Issue 20 - Yoder Family Information

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YODER
IOTH ANNIYERSARY
BONUS ISSUE
NEWSLETTER
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Issue #2O P.O. Box 594 Goshen, IN 46526 October L992
25OTH ANNIVERSARY
OF
AMISH TOIDER ARRIYAL
I'EATH OF INL FOUNDER
we are deeply saddened to announce the death of
founder Ben F Yoder. He passed altay suddenly May
l-992 j.n Goshen rndiana. a special tribute, written
his children, apPears on Page 5.
YNL
by
25oth Anniversary of Arnish Yoder Arrival
Two Hundred and fifty years a!to, on Sept. 2I, 1742,
the following record was rnade at the courthouse in
Philadelphia, List 94c, witnessed by willian TiIl and
Robert Strettell, Esquire:
rrThe Foriegners whose names are underwritten,
irnported in the Ship Francis and Elizabeth, George
North, Master, fron Roterdam, but last fron Deal, dj-d
this day take the usual gualifications to the
Governnent, viz.,tl
Among the passengers whose nanes appeared on this
registry r{rere three who are now seen as representing the
farnilies of the first Arnish Yoder arrivals in Anerica.
The first listed was Christian JOTTER, belived to be
YR2. Next was a Jacob YoDER (rnarked with an I'Xrr and
signed by the English clerk) and Lastly a Christian
YODER. The latter two folks are now believed to be sons
of rrthe widow Barbarart and her husband who died at sea
(YRl) .
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p Frrnsir and Elizebcrh, ScJrtcmbcr 2 t ' t 7{ 2'
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C.Z. Mast, a well known genealogist of the Arnish,
rnaintains that Jacob Yoder was iII at the tirne of
landing and the rrxrr was due not to lack of education,
but to his not being available to sign in person.
There are several different works which present
listings of the narnes in the registry. It is known that
the Yoder nanes appear in sequence in the actual hand
scribed listing. The one source which seerns to follow
this seguence
Pi-oneersrt.
is the book rrPennsvlvania cerman
Three interesting features appear in this copy of
the Iist. First, the group of rnost recognizable Arnish
passengers have their nanes together (although lJohanes
Qnagrr narks the begj-nning of the I'B list"). It could
well be inagined that the Amish heads of household aII
hung together as they went to the Courthouse to nake the
250th- continued on page 7
CASSELMAN RIVER HISTORIANS VODER SESSION
FULL REPORT IN NEXT YNL
The annual meeting of the casselman River Amish and
Mennonite Historians was held at the IIapIe clen church,
crantsville, l{D on Sept. 4 & 5, 1992. In honor of the
250th anniversary of the arrival of the Amish Yoders,
this annual neeting featured "The History of the Joder/
Yoder Fanilyrr.
we at the newsletter had been encouraging folks to
conmenorate this anniversary. when we heard the details
of this session, we felt it was important enough to send
out a special notice to a1l readers. John w Yoder and
Rachel Kreider of the YNL both participated in this
rneeting, and a detailed article will be prepared for the
April 93 YNL.
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ARTICLES INSIDE:
Ben Yoder Tribute
Miss Indiana-- She1li Yoder
Yoder Pension Records (contd)
Yoder Humor from rtCountrvrl
Page 5
Page 4
Page 3
Page 6

The Yoder Newsletter- Founded 1983 by
Ben F Yoder, Goshen, IN (1913-1992) r Chris Yoderr and
Rachel Kreider.
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FROM THE EDITORS
Chris Yoder, Editor, Riyadh,saudi Arabia; John w Yoder,
Circulation llanager, Middlebury, INt Fred C. Yoder,
Distribution; RacheI Kreider, Senior Contributing
Editort Other Contributors: Fred C. Yoder, Goshen, INt
John W. Yoder, Middlebury, IN, Richard H. Yoder,
Bechtelsville, PAt Hubert A. Yoder, Charlotte, Nct
Dorothy Yoder Coffnan, Ma1vern, PAt H. Harold HartzLer,
Goshen, IN; Dr. Don Yoder, Devon, PA
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Reflections on the YNL loth Anniversary:
Ben Yoder and I first net ten years ago in the
Goshen, IN kitchen of long-tirne Yoder historian Rachel
Kreider. Rachel brought us together because each of us
was interested in putting out a Yoder farnily ner^rsletter.
Each of us had a slightly different focus to our
interests. My focus was nore on the uncovering, sharing
and exchange of fanily history inforrnation. Ben was a
bit more oriented toward general lore, humor, hurnan
interest and a vehicle for increased Yoder farnily
fellowship.
The resulting product has been one from which we both
have taken a lot of satisfaction. Werve helped hundreds
of fanilies with thej.r family trees. Werve helped
cousins neet cousins. The YNL has stirnulated the holding
of fanily reunions and the assenbly of fanily history
booklets. Werve researched, deciphered and published
infonnation which has expanded the bounds of knowledge
about nany different branches of the Yoder faroily. On a
personal 1eveI, Ben and I each have rnade rnany good
friends anong the readers and correspondents to the YNL.
Little did we realize ten years ago that the YNL
would still be going strong this far into the future.
And little did lte realize this spring that the
celebration of our 10th Anniversary nilestone would be
one reached without Ben. Thanks to John and fred Yoder
and to Rachel Kreider for picking up most of the
responsibilities Ben took care of. The YNL will continue
to function, and we hope wiII be around for a 2oth
Anniversary.
Ben has been ny partner and nore irnportantly ny
friend for these 10 years. ft won't be the saroe without
hirn. He was a man who loved people. His was a keen sense
of hunor. The twinkle in his eyes could be felt in his
conversations, his letters and also in the text of the
YNL. The YNL fanily all extends our synpathy to his
widow Nell-, to his children and grandchil,dren. we truly
share in their loss.
--- chris Yoder
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The last issue announced the addition to the newsletter
staff of Fred and John Yoder. Ben thought ahead in
enlistingr these fellorrs, and he chose we11.. both have
jurnped aboard willing1y with their contributions. For
the next several issues, the YNL will be conposed in
Riyadh, saudi Arabia, but still printed and nailed frorn
Goshen, Indiana.
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Dear YNL,
I especially enjoyed reading the article about
Lor^re11 Yoder. He was an acquaintance of my dad and f had
heard a lot about hin. -- Linda Yoder
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Editors-- I enjoy reading the newsLetter from rcover to
coverrr. You nissed rny Aunt Carrie B yoder, Greencroft
Nursing Center, coshen in your list of longevities. She
was 95 on Sep 3, I99J,. Her birthdate is Sep 3, 1895. She
i9. the daughter of Noah J and Fannie iing yoder of
Shipshelrana,_fN._-- Barbara yoder, fndianapoJ.is, IN
other folks nissed ir,"r,ri" tro oi e"i yol...
Ruth Yoder Sheininger Gardner- age 93
Lettie Yoder preistley Moore - age 90
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who vras the Henry F Yoder who rnarried Del.ilah Denton on
?/12/L849 in Madison Co, IL??
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GEORGIA/OKI,AHOMA YOTHER DATA GROWS:
Thanks to Mr. Eddie Robinson, 8115 Buford Dr,
Da1las, TX 7524i., the inforrnation on file about one
branch of the Georgia yother line has expanded
significantly. (See YNL #11--
r'Adarn yoder ...',rnoied to
Tennessee and aLI traces of hin were lost..r). Early
data is presented as fo1lov/s:
Con83 Adan (aka Ednund) yother d ? n. Celia Van
Buren (c181-6NC- ) L840 & t-850 Lunpkin Co cA
Con831- Laura b. cL832 NC
Con832- Elizabeth b. c1834 cA
Con833- Eliza b. lilay 10,1836 n. Jan. 3, 1856
willian J.w. pike d. Mar.l", 1896 Snyder, OK
Con834- Nancy b. c1837 GA
+Con835- Andrew Jackson b. 6/g/L939 cA
Con836- Louisa b. c1842 cA
Con837- Catherine b. c1.844 cA
+Con838- John Dallas b 4/j.O/]- 846 Lunpkin Co, cA
Con839- Jane b. c1847 cA
+Con83a- Willian b. cl-849 GA
Con83b- Franklin b. c]- a52
Con83c- Sarah A. b. c1854
Con83d- Adaline b. c18G0
Cousin ?
Con83e- Lester Williaur b. c186S
Con835 Andrew Jackson VanBuren yother d. ).L/24/).9]-3
Coalgate, OK m. 6/L2/1864 Dawson Cc,,cA Nancy Rebecca
Goss (1-O/4/1846 Dawson Co, GA- 5/27/L9L9 Coalgate, OX)
1880 Forsyth Co,cAtl"900 Carrol-l Co,GAi 1910 Coal- Co.,OK
CHANGES OF ADDRESS: P1ease review your YNL address labe1
carefully, and send any corrections to the Yoder
Newsletter... we donrt want to lose you, of for you to
miss out on any issues!
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SEND YNL CORRESPONDENCE:
-DeaIing with circulation issues such as new or
renewed subscriptions, changes of addresses, back issues
to : Yoder Newsletter, P.O.Box 594, coshen, IN 46526.
-Dealing with ancestral queries or data intended to
go into the Yoder Newsletter or archives (such as
reunion notices, letters to the Editor, copies of Bible
records or other Historical information) to :
Chris Yoder, Unit 61306 Box 56, ApO AE 09803-t-306
(aIlow 3-4 weeks for reply)
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Con8351- John Riley b. c1867 GA
con8352- ceorge C. b. ).2/J,7/]-868 GA d 4/26/1936
Coalgate, oK
+Con8353- Frankl-in b. Feb. i_870 GA n. Mary
l-900 CarroII Co.,cAr 1910 pittsburg OK
Con8354- Arrena (Aurena) S b. cL873 GA
+Con8355- Charlie A. b. c1874 cA rn. Lizzie
L9L0 collins co.,OK
+Con8356- Alvin R. b. c1875 GA rn. ?Anv
(1910 Collins Co.OX as rrRileyr')
Con8357- Maranda b. clg77 cA
+Con8358- Jessie Welburn b 7/22/]-979 cA n
I/29/L908 Lillie ora white d l2/7L/re4o
Coalgate, OK
GA- continued on page 7

YODER PENSION RECORDS FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHTVES GEORGE G 1]. WVA INF '95
--General-
I 827583
Pension Index 1861--l-934 ,continued from YNL GEORGE G 17 W VA EN 190 7 827583
#20, Apr 1992.
w Hannah '05 w 832099
(son of Daniel ys and Nancy Durbin)
To explain the columns... first is the service nembers JACOB D 140 PA INF,K 9 VRC'77 I 240564
Christian nane, followed by identification of the
w Jane A
r95 W 6L6311
Unit(s) in which he served folLowed by the year of
(? son of Jacob ys and phoebe cordon)
application. Next is a letter to represent the type of JAIUES G 18 PA CAV 175 I 2I.O2O4
application subrnitted (I- inval.id, W- widow, M- w Martha M D 85 pA fNF '14 W 1034197
dependent rninor) and then the actual registration
JOHN C 3 PA PROV CAV
number for the application and then itts certification.
'79 I 333391
v/ Sallie G 18 pA CAV ' 06 I.i 857518
Last is the State frorn which the action was filed.
JOHN RINGGOLD BTN PA CAV'63 I 20939
rrYoderrr
B 1 WVA CAV, A 22 PA CAV
last narnes (continued) : JOHN J A 18 PA CAV
w Sarah
t6S W 787i6
PETER D 12 IND CAV r90 r 900651 533635 IN
_(? :""
of ceorge ys
too and Mary_ w 722868 561404 IN
)
rn Sarah
(?? YR23d32- son of Noah
PETERB K&D199PAINF
n Mary C
Y and Leah _)
,00 r 1258035 1021115 PA
f t-0 w 951-157 7]-4360 PA
(?? oley- Hans- ?son of Gideon Y and Anna Haines)
PETER E C 167 PA rNF '00 r 1256813 ]-020]79
PETERS TPAINF ,89 r 738637 856099
(oley-Hans- ?son of Isaac Y and Lydia schal,I)
PA
PA
PHTLTP B 5 MO S MrL CAV '91, r 1,003066 105590 MO
(Conrad-David- son of Conrad Y and Polly Y)
SAMUEL L 2 OH REG ARTY I9O I 909296 7I7942I OH
-sAMtrE"[t
wrLLrAM C 167 PA rNF '94 r 1l_62318 907354 PA
WILLTAM A. L 158 IND INF I23 I 1493239 124743 IN
WILLIAM A. G 4 PA INF I25 I 1519688 1.273973 PA
WILLIAI4 D. D 1 TN L A I88 I 645132 5747A2 TN
m Susan r09 W 928555 759264 TN
WTLLIAM H G 30 IN INF r85 r 545545 563208
m l'Iary M r97 W 655142
wrl,I,rAl.r H r 128 PA rNF t77 r 244098 L981"20
n susan E r1,2 W 979552 737440 PA
(OIey- Yost- son of David Y and Mary Levan)
WILLIAI'{ H D&I 198 PA INF r91 I L040631- 75La27 PA
(?? otey Yost- ??son of Gideon Y and Maria Hausnan)
WILLIAM O G 4 PA INF, G 18 US INF, L 8 US INF
m Laura IL9 w LL37367 883643 PA
ZACHARIAH K 5PAHA 192ILO9529). 840597 KS
(??YR23783- son of Jonathan Y and l,lary _ )
zoPHER G H 35 Mr rNF '14 r 141-5066 ]-200446 vlr
":ttt:=.
3l- w 1-6949L9 A7-2L-31- MI
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rrYodersrr fanily (an S on end)- from SW PENNSYLVANIA
ALEXANDER F 125 OH INF '83 I 495]-83 300999
1 2 5 C O 2 B T N V R C
(son of Alexander Ys and Martha Catherine Hite)
BENJA_I,IIN W. A 18 PA CAV | 83 I 486380 A29206 PA
n Sarah J I l-9 W 1141-864 A76423 PA
(1880 Greene co, PA census)
CARY H 101 PA rNF t92 r rO94252 840139 PA
(?? son of ceorge Ys and Sarah_)
ELI F 125 0H rNF 184 r 516440 386627 OH
m Emafine r14 W 1023310 775725 6q
(son of Alexander Ys and Martha Catherine Hite)
a,
JoSEPH C A 18 PA CAV 'ze-{Zsr,goe
wrLl,ARD 57 CO COAST ARTY'29 L 7648259
WILLIAI{ N A 18 PA CAV I9O I 926397
n Rebecca A
r35 w !7293gg
zAcIaRrAH B 7 WVA rNF r79 r 317880
m Lucinda
t:-S Vt L047942
of_Daniel ys and Nancy Durbin)
_(son
ItYoterrr
Gentlenen
885950
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155579
419942
27A800
792000
297966
633454
83709
wv
I.lv
NE
PA
1504 l8
A1r"-3-30 PA
766962 IA
A3-9-33 IA
553 7 58
796737 WV
*ELTAS
- --T€fo GUTHRTES rND p c_Q __,i-9_s_ .r I:-726:-9 s24so4 co
Geoije yoteii venJng" -co,:eaf -
*JAIIES R. M 11 US Colored Heavy Artillery
sister Eliza A. '81 S 281_568
rrYotherrr s
t 3'76-5- &1F5
v, Kate S r15 w l-044923 793764
SAI{UEL M 14 PA CAV I81 w 287 L4a 24)_706
PA
r^i llarqaret E
SAI,TUEL ElPALA
I9Or 850399 5a7272 KS
SAI'{UEL B D 142 PA INF 164 r 38973 27240
(?? YR239e- son of Benedict Y and sarah Mil-ler)
SAMUEL S G l-28, K178 0H r70
INF
r 1,581-89 i-084850
(YR23331-7- son of Yost Y and Anna Hochstetler)
SAMUELW L2 OHHA I9Ow 422),46 72542)-
SENECA K 51 PA INF, H 128 PA INF
!r Sarah | 90 w 446725 412976 PA
(oLey-Yost-son of Johannes Y and Magdalena Breyfogel)
SHEM C E ].0]- PA TNF I OO I 1249490 1013696 rA
w Elmira J 121-w r\72635 907502 WA
SOI-OMON-A 2 BTN MO SM CAV I89 r 7L3373 534690 MO
w Sarah I 08 w 882896 669801- MO
TOBTAS G 5]- PA INF I? r L372422 1147701 PA
(?? YR2334l-- son of Joseph Y and Mary Lehnan)
TOBIAS D A 39 PA INF, K 187 . PA TNF, T4 CO 2 BN PA TNF
r68 r 135608 96231
w Mary
t97 w 651487 462246 PA
(YF23972- son of David Y and Sarah Lehnan)
WILLIATT{ A 101 PA INF I91 r 1008891 494967 PA
w Elizabeth I 02 w 754429 838591 PA
(?? YR).77I2- ? son of Sarnuel Y and sarah Kauffnan)
DAVID A K 2 I"A INF 'OO I 1253034 1208082 AL
mother Julia R. t27 yI I58]-92O GA
GEORGE W. A 6 TN MTD INF
m. Elizabeth 165 W 102144 Lo273O TN
JAMES E. C 5 TN INF
m. Elizabeth '80
268581-
WTLLIAIII W. K 5 TN IN, C 5 TN INF
n. Malissa '88 W 385890 363586 TN
rrYothersrt
*ALFRED G 75 ILL INF
n. Catherine r8O
(s/o Benjanin y of Lee co.,
Centre Co., PA)
rrYotterrl
CHRISTTAN D 7 IA INF, I MO I,A
rg5 I 53J.239 595396 IA
JACOB I ]-06 ILL TNF r90 I 762975 902L43 PA
n. Anna M.
I
w 702854 528170 PA
JOHN D. B 12 MTNN INF t23
_ 14A22AA 1229164 MrNN
MABTIN D 54 PA INF, K 32 PA rNF
rg0
I 7_6297_4
i"o''rIn.ri
JONAS D 87 ILL INF
(s/o l,lennonite John S.
_ 262368 237340 IL
ILL.. s/o Daniel of
t87 I 624324 40]-970 IL
Yothers and Barbara Miller)
To--order q copy of the pension file for any of these
folks, write to: ceneral. Reference Branch (NNRG),
National Archives and Records adrninistration, Zth a;d
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, washington, DC 20408. Ask for a
copy of NATF For 80, rorder for Copi.es of Veterans
Recordsrr. Cost for_ copying of key file data is g10 per
service record. This will be bill;d to you based on Lhe
results of the Staff search for the inforrnation.
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CORRECTION: In the last issue, Jacob yoder, who served
in the l-25th OH fNF and whose pension record was filed
in Colorado, was incorrectly idLntified as the probable
son of Christopher and Margaret yoder of Knox Co, OH. I
reality, he was likely the son of Alexander yoders and
Martha Catherine Hite.
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who was the ceorge yoder who narried Elizabeth coss on
1,O/6/).848 j_n Monroe Co, Indiana??

eprinted with pennission of Thec*h€nNews Tuesday, July 7, 1902
Shipshewana Welcomes Home Miss Indiana Shelli Yoder
BY DtrB J. STACK
SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. - Thousande ofvisitore a
day have become 'bueiness as u8uel" in tho troelined
streets of Shipshewana. But Monday, e warm
welcome homo for the town'g own Shelli Yoder -
Miss Indiana 1992 - m8do tourism second fiddlo
for a day as hundreds of local residonts turnsd out
to wish the Z3-year-old well in her upcoming bid for
tlre Mies America crown. It wss her first return
home sinco winning tho state title juet over a weok
ago ln Michigan City.
Rqrorters from around the region, including
television etations in gouth Bend and Fort Wayne,
converged on Shipshe lor a glimpse of the emslltown
girl's homecoming, Dreesed in her white'
sequined evening gown from the stat€ competition,
thelti entorod the spottght in classic stylo, leading
a small family parado while seated in a white horse'
drawn csrriago driven by liver;rmen in toppers and
tails.
Though Shelli's beon tied up with other oornmitmsnts
sincs th6 stste pageant, newe of her urin has
the town in a stir. As of this morning, Linda Yoder
of Rainbow Travel Agency i:n Shipshe has two lull
bueee chartered to take local eupporterg on a twoday
trtp to Bttend th6 Miss America pageant 8ept.
19 in Atlantic City. She's also booked four couples
to fly out.
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Funds Br€ snother type of supportbeing offered.
A ba,rbecue - with chicken at $5 e hslf - is set for
July 18 st the Shipshewana Austion. Tickets are
available at Pierre Morsn Mall and at numeroug
Shipshewana stores.
All proceeds will go to the Shelli Yoder Mies
Americs Account recently set up et Shipshewana
State Bank. Anyone wanting to make a direct contribution
can do so at any SSB bra,nch.
Carol Barhmen, executive director of the Miss
Elkhart County pageant and one of Shelli's primary
advieers, estimsted that more than $3o,ooo
will be noodod to finance Shelli's run for the national
crown.
Wsrdrobo, professional coaching for voice and
int€rvlew skills, snd re-arrangsment of thelli's
music ar€ among numerous expenses. She added
th&t Sholli hss teken s leave of absence from her job
in order to put all her efforts during the next eevorsl
w6€ks into pursuing the dream of becoming
Indiana'e first Miss Americs.
Ae for the immediate future, Shelli will crown
her gucceesor Wodnesdsy evening at Elkhart Elks
I-adge 425, During a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.,
Jennifer Mann will be crowneil Misg Elklart
County 1892.
Plans &re under way for a large farewell reception
in lgte August to wish Shelli well in Atla^ntic
City.
wfrtlfr
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Just Drosentod wlth a key to the towa, Mlss Indta'aa Shelli Yoder
sivitJru*s to friends, fanily and neighbors for their eupport as
-he mekee ptens to conpete for t'he Mies Americs erowtr.
One offour slgns to be posted at entryways lnto thipshewana.
Three songe end many thanks were port of Shelll
Yoder'e trlunphant return home to Shlpehe ae
Miss India.n& 1992.
(News Photos by Mike Philley)
Shell-i takes 2nd runner uP.
sheIIi Yoder is YR2344338132- Tobias c-Vanetine T-
Levi (Lee) - Harry V. (1908) -Roger (1943) -shelIi (1968)*
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CLINTON CO, PA and STEPHENSON CO, rL YODER RESEARCH:
Peter Yoder, son of Jacob Yoder of Ler'risburg, PA
(1783-1854), was in clinton Co, PA as of the 1840
census. He rnarried Eve Best, and moved to Stephenson Co'
11. He bought 80 acres in Dakota Township Jul Lo, 1848'
and later served as the first village president of
Dakota Vi1lage. Eve died, and he rnarried as his second
wife Mrs. Eliza A EIIiott Apr 23, 1865 in Freeport, IL'
Research by Mr and Mrs Terry Yoder, 8242 Potter Rd,
Davison, MI 48423 has added the folfowing information:
rrwe found Eve Best Yoders wi]I in the clinton county
court House. she died in Stephenson co, rL, but the will
was in PA. Possibly because Peter Yoder owed his
father-in-]a$/ Peter Best estate noney and he was unable
to pay it back. Eve was stj.t1 al-ive when her father died
in 1857, but di.ed before the estate was settl-ed'rr Peter
Best (1,778-l-857) rras narried to Maria M. Haver
(1784-1865).
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A TRTBUTE TO BEN TOI'ER
BY His Children
Our father, Ben Yoder, vtas born to Harvey and Laura
Yoder in Middfebury, Indiana on october 13, 1913. He was
the eighth of nine children. Dad loved to tell stories
of his childhood and from those he and his brothers and
sisters teII, it was fj.Iled with joy and happiness (and
nany pranks), even though the famiJ.y was quite poor. The
stories were told over and over again whenever the
larger farnily vould gather and they seemed to help
hold everyone closer together.
when he was stiLl a very young child, Dad's family moved
to nearby coshen where he attended the Eighth Street
llennonite church and received twelve years of schooling.
Many of the frienciships Dad made during those years
lasted his entire life and he was helping to make plans
for his 6oth class reuni.on when he died.
Prior to entering the service in world War II D.d
narried our mother NelLie (Hoogenboorn). At this time he
li'T3.rt*"
::;i:1."X'"'irl"'n""rl:t"#;u;""::}":Xui""til:
pacific Theater as a radioman with the united "a.a"i
coast Gu:::d- rrFan.his, rptrrrn.in 1a45 be c-enple!,ed i't=-ii"J"*l:.*';
education at coshen CoIlege. He also attended BaI.t
state, Indiana state and western Michigan university. oi "
wMU he received his Masters in Education.
After having worked most of his adult life in the real
estate business, Dad entered the teaching profession ai
the age of 39. He taught elenentary classes for most oi
his career and also spent ten years as a school'
Music also played an important part in Dadrs life. For
nany years fre -ang in a locaL choir. A favorite form of
rellxition was to sit at the electric orglan in the
family room and play whatever came to rnind. Although he
never played the organ in public, he was able to play
beautiiuliy. He could not read rnusic but had a wide
repertoire of songs he could readily play and seemed
able to play anything by ear. His nusic was enjoyed by
all vtho heard it.
Farnily vas always very irnportant to Dad. He cared for
alI of his children and nade many sacrifices for us
during our years of growing up. We all benefited fron
his piactical jokes and many stories. His sense of humor
and his unpredictable temper have provided all of us
with our own collection oftrBen Yoderrr stories' He
greatly loved his eight grandchildren and they, too,
will have Iasting stories of their Granpy.
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MOST PEOPLE who have never met
or visited with Amish families mav
think that these people are quiet ani
reserved. Well, it's been my experience
that the Amish may be far more
conservative in the way they live than
most folks, but they rarely have any
limits on having good, clean fun.
My wife and I personally set
"Amish
up our
Country Tour" in the Holmes
County, Ohio area, which has the
world's largest concentration of Am_
ish families, and we have escorted that
tour several times. Each time we hear
tour membrs say, "I never thought I'd
laugh this much. These people really
know how to have fun!"
Much of the Amish humor is aimed
at laughing at themselves. For example,
the late Noah Miller used to ask our
tour groups, "Do you know what would
happen if all the Yoders left Holmes
County? We'd be de-Yoderized!"
Then there's Maudie Raber, the
Amish farm wife who bakes some of
the country's besr pies (we've offered
them as prizes in our "needle in a
haystack" contest several times and
may do it again, because it's proven to
be our most popular prize to date).
Love Homemade Gadgets
Whenever Maudie pens a letter, I
push other things on my desk aside and
get ready to laugh. She always has something
funny to say about life in general,
or includes another "gadget" that she or
her husband, Andy, has made.
The "three-piece chicken dinner" is
one of the homemade gadgets she sent.
As the pictures above show, when you
open up the little wooden box, there
are three kemels of corn inside, implying
the dinner was for the chicken, not
for the person!
Now, I look forward to the humorous
letters that Andy Yoder sends now
and then, (He and his wife, Millie, are
baking the angel food cakes offered as
a pize in this issue's "needle" contest
on page 42.)
My conespondence with Andy began
shortly after my mother passed
By Roy Reiman, Editorlpublisher
away last year. I'd written a column in
one of our other magazines, Farm &
Ranch Living, reminiscing about Mom
and her famous angel food cakes, and
how much I was going to miss them.
Shortly after, I received a box in
the mail from Andy and Millie. Inside
was an angel food cake with a note:
"We know this cake isn't as sood as
,44/, have l0 childrenthey
are all boys
exceptfor eight..."
your mother used to make, but we
hope it might be a good substitute."
Acquainted by Mail
I was really touched. While I've
reached the point where I'm hardly
amazed by anything our subscribers
do (for example, I wonder how many
other magazine editors received well
over a hundred Christmas cards durins
L,
the past holiday season from theii
readers), receiving that cake and note
was something special.
I wrote back to thank them. and in
subsequent letters, I learned about Andy's
family, the farm's bakery and his
great sense of humor.
Andy told me that he and Millie erew
up outside of Hazelton, Iowa, movJd to
Rexford, Montana, and then to a l5g-acre
farm near Oconto, Wisconsin in 1990.
Describing his family, Andy
"We
wrote,
have l0 children and they are all
boys except for eight." (See what I
mean by his humor?)
It was because of all those daueh_
ters thar Andy and Millie decidedto
start a bakery right on their farm. ,,We
needed an extra source of income, and
the girls said they'd rather bake than
milk cows," he explained.
"The womenfolk also do quite a lot
of quilting and sell the quiits in the
bakery. They put together an Amish
cookbook, too, which includes the angel
food cake recipe, and we sell a lot
of those.
"At this point we only have the bak_
ery open on Friday and Saturday,', he
continued. "On Wednesday we bake
cookies, on Thursday we bake pies, and
Friday and Saturday we ger up at 3 a.m.
to make all kinds of things. I help quite
a bit in the bakery, too."
Often, the Amish's way of laughing
at themselvesurfaces in Andy's leners.
For example, on two occasions, he
joked about the preponderance of yoders
in each of the Amish communities:
"A fellow came into the bakery recently
and commented about all the
Yoders in this neighborhood," Andy
wrote. "I told him, 'Yes, there are yoders
all over this area. In fact, I come
from a family of 14 and every last one
of them is a Yoder!'
"And in Indiana," Andy penned,
now on a roll, "the area mailman was
sick one day and his substitute was delivering
mail on the route throush the
Amish community there. As he-found
mail for one Yoder after another, he
was getting more and more perplexed.
"He kept wondering where all these
Yoders came from! Finally he drove by a
big building with a sign on it that said,
'Yoder Hatchery'.
'Oh,' said the substitute,
'now I'm beginning to undentand!"'
This is the kind of fun I find in
many letters from Amishmen. It seems
that almost every one of those heavy
beards hides a broad smile. _rX-

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The yNL _wilI p_ublish yoder_related
inguiries
charge. please at no
Iirnit to 4o_so;;;as ptu-s
address..Al1
fulI i"t"l"
inguiries are ctrecXea agaiirst our
records
""t""=i""
to see if we can help too. S6nd to: ah.G-y;;;;
Unit 61306, Box 56, ApO AE OgeOr_i:Oo
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-yy-_qllldrother, Catherine Frances YOTTER,
J'1/27/1,882
was born
in cl1Ypool-,-_-fN. Her parenEs were Jasper
-loTTEl
(b e/2o/Ls57 or l8s8 at Tifftl-n, oH) and
i{ Shobe
Margaret
(b 9/ j,I/186L, Noble Co, IN) . Jasper
Itlontana
,"""ia--t"
in 1899 and lived in Wfritenafl fr6n rSrg
his
untii
death in 1939. Jaspers p"i-""t" were Jacob
(8/1,8/1836
YOTTER
Noble Co, rN:r/27/1860 Noble Co, rNl
ro/1'L/r9s5
,;;-;:'
in seneca co, on arnanda Frances -wilriams
(7/L4/ra3s-
-ah;
rj./24/r874 Noble co,rN). what i,
ancestry of these YOTTERS? Reply to: Helen france"
-99r.av9o (phone (8oL) 635-0345) p.O. Box 436, Ia Verken,
Utah 8474s
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can anyone provide information about Mary Clendanial
YODER(S), her ancestry or descendants. she was b L7 Jan
1832 Fredrickston,pA. Married (as second rrrife) anarew
Jackson Sanders on 25 Dec 1852 in Arnity, W"q!i"gt";-c";
PA. Andrew was b 2 Feb 1818 in Arnity a"d a tj-ji"-igii]
Mary d 2 Feb J.9o2. Both d in poishieck -o, la.--n"a
children: Lossen parrot 15 Ju1 1855r b 3 Ju1 Charles 1854, Franklin Edgar b Baldr,rin 17 Sep 1,857; b
-Erneline
b 13 Oct 1861; Mary
Harlan b Curtis
L May -a :.862, Newton
Ellsworth b 8 Dec 1863; Homer Ezra l Uay 186t;;e
Horace Wade b 29 Aug l-871 (all b Des Moine's Co, IAJ.
t"
T:p1{
Shirley puskas, 13815 W 62, Shawnee, KS 6:62:-.6
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HELP! Infomation wanted on ny g-g_grandfather JoSEpH S.
19?11: -Borr. s/n/182e in pA.-Mlr;i;d
sal-lie sharrer on
7/23/L8s6 in McMinn 8/)-2/L895. Co, TN, Buried Died at in cherokee Washington Baptist c". church- ili
outside -com!
Jonesboro, TN. What yoder Iine did of
tfris .fosepfr
llgTi
rfoy Keese, -Rt
2 Box 213, skyline Dr, powlir,-iH
37849 (61.s) 94s-1309.
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cA- continued from page 2
Con838 John Dallas yoder d, 9/9/:-9J,S Brush HiIl,, OK
bur. Brush Hill Cern. mI n/I7/LBei 6awson co., cA Sarah
Heard
t""9q
(b t83G Habersiran Co, Ca_
m2 8/19/l-9}o
)
Muskogee. Co,
. OK ti.,rt Effie potts (b
9/l/cL882 Harrison, Ark- n/29/).g'SJ. Muskogee, OX bui,
Greenhill Cen) res. 1880 Dahrson Co.,GA; 191,0 Mcfntosh
Co. rOK
w1 +Con838L- Jeptha Calvin rBossr
b. l/I//:.869 Dawson
co, GA m 2/I5/]- 9O1, Muskogee co, OK to WiLlie
Reynolds (c1987 Ark_1914) -re". igto Mcfntosh
-co.,OK
d 2/2/1949 OkIa City, OK bur.Fairview
Cenetary, Shawnee, OK
Con8382- (Susan)
.Is-abel-la
b L/3/787O Dav/son Co,
cA n7 9/3/IB9o McKinney, Tx il y nose
m2 I/7/I9O4 Ardnore, oK Joe S Findlay
d IO/22/T945 Roff, pontiac Co, oK
Con8383- (Ernity) Arabella b L:-/22/IB71 Dawson Co.
.cA m 2/6/1882 Dawson Co, cA John'Riley coss
(1849-t920), d Io/2O/1,950 Huskogee, OK)
Con8384- John Thonas "Tonny,
V: 27ZS7W5 Davrson
co, GA ^ ro1?1!g?9 Muskosee co, 6x 6aisy
Thompson d ).0/L3/]-89S Musk-ogee Co, OK
w2 Cons38s- Ef f ie
. b. 7 / j,2/1,901 Arush HilI, oK
n 4/2/)-92j. Arthur E Gonnan Muskogee, Oi
d 4/2/L994 Muskogee, oK bur. ereeniifi cen.,
Muskogee
Con8386- Nola b. 1L/8/I9O2 Brush HiIl, oK nln2
Mr Platt
ALfred c Weaver
Con8387- Adan Theodore b. L1,/L2/L9O4 oktaha, OK
single d 2/I5/j,s62 OK bur National Ceneterv
Fort Gibson, OK (WWfI vet)
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who L/as the Adda yoter who rnarried Harnilton Jones on Ju]
r, 7876 in coles count.y, Illinois?
J,
Dr. Richard yoder
^- DALTON _- Dr. Richard J. yod€r,
66, of.Lake-Road, died early Fridry
morning, Nov, 22, at Saint'Thomas
Medical Center in Akron, after a
snort lllness.
Memorial services will be
Wednesday, Nov. 22, at ll a.m., at
the Oak Grove Mennonite Church
near Smithville, with the Rev.
Jayn_e Byfer officiating. prrvate
ram,ty burial will be at the Oak
Grove Cemetery at g:{i a.m.
_
The family will receive friends
Iuesday trom 24 and Z_9 p,m. at
Gresser Funeral Home in Oriville.
M,emorial contributions may be
made.to__the Central Christian iligh
School, Kidron 44636; or to OrrVilia
Inc., 425 OrrVill Drive, 0rrville
44667.
Dr. Yoder was born in Orrville in
1925 to Glenn and Ruth tBrenemanl
rooer. He was a 1942 graduate of
Orrville High SCbool and a 1945
graduate of Goshen College. He en_
r0lled at the Northwestern-school of
Medicinejn Chicago and received a
merlcal degree in 1949. From lgsg_
rr ne served tn a medical volunteer
service in Puerto Rico and then
The
Christion J. Yoder
ond
Cqfherine Bqcher yoder
Fomily Geneology
Ey
Rlchord J, Yodcl
t988
s_erved his residency at Akron Citv
H9lptll:^9l, Yoder entered a pri
vat€ 0B/GYN practice in Barberion
and. (h_e Barbert0n_ Citizens Hospital
ln 1957, retirjng from the medical
praetice in 1985,
He was a member of the American
Medical Association and the
0hio.State Medical Associtlon. A
member and a past president of the
ue.nrral. chris_tian High Board of
Eoucatton and a board member of
urrvlla lnc. in Orrville, also a
member of the Ohio Inter Mennon_
rle uouncll 0n Aging and the Barber_
ton-Norton peace Studies Group. He
was a charter member of the Sum_
m,tt Mennonite Church in Barberton,
wnere he served as church treasur_
er and a Sunday school teacher.
-lr. Yoder was an active member
of the Wayne County and Ohio State
Genealogy Societies and was award_
ed a Direct Descendent of pioneer
Families of Wayne County and the
First Families rif Ohio. He authored
the "Christian and Catherine Bach_
er Yo-der Family Genealogy" book.
A rormer resident of Barberton
a_nd Akron he has lived at Lake
H_armony near Dalton fur the past
l5 yeafs.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Rosalie,Hooley, and a loving family,
rlcnaro and Connie yoder Jr. of
ttormal. Ill., and Jeremiah yoder of
Datton. Daughters and son-in_laws,
uretchen and John Christopher of
Cobbs Creek, Va., Christina ind Vic
bucl(walter of Tanzania, East Afri_
c_4,_ KoseAnn and paul Wricht of
walnllt Creek, Calif., and Am1 and
ltandJ Murray of Orrville. His
grandchildren, sarah and Rachel
unnstopher, Dianna, Rochelle and
K-e,uben,Yoder,. Benjamin. Niholas,
and Molly Buckwalter, Annali and
saratyn Murray and Nigel Wright.
^Lll,s parents and a brother,
uharles, died previously.
$*ls€ :*o+J
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#,,**:Q
C. J. YODER.
RVILLE, - - - --OstO
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250th continued from page 1
official.registry. The second iten for sone interest is
that Christian Jotter is at the t"ia-"e the Anish g;;";:
signify..
3::.:*"thi.--
!onne particular -a;;
leadership
groupi "'i
It,s possible. And third, the first yoder
sign wrote
to
his- nane ,rJotter,,,
foilo;;d by the English
siqning
:1"IT
for Jacob as 'y;e;;;
(the sound
English). in
Did the last of tire tirile voders
(believed
on the list
to be Christian, =o., oi-thu ,,ridovr
nu.lui.ii
rea1ly spelJ- his nane witl 6 ',y', 6nj- a ildr"
Or did he
th€ spelling
iy:a,_._"-O_{
used on- ttre'llne above
nrs
hin
(presunedly
for
absent) brother?
Here are the narnes as they appear in rrpennsylvania
p-i.oneers'r
9:1u".
(with AAMG "oaul' aaaeO
suspected)
wtren known
:
or
Christian Jotter (yR2)
Jacob (x) yoder (yRt4)
Christian yoder (yR12i
Fredri (K) Meyer (?? )
christian (+) x_ilLer See Shlp Lj st 9/75/1749
Johanes enaq (Ky)
Moritz Zuq ( 7k, \
christian Z "s"i'/(.t t
Johannes Gerber /cR1? r
Jacob Kurtz (KZA2;
Johannes Zug (ZK3)
Uhllerich (+) Stall,y (SAB?) (SA? )
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Annnr
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8A-HICKORY DAILY RECORD-Mon., Auqust -ol-John
17 | 1992
FNad-iil6ucd=cenllv-Tf
m'--descilIants
and David Former president Richard B. Nell D. \Yilfong, the Rev. and Mrs. portrayed the character of Col.
at€a family reunlon involve the pro- Yoder, who were the first- and third- Yoder of Hickory recalled how 1n L. Clement Hahn and Michael B. George M.' Yoder, a farmer, surduc6onofacookbookandtherevis-
born sons, respectively, of Conrad 1977 he and the late Norman 3 Huifman. veyor,andpublicofficialofthelgth
ionofahistor.ofoneofcatawbaYoder.Intheintervening20yearsJamesrevitalizedtheYoderreunionl.pnr|e|!Vnrlar^(|''fd^Flrhad
county'soldestandmostprominentsincethereleaseofthehistory,theintotheinstitutionitistoday'.', ,.",rrHl#ii*
fam0ies.
family discovered additional data on
some of the other children of rhe secretarv Neal wilfong com- Bulord ""[#';ii';;;tJ;i:'6;:' M Yoder oi"o in tsz9't ttre age of
At the {2nd amual reunion oI the pioneer settler. Jacob Yoder, for in- mented on the family statistics, l"- the lamlly ot uonrao
I}!i-"_tl1Y
Yoder family, which occurred at it"n"u, *". one of four "ttitO."n ot cluding 14 birtl)s and nine marriages Yo(ler's son, Adam'
Zioa Evangelical Lutheran Church Conrad Yoder to .ou""io-'oii!i Ouring the last yean Among the 46
Rev and Mrs L Clement
The otdest members Dresent were --Ihe
colthofHiikor,approximateIyl50statesaround1sr5.Thetineag"-oideathsnotedinthe''Yoder::".*":t""i;;d"ix"'",f,;fiiiri:il*:;H[Jl
members ana guesG gatbered for a Jacob Yoder's dcscendants 1, no* lines was_that ol Een F Yoder, za. ot i'u-':lloiti" etiraUett Cook Wilfons. 'y;-de?
co'eieddish picnic in the church somewhat comptete.
Goshen, Ind. H{} was editor or tne pen-and-ink sketches by Hickory
i'nion-ril; ;; t}* ;;;;;;.i
llls-H};36;,i;,3"H,"".1f;:.ConradYodrlrwasalsothefather..YoderNewsletie:"""."..".^"g".'ii",it""a";;;.,--.'''.'-'.;x?J""'',i'
vocauon.
or Elizabeth, nri"., "''riii*;, -,D^rltavs
*l!*l:q-i,:.ji-"g
?1 s;)ecial recosnirion awards .,vent ffin"i".X":r;tffiTffi.Tii$f;
Catherine and Adam Yoder. photos, news clippings and artifacts rn 'Rinhrrrl El yoder, Gerald M, of Lenoir_Rhyne college. Mrs. Hahn
During tbe afternoon business Elizabeth dierl in infancv and were provided btJsiy, Dellinger v"o".,"ii"r* Yoder Hahn, Neal ,",0 ,n.o children were included
meetilgl president Rachael Hahn Catherine Yoder married ii1o t1u Williams' the Rr:v Robert L Yoder. ivirr""g-""a Mr. and Mrs. Ted
"irong tr.,. four generations oI the
Kennedy of Charlotte discussed the Baker family. Among their lineal de- (Dorrna) Yoder.
ilin f..ify who have attended the
proposed release of a Yoder cook- scendants are members are of the
book to showcase the most popular Shuford and Blackburn families.
A monologue given by Ted Yoder college
r€cipes of the mid-lsth-century fam- Elias and Danitrl Yoder moved to In- **************************************************** **
ily. The founder or tne taniity in diana with rheir older brother, REUNION IN MrssoURI- on June 12 and 13, the descendants
North Carolina was a swiss irimi- Jacob. The youngest child, Adam, of Wil"lian Brown Yoder and Mary Ladora Artman rnet in
grant, Conrad yoder, wbo settled on later moved ft'om Catawba County Appleton City, Missouri. Four branches of the f amily
the Souttt Fork River in Catawba and settled in Tennessee, were represented: Wittiarn Brown Yoder Jr , F.Iorence
County approximately seven miles
The yoder editorial commrttee Miller Nixon, Mary Hamnond Yoder West, and Frank Yoder.
south of Hickory. The patriarch died
,"ri"li. r'#iiu ,n"ioin,liinn i.n. "1 The descendants of Martha HilL Yoder Duncan and the
isri-'ealir,einiliesiiiingoii?90.
i;a;;;,;;;ildiariy ttrose in ttre descendants of Robert HilI Yoder coufd not attend. The
The moderator at the reunion Unifour. Anyone with Yoder con- farnily is searching for descendants of charl-es Leroy
later sbared groundwork ptans't'hli nections wholelieves tbat they may Yoder who died Ln 1927. willian and Mary nigrated to
couldresultiithedevelopmentof a be descended. from,c,onrad Yoder Appleton city in L876 fron white Deer Valley
comprehensive history of the yoder ":11::t theYoder Family in
:l"ild
Pennsylvania. Forty-one descendants
.and
spouses
.werein
lamiiy.AlongwithKlnnedy,anedi- N-orth. Carolinr, ^Po. Box 10281, attendance at the reunion. They visited the fanily plot
n:lll*rulS"mj#f,::,:i'* [...*y:l[',3,"'.".ii,;t'ii"i-*i; il".'i;.*.i1",'"1","j.'J."""J"""'f
Pleasant View Ceroetery near ?j"*"t''':T''"l"ol"n'"
Taberville' and the ":-:l; family
Huffman and Ted M. Yoder. The
live outside
:i^'':'j:'i :l:'::'':,:':
committe€ wiu begln work
inmediatelytocollectgenealogical marlrngaooress. cousins hld brought farnily pictures fron the turn of the
century and letters written anong to brothers and
iDfomation on the various Yoder Members of an instrumental enliD€s
with a goal of producing a re
sisters' Mary Elizabeth Nixon Kenny' 6305 Fort street'
semble perforrning during the afterwritten
and elpanaei versioriof the noon *u.. Frei Lanning, Scott
Omaha, Nebraska 68104 etas unanirnously elected fanily
clan's"IlistoryoftheYoderFamily petersonandRrchelH.Kennedy. historian. A11 of thettcousinsrrhad a wonderful tirne'
i! North Carolina," published in (contrib by M. Louis Rainey)
tg?g. The work was primarily the *******************************************************
?:T"::t.fr,:T"j:,h$,il:,lilJ
NEws-HERALD, perkasie. pa.,
paur- D Yoder R:::ion
tbe history traces only part of the As a ne\ts note, the descendants of PauI D and Kittie
wednesdav, Jurv8, ree2
l:li:' ":::::.::1" "i. 'il;'.""1r,?LJr\;"nJ' u1333"iL.X""3"i
Yotherc Family *:g{*,*j:irr;"dffi",1tr"1 ili,.;:"#;3"i}$"t;"":y,:t".:$:3i.ilil"l,"f"!"
llolds Reunion ffi:*f,'"'*1i$'i.'iil$'rf,: *:ii:l:l ::;""i'i:::"*.lliiirl'l$ii?liriil:r:"::
Chad Benner, perkasie, and relalives were present.- paul D Yoder was a minister in
yearinwhichhesettledattheGreal N5w we are looking forwaid to reunion of the
-the
The yotbers family from Bucls silampnearcoopersburg,!r?ny_of North carolina Yoders near HickorY, N'c' on August 9'
countyheldits6gthAr"."^ih;;il; his d&cendentsire lurfla initre with kindest regards-- PauI t{ Yoder, Lake Lure, Nc
June i at St. John's Evenrelical Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, rt!!arrrra8*r*rrr***++++++1'++++++++.1++++++++++i+++*+r*r
Lutheran church picinic 6rove. Cooper$urg. GLEN YODER REUNION
Sleepy Hollorv Road, Spinnerstowil .
Garret Benner,-Sellersville asked
withsrpeoplepreseirt.' the blessing tefce the 5 p.m.
A reunion of the descendants of clen Yoder was held in
*"*ll"","ii'aTtfirn"I"lll,lii:
:iili'Jft1&3"T1"tff''ro,ro*,,
conconulrv, washinston (rhe comnunitv that Glen and his
awarded the following prizc: tlie $TidenL
Dan Husberger, A-pple family f irst settled in when they moved to Washington
oraeri peiion--il"f",ii*fi;;fi Buuer .Road,
ierxasie;' fice state frorn Missouri) on July 24, 25 ' and 26, t992.
yothirs,-soudertfi s?;-ih"6;iil Felden! _.lotr_n_tt.-HunsberSgr, Attending were: von and Marge Yoder, Joseph and Florence
with t# most memUirs pi;ani, Smiths School Road, Perkasie; Yoder fron Tigard, Oregon; crace (Yoder) and John Robert
Garret and Laura tybthersj -sf,lle,ta-ry.1reasurer' Alverna from Newberg, oregont lrma (yoder) and Relton carpenter
*ffii;f,:'jiTlili'Jilu;,*.",*
S:t"Flt$ii,":t;'i$*l&;+-:l
rrom omak,
-riasrrin-stoni Ena (yoder) and orvirle Barnes
theirbirthdaysn*t."".;i;;;il !i.t"iiq"l Recoids: zenta Benirer, f ron stanwood' washingtont as well as manv
ArteneG.yothers,souderton; and scnruenxsmillRoad,Perkasie. grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
Jonathan xierer'- perriomeriv'i! ''#h:1i:,["sllu"lfilJ'l#
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Frances Yoder, Ruth (Yoder) and Earl" courtney frorn
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Holden, Missouri and Lois (yoder) wilson fron Marshal,
Mj,ssouri. The event allowed tirne to get acquainted and
******************************************************* reacquainted with fanily and friends. Potluck picnic
dinners were hosted on Friday and saturday nights by Joe
Who r"/as the Sarah yoter who married Ludwig Eutennan on and Florence Yoder and Von and Marge Yoder. On Sunday
Mar 3, L868 in Macon County, Illinois? ITrorning sorne of.the nore adventurous hiked to the top of
a small mountain before Sunday Morning Church services
******************************************************* in Conconullv -church United Methodist Church. A brunch was
served after
services. Tbis concl-uded the reunion
for 1992. Another reunion is planned in two
years.--reported by carla Burke, spokane
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