
+ Hildreth DAVIS
6 Gladys SWARTZ
+ Edward WILLIS
6 Dale M. SWARTZ b: Cir 1903
6 Virgil SWARTZ
5 Clara Ellen YODER b: 5 February 1868 d: 8 September 1910
+ William HAUSMAN
6 Ruby HOUSMAN b: 9 August 1890 d: 9 May 1914
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
6 Ray HOUSMAN
6 Wayne HOUSMAN
5 Benny F. YODER b: May 1870 d: 14 November 1870
5 Eva YODER b: 18 May 1874
+ John FULLER b: 11 November 1866
6 Lyle FULLER
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
7 Lyle FULLER
+ Anna WALLACE
5 Albert Conrad YODER b: 1 January 1877 d: 14 April 1957
+ Clara HOOVER b: 22 February 1887 d: 28 January 1952
6 Opal Edra YODER b: 26 July 1905
+ Walter WEST b: 23 March 1895 d: 10 January 1979
6 Hazel Nadine YODER b: 18 October 1907
6 Leota Corrine YODER b: 19 March 1916
+
7 Bonnie Jean ALKIRE
+ William Gail SYBERT
8 Jeremy Matthew SYBERT
8 Jamin Daniel SYBERT
8 Jareb William SYBERT
8 Jaylon Nathaniel SYBERT
5
+ Ollie HOPPER b: 21 November 1895 d: 12 November 1984
6 Anson YODER
+ Dorothy KELLGREN
7 Carla YODER
+ J. A. MORGAN
8 Christopher MORGAN
7 Betty YODER
+ Dorsey Ronald MCCALL
8 Ronald Duane MCCALL
8 Dax Michael MCCALL
7 Sandra YODER
+ Theodore K. DOBSON
+ Robert AGUILLAND
8 Sharon Leigh AGUILLAND
6 Merlyn YODER
+ Berdena TILLER
7 Merlena Ann YODER
+ Dennis KEENER
7 Dena Mae YODER
+ Mark HAUSKINS
7 Kristie Lynn YODER
+ Alfred ARRIGONI
7 Laurie YODER
7 Jeanette YODER
5 Oren Thomas (Ora or Tommy) YODER b: Cir 1884
+ Jesse SCHURLOCK
6 Amis YODER
6 Maxine YODER
6 Ethel Mae YODER
6 Shirley YODER
5 Leo YODER
3 Catherine YODER b: 12 July 1800
+ Phillip HENRY b: Cir 1784 d: 1850
3 George YODER b: Cir 1802 d: 1871
+ Elizabeth "Betsy" SHORT
+ Elizabeth GOSS b: Cir 1820
3 Henry YODER b: 15 August 1804 d: 17 December 1871
+ Ruth Ann RADER b: 24 May 1813 d: 27 November 1873
4 Clarinda YODER b: 24 May 1832 d: 1 December 1840
4 Francis Marion YODER b: 17 February 1835 d: 11 November 1927
+ Armilda MCHENRY b: Cir 1836 d: 24 December 1876
5 William H. YODER b: Cir 1857 d: 19 September 1872
5 James Marion YODER b: 10 seo 1858 d: 9 February 1938
+ Margaret Etta (Maggie) DORAN b: 27 September 1866 d: 6 July 1944
6 Claude Francis YODER b: 20 April 1887 d: 18 July 1931
6 William Albert YODER b: 12 February 1889 d: 1993
6 Ethel Mae YODER b: 23 January 1891
6 Earl Doran YODER b: 12 June 1892
6 James Colbert YODER b: 7 January 1895
+ Eleanor TOVAAS
7 Donald Allen YODER
+ Dorothy Eleanor ACKERSON d: 14 April 1988
8 Patricia Anne YODER
+ Dale Eugene DUNN
9 Michelle Jeannette DUNN
9 James Dale DUNN
+ Susan BECKER
10 Alisa Jeanette BECKER-DUNN
+ David CHENEY
8 Nancy Lynn YODER
+ Arlen TRUITT
8 Lori Eleanor YODER
+ Duke SPRUGEON
9 Eric Donald SPRUGEON
9 Tyler Jay SPRUGEON
+ James COOKMAN
8 James Albert YODER b: 19 March 1964 d: 19 March 1964
6
6 Myrtle Ruth YODER b: 24 May 1898
6 Ralph John YODER b: 29 April 1900
6 Alice Margaret YODER b: 21 April 1903
6 Charles W. YODER b: 21 October 1905
5 Unknown YODER b: May 1863 d: 2 June 1863
5 Anna YODER b: December 1869 d: 1 March 1870
+ Sophia L. (Stevens) FOX d: Cir 1927
4 John David YODER b: 21 November 1839 d: 29 September 1922
+ Melvina LYONS b: May 1839 d: Cir 1922
5 Addie YODER b: Cir 1860
5 Eva YODER b: Cir 1873
4 Elizabeth Ann YODER b: 2 June 1842 d: 7 October 1934
+ Isaac Milton FLEENOR b: 16 August 1838 d: 19 December 1862
5 Theodosia Victorine Maria FLEENOR b: 1861
5 Issac Milton FLEENOR b: 1863 d: 29 December 1948
+ Katty PAUPS
6
6 Clifford James FLEENOR b: 17 August 1897
+ Madline TAYLOR
6 Hazel Roseland FLEENOR b: 23 October 1901 d: 21 May 1944
+ Jacob KOHLER d: 30 October 1884
5 Grace KOHLER
5 A. Went KOHLER
5 Jane KOHLER
5 Ellis KOHLER
5 Mildred KOHLER b: 1879 d: 1883
4 William Henry (Bill) YODER b: 22 March 1845 d: 17 August 1921
+ Catherine Adelaide (Addie) VAN BUSKIRK b: 9 February 1846 d: 17 January 1924
5 Albert Henry YODER b: 15 February 1866 d: 22 September 1940
+ Susan Norton GRIGGS b: 5 November 1869 d: 16 August 1953
6 Leverette Griggs YODER b: 3 August 1895 d: 1 May 1980
+ Dorthy CLOUTIER d: Cir 1963
+ Elizabeth Kollar LUTY
6 Miriam YODER b: 10 September 1896 d: 20 April 1981
+ Miles K. LANDER d: 8 May 1967
7 Edward King LANDER
7 Robert Griggs LANDER
6
+ L. G. LUST
+ Lieman ROOSE
+
+ Gunnar ANDERSON
6 William Albert YODER b: 21 February 1902 d: 22 December 1948
+ Naomi EDLUND
6 Frederick Griggs YODER b: 19 March 1904 d: 25 April 1955
6 Paul Van Buskirk YODER b: 8 October 1908 d: 4 April 1990
+ Maxine THOMPSON
+ Roselyn Niestradt PEASE d: 30 September 1977
5 Isaac Eldorus YODER b: 27 February 1868 d: 19 February 1873
5
Lewis
5 William Arthur YODER b: 23 December 1874 d: 13 June 1942
+ Bessie Ann UNKNOWN
5 Hester YODER b: 20 November 1881 d: 21 November 1901
4 Thomas Rader YODER b: 10 March 1848 d: 26 February 1922
+ Margaret S. FORBES b: 17 October 1844 d: 17 July 1912
5 Mertie Gertrude YODER b: December 1869 d: 18 January 1870
5 Bertha Erdine YODER b: 25 November 1870
+ Charles H. BAKER
5 Minnie Undine YODER b: 27 January 1873 d: 1950
+ Henry Douglas PACKARD b: 14 October 1859 d: 25 February 1925
6 Maude Faye PACKARD b: 25 May 1896 d: 8 February 1945
+ George W. HOUCK b: 16 September 1891 d: 6 November 1948
7 Jannette Maxine HOUCK b: 23 March 1917
+ Crandal WILSON
8 Diane
+ Unknown FENDALL
8 David
7 George
+ Marian UNKNOWN
8 Mike HOUCK
+ Margaret UNKNOWN
8 Barbara HOUCK
+ William BRINKER
8 George HOUCK
+ Kathy UNKNOWN
7 Phyllis Undine HOUCK
+ Tom DUFFEY
+ Milton Eugene NORBERG
8 Katherine Faye NORBERG
+ Glen MELLA
8 Jane Dorothy NORBERG
+ Duane OLSON
8 Naomi Ann NORBERG
+ John
8 James Eugene NORBERG
+ Sue UNKNOWN
6 Sidney Douglas Thomas PACKARD b: 2 November 1897 d: 12 September 1947
+ Anna Belle DEHAAN b: 18 April 1905 d: 27 March 1976
7 Douglas Randall PACKARD
+ Carol Jean JACOBSEN
8 Veron Randall PACKARD
8 Sidney Thomas PACKARD
6 Leslie Bruce PACKARD b: 22 June 1901 d: 23 March 1903
5 Lela Lillian YODER b: 15 July 1876 d: 3 January 1881
5 Daisy Josephine YODER b: 24 February 1878
+ Howard G. ROTTLUFF
4 Mary Catherine YODER b: 30 January 1852 d: Cir 1933
+ Thomas SULLIVAN
5 Claude B. SULLIVAN b: 26 November 1875
5 Hugh E. SULLIVAN b: 10 July 1881
5 Fred F. SULLIVAN b: 8 November 1882
4 Unknown YODER b: 9 January 1855 d: 9 January 1855
3 Emanuel YODER b: 5 May 1806 d: 18 December 1903
+ Rachel SHIRLEY b: 12 April 1811 d: 15 January 1889
4 Mary E. YODER b: Cir 1833
+ George A. MCHENRY b: Cir 1831
+ Unknown SULLIVAN
4 Sarah C. YODER b: Cir 1836
+ John MCHENRY
4 Ruth Ann YODER b: Cir 1839 d: 1929
+ Henry BUMGARDNER b: 30 May 1829 d: 16 January 1903
4 John Jasper YODER b: 12 April 1841 d: 25 December 1927
+ Amanda RADER b: 18 December 1842 d: 23 September 1896
5 Charles E. YODER b: 22 November 1869 d: 19 July 1947
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
6 Gladys YODER
5 Cora B. YODER b: Cir 1874
3 Barbara YODER b: 1809 d: Bef 1850
+ George HINKLE
3 Sarah Ann (Sallie) YODER b: Cir 1814 d: 12 May 1912
+ John JACKSON b: Cir 1813 d: 28 February 1869
3 Jacob YODER b: Cir 1818 d: 12 June 1885
+ Mary
(Polly)
4 James M. YODER b: 21 April 1843 d: 24 April 1931
+ Sarah Catherine WALTMAN b: 1 June 1848 d: 25 April 1872
5 Marion E. YODER b: Abt 1869 d: 28 February 1946
+ Emma Anna MYARS b: March 1872 d: 23 April 1949
6 Freda YODER b: August 1892
6 James E. YODER b: 14 July 1895 d: 2 January 1968
+ Catherine RUST d: 1935
6 John YODER b: September 1897
+ Eliza Jane BAUGHMAN b: 3 November 1853 d: 20 December 1934
5 Jacob Ira YODER b: 21 September 1873 d: 18 December 1963
+ Rachel DECKARD b: January 1877 d: 1 August 1944
6 William Glen YODER
+ Mary TOMLINSON
7 June Yvonne YODER
+ Richard DAVENPORT
8 Richard David DAVENPORT
8 Donald Allen DAVENPORT
8 William Douglas DAVENPORT
7 Mary Jane YODER
+ Joseph JENSEN
8 Mary Elizabeth JENSEN
8 Martin Eric JENSEN
8 Lisa Diane JENSEN
8 Karen Lynn JENSEN
7 John David YODER
+ Janet K. DECKARD
8 Kathy Ann YODER
+ Fred PORTER
8 John Andrew YODER
+ Mary Helen WEBSTER
8 Steven Lewis YODER
8 Nancy Jane YODER
7 James Ira YODER
+ Edna Sue RILEY
8 Jeffery YODER
8 Jennifer YODER
7 Jenny Kathryn YODER
+ William James AUSTIN
8 Allison Kathryn AUSTIN
6 Nola D. YODER b: March 1897 d: 1986
6 Goldie B. YODER b: October 1898 d: 1986
+ A. RAINES
6 Verna YODER d: 1982
+ A. DAVIDSON
6 Jane YODER d: 1986
+ A. CANARY
6 Paul Virgil YODER b: 1905 d: 6 June 1935
+ Emma HAUFFMAN
7 Naoma Jean YODER
5 Ida C. YODER b: 26 April 1875 d: 13 April 1961
+ John PROSSER d: 7 October 1943
5 Cyrus YODER b: 18 September 1877 d: 28 September 1877
5 Myrtle YODER b: Abt 1879 d: 26 July 1962
+ Joshua BOND (BROWN) b: Cir 1875 d: 26 July 1962
5 Maude YODER b: 5 July 1881 d: 11 September 1949
+ A.
5 Edith YODER b: October 1883 d: 1903
5 Daniel Boone YODER b: 1 May 1886 d: 1966
+
Ida
5
Leroy (
+ Effie A. COY b: Cir 1883 d: 10 May 1965
6 Unknown YODER
+
6 Ezellamae YODER
6 Dilmer YODER
6 Jesse YODER
5 Ralph YODER b: 25 February 1892 d: 26 December 1980
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
6 Helen Florence YODER
+ Unknown TJORNSLAND
7 Susan T. TJORNSLAND
+ Unknown RITZ
8 Marta Leigh RITZ
8 Kalan Suzanne RITZ
5
+ Unknown CORACOT
+ Bert ANDERSON
5 John R. YODER b: March 1897 d: 1907
5
Eliza
+ A. GLARIZMAN
4 George Henry YODER b: Abt 1845
4 John D. YODER b: January 1848
+
Matilda J.
5 Martha YODER b: Abt 1873
5 May YODER b: Abt 1875
5 Wilma YODER b: Abt 1877
5 Oliver YODER b: August 1880
5 Walter YODER b: July 1882
5 James YODER b: May 1885
5 Oscar (Osker) L. YODER b: September 1888
4 Martha Jane YODER b: Abt 1850 d: 1921
+ James P. GRAY
4 Edward YODER b: Abt 1852
+ Felica (Felina) J. WATKINS b: Cir 1856
5 Unknown YODER b: Cir 1878
4 William Jacob YODER b: 1854-1856 d: November 1933
+
5 John Max YODER b: 27 March 1880 d: 29 April 1968
+ Martha Pairlee WARD b: 29 January 1889 d: 18 April 1974
6 Floyd YODER
6 Lloyd YODER
6 Gladys Irene YODER b: 24 November 1911
+ Walter James COLMAN b: 29 January 1912 d: 30 December 1985
7 Martha Amelia (Meme) COLMAN
+ Dudley Alvin MCKAMIE
8 Mary Diane MCKAMIE
+ Perry Joe SMITH
9 Brittany Diane SMITH
8 Debra Lynne "Debbie" MCKAMIE
+ Michael James "Mike" PARDUE
9 Shelby Lynne PARDUE
9 Lindsay Michelle PARDUE
8 Lisa Carol MCKAMIE
8 Gena Susan MCKAMIE
8 Shelly Kathleen MCKAMIE
7 Sylvia Jeanne COLMAN
+ Marvin Donavan "Don" ROZELLE
8 Ellen Jeanne ROZELLE
+ Kenneth REYNOLDS
8 John Gregory "Greg" ROZELLE
+ Claire Louise ARNOLD
9 Stephanie Lee ROZELLE
9 Whitney Lynn ROZELLE
8 Donna Theresa ROZELLE
7 Charles William (Charlie) COLMAN
+ Joan MCCURDY
8 Tracy Annette COLMAN
+ Marsha Dianne AIRHART
8 Charles William COLMAN
+ Lisa Gaye PRENTICE
9 Danielle Alexandra COLMAN
8 Michael David COLMAN
8 Daniel Christopher (Danny) COLMAN
7 Katherine Elane (Kay) COLMAN
+ Richard Scott HUNTER
8 Lori Michelle HUNTER
+ John Walter "Jay" RUMBELOW
8 Richard Scott "Ricky" HUNTER
8 Katherine Anne "Katie" HUNTER
+ Freddy Lee (Fred) BATES
8 Benjamin Lee "Benji" BATES
7 Elizabeth Anne COLMAN
+ Steven Wayne "Steve" SAGER
8 Melissa Diane SAGER
8 Jennifer Nicole SAGER
6 Martha Maurine YODER b: 13 November 1913
+ Marvin Gilford MORGAN b: 8 November 1902 d: May 1969
7 Marjorie Emmalee "Margie" MORGAN
+ Andrew Richard TABOR
8 Gloria Deloris TABOR
+ James Gilford "Jimmy" HALES
9 Jason James HALES
9 Brian Andrew HALES
8 Marsha Lee "Cookie" TABOR
+ Jack Anthony BIONDO
8 Andrew Lester "Bo" TABOR
+ Peggy Louise KNIGHT
9 Christopher Derrick "Chris" TABOR
+ Mary Lou UNKNOWN
+
8
+ James Buyun COATES
+ Clint HOLMES
+ Harvey Hamilton "Will" HARDEE
9 Heather Leigh HARDEE
9 Sarah Elisabeth HARDEE b: 9 October 1987 d: 9 October 1987
9 William Michael "Billy" HARDEE
7 Marvin Earnest "Junior" MORGAN
+ Joyce HIGH
+ Violet BURRELL
8 Marvin Ernest "Manny" MORGAN
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
9 Heather Michelle MORGAN
+ Joseph "Joe"
+ Alvis Hardy (Allen) ALLEN b: 10 July 1914
6 Jesse Eugene YODER
6 Unknown YODER
6 Harry Gilstrap YODER
+ Dorothy Marie WARD b: 28 March 1925 d: 20 August 1986
7 Lester Wade YODER
+ Genny Lee ZEIG
8 Tracy Lynn YODER
+ Kendrick Ray "Rick" SPEAR
9 Stephanie Lynn SPEAR
8 Richard Glenn (Ricky) YODER
8 Steven Wade (Steve) YODER
+ Linda Marie FICK
9 Rebecca Nicole HOFFMAN
7 Elisabeth Carolyn YODER
+ Michael Marvin "Mike" PASLAY
8 Rhonda Michelle DOBBS
+ Loyd Raymond "Sonny" DOBBS
8 Laura Renee DOBBS
7 Jackie Gil YODER
+ Linda Lou HECKER
8 Dena Marie YODER
7 Robbie Gene (Rob) YODER
+ Frances Ann COCHRAN
+ Annie Dee MANGUM
5 Edward Evertt YODER b: Cir 1887
+ Maude UNKNOWN
6 Bessie YODER
5 Purtle (Purt) YODER b: Cir 1890
4 Thomas J. YODER b: 8 October 1854 d: 16 January 1944
+
5 Edna Verena YODER b: 25 August 1884 d: 23 December 1980
+ Roy DOROTHY b: 1882 d: 1947
6 Don Vincent DOROTHY
6 Thelma Ruth DOROTHY
6 Carol Agnes DOROTHY
5 Lily Jessica (Jesse) YODER b: 31 January 1890 d: 1902
+ Unknown EASTMAN
+ Unknown BREEDLOVE
5 Evelyn YODER
5 Ralph YODER b: 1888
5 Mazel YODER b: 7 October 1902
+ Arthur C. (Butch) SONNTAG b: Cir 1898 d: Aft 1978
6
6 Virginia SONNTAG
4 Willard C. YODER b: 6 May 1860 d: November 1913
+ Anna B. DOAN b: 28 October 1863 d: 16 August 1898
+ Amanda Belle STEPHENS b: January 1863 d: 1921
5 Rose Ethel YODER b: September 1883 d: 7 July 1957
+ Claude Almer ROBERTS
5 Mahalon Eldridge YODER b: 18 January 1889
5 Mary
+ John THRUSH
4 William Westford (Wesley) YODER b: 6 May 1860 d: 1928
+ Nancy WHITE b: Abt 1862 d: 1894-1896
5 Jacob Wilson YODER b: 10 April 1883 d: 30 April 1942
+ Lillian Delories WOODARD b: 2 August 1883 d: 8 September 1971
6 Unknown YODER b: 1904
6 Calvin James YODER b: 22 March 1906 d: 4 April 1983
+ Sallie HACKER b: 4 April 1905
7 Clifford James YODER b: 16 December 1925 d: 9 October 1984
+ Willa Dean YOST
8 Daniel Clifford YODER
+ Unknown UNKNOWN
9 Justin Scott YODER
9 Angelia YODER
8 Cheryl Lynn YODER
+ Roger FORD
9 Randell Justin FORD
9 Matthew Daniel FORD
9 Kemberlee Soo FORD
7 Joe Paul YODER
+ Katherine BRANHAM
8 Joseph Michael YODER
+ Suzie KNAPP
+ Jean UNKNOWN
9 Bonnie June YODER
9 Keith YODER
7 Kenneth Dwayne YODER
+ Mary Ann PARNELL
8 Linda Denise YODER
+ Patrick HALL
9 John Pat HALL
+ Jerry JONES
9 Todd JONES
8 Shannon Dwayne YODER
8 Unknown YODER
7 R. D. YODER
+ Camille NELSON
8 R. D. (Dick) YODER
8 James Nelson YODER
6 Claude YODER b: Cir 1908 d: Cir 1910
6 Orville Leeroy YODER b: 8 February 1910 d: 6 May 1988
+ Ester FELLOWS
7 Ester Delores YODER
+ Bill AZLIN
+ Lee MANSON
+ Nora Jane PURNELL b: 15 September 1914 d: 23 February 1975
7 Norma Lee YODER
+ William O.
7 Harold YODER b: 1932-1934
7 Darrell YODER b: 1932-1934
7 Bural Marshall YODER
+ Belva KOEHN
7 Euretha Rhudene YODER
+ Terry Arthur GOIN
7 Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) YODER
+ Betty CHAMPAYNE
7 Cecil Leeroy YODER
+ Barbara CHANCILBOR
7 Sarah Jane YODER
+ Larry Dean BROWN
6 Ira David YODER b: 8 October 1912
+ Margaret Leona BOTT
7 Patricia YODER
+ J. HAMMER
8 Jennifer HAMMER
+ Bill HOGAN
8 Audry HOGAN
8 Toni HOGAN
8 Amanda HOGAN
6 Andrew Raymond YODER b: 15 September 1914
+ Lucille Fay BENNETT b: 19 February 1916 d: 7 June 1992
7 Ronald Andrew YODER
+ Sherril LASH
7 Debra Janette YODER
+ Thomas WELLS
+ William WALDUFF
7 Linda Gail YODER
+ Howard DUFLO
+ Ted THEILEY
+ William RICE
7 Jackie Raymond YODER b: 9 April 1945 d: 20 May 1946
7 Marsha Ann YODER
+ William BRADLEY
+ Gary MATTSON
7
+ Cathy SMITH
6 Archie Leonard YODER b: 2 November 1917
+ Pauline BREWER b: 23 June 1925 d: 27 December 1988
7 Carolyn Nadine YODER
+ Jerry ISHOMOTO
8 Cheryl ISHOMOTO
8 Karen ISHOMOTO
+ Delora DOWNING
8 David DOWNING
8 Paul DOWNING
8 Ryan DOWNING
+ Bert SWENSON
7 Sandra June YODER
+ John LAZWOFF
8 Diana LAZWOFF
8 Jason LAZWOFF
8 Jeff LAZWOFF
7 Tamara Jean YODER
+ Roger WELLS
8 Timothy WELLS
8 Brian WELLS
6 Virgil Vance YODER
+ Sylvia PEACE
7 Barbara Joan PEACE
+ Anthony Wayne GARVER
7 Brenda Jean PEACE
+ Joe E. STEWART
7 Bradley Jay PEACE
+ Elena May SNYDER
6 Unknown YODER
5 Johnie YODER b: April 1885
5 David YODER b: August 1886
5 Annie YODER b: July 1887
+ Thomas GRAVES
5 Mary YODER b: September 1895
+ Raymond EDMONSTER
+ Lene SCHMIDT b: 14 July 1875
5 James Albert YODER b: 28 November 1899
+ Georgia BITTMAN b: September 1895
5 Raymond YODER b: 2 December 1901
+ Maude EISENMAN
5 Lillian Gertrude YODER b: 4 April 1904
+
5 William Edward YODER b: 8 July 1907
5 Ronnie Fred YODER b: 21 April 1909
+ Opal MCBRIDE
5 Luther Ernest YODER b: 29 January 1913
+ Willie ENGNAM
5 Grace Mae YODER b: 19 March 1916
+ Eddie HUDSON
+ Monte PARSONS
4 Alice YODER b: Abt 1862
3 Pricilla YODER b: Cir 1819 d: 16 January 1895
+ Jackson LENTZ b: Cir 1822 d: 26 December 1882
3 Unknown YODER b: Cir 1820 d: Bef 1850
3
+ Elizabeth
(Betsy)
4 Priscilla YODER b: Cir 1838
+ George W. PAYNE b: Cir 1824
4 Sarah Jane YODER b: Cir 1842
+ Jackson LENTZ b: Cir 1822 d: 26 December 1882
4 Nancy YODER b: Cir 1844
+ Issac BRANNAM b: Cir 1838
4 Thomas YODER b: Cir 1845
4 Rebecca YODER b: Cir 1846
4 Edward YODER b: Cir 1849
4 Francis YODER b: Cir 1852
4 Mary E. YODER b: Cir 1854
+ Lewis W. BRANNAM
3 Margaret YODER b: Cir 1823 d: 14 August 1896
+ George JACKSON b: 1824-1826 d: 28 August 1896
4 John H.
4 Dalcy J. JACKSON b: Abt 1851
+ John MATHUS
4 Issac W. JACKSON b: 1858 d: 1939
+ Mary Ann HACKER b: 1858 d: 1925
5 Effie Alice JACKSON d: 1953
+ Walter Christian LITTLE b: 1876 d: 1964
6 Edith Grace LITTLE b: 1903 d: 1989
+ Floyd KANE
+ John Everitt SPEAR
6 Ethel Rosalie LITTLE b: 1904 d: 1964
+ Edward Cecil COLE b: 1898 d: 1966
7 Unknown COLE b: 1926 d: 1926
7 Ralph Wendell COLE
+ Alene PENDERGRAFT
7 Cecil Arthur COLE b: 1930 d: 1989
+ Patricia Jeanneane
7 Joan COLE
+ Benjamin Richard SHACKLETTE
8 Cole SHACKLETTE
+ Leslie Gayle WILLIAMS
9 Beau SHACKLETTE
9 Grady SHACKLETTE
8 Craig SHACKLETTE
+ Paula Mary KIRKPATRICK
9 Erin Marie SHACKLETTE
9 Sarah Joann SHACKLETTE
9 Bridget Alexandra SHACKLETTE
8 Stuart Jay SHACKLETTE
+ Pamela CARROLL
+ Stepanie INGRAHM
9 Benjamin Stuart SHACKLETTE
7 Edward Sherman COLE
+ Janice Larue OVERTON
7 Imogene COLE
+ Melvin Leroy HUSER
7 Jimmie Dean COLE b: 1941 d: 1987
+ Sharyn Sue BEAN
6 Elsie Marie LITTLE b: 1906 d: 1952
+ Henry CLEVELAND
+ Floyd Everitt RILEY
6 Mary Nannie LITTLE b: 1907
+ Oral Wilbur COON
6
+ Everette RICE
6 Arthur Joseph LITTLE b: 1911 d: 1966
+ Irma HAYDEN
+ Cecile WILLIAMS
6 Ellen Pauline LITTLE b: 1913
+ Frank FLETCHER
+ Wallis SMITH
+ Harold Everett COLE
5 Margaret Alma JACKSON b: 1877 d: 1927
+ S. Eugene GILMER
5 Henry JACKSON b: Abt 1879
5 Catherine G. JACKSON b: 1880
+ David F. GILMER
5 Daniel Dee JACKSON b: 1881 d: 1930
+ Mary Ellen GILLETTE
5 Sarah Elizabeth JACKSON b: 1882 d: 1968
+ Oliver G. CARDEN
+ Unknown DAVIDSON
5 Albert Ray JACKSON b: 1886 d: 1969
+ Anna HUSER
+ Rita HAYDEN
5 Ida May
+ George LILE
5 Ellen JACKSON b: 1891 d: 1980
+ Bert JONES
5 Grace Edith JACKSON b: 1892 d: 1968
+ William Omer (Ted) RAYPHOLTZ
5
Bessie Adline
+ Frank A. BEEKS
5
Benjamin Harrison
+ Edith JENSEN
5
Myrtle Viola
+ James COATES
3 John YODER b: Cir 1828 d: Bef 6 May 1867
+ Mary Ann TULL b: Cir 1834 d: Bef 6 May 1867
4 Mary Jane YODER b: 1 April 1854 d: 30 March 1894
+ John MATHIS b: 25 December 1840 d: 20 February 1914
4 Elizabeth Ann YODER b: 15 November 1855 d: 13 January 1935
+ Lewis Jackson THOMPSON d: 13 January 1935
4 George YODER b: Cir 1858
+ Catherine LUTROO
4 Unknown YODER
